Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Regency of the Duke of Zhou and the Rebellion of the Three Eunuchs
readx;? In the seventeenth year of King Wu of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou ordered the prince to study in the East Palace. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info shows that King Wu of Zhou knew that he was seriously ill and decided the attribution of the crown prince.
In December, King Wu of Zhou died at the age of 94.
In the summer and June of the year, King Wu of Zhou was buried in Bi, because of the status of the queen of Yi Jiang, so although King Wu of Zhou had other heirs, he had already reached adulthood, but the young King Cheng of Zhou still succeeded to the throne because of the status of the eldest son, assisted by Zhou Gongdan, Zhao Gongxiao and Lu Shang.
King Wu of Zhou has a broad mind and long-term vision, and at the same time has the ability to deal with things decisively, in the Shang Dynasty without the way, he played for the people's life, for the banner of the way to win the support of the masses, thus greatly expanding his strength and influence.
In the process of cutting down, he personally led the soldiers and horses to smash the song with a fearless spirit, and caught the king off guard. At the same time, King Wu of Zhou has a very outstanding personal charm, and he is also loved by people, which is also an important reason why he is supported by people.
Legends about King Wu of Zhou:
Pixiu is a kind of Rui beast, which does not exist in the present world like dragons and unicorns. In the south, people generally like to call this kind of Rui beast "Pixiu", while in the north it is still called "evil spirit". In the long history of civilization of the Chinese nation, there is a particularly rich folk culture. In these folk traditional cultures, there are five rui beasts that are deeply loved by people who can drive away disasters and avoid evil spirits and attract fortune: Pixiu, unicorn, lion, dragon turtle, and toad. Pixiu, on the other hand, is at the top of the rankings.
There is a legend about the origin of Pixiu: Pixiu is a fierce beast in the Western Regions that lived in Tibet and Kangding, Sichuan more than 3 million years ago, and has extremely strong fighting ability. When Jiang Ziya helped King Wu to conquer the war, he encountered a Pixiu on a march, but no one knew him at that time, Jiang Ziya felt that it looked powerful and extraordinary, so he tried his best to subdue it and use it as his mount. Fight with it and win battles and victories. King Wu of Zhou saw that Pixiu was so brave and magical, so he gave him an official title, and the official name was "Yun". At that time, Jiang Ziya found that Pixiu ate an amazing amount of food every day, but he never defecated. And its only excretory system is to secrete a little bit of strange sweat from the fur of its whole body, and animals from all over the world smell this strange fragrance after all rush to be the first, involuntarily run to fight for food, and the result is eaten by Pixiu.
Zangzi noodles originated in the Zhou Dynasty. Legend has it that King Wu of Zhou encountered a monster like a "dragon" in Qishan when he was fighting merchants. After killing the monster, in order to boost morale, it was decided to eat monster meat for everyone. But there were too many people and there were not enough points, so they cooked soup and drank a bowl for each person, which felt very delicious. This is also the prototype of Qishan Zhenzi noodles.
King Cheng of Zhou, reign time: King Cheng of > Zhou, surnamed Ji, name recitation. Muyi Jiang (daughter of Lu Shang, the prince of Qi).
Grandfather: Zhou Wen Wang Ji Chang.
Grandmother: Auntie.
Father: King Ji Fa of Zhou Wu.
Son: Zhou Kang Wang Jizhao.
Grandson: Zhou Zhao Wang Ji Fang.
Great-grandson: Zhou Mu Wang Ji Man.
In the first month of the year, King Cheng of Zhou inherited the throne of the Western Zhou Dynasty and was the second monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Cheng Wang is young, only 12 years old. Tsukasa Zai (patriarch) Zhou Gong was afraid that the people of the world would betray the court when they heard about King Wu's death, so he ascended the throne as regent, handled government affairs for King Cheng, and presided over the power of the country.
On the afternoon of the first lunar month, the Duke of Zhou asked the princes to go to Haojing to worship the new king.
In June, King Wu was buried in Bi (near Xianyang, Shaanxi).
In the autumn, King Zhou Cheng's mourning was completed, and he changed the yuan and changed to a new clothes.
In order to make King Zhou Cheng grow into a promising monarch as soon as possible, the Duke of Zhou also strengthened his education. Because King Cheng is the monarch, it is inconvenient to blame, so the Duke of Zhou will use his son Bo Bird as the companion of King Zhou Cheng, when King Zhou Cheng did not do it right, the Duke of Zhou will transfer the lessons and punishments to King Zhou Cheng to his son, so that King Zhou Cheng received a subtle education. Under his education, King Zhou Cheng finally understood many ways to be a king, laying a solid foundation for governing the country in the future.
After Lu Shang sealed the founding of Qi, he spent a considerable amount of time in Haojing as the "Taishi" of the central power of the Zhou Dynasty, assisting his grandson Zhou Cheng Wang Ji Chanting. His eldest son, Jiang Ling, Duke of Qiding, did not go to Yingqiu (Linzi) to govern the Qi State, but has been serving as the Huben clan in Haojing, commanding the palace garrison.
For more than 30 years after the founding of the Qi State, that is, during the reign of King Cheng of Zhou, Yingqiu was basically guarded by Qiu Mugong, the third son of Jiang Taigong.
After the death of King Wu of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou's younger brother Guan Shuxian was the longest, and according to the practice of his brother to the north, he was the most qualified regent, so King Wu of Zhou's last order was believed to have been tampered with by the Duke of Zhou.
Guan Shuxian, Cai Shudu, and Huo Shuxian were dissatisfied with the regent position of Duke Zhou. Spread rumors in the kingdom that "the Duke of Zhou will be unfavorable to King Cheng." The Duke of Zhou told Lü Shang and Zhao Gong (shi, style): "King Wu died early, King Cheng was young, and I did this only to complete the great cause of stabilizing the Zhou Dynasty." "Duke Zhou temporarily stabilized the government.
Uncle Guan and the others colluded with Yin Fangwu Genglu's father, who was being monitored by them.
Wu Genglu's father had long had the ambition to revive the Shang Dynasty, although he only nominally controlled the land of Chaoge City, but the potential power was huge, and there were still a large number of vassal states in the east that were loyal to the original Shang Dynasty. The two hit it off. The kings of the Kingdom of Xiang and Bogu persuaded Father Lu at that time: "King Wu has just died, King Cheng is young, and Duke Zhou is suspected by the world, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, please do something!"
Guan Shuxian (Ji Xian), Cai Shudu (Ji Du), Huo Shuchu (Ji Division) and other three eunuchs instigated Di Xin's son Wu Genglu's father to rebel against Zhou together, which is known in history as the rebellion of the three eunuchs, denouncing the Duke of Zhou, who controlled the government.
This was an unusually heavy blow to the Zhou Dynasty, which had just been established for more than three years. If the rebellion is not overcome, the Zhou dynasty will face great difficulties, and the achievements built up by King Wen of Zhou's dismal business for decades will be ruined. The Zhou royal family was in turmoil. There were also people within the royal family who were skeptical of Zhou being called king.
This situation of internal and external attacks made Zhou Gong in a very difficult situation.
Seeing that he had become an excuse for rebellion, Zhou Gong left the national capital of Haojing and went to Jingshan where the ancestors of Chu lived to live in seclusion. This is the origin of the "Zhou Gong Fear Rumors Day", and there is also the next sentence of Wang Mang's period in history, "Wang Mang is humble and not usurped". Wang Mang usually behaved very modestly, but he usurped the throne, while Zhou Pingping, when he was regent, seemed to be very domineering, but as soon as the rumors were heard, he immediately abdicated, not wanting to damage his reputation, in fact, he had no ambition to usurp the throne at all, which shows the unknowability of people's hearts.
Because the influence of the Chu State was huge, it is necessary to give a brief introduction to its origins.
According to "The Chu Family": "The ancestor of Chu came from Emperor Gaoyang. Gao Yang, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, and the son of Changyi. Gao Yangsheng said, called the birth of the volume (old child), the volume of the chapter of the birth of heavy Li. Chongli is the emperor Gao Xin is in the fire, very meritorious, can melt the world, the emperor said Zhu Rong. The Gonggong clan made a rebellion, and the emperor made Chongli punish him endlessly.