In 666 BC, Li Ji bribed liang wu and dongguan wu, two of Jin Xiangong's close associates, and they came out to make suggestions to the Jin dynasty, sending the crown prince Shen sheng sheng Zhenzong Yi Quwo, and Gongzi Zhong'er and Yi Wu to garrison Pucheng and Qucheng in Bianyi, leaving only Xi Qi, the son of Li Ji, to accompany The Duke of Jin. But even though the three princes had been expelled from the capital, Li Ji's persecution of them did not stop, and her first target was Shen Sheng.
Among the three princes, the status of Zhong'er and Yiwu was roughly equivalent to that of Zhao Suo, who was enfeoffed to Geng, and Bi Wan, who was enfeoffed to Wei, except that the two princes were the same surname doctors of Jin Jun. However, Shen Sheng's identity was different from these feudal lords with the same surname or different surnames, he was not an ordinary feudal prince, but the ruling secretary of the Jin State!
The Chronicle of History reads:
In the sixteenth year (661 BC), the Jin Dynasty made the Second Army. The gong general went to the army, and the crown prince ShenSheng went down. - "History of the Jin Dynasty"
According to the political practice of the Spring and Autumn Period, the doctor who enjoyed the right to govern, that is, the secretary of state, could command the country's army. Before the Jin Dynasty, in 685 BC, Duke Huan of Qi appointed Guan Zhong to reform and reorganize the national army into three divisions, led by Duke Huan himself and The State of Qi, Shangqing Guozi and Gaozi, and even Guan Zhong, the lower secretary, had no right to command the army.
After the Duke of Jin, in 633 BC, Duke Wen of Jin made the Three Armies, and the general of the Three Armies naturally became the ruling Liuqing of the Jin State.
Therefore, after hearing the news that Jin Xiangong had been appointed as the commander of the second army and had Shen Sheng as the commander of the lower army, the Jin Dynasty Grand Master Shi Wei said:
The prince shall not be made. Divide the capital city and sit in the qing, first for the extreme, and then settle down? - "History of the Jin Dynasty"
I am afraid that Shi Lang's words are only half right. Shen Sheng was ordered to command the army as the ruling secretary, and from the patriarchal system, he was disqualified from inheriting the throne.
But let us not forget that Xi Qi, the prince who remained in the capital at this time to prepare for the throne, was a 5-year-old child, and his elder brother Shen Sheng not only controlled Quwo, the largest city in the Jin state outside the capital of the country, but also controlled half of the military power of the Jin state.
Don't say that at this time, The Duke of Jin has not officially deposed Shen Sheng's title as crown prince, and granted it to Xi Qi, even if it is given to Xi Qi, Shen Sheng is still the second person in the political arena of the Jin State other than the Duke of Xian.
I think that in the beginning, if duke Huan of Qi did not have Gaozi and Guozi as the internal lords, could he ascend to the throne of the state of Qi? Since Gao and Guo Erqing could influence the abolition of Qi Jun, couldn't Shen Sheng? Besides, the tablets of Uncle Quwo Huan, Uncle Zhuang of Quwo, and Duke Wu of Jin can still be enshrined in Shensheng's Fengyi Quwo.
I think that in the beginning, it was they who annexed The Great Sect as Xiaozong that led to the current ruling situation of the Jin Dynasty. If The Duke of Xian had no secrets, even if Xi Qi had inherited the throne as Emperor Dazong, who could guarantee that Shen Sheng would not let the history of Qu Wotunjin repeat itself?
For Shen Sheng's possible tail failure, Jin Xiangong was not without concern, and even he took certain preventive measures.
Gong Xian appointed Shen Sheng to command the army, but he also violated the general rules of army building in various countries in the world, stipulating that the army must be subordinate to the upper army led by the monarch and must not have an independent organizational system.
At the time of Shen Sheng's enlistment, Xiangong also deliberately degraded his costumes and honor guards. The robes are precious in pure color, and the Gong Gong will dress Shen Sheng with a variegated partial coat; the soldier's charm is based on the jade system, and the Gong Gong will grant Shen Sheng a golden seal. Xiangong wishfully hoped that through this series of gradual arrangements, Shen Sheng would calmly accept the fate of being deposed, assist him with peace of mind, and become the right and left arm of the new Jun Xiqi in the future.
However, the authorities are confused, the bystanders are Qing, and shi Huang, the mastermind of the purge of the Huan and Zhuang clans, can see at a glance the fragility of this political structure:
"Fox Fur, one country and three dukes, who am I to obey!" - "History of the Jin Dynasty"
In Shi Cang's view, not only the ruling secretary Shen Sheng, but even The Great Doctor Zhong'er and Yi Wu would also pose a fatal threat to the young lord Xi Qi. Once the Jin Dynasty Gong died, any of the three princes could be Zhu Di, the King of Yan, who was "jing difficult" in Xingbing!
Such a threat was seen by Shi Wei, and Li Ji, who was always paying attention to Xi Qi, could also see it. Every time Shen Sheng wins a battle, his prestige will rise to a higher level, and Li Ji's jealousy of him will be added to the layer.
By 658 BC, Duke Xian of Jin made his attitude clear to Li Ji, and would formally depose Shen Sheng and make Xi Qi crown prince, and Li Ji's first reaction was to be afraid:
Li Ji said: "I want to abolish the prince and replace him with Xi Qi." Li Ji wept: "The establishment of the prince is known to all the princes." And a number of generals, the people attached. Why abolish the concubine for the sake of a concubine? The king will do it, and the concubine will commit suicide! ——" History of the Jin Dynasty
The Jin Dynasty will officially promulgate the will to depose the crown prince, which means that the moment of the showdown between Li Ji's mother and son and Shen Sheng is getting closer and closer. In order to eliminate shen sheng's threat, in 656 BC, Li Ji had to strike first. Therefore, she concocted the case of the prince's poisoning, slandered Shen Sheng for trying to kill the Jin Xiangong, and said that the two princes were all subordinates.
The "Chinese" says that Li Ji's conspiracy to force Shen Sheng to sin was approved in advance by the Duke of Jin, and I think that this record is very likely to be untrue.
Because Li Ji's actions actually destroyed all the efforts made by The Duke of Jin for so many years to reconstruct the Duke of the same surname and establish a new pattern of power in the Jin State.
Shen Sheng cut himself off, Zhong'er and Yiwu fled, and Duke Xiangong of Jin was so disappointed that he expelled the rest of his sons and swore an oath at the Zongmiao Temple that from now on, the Jin state would not accept princes with the same surname.
The Chinese says:
The beginning is the order, and the country has no public family. - "Chinese Jin Yu II"
The purging of the Huan and Zhuang clans in that year had greatly weakened the Gong clans of the Jin State with the same surname, resulting in the Jin Gong having to introduce the forces of doctors with different surnames to support the development of the Jin State. Now that Shen Sheng was suffering, the princes of the group were expelled, and the Dukes of the same surname in the Jin Dynasty were uprooted, from now on, the Jin Emperor had to rely exclusively on zhu qing with different surnames for his administration, which laid the foundation for the dictatorship of the six secretaries and the division of the three families into Jin.
When Jin xiangong Li Ji was made his wife, Dafu Bu Yan once prophesied:
Lady Wuguanjun also, if it is chaotic, its Judean nong also. Although he has won the fertile field and is diligent and easy, he will not be satisfied, but only a man. - "Chinese Jin Yu I"
Li Ji, who wasted her time to help her son take the wife, is like the farmer who has worked hard, don't look at her hard work and sweat, in the end there may be someone else who harvests the fruit.
Bu Yan's prophecy has now been fulfilled. Although Li Ji succeeded in forcing Shen Sheng to die and forcing away Heavy Ear and Yi Wu, the vicious means stored too much resentment for her.
Finally, after Jin Xiangong Yan drove, Li Ji and Xi Qi also died in the coup d'état launched by Zhongfu Rik. Now that the position of the monarch is vacant again, the fleeing Heavy Ear and Yiwu are about to start a protracted battle for the throne of the monarch.
bibliography:
Yang Bojun's "Spring and Autumn Left Commentary"
Takikawa Ziyan "Notes on the History of the Society"
Xu Yuanchen's "Chinese Collection"
Li Shangshi and Li Mengcun, History of the Jin Dynasty
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