#历史故事 #
Talking about the Chu State so much, it can be said that from the founding of the Chu State until the Spring and Autumn Period, the kings of Chu in the past, which one is not heroic? Which doesn't make a difference? But what about king Chu Ling? The word "Ling" actually summed up the chu ling king's virtue.
The Spring and Autumn Period in which King Chu Ling lived should have been a very comfortable era, because a ceasefire agreement had been reached between the two superpowers of Chu and Jin, and the princely states had been enjoying world peace for five or six years. If there are any countries that want to do something, which one does not grasp domestic reform, develop production, and accumulate national strength at this time?
For example, during zheng guo's reign, Gongsun Qiao, the shangqing of the state of Zheng (that is, a well-known descendant in history), carried out the demarcation of the land boundaries of the gongqing shishu, the establishment of peasant households according to the Shiwu system, the taxation of private land according to the mu of land, the payment of military endowments according to the number of land populations, the revision and promulgation of statutory laws, the implementation of the system of studying and then entering politics, the employment system of selecting people who can choose their abilities, and encouraging township schools to open up the discussion of government affairs, so that The situation of Zhongxing appeared in ZhengGuo.
Under the leadership of Qi Jinggong, the State of Qi, with Yan Bao as the Qi Minister, openly spoke the way and promoted good governance, and the state of Qi gradually recovered.
However, another superpower, the Jin State, had no external troubles, there was internal strife, and during the Jinping Period, officials were extremely corrupt. Without the harm of swords and soldiers, they increased taxes, built a large number of civil engineering, coveted pleasures, and did not take care of government affairs, so that government affairs fell into the hands of liuqing, and the strength of liuqing became stronger and stronger, and the domestic power struggle became more and more intense.
At that time, the situation in the Spring and Autumn Period was as follows: the State of Chu and the State of Jin were the common lords of the jianghu alliance, accepting tribute from the princely states except the State of Qi and the State of Qin, and everyone lived in peace. The two great allies of the State of Chu, the State of Qi and the State of Qin, will not provoke the State of Jin for the time being. The traditional younger brothers of the Jin state, such as Song, Wei, Lu, and Cao, although they paid tribute to the Chu state, they still preferred to the Jin state a little more in their hearts. Among them, the Song State had a greater influence because it contributed to the convening of the World Peace Congress. The hardcore younger brothers of the Chu state are mainly Xu, Chen, Cai and other countries, basically honestly paying protection fees to the two superpowers of Jin and Chu. However, Zheng Guo, a small strong man in the Spring and Autumn Period, still had some personality, and they seized the opportunity to carry out reforms and restore their national strength.
King Chu Ling felt that he was too easy to be the King of Chu. You have to find something to do, King Chu Ling thought.
He remembered the Ding that King Zhuang of Chu had asked. One of the nine Dings in the world is the Ding of Jing chu, which belongs to our Chu State, and we should find a way to get this Ding from the King of Zhou. But at the moment, we must wait first, we must make the national prestige of the Chu State a little more prosperous, and then ask Zhou Tianzi for it, not afraid that he will not refuse.
Thinking of King Chu Zhuang, he thought that he should be a greater King of Chu than King Chu Zhuang. King Zhuang of Chu had many concubines, but none of them were princesses of the Jin Dynasty. By the way, I should first be a woman, better than my great ancestor.
Propose to Jinguo! King Chu Ling had just married Zheng Guo's beauty, and now he was going to be a beautiful woman in Jinguo again. Because he was only a Ling Yin when he married Zheng Guo's beauty, he did not marry a princess, and now he is the King of Chu, of course, he must have a Princess of Jinguo.
When the Duke of Jinping heard that king Chu Ling had come to ask for relatives, he promised: Great, the widow will marry the most beautiful daughter to the king of Chu!
King Chu Ling was originally a tentative request to see how the Jin people reacted. I heard that people actually agreed to it, and suddenly felt bored: this thing is so simple, how boring.
But no matter what, he could finally surpass the kings of Chu in terms of pleasing his wife: Look, Bugu was married to a princess of the Jin Dynasty.
Bugu is the self-designation of the King of Chu. At that time, in order to show humility, Zhou Tianzi called himself "to one person", which was Zhou Tianzi's special name. The larger princely states called themselves "widows", while the smaller princes generally called themselves "lonely". Among the various princely states, the only Chu state has made another set for itself, claiming to use "no valley".
Therefore, in 537 BC, King Ling of Chu sent Ling Yin and Mo Ao Qusheng to the Jin Dynasty to welcome their relatives. Of course, jin guo did not dare to be sloppy, and also sent the marshal of the Chinese army Han Qi and the uncle of the grand master to send relatives.
It was originally a beautiful thing, but the King of Chu Ling suddenly had a whimsical idea: It is said that the descendants have a saying that they have lost their wives and folded the soldiers, or else, this time, fool the Jin Kingdom, let the Jin Kingdom also lose a lady and fold the soldiers?
In the courtroom, everyone had just congratulated the King of Chu Ling on the upcoming wedding, but the King of Chu Ling said, "Let's say goodbye first, bugu thinks that we dachu should seize this opportunity to humiliate the Jin dynasty." I think that in those years, the former king was blinded by one eye of the Jin Dynasty, which was a great shame and humiliation for the Chu State. This matter is not over, and it must be retaliated against, and no matter what means, it must also be retaliated against.
After Han Qi and Shu Xiang arrived in the Chu Kingdom, they directly arrested the two of them, then cut off Han Qi's feet and let him become a gatekeeper at the gates of the Chu Kingdom; and then castrated Shu Xiang and made Shu Xiang a eunuch in the Chu King's Palace. What do you think? ”
Who is Han Qi? Marshal of the Jin Dynasty! That's the equivalent of the president of the United States in the world today, the actual ruler of the world's first superpower, the most powerful person in the world! Who is Shu Xiang? The most famous Doctor of jinguo! What will be the result of moving these two people? What a world war.
Almost all the Princes and Doctors of the Chu State could not help but change their faces, and several generations of Chu kings have bothered to make the Chu State a civilized country, integrate into the Central Plains as soon as possible, and let everyone accept the fact that the Chu State is a part of Huaxia, and the Chu Ling King actually wants to do this!
The whole hall fell silent. Everyone wanted to oppose it, but they didn't dare to oppose it, because the Chu Ling King was moody, and a multi-mouth sin was easily buckled, and then it was clicked.
But really can't be so shameless, can't be so chaotic! Dazai Hagi Finally couldn't help it, and after thinking about his wording several times, he came out and said, "Great King, you can do this!" ”
The whole court was in an uproar, and your brain was in the water? Why did he instigate the king to do such a shameless and despicable thing? King Chu Ling listened with relish, "Dazai, please continue." ”
Xiang Qiqiang also went out: "But there is a prerequisite: we must take full precautions!" Wei Chen had heard that if he wanted to humiliate a person, he should be prepared to fight with him, let alone humiliate a country, and it was a superpower like Jin Guo?
Therefore, all the lords of the sages are committed to the practice of the liturgy, and there is nothing to think about humiliating others. The so-called etiquette, that is, between the two countries, whether it is a pilgrimage or a banquet reception, different specifications of beautiful jade must be used, the small country has the provision to report to the big country, and the big country has the obligation to protect the small country.
Although the reception is a few, it cannot be relied on, although it is full of wine, it cannot be drunk, and it is necessary not only to give gifts at banquets, but also to have enough dishes. When entering the border, you have to go to comfort, and when you leave the country, you must give gifts, these are the highest forms of etiquette.
The failure of a nation often leads to chaos because of the loss of such etiquette. I think that in that year, the Battle of Chengpu, the Jin State won, but it was no longer guarding against our Chu State, so it was defeated in the next Battle of The Land. In the Battle of Wudi, our Chu state won, but it was also defenseless against the Jin state, so the Chu state was defeated in the next Battle of Yanling. After the Battle of Yanling, the Jin state did not lose its defenses, and it was very polite to our Chu state, and peace was the most important, so what reason did we have to retaliate?
The great king asked the Jin kingdom for affection to show goodwill, which was the virtue of the great king. Now, we have formed a marriage with the Jin state, how good, but now we want to humiliate them, which can make trouble for ourselves and establish our own enemies, are we ready to guard against the Jin state?
If the Great King thinks that our Chu State is well prepared, and there are ministers who are willing to take responsibility for such precautions, then the Great King has humiliated the Jin people so much, of course. If not, Wei Chen dared to ask the king to think twice.
In fact, we should think more about it, over the years, the Jin State has no malice towards the Chu State. We wanted to get tribute from the princes, and the Jin state agreed. We wanted to get the Princess of the Jin Dynasty, and the Jin State also agreed, and it is said that the monarch personally sent her abroad, and it was the Marshal of the Chinese Army and the Shang Dafu who personally sent it to the Chu Kingdom. The number of etiquette is not incomplete.
Even if we left Both Han Qi and Shu Xiang in the Chu State, ostensibly giving the Jin State a great humiliation, would there only be these two people in the Jin State?
After Han Qi, there were five remaining secretaries: Zhao Cheng, Zhonghang Wu, Wei Shu, Fan Martin, and Zhiying. After Shu Xiang, there were eight sages such as Qi Wu, Zhang Zhao, Ji Tan, Nü Qi, Liang Bing, Zhang Ji, Fu Shu, and Emperor Miao Ben, as well as the seven major cities of the Han clan, the four clans of the Yang Tongue Clan, and the Jin Dynasty Xianchen who could not be counted, such as Ji Xiang, Xing Dai, Shu Bird, Shu Jiao, Zi Yu, and so on, and there were thousands of chariots in a single chariot. Such a great shame and humiliation will certainly make everyone in the Jin state indignant, and the retaliation of the Jin state is unbelievable.
The king must now exchange kindness for resentment, violate etiquette to attract enemies, and have no proper defenses, which will inevitably lead to me waiting for my subordinates to be prisoners of the Jin kingdom. ”
Throughout the court, everyone quietly listened to this long and high-pitched speech by Dazai Hagi-kun, and could not help but secretly sigh: Dazai was knowledgeable and had a deep understanding of the Jin Kingdom, and no one was right.
The Chu Ling King sweated as he listened, and he quickly stood up and said, "Dazai doesn't need to say anything more. So he treated Han Qi with great courtesy.
However, the King of Chu Ling heard that Uncle Xiang of the Jin Kingdom was very knowledgeable, so he wanted to embarrass him, but suddenly there was nothing to embarrass Uncle Xiang, and then saw that the Princess of the Jin Kingdom was indeed beautiful and moving, or go to the cave room first, so he treated Shu Xiang kindly.