After King Wu conquered, the Zhou Dynasty was basically established. In addition to dividing the princes with the same surname, for Yin, King Wu did not kill them all, did not dig up people's ancestral graves, and did not fight people's children...... He also gave the remnants of the Yin Dynasty to Yin Xuan's son Wu Geng, making Wu Geng equal in status to the princes of Zhou. One of the reasons for King Wu's intrinsic purpose in doing this, it is speculated, was probably to appease the old people of Yin, and to bring peace of mind and social tranquility to the newly established Great Zhou. At the same time, the external performance of this is to show that King Wu is not the kind of ruthless character who wants to be worshipped, and it also makes people in Yin and even future generations feel that King Wu is "benevolent" at this point.

Although King Wu gave Wu Geng's fief and people, he was still not at ease. In order to be foolproof, King Wu installed his two younger brothers, Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai, by Wu Geng's side, ostensibly to let these two be Wu Geng's mentors and assistants, but in fact, he wanted to contain Wu Geng and arrange his eyeliner by Wu Geng's side.

After King Wu died, the great politics of the Zhou Dynasty were controlled by King Wu's younger brother Zhou Gong. This is very uncomfortable in the eyes of Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai, who are also the younger brothers of King Wu. Why is it that the same younger brother, you Ji Dan can act as the king of Zhou, high in the court, and we have to revolve around the son of this dead king? To put it nicely, what kind of "Fu Xiang" of Wu Geng are we, in fact, it's not the same as a spy, in this kind of ghost place, where will there be room for development, where will there be a way to rise? Because of all kinds of dissatisfaction, Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai got into a fight with Wu Geng, and in the end, everyone discussed, it was better to do the opposite. So, they hit it off, and if they said the opposite, they went to attack Zhou. As a result, Zhou Gong was still powerful and finally gained the upper hand. Uncle Guan, Uncle Cai and Wu Geng's gang ended in defeat: Uncle Guan and Wu Geng were directly killed, and Uncle Cai was exiled.

The previous arrangement is a bit lengthy, but in order to explain the background clearly, I have to describe it again. Let's move on to the topic.

After Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai rebelled with Wu Geng, Wu Geng's power and title disappeared along with his life. Although Wu Geng is gone, his fief is still there, and the people in his fief are still there. This fiefdom needs to be run by someone, and this people needs to be ruled. Since Yin's old clan is unreliable, then choose Zhou's close relatives. So, with the consent of the Duke of Zhou, Uncle Kang, the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou's half-mother (because there is also a half-brother, so the same mother is said here), was sealed in Wu Geng's old land and called him "Weijun". This is the first ancestor of the "Patriotic Nation", he passed on a total of 35 chiefs, and thus began the history of the Patriotic Republic for a total of 838 years.

Titles are generally divided into five levels: duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male. The Duke of Zhou is the "Duke" and is in the highest title. Uncle Kang belongs to the "uncle" in the title and is in the third level. From Uncle Kang to the seventh head of the country, the highest titles of the country are all counts.

When it comes to the eighth head of the country, Qing Bo, this person has some means and will operate. He bribed with "heavy money" to open up the joints of King Zhou Yi, and from then on, Wei Bo was promoted to Wei Hou, and the title was promoted from earl to marquis.

Wu Gong, the eleventh head of the Wei Kingdom, has the demeanor of his first ancestor Uncle Kang, and he has a good way of governing Wei. During the reign of Duke Wu, the monarch of the Great Zhou Dynasty was the master of the famous "Beacon Opera Princes". In the forty-second year of Duke Wu of Wei, King You of Zhou was killed by Dog Rong, and Duke Wu led Wei's army to support the Zhou army and pacified Dog Rong. Because of his outstanding achievements this time, King Zhou Ping promoted Wei from earl to duke.

The above is a major event about the evolution of the country, and it must be clearly stated.

In addition, Wei Guo's anecdotes, for example, Wei Xuangong saw that the beautiful woman of Qi who was about to be the prince's wife and the daughter-in-law who was about to marry his son were very beautiful, so he simply went into battle in person and directly married this Qi girl; For example, Wei Yigong likes cranes very much, and guesses that they are ten thousand times better for cranes than they are for people, so when Zhai was fighting for Wei, Wei Yigong's ministers all said to him, you can send your crane to help you fight and save your life, Wei Yigong was finally killed by the invading Zhai people...... I won't repeat it later.

This incident about dreams is related to Wei Xianggong, the twenty-ninth principal of Wei.

Wei Xianggong died after a total of nine years of reign.

Earlier, Xianggong had a little wife from a humble background and low status (she is called a "cheap concubine" in the history books, and I will continue to use this statement here, without any contempt for women. ）。 This "cheap concubine" became pregnant after being favored by Xianggong.

According to the routine of general court dramas, it is speculated that this "cheap concubine" must have some means and some posture. Otherwise, how could he be favored by Duke Wei Xiang in the palace with many people?

After this "cheap concubine" became pregnant, she naturally had a bargaining chip to further ascend to the top. Since he was able to win the favor of Xianggong, and after being pampered, he was gloriously pregnant, so it is natural and natural to continue to strive for better treatment and higher status.

It is often said that there are thoughts in the day and dreams in the night. From this commonly used saying, it can be inferred that dreams are based on reality, and no matter how fanciful dreams are, they can find their shadows and explanations in reality. According to this logic, it can be inferred that this "cheap concubine" must be very familiar with Wei's history and know everything about it. This is evidenced by the following:

After becoming pregnant, one day, this "cheap concubine" privately declared to Kong Chengzi, the doctor of the country, that she had a dream, saying that someone in the dream had something to say to her, and the person in the dream said this:

"I'm Uncle Kang. I will give your son the power of Wei and the great government of Wei. I have already chosen your son's name, so I will call him 'Yuan'. ”

Because Wei belongs to the surname Ji, then, according to Uncle Wei Kang's instructions through the dream, the full name of the child of this "cheap concubine" should be: Ji Yuan.

It is very strange that after having this dream, this "cheap concubine" did not directly tell her husband Wei Xianggong about the dream, but told Kong Chengzi, who was very famous in the political arena of defending the country at that time.

She withdrew from the attendants beside her and said to Kong Chengzi alone:

"Doctor Kong, let me tell you, I had a strange dream last night, I dreamed of a man who claimed to be Uncle Kang, and he told me that he would let my son have the power of Wei and take charge of Wei's great government, and he also gave my son a name, called 'Yuan'."

This "cheap concubine" also asked Kong Chengzi with a puzzled and puzzled face:

"Doctor Kong, tell me, who is this 'Uncle Kang'? How did he have so much power? It's really a bit ridiculous, you say, I just got pregnant, how did that 'Uncle Kang' know that I was pregnant with a son? ”

Obviously, this "cheap concubine" is a bit fake. Uncle Wei Kang is the first lord of Wei and the founder of Wei, and anyone with a little common sense should know it. Since she was able to get pregnant in Wei's mansion, hadn't she seen Wei sacrifice to her ancestors? Even if you haven't seen a sacrifice, haven't you even heard of the legend of the Wei ancestors?

After this "cheap concubine" dreamed, why did she just look for Kong Chengzi? This point is also a bit confusing, could it be that Kong Chengzi is a full-time dream interpreter? Or is his reputation for amateur dream interpretation? Nothing is known.

guess that the reason why this "cheap concubine" is looking for Kong Chengzi is probably because Kong Chengzi has considerable political strength and social influence in Wei; second, because she is sure that she can form a political alliance with Kong Chengzi; Third, because she is confident, Kong Chengzi should understand what she means and cooperate with her.

Kong Chengzi is a smart person, and after listening to the story of this "cheap concubine", he said very seriously:

"Madam, that Uncle Kang in your dream is the founding lord of Wei and the first ancestor of Wei!"

When this "cheap concubine" heard Kong Chengzi say this, her eyes widened, and she said in surprise:

"Really? I don't know. Is there such a miraculous thing? It's incredible, how could an ancestor come to my dream? No wonder he spoke so imposingly! ”

After this conversation, the "cheap concubine" and Kong Chengzi have secretly had a tacit understanding and reached an agreement on the things in the dream. However, the content of these conversations is known only to them.

After this "cheap concubine" gave birth, the newborn was really a boy. This "cheap concubine" and Kong Chengzi told Wei Xianggong about the dream before.

At that time, Wei Xianggong liked this "cheap concubine" very much, and now, she gave birth to a boy, and there was an important assistant Kong Chengzi on the side. When Wei Xianggong heard this, he was very happy and immediately said:

"It seems that this child was given to me by God, and his position is also determined by God, in this case, everything should be subject to God's will!"

The name of this newborn baby is Ji Yuan, according to the dream.

Since Wei Xianggong's wife did not give birth to a boy, Wei Xianggong naturally established Ji Yuan as Wei's official heir in accordance with God's will.

This Ji Yuan is Wei Linggong.

Finally, I would like to add that Nanzi, the wife of Wei Linggong, and the great sage Confucius also have an interesting story: that is, when Confucius saw Nanzi, because Nanzi returned the salute, and the ring was clanging, Zilu was very unhappy, and Confucius swore to the heavens because of this.

The dream of Wei's "cheap concubine" finally established his son's status as the number one in Wei. This dream is a dream that is hard to distinguish between truth and falsehood!