Chapter 2 2. Appeasement was originally intended to foster adultery

It was Jizhong and Zifeng who dissuaded Zheng Zhuanggong. Jizhong, also known as Jizu or Zhongzu, was originally a small official, and his official position was a seal.The task of Fengren is to be responsible for planting trees and sealing soil along the border, so it is called Fengren.The place where Ji Zhong manages is called Ji, which is located in the northeast of Zhengzhou City.Later, Zheng Zhuanggong transferred him to the imperial court as Qing, and granted him the sacrificial pavilion in Zhongmu County, Henan Province as a fief.In the reign of Duke Zhuang, Ji Zhong was an important official of the court.After the death of Duke Zhuang, he even had the power to abolish and establish the monarch.

When Shu Duan was building a large-scale construction project in Jingyi, Ji Zhong reminded Duke Zhuang.Ji Zhong said that the previous kings stipulated that other cities in a country should not exceed one-third of the capital.Otherwise, it will become a disaster.Now the scale of the capital has far exceeded the legal scale, and the king may not be able to bear it in the future. Zhuang Gong said, there is no way for the old lady to do this! Ji Zhong said, how can our old lady be satisfied?It is better to make arrangements early to avoid accidents.The weeds that grow wildly are hard to get rid of, let alone the king's favorite brother?

Zhuang Gong said that if you do many unrighteous acts, you will die yourself, just wait and see! Waiting and watching, the result is that Shu Duan began to swell, and actually ordered the western and northern regions of Zheng State to obey him. At this time, Zifeng spoke. Zifeng said that a country can't stand one country with two monarchs and multiple governments.May I ask what you want, Your Majesty?If you intend to abdicate, please allow your subordinates to pledge allegiance now; if you have no intention of abdicating, please remove him now.The people must not be half-hearted, not knowing what to do, and having other ideas.

Zhuang Gong said again, don't worry, take your time. The result of taking it slowly was that Shuduan expanded viciously, not only turning the western and northern regions of Zheng into his fiefs, but also expanding his sphere of influence to Linyan. Zifeng said, it's time to start, otherwise the tail will be too big. Zhuang Gong said, don't be afraid.Unrighteous people cannot win the hearts of the people, and the faster they expand, the faster they collapse.Regardless of his current strength, he will definitely fall apart by then. So he let Uncle Duan toss and turn a blind eye.

On the surface, Mr. Zhuang appears to be confused, but in fact he is old-fashioned.He is not as people imagined, giving the old lady what she wants.The fief that Wu Jiang asked for for Shu Duan was originally not Beijing, but Zhi.It is located in Xingyang City, Henan Province, also known as Hulao Pass.Looking at the map, we can see that Zhiyi is farther away from Xinzheng than Jingyi.If Uncle Duan splits up there, Duke Zhuang will be beyond his reach.Beijing is within the scope of control.It can be seen that Zhuang Gong actually knows the future, but he just has to wait. What are you waiting for?

opportunity. Indeed, although Shu Duan is a confidant's trouble, it will take time to completely eradicate it.After all, this person is his own brother, mother's own son.Just because he violated regulations and disciplines, he would go to war and bring him to justice, which is unreasonable in both reason and sentiment.With this level of relationship, he can't be too ruthless. At most, he can only be called to scold him, and then move to another place.However, since this person has Wu Jiang as a big backer, the result of the governance and rectification can be imagined.Even the lesson and the removal of the seal may not be realized.

Therefore, can not cure the symptoms, only the root cause. The solution to the root cause is to carry out a one-off surgical strike, sending both Shuduan and Wu Jiang into the 18th hell, so that they will never be able to stand up again, and they will never be able to recover from the ashes and make a comeback. However, this requires a crime. This charge is treason. Conspiracy is a heinous crime.With such a serious crime, no matter how it is punished, there will be no pressure from public opinion.However, rebellion is not easy, one must have heart, two must have courage, and three must be strong.Both Shu Duan and Wu Jiang have heart and guts, what is lacking is strength.Only when you are strong can you be courageous and determined.Duke Zhuang stayed put, refused to accept Jizhong and Zifeng's dissuasion, and tolerated Uncle Duan, just to let the mother and son eat the weight and take risks in order to punish them.For this reason, Duke Zhuang endured for twenty-two years, he was really patient.

Zheng Zhuanggong is also very courageous, he is actually betting.First, bet that Shu Duan and Wu Jiang will rebel; second, bet that they will fail in rebellion.Only then did he decide to appease in order to foster adultery.Raising adultery is of course risky.In fact, if Shu Duan and Wu Jiang do not rebel, he will lose everything; if the rebellion succeeds, he will die without a place to bury him. It's a big gamble. Looking at it now, Duke Zhuang is the winner. Winners present historians with a dilemma.We know that the ruling philosophy and political ideas of the Zhou people are "ruling the country with rites", that is, "ruling by rites".According to Li, Duke Zheng Zhuang did not make any mistakes.He is the eldest son, Wu Jiang objected to his succession, it was Wu Jiang's fault.He is the king and the elder brother, if Shu Duan challenged him, it was Shu Duan who was wrong.Uncle Duan's court is already indecent, let alone committing a riot?Of course, there was no discussion about killing him.

However, everyone knows that Uncle Duan's treachery and rebellion are the result of Zheng Zhuanggong's tolerance and fostering of traitors.Unfortunately, no one can blame.Because everything Zhuang Gong did can be interpreted as "filial piety" to Wu Jiang.If he hadn't turned against Wu Jiang later, no one could do anything to him. There is no doubt about the depth of Duke Zhuang's city mansion. The embarrassment of the rule of etiquette can be seen. Embarrassed historians had no choice but to use the words "Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan" to record history and express their attitude.According to the explanation of "Zuo Zhuan", this way of expression not only accused Shu Duan of not being like his younger brother, but also accused Zhuang Gong of not being like his elder brother, and also implied that Shu Duan's crime was actually cultivated by Zhuang Gong.This is the so-called "Spring and Autumn Brushwork".According to Confucius, this has a deterrent effect on those who violate the etiquette and law.

Unfortunately, this effect seems to have little effect.On the contrary, from the standpoint of Zheng Zhuanggong, he has to admit that he is in self-defense, and he is taking precautions.Because the Spring and Autumn Period is no longer the Western Zhou Dynasty.It is not impossible for the throne to be coveted or even seized.In fact, just three years later, a monarch was murdered by his powerful brother. This tough younger brother is called Zhou Yu (read if needed).