In the middle of the reign of King Zhuang of Chu in the "Spring and Autumn Five Powers", Zheng Mugongxue of the Northern Zheng Kingdom died—by the way, the death of the Son of Heaven was called Collapse, and the death of the princes was called Xue—and his son Ji Yi succeeded to the throne, which was the historical Zheng Linggong.
At that time, the transmission of information and the speed of material delivery were much slower than now, so Zheng Linggong succeeded to the throne in October 606 BC, and when King Zhuang of Chu received the news to send a symbolizing auspicious Daqi (later known as Wang Ba) to congratulate him, it was already the spring of 605 BC.
As the monarch of the small princely states, Zheng Linggong felt extremely honored and supremely honored to receive gifts from the overlords at that time, and decided to invite the doctors in the court to drink Wang Ba Tang from the Great Chu Kingdom, which is the so-called "king eats meat and drinks soup, and drinks soup and thanks the king for drinking soup."
On this side, Zheng Linggong's imperial chef was busy slaughtering the poor king eight who was the mascot in the palace kitchen; on the other hand, two of Zheng Linggong's heavy courtiers, Gongzi Song and Gongzi, returned to the palace to report important news at home and abroad.
Just as the two princes were waiting for Zheng Linggong to come to listen to the government, the index finger of Gongzi Song's right hand suddenly shook up sharply, and he, a super foodie, couldn't help but be overjoyed and happy, while letting Gongzi return to life to see his index finger move, he said with infinite fascination: "Every time my index finger shakes, there will be a special delicacy waiting for me to taste, and today should be no exception." ”
After Zheng Linggong sat down, Gongzi Song and Gongzi Guisheng began to report, and it happened that at this time, the imperial chef came to report to Zheng Linggong on the progress of the eight cooking projects of the Great King: "Your Majesty, the large number sent by the Chu State has been slaughtered, when to get off the pot please instruct." ”
Zheng Linggong finished cooking the relevant matters of the Chu Kingdom King Viii, turned his head, and unexpectedly found that Gongzi Song and Gongzi Guisheng were looking at each other and smiling, so he asked what was going on. Gongzi Guisheng did not dare to conceal it, and told Zheng Linggong the truth about what had just happened.
Zheng Linggong did not believe that Gongzi Song had a special function, and he wanted to prove it in his own way.
You should remember the most famous bronze queen of the Shang Dynasty, Peng Da Fangding, right? Zheng Linggong's imperial kitchen cooked the steaming, fragrant Wang Ba Soup in front of the doctors in such a container. When the time came to divide the soup, Zheng Linggong asked the attendants to serve each doctor a piece of Wang Batang, which represented the face of The King Longen and the courtiers, but only missed the Gongzi Song, who had long been eager to taste the food.
Gongzi Song saw that Zheng Linggong deliberately embarrassed him in public, and he was almost mad, so he desperately rushed to the Ding Instrument, stretched out his right index finger to stir it in Wang Batang, sucked a few mouthfuls desperately, and then whisked his sleeve away in a menacing manner.
This time it was Zheng Linggong's turn to go crazy, one was that Gongzi Song had offended the dignity of the monarch, and the other was that a good Ding Wang Batang had soiled Gongzi Song. Zheng Linggong was furious and angry, furious, and furious, pulling his throat and declaring to the courtiers: "If a widow does not kill Gongzi Song, the widow will not be surnamed Ji!" ”
Gongzi Song was not idle, he was a high-ranking and powerful minister of the Zheng State, and he had a very close relationship with the powerful Jin State, and after hearing that Zheng Linggong was particularly interested in his head, he decided to preemptively attack with the spirit of "first strike is strong, and then the next hand suffered", and led a large number of his hardcore fans to launch a coup d'état and surround the palace late that night.
As a result, Zheng Linggong, who was worried about the remaining pot of wang batang, was cut off his head like the poor Chu Guo Daqi, and a slightly over-the-top prank made the new monarch who had succeeded to the throne for less than half a year pay a heavy price in his life.
In the novel "Chronicles of the States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", Song, the son of the Emperor of the Imperial Household, was "evil and evil", and was finally destroyed, but such a result is not found in the records of history, because novels often rely on morality, but history ultimately speaks by strength.
In the era when Zheng Linggong was the king and Gongzi Song was a subject, the Zheng state already had a situation in which the monarch was weak and the subject was strong, and the historical development of the Subsequent Zheng State and the historical process of the Jin and Qi states fully proved this.
It can be seen that it is also necessary to have strength to speak harshly, otherwise it will be like Zheng Linggong who will be killed because of a moment of pain.