The steamed bear paw that King Chu Cheng will never eat by Wu Tao
There is a very famous passage in Mencius: Fish I want, bear paws also I want." The two cannot be combined, and the fish is discarded and the bear's paw is also taken. It can be seen that in that era, bear paws were very rare delicacies. Even so, for King Chu Cheng, the king of a great power, if he wanted to eat a bear paw, he was probably not unable to eat it. However, why did King Chu Cheng want to eat a meal of bear paws and not be able to eat it? And let me take my time.
King Cheng of Chu was still relatively accomplished among the kings of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. He reigned for forty-six years and annexed more than a dozen countries. It laid a solid foundation for the later development of the Chu state, and even the Duke of Qi Huan did not take much advantage of King Cheng of Chu. However, why would such a majestic monarch want to eat bear paws and not eat them? It all started with his son Shangchen.
Shangchen was the eldest son of King Cheng of Chu and was made crown prince very early. As early as when shangchen was made crown prince, Yin Zishang, the ling of the Chu state, advised King Chu Cheng: The king was not very old, so why was he in such a hurry to make a prince? Besides, the great king also knows that our ancestors in the past are often born with few children. Once you have established a prince, it is not an easy thing to change in the future! Moreover, the great king, you look at the merchants, with the voice of a jackal and the eyes of a bee. It's not good at first glance! The king still has to think twice!
However, at that time, King Cheng of Chu could not listen to it at all, and still insisted on making Shang Chen the crown prince. After only three years, things really made Ling Yin Zi say yes! King Cheng of Chu looked more and more at shangchen unfavorably, but he looked at the prince's office more and more and felt that he could entrust big things.
Just when King Chu Cheng had not yet made up his mind, Shang Chen sensed a little wind. However, Shang Chen couldn't figure out what his father was thinking, he couldn't ask directly, and he couldn't think of any way, he was in a hurry, like ants on a hot pot.
Shangchen's master Pan Chong said to Shangchen: "Prince, your father and your aunt Jiang Mi are very close, why don't you probe the wind from her body?"
ShangChen said: My aunt may not tell me the truth.
Pan Chong said: This is simple, we can come up with a radical method. You can invite your aunt to dinner and then deliberately be rude to her to see how she reacts.
ShangChen said one after another: This plan is very good!
In this way, the Shangchen invited his aunt Jiang Qi to the Prince's Mansion in the name of a banquet, during which the Shangchen was not polite to the aunt. Finally, Jiang Qi left angrily. Before leaving, he also left a sentence: No wonder your father wants to abolish you!
Listening to this sentence, Shang Chen's heart was solid, and it seemed that his father really wanted to abolish me. Shangchen went to his teacher Pan Chong again and discussed what to do.
Pan Chong asked Shang Chen: Can you submit to the position of prince?
Shangchen replied: No.
Pan Chong then asked: Can you escape to other countries?
Finally, Pan Chong asked: Can you slaughter your father?
Shangchen replied decisively: Yes!
In this way, Shang Chen led his men to surround King Chu Cheng. As soon as King Chu Cheng saw that the prince had brought people in, he knew that things were not good, and he stabilized his god and said to the prince: What does my son really want to do, to make such a big move?
Shangchen replied coldly: Erchen came to send his father on the road.
King Chu Cheng sighed and said, "Since the matter has come to an end, I don't want to say anything more." But before you hit the road, can I fulfill my last wish?
Shangchen asked: What other wishes does my father have?
King Chu Cheng said: The widow wants to eat a bear paw before going on the road.
In those days, there was no pressure cooker, and it was not so easy to cook the bear paws. Obviously, King Chu Cheng did not want to eat any bear paws, he was deliberately delaying time.
Of course, Shang Chen also knew what his father's intentions were, and he said to King Chu Cheng: Father still go on the road, in the future, when I sacrifice you, I will definitely be indispensable to bear paws.
As soon as the words fell, as soon as the ShangChen waved his hand, a soldier handed a white silk to King Chu Cheng. When King Chu Cheng was dying, he looked at Shang Chen and said, You are really my good son!
In this way, a generation of British lords, King Chu Cheng, died at the hands of his son.
Seeing that King Chu Cheng had lost his breath, Shang Chen said to his subordinates, put down the former king. The father is dead, and then he has to deal with the aftermath of the father. According to the etiquette system at that time, it was first necessary to give the father a nickname. Shang chen was still angry with his father, and was ready to give his father a bad word: spirit. The lingji means in the mantra: damage without hurt. It's a typical wickedness.
Next, a scene of miracles happened, and King Chu Cheng was really dead! Shang Chen also felt very strange, why did his father not close his eyes? At this time, his men told the Shangchen that the former king might be dissatisfied with the evil rumors. Do you think it's something else? Shang Chen thought about it and said: Just use the word "Cheng". It was really amazing that King Chu Cheng's eyes slowly closed!
In this way, Shangchen became the new king of Chu, and he was the king of Chu Mu. As for whether he really sacrificed his father with a bear's paw, only God knows!
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