In the history of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, there were many monarchs who succeeded to the throne in a smooth manner, and there were also many monarchs who stood on their own, but there was probably no second person like Song Wengong who stepped onto the throne because of his grandmother's favor.
Song Wengong, known as Gongzi Bao before he ascended the throne, was the brother-in-law of Song Zhaogong and a famous beautiful man in the history of spring and autumn, according to historical records: "Gongzi Bao is beautiful and beautiful, and Lady Xiang wants to understand it."
As for "beautiful and glamorous", to what extent? There are two "beautiful and glamorous" mentioned in the "Left Biography". One is to evaluate Gongzi Bao,the other is to evaluate Lu Guokong's wife.
"Zuo Chuan Lu Huan A.D.": "Song Hua's father saw Kong's father's wife Yu Lu, and his eyes turned against him, saying: 'Beautiful and beautiful'".
It is not difficult that the type of Gongzi Bao is not Schwarzenegger's tough guy, nor is it the roughness of "little plums", but the temperament of a small student who has the color of the male protagonist of the current idol drama.
Gongzi Bao's beauty attracted a large number of women to stop, among them the closest to him, but also the most able to contribute to him, but also the most powerful woman, his grandmother-in-law, Lady Song Xianggong, who was also the sister of Zhou Tianzi at that time - was also known as "Wang Ji".
Wang Ji saw that there was such a beautiful man in her grandchildren, and she couldn't help but be moved, between her husband's early death, it really needed a man to entrust him for life, so why can't it be this "beautiful" grandson?
It can be said that Gongzi Bao's appearance has indeed helped him clear a lot of obstacles on the road to succession, at least at the beginning of the starting point is much higher than other gongzi, but to simply say that he relies on his face position, it is inevitable to look down on his efforts.
First, Song Zhaogong is indeed not a good stubble.
After the death of Song Chenggong, his own son Song Zhaogong took the throne, and although this Song Zhaogong had "Zhao" in his title, his deeds were really not worthy of this title. According to records, this Song Zhaogong "will kill himself if he does many acts of injustice", and we can see the clues from the following two points:
First of all, Song Zhaogong had planned to appoint Song Gao'ai as his secretary, but Gao Ai, believing that Song Zhaogong had done many unrighteous deeds and was not worthy of the throne, not only did he not agree, but he also ran to the Country of Lu to hide from the disaster.
Secondly, in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was recorded that the Song people killed their kings and pestles because there was no morality.
It can be seen that the death of Song Zhaogong was not only the result of the dispute over the throne: he fainted and had no way, was not benevolent to the king, was not filial piety for the future, and was not good to his neighbors, so his death was not unjust at all.
Second, killing Song Zhaogong was also for the sake of self-preservation.
After Song Zhaogong ascended the throne in 620 BC, he first laid down the brothers and tried to clean them up. At that time, Sima Leyu persuaded him to subdue the people with virtue, but he did not succeed, so the Gongzi clan and the monarch clan began to fight each other, and both sides suffered damage. In order to calm the people, Le Yu voluntarily sacrificed his position as Sima and maintained a brief peace.
But the good times did not last long, and Song Zhaogong made a new trick - a contradiction with his grandmother. It should be known that this grandmother-to-be, although she was not related to him by blood, was the sister of King Xiang of Zhou and the sister of Tianzi; in addition, when Song Zhaogong's father was alive, he regarded her as his birth mother and was very respectful to her. Therefore, this grandmother was furious and sent someone to kill the ministers who supported Song Zhaogong, giving Song Zhaogong a good scare.
Third, Song Wengong had a deep sense of cunning and had long been prepared for the upper position.
Song Wengong is handsome in appearance, which can be described as "bringing its own traffic", and its own appearance has attracted a large number of fans to support, not to mention the heart of succession?
According to records, Gongzi Bao was also a very virtuous person:
One year there was a famine in the Song Dynasty, and Gongzi Bao exhausted his grain to give alms to the people. In addition, gifts are often given to the elderly over the age of 70; the courtiers of the six secretaries of state run and serve day by day; and relatives in the public office are even more generous. In fact, more importantly, Gongzi Bao's personality is "both moral integrity and ability", and even his grandmother Wang Ji has taken a fancy to him, but he has strictly rejected him.
All kinds of virtues, the Chinese people see in their eyes, remember in their hearts, have long regarded Mrs. Xianggong and Gongzi Bao as a "pair", otherwise why "the Chinese people worship Gongzi Bao Yiyin"?
Although Wang Ji did not succeed, she still did not give up hope, and willingly and silently dedicated herself to support Gongzi Bao to ascend to the throne.
Song Zhaogong estimated that his heart was uneven: The same grandson, how can the gap be so large?
In this way, in November 611 BC, Wang Ji made arrangements and asked Song Zhaogong to go hunting in Mengzhu and take the opportunity to kill him. At that time, his subordinates had advised Song Zhaogong to defect to other princes, and this time Song Zhaogong was also very self-aware: "I can't get the trust of the doctor, the grandmother, and the people of the country, who among the princes will accept me?" Moreover, having already become a monarch and a courtier, I can't pull down this face, it is better to die. ”
In this way, Song Zhaogong died unexpectedly on the way to Hunt in Mengzhu, and Gongzi Bao also succeeded to the throne as he wished- the history was called Song Wengong.
In addition to the "prosperous beauty", Song Wengong did not have much ink in history, but during his tenure, the stability and calm of the Song Kingdom were obvious to all.
Quickly quell the rebellion: In 610 and 609 BC, Song Wengong successively quelled international and domestic wars, stabilized his monarchical status, and finally brought the Song state into a period of stable development.
Corporal Li Xian: In 606 BC, after the general Hua Yuan was captured by Zheng Guo because of the indisputable sheep chop, Song Wengong sent 400 horses to exchange his love for the general, which made Hua Yuan moved.
Song Wengong was in power for 22 years, although he did not set off a big storm in politics, but his domestic environment was stable and his people's livelihood was simple, which was not easy in a second-rate country.
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