Chapter 306: Kindness, Regret of Marrying a Daughter
On the Wu side, Sun Quan found a quiet pavilion in the garden city that was built just two years ago. It was surrounded by green trees and flowers, and there was also a pond with lotus flowers in full bloom to relieve the heat of the hundred days.
Sun Quan looked at the vast lake with his hands behind his back, and his thoughts crossed the Yangtze River through the lake and extended to the vast sea. He was worried about the harvest of the three men sent by the Wu Kingdom.
After all, these are the few assets of his Wu Kingdom now. If they continue to suffer losses, Wu Kingdom will really be hopeless. However, he is worried, but he still believes in the strength of the navy. Looking at the current world
It’s still hard to find an opponent,
In addition to the deceitful son-in-law, the mention of his son-in-law Cao Shuang gave him a headache, but his other daughter Lu Yu's husband Zhu Ju also did not make him feel at ease. Ever since he made He'er the prince
, and in his eyes he became more and more aware that there was no king and father, only the prince. This was not possible, absolutely not possible!
Even so, I still have to endure it for a while, and I have to wait for Zhuge Ke, Quan Cong and others to return from the expedition before I can deal with him. Now the affairs of the court still rely on this prime minister to support him.
Even if Zhu Zifan is the son-in-law of his beloved daughter, it is not okay for him to offend his own treason. The prince is only the crown prince. How can he, the true monarch of Wu, be ignored by others when he is still alive and well?
Even if the person who is arrogating him is the prince, he cannot tolerate it. As the saying goes, "Since ancient times, there have been no fathers and sons in the royal family, and there have never been emperors with younger brothers." This is something that few people have been able to change and let go of since ancient times.
Even if he now only owns one-third of the Jiangdong land in the world, it is still the same. He has to be wary of many people around him. He knows that some of his ministers have always said that he is too suspicious, but who can
Do you know that he was also forced to do this?
The bustle of the world is all for profit; the bustle of the world is all for profit. If the word "profit" is replaced by the word "power", this sentence is still true.
Among them, imperial power, as the highest expression of power, and because of its uniqueness and exclusivity, not only spawned scenes of wonderful palace battles, but also directed a series of tragic human tragedies. He had read the historical records carefully.
, there are many bloody examples in it.
In 770 BC, King Ping of Zhou moved east to Luoyang, marking the official entry into the Spring and Autumn Period in Chinese history, and ushering in an era in which rituals collapsed, music and music collapsed, and the world was in chaos.
During this period, not only did the princes conquer and merge with each other, but there were also frequent vicious incidents within the princely states, including crimes against superiors, ministers killing kings, and sons killing fathers.
According to Sima Qian's statistics, during the entire Spring and Autumn Period, thirty-six monarchs died at the hands of their sons or ministers, not including those who went into exile abroad.
Thirty-six kings were killed, fifty-two countries were destroyed, and countless princes ran around and failed to protect their country.
The representative figure among them was the prince of King Cheng of Chu, who later became the merchant minister of King Mu of Chu.
At first, King Chu Cheng planned to make his eldest son Shang Chen the crown prince, so he sought the advice of Ling Yinzi.
Zishang said: "I don't agree with you doing this. First of all, you are not too old now and have many sons, and there are a few you particularly like. You have established a business minister now. If you want to do it again in a few years,
What should I do if I change my mind? According to the tradition of the Chu State, the prince is usually selected from among young people. Moreover, from the appearance of Shang Chen, this child is not a kind person, so I do not recommend that he be made the prince." But.
King Chu Cheng did not listen and insisted on appointing merchants.
Not long after, King Chu Cheng regretted it, because he saw that his younger son's position was becoming more and more pleasing to him, so he planned to replace the merchant.
When the merchant heard the news, he was very nervous but not sure whether it was true or not, so he asked his teacher Pan Chong what to do.
Pan Chong gave him an idea, saying that your aunt Jiang Mi doesn't like you very much. You can invite her to dinner, then deliberately neglect and anger her, and she might reveal some useful information.
Things turned out as Pan Chong expected. Jiang Mi said angrily: "You are such a loser. No wonder your father wants to replace you!" After that, she walked away.
After that, Pan Chong gave him three choices: willing to be exchanged, fleeing abroad, killing his father and becoming self-reliant. Shang Chen chose the third one without hesitation.
In October of that year, the merchants took the initiative and led their trusted troops to kill King Cheng of Chu and proclaimed himself King Mu of Chu.
The reason why this kind of king was killed (not necessarily by his son) was very common in the pre-Qin period. In addition to the so-called collapse of rituals and music, the key reason was that the world did not have the concept of great unity and the supremacy of monarchy.
Before and after Qin Shihuang unified the Six Kingdoms, Legalist figures came onto the historical stage. While completing the unification of the country, they helped the monarch truly realize centralization of power for the first time, and the monarch's power was unprecedentedly strengthened. In particular, Dong Zhongshu "deposed hundreds of schools of thought and became the sole leader."
After "Respecting Confucianism", the theory of "divine right of kings" gradually became popular among the people, and everyone, including the king, believed in it.
Han Feizi told the emperors that imperial power is supreme and the king must firmly grasp it in order to control it effectively.
Han Feizi also said that as an emperor, power cannot be divided and power cannot be shared. If the imperial power is shared with others, traitors will be ready to take action; if the decree is wavering, the monarch's own safety cannot be guaranteed; and if the punishment is not decisive, evil will
The wind will overwhelm righteousness.
Under the repeated indoctrination of this idea, imperial power was sacred and inviolable from now on. Anyone who covets or gets involved will be indiscriminately suppressed or even killed by the emperor. Sun Quan did it without exception.
Even though he built some pagodas and Buddhist temples in Jianye, he still does not have a compassionate heart. If he can still have a compassionate heart while sitting in this position, he is not far away from death, let alone the destruction of the country.
Even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not prevent this from happening.
In November of the first year of Emperor Wu's campaign (92 BC), a sudden political movement swept the entire city of Chang'an - this was the "witchcraft disaster" that devastated the Han Empire.
The first person to be knocked down by "witchcraft" was the brother-in-law of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the prime minister of the time, Gongsun He. His wife, Wei Junru, was Wei Zifu and the sister of Wei Qing.
In the second year of Zhenghe (91 BC), Gongsun He's son Gongsun Jingsheng was imprisoned for embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds.
Originally, this was just an ordinary economic crime, but in prison he was accused of using "witchcraft" to curse Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and even committed adultery with Princess Yangshi. After some investigation, Gongsun He was also implicated, and his father and son
They were both executed together.
Immediately afterwards, the second batch of witchcraft criminals appeared. This time it was even more strange. They were actually the other two daughters of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Princess Zhuyi (born by Queen Wei Zifu) and Princess Yangshi, as well as the eldest son of the former general Wei Qing.
The son Chang Pinghou Wei and his wife were also executed as co-defendants.
He thought that compared to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was still kind. He just wanted to depose the crown prince and did not want to do anything to the original crown prince. But even so,
His prime minister and son-in-law has been going against him many times, trying desperately to protect Sun He's position as the crown prince. Recently, whenever he wants to find a reason to mention this matter in the court, and wants to depose the useless crown prince, he will jump out.
, the same thing happened in the morning today,
When he thought of this, he became very angry and said angrily: "This Zhu Zifan, I really regret marrying Lu Yu to him. Now that he has become the prime minister, he is still so ignorant. If
If things continue like this, they will have to listen to them in matters concerning the court, so what use will I, the emperor, have!"
Pan Shu, who was making tea at the side, walked up to Sun Quan and hugged Sun Quan from behind. She said softly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. It's not good for your body to be so angry."