In December 538 BC, the uncle of the "Three Huans" family of the Lu state died. Shusun Leopard, known as Uncle Mu, is the head of the Shusun clan. In 575 BC, Uncle Sun Qiaoru, the original head of the Shusun clan, had an affair with Lu Chenggong's mother, and tried to drive out the Jisun and Mengsun clans and monopolize the lu state, but failed. After losing this power game, Shusun Qiaoru was forced to flee to the State of Qi, while Shusun Bao was recalled by Ji Wenzi, the zhengqing of the State of Lu, and was made the head of the Shusun clan.
After returning to the country of Lu, his uncle Leopard worked diligently for people and made his due contribution to the country of Lu. Although he also participated in the private division of the "Sanhuan" family, he was passively involved at the instigation of Ji Wuzi. Throughout the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Shusun Bao was still a politician of high moral standing.
In 549 BC, Shusun Bao visited the Jin state, and the Jin state Zhengqing Shizha came to greet him. The two see each other often, have a lot of friendship, and seem less formal when they meet. As soon as he saw his uncle Sun Leopard, Shi Zhao suddenly asked: "The ancients said 'death and immortality', what does this mean?" Suddenly, I heard Shi Zao talk about such an insignificant topic, and Uncle Sun Leopard did not react for a while, and did not answer.
Seeing that he did not answer, ShiZha continued: "My ancestors, before Yu Shun, were the Tao Tang clan, in the Xia Dynasty as the Yulong clan, in the Shang Dynasty as the Feng (Yinshi) Wei clan, in the Zhou Dynasty as the Tang Du clan, and in the Jin Dynasty as the ally lord of the Fan clan, isn't this 'immortal'?" ”
After listening to Shi Zhao's words, Shusun Bao understood that Shi Zhao was praising and self-praise! Although Shi Zhao was the Zhengqing of the Jin Dynasty, with a high and powerful position, Uncle Sun Bao was not the kind of person who would only pander to the flattery of others. After thinking about it, Uncle Sun Bao replied, "As far as I know, this is called 'Generations of Qilu', not 'Immortality'. Lu Guo had a doctor Zang Wenzhong before, but after his death, his words were not abolished, this is 'immortal', right? I have heard, 'Virtue is the highest realm, followed by meritorious service, and then made a statement.' Only after a long time and these three are not abolished can they be called 'immortal'. If you just keep your surname and keep the temple, there is no shortage of sacrifices for generations, and this is true in any country. Keeping the family, this cannot be called 'immortal'! ”
Shusun Bao's proposal of "three immortals" means that if a person wants to pursue "immortality", then he should "establish morality, meritorious service, and make a statement", rather than just the prosperity of the family as Shi Zhao claimed. Uncle Sun Leopard himself did not have any "virtue" and "merit" in history, but his "three immortals" were his "words", which can also be regarded as a kind of "immortality"!
The words of "three immortals", although he could not do it, at least it could prove that Shusun Leopard was extraordinary.
Uncle Sun Leopard was the second son of Uncle Zhuang Dechen, and although he was not a concubine, he could also enjoy the glory and wealth in the Country of Lu. However, in his early years, he resolutely gave up everything in the state of Lu and went to the state of Qi alone to make a living. The reason why he wanted to leave the state of Lu was because Uncle Sun Bao knew that if his brother And Sun Qiao had committed adultery with Lu Chenggong's mother, sooner or later the Uncle Sun clan would have great difficulties.
He could not stop his brother, and in order to take refuge, he had to leave the country of Lu first.
But when he reached The Gengzong of Lu (鲁国庚宗, in modern Surabaya, Shandong), it suddenly went dark. At this time, Uncle Sun Leopard met a woman. The woman took her uncle Leopard into the house and entertained him with good food and drink. Unexpectedly, the two had a private affair because of this. When the two of them were qingqing and me, the woman asked Shusun Leopard where she was going, and Shusun Leopard told her truthfully. When the woman heard this, she wept unceasingly, but she did not embarrass him, and sent him on her way early the next morning. In this way, this woman is also a woman who understands the great righteousness, and is not as entangled as ordinary women.
Dignitaries like Uncle Sun Leopard will not lack women anywhere. After his uncle Sun Bao arrived in the State of Qi, he married Guo Jiang, the daughter of the Guo clan, and the two also gave birth to two sons: Meng Bing and Zhongren. If there is no big accident, Shusun Leopard will live forever in the Country of Qi and will never return to the Country of Lu. The woman who met him in pingshui might not be seen for the rest of her life.
However, one night, Uncle Sun Leopard suddenly had a strange dream. In the dream, the uncle leopard dreamed that the sky fell down and pressed on himself; the uncle and grandson leopard held on with both hands, but he was overwhelmed, and he saw that he would not be able to hold on. As soon as he turned his head, he found a person next to him, dark and hunched over, with deep eyes but a long mouth. So, Uncle Sun Leopard shouted, "Cow! Come and help me! With the help of this person, Uncle Sun Leopard escaped the disaster.
After waking up, The Uncle Sun Leopard was still beating his heart. He immediately called everyone around him to check them out, but no one looked like the person in his dream. Uncle Sun Leopard could not say whether he was disappointed or happy, so he had to ask the people around him to write this down in advance, and gradually he threw it aside.
By 575 BC, Shusun Qiaoru was expelled from the State of Qi by the Lu people, and the two brothers were able to meet again in the State of Qi. Shusun Qiao Ru said to Shusun Bao: "Because of the ancestors, the State of Lu will definitely preserve our clan room and will definitely recall you." If I came to you, would you go back? ”
Alone in a foreign country, after all, life is not familiar, over the years Uncle Sun Leopard has also touched a lot of nails. When he first left the country of Lu, it was to avoid the disaster of uncle Sun Qiao Ru, and now that the disaster has occurred, how does the uncle sun leopard not want to go back? Therefore, Uncle Sun Leopard honestly replied: "I have been looking forward to returning to China for a long time!" ”
A year later, the Lu people did recall shusun Leopard and made him the head of the shusun clan.
After returning to the Country of Lu, Uncle Sun Bao was not in a hurry to take his wife and son back, but remembered the dewy love affair, so he sent someone to find the woman that Gengzong had met. Kung Fu paid off, and he really found it. The woman was brought to see her uncle Leopard and offered a pheasant. According to ancient etiquette, the soldier could carry the pheasant in his hand. The woman offered pheasants, proving that she had not come alone, but must have brought her son with her. After meeting with her, the uncle asked about her children, and the woman replied, "My son has grown up and can follow me to see you with a pheasant!" Uncle Sun Leopard immediately ordered someone to bring his son to him.
When Uncle Sun Leopard saw this son, he was immediately shocked: it was the same as the person he saw in his dream! Before Uncle Sun Leopard could ask his name, he shouted first: "Cow! As a result, the child actually responded: "Only." Uncle Sun Leopard was overjoyed, and he summoned everyone around him to watch, and publicly appointed the cow as a vertical. The so-called "vertical" is the official name of a minor person in the Zhou Dynasty. From then on, this son of the uncle Leopard was known as the "Vertical Bull".
Although the vertical bull looks ugly, because of this magical experience, he has always been deeply loved by his uncle and grandson Leopard. When he grew up, ShuNiu was deeply trusted by his uncle Leopard and ordered him to manage the housekeeping.
After seeing the mother and son of the vertical cow, the uncle Sun Bao also forgot for a while the wife he was marrying in the Ming Media of the State of Qi, as well as the sons who remained in the State of Qi.
This led to another storm.
Guo Jiang, who remained in the State of Qi, guarded his two sons, and for a long time did not see her husband send someone to pick him up, and his life was extremely miserable. Gongsun Ming, the grand master of the State of Qi, and his uncle Sun Bao were good friends, and the two had extremely frequent contacts during their time in the State of Qi. After his uncle Sun Bao returned to China, Gongsun Ming often came to take care of his wife and children. Seeing that Guo Jiang's life was so pitiful, and learning that Uncle Sun Leopard already had a woman in Lu Country, he thought that Uncle Sun Leopard had abandoned Guo Jiang's mother and son. On a whim, Gongsun Ming married Guo Jiang and raised two sons of his uncle Sun Bao.
As the saying goes, a friend's wife cannot be deceived.
After learning of this, Uncle Sun Bao was extremely angry and hated both Guo Jiang and Gongsun Ming. Because of this knot, it was not until the two sons Meng Bing and Zhongren grew up to be adults that they sent someone to pick them up and return to the Country of Lu. After living apart for such a long time, the relationship between Uncle Sun Leopard and these two sons can be imagined.
Nevertheless, Meng Bing and Zhongren were both sons born to the wife of Uncle Sun Leopard, and they were born with the right to inherit; no matter how favored and how he could do it, he was an illegitimate son and could not inherit the family property and status of Uncle Sun Leopard. This is the rule laid down by the patriarchy, and no one can violate it. In the Lu state, which pays attention to "pro-pro-Shang'en", the patriarchal system is even more unbreakable.
This made the vertical bull extremely hateful, and for a long time, he had been secretly planning to compete for the family property of his uncle Anderson Leopard.
In 538 BC, his uncle Sun Leopard hunted in the field, and when he returned, he unfortunately contracted an illness and was bedridden. Because of this serious illness, this family disaster of the Uncle Sun clan inevitably came.
Because he was favored from a young age, the vertical bull became the only son who served for a long time in front of the hospital bed of the uncle leopard, and became the only person in the family who could get close to the uncle leopard - the opportunity for the vertical cow came.
Therefore, he first found Meng Bing and asked to ally with him. Meng Bing knew that The Bull had ill intentions, so he refused his request. The bull smiled coldly, turned and left.
Meng Bing's doom has since come.
Seeing that he was bedridden, Uncle Sun Leopard knew that he would soon die. In the past, because he did not have a deep relationship with his sister-in-law, he was not sure who his successor was. At this point, he had to identify a successor. According to the principle of patriarchal law, the successor he chose was Meng Bing, the eldest son of Yan. He ordered someone to cast a bell for Meng Bing and said to him, "You have not formally interacted with the doctors, and you will hold the inauguration ceremony after the feast with the doctors." The so-called "inauguration ceremony" refers to the ceremony of publicly determining Meng Bing as the heir.
Meng Bing listened, and was also very happy, and after actively preparing to stop, he asked the vertical bull to ask his uncle Sun Leopard on the hospital bed for a specific date. When the vertical bull went in to see the uncle and grandson leopard, he did not say anything about it; after he came out, the vertical bull talked nonsense about the day. Meng Bing listened and held a feast on the day that The Bull said.
The uncle Sun Leopard, who was lying on the hospital bed, heard the bell and felt strange, so he asked the vertical cow what was wrong. The vertical bull replied, "Meng Bing is entertaining the guests of the northern woman!" "The woman in the north is the name of the usual uncle Sun Leopard to the national ginger; the guest refers to Gongsun Ming." As soon as Shusun Bao heard that Meng Bing was entertaining his stepfather, he was furious and wanted to go out for a drink, but was stopped by the vertical bull. After the guests left, the angry uncle Sun Bao immediately ordered someone to arrest Meng Bing and kill him outside the house!
After Meng Bing's death, Shu Niu went to ally with Zhongren again, and Zhongren did not agree. Naturally, the vertical bull aimed its next prey at Zhongren again.
When Lu Zhaogong met with Zhongren, he gave him a jade ring. When Zhongren returned, he gave the jade ring to Shu Niu and asked him to give it to his father for inspection. But when the vertical cow went in to see the uncle Sun Leopard, he did not take the jade ring out, and when he came out, he falsely passed on his father's order and let Zhongren wear it.
At this time, Shu Niu deliberately said to his uncle Sun Bao, "What is Zhongren going to see the monarch for?" Uncle Sun Leopard felt strange and asked, "What's going on?" The vertical bull replied, "I just won't let him go to see him, he has already asked for a meeting himself." The monarch also gave him a jade ring, and Zhongren had already put it on himself! "The meaning of the vertical bull, Lu Zhaogong has directly designated Zhongren as the heir of the uncle Sun clan without the consent of his uncle Sun Bao!
Uncle Sun Bao, who felt that his rights had been violated, was furious and involuntarily expelled Zhongren. Confused, Zhongren was forced to run back to the Country of Qi.
As His uncle Sun Leopard's condition worsened, he woke up and wanted to recall Zhongren, but he agreed with his mouth, but he never sent anyone to the State of Qi. Uncle Sun Leopard slowly saw the true face of the vertical bull, realized that the entire family was controlled by the vertical cow, and once wanted to send the family Zai Du to kill him. But Uncle Sun Leopard woke up too late! The vertical bull has completely controlled the housekeeping of the uncle sun leopard, not only does no one dare to move him, the vertical bull even dumps the uncle and grandson leopard's food, starving him alive for three days and starving him to death!
In the spring of 537 BC, the funeral of his uncle Leopard was about to be held. When Zhongren heard the news, he also hurried back to Luguo to attend his father's funeral.
When Lu Guozheng saw Zhongren return, he wanted to preside over the establishment of Zhongren as the head of the family. Ji Sun's courtier Nan Yi advised, "If the Uncle Sun clan is thick, it is equivalent to the Ji Sun clan thin." There is civil strife in the Shusun family, can't you not interfere? Hearing this, Ji Sun woke up, and sure enough, he watched from the sidelines.
After persuading Ji Sun, NanYi immediately sent his countrymen to help The Bull to attack Zhongren, and as a result, Zhongren was shot in the eye and died on the spot! Since then, the two concubines of Uncle Sun Leopard have all died of death; together with Uncle Sun Leopard himself, neither father nor son can die well! Tang Tang Lu Guo Qingshi, the family was actually stirred up by a bunch of people, it is really sad and lamentable!
After killing Zhongren, in order to thank Nanyi, Shu Niu took matters into his own hands and gave him thirty cities on the eastern border. Subsequently, ShuNiu made Zhao Zi (音若), another son of his uncle Sun Bao, the head of the family.
The evil bull did not know that he had finally ushered in his nemesis.
As soon as Zhao Zi succeeded to the throne, he immediately summoned the people of the Shusun clan to come to the court, and the public announced the crime of the vertical bull: "The evil of the vertical bull is the scourge of the uncle Sun clan, and the murder of the concubine Lishu is unforgivable!" Be sure to kill him as soon as possible! ”
The vertical bull never expected that he had been thinking about it for so long, but in the end he still set up his own gravedigger! In a panic, he hurriedly fled to the State of Qi. But the sons of Meng Bing and ZhongRen were in hot pursuit, and finally captured him outside the border pass of the State of Lu! The grandchildren of the uncle leopard cut off the head of their uncle and threw it in the thorny bushes of the wild!
This civil unrest in the family of Uncle Sun Leopard is finally over.
The responsibility for this civil unrest lies with the Uncle Leopard himself. Uncle Sun Leopard was absurd when he was young, and he had a bad relationship with Pingshui. Decades later, this evil relationship triggered a great infighting between the concubine and the concubine in the family, so that the uncle and grandson of the father and son of the three could not die well. If it weren't for Shuzi Zhaozi who understood the righteousness to avenge them, perhaps the three fathers and sons of the uncle and the leopard would have been wronged.
As a secretary of state of Lu, Uncle Sun Leopard was also considered to be a man of general knowledge and etiquette, and he was quite prestigious throughout the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. His "three immortals" remarks are enough to prove that his insight is extraordinary, and he can be called a "standing word". But in his old age, he encountered a rebellion by his son, so that he could not end well, was this just an accident?
History entered the Spring and Autumn Period, the world collapsed, and any old order was despised by the people of the time. The Son of Heaven is unlucky, and the princes are up; the princes are unlucky, and the Qing doctors are up; the Qing doctors are unlucky, and the courtiers are up... Mr. Guo Moruo's words describe this scene. Since the general order of kings and subjects was already chaotic, shuzi naturally no longer willingly succumbed to his concubines and rose up to fight for his rights.
The rebellion of the vertical bull is just a small microcosm of the gradual collapse of the old order. Without opening a legal upward passage for these low-level figures under the old order, the Eastern Zhou Jianghu will only become more and more chaotic.