Duke Wen of Song was the son of Duke Cheng of Song, the younger brother of Duke Zhao of Song, also known as Gongzi Bao. Song Wengong was a famous beautiful man in ancient times, and Gongzi Bao was described as "beautiful and beautiful" in the "Left Biography", and Gongzi Bao not only had a vote of female fans of the Song Kingdom, but even his grandmother, the wife of Song Xianggong, wanted to maintain an improper relationship with Gongzi Bao.
But Gongzi Bao, as a gentleman of good character, naturally refused. Although the two are not related by blood, as a nominal grandmother, it is really terrible to have such a thought.
Although Gongzi Bao rejected Lady Xianggong, Lady Xianggong was not dead-hearted, fortunately, she did not do anything excessive, but was bent on helping Gongzi Bao sit on the throne.
Lady Xianggong helped Gongzi Bao to spread favors in the country, plus Song Zhaogong was indeed a bastard monarch, and no one personally attached him, so under the momentum of Lady Xianggong, the Song people instead supported Gongzi Bao.
Seeing that Song Zhaogong had lost the hearts of the people, Lady Xianggong planned to kill Song Zhaogong without stopping, so that Gongzi Bao could ascend to the throne as soon as possible, planning to kill Song Zhaogong when he was out hunting.
But this matter was known to Song Zhaogong, he did not want to be strong first, killed Gongzi Bao, but instead packed up the treasure and planned to run, there was a feeling of a broken jar.
Song Zhaogong's courtiers said, "King, why don't you go to the other princely states to take refuge?" ”
Song Zhaogong said: "Without the trust of his own doctors and grandmothers and the monarch who has lost the hearts of the people, which princely state wants to take me in?" And I am the king, how can I be a courtier of another country? Then let me die!" ”
On the way out, Song Zhaogong distributed the treasure to the entourage. Let them go back to their respective homes and find their mothers. The people scattered, and even gave Lady Xiang the opportunity to attack, so she sent Shuai Dian (wei Bo in the historical record) to assassinate Song Zhaogong.
As soon as Duke Zhaogong of Song died, all obstacles preventing Gongzi Bao from ascending to the throne were cleared, and Gongzi Bao successfully ascended the throne as Duke Wen of Song.
Song Wengong's beauty was indeed very useful, so that he succeeded to the throne without the name of his brother- and most of the things were done by Lady Xianggong.
Although I despise such a method, I have to admit that such a method is the most direct and effective. In fact, since ancient times, the struggle for the throne has always been full of intrigue and trickery and dripping with blood, which may be that I think gongzi Bao is a little good, so I think that such a means should not be used by him.
However, although Song Wengong ascended the throne in this way, it has to be said that he is a good monarch.
When there is a famine in the Song Kingdom, he will donate grain to actively provide disaster relief; for the elderly over seventy years old, send things on time to ensure that they can live normally; treat talented people without the shelf of kings, and have the reputation of a courtesy corporal.
In September of the sixteenth year of the Song Dynasty, King Zhuang of Chu led an army to attack the Song State and besieged the capital of the Song State for five months, and there was no food in the capital city, and it was in danger.
Song Wengong sent Le Baoqi to the Jin State for help, and the Jin Jing Gong had this willingness to send troops to assist the Song State, but the chancellor Bozong opposed it, so in the end the Song State did not wait to rescue, the Jin State was a word, you don't surrender, just carry it to death.
The two countries were deadlocked like this, and King Chu Zhuang had lost patience and planned to withdraw his troops, in fact, it was also because of their insufficient rations. However, the ministers Shen Xi and Uncle Shen did not agree to withdraw their troops, and they could let the soldiers build houses and cultivate land in the Song Kingdom, raise soldiers with soldiers, and carry them with the Song Kingdom to death.
When Song Wengong heard this news, he was deeply desperate, so he sent his confidant Hua Yuan to negotiate with King Zhuang of Chu. King Chu Zhuang asked, "What is the situation in the city?" ”
Hua Yuan thought about whether to tell the truth in the end, the situation in the city was indeed very bad, in case the Chu State still did not withdraw its troops after telling the truth, it would be finished. But in the end, he still decided to fight, according to the truth: "The city is splitting human bones for firewood, and it has begun to eat people!" ”
When King Zhuang of Chu heard such words, his heart shook, he was surprised that Hua Yuan had actually told such a truth, and felt that if he forced people to be anxious, it would not be impossible for the fish to die and the net would be broken, so he decided to withdraw his troops.
The crisis in the Song Kingdom was finally lifted, and Song Wengong breathed a sigh of relief.