During the Spring and Autumn Period, because Zhou Tianzi lost his authority and there was no order in the world, all kinds of strange phenomena appeared in an endless stream, and today we are going to talk about a chaos of defending the country.
Wei Xuangong, from a young age, was a prodigal son, and when he was young, when he was still the prince, he had an affair with his father's concubine Yi Jiang, and also gave birth to a son, which was the later Gongzi Ling (ji).
Duke Xuan of Wei later made gongzi his heir, of course, he could not be said to be his own son, but externally he was said to be his younger brother, because Yi Jiang, the biological mother of Duke Wei Xuan, was a concubine of Wei Xuangong's father, Duke Wei Zhuang, and the Zhou Dynasty also had a tradition of brothers and brothers.
Later, when the prince grew up, he was going to marry and have children when he grew up, because he was an heir and had the obligation to dedicate himself to the country, he was going to have a political marriage, and Wei Guo and the State of Qi were now allied, and in order to consolidate the relations between the two countries, they agreed to marry the Princess Xuanjiang of the State of Qi.
As the monarch, Wei Xuangong first met xuanjiang, the princess of the state of Qi, and this saw that something bad happened, Xuanjiang looked very beautiful, and Wei Xuangong saw it, so he decided to take it as his concubine and marry another woman for the prince.
You see this Wei Xuangong, who first hooked up with his father's concubine, and now robbed his son's wife, which has a bit of the virtue of a monarch?
What about the State of Qi? Qi Hou just as if this did not happen, anyway, it is a political marriage, marrying the prince is to make friends with the Wei state, and now marrying the monarch is not better than marrying the prince, so the state of Qi did not make a sound about this matter, acquiesced.
What about the boys? His heart must have been uncomfortable, seeing that the wife of the hand was snatched away by his father, but he also understood that this was a political marriage, and there was no free love at that time, and he and the princess of the State of Qi did not have any feelings, so he put up with it.
Yi Jiang, who was originally in adultery with Wei Xuangong, fell out of favor, and a harmonious family became complicated by Wei Xuangong's confusion.
Princess Xuanjiang of the State of Qi later gave birth to two sons, the eldest son Gongzi Shou and the second son Gongzi Shuo, as these two sons grew up, Wei Xuangong had some subtle changes in his heart, and had already established an illegitimate son Gongzi as the heir, Wei Xuangong was a little regretful, and now he kind of wanted to set up the eldest son Gongzi Shou as the crown prince.
This thought of Wei Xuangong was seen by Xuanjiang, and was also known to the younger son Gongzi Shuo, so the younger son Gongzi Shuo took the throne as a pretext to help his brother Gongzi Shou seize the throne, and began to frame Gongzi Ling and instigate the relationship between Wei Xuangong and Gongzi Ling.
This youngest son, Gongzi Shuo, naturally also knew the story of Wei Xuangong and Gongzi robbing his wife, so he took advantage of this conflict point, and one day, the younger son ran to his mother and said: My uncle (Gongzi Ling), today let me call him Daddy, he said that you were his wife, I should have been his son.
This matter naturally reached Wei Xuangong's ears, how did Wei Xuangong handle this matter? He did do this himself, and it was definitely a loss to face Gongzi Ling, and it was not easy to confront Gongzi Ling, so he found Gongzi Ling's mother, that is, his good friend Yi Jiang when he was the prince.
Then he scolded Yi Jiang and said, You go home and discipline your son quickly, or I will kill him."
When Wei Zhuanggong said this, it was also a momentary angry words, that is, to scare and frighten Yi Jiang.
Poor Yi Jiang had an affair with Wei Xuangong, who was still the crown prince, in the Hou Mansion for the first half of his life, and he was frightened and frightened, and it was difficult to put his husband Wei Zhuang Gongfan to death, but Wei Xuangong empathized with each other again, this was an unspeakable marriage, and his heart was full of grievances and could only endure.
But if you endure until now, you will not be able to find peace, and these two gossipy things are themselves that you robbed your son's daughter-in-law, and you still don't let people say, scold me, what does this have to do with me?
Yi Jiang was already old at this time, his sons were married, he had been snubbed for so many years, and his heart was depressed, and as a result, because of this scolding, he could not open his heart and hang himself for a while.
As soon as Wei Xuangong heard that Yi Jiang was dead, his heart was broken, this matter could not be explained, and this could not be explained to Gongzi Ling.
At this time, the hateful little son Gongzi Shuo came again and announced to Wei Xuan: I heard my uncle tell others that you forced his mother to die, and he must take revenge in the future.
Wei Xuangong was originally weak-minded, and when he heard this, he was even more frightened, and he actually believed it, and the older he got, the more confused he became, and Wei Xuangong had a murderous heart for his son Gongzi.
So he pretended to send the prince out to other countries, and let the younger son arrange assassins along the way to kill the prince.
Because Gongzi Ling did not commit any crimes, and he was also the heir who had been established many years ago, he was deeply supported by the ministers of the DPRK and could not be arrested in the open, so he used this inferior means to arrange assassins to kill people in the middle of the road.
Wei Xuangong, in doing so, is simply exterminating human nature, as the saying goes: Tiger poison does not eat children, but this person's heart is fierce, more poisonous than the tiger.
The matter of the younger son and Wei Xuangong wanting to assassinate Gongzi Shou was known to the eldest son, Gongzi Shou, and the eldest son had a good relationship with Gongzi Ling since he was a child, and he has always called him Uncle, and now his brother and father want to assassinate Uncle, how is this good? The eldest son found it too difficult, on the one hand was his uncle, also the older brother (half-brother), and the future monarch, on the other side was the father and brother.
Gongzi Shou really couldn't think of a good way, so he found Gongzi Ling, told him about this matter, and told Gongzi Ling that you should go quickly, and I would stay and take all the responsibility.
As a result, the boy said that I would not leave, my father wanted me to die, I should die, where could I run? Although the world is big, there is no place for a person who is not filial.
Gongzi Ling, this is a person who is deeply influenced by Zhou Li's thought, so he will make such a decision, from here we can also see that Gongzi Ling is very filial piety, if replaced by the Gongzi Shuo with a bad heart, it is estimated that he will either flee or rebel and kill his father Wei Xuangong.
Gongzi Shou saw that his uncle was not leaving, and he could not convince his uncle, what to do? So he pretended to send off with Gongzi Ling, drunk his uncle at the dinner table, and then Gongzi Shou took a step first, grabbed the face of his uncle, reached the place where the Assassins were ambushed, and shouted to the Assassins that I was Gongzi Ling, and then was killed by the Assassins.
After Gongzi Ling woke up, he went to chase after him, and he met the assassin, and the assassin thought that he had completed the task at this time, but after Gongzi Ling saw the head of Gongzi Shou, he actually told the assassin that you killed the wrong person, I am the Gongzi Ling, and I will never dare to steal life if my father wants me to die. So the Assassins killed Gongzi Ling again.
In this way, the uncle and nephew both died, are they stupid? I don't think you can simply think of it that way.
The assassin returned to make a deal with his younger son, Gongzi Shuo, and originally the assassin was very worried in his heart: he had received an order to kill the uncle of the murderer' family, but he ended up killing his brother, would this Gongzi Shuo blame us?
But unexpectedly, his younger brother Gongzi Shuo not only did not blame them, but also was overjoyed and rewarded them heavily.
Why?
Because his younger brother Gongzi Shuo wanted the throne himself, and helping his brother kill his uncle was also for himself, and now this result made him overjoyed, because this ending was too perfect, killing two birds with one stone.
The surprise of the younger brother Gongzi Shuo was not over, the heads of Gongzi Ling and Gongzi Shou were placed in front of Wei Xuangong, Wei Xuangong cried loudly after seeing it, both of them were his own sons, Wei Xuangong was stimulated, and soon died of illness.
The original one-stone double eagle has now become one arrow and three eagles, and the younger brother Gongzi Shuo directly succeeded him as the new monarch, and the bad guy won a complete victory.
Gongzi Shuo let us see the darkness of human nature, for the throne, you can kill your two brothers without a bottom line, just like the words in the movie "Night Feast": The most poisonous thing in the world is not poison, but people's hearts.
This story is uncomfortable to tell, but we are not to see Gongzi Shuo, we are to see Gongzi Ling and Gongzi Shou, and the two of them flash the brilliance of humanity.
When Gongzi Shou persuaded Gongzi To flee, Gongzi Ling said: There are countless kingdoms in the world, and there is no place for those who are not filial piety?
This means that although the world is big, there is no room for a person who is not filial piety, my father wants me to die, I die to fulfill filial piety, and I do not die is not filial piety.
Gongzi ling does not have himself in his heart, and all he thinks about is his father, this is love, love for others, love for father, completely irrespective of whether others love him or not.
In such a spiritual world, Gongzi Ling can die generously and without fear.
Gongzi Shou said: If your uncle dies at the hands of your father, then your father's reputation will be completely ruined, you can't be fatherless, I can't be without a brother, I will die for you, so that my father's reputation can be preserved, and you don't have to die, and my father will definitely understand when he sees my death.
This is the aristocratic spirit of Gongzi Shou, thinking in his heart that he is all father and brother, without himself, and can sacrifice himself for the love of his father and uncle in his heart.
This is the most traditional aristocratic spirit in China, this way of thinking for others is the real aristocratic spirit, how many manors, even hundreds of slaves, even if they are nobles? No. If that's aristocrats, what's the difference between aristocrats and local tycoons? Man is noble because of his faith!
Epilogue: Later, the ministers rebelled, overthrowing the tyrant Gongzi Shuo and installing gongzi's son to succeed to the throne.
There is justice in people's hearts.