As a remnant of the Shang Dynasty, the Song State had the virtue of humility in the succession of the monarch since it was divided.
Although Song Xianggong showed some pedantic and hypocritical behavior from the perspective of the entire Song Xianggong era, he still showed mutual humility with his cousins in inheriting the throne.
After the death of Song Xianggong's son, Song Chenggong, things changed, and civil strife broke out in the Song Kingdom.
1.Song Zhaogong killed his uncle Ziyu.
After the death of Song Chenggong, the crown prince Pestle succeeded to the throne as Zhaogong, and at this time the six secretaries of the Song State were mainly Dai and Huan.
Song Zhaogong. Speaking of which, I want to explain the marriage choice of the monarch of the Song Kingdom. Most of the other vassal states adhered to the Zhou Dynasty's system of non-marriage with the same surname, and generally intermarried with other vassal states.
In this way, there are three benefits, the first is not to worry about problems with future generations, the second is that there will be no relatives in the country, and the third is that if there is anything, you can go to these relatives, such as Jin Wengong.
But the Song Kingdom is more arrogant, and except for the main wife, it is generally solved within the Song Kingdom. In this way, several different ethnic groups were formed within the Song State.
For example, the descendants of Song Daigong and Song Huangong formed the Dai and Huan clans respectively, and the power of these two clans was relatively strong. There are also the Xiang clan formed by the descendants of Song Xianggong, the Wu clan formed by the descendants of Song Wugong, and the Mu clan formed by the descendants of Song Mugong.
One day, Song Zhaogong got a message that his uncle Ziyu wanted to kill him and take his place. Song Zhaogong came to Liuqing to discuss and told them the news that he wanted to preemptively kill his uncles.
Gongsun Gu. Le Yu dissuaded Song Zhaogong that the clan was the barrier of the office, and he should get close to them and let them become his help, rather than kill them.
It is said that what Le Yu said is right, but Song Zhaogong is worried that if these uncles really have thoughts, what if I can't wake up when I fall asleep.
Because Liuqing did not support it, Song Zhaogong only killed his uncle Ziyu in the end. Now the Xiang clan is unwilling, we support you, how can you do your own people?
So the Xiang tribe united with the Mu people to attack Song Zhaogong, Gongsun Gu and Gongsun Zheng were killed, and finally under the mediation of Liuqing, this civil strife subsided.
Song Xianggong (stills from the Spring and Autumn Chapter of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty).
In addition, Le Yu probably saw that there was no future for following Song Zhaogong, so he gave Sima to Song Zhaogong's younger brother Gongzi Ang.
2.Mrs. Song Xiang's dissatisfaction.
Ziyu's murder, in addition to the dissatisfaction of the Xiang clan itself, there is also a person who is also angry. This person is the wife of Song Xianggong who later married, the sister of King Zhou Xiang, called Mrs. Song Xiang.
The reason why Mrs. Song Xiang was angry was because Mrs. Song Xiang and Ziyu had an affair.
So in the following year, that is, in 619 BC, Mrs. Song Xiang contacted the Dai clan to kill the ** who killed Ziyu, namely Gongzi Ang, Kong Shu and Gongsun Zhongli, because Song Zhaogong was rude to her.
Although the civil strife was finally quelled under the mediation of the Huan clan, one killed the other party's lover and the other killed the other's cronies, and both hated each other.
3.Mrs. Song Xiang's plan.
Mrs. Song Xiang was angry, but the lover Ziyu couldn't come back, so Mrs. Song Xiang began to search for a new lover.
Soon Mrs. Song Xiang discovered a person, Bao, the younger brother of Zhaogong. So Mrs. Song Xiang began to try to hook up with him, but every time she was rejected by Gongzi Bao.
Some people want to destroy each other or oppress others if they can't get it, but Mrs. Song Xiang is different, the more she can't get her, the more she likes it.
Gongzi Bao checked everywhere every day to ** people in need, and when the Song Kingdom was famine, he took out all his family property to help the people. For the elderly over seventy years old, some precious food is often delivered.
In addition, Gongzi Bao often went to Liuqing's house to exchange feelings, served talented people in the country, and often helped them for the relatives after Duke Huan.
Gongzi Bao's performance made Mrs. Song Xiang decide to help Gongzi Bao ascend to the throne. So for what Gongzi Bao did, Mrs. Song Xiang often helped.
With the contrast between Zhaogong and Gongzi Bao, coupled with the support of Mrs. Song Xiang, the Song people all supported Gongzi Bao.
In 611 BC, Lady Song Xiang decided that the time had come, and she was ready to let Song Zhaogong go hunting in Mengzhu and then find an opportunity to kill him. Song Zhaogong was powerless to resist when he found out, so he took his treasure and traveled.
Sicheng Dangyi once persuaded Song Zhaogong to flee to other countries, but Song Zhaogong could not get the trust of his own people, the princes would not accept it, and he was unwilling to be someone else's courtier and refused to flee.
So Song Zhaogong gave his treasures to the left and right entourage, told them to leave, and went to Meng Zhu by himself.
Song Zhaogong was killed by Mrs. Song Xiang on the way to Meng Zhu, and then Gongzi Bao succeeded to the throne as Song Wengong.
4.End. Song Zhaogong's final death was inevitable, because he did not understand the importance of the united front.
The Dai and Huan clans of the Song State were relatively powerful, and Mrs. Song Xiang had a close relationship with the Dai clan. Song Zhaogong could have curried favor with Mrs. Song Xiang to contact the Dai clan, and then used his own Xiang clan to balance the Dai clan, and then weakened the Huan clan.
It's a pity that Song Zhaogong first wanted to kill his uncles and offended the Xiang clan. Then he killed his uncle Ziyu, offending Mrs. Song Xiang and the Dai family, so that Song Zhaogong did not have much strength to support him, and it was inevitable that he would be killed in the end.
Therefore, the united front is a magic weapon, and we must learn to use it in our own life and work, so that there will be a smooth road everywhere.