After the history of China entered the Spring and Autumn Period, the princely states began to fight each other in disregard of the authority of Zhou Tianzi. So the princes fought with each other, and Zhu xia entered the era of the princes' hegemony, and the first overlord to emerge in the Spring and Autumn Period was Zheng Guo. Zheng Guo, with the merit of escorting king Ping of Zhou to move east to Luoyi, presided over the administrative affairs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and has always been a high-ranking official, grasping the general direction of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. King Ping of Zhou had no choice but to rely on Zheng Guo, and given his own weakness, he could only choose to rely on Zheng Guo. After the death of Zheng Wugong, Zheng Zhuanggong succeeded to the throne, and Zheng Zhuanggong faced his strange mother Wu Jiang.
Daughter of Shen Guo
Zheng Zhuanggong's mother is recorded as Wu Jiang in the Spring and Autumn Left Biography, and the original text says "Zheng WuGong married Yu Shen, Yue Wu Jiang", so is Wu Jiang her name? Of course not, the Spring and Autumn History Books record a series of women's names such as Qi Jiang, Xiang Jiang, Zhuang Jiang and other higher status women's names. "Jiang" here is a kind of name for women, which means beauty, beauty, and the "Wu" character of Wu Jiang is the nickname of Zheng Wugong; the "Qi" character of Qi Jiang is the meaning of Qi Guo, the "Xiang" character of Xiang Jiang is the meaning of Xiang Guo, and the "Zhuang" character of Zhuang Jiang is the nickname of Song Zhuang Gong. Therefore, these women did not record their names at all, and the meaning of Wu Jiang was the beauty or woman of Zheng Wugong. This is a manifestation of the inferior status of women in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is the etiquette system stipulated by the Zhou Li. If it is not said that Zheng Wugong married Yu Shen, we would not even know that Wu Jiang is a Shen guo.
Shen Guo was the country that colluded with Inuyasha to destroy Western Zhou. At that time, the queen of King You of Zhou was the daughter of Marquis Shen, and King You of Zhou favored Empress Dowager Shen and deposed Queen Shen and the crown prince of Queen Shen's son YiUsu. Yi Usui's grandfather, Marquis Shen, saw that his daughter and grandson had suffered such a great grievance that they colluded with Inuyasha to finally destroy King You of Zhou, killing Bofu, the son of Chu Ji and The Crown Prince. In the end, he and the other princes supported Yiusu and succeeded to the throne of Zhou Tianzi. Shen Guo was both the culprit of the fall of Western Zhou and the hero of King Ping of Zhou's ascension to the throne of Zhou Tianzi. It was only after such a toss and turn in western Zhou that it was in ruins, and King Ping had no choice but to move east to Luoyi. In this way, it is really difficult to say whether King Zhou Ping was grateful or resentful to Shen Hou. The marriage between Zheng Wugong and Shen Hou should have been decided before the Battle of Lishan, and the relationship between Shen Hou and the princes at that time should still be very good.
Eccentric Martial Ginger
Wu Jiang bore Zheng Wugong two concubines, namely the eldest son of Concubine Anderson and the second son of Duan. As the saying goes, "the younger son, the eldest grandson, the old lady's lifeblood", the eldest grandson is not easy to say, but for the younger son Wu Jiang is loved to the bone. But in general, ten fingers and hearts are the meat that fell from their own bodies, and normal people will prefer their younger sons, but they will also try to make a bowl of water flat and not let others talk. But Wu Jiang is not like this, she loves her younger son to the bone, and she hates the eldest son and hates it to the bone. On the one hand, this is a normal emotional performance, on the other hand, because the eldest son is difficult to give birth, and almost tossed wu jiang to death. Therefore, from the very beginning, Wu Jiang divided Yu Sheng and Duan into outsiders and his own people.
During zheng wugong's lifetime, Wu Jiang repeatedly encouraged Wugong to abolish Chang Liyou, but Wugong, who attached great importance to etiquette, did not agree. Duke Wu died, and Huan Sheng smoothly succeeded to the throne as duke of Zhuang, so Wu Jiang continued to fight for the rights and interests of his second son Duan as his mother, so Duan's fiefdom was a capital city beyond the specifications. After that, Duan continued to expand at the instigation of his mother, and gradually took control of the surrounding capitals. The ministers all looked in their eyes and were anxious in their hearts, demanding that Zhuang Gong take drastic measures, otherwise he was afraid that Zheng Would fall into a split and chaos, but Zhuang Gong was not in a hurry, he persuaded the ministers to calm down, and Zhuang Gong just quietly watched the performance of his mother and brother from the side, and at the same time silently dug a pit on the side.
Break and reunite
After years of preparation, Wu Jiang and Duan prepared for the final fight. Duan and his army wanted to sneak into the capital, while Wu Jiang wanted to open the city gates as an internal response, and then they killed Duke Zhuang and took over zheng guo. When they carried out this plan, they suddenly jumped into the pit dug by Zhuang Gong. Duan eventually fled, while Wu Jiang could only wait in the palace for the decision of his eldest son, Duke Zhuang. Faced with such a situation, Zhuang Gong's heart must be full of grievances and injustices. The same son, why is the mother so double standard? Such a distinction? Therefore, Zhuang Gong, who drove away his brother, directly drove his mother Wu Jiang to Yingcheng, and swore that "not as good as Huang Quan, no meeting", which shows the sadness and anger in Zhuang Gong's heart. Wu Jiang had no choice but to be placed under house arrest in Yingcheng.
As soon as the younger son ran away, the eldest son severed the mother-son relationship with himself. At this time, Wu Jiang should also regret it in his heart, right? Mother and son do not see each other, but the first one who cannot support it is Zhuang Gong. The mother-son relationship was not so easy to break, and although he made a vow not to see it in anger, he soon regretted it. So a clever man, Uncle Yingkao, untied Zhuang Gong's heart knot and designed the bridge section of "Huangquan Seeing Mother". Zhuang Gong and Wu Jiang reconciled, but Duan failed to make a comeback.
End
Wu Jiang finally grew old in zheng guodu, and when she died is not recorded. It is estimated that she will never see her youngest son Duan in the rest of her life. It is the nature of parents to spoil children, but too much pampering will harm children. Everyone understands the truth, but the people who fall into this pit are endless, whether they are ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign. It is human nature to overcome oneself.