In October 606 BC, Zheng Mugong, who had been the ruler of the State of Zheng for 22 years, died, and his son Gongzi Yi succeeded to the throne as Zheng Linggong. I believe that many people know that the nickname "Ling" is a subordinate, and being able to get such a nickname shows that Zheng Linggong's performance during his reign was not much better. In fact, Zheng Linggong's reign was only more than half a year, and in this half a year, he did one thing, and it directly led to his death, which is also quite sad to say.
In the spring of 605 BC, the king of Chuzhuang sent emissaries to give Zheng Linggong a huge turtle, Zheng Linggong originally wanted to raise the turtle, but he felt that it was too troublesome, it was better to directly satisfy the appetite, so he thought about it for a few days, and finally let the chef in the palace slaughter the turtle and cook it into a pot of soup, so that the Qing doctors could also taste it.
While the chef was processing the turtle, Gongzi Song and the Zi family entered the palace to meet Zheng Linggong because of some things. Gongzi Song is a well-known foodie of Zheng Guo, and he likes to eat a variety of delicacies. When the two were walking on the way into the palace, Gongzi Song's index finger moved, Gongzi Song sui signaled to the Zi family around him to look at his index finger, he told the Zi family that every time the index finger moved, he would taste a special delicacy, and now that the index finger moved, it means that he will still enjoy the delicious food on this day.
Looking at Gongzi Song's excited look, the Zi family did not say anything, but after they entered the palace, they smelled a different taste in the palace, Gongzi Song asked about it, and Zheng Linggong said that the chef was preparing to make turtle soup. After Zheng Linggong finished speaking, he found that Gongzi Song and the Zi family looked at each other and smiled, he was still curious, so he asked the two what they were laughing at.
The Zi family told Zheng Linggong about the big move of Gongzi Song's index finger on the road, and Zheng Linggong listened to it, which was a share of the turtle soup with Gongzi Song. Why? He Zheng Linggong's things, who want to eat who you want to eat, let who eat, do not let anyone eat. Don't you have delicious food to your mouth with the movement of your index finger, and the widow will not let you do it.
After the fragrant turtle soup was made, Zheng Linggong sent someone to invite Zheng Guo's qing doctors into the palace to taste, and everyone sat around, and Zheng Linggong sent one person to give them a bowl. But only did not give Gongzi Song. This is a complete humiliation for Gongzi Song, he is originally a person who likes good food, and everyone else has a share, but he has nothing alone, this is not Zheng Linggong deliberately embarrassing him, what is it?
Thinking that his son Song was also a man with a head and a face in the Zheng Kingdom, and his status was respected, how could he bear it when this monarch who had just succeeded to the throne was so humiliated by him?
Gongzi Song stood up directly and walked to the front of the turtle soup, whether it was very hot or not, whether there were many people looking at him, he directly put one of his fingers into the pot, dipped the turtle soup, and then took out his finger and put it in his mouth and sucked it, and left without anyone.
Gongzi Song's actions frightened everyone, but no one said anything. When Gongzi Song returned home, looking at his red fingers, he began to think about getting rid of Zheng Linggong. However, although Gongzi Song had great influence in Zheng Guo, he was not zheng guo's ruling secretary after all, and some things would encounter some obstacles and it was not very convenient, so he directly found the ruling Qing zi family, instigated the zi family to kill Zheng Linggong with himself, and then re-established a pleasing monarch.
As the ruling secretary, as long as the Zi family maintained their own position, they were not willing to participate in such a thing as killing the king, so he said to Gongzi Song: "Even if the cattle in the family are old, they can't bear to kill, and what about our monarch?" ”
In the face of the zi family's non-cooperation, Gongzi Song had to take extraordinary measures, after all, the idea that he wanted to kill Zheng Linggong had already told the Zi family that he was the best to participate, and if he did not participate, he would have to get rid of him, so he in turn framed the Zi family for having a rebellious intention, as far as the forces were concerned, although the Zi family was the ruling secretary, it could not compete with the Gongzi Song family, so he finally succumbed to Gongzi Song, and the two conspired to kill Zheng Linggong in the summer of this year.
Poor Zheng Linggongcai had only been on the throne for half a year, and he was killed in this way. Zheng Linggong's murder did not cause much splash in Zheng Guo, after all, he had only been on the throne for half a year, nothing had been done, and few people were loyal to him, after his death, Zheng Guoren was ready to let his younger brother Gongzi go to the throne, but Gongzi went to the disease but refused, and finally Gongzi went to the disease, Zheng Linggong's brother Gongzi Jian succeeded to the throne, for Zheng Xianggong.
Zheng Mugong before Zheng Linggong was a monarch for 22 years, and Zheng Xianggong after Zheng Linggong was a monarch for 18 years, and his own half a year was really not enough to see, but although his death seemed to have no impact on Zheng Guo, it was not necessarily the case among the nations, Confucius expressed his views on this matter, he wrote in "Spring and Autumn": "Zheng Gongzi returned to life and killed his junyi. ”
Confucius believes that the main culprit who caused Zheng Linggong's murder was the Zi family, not gongzi Song. Although Gongzi Song was in turmoil, the Zi family, as the ruling secretary of Zheng Guo, not only did not stop it, but was also coerced to participate in the matter under the knowledge of Gongzi Song's plot, which was the reason why he was not powerful enough, just as the so-called" was: "Benevolence is not martial, and there is no ability to reach it." From here, what Confucius said makes a lot of sense.
Zheng Linggong had never thought that the turtle sent by the Chu State would eventually kill him, ending his short career as a monarch.