The "Rebellion of the Five Doctors" is an allusion to the Zhou royal family that occurred in the Spring and Autumn Period, and this incident is also a typical event of collusion between the royal family and various princes since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the disaster of the country and chaos.
Last time, Zheng Ligong was quite happy after learning the news of King Wen's death, and at this moment, he received an urgent document from King Hui of Zhou, asking him to immediately support him, so what trouble did King Hui of Zhou encounter?
King Hui of Zhou's troubles came from his uncle Wang Zi , who was the younger brother of King Zhou and the son of King Zhuang of Zhou , and since Prince Hui 's mother , Yao Shi , was once a favorite concubine of King Zhuang , Prince Hui was also deeply loved by King Zhuang from an early age , and when he became an adult , King Zhuang of Zhou appointed the doctor Wei Guo as his teacher.
Later, King Zhuang of Zhou wanted to change the title of Prince Of Zhou, but because The Prince was born of a concubine and had a low status, he had to give up, so after the death of King Zhou Zhuang, the crown prince Ji Huqi smoothly inherited the throne as the King of Zhou.
Logically, the King of Zhou had already ascended the throne, and the prince's dream of a decadent son of heaven should also end here, but what he himself did not expect was that five years later, his nephew King Hui of Zhou had created opportunities for him again.
In 676 BC, King Huan of Zhou died of illness, and his son Ji Lang took the throne as King Hui of Zhou.
Because king Hui of Zhou was greedy by nature and liked to play hunting, in his second year of office, he ordered the construction of a garden outside the court for his own prey.
However, he was chosen by King Hui of Zhou, and the area where he planned to build a garden was a vegetable garden at that time, and its owner was the prince's decadent teacher, Xue Guo, who in order to satisfy his own selfish desires, sent people to forcibly demolish the vegetable garden of the kingdom and appropriate the land for himself.
After the garden was completed, King Hui of Zhou often took people to play, but because the distance from the palace to the garden was relatively far, and it happened that next to the garden was the house of the doctor BianBo, so King Hui of Zhou forcibly occupied Bianbo's private residence in order to covet convenience.
Later, in order to expand his own private land, King Hui of Zhou successively seized the private land belonging to Zhu Kneeling and Zhan Father's two doctors.
There was also a man named Shi Su beside King Hui of Zhou, who was the cook of King Hui of Zhou, and because king Hui of Zhou had a tricky taste, It was difficult for Him to meet his requirements, so King Hui of Zhou dismissed Shi Su from his post, and even deducted his Feng Lu.
In this way, king Hui of Zhou, due to his own greed, offended the five masters of the court in just two years, and the five other people also suffered losses due to their respective interests, and finally came together.
In order to take revenge on King Hui of Zhou, the Five Masters decided to rebel after consultation, deposed King Hui of Zhou by force, and then re-elected a new Tianzi to take office, and Prince Decadence, who was a student of the Kingdom of Wei, naturally became the best candidate for everyone.
After the idea was decided, Yu Guo found Prince Decadence and told him his thoughts, and Prince Decadence certainly would not refuse this, but considering that his strength was limited after all, Prince Decadence was still a little hesitant.
But Huan Guo comforted him: "The lord does not have to worry, as long as we can get the help of one person, then this matter will surely be successful?" The prince asked curiously, "Who will help you?" ”
The State of Wei replied: "The Su family of the State of Wen, whose ancestors were the founding heroes of the Zhou royal family, have a high prestige in the country, so as long as he can stand up and support us, then our probability of success will be greatly increased." ”
The prince hesitated and said, "We have never had any friendship with Su Shi, how can he be willing to help?" "When King Huan was alive, because Zheng Zhuang was arrogant and domineering, King Huan was very jealous of him, so under the coercion of Duke Zhuang, King Huan had to assign a part of the city that originally belonged to the Su clan to Zheng Guo, and the Su clan had always been dissatisfied with the royal family, so as long as we can grasp this, we will certainly be able to win Su Zi's help." ”
After consideration, the prince felt that the proposal of the State of Wei was worth trying, so he sent the State of Wei as an emissary to the State of Wen to negotiate.
After coming to the Wen kingdom to see Su Zi, he first explained his intentions to him, and then promised Su Zi that as long as he could help the prince to sit on the throne of the Son of Heaven, he would force Zheng Guo to return all the Wen city he occupied.
In order to regain his own city, Suzi did agree to the request of the Kingdom of Zen.
In 675 BC, prince Yi, based on the army of the State of Wen, rebelled with the assistance of the State of Wei and others, and directly approached Luoyi.
After the war began, Uncle Yu and others resisted desperately, making it difficult for the prince to take advantage of the situation for a while, and the Wen forces were extremely limited, so after the rebels surrounded Luoyi for several months, due to the sharp decline in personnel and grain and grass, they had to temporarily withdraw their troops.
After returning to wenguo, the prince asked Huan Guo about his next plan, and Huan Guo replied: "When there was a coup d'état in WeiGuo, the former king sided with Qianmu, and later although Gongzi Shuo was successfully restored, he has always been grumpy about this matter, and now we can take advantage of the contradiction between Wei Hou and Xian Jun, and then promise him a heavy bribe and let him send troops to support us." ”
So Prince Hui followed the advice of Wei Guo and led the army all the way to Wei Guo, and after seeing Wei Huigong, Prince Hui told him what Wei Huiguo had taught him, and Wei Huigong was greedy for profits and immediately agreed to send troops to help.
Later, with the assistance of Wei Huigong, Prince Hui won the help of the Southern Yan state, so the three major armies joined forces and launched another attack on Luoyi.
Since the prince was far superior to King Hui of Zhou in terms of troops this time, and the defenders of Luoyi were already exhausted, despite the full efforts of Uncle Yu and others to block the rebels, Luoyi was eventually breached, and King Hui of Zhou had to flee to Yandi under the escort of his people.
Because Luoyi was close to Zheng Guo, and Zheng Wugong and Zheng Zhuang were also Tianzi's secretaries, after King Hui of Zhou arrived in Yandi, he wrote to Zheng Ligong according to Uncle Yu's advice and asked him to come and escort him.
After Zheng Ligong received the letter, he consulted with his uncle Zhan and said: Since the Tianzi moved east, zhengguo has always been the country that the royal family relies on the most, and successive previous kings have also worked the king many times, and now that the king has difficulties, as a descendant of the Zheng clan, how can I sit idly by. ”
Shu Zhan nodded and said yes, so Zheng Ligong sent people to Yandi to meet King Hui of Zhou, and he himself was waiting in Licheng. After the arrival of King Hui of Zhou and his party, Zheng Ligong had already prepared wine and dishes in the city and waited for everyone to enjoy, and King Hui of Zhou was greatly moved.
After the two men sat down, Zheng Ligong said: "This place was once the place where the subjects were restored, the city defense system is very strong, the king please live in peace, and now that the prince is in a decadent state, I should first advise him by letter, and if he insists on not listening, then use force to fight." ”
King Hui of Zhou listened and said, "This matter all depends on Aiqing." ”
After the banquet, Zheng Ligong wrote to the prince to persuade him to abdicate. At this time, Prince Decadence had already become the Son of Heaven under the support of Xue Guo and others, and after receiving Zheng Ligong's letter, Prince Decadence asked What to do with Wei Guo.
"Zheng Bo has been in exile for decades, and after returning to China, he has encountered successive crusades between Qi and Chu, and a person like him, who is even difficult to protect himself, has what qualifications to persuade the king?" The prince put aside Zheng Ligong's letter and did not reply.
Zheng Ligong waited for many days and then did not hear back, knowing that the mediation plan had failed, so he came to the room of King Hui of Zhou and said to him: "The prince refused to negotiate peace, and it seems that only soldiers have met each other now." ”
King Hui of Zhou asked Zheng Ligong, saying, "The prince has the help of Wei Yan and Wei Yan, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to win by relying on your strength alone." ”
Zheng Ligong replied: "The minister has already inquired clearly, after the prince entered Luoyi, he ordered the Southern Yan monarch to lead the army to defend Chengzhou, but the strength of the troops was less than two hundred, and the Southern Yan army has always been weak, and now we should concentrate our forces to seize Chengzhou first, first, we can weaken the strength of the prince decadent, and second, we can deter the enemy army." King Hui of Zhou said, "Then according to what Aiqing said." ”
So Zheng Ligong immediately reorganized the soldiers and horses, under the leadership of King Hui of Zhou, attacked Chengzhou, the Southern Yan army guarding Chengzhou did not make any preparations, after hearing that Zheng Jun's arrival, they abandoned their armor and fled, Zheng Jun successfully entered the city, captured the Southern Yan monarch Zhong's father, and snatched the great seal of Chengzhou, before returning to Quecheng.
After returning to Licheng, Zheng Ligong wrote to Xi Yugong again, hoping to get his help, in which Zheng Ligong said to Duke Yu: "I entered Chengzhou this time, and I heard that the prince was singing and dancing every day, and after usurping the throne, there was no slightest trepidation and guilt, and such a person who coveted pleasure would definitely become a scourge to the country in the future, so I wanted to abolish Zi Decadence and help the great king to restore the throne, hoping that Duke Yu could help me." ”
After receiving the letter, Duke Yu was also very dissatisfied with the prince's decadent behavior, so he immediately wrote back to Zheng Ligong and agreed to meet in Yidi to discuss the dispatch of troops. By 673 BC, Zheng Ligong and Gong Yu divided into two routes and marched towards Luoyi together.
After arriving at Luoyi, Zheng Ligong led an army and escorted King Hui of Zhou to attack yuanmen, while duke Yu was responsible for attacking the north gate, and Gong Guowen immediately took Bian Bo and Zhu Nie to the castle tower to resist.
Because the prince drank and entertained all day after taking office, ignored the government and politics, and squeezed out a group of old ministers during the zhou hui wang period, the people of the country were dissatisfied, so when they learned that the zhou hui wang led the army anyway, they immediately opened the city gate to welcome the king, and the Zheng army successfully attacked the city.
Seeing the defeat, The State of Zhou had to commit suicide by pulling out their heads, bian bo and Zhu Nie also died in the rebellion, and King Hui of Zhou came to the palace with the two armies of Yu and Zheng, captured the prince and the rest of the rebels, and immediately escorted them out of the palace gate to be beheaded, and then Zheng Ligong and Duke Yu led the crowd to support King Hui of Zhou to sit on the throne again.
After King Hui of Zhou was restored to the throne, in order to reward zheng ligong and duke Yu for their merits, he ordered that all the land that originally belonged to zheng wugong east of Hu prison be returned to Zheng Ligong, and jiuquan was rewarded to duke Yu.
Zheng Ligong was greatly pleased after receiving the reward, and in order to express his gratitude, he held a banquet outside the palace gate to celebrate King Hui of Zhou, and spent a huge amount of money to find the best official musician in the country to help King Hui of Zhou, and after more than a few days, Zheng Ligong returned to Zheng Guo without hesitation.
When Yuan Zhuanggong, the former monarch who was not far from Luoyi, learned of this incident, he said to the people around him: "Zheng Bo originally accused the prince of decadence and covetousness, but he himself now has a kind of learning (Zheng Bo you), it seems that Zheng Bo will not be too long." ”
This is the famous allusion to the "Rebellion of the Five Doctors" in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period, which is also known as the "Rebellion of the Decadence", and the idiom "to make an example" is also derived from "Zheng Boxiaoyou".
Moreover, after Zheng Ligong returned to Zheng Guo, it was indeed as predicted by Yuan Zhuang Gong that he fell ill and died not long after, and his son Gongzi Ji took the throne as a king, for Zheng Wengong.
Since taking office, Zheng Wengong has faced the same problem as his father, that is, he has to choose between the two great powers of Qi and Chu to ensure the stability of Zheng Guo. In order to protect oneself, whether to turn to the State of Qi or to the State of Chu.
However, just when Zheng Wengong hesitated, a message came from the side of the State of Qi, which finally made Zheng Wengong make up his mind to ally with the State of Qi.
So what news did Zheng Wengong get, and what happened to Qi Guo recently?
The next issue of spring and autumn allusions: "Five Generations of Qichang" will reveal the answer for you, so stay tuned.
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