In 719 BC, Zhou Call killed Duke Huan of Wei and established himself as monarch

In 719 BC, Zhou Call killed Duke Huan of Wei and established himself as monarch

Duke Wei Zhuang had many concubines, and Lady Zhengmu was the daughter of Duke Zhuang of Qi, named Zhuang Jiang. Zhuang Jiang is not only beautiful, but also gentle and virtuous, but he has no children. Duke Wei Zhuang also married Chen Guo's sister Hua, Li Concubine and Dai Concubine, who died after giving birth to her son Xiao Bo, and Dai Concubine gave birth to Ji Wan (later Duke Huan of Wei). Zhuang Jiang regarded Ji Guan as his own and had been pampered since he was a child, while Duke Wei Zhuang liked the son of another concubine, Zhou Wu, because Zhou Wu had liked the art of war since childhood and had long been in the military camp. Therefore, Zhuang Gong thought that he had great ambitions and doted on him. Zhuang Jiang felt that Zhou Wu often took the soldiers to fight and kill, which was very disturbing, and moreover, Zhou Wu whipped the soldiers, cruel and ruthless, so he hated him especially.

After the two princes grew up, their temperament and behavior were judged by two people, Ji Quan grew up with Zhuang Jiang, received an orthodox aristocratic education, knew the book, knew the etiquette and observed the festival; and the state called for chaos in society all day, ganged up with the officers, crawled and fought, and often went out hunting, disturbing the people seriously, and the qing doctors were not accustomed to what Zhou Hu did, and repeatedly impeached him, helpless to have the protection of Wei ZhuangGong. The grand master Shi Jie advised Wei Zhuang that when the princes were all grown up, please ask the king to make a prince as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble. Shi Bei also said the following Confucian doctrine to Zhuang Gong, saying: Pride, extravagance, impunity, and debauchery are the four vices, and they are also the beginning of embarking on the evil path, and Gongzi Zhou is favored, and the king has given him a lot of rewards, if he intends to make him a prince, he should quickly settle down, if he does not stand, this will induce him to have illusions, to be favored and not proud, to be proud and to be able to be suppressed, to be suppressed without resentment, to have resentment and not to do evil. Moreover, being mean and hindering nobility, bullying the elderly in the young, alienating oneself from one another, provoking the old by the new, invading the weak and the powerful, and destroying morality by lust are the six kinds of contrarian things that people often say. The monarch acts justly, it is appropriate for his courtiers to obey orders, the father loves the son, the son is filial to the father, the older brother loves the younger brother, and the younger brother respects the older brother, which is often said to be the six natural things. If you leave what is right and do something that is wrong, you will bring misfortune. The monarch should do his best to get rid of the scourge, but now he is hastening the arrival of the scourge, and I am afraid that it will not work! Duke Zhuang did not heed the advice and still favored the state.

Shi Bei had a son named Shi Hou, who was a dead party with Zhou Wu and mixed up all day long, in view of what Zhou Wu had done, Shi Bei concluded that he would definitely be a disaster for defending the country in the future, so he dissuaded his son from associating with Zhou Wu, and his son did not listen, Shi Bei warned his son, saying that Zhou Wu liked martial arts and was cruel by nature, I am afraid that there will be no good results in the future, I now advise you not to associate with him, this is not only for yourself, but also for the sake of defending the country and our Shi family, if you do not listen, in the future do not blame me for turning my face and being ruthless. Shi Hou ignored his father's warnings and conspired with Gongzi Prefecture to usurp power. In 735 BC, Duke Zhuang of Wei died, and according to the regulations, his concubine Ji Complete succeeded to the throne for the Duke of Wei Huan, although Duke Huan was a monarch, but he was not able to control his brother Zhou, Shi Wei was very worried about Wei Guo, because he was unable to do so, so he applied for retirement.

In 719 BC, Zhou Wu finally killed the Duke of Wei Huan and established himself as monarch. When Zhou was called a prince, he liked to make friends with the frustrated princes of various countries and encouraged them to kill the king and usurp the throne, and Zheng Guogong's uncle Duan was instigated by him to raise an army to rebel, and as a result, he failed and died. After the state called for the usurpation of the throne, it did not devote itself to the development of the national economy, but often fought wars with various princely states, spelling out the human and national strength and financial resources of the defending country, making the people unhappy and the people rebelling. Zhou Called for discussion with Shi Hou on how to win the hearts and minds of the people, and sent Shi Hou to ask Ji ji and Shi Jiao, who said that if he could meet Zhou Tianzi and get Zhou Tianzi's permission, he would be able to get the support of the people. Shi Hou said, How can I meet the Son of Heaven? Shi Wei said that now that Chen Huan was justly favored by Zhou Tianzi, and Chen Wei and the two countries were preparing to establish friendly relations, Zhou Appeal said that if he could go to Chen Guo to meet Chen Huan and ask him to ask the King of Zhou for his orders, he would definitely get the consent of the King of Zhou. Shi Hou went back to report to Zhou Guo, who felt that it made sense and went to Chen Guo.

Shi Wei personally wrote a letter to Chen Huangong, saying that I was old and useless and had failed to quell the calamity of defending the country, and that the rebellion between Zhou Wu and Shi Houjun was the main culprit in the chaos of defending the country, and hoped that Chen Jun would eliminate the harm to the weiguo. Chen Guo was originally the mother of Duke Huan's mother, and he also deeply resented Zhou Guo's killing of Duke Huan, so he listened to Shi Jiao's words, arrested Zhou Guo and Shi Hou, and demanded that Wei Guo come and deal with them. Wei Guo sent a right-hand man named Ugly to Chen Guo to kill Zhou Wu, but he had the intention of forgiving Shi Hou; Shi Hao believed that everyone should be punished for being a thief, so he sent his courtiers to kill Shi Hou. Later, Wei Guo made The son of Duke Huan of Jin the Monarch of the State, known in history as the Duke of Wei Xuan, and from then on, the State of Wei entered an era of chaos and absurdity.

Zhou Wu was the first prince to stand on his own in the Spring and Autumn Period, but due to his brutality and rebellion, he eventually failed, and he himself was killed. Lu Guo's doctor Zhongzhong commented on the state call, I have heard that only the implementation of moral government can create harmony, I have never heard that the way used as chaos can get the support of the people, the state calls on brothers to usurp the throne depends on the military prestige, relying on the military prestige will lose the people's hearts, and if you are willing to be cruel, the people will rebel, the state calls for killing his monarch, abusing his people, not committing to cultivating virtue, and trying to usurp the throne as a way of chaos will inevitably lead to disaster. Shi Wei was the first minister of the Spring and Autumn Period to destroy his relatives. Shi Guan praised Shi Wei and said that Shi Wei was really a pure courtier, and he killed the son of the country and the people for the sake of the country and the family, and this kind of act of righteousness and extermination of relatives will surely be praised by future generations.

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