Song Wengong was a veritable handsome man in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the only one who became the monarch of the Song State by relying on the dual virtues of appearance and heart.
Duke Wen of Song's original name was Zi Bao, the son of Duke Chenggong of Song and the brother-in-law of Duke Zhaogong of Song, and before he became the monarch, people affectionately called him Gongzi Bao. There's another factor to this, in addition to the fact that he does have a different beauty.
Gongzi Bao was born to a concubine of Song Chenggong, and compared to his brother Song Zhaogong, Gongzi Bao was born from a humble background and had no foundation, and his only capital was beauty and virtue. So he grew up in a particularly inferior environment, which made him sentimental and compassionate to the poor from an early age.
One year there was a famine in the middle of the country, the people had no grain, and hunger was everywhere, and Gongzi Bao ordered the people to open the granary in his house and distribute it to all the people, and also gave the best high-quality food to the elderly over the age of seventy.
These have made Gongzi Bao win an excellent humility in the minds of the Chinese people, coupled with his handsome and handsome appearance, the chinese people are fascinated by it and love him.
At that time, the wife of Song Xianggong (Gongzi Bao's grandfather), Wang Ji (Princess of the Zhou Dynasty, the nominal "mother" of Song Chenggong, the nominal "grandmother" of Song Zhaogong and Gongzi Bao), was young and widowed, and had been living in the deep palace, but had been meddling in the government affairs, and had already heard about the beauty and wisdom of Gongzi Bao, the "grandson". He disregarded ethics and summoned Gongzi Bao and wanted to throw himself into his arms, but was rejected by Gongzi Bao.
Lady Xianggong did not get the love of Gongzi Bao, and did not have the kind of love and hatred that the women of the deep palace usually thought, but because they loved him and gave him love. In the name of Gongzi Bao, she gave away money and goods to the poor people everywhere, and gave generous favors, which greatly spread the reputation of Gongzi Bao.
After the death of Duke Chenggong of Song, after a short period of political turmoil, Gongzi Bao's half-brother Song Zhaogong succeeded to the throne, and Song Zhaogong did not like Lady Xianggong to meddle in the government affairs of the dynasty, and treated her with courtesy, causing Great dissatisfaction among Lady Xianggong. Because Gongzi Bao's reputation in the minds of the common people was too good, compared to Song Zhaogong to be inferior, the people naturally preferred Gongzi Bao, and Lady Xianggong took the opportunity to help her, and she decided to overthrow Song Zhaogong to help Gongzi Bao ascend to the throne.
Lady Xianggong intended to make Gongzi Bao serve as the Right Division in the middle of the dynasty through the recommendation of her cronies, and the Right Division was the head of the Six Secretaries of the Song Dynasty, who held a certain amount of military power and laid a good foundation for future coups.
On November 22, 611 BC, Lady Xianggong took advantage of Song Zhaogong's visit to Mengzhu to hunt and suddenly launch a coup d'état, killing Song Zhaogong and all his henchmen, and replacing Gongzi Bao with the title of prince of the state, in order to serve the Duke wen of Song.
What are the deep factors for the fall of Song Zhaogong? Sima Qian's "Records of History" says: "Zhao Gong has no way, and the people of the country do not attach it." "But it did not elaborate on the relevant events. Looking at a series of foreign affairs after he came to power, it can be seen that Song Zhaogong did offend many princes.
For example, in the seventh year of the Reign of Song Zhaogong, in 613 BC, the Duke of Song Zhao, together with Lu, Chen, Wei, Zheng, Xu, Cao, and Jin, met in Xincheng to plan an attack on the state of Yi. In the same year, Gao Lai of the State of Song served as the defender of Xiao Di, and Song Zhaogong made Gao Lai a secretary, and Gao Lai thought that Song Zhaogong was unjust and left and fled to the State of Lu. Gao Ai, believing that Song Zhaogong was unjust, actually gave up his title as a secretary and fled to the state of Lu at the expense of offending him, which shows that Song Zhaogong did indeed act unjustly.
In the eighth year of the Reign of Song Zhaogong, in 612 BC, Song Zhaogong again made an alliance with Jin, Wei, Cai, Chen, Zheng, Xu, and Cao zaidi to relive the friendship of the Xincheng Alliance and plan an attack on the State of Qi. In the end, the Qi people gave gifts to the Jin Linggong, making the alliance strategy stillborn.
Although After Succeeding to the throne, Song Zhaogong began to cultivate cronies, such as Uncle Kong, Gongsun Zhongli, and Grand Sima Gongzi, who were absolutely loyal to Song Zhaogong, song Zhaogong repeatedly took the lead in uniting with other princes to plot against other countries, and even the relatively powerful States of Qi and Zheng at that time were offended. In the end, the State of Jin accepted bribes from the State of Qi, which was equivalent to the State of Jin's rebellion against water. Coupled with the fact that Duke Song Zhaogong really did not have a good reputation in China, compared to Gongzi Bao, Song Zhaogong seemed to be dwarfed, and offended Wang Ji, the highest-ranking and most respected lady of the Song royal family, and failure was inevitable. Facts have proved that Lady Xianggong also took advantage of this point to seize the throne for Gongzi Bao.
In the year that Duke Wen of Song succeeded to the throne, duke Ling of Jin united with various princes from all over the country to send troops to fight on the grounds of usurpation of the throne by his brother Bao Yi in an attempt to make him abdicate, but because Song Wengong was widely benevolent and won the hearts of the people, the coalition army returned without success. It seems how powerful the power of the people is.
In this matter, Lady Xianggong was a Guan Jian, and Lady Xianggong was the sister of the King of Zhou and had an unshakable royal status, which also played a deterrent effect on the coalition led by the Jin State. The coalition forces not only obediently retreated, but also recognized the legitimate throne of Song Wengong. Generally speaking, the reason why Song Wengong was able to ascend to the throne smoothly was because of his own benevolence, and thus welcomed the favor of The Duke of Xiang, coupled with the loss of morality of Song Zhaogong, various factors contributed to the result.
Text/Weir Wind