In the second year after the incident in the State of Lu, envoys from the State of Song came to the State of Zheng and asked to take Prince Feng back to his country.
When the young master Feng Meng suddenly heard the news, he was not excited but worried. He said to Duke Zhuang of Zheng: "There must be a fraud in this. They just want to trick me into going back and then get rid of me."
Jizu didn't believe the words of the Song envoy. He said: "Last time, Song Gong (Song Shanggong) followed Wei Guo Zhouxu and sent troops to attack us just to capture the young master Feng. How could the Song people ask the young master Feng to go back?
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The worries of Prince Feng and Ji Zu are reasonable. Of course, to explain the reason clearly, we have to extend the story and start with an incident done by the ancestors of the Song Dynasty.
The first generation monarch of the Song Dynasty was Wei Zi, one of the "Three Sages of the Late Shang Dynasty". Such a situation occurred when King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty. Confucius recorded: "Wei Zi goes away, Jizi becomes his slave, Bigan
He died after remonstrating. Yin had three benevolences."
What is said is that when King Wu of Zhou conquered Zhou, the three sages of the Shang Dynasty, Jizi, Bigan, and Weizi, seeing that the situation was over, they discussed a way: Let Jizi and Bigan stay to protect the Shang Dynasty; let Weizi
Escape and preserve a bloodline for the royal family of the Shang Dynasty. This is what Confucius said, "get rid of the thorns."
Weizi took his tribe and fled to today's Datong area in Shanxi Province. After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he heard that Weizi was still there, so he moved them to today's Shangqiu area in Henan Province and gave them the title of Duke. From then on, the Song Dynasty emerged.
When the first king of the Song Dynasty was about to die, because his adult son also died and the other sons were still young, he made a wise choice and passed the throne to his brothers before his death. This is
It was originally a helpless move, but unexpectedly, this incident was praised by his descendants and neighboring countries, who said that the ancestors of the Song Dynasty were wise and wise.
The throne of the Song Dynasty was passed on to the thirteenth generation, in the hands of Song Xuangong. This man also wanted to win the reputation of a wise king, so before he died, he deliberately passed the throne to his brother, Song Mugong.
Duke Mu of Song Dynasty was grateful for his kindness and always wanted to repay his brother Song Xuan Gong's kindness. He often said: "After I die, I will return the throne to Xuan Gong's descendants."
Song Mugong didn't just say it casually, he really wanted to do it. In order to ensure that his throne could be returned to Xuan Gong's descendants, Song Mugong sent his eldest son Feng to the state of Zheng very early and ordered him to do so.
He has been living in the state of Zheng and is not allowed to return to his country.
After Song Mugong died, the ministers followed his last wish and appointed Song Xuan Gong's son to take the throne, who was Song Shang Gong.
With this background, we can naturally understand why Young Master Feng came to the State of Zheng, and we can also understand why Duke Shang of Song followed Zhou Xu of Wei to fight against the State of Zheng. To put it bluntly, Duke Shang of Song was worried that Young Master Feng would go back to fight with him.
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Because of such past events, when the Song Dynasty envoy proposed to take Prince Feng back to the country, everyone including Prince Feng himself felt that there was a conspiracy.
The envoy of the Song Dynasty had no choice but to tell the recent changes in the Song Dynasty in detail. It turned out that a coup had occurred in the Song Dynasty:
This coup was instigated by Dazai Huadu and targeted Kong Fujia, the great Sima of the Song Dynasty. There were two reasons for the trouble:
First, Hua Du and Kong Fujia had a long-term feud. Kong Fujia supported Song Shang Gong, while Hua Du secretly communicated with Feng, the young master who was far away in Zheng State. For a long time, Kong and Hua had been fighting openly and secretly, causing trouble in the DPRK.
The ministers were also divided into two groups.
Secondly, Kong Fujia was a warlike person. In the ten years since he took charge of the army, the Song Dynasty actually fought eleven wars. Unfortunately, Kong Fujia always lost the war. People said that Song Dynasty
There are so many orphans and widows in the country, and there are so many desolate fields, all because of Kong Fujia's years of war. The Song army was generally war-weary. Both the army and the people hated Kong Fujia's belligerence.
In 710 BC (the 10th year of Song Dynasty and the 34th year of Zheng Zhuanggong), Kong Fujia began to train his troops and horses again in preparation for war. This time, in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, Kong Fujia gave very strict orders, which made the soldiers miserable.
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Seeing that Kong Fujia had aroused public anger, Dazai Huadu felt that there was an opportunity to move to him. So he secretly contacted a group of junior officers and encouraged them to spread resistance among the soldiers. Within a month, a mutiny broke out.
It was quietly brewing under Kong Fujia's eyes.
One night, a group of angry soldiers came to the gate of Dazaifu noisily, shouting that they wanted to see Governor Hua.
Governor Hua walked out of Dazaifu and said to the soldiers: "I know you don't want to fight. But it's useless for you to go to me. You should go to Da Sima. He is in charge of the country's troops and he is the one who wants to fight."
A military academy member stood up and said: "The Song Dynasty has been exhausted after years of fighting. Can it still fight?"
Governor Hua said: "Song is really unable to fight. It has been using troops for many years and its national strength is weak. What else can we use to fight? But if Da Sima is in charge of the army, no one can stop him if he wants to fight."
The soldiers shouted: "Then kill him. Let Dazai make the decision for us."
Governor Hua said: "Okay. Since everyone said so, for the sake of the Song Dynasty, I will risk my life today and go with everyone to go to Da Sima to argue." After saying that, he got on the carriage, raised his arms and rushed out with a group of soldiers.
Towards Da Sima Mansion.
The group came to the door of Kong's mansion, and Governor Hua stepped forward and knocked on the door. Kong Fujia walked out in a daze. Just after he asked what was going on, he was about to reprimand the soldiers. Unexpectedly, the angry soldiers rushed forward and
Cut him to the ground.
Governor Hua killed Kong Fujia, and instead of doing anything else, he called in an army and went directly to force the palace. Duke Shang of Song Dynasty was unprepared. People from Huadu quickly entered the palace. Duke Shang of Song Dynasty was also killed.
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As soon as Duke Shang of Song Dynasty and Kong Fujia died, Huadu took control of the court. He sent people to Zheng State to pick up Prince Feng and prepared to make him king. This was the first scene.
After listening to the story of the Song envoy, Duke Zhuang of Zheng finally believed that the Song Dynasty really wanted to bring the young master Feng back to the country this time. He immediately decided to send troops to escort the young master Feng back to the Song Dynasty.
Before leaving, Young Master Feng knelt down in front of Duke Zheng Zhuang and said: "My Young Master Feng has received so much care from Uncle Zheng over the years in Zheng, and I have received countless favors that cannot be repaid. My Young Master Feng has decided to become Uncle Zheng's foreign minister. As long as Uncle Zheng speaks.
, I will definitely obey your words." When he got to the point where he was moved, tears were already flowing down his face.
Naturally, Duke Zhuang of Zheng was polite and sent him on his way.
When Prince Feng returned to the Song Dynasty, Governor Hua led his ministers and made him the king of the country, namely Duke Zhuang of Song Dynasty.
Songzhuang Gongfeng was worried that the princes of other countries would say that his throne came through a coup. After taking power, he sent people to carry gifts to various countries to deliver gifts. In this way, the princes of various countries recognized him.
Duke Zhuang of Zheng was a good man and worked hard to the end. In order to help Prince Feng secure his throne, he made a special appointment with Duke Xi of Qi and Duke Huan of Lu. Together with Duke Feng of Songzhuang, they signed an alliance. After his support, Prince Feng's throne was stabilized.
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Of course, these things also brought huge gains to Duke Zheng Zhuang. The princes of various countries saw that he was making waves on the international stage and most of the things he did were admired by the princes, so they greatly praised Duke Zheng Zhuang. The reputation of Duke Zheng Zhuang was getting higher and higher.
Some small princes have regarded him as a leader, even an overlord.