Li Gong was troubled, and Yin made his son-in-law Yong want to kill The Sacrifice Zhong. - "History of the Thirty Dynasties and the Zheng Family"
This is the description of Yong Gui's assassination of Matsuri in the "Chronicle of History".
In history, there are many powerful courtiers, who are in power and do not even pay attention to the emperor. Some of these courtiers were foreign relatives, some were ministers, and they held the power of the dynasty in their hands, bullying the emperor who had just ascended the throne and monopolized power. For example, Huo Guang in the Western Han Dynasty was a powerful minister during the Han Xuan Emperor period, he was a foreign relative, and he also dominated the power.
The Huo family's foreign relatives abused their power and were eventually uprooted by Emperor Xuan of Han, and during the Spring and Autumn Period, a powerful minister also controlled the power of the state. This courtier was the minister of Zheng Guo, Ji Zhong, who fought fiercely with king Zheng Guo, which eventually turned into an assassination operation. And the daughter of the priest is faced with a dilemma, that is, to save her husband or to save her father, how does she choose?
Ji Zhong, a confidant of Zheng Zhuanggong during the Spring and Autumn Period, once replaced Zheng Zhuanggong to resist the attack of the Yan army. Under the leadership of Ji Zhong, Zheng Guo's army descended the mountain like a fierce tiger, crushed the long-distance Yan army, and protected zheng Guo's safety. After that, Ji Zhong led Zheng Guo's troops to rescue the State of Qi, and Zheng Guo has since received the full support of the State of Qi.
In 701 BC, Zheng Zhuanggong died, and as a confidant, Hezhong was entrusted by Zheng Zhuanggong. With the support of The Priest, crown prince Ku ascended the throne as king, and was known as "Zheng Zhaogong". Crown Prince Ku was the son of Deng Guohou, who was a native of Deng Guo, and his mother's family was weaker. And Zheng ZhuangGong had other concubines, such as Yong Jiao, a woman of the Song Dynasty, who gave birth to Zheng Zhuanggong's son Tu.
At that time, because of the developed trade industry and strong national strength, the Song Kingdom was loved by the Duke of SongZhuang, so he was very dissatisfied with the sacrifice of Prince Zhongli as king. In order to achieve its own goals, the Song Kingdom wanted the prince to suddenly inherit the throne, and could be closer to the Song Kingdom. In order to achieve this goal, the Duke of Song Zhuang deceived the priest to the Song Kingdom.
After He came to the Song Kingdom, he was detained by the Duke of Song Zhuang. Originally, for the sake of the interests of the country, He refused to submit to the Song State. Duke Zhuang of Song ordered the severe torture of The Sacrifice Zhong, put the knife to his neck, and gave the Sacrifice Zhong a sentence:
"If you don't stand up, you'll die."
When He saw Ming's dangling sword, he was timid and frightened, and finally agreed to Song Zhuanggong. After Returning to China, he used the power in his hands to abolish Zheng Zhaogong and suddenly establish the prince as king, known in history as "Zheng Ligong". After Zheng Ligong ascended the throne, although he had the support of the Song State, the power of the state was still in the hands of Ji Zhong.
Zheng Ligong saw the fate of his brother and knew that if he did not conform to the wishes of the powerful courtiers, he would not be able to avoid the fate of being deposed in the future. In this case, Zheng Ligong pretended to be obedient to the sacrifice and began to secretly murder the sacrifice behind his back. The choice of the person to carry out this mission is very important.
This person must not only have a close relationship with the priest and have the opportunity to attack, but also be loyal to Zheng Ligong and will not easily reveal the secret to the priest. At this time, a warrior entered zheng Ligong's vision, and Yong Gui, the son-in-law of Zhongzhong, made great achievements in the battlefield and once served under the command of Prince Tu.
Yong Gui was very loyal to Zheng Ligong, who believed that Yong Gui was the most suitable candidate. Late one night, Zheng Ligong sent his cronies to bring Yong Into the palace. Yong Gui entered the palace and bowed to Zheng Ligong, and Zheng Ligong quickly got up and helped Yong Gui up. Zheng Ligong said: "You are a loyal subject of the state, and you do not have to perform this great gift in the future." ”
Zheng Ligong waved his hand, and Yong Gui sat down opposite Zheng Ligong, and the two began to drink. Zheng Ligong said to Yong Gui: "The sacrifice of Zhongzhong abolished Zheng Zhaogong, coerced me, and did not pay attention to the state at all. Yong Gui arched his hand and said, "Whoever endangers the interests of Zheng Guo and his majesty, I will get rid of them?" ”
In order to make Yong Gui completely loyal to himself, Zheng Ligong promised Yong Gui to get rid of his father-in-law Jie Zhong, and let him take over the position of Gong Zhong. This remark completely won Yong Gui, and the conditions given by Zheng Ligong were too rich, and Yong Gui had no reason to refuse. Yong Gui returned home and saw his wife Yong Ji.
Yong Gui thought that his wife had married him and must have the same heart as himself, so he told his wife all about Zheng Ligong's summoning of him. From this situation, we can know that Yong Gui loves his wife and trusts her so much. Yongji was in a dilemma at this time, her husband and father could only save one person, how did she choose?
Yongji loves her husband and respects her father even more, and now her husband wants to kill him, and in this fight, she can only choose to save one person. Yong Gui threw this dilemma to his wife and asked her to make this difficult decision. Distraught, Yongji returned to her mother's house and asked her mother, "Which of the husband and father is closer?" ”
And her mother gave an answer that has been passed down through the ages, that is:
"The Father is only one, and everyone is a husband."
When Yongji heard her mother's words, she had a decision in her heart, and she told her father about her husband's conspiracy to assassinate her father. Matsuri immediately gathered his troops and arrested Yonggui, who was beheaded and paraded in public. Yong's body was placed by the pond of the imperial palace, and the purpose of the sacrifice was to demonstrate to Zheng Ligong.
Zheng Ligong saw that Yong Gui was killed, knowing that the things he had planned had been exposed, Zheng Ligong saw that Yong Gui was so simple, he actually told his wife about the confidential matters, and fled to Cai Guo overnight. Zheng Ligong took Yong gui's body and buried him, and when he was buried, Zheng Ligong said to Yong Gui's tombstone:
"If you conspire against the woman, die a good thing!"
Yong Ji is faced with a thousand years of difficulties, two relatives, she can only choose to save one. Eventually, at her mother's suggestion, she made a choice that could not be said right or wrong. Because if you save your father, your husband will die; if you save your husband, your father will die, and it is really the most difficult choice. If you were Yongji, what kind of choice would you make? Welcome to interact with the editor.