Chapter 9 Chapter VI Eighth Century BC

This century is the second century of China's letter history era. The Zhou Dynasty was attacked by barbarians in this century and almost perished.The twelfth princess, Gong Nie, was killed, and the capital was moved eastward from Haojing (west of Xi'an, Shaanxi) to Luoyi (Luoyang, Henan).The dignity of the king and the authority of the central government are rapidly declining, and the feudal country is gradually separated from the control of the central government, and each goes his own way. In the 1970s, Chinese history entered the "Spring and Autumn Period", which lasted for more than 200 years, that is, the era of Chinese-style city-states, until the end of the fifth century BC.

A week of the government's eastward relocation Ji Gongnier, the son of the eleventh King Ji Jing who had managed to climb to the throne, sailed his dynasty ship into the troubled, rocky shallows. In 780 BC, two major events occurred, one was the collapse of Qishan (Shaanxi Qishan), and the other was the drying up of three rivers: Jingshui, Weishui and Luoshui.The folks firmly believe that this is the prelude to the imminent drought. Ji Dai, the monarch of the State of Zhao (north of Hongdong, Shanxi), reminded Ji Gongni: "The exhaustion of landslides and rivers shows that people's blood dries up and their skin disappears. Qishan is also the entrepreneurship of the Zhou Dynasty. Once the land collapses, it will be even more important. If the king seeks the virtuous to assist the government, he may also eliminate the wrath of the sky. If he still only blindly seeks beautiful women and women, there may be troubles." These words are not for any tyrant to listen to. So Ji Guanni was furious and took Ji back to his feudal kingdom.Baoguo (Northwest of Hanzhong, Shaanxi) the monarch Bao (Wang Xiang) came forward and said: "The king neither fears the warning of heaven, nor abandons loyalty, how can the country be governed." Ji Gongni was even more angry, and imprisoned Bao (Wang Xiang) into prison.

Bao Hongde, the son of Bao (Wang Xiang), tried his best to rescue his father, but he couldn't rescue his father. Finally, he remembered the story of Ji Chang, the founder of the Zhou Dynasty, who was imprisoned in his mouth by Zi Shouxin four hundred years ago, so he trained a group of The beauties headed by Baosi are dedicated to Ji Gongnie.This strategy really succeeded, and the palace became dominated by women from Baoguo, and Ji Gongnie soon obeyed Baosi's words.Not only released Bao (Wang Xiang), but also took steps to make Bao Si the queen.In the 1920s, in the year before 773, Ji Gongnie abolished his original wife, and demoted Ji Yijiu, the prince born to Empress Shen, to a commoner, and dispatched him to Shen State (Nanyang, Henan) 370 kilometers away. , ordered his grandfather Shen Guojun to discipline him, and immediately announced Baosi as the official queen.But Baosi was serious (or maybe because she harbored a deep hatred for the king's husband who insisted on keeping her in the court), and rarely smiled, so the following highly dramatic story happened.

Ji Gongni tried every means to make Baosi laugh, but she never smiled, which made him angry and anxious.So a loyal minister suggested: "If the beacon fire is lit, the queen will laugh." Even children know that the beacon fire must never be lit, but Ji Gongnie thinks it's okay to play once in a while.He took Baosi to Mount Li, 45 kilometers east of Gaojing, to hold a grand banquet.When the banquet lasted until late at night, Ji Gongnie ordered the beacon to be lit.In an instant, the flames rushed straight to Xiaohan, like a giant whale fleeing for their lives, continuously spewed out pillars of fire one by one, galloping away to the dark distance.The monarchs of the feudal kingdoms near Wangji woke up from their dreams, thinking that Haojing had been surrounded by barbarians, and the king's old life was in danger, so they immediately assembled the army and led a rush to help.Ji Gongnie and Baosi were condescending, ready to enjoy this great show that they thought would embarrass others.At dawn, those Qin Wang's teachers who were wearing heavy armor, sweating like rain, and advancing quickly with their heads, really entered the field of vision.Soon they arrived at the foot of Lishan Mountain. Although Fengguo's troops had marched overnight, they were still full of energy, showing the color of loyalty that was about to dedicate themselves to the king and die for the country.Ji Gongni was very satisfied, and sent someone to announce the imperial decree: "Thank you all; there are no foreign invaders, I just use the beacon fire to lighten the boredom quietly. Please go back the same way, and wait for another reward." It was hard for the monarchs to believe this Behind their ears, they all died down and left in embarrassment.When Bao Si saw the eyes one by one, she couldn't help smiling, which made her even more beautiful like a fairy.Ji Gongni said overjoyed: "When the queen smiles, all kinds of charms are born."

Just when Baosi was born with all kinds of charms, Ji Gongni gave another order; Shen Guo killed Ji Yijiu, but the king of Shen Guo refused to obey the order, and wrote a memorial to lodge a stern protest.Ji Gongni's reaction was very quick and strong. He issued an imperial edict to revoke the feudal title of King Shen, and assembled an army to prepare for a crusade.Lord Shen knew that he could not resist alone, so he formed an alliance with the barbarian Dog Rong tribe located near Haojing (west of Xi'an, Shaanxi) and demanded that Dog Rong take action.The Quanrong tribe had long coveted the wealth and beauties of Haojing. Taking advantage of the internal strife in the Zhou Dynasty, Shen Guo sent people to ambush the internal response in Haojing, and immediately attacked.Ji Gongnie urgently ignited the beacon to ask Zhu Fengguo for help, but this is in line with the story of Aesop's fable "The Wolf is Coming". The shepherd boy shouted "Wolf is coming" for the first time, and everyone rushed to rescue him. When the wolf really came, the shepherd boy would become a fool when he shouted again.Although Ji Gongni is old, age does not necessarily bring wisdom. What he does is what only the shepherd boy in the fable can do.The flames of war are burning day and night, and the monarchs of the feudal kingdom refuse to be teased again.Then Haojing fell, Prime Minister Ji You died in battle, Ji Gongni was killed, Bao Si was taken captive by the barbarians, and his whereabouts are unknown.

When Lord Shen received the news of Ji Gongnie's death, he united several important feudal states and supported his grandson Ji Yijiu on the throne.However, Haojing was burned and plundered by the Quanrong tribe, and the people were displaced, and the ruins and ruins made it impossible to live.Ji Yijiu had no choice but to move the capital to Luoyi (Luoyang, Henan), 320 kilometers to the east.Because Luoyi was in the east of Haojing, historians called it "Eastern Zhou Dynasty", and later called the era of Haojing "Western Zhou Dynasty". This is a major turning point. Great changes have begun, the old order has come to an end, and what has emerged is another situation of chaos, uneasiness, division, and frequent civil wars.

The territory of the Zhou Dynasty is now only the Central Plains area, and Wang Ji has also shrunk, leaving only a small area of ​​less than 20,000 square kilometers around Luoyi.And in this small land, some dilapidated countries that cannot gain a foothold in the west and move eastward have to be placed.Of course, the feudal states belonged directly to the king as in the past, but after the reduction of the king's base, the king's financial resources and military resources were greatly reduced, and they were drying up day by day. They no longer had the strength to support the original prestige and dignity, and the feudal states were reduced. Generate ambitions to expand territory on their own.

The first person to attack was Ji Kuidu, the monarch of Zheng Guoguo who was located in the old capital of Huangdi Jixuanyuan (Xinzheng, Henan). He was dissatisfied with his small territory. The king of the country (Luohe, Henan).In 763 B.C., Ji Juetu convened a meeting to discuss who should use his troops first. Guan Qisi, the unlucky minister, said, "The country of Hu is the closest and the best target." Ji Juetu was filled with righteous indignation and shouted: " Zheng and Hu have a long-term friendship, and Hu Guoguo is my son-in-law, and you have such inhumane thoughts, it is unacceptable." Immediately behead Guan Qisi.Hu Guoguo was so moved that he no longer fortified the border.Therefore, Ji Jue suddenly launched a surprise attack and wiped out the Hu State.

The central government of the Zhou Dynasty did not respond to this earth-shattering event of feuding and merging states. Zheng Guo annexed Hu Guo, which became a signal of the collapse of the Zhou Dynasty. sinister international community.All the feudal states understand that the glory and power of the king have passed away and will never return. They can no longer protect themselves, and the feudal states can only survive by relying on their own strength. Second Spring and Autumn Period In the 1970s, China entered the Spring and Autumn Period. Each feudal state to which the Zhou Dynasty belonged has its own complete history, but only the history of the Lu State has been handed down.The history of the state of Lu is called "Spring and Autumn".The part that has been handed down begins in 722 BC in this century (the first eighth).From this time until 481 BC in the fifth century BC, historians call it the "Spring and Autumn Period" for a total of 242 years.This is an artificial division—just as the "century" is also an artificial division. In fact, the drastic changes in the entire society should start from the eastward relocation of the Zhou government.But Chinese historians all belonged to the Confucian school before the twentieth century, and they have been using this title. We still follow this habit until we find that this division is harmful.

The first twenty years of the Spring and Autumn Period were exactly the last twenty years of this century (the first eight).The international community with the Zheng and Hu events as the main spirit shows the characteristics of this era. In 719 BC, there was a coup d'état in the State of Wei (Qi County, Henan). Zhou Yu and his adviser Shi Hou killed Wei Wan at the farewell banquet, and Wei Zhouyu came to the throne. Shi Hou's father Shi (Shi Xi), also one of the ministers, was determined to eliminate the rebellion. He used his son's relationship to ask Wei Zhou Xu made a suggestion that beat around the bush. He said: "Although you have become the king, if you don't have the king's approval, I'm afraid people will not accept it. If you want to get the king's approval, Shi (Shi Xi) said: "There is nothing better than going to Luoyi to pay homage in person. When the king receives you, it means that your inheritance is recognized as legal. If you spread it to the world, your position will be stable." .The problem is that if the king refuses to meet, it will be counterproductive. Shi (Shi Xi) then proposed a method to make the king have to meet. He said: "The king of Chen Guo (Huaiyang, Henan) is very respectful to the king, and the king also respects him very much.The two kingdoms of Wei and Chen have always been harmonious.You'd better visit the country of Chen, and ask Gui Bao to talk to the king first, everything will be solved easily. "Because Shi (Shi Xi) is Shi Hou's father, Wei Zhouyu fully believes in his opinion. Unexpectedly, Shi (Shi Xi) and Gui Bao have secretly arranged cakes, and when Wei Zhouyu arrives in Chen State, Together with Shi Hou, he was arrested and executed by Chen Guo.

Although the Weiguo coup failed, the coup was contagious like a plague, and it happened one after another in all the feudal countries, which was unstoppable. Seven years later, in 712 BC, the state of Lu (Qufu, Shandong), which was proud of its tradition of ethics, also had a coup.When the father of the monarch Ji Xishi, the old monarch Ji Fuhuang, passed away, his son Ji Yun was still a baby.Although Ji Xigu was a bastard, he was old and had a reputation of being a virtuous person, so the nobles supported him to succeed him.Ji Xigu is very loyal, so she often said to herself: "This throne belongs to my younger brother. When he grows up, I will give it to him." Ji Xigu has been on the throne for twelve years, and Ji Yun is more than ten years old. Ji Xi began to build a villa in the suburbs, planning to live in seclusion there after retirement.Unexpectedly, in the year when he decided to retire, Minister Ji Kou asked Ji Xigu to be prime minister.Ji Xishi replied: "My younger brother is about to come to power, you might as well ask him directly." Ji Kou misunderstood what he meant, so he offered a plan and said: "There is a famous saying in the ancients: 'If you have a sharp weapon in your hand, don't give it to anyone.' My younger brother is getting older, I'm afraid it will be bad for you, so it's better to kill him to get rid of your confidant's troubles." Ji Xishi was shocked and said: "What are you talking about, you must be crazy. I will retire when the villa is completed. The position of the monarch is My brother's, how can I have any wrong thoughts." Ji Kou immediately found himself sitting on the stove mouth, and once Ji Yun came to the throne, he would fall into the stove when he heard that he had such a plot.So he resorted to evil tricks, and told Ji Yun at night: "The lord saw that you grew up, and today he specially called me into the palace and taught me to kill you." But he promised: "Of course I will not do such a thing." Dirty things, but if you plan to save yourself, you have to act first." Ji Yun said gratefully, "I am lucky to survive, and I will definitely invite you to be the prime minister." Ji Kou was overjoyed, and led an army to raid the palace, killing Ji Yun Rest station. Two years later, in 710 BC, the State of Song (Shangqiu, Henan) had a coup.Song Guoguo Junzi and Yi are good friends with Kong Fujia, the commander-in-chief (Sima) of the National Defense Forces; and Kong Fujia's wife is very beautiful.One day, when the minister Huadu saw her, he was fascinated immediately, but she had a noble status, which prevented Huadu from directly snatching her away like he treated civilians and slaves.At that time, Feng Zheng, a cousin of Zi and Yi, went into exile in the state of Zheng.Hua Du sent someone to contact him. It happened that Kong Fujia was actively training the army and preparing to go hunting.Huadu spread rumors: "Kong Fujia fought with Zheng Guo and was defeated every time. Now he is going to take revenge. This is just his personal grudge. Why should the people of Song Guo suffer from this kind of suffering?" Under the instigation, the soldiers begged Huadu to lend a helping hand, and Huadu led them to attack and kill Kong Fujia, and killed Zi and Yi together by the way.Then Zifeng got the position of the monarch, and Huadu got the wife of Kong Fujia. Kong Fujia was the first person in history to cause the murder of her husband because his wife was too beautiful.However, this is not the first time that the transfer of power, the disintegration of a dynasty, and the collapse of a country have been caused by beautiful women, and it will happen more frequently in the future.We should pay attention to the tragic landscape caused by the shocking power of this beautiful woman in history and its meaning and enlightenment. Three weeks of battle In the third year after the coup d'état of the State of Song, the Zhou government, which was in decline, received another fatal blow. Ji Kuetu, the monarch of the State of Zheng, was the son of Ji You, the prime minister who was martyred in the Battle of Lishan. He inherited the dual positions of his father as the monarch of the state and his father's prime minister in the central government.He conquered the east and west day and night, expanded the territory, and made the state of Zheng the most powerful and glorious state in this century (the first eight).It is also because of this that he seldom goes to the central government of Luoyi (Luoyang) to work, and when he does go once in a while, he is also domineering and arrogant.After Ji Jue's sudden death, his son Ji Yusheng's behavior became even worse.The old king Ji Yijiu thought about Ji You's heroic sacrifice, and also thought about the weakness of the central government, so he reluctantly endured it.After Ji Yijiu's death, his grandson Ji Lin succeeded to the throne, young and energetic, and dismissed Ji Yusheng from the central government regardless of the situation.This was a blow to Ji Yusheng's reputation, and he immediately retaliated against the king by sending troops into Wangji to mow the wheat from the border wheat fields.When the rice is ripe, the rice is mowed away.Ji Lin had no choice but to smoke from the seven orifices. The state of Zheng and the state of Song have been fighting for years, and the outcome has never been decided.Ji Wusheng planned to use the king's surplus value to help himself, so he went to Luoyi for a pilgrimage.Ji Lin asked him, "How is the grain harvest in Zheng State?" Ji Yusheng said, "Thanks to the great king Hongfu, the grain will be plentiful." Ji Lin made a gesture of relief and said, "That's good, Wang Ji's grain, I can keep it for myself. Eat." Then I gave Ji Wusheng ten carts of millet, one of the miscellaneous grains, with small yellow grains, called "millet" by northerners, and "rice" with large white grains.Tell Ji Wusheng: "Please accept it. If there is a famine in Zheng Guo, please don't grab it again." Ji Wusheng is a man of strategy who can turn humiliation into glory.After losing his temper for a while, he calmed down immediately, wrapped ten carts of millet in silk and satin, and ostentatiously passed through the market, saying: "The Song Kingdom has not paid tribute for a long time, the king gave ten carts of silk and satin, and ordered us to attack the Song Kingdom." , Qi Guo (Shandong Zibo East) all sent troops to fight with Zheng Guo.Under the leadership of the commander-in-chief Kong Fujia, the Song Army was repeatedly defeated, and the seeds of Kong Fujia's killing were planted. After the false preaching of the imperial decree caused bloody wars, Ji Yusheng refused to meet King Jilin again.According to the regulations of the Zhou Dynasty, if the monarch of the feudal country did not pay tribute to the court for three years, he would be regarded as rebellious.Finally Ji Lin was so angry that he forgot that his government was no longer the government of the past.In 707 BC, he personally led the troops directly under him, and recruited the troops of Cai Guo (Shangcai, Henan Province), Wei Guo, and Chen Guo to crusade against Zheng Guo.If in the era of Haojing, Zheng Guo had to surrender and plead guilty, waiting for punishment.But now is the Spring and Autumn Period, and everything is very different. Instead of surrendering and pleading guilty, Zheng Guo sent troops to fight.Once contacted, the central coalition forces (Wang Division) were defeated. Ji Lin was shot by an arrow in the left shoulder by General Zheng Guo while he was fleeing, and he was about to be captured.Zhu Dan complained and said: "I almost caught him." Ji Weisheng said: "Idiot, he is the king, and I am a prince. How can I deal with it if I catch him?" In the camp, he apologized and asked for forgiveness.Ji Lin lost his army and lost his general, and was wounded by an arrow.He had no choice but to issue a pardon; he returned in embarrassment. Zheng Guo's arrow destroyed the supreme power and prestige of the kings of the Zhou Dynasty for more than 400 years.The central government of the Zhou Dynasty had been reduced to the same status as the governments of the feudal states.The unattainable king gradually disappeared from people's minds after this and the continuous devaluation later, and he was only thought of when ambitious people tried to use him.The Zhou Dynasty was originally a dynasty with a loose organization. Now there are many feudal states, and each feudal state is the highest power unit, and there is no one who can interfere with them. But the golden age of Zheng Guo also came to an end, Ji Yusheng passed away soon, and the hegemony that father and son worked so hard to build collapsed.His son Ji Hu succeeded to the throne, and his minister Ji Zhong became prime minister.Ji Hu is a famous general, and when he is alone, he is radiant.But he is not a politician, so once he takes over the overall situation, he is incapable of facing a political situation that is tens of thousands of times more complicated than the military. Ji Hu's younger brother, Ji Tu, fled to the state of Song when his elder brother succeeded to the throne, and made a secret agreement with the gentleman of the state of Song, Feng, in an attempt to seize the throne.Later, Ji Hu's minister Ji sent out an envoy to the state of Song, and Zifeng concluded a secret agreement with Ji Zhong.After Ji Zhong returned to the country, he presented an ultimatum to Ji Hu: "It is not the intention of the first king that you inherit the throne. It is only because of my repeated persuasion that I made this decision. Song Guo took advantage of my envoy to imprison me and force I made an oath to welcome Ji Tu as the king. I am afraid that dying in vain will not help the overall situation, so I have to promise. Now that the army of the Song Dynasty has suppressed the border, all the officials have gone to welcome you. You might as well abdicate temporarily, and if there is a chance in the future, I will welcome you Return to the country.” Ji Hu once led the most elite troops of the Zheng Kingdom to fight in the north and south, and helped his father establish a first-class powerful country like a dragon and a tiger. Unexpectedly, when he became a king, he was helpless (We are surprised that he has no influence on the army at all) , had to flee to Weiguo.His younger brother Ji Tu got his wish. Such a bloodless coup d'état by chasing the king is a unique feature of the Spring and Autumn Period.After the Spring and Autumn Period passed, most of the successful coups would inevitably result in the beheading of the old ruler—even those with the best luck would be imprisoned for life. Four Kingdoms of Chu When the power of the Zhou Dynasty shrank and the central government lost its controlling power, the Chu tribe in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River became stronger.Just as the Zhou tribe gradually moved eastward along the Wei River, the Chu tribe also gradually moved eastward along the Yangtze River. The Chu tribe and the Zhou Dynasty are two different nationalities. The Chu tribe may (we are not sure) be a branch of the Miao nationality, so they have their own special language and culture.For example, the Chu tribe called "milk-eating" "Gu" and "tiger" "Yutu". As a result, the Zhou Dynasty ridiculed them as "people with bird tongues in the southern barbarians" and pointed out that their speech was as difficult to understand as birdsong. Chu tribe Worship the god of fire, the Zhou dynasty worshiped the god of agriculture, the Chu tribe worshiped destiny, and the Zhou dynasty worshiped ancestors. The Chinese have had a government organization for hundreds or thousands of years (if the legendary era is also added), the Chu tribe is just a tribe Naturally, they were very backward. They also admitted that they were backward, and proudly regarded themselves as barbarians. They originally settled in the western part of Hubei Province—no one knows where they came from. Finally, they moved east to Danyang (Zhijiang, Hubei Province ). In the 1980s and 1990s of this century, the power had already crossed the Han River and reached the Huai River. It was a new power with a large number of people and was brave and good at fighting. When its power appeared on the Han River and the Huai River, it It has become so powerful that no country can stop it. In 706 BC, their chief Xiongtong attacked Suiguo (Suizhou, Hubei) on the east bank of the Han River, and Suiguo was defeated.In order to ease the pressure of the Chu tribe, Suiguo flattered Kou Xiong Tong that he could ask the central government of the Zhou Dynasty to seal Kou Xiong Tong as king.This matter does not make sense logically. The king of the Zhou government is only a king, and he is not qualified to make others a king at all, and the Zhou Dynasty will never be so stupid as to encourage another new central government for no reason.Kou Xiongtong heard the news of the refusal soon, and said angrily: "What is the king of Zhou? If I want to be king, I will be king myself." In 704 B.C., Kou Xiongtong announced the establishment of the Kingdom of Chu, with Danyang as its capital. Its sphere of influence stretched from Bashu in the west to the upper reaches of the Huaihe River in the east. It was as vast as the Zhou Dynasty in the north.Of course the Zhou Dynasty did not recognize this new kingdom, and the new kingdom did not care about such recognition. Under such circumstances, we had to change the title and change the Zhou Dynasty to the Zhou Kingdom.Because in the known world at that time, the Zhou government was no longer the only central government in China, and the Chu government arose to coexist with it.At the same time, because the Zhou Kingdom can no longer control and represent the entire state, when we refer to the Zhou Kingdom, we no longer refer to the unified Zhou Dynasty in the past, but only to the one near Luoyi (Luoyang). The small piece of Wangji land that is shrinking day by day has the same status as the feudal state, no longer above the feudal state, and sometimes lower than the feudal state. After Kou Xiongtong established the kingdom, he immediately demonstrated his power. In Shenlu (Zhongxiang, Hubei), he convened a meeting of closing the country within his influence.Some feudal states that had already surrendered, such as Ba State (Chongqing, Sichuan), Yong State (Zhushan, Hubei), and some newly subordinated states, such as Shen State (Nanyang, Henan), Deng State (North Xiangfan, Hubei), Yun State (An Lu), Luo Guo (Yicheng, Hubei), all came to participate, to meet the King of Chu just like the King of Zhou, and to determine the hegemony of the Kingdom of Chu.Only Suiguo, who was still as strong as ever after he rescued the siege by asking for the crown last time, refused to participate in this meeting that was similar to presenting the crown to the king of Chu.After the meeting, the Chu Corps immediately attacked, and the accompanying army was defeated again, and had to be reduced to a vassal of the Chu Kingdom. We should pay attention to the actions of Shen Guo. The relationship between Shen Guo and the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty is the relationship between uncle and nephew. The killing of Ji Gongnie and Bao Si, as well as the eastward relocation of the Zhou government, were all triggered by China.Now, due to the decline of the Zhou Dynasty, they had to bow their knees to a barbaric nation with different customs and languages. During the founding process of the Kingdom of Chu, the biggest thing was to accept the square characters of the Chinese nation.They may have accepted it before the last century (the first nine), but what we pay attention to is not the time, but the fact that they finally accepted it.This fact made the two nations of China and Chu with different languages ​​finally melt into one nation because of the unity of writing categories.If China had used phonetic writing like the Phoenicians at that time, the Kingdom of Chu would have used letters to spell out their characters. After more than 700 years of confrontation, they each developed their own national and local literature, and the two nations would only drift further apart. further away.This is the first time that block text shows what it does.This function was displayed again in the era of the Great Separation, and it was displayed for the third time after the Qing Dynasty of the Manchurian nation entered China. Wuweiguo Xintai Scandal In the last year of this century (before eighth) (before 701), the Xintai scandal occurred in Weiguo. In the 1980s, after Wei Zhouxu (surnamed Ji, named because he enshrined the country as Wei—editor) died in an anti-coup d'état, Wei Jin, the younger brother of Wei Zhouxu, took over as king of the state of Wei.Wei Jin was very absurd when he was young. He had an affair with his concubine Yi Jiang and gave birth to a son.The name Wei Jizi means the son who came in a hurry. Of course, this incest incident, which seriously violated the ethics, was absolutely secret, so the child had to be fostered among the people.When Wei Jin became the monarch and had the power to no longer care about criticizing and interfering, he made it public and became the prince. After Wei Jizi became an adult, his father Wei Jin sent envoys to Qi State to hire Xuan Jiang, the daughter of the king of Qi, as Wei Jizi's wife.The thing happened to this talkative envoy. After he came back from Qi State, he made a big noise about Xuan Jiang's beauty. After hearing this, his father Wei Jin was fascinated. He built a very luxurious palace by the Qishui River The palace was named "Xintai", and then taught Wei Jizi to go to the Song Dynasty.As soon as Wei Jizi left, Wei Jin sent people to Qi to welcome his relatives, and took Xuan Jiang directly to Xintai.When Wei Jizi returned home, Xuan Jiang had changed from wife to concubine.Xuan Jiang thought her husband was a handsome young man at first, but when an old man suddenly appeared, he was of course greatly disappointed.But after being disappointed, like that kind of snobbish woman, as long as she can grasp the reality of wealth, she will be very happy, and she has two sons in succession: Wei Shou and Wei Shuo.With two sons, Xuan Jiang began to think about the future, and felt that the existence of her ex-fiancé, Wei Jizi, was a time bomb that must be eliminated.The old man agrees with her opinion, the animal nature breaks out again, and he becomes murderous towards his son. It just so happened that Qi State attacked Ji State (Jitai Village, Shouguang, Shandong Province) and asked Wei State to send troops to help. His father Wei Jin ordered Wei Jizi to go to Qi State to agree on the date of meeting.On the one hand, they secretly sent warriors, disguised as robbers, to lie in ambush on the way, and ordered: "When you see a boat with a white oxtail hanging on it, act immediately. After killing it, you will receive a reward with the oxtail." ——White oxtail, at that time was a sign representing envoys. This conspiracy is highly confidential, but it was found out by Xuan Jiang's eldest son, Wei Shou. He had nothing to do with the evil father and mother, but he informed his elder brother Wei Jizi of the news and persuaded him to escape.Wei Jizi refused to believe that his father would kill his own son.Wei Shou had no choice but to hold a farewell banquet for him, got him drunk, and left a note saying: "I have gone for you, please run for your life." Then he put a white oxtail in the bow of his boat and set off, and when he arrived at the ambush site, " The "bandit" only recognizes the white oxtail but does not recognize people, so of course he will be killed.After Wei Jizi sobered up, he was shocked and said, "I should catch up to save him." But when he caught up, his brother was already dead.He wept bitterly, and blamed the "bandit" for killing the wrong person. The "bandit" couldn't allow the Lord to still be alive, so he killed Wei Jizi again. The Xintai scandal is important because it shows that the Chinese court under the polygamous system is a dark, degraded den of poisonous snakes.Parents, couples, brothers, sisters, and children, under the constant clamor of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love and ethics, for lust or inheritance, suspect and frame each other, kill and devour each other.And with the development of history, a dynasty is more vicious than a dynasty. six east west world In 776 BC (five years before the death of the twelfth concubine of the Zhou Dynasty, Gong Nie), the Greeks held an athletics meeting on the Olympic Plain to commemorate the god Zeus.The Olympic Games began here, and so did the era of Greek history, sixty-five years later than China. In 753 BC (31 years before the Spring and Autumn Period), the Kingdom of Rome was established. Two brothers who were raised by a she-wolf: Romulus and Lemo built the city of Rome. In 745 B.C. (Ji Bo, the king of the Jin Kingdom, appointed his uncle Ji Cheng as a teacher in Quwo), the Assyrian tribe destroyed the Babylonian Empire and established the Assyrian Empire. In 722 BC (the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period), Assyria captured the capital of Israel, Samaria, and the Kingdom of Israel fell.