Spring and Autumn Warring States Story 060, adapted from "Eastern Zhou Kingdoms", "Zuo Chuan", "Chinese", etc., the original continues to be launched, welcome to pay attention
After Xi Peng returned to Qi from Cheng Zhou, he said to Qi Huan Gong: "The Zhou royal family is about to be in chaos!”
Huan Gong asked, "What the hell is going on?"”
Xi Peng said: "The eldest son of King Zhou is named Zheng, who was born to the original queen Jiang and has been made the prince of the East Palace. After Empress Jiang died, the second concubine Chen Concubine was favored and made the queen, and gave birth to a son named Dai. Band is good at flattering and flattering, and enveloping relationships. The king of Zhou was very fond of him, and called him the uncle, so he wanted to depose the prince and replace him as the prince. I see that King Zhou is restless and his face is panicked, it must be because of this concern. I'm afraid that the former King of Zhou You, who exiled the prince Yijiu and changed his clothes, will reappear again today!As the leader of the alliance, you must not make plans. ”
Duke Huan called Guan Zhong to discuss the matter. Guan Zhong said: "I have a plan to make the Zhou Dynasty stable. ”
Duke Huan hurriedly asked, "What is the middle father's clever plan?"”
Guan Zhong replied: "The prince is currently in danger and is not trusted by the king of Zhou because he lacks the support of his friends and is isolated. Now present the recital to the king of Zhou, and say, 'The princes wish to see the prince, and ask the prince to come out and meet with the princes.' As soon as the prince appears, the distinction between the monarch and the minister will be determined, and even if the king of Zhou wants to depose the prince and replace it with others, it will be difficult to implement. ”
Duke Huan nodded yes, and then issued a notice to the princes of various countries, agreeing to hold an alliance meeting in the summer of the following year. He also sent Xi Peng to Chengzhou and said to King Hui of Zhou: "The princes hope to see the prince to show the respect of the countries for the king of Zhou. King Zhou Hui originally didn't want Zi Zheng to come forward to participate in the alliance, but because of the strong power of Qi and the legitimacy of the name, it was difficult to refuse, so he had to agree. Xi Peng completed his mission and went back to report.
In the spring of the second year, Duke Huan of Qi sent Chen Jingzhong to Shouzhi (located between Qi and Zheng, in the southeast of present-day Juxian County, Henan), to build a palace and wait for the arrival of the prince. In the summer and May, the princes of Qi, Song, Lu, Chen, Wei, Zheng, Xu, and Cao came to Shouzhi to gather. The prince Zheng also arrived, stopped the carriage and horses in the palace, and settled down to rest. Duke Huan led the princes to greet him, and Zi Zheng repeatedly humbled and asked to meet each other as a guest and host.
Duke Huan said: "Xiaobai and others are in the subject country, seeing the prince is like seeing the king of Zhou, how dare you not bow down and salute!."”
Zi Zheng hurriedly excused himself and said, "All the gentlemen are exempt. ”
That night, Zi Zheng sent someone to invite Duke Huan to his palace and told him in detail about the fact that the uncle wanted to seize the crown prince's position.
After hearing this, Duke Huan immediately patted his chest and said, "Xiaobai will form an alliance with all the princes and support the prince together." Please don't worry!Zi Zheng was grateful and stayed in the palace. The princes did not dare to return to China, so they came to see Zi Zheng one after another, and took turns to offer wine and food to reward his entourage. Zi Zheng was afraid that he would stay too long and harass the princes, so he wanted to leave and return to Luoyang.
Duke Huan said: "The reason why we, the princes, are willing to linger here and meet the prince every day is to let Zhou Tianzi know that we love the prince very much and can't bear to part with you, so as to put an end to the conspiracy against you." Now it is the summer moon, the weather is hot, it is better to wait here, to the autumn cool, I will definitely arrange an escort, to send the son back to the court. So the auspicious day of autumn and August was chosen as the date of the congregation.
King Zhou Hui saw that his son Zheng had not returned for a long time, and knew that it was Qi Hou and others who supported him, and he was very unhappy. Empress Hui and her uncle were by King Hui's side day and night, constantly pouting.
When Dazai Zhou Gongkong came to see him, King Hui said to him: "Although the Marquis of Qi nominally attacked the Chu State, in fact he did not have the ability to defeat the Chu State. Now the Chu people are respectful and obedient, and they pay tribute, which is not what it used to be, and the state of Chu is not necessarily inferior to the state of Qi. Qi led the princes to support the prince, and stayed for a long time after the meeting, but I don't know what his intentions were. What a position does this put me!I would like to ask Dazai to write a secret letter to Uncle Zheng, asking Uncle Zheng to turn his back on the State of Qi and switch to the State of Chu, and take the opportunity to help me contact the Jun of Chu, so that he will be loyal to the Zhou Dynasty and not go against my wishes!”
Zai Kong Shangjiao said: "The state of Chu can be loyal to the Zhou Dynasty, and it is also the strength of the state of Qi. Great King, why did you give up your long-standing uncle Qi and get close to the barbarian Chu State that had just returned to obedience?”
King Hui said: "If Uncle Zheng does not turn his back and the princes do not disperse, can he ensure that the Qi State has no ill-intentioned schemes?"I've made up my mind, Dazai, you don't need to say more. Zai Kong closed his mouth and did not dare to persuade again.
King Hui wrote a letter by hand, stamped it with a jade seal, sealed it firmly, and secretly delivered it to Zaikong. Although Zai Kong was full of suspicion and didn't know what was written in the letter, he still sent someone to deliver it to Zheng Bo overnight.
Zheng Wengong unfolded the letter and read it silently: "Zi Zheng disobeyed his father's orders, formed a party for personal gain, and was not qualified for the position of heir. If my uncle can abandon the State of Qi, change to the State of Chu, and assist the son with the Jun of Chu, I am willing to let go of the regime of the State of Zhou, and everything is subject to you!”
Zheng Bo was overjoyed and couldn't help but say: "My ancestors, Duke Wu and Duke Zhuang, have served as the kings of Zhou for generations, leading the princes, but unexpectedly, the national fortunes were interrupted halfway and surrendered to a small country. Although Duke Li had the merit of supporting the king of Zhou, he was not reused by the king of Zhou. Now that the King of Zhou has entrusted me with such an important mission, and the ruling power is also close at hand, you doctors can congratulate me. ”
Doctor Uncle Kong advised: "For the sake of our Zheng State, the State of Qi led an army to conquer the State of Chu. Now you are disobeying the State of Qi and serving the State of Chu, which is an act of immorality. Besides, it is the great righteousness of the world to support and assist the prince, and you cannot risk the condemnation of the world. ”
Zheng Bo said: "Instead of following the overlord, it is better to obey the king of Zhou!."King Zhou's love is not in the son, why should I pity him?”
Uncle Kong said: "The person who presides over the sacrifice in the Zhou State can only be the eldest son. King You's preference for Bofu, King Huan's preference for Zike, and King Zhuang's preference for Zi Decadence, you know this. None of them were popular with the people, so not only did they fail to become the Son of Heaven, but they also died unexpectedly. Do you not follow the righteousness, but you want to follow the mistakes of the five doctors?I will regret it in the future!”
Doctor Shenhou interjected: "Who dares to disobey the order of the Son of Heaven?"If you obey the Qi state and form an alliance with it, it is against the king's orders. Once our Zheng State leaves, the princes will inevitably be suspicious, and if they are suspicious, the hearts of the people will inevitably be scattered, and the alliance may not be successful. Besides, the prince and the uncle each have their own henchmen, and it is unknown who wins and who loses. Why don't we go back to Zheng Guo for the time being and wait and see what happens. ”
Zheng Wengong listened to Shenhou's words, claimed that there was something in the country, and said goodbye. When Duke Qi Huan heard that Uncle Zheng had fled without saying hello, he was so angry that he wanted to crusade against Zheng Guo in the name of the prince.
Guan Zhongjin said: "Zheng Guo borders Zhou State, this must be someone in Zhou State to induce him." One person's stay is not enough to hinder our plans. And the alliance is approaching, and we will find a way to deal with him after the alliance is formed. ”
Duke Huan agreed, so on the old altar of the first stop, and the princes made a bloody alliance, and the princes of Qi, Song, Lu, Chen, Wei, Xu, and Cao were present. The prince Zheng also arrived at the scene of the alliance, but did not shed blood with the princes, to show that the princes and the princes were not compatible. The alliance said: "Where I am allied, I will assist the crown prince and stabilize the royal family." If there is a betrayer, the gods will kill you!”
After the ceremony, the prince Zheng respectfully walked the ** steps, thanked him and said: "Because the ancestors of the king are in the spirit of the sky, they do not forget the Zhou room, and are close to meHow dare I forget what you have given you?And all the princes went down to the hall and bowed. The next day, the prince Zheng set off for his return, and all countries prepared chariots and horses to escort him. Duke Qi Huan and Wei Hou personally sent him out of the border of Weiguo, and the prince Zheng said goodbye with tears.
When Zheng Wengong heard that the princes had successfully met the alliance and were about to crusade against Zheng State, he did not dare to take refuge in Chu State.
When King Chu Cheng learned that Zheng Guo had not participated in the Shouzhi Alliance led by Qi State, he said happily: "I have taken Zheng Guo!."He sent an envoy to contact Shenhou, intending to rebuild the old friendship with Zheng Guo. It turned out that Shenhou had previously been an official in the state of Chu, and he was eloquent, greedy and flattering, and King Wen of Chu was very fond of him. When King Chu Wen was dying, he was afraid that his successor would not be able to tolerate him, so he gave him a white bi and asked him to defect to other countries to avoid trouble. Shenhou fled to Zheng and served Zheng Ligong in Licheng, who also favored him as much as he did in Chu. When Duke Li regained the throne, Shenhou also became the doctor of Zheng Guo. The ministers of Chu are all familiar with Shenhou, so now to get through the joint of Zheng Wengong's back to Qi and Chu, Shenhou needs to be instigated and threaded.
Shenhou had a secret conversation with Zheng Bo and said: "Except for the Chu State, no one can compete with the Qi State. What's more, there is the order of King Zhou. If we don't take refuge in Chu, then both Qi and Chu will regard Zheng as enemies, and Zheng Guo will be able to resist it”
Zheng Wengong was encouraged by Shenhou's words, so he secretly sent him to send a considerable amount of money to the state of Chu.
In the twenty-third year of King Hui of Zhou, Duke Huan of Qi led the allied princes to crusade against Zheng and besieged Xinmi (Zheng place name, southeast of present-day Mi County, Henan). At this time, Shenhou was still sending an envoy to the state of Chu, so he said to the king of Chu Cheng: "Zheng Guo is willing to submit to you, precisely because only the state of Chu has the ability to fight against the state of Qi. If the king doesn't save Zheng Guo, then I won't be able to go back to my life. ”
The king of Chu consulted with his ministers for this, and ordered Yin Ziwen to speak: "In the battle of Zhaoling, Xu Mugong died in the army, and the state of Qi regretted him very much. Xu Guo served Qi State most diligently, if the king attacked Xu State, Qi State would definitely lead the princes to rescue him, then the siege of Zheng State would naturally be resolved. The king of Chu took his advice, so he personally led his troops to attack the state of Xu and besieged the capital of the state of Xu. When the princes learned that Xu was besieged, they left Zheng and rescued Xu instead, and the Chu army retreated.
When Shenhou returned to Zheng Guo, he thought that he had made a contribution to the preservation of Zheng Guo, and he was full of pride, full of expectations, hoping to be rewarded and sealed. Zheng Bo was angry about Shenhou's flattery to Qi Huan Gong and got the land of the tiger prison, thinking that Shenhou had gone too far, so he didn't give a reward at all this time. Shenhou was very disappointed and resentful, and he couldn't help but complain in his mouth.
In the spring of the following year, Duke Huan of Qi again led his troops to attack Zheng State.
Chen Guodafu Yuan Taotu, since the princes of the Eight Kingdoms returned to China by Shenhou secretly calculated and suffered a big loss, and had a dislike with Shenhou, he wrote to Uncle Kong and said:
In the past, Shen Hou disregarded Zheng Guo's interests and flattered Qi Guo, and won the reward of the Tiger Prison Land alone. Now he disregards the interests of Zheng Guo and flatters the State of Chu, so that your monarch will forget his morality and righteousness, provoke himself into trouble, and harm the people of Li and the society of the country. Be sure to kill Shenhou, so that the Qi army can retreat without a fight.
Uncle Kong presented the letter to Zheng Wengong. Because Uncle Zheng did not listen to Uncle Kong's advice before, he fled halfway through the alliance meeting of Duke Huan of Qi, so that the Qi army attacked Zheng State twice, and he was ashamed and regretful in his heart, and had nowhere to vent, and he also blamed all the blame on Shenhou, so he called him over and reprimanded him: "You said that only the State of Chu can fight against the State of Qi." Now the Qi army has come to attack us again and again, and the rescuers of the Chu State are in **?”
Shenhou was about to find a way to defend himself, but Zheng Bo gave an order and asked the samurai to push him out and behead him. He also packed the head in a wooden box, sent Uncle Kong to the military camp of the Marquis of Qi, and pleaded for peace, saying: "Our monarch misheard the words of the Marquis of Xinshen at the beginning, and failed to finally form an alliance with you. Now that I have learned my mistake, I have killed the culprit Shenhou and sent me to your army to ask for my guilt. Please forgive your sins!When the Marquis of Qi heard that Uncle Kong was virtuous, he pushed the boat along the river, agreed to Zheng Guo's request for peace, and arranged a meeting with the princes at Ningmu (the name of the place in Lu, southeast of present-day Jinxiang County, Shandong).
Zheng Wengong was always at ease with the order of King Zhou, and he was uneasy, so he didn't dare to go to the meeting openly, so he sent Shizihua to travel on his behalf and go to Ning's mother to obey her orders.
Spring and Autumn Warring States Story 060, adapted from "Eastern Zhou Kingdoms", "Zuo Chuan", "Chinese", etc., the original continues to be launched, welcome to pay attention
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