Wu Jiang: Conniving at children to kill children, the most eccentric mother in the Spring and Autumn Period
Wu Jiang, daughter of Shen Hou. Spring and Autumn Zheng Wugong's wife. Shen Guo was a vassal state of the Western Zhou Dynasty, a descendant of the Shennong clan, surnamed Jiang. Zheng Guo was the fiefdom of King Xuan of Zhou's half-brother Wang Ziyou, and was also called Zheng Boyou, who was the uncle of King You of Zhou, that is, the Duke of Zheng Huan, who belonged to the surname of Ji. When Inuyasha destroyed Zhou, it was only natural that Zheng Bo would fight to the death to protect his nephew King Zhou You. In 761 BC, Wu Jiang married Zheng Wugong as his wife, which was also a model of "Ji Jiang" political marriage.
Who is Shen Hou? It was the Shen Monarch who united in Inuyasha to attack and destroy Hokyo. The demise of Western Zhou was due to the deposing of the queen by King You of Zhou, which led to Shen Hou joining forces with Inu Rong to attack Western Zhou, and finally Shen Hou united with other princes to support his grandson King Zhou Ping. And this Shen Hou is Wu Jiang's father. Wu Jiang and Shen Jiang of King Zhou You are sisters, and Zheng Wugong and King Zhou You are brothers-in-law or cousins. It can be seen how strong the political strength of Wu Jiang's family is.
Regarding Wu Jiang, the article "Zheng Boke Duan Yu Yan" in the "Zuo Zhuan" is very detailed, so the text has become the opening volume of the "Ancient Literature Guanzhi", which shows its influence. Whether Zheng Wugong and Wu Jiang were happy and harmonious after marriage is not mentioned in the book, but they soon became pregnant. When Wu Jiang gave birth, she suffered a difficult birth and almost killed her. Wu Jiang felt that this child was unlucky, a disaster star, and hated him very much, so he named him "Yu Sheng". Prince Huan did not get his mother's love in his lifetime, and he felt like he was given away with a charge, but he worked hard and had a good reputation.
Wu Jiang later gave birth to Gongzi Duan and was very fond of him, causing Gongzi Duan to fly and stumble. Wu Jiang also gave advice to Zheng Wugong from time to time, wanting to depose Yusheng and let Gongzi Duan replace him. First, He sheng had a good reputation, and second, Zheng Wugong accepted the lesson of King Zhou You's abolition of Chang Liyou and did not agree.
Duke Wu died, and Huan Sheng succeeded to the throne, known in history as Duke Zhengzhuang. After Gongzi Duan became an adult, Wu Jiang asked for a fief for him to "make a system", because it was a military stronghold, he was rejected by Zheng Zhuanggong, and then turned around and asked for "Beijing", and Zheng Zhuanggong agreed. However, Shangqing Jiezhong thought that Jingyi was too big and did not conform to the law, and Zheng Zhuanggong had no choice, thinking that his mother wanted it for his brother, and there was no way.
Gongzi Duan was in Jingyi hoarding grain, building a city, training troops, and preparing to rebel, and when Zheng Zhuanggong learned of it, he said that "if you do more unrighteousness, you will kill yourself," and ignore it. Wu Jiang forgot the ancient adage of "tiger poison does not eat children", saying that as long as Gongzi Duan attacked the capital, she would open the city gate, kill the eldest son, and support xiao'er to succeed to the throne. The love of calves can be seen.
Of course, Gongzi Duan's rebellion failed, and Wu Jiang was also imprisoned in the "Ying" land, and Zhuang Gong swore that "he would not see Huang Quan as well." Later, he repented and through uncle Yingkao's maneuvering, the mother and son were reunited in the tunnel.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the greed, selfishness and ruthlessness of human nature were brought into full play. Wu Jiang's dislike of the eldest son cultivated his soul that could withstand the blow, and his preference for the younger son further encouraged the greed of Gongzi Duan and buried his own life. At the same time, we can also see the cold side of Zheng Zhuanggong, laissez-faire to his brother, and coldly see that his brother is heading for destruction. Zheng Guo's 22 years of civil unrest also ended.