Mingjun is difficult to overcome the old age faint hurdle
Title: Jin Xiangong: A Monarch with Eloquence and Strategy, but Destroyed by the Disaster Content: Jin Xiangong, a monarch with great talent and strategy in Chinese history, from 672 BC to 651 BC, he successively destroyed more than 20 small princely states, which increased the land area of the Jin State by more than ten times.
However, the stupidity and arbitrariness of his later years came into a brutal conflict with a piece of his history. According to the records of the Jin family, Jin Xiangong married 7 women in his life and had 9 children.
When he was young, he married Jia Ji as a concubine, and later married Da Rongzi and Xiao Rongzi as wives. However, his greed for beauty led him to make a great mistake.
He braved the disapproval of the world and accepted Qi Jiang, the daughter of Duke Qi Huan, the concubine of his father Jin Wugong, as his wife, gave birth to a daughter, and when he grew up, he married Qin Mugong as his wife, known as Mu Ji in history, and gave birth to a son.
At this time, his eldest son Chong'er was already 21 years old, and his second son Yiwu was also much older than Shensheng, but because Shensheng was a son-in-law, he was made a son. However, Jin Xiangong later married a sister of Jia Jun, but did not have children.
In 622 BC, in order to crusade against Lirong, Jin Xiangong gave two daughters to the king of Lirong, who was afraid of the obscenity of Jin Xiangong, so he gave these two daughters to Jin Xiangong.
Seeing that these two women were very beautiful, Xian Gong took them as concubines. Since then, Xiangong is like a different person, and he is confused and fascinated all day long.
Li Ji and Shao Ji are both graceful and charming**, and they are also clever and deceitful. Xiangong's love for them is incomparable, and he is obedient and even obedient.
Although Xiangong should have some understanding of the "red face and troubled water", but in the last years of the Xia Dynasty, Xia Wei because of his favor with Yuxi, which led to the abolition of the dynasty, and in the last years of the Shang Dynasty, the king of Shang because of his favor with Daji, which led to the chaos in the world, and the king of Zhou Youyou of the Western Zhou Dynasty because of his favor, which led to the destruction of the Western Zhou Dynasty by the Xiyi dogs.
However, Xiangong thought that he could control the situation, but he lost his country because of Li Ji and Shao Ji. Li Ji and Shao Ji both gave birth to sons for Xian Gong, one named Xi Qi and the other Zhuo Zi.
Xiangong not only dotes on Li Ji, but also wants to make Li Ji his wife and support Xi Qi as his son. Although Li Ji was overjoyed, she remained silent. She understands that if Shen Sheng's status as the son of the family is suddenly abolished for no reason, it will inevitably arouse the criticism of the ministers, and it will be unbeautiful at that time.
Therefore, after much deliberation, she politely rejected the proposal to offer a public gift. However, her refusal did not stop her determination to dedicate her father, and in the end, Li Ji's plan succeeded, and Li Ji was appointed as his wife and Xi Qi as his son.
This history of Jin Xiangong is the story of a man who lost everything he had because of his greed for beauty. His story is also a typical example of "red face and trouble" in Chinese history.
However, no matter how history changes, the greed and desire of human nature can never be changed.
She knelt in front of the princess and said reasonably: "The prince is famous and famous, and all the princes know it, if the king is abolished without authorization because of the concubine's mother and son, the concubine would rather die than obey." ”
After that, she burst into tears, her feelings were sincere, and she was moved. But Xiangong couldn't help it, and soon mentioned the matter again, and made ** for the "waste of the heirs" through the divination of his subordinates.
In order to reduce resistance, Xiangong first established Li Ji as his wife, and Shao Ji was also promoted to the second concubine. Although there was opposition from all over the court, Xiangong had made up his mind, and no one dared to hinder him in front of him.
Next, it is the question of changing the crown prince. Shen Sheng is virtuous and capable, and the dedication to the public cannot be easily abolished, otherwise he will fall into the reputation of disregarding feelings and ethics. As a result, Shen Sheng became a thorn in Liji's eye and a thorn in his flesh, which must be removed.
In 660 BC, Xiangong wanted to personally lead the army to attack the Gaoluo clan in Dongshan, and Li Ji wanted to "borrow a knife to kill", so he advised Xiangong on the grounds of Xiangong's old age and decay, and let the prince Shensheng take command.
However, Shen Sheng led his army to defeat the Gaoluo clan in one fell swoop and won a complete victory, but instead won a higher prestige in the Jin Kingdom. This is exactly what Li Ji didn't expect, and she hates it so much that the roots of her teeth itch.
One night, when Xiangong was making love with her, Li Ji said to Xiangong worriedly: "After the crown prince conquered Dongshan, his reputation is growing, and he will definitely think that the king is confused by me and will do something to disturb the country."
The concubine is worried that the prince will poison me for the sake of early accession. Xian Gong disagreed: "Shen Sheng is kind-hearted and will not do such a rebellious thing." Li Ji said: "The concubine doesn't think like this, but I have heard people say that loving one's relatives is a small benevolence, and for the country is a great benevolence."
For the sake of the people of the country, sometimes it is necessary to put aside the little benevolence, which is called 'selfishness'. Now that the prince sees you as the king, can you not be wary? Li Ji's seemingly reasonable words finally hit the sore spot in Xiangong's heart, and he determined that the prince had the "wrongdoing" heart of rebellion, so he observed the prince's every move with colored eyes in the narrow consciousness of unfounded worries.
As soon as Li Ji succeeded, she began the next step of her conspiracy. In cahoots with Youshi, he used the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain, and asked Xiangong to seal Shen Sheng in Quwo, Chong'er in Pudi, and Yiwu in Qudi, clearing the way for Li Ji's son Xi Qi to become the crown prince.
The Jin Xiangong of the Hero I has been completely old and stupid and confused. Soon, listening to Li Ji's slander, he really brutally forced the crown prince Shensheng to death, and sent people to conquer Chong'er and Yiwu.
Chong'er was so frightened that he fled to Zhai, and Yiwu fled to Liang. By the time he was done with all this, Jin Xiangong had already dried up physically and mentally and had run out of oil lamps. In 651 BC, the once invincible Jin Xiangong finally walked to another world in a daze under the manipulation of Li Ji and his reputation for immorality.
Jin Xiangong would never have expected that only a few days after his death, Xi Qi, Zhuo Zi, Li Ji, and Shao Ji, who he loved infinitely, were all killed by the ministers he once reused, such as Rick and Pi Zheng's father, and even his minister Xun Xi was forced to kill himself.
Jin Xiangong didn't understand until he died, when he used all his life's strength to push his so-called beloved to the supreme throne, it was actually equivalent to sending them to a sea of swords and fires that flashed with a compelling cold light and turbulent waves.
Pampering and doting without a bottom line is always the most tender pit to relatives.
Old age and deafness are insurmountable hurdles for the kings of all dynasties, and Li Ji is only a factor, and more responsibility lies in the decisions and policies of the rulers. Great emperors such as Emperor Qin, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Song Zu of the Tang Dynasty also had similar mediocre words and deeds in their later years.
Qin Shi Huang implemented harsh government in his later years, labored millions of people to build projects, and sat on beautiful women but made the people miserable; In his later years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dealt with the witch Gu case and wronged the crown prince, resulting in the death of the mother and son.
These lessons from history remind us that as rulers, we must always keep a clear head and make the right decisions in order to avoid similar tragedies.
Many kings in history will show the common characteristics of faintness when they are old, such as Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Xiangong of the Jin Dynasty. They are old and mentally exhausted, unable to think about national affairs normally, and often control the power of life and death with the heart of a child.
They are often close to villains and distant gentlemen, listen to and believe partially, and have doubts about loyal ministers and close relatives. In addition, these kings often enjoyed themselves in time after they had done their best, enjoying the pleasures of the emperor in extravagance, and even superstitious magic in search of the elixir of immortality.
Although future generations can blame them, this ** system makes all this "natural" and "grandiose".
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