Section 78 Serious internal friction for the defense of the country
King Wen of Zhou's concubine gave birth to a total of 10 sons, they are: Bo Yi Kao, Wu Wangfa, Guan Shuxian, Zhou Gongdan, Cai Shudu, Cao Shu Zhenduo, Cheng Shuwu, Huo Shuchu, Kang Shufeng, Ran Jizai. Among them, Bo Yi Kao is the eldest son of King Wen of Zhou, and legend has it that after King Wen of Zhou was imprisoned by King Shang Zhou, Bo Yi Kao was a hostage in the Shang Dynasty at that time and held the position of driving for King Shang Zhou. The king of Shang later cooked and killed Bo Yi Kao, made him into meat soup and gave it to King Wen of Zhou, and said: The sage should not eat the meat soup made by his son. King Wen of Zhou finally ate the meat soup. The king of Shang commented: Xibohou can even eat his son's meat soup, who said that he is a saint?
During the regency of Zhou Gongdan, Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai rebelled, and after Zhou Pingping settled the civil strife, he moved the remnants of Yin Shang who were originally supervised by Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai to Weidi, and at the same time let Uncle Kang govern the country. Duke Zhou took great care and love for his younger brother Uncle Kang, and he repeatedly warned Uncle Kang that he must be lenient and love the people, and he must ask the wise elders in Yin Shang's hometown about the rise and fall of Yin Shang. Uncle Kang also did not disappoint the Duke of Zhou, during his reign, he ruled well, and soon made the economy prosperous and social stability of the country, and the people were able to live and work in peace and contentment.
The 11th monarch of the country was Wei Wugong, who implemented Uncle Kang's decree during the period of governing the country, and the people's lives were harmonious and stable. Later, Dog Rong killed King Zhou You, and Duke Wei Wu led his troops to assist King Ping to fight Rong, and the credit was great, so King Zhou Ping promoted him to duke. Wu Gong reigned for a total of 55 years, and as a wise monarch, he was often introspective, good at absorbing all kinds of advice, and did a good job of encouraging his subjects.
Weiguo does not seem to be a weak country, but in the struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it has never been included in the ranks of first-class powers, why is this? If you push it a little bit, you have to start with the state call (xū) rebellion.
Wei Wugong's son was Wei Qian Zhuang Gong, who first married Zhuang Jiang, the princess of Qi State, but because Zhuang Jiang could not have children, he married Li Xi, the princess of Chen State. Li Xi passed away early, and her sister Dai Concubine was also deeply favored by Zhuang Gong and gave birth to Gongzi Wan. Dai Concubine later died, and Zhuang Gong asked Zhuang Jiang to raise Gongzi Wan and set up Gongzi Wan as the crown prince. Zhuang Gong also has a favorite concubine, and has a son named Zhou Hu, who is deeply favored by Zhuang Gong.
When Zhou Hu grew up, he loved the military, and Zhuang Gong not only did not prohibit it, but let him lead troops to fight. Shi Jie, the secretary of the Wei State, thought that it was very dangerous to go on like this, so he advised Wei Zhuang Gong and said: I have heard that if I like my son, I should educate him morally and not let him go down the wrong path. Pride, extravagance, debauchery, pleasure, this is the beginning of the evil path. These four vices are able to arise because the father pampers and bestows too much. If you are going to make a state and call for the crown prince, then you should settle it as soon as possible; If it continues like this, it will definitely lead to chaos in the future.
Shi Jie went on to say: It is rare to be favored but not proud, proud and able to be content with the decline of status, down to status without resentment, and resentful and able to restrain themselves. Moreover, those who are inferior hinder those who are honorable, those who are young are above the elderly, those who are alienated are close to them, those who are new are separated from those who are old, those who are weak and those who bully the powerful, and those who act disorderly and those who undermine morality. There are six normal phenomena in which a king does things properly, courtiers obey orders, fathers are loving, sons are filial, brothers love each other, and brothers respect brothers. If we remove the normal and imitate the abnormal, it will quickly lead to disaster. As a monarch, you should do your best to get rid of the scourge, and now it's too late for you to speed it up, I'm afraid it's not okay!
Zhuang Gong did not listen to Shi Jie's advice, and after his death, Zhou Hu's elder brother Gongzi Wan ascended the throne as Duke Wei Huan. In the second year of Wei Huangong's accession to the throne, because of his younger brother Zhou Hu's arrogance and extravagance, he dismissed Zhou Hu from all his positions, and Zhou Hu fled abroad. Later, Zhou Hu befriended Zheng Guojun Zheng Zhuanggong's younger brother Gongshu Duan, and united with the fleeing patriots to attack and kill Wei Huan Gong, Zhou Hu established himself as the monarch, and he became the first prince to kill the monarch and usurp the throne in the Spring and Autumn Period.
After the state called for the usurpation of the king, he liked to fight, and he could not settle the people well, so he could not get the support of the patriots. In September of the same year, Shi Jie, the minister of Wei Guo, united with Chen Guo to kill Zhou Hu, and supported Wei Huan Gong's younger brother Gongzi Jin to ascend the throne as Wei Xuangong.
Before Wei Xuangong ascended the throne, he had a mess with his father Wei Qianzhuanggong's concubine Yi Jiang, who later gave birth to the crown prince. When Duke Xuan was choosing a wife for the crown prince, he originally arranged for Xuan Jiang, the princess of Qi State, to marry the crown prince. But when Xuan Gong saw Xuan Jiang's beauty, he actually liked her and married her as a concubine. Xuanjiang later gave birth to Gongzi Shou and Gongzi Shuo. After Yi Jiang's death, Xuan Gong listened to Gongzi Shuo's slander, thinking that the prince Ling had been holding a grudge against Xuan Jiang, so he sent the prince to take Bai Ming to envoy Qi and sent someone to kill the prince on the way. In order to save the prince, Gongzishou went to replace the prince, and later Gongzishou and the princeling were killed. After Xuangong lost his two sons, he had to make Gongzi Shuo the crown prince, and Gongzi Shuo became Wei Huigong after he ascended the throne.
Gongzi Shou and Prince Ling's henchmen held a grudge against Hui Gong, and eventually launched a rebellion, driving out Wei Hui Gong and appointing Prince Ling's younger brother Qian Mu as the monarch. Eight years later, Qi Xianggong led the princes to crusade against Weiguo, and after quelling the rebellion, Wei Huigong returned to Weiguo. Huigong's son is Wei Yigong, Yigong likes to raise cranes, and even lets cranes ride in the doctor's car, which makes the people very unhappy. Later, the Di people attacked Weiguo, Wei Yi's soldiers were defeated and killed, and Weiguo went through this change, and it also changed from a big country to a small country.
After the death of Wei Yigong, Wei Ren established Gongzi's son as the monarch and Wei Daigong. Dai Gong died a year after his accession to the throne, and Duke Qi Huan made Dai Gong's younger brother ruined as the monarch and became Duke Wei Wen. After Duke Wen ascended the throne, in order to restore the grandeur of Uncle Kang and Duke Wu's reign, he lightly dismissed his meager endowments and often introspected himself. However, this situation did not last long. Chong'er, the prince of the Jin Kingdom, went into exile in various countries in order to escape the disaster. In the sixteenth year of Duke Wen of Wei, Chong'er came to Weiguo, but Duke Wen did not treat Chong'er with courtesy. Gongzi Chong'er was one of the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Wen of Jin, and after he returned to the Jin Kingdom, he created the hegemony of the Jin Kingdom.
After the death of Duke Wen, Duke Cheng ascended the throne and was the 21st monarch of the country. In 632 BC, the Jin state wanted to borrow a road from the Wei state to rescue the Song state, but Wei Chenggong did not agree, so the Jin army crossed the Nanhe River instead. At the same time, the Jin State asked Wei Guo to borrow some troops, and when Wei Guo's doctors were ready to make promises, Wei Chenggong resolutely refused to borrow them. Displeased with Duke Wen's approach, Wei Guo's physician Yuan 咺 (xuān) began to attack Wei Chenggong, who was expelled and fled to Chu. Later, Duke Wen of Jin crusaded against Wei Guo and divided part of Wei Guo's land to Song Guo to punish him for the rude treatment he received when he fled to Wei Guo, as well as the fault of not rescuing Song Guo this time.
Two years later, Wei Chenggong went to the Zhou royal family and asked Zhou Tianzi to let him return to China, and at the same time hoped to meet with the Jin Wen Guild. With the help of Zhou Tianzi, Wei Chenggong finally reconciled with Jin Wengong, and he also returned to Weiguo. After Wei Chenggong returned to Weiguo, he immediately killed Yuan Yu.
Wei Xiangong is the 25th monarch of Wei Guo, 13 years of dedication, he let the famous qin master Cao Jiao palace concubines play the piano, Shi Cao Jiao did his best, and even whipped the palace concubines who did not learn well. As a result, this action not only did not get the praise of Xiangong, but angered Xiangong, and he was severely whipped three hundred times.
In the eighteenth year of Wei Xiangong, once Xiangong reminded the doctor Sun Wenzi and Ning Huizi that they had important matters to discuss, so the two didn't even have time to eat breakfast, so they went to standby. As a result, when it was time for the sun to rise, Wei Xiangong still did not summon them. It turned out that Wei Xiangong had forgotten about this matter a long time ago and went to hunt in the garden. When the two learned about it, they went to the garden. In the garden, Wei Xiangong also did not pay attention to his own image, and spoke loudly to them in hunting clothes, which was a serious insult to the important ministers. Later, Sun Wenzi raised troops and defeated Wei Xiangong, who fled to Qi State. Sun Wenzi and Ning Huizi jointly supported Gongzi Qiu, the younger brother of Wei Xiangong, as the monarch and the Duke of Wei.
After Wei Yangong ascended the throne, Ning Huizi's sons Ning Xi and Sun Wenzi resented each other because of their competition for favor. Later, Wei Yangong ordered Ning Xi to attack Sun Wenzi, and Sun Wenzi was defeated and fled to the Jin State, asking the Jin State to escort Wei Xiangong back to China to restore the throne. Wei Xiangong was in Qi at this time, and after Qi Jinggong, the monarch of Qi, heard this, he went to Jin with Wei Xiangong to ask Jin to escort Wei Xiangong back to China. The Jin State promised Wei Xiangong to help conquer the Wei Kingdom, and lured Wei Yangong to come with an alliance. When Duke Wei went to the Kingdom of Jin to meet Duke Ping of Jin, Duke Ping of Jin detained Duke Wei and Ning Xi and escorted Duke Wei Xian back to Duke Wei. Wei Xiangong fled for 12 years and finally returned to the throne.