Chapter Eighty-Eight: Xinzheng

The third day of March in the spring is a good fortune and is suitable for marriage and housewarming. Zhao Guo, Zhao Yong, and South Korea's Han Jiyao's wedding ceremony was also set on this day. Han and Zhao are both out of the Jin Kingdom, and they are very similar in terms of etiquette and customs. Zhao Yong and Han Jiyao, one is a king and the other is a princess, and their status and status are extremely respectful. The two are pure and noble in blood, and they are both from famous families. In addition, the ancestors of Han and Zhao have a deep relationship. One person is eighteen, and one person happens to be seventeen, just the right age. The monarchs and ministers of Han and Zhao liked this wedding very much.

The marriage of Zhao Yong of Zhao State and Han Jiyao of South Korea is not only a happy event between the royal families of the two countries, but also a happy event for every household in Han and Zhao. Although Zhao is far away from Korea, among the princes, Korea and Zhao have always been friendly, and the years of Han and Zhao sharing weal and woe and supporting each other have already sown the seeds of friendship in the hearts of the people of the two countries.

The wedding of Zhao Yong and Han Jiyao is the good fruit of sowing seeds.

Zhao Yong took Sima Wang's family as his envoy, and Zhao Bao and Sima Feiyi sent an envoy to South Korea together. In order not to miss the best time to welcome relatives, the three of them set off 20 days in advance with a generous bride price. Out of Handan, everywhere Zhao Guo's welcoming procession passed, there were warm blessings from the people. South Korea is also full of lights, congratulating the princess for marrying a good marriage. For his sister's marriage, Han Cang kept talking inside and out, and he wanted to give the grandest wedding to his sister. He wants his sister to be the happiest person among the princes.

On March 2, Zhao Guo's welcoming team arrived in Xinzheng, South Korea. Xinzheng, this city, has a history of hundreds of years. In the early Spring and Autumn Period, the Xinzheng City was built on a grand scale, and the plane shape was like a bull's horn, so the people at that time gave out the reputation of 'Eighty Miles Oxhorn City'. 'The city was very strong, good at warfare, well developed by handicrafts, commerce, and a secret population, and extremely prosperous.

In 806 B.C., Ji You, the son of King Li of Zhou and the younger brother of King Xuan of Zhou, was enshrined in Zheng and became the first monarch of Zheng State. During the reign of King You of Zhou, Zheng Huan, as the Situ of the Zhou royal family, saw that the country was in turmoil. However, King Zhou You loves beauties, abandons the government, and the country is also sunset, and it is difficult to turn the tide with his own strength. Zheng Henggong saw that the country was in a difficult situation at home and abroad, and he had no way to return to heaven, and he was unwilling to sit idly by. Tai Shibo suggested that he move the property, tribes, and clans of the Zheng State, along with the merchants and common people, to the Dongyu Kingdom and the Yi Kingdom. Zheng Henggong accepted Tai Shibo's opinion, which was a famous great migration in the history of Zheng Guo. Zheng Henggong himself stayed in Hojing and served the country. Two years later, with the aid of Nei Ying, Dog Rong broke through Hojing and killed King Zhou You and Duke Zheng Huan.

King You of Zhou was killed, Hojing was occupied by barbarians, and the temple surnamed Ji was destroyed. Zheng Wugong, the second heir of Zheng State, in order to avenge the country's hatred and family hatred, united the combined forces of Jin, Qin, and Wei to repel the dog Rong and was awarded the title of secretary. Later, he escorted King Zhou Ping to move the capital to Luoyi and was rewarded with a large piece of land. Zheng Wugong returned to the fiefdom to strengthen the country and love the people internally, and at the same time put forward the slogan of liberating the "merchants" and vigorously developed the economy to strengthen the country's strength. Holding high the banner of respecting the king to the outside world, while continuing to adhere to the strategic plan of eastward expansion formulated by his father, he destroyed the state of Yi with a divisive plan, and took advantage of Zhou Tianzi's inspection of the national defense affairs to destroy the state of Qiu, and swept the surrounding Yan, Sha, Bu, Dan, Yi, Tao, Li, and Xin Bayi. In order to capture the Hu State, he first married his daughter to the monarch of the Hu State, and killed Guan Qisi, the minister who advocated attacking the Hu State, attacked the paralyzed Hu State, and established the de facto independent Zheng State, laying the foundation for the Zheng Zhuang Gong Xiaoba. Zheng Wugong inherited his father's ambition to take the land of Yu and Yi Shiyi, and the ambitious plan of "the former Hua Hou River, Zuo Luo and the right Ji, the main Qian, the and the food Qin, and the Wei" was basically completed, and the capital was moved to Yuyi, the new capital was built, and the old department was moved from Shaanxi to Henan. Zheng Wugong, establish the merit of the world.

In 743 BC, Duke Zheng Wu died of illness, and the crown prince Kou Sheng succeeded to the throne as the third monarch of Zheng State, and was the Duke of Zheng Zhuang.

After King Ping of Zhou moved eastward, the Zhou dynasty weakened, lost its former strength and prestige, and the vassal states gradually became stronger. Zheng Zhuang Gong served as a scholar of the Zhou Dynasty and a prince of the country. After Zheng Zhuang settled the rebellion of Gongshu Duan to consolidate his power, he continued to carry forward the merits of Zheng Wugong. Zheng Guo is in the land of four wars, there are Barbarian Chu in the south, Qiang Jin in the north, and Eastern Zhou in the west, Zheng Guo can not compete with it, and can only develop to the east, and in the east of the Wei, Cao, Lu, Song, Chen, Cai Zhu Guo, Song Guoguo is a great lord, and has appeal in the small eastern countries, which is a serious obstacle to the development of Zheng Guo. In order to break this obstacle, Zheng Zhuanggong decided to use force against the Song state. In order to be foolproof, Zheng Zhuanggong had to plan carefully, first, he allied with Qilu to form a containment and encirclement of the Song Dynasty. Second, in his capacity as a secretary, he pretended to be ordered by the king to attack the Song Dynasty, called on the nations, and taught those who did not obey orders. Third, to nurture the opposition forces within the Song State. After the civil strife of the Song Kingdom, the new monarch also swore that he would be a vassal in the world and would not dare to be disrespectful.

Although Zheng had an overwhelming military advantage over the Song state, it also achieved a certain victory. However, the Song State was not a small country, but a descendant of Yin Shang, and its territory and national strength were not weak. In addition, Zheng Guo is between several big countries, and there is no danger to defend. The geographical location of the Song State also involved the interests of many countries, and if Zheng wanted to destroy the Song Dynasty, the neighboring powers would never sit idly by and watch its rise, and would inevitably use military intervention to bring Zheng back to the point of taking care of himself. Therefore, Zheng's victory over Song had to take a peaceful form to deter the princes.

Due to Zheng Guo's great increase in strength, it caused Zhou Tianzi's panic. It stands to reason that Zheng Zhuanggong, as a secretary of the Zhou Dynasty, should be loyal to the royal family, and he is a figure of attention and respect of the princes. However, Zheng Zhuanggong took advantage of the role of a secretary, but was unwilling to abide by the duty of a secretary, and annexed and expanded with foreign countries, disrupting the original political pattern. Everything that Zheng Zhuang Gong did sent a signal to the vassal states... Calling on the princes with strength.

In order to maintain the co-lord of the world, Zhou Tianzi's strength and prestige at sunset will inevitably contradict Zheng Guo. Zhou Tianzi used his status as the co-ruler of the world to suppress and restrict the development of Zheng Guo. If Zheng Guo wants to develop, it is not good to be too close to the Zhou room, and it is not good not to be close to him. Zheng Zhuanggong adopted a political strategy of fighting and pro-family, attacking the Zhou family in order to resist the royal family's restrictions on him, to demonstrate to the nations, and to convey an unyielding attitude to the Zhou family; The purpose of getting close to the Zhou family is to maintain his status as a secretary and call on the princes and countries. Zheng Zhuanggong led his army to attack Daicheng, defeated the combined forces of Song, Wei, and Cai, and became the head of one party.

After King Zhou Ping moved eastward, Zhou Dao declined, but the remnants of the Zhou Dynasty still existed, King Zhou Ping died, and King Zhou Huan succeeded to the throne. Zheng Zhuang Gong was meritorious in supporting the new Zhou Tianzi, and Zhou Tianzi gave Zheng Guo Wen on the north bank of the Yellow River and south of the water. King Heng of Zhou succeeded to the throne and was bent on restoring Zhou Tianzi's dominance over the world, and tried his best to suppress Zheng Guo, a powerful power at that time, which caused the dissatisfaction of Zheng Zhuanggong. As a secretary, Zheng Zhuang Gong exercised power over the royal family. The young King Zhou Heng didn't want to be a puppet at the mercy of others, so he drove away Zheng Zhuanggong. After Zheng Zhuanggong returned to China, he created an incident and disturbed the peace of the surrounding environment. Subsequently, Zheng Zhuanggong pretended to be the order of the Son of Heaven and sent troops to attack the Song Kingdom. Ji Lin was furious and simply removed him from the title of secretary. Zheng Zhuanggong did not show weakness, and did not go to Luoyi for five consecutive years, saying that he did not take Zhou Tianzi in his eyes.

Who can tolerate it and which one cannot bear, there is no need to endure it anymore.

King Zhou Heng couldn't bear it anymore, and despite the dissuasion of his subordinates, he personally commanded the Zhou army and the troops of Chen, Cai, Qiu, and Wei to attack Zheng. Zheng Zhuang Gong is what kind of person, how can he be afraid of seeing each other, and he personally led the doctor to sacrifice Zhong, Gao Qumi and others in the battle to resist the enemy. King Zhou Heng wanted to settle the situation in a battle, but he was too anxious, and finally ended up defeated, and he was shot in the shoulder by an arrow from the enemy. When Zheng Zhuang saw the defeat of the king's division, he did not attack the Zhou room with his residual power, but instead stopped his subordinates and let King Zhou Heng lead the remnants of the army to return to his homeland. Zheng Zhuanggong said to his subordinates: "The gentleman doesn't want to force people too much, let alone bully the Son of Heaven?" The royal family and the widow are the same ancestor, how can relatives kill each other and have no way out. ”

King Zhou Heng led the defeated division back to China, and soon explained the aftermath. He is determined to support the royal road and let everyone in the world be the master. However, all the hard work and efforts eventually became clouds due to the First World War, and King Zhou Heng passed away before he realized the great ambition in his chest.

The battle of Xiangge discredited Zhou Tianzi and defeated Zhou Tianzi's mandate of "being ordered by heaven, supplemented by the Quartet, and co-lord of the world". Since then, the princes have become less and less concerned about Zhou Tianzi. However, this battle greatly boosted Zheng Zhuanggong's prestige. Zheng Zhuang Gong defeated Wang Shi, and used the opportunity to denounce the crime of Song Yangong not to Zhou Tianzi, united with the teachers of Qi and Lu, and killed Song with the order of the Son of Heaven. The Qi and Lu armies defeated the Song army in Kan, and the Zheng army first captured the Song state of Gao and Fang, and then defeated the combined forces of the Song, Cai, and Wei kingdoms, and finally brought the Song state to its knees. Old enemies such as Song, Wei, and Chen all came to sue for peace, and Zheng became the most powerful vassal state in the Central Plains at that time. Zheng Zhuang Gong held a grand alliance with the princes of Qi, Wei, Song and other great powers, as if he was already the overlord of the princes.

Throughout the life of Zheng Zhuanggong, he was good at admonishing the corporal of internal etiquette in order to revitalize the national strength. Eliminate the mother and brother in order to clean up the internal affairs and consolidate the power. After that, he didn't kill his younger brother completely, leaving a line. For the sake of filial piety, Huangquan saw his mother. Externally, he united with Qilu, subdued Song Wei, defeated the king's division, and became the head of one party, and the divine power spread all over the princes. made Zheng Guo dominate the Central Plains, "the princes of the world, none other than the Zheng Party", is actually a generation of heroes. However, Zheng Zhuang was good at predicting things and being resourceful, but he didn't expect Zheng Guo's long-term stability. Before he died, he lamented: "Zheng Guo has had a lot of trouble since then!"

Zheng Huan Gong, Zheng Wu Gong, Zheng Zhuang Gong, in order to commemorate the martial arts of the three people, they are collectively known as the three princes of Zheng.

After Zheng Zhuanggong, he was mostly mired in civil strife. The great powers of the north and the south fought for hegemony, and Zheng Guo fell into the gap between the hegemony and became a buffer zone between the Northern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Chu. They needed Zheng Guo to exist as a barrier, but they also wanted to fight each other and demonstrate to the world, so Zheng became a frequent place to use troops. Zheng Zhuang Gong ruled for several generations after that, often in the late Jin and late dynasties. Zheng is a country of a thousand times, and its military strength is generally strong, and the state of Chu and Jin have always wanted to destroy Zheng State, but they have not been able to do so. The state of Zheng gradually declined under the pressure of civil strife and foreign invasion, and was finally destroyed by Korea in 375 BC. Zheng Guoguo lasted for a total of 432 years, passed on the throne of 20 monarchs, and built the capital of Zhengzhou Xinzheng for 395 years.

South Korea broke through Xinzheng and destroyed Zheng Guo, known as the little overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period. South Korea repaired, strengthened and expanded on the basis of the original Xinzheng City, and now Xinzheng City is a hundred and twenty miles of Niujiao City. Han Zhaohou is also in this city, in order to apply for no harm to change the law. In the end, Shenzi's body is not a person who dares to invade South Korea. Wei called the king, with Pang Juan as the general, Korea was defeated in five battles, and finally with the strong walls of Xinzheng City, the Han family temple was preserved. Today's Han Kang is also in Xinzheng City, walking the royal road to fight for the world. This Xinzheng city has stood tall for hundreds of years, witnessing the vicissitudes of history and witnessing too many ups and downs. Zhao Guo greeted everyone and stopped under Xinzheng City, all of whom were in awe of Xinzheng City.

Xinzheng, a city that entrusts too many people's dreams.