In 620 BC, Song Chenggong died, and his brother Gongzi Yu killed the prince and established himself as a prince, and Gongzi Jiuusu defeated Gongzi Yu in 619 BC, and was proclaimed as a prince for Song Zhao.
At the beginning of Song Zhaogong's succession, he was taught to be a man by his grandmother Wang Ji. Due to the "disrespect" to his grandmother, his henchmen were killed, and Song Zhaogong's power was eliminated, and the power that could be relied on was eliminated. It can be said that since the beginning of Song Zhaogong's reign, his position has been unstable, his position is precarious, and he is clamped down by the forces of the Song Dynasty and is like a puppet.
Song Zhaogong ruled for eight years, and during the eight years, Song was worried about internal and external troubles. In 617 BC, the State of Chu gathered its vassal states to attack the State of Song, and Song Zhaogong had no choice but to humiliate and seek peace; famine broke out within the State of Song, and there were countless starvations, and Song Zhaogong did not even have the strength to relieve the disaster, and could only watch Gongzi Bao give away grain with the help of his grandmother Wang Ji, enter and leave the house of Liuqing, win people's hearts, and prepare for public opinion to usurp the throne and seize power.
What made him even more devastated was that his grandmother Wang Ji actually wanted to have an affair with Gongzi Bao, and after Gongzi Bao refused, Wang Ji actually decided to help Gongzi Bao usurp the throne in order to achieve his goal. In 611 BC, Song Zhaogong went hunting in Luzhu and was attacked and killed by Wang Ji.
"Zuo Chuan Wen Gong Sixteen Years": Both, Lady will make Gong Tian Meng Zhu kill him. Known to the public, do it with treasure. "The Princes of The Dragon? Gong Yue: "Can't his doctor as for the grandmother and the people of the country, who will accept me?" And it is better to die than to be a king and a subject. "Leave it to the lord with his treasures."
Before going to Luzhu, Song Zhaogong knew about his grandmother Wang Ji and Gongzi Bao's plan to kill him jointly. After Song Zhaogong knew, he traveled with a large amount of treasure. It was suggested that he flee to the other princely states. Song Zhaogong said, "I can't even win the support of my courtiers and grandmother, so which prince is willing to accept me?" Besides, I have been a monarch, how can I be someone else's courtier again? Or dead. Song Zhaogong gave all his treasures to the entourage left and right, let them leave, and went to Luzhu himself to die.
The record of Song Zhaogong in the "Chronicle of History" is: "Zhaogong has no way, and the chinese people do not attach it." In fact, it is difficult to say that Song Zhaogong was "unscrupulous", and Song Zhaogong's mistake was to be "disrespectful" to his grandmother, and he was not able to get the support of his own grandmother, so that the henchmen were purged and completely lost the power and foundation of governance. Although there were famines and famines in the late Song Dynasty, it is difficult to blame Song Zhaogong, a monarch who did not control state power. Therefore, it is a bit excessive to say that he "has no way", "no way" is the extreme sin of the human king, only Xia Jie and Shang Yi are named "no way", and Song Zhaogong is still at a level.
Throughout song Zhaogong's reign, his ruling career was full of humiliation, he did not punish any rebels, did not do anything he wanted to do, and his regime was in jeopardy. He was promoted to the throne by the people of the country and ousted from power by the Gong clan forces. If Song Zhaogong is speechless, it is more accurate to say that he is incompetent, but his incompetence is also powerless and helpless.
In fact, looking at Song Zhaogong's posthumous title, I can understand that he is at least far from the Daoless Emperor. Zhao means light, conspicuous, and obviously a beautiful word. The eyes of the masses were still shining. Although Song Zhaogong had done some wrong things, he was also helpless in the absence of state power. Therefore, Song Zhaogong really couldn't be treated as a Daoless Emperor.
The death of Song Zhaogong was still due to the large number of clan forces in the Song Kingdom, and the struggle between the Gong clan and the throne, and Song Zhaogong was powerless. If you really want to say it, Song Zhaogong died at the hands of the infighting of the Gong clan forces, and Gongzi Bao and Xiang Lady Wang Ji were even more "ruthless".