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In 735 BC, Duke Wei Zhuang died, and his son Ji Wan succeeded him as Duke Wei Huan.

After Duke Huan succeeded to the throne, he has always cared for Yu Jiang, thinking that when he was a child, Yu Jiang was like a mother to himself, and now Yu Jiang has no children under his knees, coupled with years of forbearance, he died in Wei Zhuang Gong, and his person has been thin and withered, and he is riddled with diseases. Wei Huan Gong is doubly cared for, busy with official business, but often thinks about asking for peace for this adoptive mother, so that this beauty has more relief in her old age, Yu Jiang did not have a good impression of him when he was a child, at that time Yu Jiang found that Zhou Hu did not do the right thing, bullying and tyranny, coupled with Song Zhuang Gong's doting, making him willful and evil. Every time Duke Wei Huan came to ask for peace, Yu Jiang told Duke Huan to be vigilant against the state and call for the destruction of the country.

The state called for the establishment of the capital city, and when Wei Zhuang Gong was in power, he had a certain amount of military power, and he was eyeing the position of the monarch. On the surface, he greeted the enthroned Wei Huan Gong with a smile and made promises, but in private, he had other plans. According to Yu Jiang's instructions, Duke Huan sent his henchmen into the state to secretly peek into what he was doing.

In the second year of Wei Huan, Zhou Hu and Shi Hou planned to harm Huan Gong many times, but they were all informed in advance by internal agents, and Wei Huan Gong was exempted from the disaster, and Huan Gong asked Yu Jiang how to deal with Zhou Hu.

Yu Jiang said: "There are no two days in the sky, there are no two kings in the country, the former king of martial arts, the saint, overthrew Yin Shang, left Wu Geng after Shang, and the result was the rebellion of Wu Geng." Attempted to overthrow Zhou Tianxia and restore Yin Shang. So that Zhou Gong sent troops to the east for the second time to suppress the rebellion of Wu Geng. If the future troubles do not get rid of the unrest of the government and government, there can be no benevolence, the heart of the state has been clear, and it must be eradicated in order to have national peace and security. ”

Duke Wei Huan and Yu Jiang secretly discussed a plan to eradicate the state call. The next morning, Zhou Hu led a few retinues out of the palace to go to the court, according to the regulations of the Song State a few entourages waited outside the door, Zhou Hu entered the palace and was taken down left and right, the entourage outside the door was already subdued by the guards, and the Zhou Hu Mansion was immediately seized and sealed. Duke Wei Huan went through several state calls in court, secretly designed the crime of killing the monarch and usurping the throne, and beheaded the state to show the public. At this time, there were ministers under Shi Hou and others who interceded. Shi Hou and others said that Zhou Hu is the favored son of Wei Zhuang Gong and the younger brother of Wei Huan Gong, although he committed a heinous crime and deserved to be punished, but he also begged Wei Huan to open up the public network, deprive him of his military rights, deprive him of his heir, revoke his fiefdom, spare him from dying and send a small border town, and he will not be able to turn over the big waves. In this way, it can show the massive mind of Wei Huan Gong, and it can also show the harmony of the imperial court.

Seeing that he had been tied up, and the guard's blade had been pressed on his neck, Fang felt frightened at this time, and while crying and pleading hard, he said to Duke Wei Huan: "The younger brother has no intention of killing the king, and the lord must be aware of it." Back then, Zheng Zhuang Gong wanted to kill his brother Ji Duan also got first-hand evidence, and now I have no act of killing the king, there are some false rumors, the father-in-law really can't bear to cut off the head of his brother without evidence, the lord should not think it is true to the false rumors. However, the younger brother has always been doing evil for many years, and he is already tired, if the brother of the prince forgives the sin brother and does not die, the sin brother must repent and reform himself and be a new man. "I can't say that the state is crying. Zhou Hu knew that if he went to fill the hero at this moment, he would not be able to keep the head on his neck.

Seeing this, Wei Huangong's heart had softened. So he ordered the confiscation of all the things in the prefecture, expelled the governor from the capital, and went to the frontier Xiaoyi, took the throne of his younger brother, and reduced him to a commoner. Considering his life, he gave him some possessions, chariots and horses, and went to live on his own.

Song Huan's heart was soft-hearted, but he didn't know that this move would cause death for himself.

Although the state call got the fate of distribution, but the thief's heart does not die, after this round of life and death, he hates Wei Huan Gong even more, he himself drifts in the frontier of the foreign region, and still regards himself as Zhuang Gong's own son, in order to win the favor of the border subjects, and secretly gather wealth to support his cronies and entangle the dead party. Shi Hou, who has always been with him, did not take this as a warning, and was loyal to him, often stealing his family's belongings. Therefore, the state is still living freely and chic in the small border towns, but the hatred is accumulated in the heart, and the driver takes revenge.

In 719 B.C., Duke Wei Huan reigned for 16 years, and on this day, Duke Huan wanted to make a pilgrimage to the royal family of Zhou, and brought the tribute treasure brocade silk all the way through the city. The state feels that this is a godsend, and if he doesn't do it now, he will wait for when. So it was carefully planned and carefully arranged. Mobilize the cronies and friends of the network for many years, prepare the equipment for the murder and secretly follow them.

Wei Huangong's team traveled for a day, and they were already sleepy and tired, so they rushed to the post house to eat a simple meal, and then rested. The guards arranged the night guard, and Wei Huan Gong untied his clothes and went to bed in the post house. At night, when Wei Huan Gong and his entourage, a large group of chariots and horses, were asleep, and a group of people gathered by the state called for a sneak attack. When the sergeant standing guard was still napping, the people of Zhou Hu touched the side, and unknowingly killed the sentry, and Zhou Hu led people straight to the room where Wei Huan Gong stayed, this Zhou Hu danced with a gun and a stick from a young age, and also learned a martial art, plus Huan Gong was asleep, and he was full of hatred, and he cut off Wei Huangong's head. Waiting for the dawn, the state has already controlled all the guards of the Huan Gong convoy.

Zhou Hu gathered everyone in the courtyard of the post house and announced loudly: "My father Zhuang Gong intends to be the heir of Zhou Hu, but Zhou Hu is not the eldest son, and now Ji Wan is dead, and Zhou Hu succeeds to the throne as a matter of course." As long as you follow the state, you will still be an official and a soldier as usual, and the state will let everyone live a normal life as always. ”

There were also people in the team who jumped out and scolded the state for usurping the villain, and the state called for the bandits to be indistinguishable and immediately beheaded. And the severed heads were picked up with halberds and demonstrated to the sergeants present. Seeing this, the sergeants present did not dare to speak again. Zhou Hu gave another explanation: "You go back to the palace with me, and unify your voice according to what I said: just say that Wei Huan Gong encountered robbers, and we defeated the robbers together, but Wei Huan Gong has been robbed and killed." If someone leaks the truth, our state will call for no mercy and will punish his entire family. ”

The guards were all terrified, and obediently obeyed their state to call for violence.

The state called for bringing people back to the capital to enter the palace, convening the ministers to explain the reason, and officially announced that he would succeed to the throne and be crowned another day.

Someone in the team returning to the palace reported the incident to Zhuang Jiang.

So Yu Jiang in the harem was the first to get the news that Wei Huan Gong was killed by the state, and she beat her chest and screamed for a long time. Zhuang Jiang was saddened that a charitable junior like Huan Gong had suffered such a catastrophe, and he hated the state even more. When she calmed down, the first thing she was worried about was that her son, Ji Jin, was still in the border Xiaoyi that was divided, and she didn't know the truth. thought to himself: The succession of the state will inevitably threaten the safety of Ji Jin; Secondly, she also thought that the state called for a false mask to deceive the subjects of the patriotic country, which would deceive the patriotic people. Zhuang Jiang felt that his mission was to expose the sins of the state. At this time, Yu Jiang not only complained that Ji Wan could not make a decision immediately to get rid of future troubles, but also hated Zhou Hu for being treacherous and sinister, killing the king and usurping the throne. Filled with mixed feelings and anger, Yu Jiang secretly wrote two letters. A letter was sent to Ji Jin, who was still in a remote city, and told him to flee to the nearby state of Xing overnight; The other letter was lent to the sister who married Xing Hou in Xing Kingdom, and asked him to protect Ji Jin no matter what. After sending her cronies to send them out secretly, Yu Jiang stopped crying, and she suddenly became extremely calm. She knew that the top priority was to tear off the disguised face of the state and expose his great crime of killing the king. So Yu Jiang dressed in plain clothes and went straight to the main hall. Seeing that the state call for the throne is facing the south of the government, all the ministers of the country and the left and right, listen to the rumors of the state call to confuse the people. Yu Jiang rushed to the state and scolded: "You thief, don't talk nonsense here, confuse the ministers, and cover up your great crime of killing the king. Do you say that you have long had the intention of usurping the throne, and now you have taken the opportunity to rob and kill Duke Huan? Do you say that Duke Huan spared you and didn't die, but you took revenge and waited for the opportunity to kill the king? Do you say that you are going against the Wei clan? ……”

Seeing this, the state appealed for fear that the ministers would be suspicious and expose their true colors. Slapped the case, waved his knife forward, and scolded: You shrew dare to ruin my reputation! Then he swung his knife and cut off Yu Jiang's head. However, this move has completely exposed the bloodthirsty brutality of the state call, and it has awakened the Manchu courtiers who are still suspicious of the state call. Some ministers came out on the spot to accuse the state of being violent, and the state called for his subordinates to be pulled out and cut down, and the rest of the ministers did not dare to speak.

Seeing that his mask was torn and he was also in ruins, he roared loudly and unabashedly: "What can I do if Ji Wan is what I killed, my father has a heart heir to me when he is in power, so my father gave me military power, Ji Wan is jealous that I have the ability to lead troops since I was a child, and I will be sent to the border with me." Now I am the king, and whoever dares to disobey me will immediately destroy his entire clan! ”

The fierce appearance of the state called for surprise made the Manchu ministers frightened and speechless. In this way, the state called for the throne in a grand manner.