In the historical stories we have read, Zheng Zhuanggong is definitely a positive image, and he has a little filial piety. However, at the same time, he is also a very scheming person, and he seems to be very hypocritical.
Indeed, the historical stories we see, the positive descriptions of Zhuang Gong are true. His birth mother, Wu Jiang, was very disgusted with Zheng Zhuanggong because she had difficulty giving birth to him. Later, even disregarding Duke Zhuang's noble status as the eldest son of Concubine, he repeatedly asked Duke Zheng Wu to abolish Chang Liyou and establish his brother Gong Shu Duan instead.
Later, Duke Zhengzhuang became the monarch, and Wu Jiang still doted on his uncle Duan and urged him to usurp the throne. Duke Zhuang relied on his superior strategy to retreat and finally defeated the rebellious Gongshu Duan. And he swore a poisonous oath to his eccentric mother: never see each other until Huangquan. But in the end, the soft-hearted Zhuang Gong specially dug a tunnel to secretly meet his mother
Filial piety is evident.
But Zhuang Gong also has weaknesses, selfishness, his selfishness, hidden killing machine. According to the Spring and Autumn Left Turn:
"The book says: "Zheng Boke Duan Yu Yan." Duan is not a brother, so he does not speak of a brother; such as Erjun, so he knows ke; called Zheng Bo, ridiculed and lost religion; called Zheng Zhi. It's hard not to say anything."
The title of Duke Zhuang here as "Zheng Bo" is a mockery of his unruly teachings to his younger brother. The reason why he did not write the Gongshu duan "out of the run" expressed his condemnation of Zhuang Gong. Because the word "out of the run" seems to be attributed only to GongShu Duan, in fact, Zheng Zhuanggong is also responsible.
Then, let's find some details to support it, to prove that Zhuang Gong had selfish intentions in this calamity.
First of all, Zhuang Gong knows that his mother Wu Jiang doted on Gong Uncle Duan and did not like himself when he was young. But these are the problems of the mother's eccentricity, and they have nothing to do with the younger brother. Until the mother actually asked Zheng Wugong to depose Chang Li, it was an insult to the noble status of the eldest son and a threat to become the monarch in the future. Probably from this time on, Duke Zhuang paid close attention to the every move of his mother and Uncle Duan.
History records that "please Kyo, so that the dwelling is called the Uncle of the Capital City." Matsuri: "The capital city has passed through a hundred pheasants, and the harm of the country is also." The system of the first kings: most of them are only one of the three kingdoms, one of the middle five, and one of the small nine. If the present capital is not moderate, the non-system is also not controlled, and the king will be overwhelmed. ”」
The length of each side of the city wall outside the capital cannot exceed three hundred zhang, which is not in line with the etiquette of the previous king system and is a naked peep at the state power. If Zhuang Gong did not have selfish intentions, at this time, he should promptly dissuade and punish the sinister intentions of GongShu Duan, instead of indulging him to undermine gang chang ethics. Just like a classic line in the TV series "Know It or Not":
"If a concubine is truly virtuous, he can restrain him so that he does not dare to commit a crime."
Obviously, at this time, Zhuang Gong's heart was not pure, indulged his younger brother, and began to give a series of sets to Gongshu Duan, and he had already started to kill Gongshu Duan.
Duke Zhuang did not listen to the ministers' blunt advice, and all the way connived at him to acquire a capital city that did not conform to the system, and connived at recruiting soldiers behind his back. The wise Duke zhuang is killing, and if he wants to destroy it, he will make it swell.
In addition, Zhuang Gong's verbal evaluation of Gongshu Duan is:
"Many unrighteous deeds will kill themselves." Nothing, will be self-contained. Unrighteousness is not nicknamed, and thickness will collapse."
From these words, we can see Zheng Zhuanggong's contempt and hatred for Gongshu Duan. He wished his brother would do something even crazier, and Zhuang Gong did not have any act of stopping him in the process, watching his brother commit suicide.
The purpose of Zhuang Gong in doing this is mainly to win people's hearts and minds. The more arrogant And arrogant Duan is, the more land he occupies, the more he loses the people's will. In the end, it is indeed because of the loss of people's hearts, the people in the capital have betrayed Gongshu Duan, and he can only flee to the Communist Country like a lost dog.
In fact, GongShu Duan would rebel, mainly because of Wu Jiang's instigation and favor, and Duke Zhuang was well aware of this. His fierce attack on Gongshu Duan may also be revenge for his mother's years of favoritism and viciousness. Because when the rebellion was successful, Zhuang Gong swore that he did not want to see his mother again, which showed that he had a deep hatred for his mother.
However, Zheng Zhuanggong is basically a person who takes the overall situation into account and is filial piety and sincerity. It was just that he was born in the imperial family, and his selfishness completely ruined a brotherhood.
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