Zheng Guo's generation of heroes, Zheng Zhuanggong, is good at strategy and layout. He has maintained Zheng Guo's dominant position throughout his life and is known as "Xiaoba". Even at the alliance meeting on his deathbed, Ji Ningsheng made a plan for Zheng Guo. However, Zhuang Gong's plans were thwarted shortly after his death. In less than 3 months, Zheng Guoguo's domestic accident occurred, resulting in the early end of Zhuang Gong's mortuary period and his funeral was forced to be held earlier. What's going on here? We need to analyze the before and after transactions to extrapolate the specific situation.
There is no direct explanation in the history books for the reason why Zheng Zhuanggong was buried early, which is also the reason for the suspense. The only mention is "burial in March, speed" in "Spring and Autumn Left Transmission of Justice", but there is no further explanation. Therefore, we need to understand this change through the analysis of the events before and after.
As for the reason for the early end of Zhuang Gong's mortaring period, there is a speculation that it is related to the dispute between Zheng Guo's two sons, the prince Ji Hu and the younger brother Ji Tu. The dispute most likely involved a struggle for the throne of the king, which led to chaos within the state of Zheng and forced the funeral of Duke Zhuang to be held earlier. After the dispute ended, Song Guo appeared in time to help take in the defeated Ji Tu and avoid the slaughter between the brothers.
Regarding the reason why Ji Tu chose to flee to the Song State, in addition to the fact that the Song State is adjacent to the Zheng State, the main thing is that Ji Tu's mother is from the Song State. This made the Song Kingdom an ideal place of refuge for Ji Tu. As for the means of the Song State to help Ji Tu return to the country, it involved the key figure of Zheng Guo, the sacrifice of Zhong. Sai Zhong had a prominent position in Zheng and had a close relationship with Zheng Shizihu, so it became the key to resolving disputes.
The Song State arrested Sai Zhong and threatened him to depose Zheng Zhaogong and establish Ji Tu as king. Under this threat, the priest was forced to agree to help Ji Tu return to China, and at the same time forced Zheng Zhaogong to abdicate. This led to another change of Zheng Guo's throne, which further deteriorated the relationship between Zheng and Song.
The whole incident shows that Song was not a real ally of Zheng Guo, but an interferer who disturbed the situation in Zheng Guo. By controlling key figures and using threats, they completely changed the political landscape of Zheng Guo and made Zheng Guo even more chaotic. If Gong Zhuang had foreseen Song's actions, he might have regretted his strategy.
In the historical materials, some clues have been left that imply that the Song State was not an ally of Zheng Guo long before the death of Zheng Zhuanggong. Next time we will continue to ** these clues to gain a deeper understanding of the political situation at the time.