In the summer of 605 BC, The tenth monarch of the "Spring and Autumn Dynasty" Zheng Guo, Zheng Linggong Jiyi, was killed by his subordinates (personal names) less than a year after he ascended the throne.
The reason for this is quite absurd and ridiculous:
It turned out that in the spring of this year (605 BC), Zheng Linggong, who had just ascended to the throne, received a local specialty sent by the State of Chu- yuan (yuan, a large turtle).
In the spring of the year of the Ling Dynasty, Chu offered his life to the Linggong.
Seeing this, some people may ask: Why did Jing Chu, as a great southern power, send gifts to Zheng Guo, who only occupied the land of bullets?
There are two reasons for this:
First, although the State of Chu was very large and not weak, it was still a "southern barbarian" at that time and was not recognized by the mainstream culture of the Central Plains; while the State of Zheng, although it occupied a small area, had assisted King Ping of Zhou in moving east, earned enough political capital, and more than once served as the Shangqing (ruling minister) of the Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, in the early Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Guo has always maintained a high "international status", known as the Spring and Autumn Little Bully. It is equivalent to the fact that although India is now mixed well, it is still worse than the international status of "Little Japan", which is a truth.
Second, Zheng Guo's position was in the world, and if the princes of the Central Plains at that time wanted to "hang the people and cut down crimes" (go out to bully and bully people, pretend to be X), they had to borrow More or less from Zheng Guo, or make an alliance with him (a large part of the reason why the King of Chu showed favor to Zheng Guo was that he wanted to win Zheng Guo and himself into the Jin Kingdom. ）
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Chu State gave gifts to Zheng Guo - all for profit!
Let's move on.
When Zheng Linggong Jiyi received this gift, he fully demonstrated the self-cultivation of a "foodie" - he immediately ordered the imperial kitchen to stew the great king eight.
At this time, another "big foodie" of Zheng Guo appeared, he is the above-mentioned zigong (from the palace ~ this name is really enough to have personality).
On this day, Zigong and his brother Zijia (also personal names) were preparing to enter the palace to meet Zheng Linggong, when suddenly, something magical happened - Zigong's index finger was shaking unconsciously.
First of all, let me state that this is not a "Parkinson's" attack of the sub-comrade.
According to Zigong himself, his index finger is a natural "foodie guide" - every time Zigong wants to eat something good, this index finger will have a premonition and move on its own.
Therefore, when Zigong looked at his index finger that was quickly shaking into a small motor, he immediately said to the Zi family: "It seems that there are good things to eat today!" ”
The Zi family and the Zi Gong will move towards the Ling Gong, and the Zi Gong's index finger moves, which is called the Zi Family: "If the Tuo Ri refers to the movement, it will eat foreign objects."
When the Zigong and Zijia arrived at the palace, they saw the imperial chef stewing turtle soup in the big ding in front of the main hall.
Zigong said to the Zi family proudly, "You see, I'm right, right? ”
Therefore, the two looked at each other and laughed, and Zi Jiaye said to ZiGong from the bottom of his heart: "Brother, you are a real cow!" ”
This scene happened to be seen by Zheng Linggong, and he asked them, "What are you laughing at?" ”
Then, Zigong proudly gave his special function to Zheng Linggong.
Zheng Linggong didn't say anything when he heard it, but the corners of his mouth showed a sneering smile.
After a while, the turtle soup was stewed.
Therefore, Zheng Linggong asked the internal attendant to divide the soup among the ministers present, and it was no coincidence that when everyone got the turtle soup, only when they went to the Zigong, the soup was finished!
I believe that many friends have already guessed: this "coincidence" is Zheng Linggong deliberately making bad - Zigong, don't you brag that you have a special function, and you can eat good things with the movement of your index finger? Today, play smashed it?!
I just blew a cowhide at everyone, and I was mercilessly punched in the face!
Zigong was very angry, so he ignored the courtesy of the monarch, went directly to the front of Zheng Linggong's royal case, put his magical index finger into the small ding that gave Zheng Linggong soup, dipped it, and then put his finger into his mouth and hissed hard, saying: "You see, I said I can eat it?!" ”
After saying that, he left with a big wave.
The ministers present were stunned! The so-called Ding, the heavy weapon of the country, also represents the supreme royal power; if the King of Chu Zhuang wanted to ask about the weight of jiuding, it was regarded as having a disobedient heart.
Now, Zigong dared to "touch Yu Ding" (this idiom is also from this), which is simply rebellion!
Zheng Linggong originally wanted to tease the family, but now he has become a joke; he is ashamed and angry, looking at the back of the zigong and shouting: "I will kill you!" ”
When the Prince was in the palace, he was anxious and angry plus possessed by the foodie attribute, so he made Meng Lang's move.
After returning home, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was not right, if this TMD Zheng Linggong wanted to execute himself, it was really famous!
The so-called first hand is strong, and the second hand is encountered.
Zigong and his brothers and sons combined, and in the summer of that year, Zheng Linggong was killed!
This is the famous "bloody case caused by a mouthful of turtle soup" in the history of Spring and Autumn!
When most of us first read this story, we will laugh at Zheng Linggong's absurdity and faintness, just because of a mouthful of Wang Batang, we put our lives in it!
However, I don't know if you have ever thought of such a question: why did Zheng Linggong "target" zigong and have to tease him?
Is it just because Zheng Linggong fainted?
Obviously not!
The editor believes that the fact that Zheng Linggong, the king of the Tang and Tang dynasties, wanted to kill his courtiers, but was killed by him, is very telling - that is, the Zigong family has a power in the Zheng kingdom that can resist or even surpass the family master (Zheng Linggong).
This also explains why Zheng Linggong targeted his son:
Because Zheng Linggong, who had just ascended to the throne, was suppressed by the Zigong everywhere in the ZhengGuo Court, he had resentment in his heart - in the various princely states during the Spring and Autumn Period, this kind of noisy and dominant thing was definitely not uncommon!
This is not the imagination of the editor, because according to the Song Dynasty historian Pei Xiao, the Zigong family was zheng guo's then shangqing (ruling minister), and if you think about it a little, you will know that this is simply a proper "three families and three jin" drama!
Therefore, zheng Linggong's death seems to be because of a bite of turtle soup, because of a joke; in fact, it is essentially because of the decline of Zhou Li, because the usurpation of power by the "dove occupying the magpie's nest" has also begun to appear within the princes.
At the same time, almost all the princes faced such a problem- the courtiers under their rule were getting bigger and bigger, and they could murder the lord at any time!
I have to say that this is really a tragedy of the times!