"Spring and Autumn of the Eastern Zhou Dynasties" Appreciation | Who was the culprit of the fratricide in the Wei Xuangong era

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In the Wei Dynasty, during the Wei Huan Gong period, there was a fratricidal tragedy of fratricide in which the state called for the murder of his brother and usurped the throne, and in the Wei Xuan Gong period, this kind of human tragedy was staged again, so who was the culprit who started this fratricidal tragedy? When did this round of tragedy begin?

Speaking of this matter, we have to mention a person, this person is no one else, that is, one of the sons born after Wei Xuangong succeeded to the throne of Chikudai Na's daughter-in-law- Shuo. In addition to Shuo, Wei Xuangong also gave birth to a son Shou with Xuanjiang, who was originally his daughter-in-law, Shou and Shuo were brothers of the same father and mother, plus Wei Xuangong's previous illegitimate son, Wei Xuangong had a total of three sons.

Don't look at them all as the sons of Wei Xuangong, but the three sons are not in the same heart, Although Shou and Shuo are both born by a mother, they have two hearts, Shou respects the eldest brother very much, and Shuo stirs up dissension in it and stirs up trouble. After the incident of the boy's birthday party, Shuo was taught a lesson by Shou, not only did he not repent, but he also went to his mother Xuanjiang to stir up dissension, and even falsely accused the servant of resenting his father for marrying Xuanjiang and wanting to seize Jiangshan, saying that he also pretended to snot and tearfully show a pitiful look, Xuanjiang listened to Shuo's rumors, so he asked Shuo to bring the servant to personally interrogate, and in this way, the turmoil of the Wei Xuangong era was about to begin, and Gongzi Shuo was the initiator of the curtain.