Chapter 424: Active and passive, the more you do, the more you make mistakes
Taichang Gu Tan also suggested: "Your Highness, I do not agree with Prince Consort Teng's advice to wait and see what happens. If a critical moment comes, we must take the initiative and turn passivity into initiative.
We can’t just sit back and wait for death, even if we do something that suits His Majesty’s wishes, I think we can change something.”
Teng Yin retorted: "Shen Sheng, Fu Su, Liu Rong and others made more and more mistakes, and in the end they even cost their own wealth and life. They have a bright future. Your Highness the Prince should learn from it!"
Sun He is also a person who is familiar with history books. After all, he is sitting in the seat of the crown prince of Soochow. He has read all these things in history books. He thought carefully for a moment and said: "Teng Qing's words are reasonable. I'd better try to be calm."
, after all, my father is old, and he will be fine as long as he survives for a few years."
The history of Jin Xiangong's mediocrity in his later years began when he killed Prince Shen Sheng.
Why did Duke Xiang of Jin kill Prince Shensheng? It is said that it was because Duke Xiang of Jin had dementia. In fact, as long as we know the background information of Prince Shensheng, we will naturally know that it is almost inevitable for Duke Xiang of Jin to purge Prince Shensheng.
Prince Shensheng appeared in the Jin Kingdom as the commander-in-chief of the army a long time ago.
In fact, when Prince Shen Sheng appeared in this capacity, some people had a premonition that his future was not good. Because the prince is the crown prince of the country and is now the commander-in-chief of the army, do you think the old emperor can feel safe in his heart?
The key is that the place where Prince Shen Sheng later sat in charge was Quwo.
Quwo is a relatively sensitive place because Jin Xiangong's father and grandfather used Quwo as a base to fight against the boss of the Jin Kingdom and ushered in a new era.
Prince Shen Sheng sits in a place like this. Do you think it's sensitive?
Of course, because the Jin State has expanded for many years, Quwo's proportion in the Jin State has been relatively weaker. But this kind of place is still very sensitive to some extent.
More importantly, the mother of Prince Shen Sheng is no ordinary person, because the mother of Prince Shen Sheng is the daughter of Duke Huan of Qi.
Duke Huan of Qi had two sisters. One was married to the eldest son of Lu State, and the other was married to the eldest son of Wei State.
Because they had the powerful Qi State as their backing, the sons of Qi Huangong and his two sisters later became the boss of the Lu State and the other the leader of the Wei State.
Although neither Lu nor Wei wanted these two children to be the eldest son, the problem was that the uncle of these two children (Qi Huangong’s brother) was like a wolf and a tiger. Lu and Wei did not want these two children to be the eldest.
, can it be done?
The State of Qi in the era of Duke Huan of Qi was obviously more powerful than the State of Qi in the era of Duke Xianggong of Qi.
The key point is that although Prince Shen Sheng is backed by the powerful Qi State, he is unable to use his power.
Because at this time, the Jin State has become a heavyweight player weighing three to five hundred pounds and is in the midst of prosperity; while the Qi State is bent on fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains and is having a great time competing with the Chu State. How can it dare to compete with Chu State again?
What about the annexation of Jin Dynasty?
In this context, Prince Shen Sheng was tragic.
Faced with their father's suspicion, Huo Huo, Zhong Er, Yi Wu dared to fight, but Shen Sheng did not dare to fight. This is because Shen Sheng's identity is quite special.
If Prince Shen Sheng rebels against his father, he may bring Qi into trouble.
If Duke Huan of Qi was unwilling to dip into the muddy water of the pond, at least at that time, Prince Shen Sheng would not see any way out.
My father was the boss of the Jin State and wanted to kill him; my grandfather was the boss of the Qi State and was unwilling to ignore him at that time; how else could he operate? In this context, which small country would dare to enter such muddy waters?
The operations of Chong'er and Yiwu are relatively simple.
They resisted Jin Xiangong, and it would be best if they could win. If they couldn't win, they could choose to flee. Jin Xiangong couldn't pursue them and kill them all.
Under this background, there are naturally many places where one can escape. But Prince Shensheng obviously does not have such an opportunity.
The most important reason why Duke Xian of Jin could easily kill Prince Shen Sheng was that the Jin State was expanding day by day and its power had become equal to that of Qi State.
Otherwise, if Duke Xian of Jin dares to kill Prince Shen Sheng, the consequences will definitely be terrible.
First, Duke Xiang of Jin blatantly violated etiquette and law. This was because he was abolishing the elder and establishing the young, and abolishing the direct descendants and establishing concubines.
Second, this legitimate son is the nephew of Duke Huan of Qi who is dedicated to upholding justice and maintaining social order.
I recall that back then, King You of Zhou abolished the elders and established younger ones, which angered the prince's grandfather. It was a tragedy at that time. Now, Duke Xian of Jin abolishes the elders and establishes younger ones, which annoys the prince's grandfather, Duke Huan of Qi. How can it be tolerated?
The problem is that at this time, the Jin State has expanded to the same status as the Qi State. The Qi State naturally does not dare to dip into the muddy water of the pond.
Of course, the State of Qi was just unwilling to dip into the muddy water at that time. What will happen in the future? No one can guarantee it, so Duke Xiang of Jin must eliminate this time bomb when his control ability is very strong.
If the conflict between Duke Xiang of Jin and the crown prince is analyzed in this way, it will cause unspeakable damage to the sanctity of the monarchy. More importantly, Shen Sheng is too ambitious and threatens Duke Xiang of Jin's position.
Qin Shihuang was called the emperor of the ages by later generations. Although many of the decisions he made during his reign were "culpable at the time", they were "resulting in the future". However, the issue of his selection of successors has made people sigh.
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Among them, what is quite puzzling is that Qin Shihuang usually does not like his eldest son Fusu very much, but prefers Hu Hai. However, when he was dying, he wanted to recall Fusu from the border and even intended to pass the throne to him.
Fusu, there was a drama in which Zhao Gao and Li Si corrected the edict and ordered Fusu to die.
So, since Qin Shihuang wanted to pass the throne to Fusu, why didn't he usually wait to see him?
Historical records record that Fusu was resolute and courageous, a "benevolent" person, and had political foresight. He often boldly advised his father, Qin Shihuang, and was an upright son.
From our current point of view, Fusu is simply a perfect successor, but Qin Shihuang did not think so.
Fusu advocated Confucian benevolence and righteousness, while Qin Shihuang valued Legalist thought. In order to achieve great unification, he reused Li Si. In order to build the Qin Empire, he adopted thunderous methods.
In terms of ideas and beliefs, Fusu and Qin Shihuang failed to reach an agreement, which would inevitably lead to various differences in daily government affairs.
So there were scenes where "Fusu often bluntly admonished Qin Shihuang".
Maybe once or twice, Qin Shihuang just felt disgusted, and Fusu "disobeyed" Qin Shihuang more times, until the quantitative change reached a qualitative change, and once the fuse was triggered, things were different.
The trigger was Fusu admonishing Qin Shihuang to stop cultivating immortality, and at the same time objecting to the murder of "more than 460 people who violated the prohibition".
Qin Shihuang was so angry that he "demoted" Fusu far away in a rage and went to Shangjun to assist Meng Tian in building the Great Wall. This made Qin Shi Huang more and more wrong, pushing himself further and further away from the throne.
In addition, there is another reason, that is, Fusu's biological mother is from the Chu State, and he has the blood of the Chu State flowing through him.
It stands to reason that as Fusu, the eldest son of Qin Shihuang, was very famous, his biological mother, the First Empress, should also be recorded. However, there is no record at all in various historical materials, and no one mentions it. This is somewhat unreasonable.
Under the circumstances at that time, the two major forces in the Qin State, except for Ying Zheng, were the Chu family headed by the Queen Mother Huayang. According to the practice of the Chu State, the queen was selected from the queen mother's clan. This "first queen" should be
Chu people are undoubtedly.
The last king of Chu, Changping Jun, rebelled. Regardless of whether the "First Queen", who was a Chu native, was involved in it or not, she could not escape the blame...