The Story of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms 53 Zheng Ligong regretted not ceding the city
Song Zhuanggong and Lu Henggong met at Fuzhong as scheduled. Lu Hou dai Zheng Guo thanked the Song state for his help and requested pardon for ceding the city. Song Gong said that Zheng Jun had received a lot of favors from the widows! Like an egg, the widow holds it in its arms and protects him. The rewards promised were all the ones he had promised. Now, when the country is on the throne, and if you want to renege on your promise, how can a widow give up?
Lu Hou said that if the Song Dynasty helped Zheng Guo, would Zheng forget? But now that he has just taken the throne, the treasury is empty, and he can't take out so much gold and jade for a while. But it's a matter of time and it will certainly be for you. This is something that the widow can guarantee.
When Song Gong heard that Lu Hou had come to be a lobbyist, he also said that the golden jade rice grain might not be enriched for a while. But the three cities promised to give, as long as a word of things, why not give it?
Lu Hou said that Zheng Jun was worried, afraid that if he had just taken the throne, he would lose his ancestral inheritance and would be laughed at by the nations, so he replaced it with taxes. The widow heard that he had already paid twenty thousand bells of rice.
Song Gong retorted that the twenty thousand bells had originally been promised in the annual tribute, and had nothing to do with the cession of the three cities. Not to mention that the financial promised to be given is less than half of it. Today, after some time, we forget it, and the widows have even less hope. I hope that Lu Jun will talk about it for the widow and hand over his belongings earlier.
Lu Hou saw that Song Gong was so stubborn and persistent, it was useless for him to personally say that he had to go back unhappily. When Lu Hou returned to China, he sent Gongzi Rou to Zheng Guo, saying that song would not give in. Zheng Bo also sent the doctor Yong Gui, brought Shang Yi, and brought it to Lu Hou. Saying that this relic of the Song Kingdom, the widow did not dare to leave it without authorization, and requested to return it to the Song Kingdom in place of the Three Cities. He also gave Bai Yubi thirty pairs and two thousand gold ytterbiums, and asked Lu Hou to explain and intercede.
Lu Henggong had no choice but to help Zheng Guo break the siege, so he had to personally go to the Song Kingdom and meet him at Guqiu (古丘, in the Spring and Autumn Song Dynasty, around present-day Shangqiu, Henan). Lu Hou gave all the golden and white jade bi he had brought to Song Gong. Lu Hou also said that Song said that Zheng was now giving less than half of what he promised. The widow scolded Zheng well, and Zheng could not barely collect these again.
Song Gong was not thankful. Just ask when the three cities will be delivered? Lu Hou said that Zheng Jun was grateful for the old deeds of his ancestors and did not dare to abandon the city with his personal favor. This time, he brought an artifact to reach the three cities. So he ordered someone to present Shang Yi to him, hold him high, and kneel down to offer it to the Duke of Song.
When Song Gong heard that Private Grace was already unhappy, he frowned, and when he saw Shang Yi, Song Gong knew that this was the artifact that Song Guo had bribed Zheng Guo at the beginning, and his face changed greatly. And pretend not to know, saying what is the use of this thing? Lu Hou said, This is the heirloom treasure of your song dynasty's hometown. Zheng Guoxian, Duke Zhuang, also helped the Song Kingdom. Thanks to the gift of heavy weapons from the Kingdom of God, they are hidden as world treasures. Zheng Ligong did not dare to love himself, or he still wanted to return to shangguo. Begging for nostalgia in the old days, spared three cities.
When Song Gong saw that he had mentioned the old matter, his face was blushing with shame, but he said that the past was forgotten by the widows, and when I went back to ask the old minister. Between the deliberations, someone came to report that Yan Bo (Zhou Princes Small State, Southern Yan. He is a descendant of the Emperor. Present-day Yanjin County, Henan) Dynasty Song Dynasty, has driven to Guqiu. Duke Song immediately asked Yan Bo and Lu Hou to meet together.
When Yan Bo saw the Duke of Song, he complained bitterly, saying that our neighbor, the State of Qi, has always been invaded and attacked by the State of Qi. The widows hoped to gain the prestige of the Song army and go to the State of Qi to regulate peace and ensure the safety of the society. Song Guo readily agreed to Yan Bo.
Lu Hou told Song Gong that the State of Qi and the State of Ji had always had a feud and always had the intention of conquering the State of Ji. If the jun went around for the Yan kingdom to seek peace, the widows were also willing to go to the state of Qi for the Ji kingdom to seek peace, and each of them reconciled and exempted them from the gang. Song Luyan's three princes then formed an alliance together in Guqiu. Lu Henggong returned to China, and from autumn to winter, there was no echo of the Song Kingdom.
Zheng Guo, as for his part, could not stand Song Guo's endless demand for the gold and white jade of the city, and sent someone to ask Lu Hou for help. Lu Hou had no choice but to go to the Duke of Song again, first in Xuandi (Yanjin County, Henan) and then in Guidi (Sui County, Henan) to meet with The Duke of Song to settle Zheng Guo's affairs. However, this time, the Duke of Song did not come, and sent envoys to tell Lu Hou that the widow and Zheng Guo had their own contracts, so that Lu Hou should not participate. Lu Hou was angry when he heard this, and scolded, if the people of Pifu are greedy and have no credibility, they will not be tolerated by others, let alone the monarch? Angry, personally came forward to adjust and did not give face. So he immediately drove to Zheng Guo and met Zheng Bo at Wufu (武父, in modern Dongming County, Shandong), and since it didn't make sense, he would fight. It was agreed that the two families of Lu Zheng would attack the Song Kingdom together.
The bearded man has a poetic cloud:
Gradually, he concealed and culprits, and sought self-congratulation with evil.
Only for Song Zhuang's greed and deceit, he ordered Lu Zheng to raise an army.
Yi Ku Yin: Refers to the fact that Zheng Li Gong Ji suddenly returned to Zheng Guo from the Song Kingdom, drove out Zheng Zhaogong Ji Kuo, and Gongzi Fei colluded with Lu Heng gong to kill Lu Yin Gong. Explain that Zheng Bo, Lu Hou is the culprit.