In ancient times, a diligent king meant that when the ruler met a traitor or foreign threat, officials who were not around the emperor would rescue him. People call this phenomenon "going to Beijing as a diligent king". The army led by the courtiers is called Qin Wangjun.
From "Zuo Zhuan Xi Gong Twenty-five Years": "It is better to be a diligent king than to seek a vassal."
It means: there is no better way to seek the friendship and support of vassals, which has the greatest effect and comes fastest.
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Historical allusions:
In the first year of Wen (636 BC), there was chaos in Zhou's room. Uncle Zhao (brother Dai) and attacked Zhou and occupied Luoyi. He said that voting for Zheng made people go to Jane, and his father asked Jin and Qin for help.
In the second year of Wengong, Qin Jun went down to the river and became king. Due to the chaos in the Jin Dynasty, there were many things and the national strength was still thin. Wen Gong hesitated about the diligent king. However, Hu Yan, with his keen political sense of smell and foresight, realized that this was a godsend opportunity for Kim to become an ally of the vassal.
At that time, the whole situation was extremely unfavorable to Kim. Chu, far away in the south, has been expanding its territory to the north since it became king. After the convening of the Mausoleum in 656 BC, the State of Chu accelerated the pace of going northward, and it is likely to dominate the Central Plains after Qi Huangong.
The Western Qin Dynasty did not favor the border, and always coveted the territory of the State of Jin. Hu Yan certainly knows that only by blocking Chu in the south and Qin in the west can he enter the Central Plains. At this time, Jin was poor and weak, and the country was struggling, and it was still unable to compete with Qin Chu economically and militarily.
To this end, we must first gain the trust of the rulers in politics and improve Kim's prestige. Besides, the Zhou royal family and the Jin imperial clan have a nominal patriarchal relationship, which is also a loss.
In the twenty-fifth year of Xi Gong (635 BC), Wen Gong finally sent troops to Qin Wang, killed the prince, and took him to Xi City (now Xi County, Shanxi Province and its surrounding areas), and Wang entered Chengzhou (now Luoyang, Henan Province). Zhou Wang gave a banquet and gave the land in the city to Fan, Wen, Yuan, Zanmao and others.