Qingfeng Daoren exchanged pleasantries with everyone, and then said to Liu Yong: "Mr. Liu, you can rest assured. In this cave, my Taihua faction will not be embarrassed by your Huashan faction. ”

Liu Yong said: "The Taoist chief has such an open-mindedness, Liu admires it. As soon as the matter was over, Liu Mou should thank the Taoist again. The affairs of the two factions involve a lot, and the major matters are beyond Liu's decision. As the Taoist chief said, here and now, it is time to join hands against the enemy and tide over the difficulties together. ”

After he finished speaking, he arched his hand towards Qingfeng Daoren, turned his head to Situ Bridge and said, "Mr. Situ, please continue to tell everyone the story in this mural." ”

Situ Qiao kept frowning, and seemed to be quite dissatisfied with Qingfeng Daoren's interruption of his words, but in the way of Liu Yong's face, he didn't sneer like Fang Cai, just snorted, and then said: "After Zheng Bo became the monarch of Zheng Guo, his mother and younger brother were not convinced, and they all wanted to subvert Zheng Bo's throne. This Mrs. Wu Jiang secretly thought that Duan was in the capital, and he was suppressed by Uncle Zheng at all times, so it was naturally difficult to achieve a big thing, so it was better to divide it into other places, secretly accumulate soldiers, horses, food and grass, and wait for the opportunity to move. It was she who asked Uncle Zheng to reward Duan. Nazhiyi is the most important city of Zheng State, not to mention the dangerous terrain, the city walls are tall and heavy, the surrounding land is fertile, and the grain and grass are abundant. Uncle Zheng listened to Mrs. Wu Jiang's request, and said to Mrs. Zheng that the city is a dangerous place, and once there is a change, it must be a place for swords. What's more, Uncle Yu died there in the past, it was too unlucky, so it was better not to let my younger brother go. If it is given to other cities, I can do as you tell me.

Seeing that Uncle Zheng did not agree to give the reward to her youngest son, Mrs. Wu Jiang said angrily to Uncle Zheng, since you said that other cities can be rewarded, then you will give Jingyi to Duan. This Jingyi is also a famous big city in Zheng State, although Zheng Bo was reluctant to do so, but what he said before was full, so he had no choice but to agree. Duan happily went to Jingyi, appointed private individuals as officials, recruited troops, and accumulated grain, grass and weapons. Wu Jiang also secretly carried out a lot of activities in the court, trying to win over ministers for Duan. Duan's prestige is growing, Zheng Guoren calls him the capital uncle, and some people call him the uncle Duan, and his reputation is already above Zheng Bo.

Seeing this, some ministers of Zheng Guo were worried. There was a doctor named Sai Zhong who begged to see Uncle Zheng and told him that if the walls of the divided city exceeded 300 zhang, it would become a scourge to the country. The first king made it a rule that the largest city in the country could not exceed one-third of the capital, the medium city could not exceed one-fifth of it, and the small city could not exceed one-ninth of it. The walls of Gyeong-eup are not legal, and they are not allowed by the king's law, and I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the king. Uncle Zheng said with a smile, Mother wants to do this, because I know that there will be disaster, but I can't avoid it. It is better to deal with it as soon as possible, so as not to let the root cause grow and spread. Once the evil spirit grows and spreads, it will be difficult to do. The weeds that have spread out can't be eradicated, let alone your beloved brother?"

When Situ Qiao said this, he paused for a moment and looked at the crowd: "Uncle Zheng then said a sentence, but it is a famous saying that has been passed down to this day. He said to the priest that if he commits many injustices, he will kill himself! For now, let's not move for the time being, and wait and see what happens. Think about it, if Zheng Bo stopped Mrs. Wu Jiang and Duan at this time, and cut off their intention to usurp the throne, not only would Zheng Guo have lost some civil strife, but even Mrs. Wu Jiang and Duan would not have ended up miserably. Zheng Bo's actions, which seemed to be benevolent and filial piety, were actually deliberately indulgent, fueling the ambitions of Mrs. Wu Jiang and Duan, making them out of control. At that time, he himself stood up again and raised his arms, taking the lead in righteousness, even if he killed his mother and brother, no one else could say anything. ”

When everyone heard him say this, their hearts sank. Situ Qiao was right, everyone originally thought that Zheng Bo was merciful and couldn't bear to embarrass his mother, so they did not refute her unreasonable request. It was only when I listened to Situ Qiao's criticism at this time that I realized that Zheng Bo was benevolent on the surface, but in fact he harbored a great conspiracy. This person used such means against his mother and younger brother, and his mind was so vicious that it made people shudder.

But he heard Situ Qiao say: "The reason why Uncle Zheng indulged Mrs. Wu Jiang and Duan's illegal behavior is not because he doesn't want to restrain them. It's just that he has not been on the throne for a long time, and not all the ministers in the court are of the same mind as him. If he made a rash move, with Mrs. Wu Jiang's status in Zheng State, maybe an edict would be sent to the court, and the ministers would blast themselves off the throne first. What's more, Mrs. Wu Jiang is the princess of Shen Guo, if Shen Guo is invited to send troops, then the ministers who support Duan in the DPRK and Central will take the opportunity to make noise, and they will be in a difficult situation both internally and externally, and they must be defeated. It was because of him that he set up a plan to capture and indulge, deliberately making Mrs. Wu Jiang and Duan Zhi complacent, and their ambitions continued to expand. One of them was to make my mother and younger brother think that they were cowardly and incompetent, and naturally despised themselves, so that they would not be defensive against themselves. The second is to let Mrs. Wu Jiang and Duan indulge in lawlessness, make enemies everywhere, and expropriate in the fiefdom, arousing public anger. When the time comes, he slaughters his mother and kills his brother, and people in the world will only say that the two are to blame, and will not accuse themselves of being vicious. The third is that Mrs. Wu Jiang and Duan are vigorously active, and they will definitely win over the ministers of the DPRK and the central government and officials from various places, and they can know which people are not loyal to them, but the cronies of their mother and younger brother.

Zheng Bo's thoughts were not in vain. Seeing that Uncle Zheng had always forbeared, Uncle Duan thought that he was afraid of himself, and became more and more rampant, not only doing mischief in Jingyi, but also instigating several cities on the border of Zheng to betray Uncle Zheng and throw themselves into himself. Some ministers in the court who were not attached to Taishu Duan played to Zheng Bo one after another, asking Zheng Bo to stop Taishu Duan's behavior. Among them, there is a minister named Gongzi Lu who said it most bluntly. He said to Uncle Zheng that the country cannot have two monarchs, but at present, Uncle Duan's behavior is no different from that of the monarch, and he is even above the monarch of Zheng Guojun. Now, what are you going to do, the king, is going to do? If you are going to give Zheng Guo to your uncle, then I will go to him, and if you do not give him the throne, then please get rid of him, and do not make the ministers and the people anxious. Zheng Bo still smiled and said, if Duan Duo did injustice and didn't need others to do it, he himself would be punished by God.

Shortly thereafter, Taishu Duan snatched a few more cities, and his territory had expanded to several times the original, and there were also many city guards who saw that Taishu Duan's power was getting bigger and bigger, and secretly colluded with Taishu Duan. Gongzi Lu was worried, and found Uncle Zheng again, and advised that if he wanted to get rid of Uncle Duan, it had now reached the most critical juncture. The more land Taishu Duan controlled, the more people supported him. If it continues like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to control. Zheng Bo still looked calm, and said to his son Lu that the rebellious ministers and thieves are unjust to the monarch and not close to his brother, even if the territory under his control continues to expand, the people will not submit to him, and they will eventually collapse.

"Uncle Duan built a city on a large scale, recruited troops and horses, and accumulated grain, grass, weapons and armor, which can be said to be strong and strong. He sent someone to inform Mrs. Wu Jiang. Mrs. Wu Jiang was overjoyed, and replied with a letter to Uncle Duan, asking him to send troops to attack the capital of Zheng Guo, and he had secretly built the key to the gate of the capital, as long as Uncle Duan's army arrived outside the capital, he would send someone to open the gate with the key. At the same time, the ministers who supported Taishu Duan in the court would also bring people to rush into the palace, and when the time came, they should cooperate with the outside and kill Zhuang Gong, and the great thing could be accomplished. After receiving this letter, Taishu Duan was overjoyed and prepared to send troops to attack the capital.

"It's just that the various behaviors of Mrs. Wu Jiang and Uncle Duan have long been under the surveillance of Uncle Zheng. Mrs. Wu Jiang's letter had not yet been delivered to Jingyi, and a letter copied in its original form had been placed on Zheng Bo's desk. Zheng Bo took the letter, first summoned the princes and nobles, and showed them the letter. The princes and nobles angrily scolded Mrs. Wu Jiang and Uncle Duan for their rebellion, and they deserved to be executed. After Zheng Bo won the support of the royal family, he summoned the noble ministers of the court and showed the letter to the ministers. Naturally, there was a lot of scolding in the court, and all the ministers asked to send troops to eliminate Uncle Duan. At that time, Zheng Bo had already sent his henchman Zifeng to command a large army to attack Jingyi, and there were 200 troops in a single chariot. Seeing that the royal family in the capital and the ministers in the court expressed their support for him, Zheng Bo ordered that all the comrades of Mrs. Wu Jiang and Taishu Duan in the court be captured and killed, and at the same time, he strictly ordered Zi to block the evil affairs and not let Taishu Duan and his comrades escape.

"Uncle Duan's expropriation in Jingyi is unpopular. He has always been arrogant and does not take Uncle Zheng in his eyes. When he heard that a large army sent by the king suddenly appeared outside the city, he was frightened. If they wanted to send troops to resist, the rebels who were summoned had already dispersed. When the people of Jingyi saw the king's army approaching the city, they gathered in the city and besieged Taishu Duan's mansion. Uncle Duan was so frightened that he escaped from Jingyi and ran all the way to Yancheng. Zifeng led the army to follow closely, and it didn't take much effort to break through Yancheng and capture Taishu Duan and his comrades. ”

Situ Qiao pointed to the picture on the wall as he spoke, and everyone also looked at the picture, confirming the situation in the picture and Situ Qiao's words one by one, and most of them matched.

Situ Qiao said: "Zuo Chuan said that Zheng Bo was merciful and did not want to harm Uncle Duan's life, so he ordered the army to attack Uncle Duan's Zifeng, and he must capture Uncle Duan alive and not hurt his life." Because of this, although Taishu Duan was besieged by Zheng Guo's army, he first broke through from Jingyi, and was not killed by Zheng Jun in Yancheng, but escaped, and finally ran to the Communist State, never returning to Zheng State. It's just folklore, although Zheng Bo issued an edict on the surface, ordering Zheng Jun not to harm Uncle Duan's life, but privately told Zifeng that if Uncle Duan Sheng was captured and returned to the national capital, it would not be good to publicly execute him, so as long as the corpse, not alive. Zifeng has never had a good impression of this Uncle Duan, and naturally attacked and killed on the battlefield, and after capturing Uncle Duan in the chaos, he sent his henchmen to trap him in a room in Yancheng, did not give him food and water, and starved to death the younger brother of Zheng Guojun. Later, he even set a fire outside the fighting room, burning Uncle Duan's body and the house to the ground, and burning the corpse to extinction!"

When Situ Qiao said this, everyone thought in their hearts: "What Duan did was indeed self-defeating." It's just that if Zheng Bo had taught him a lesson early and stopped him from plotting to usurp the throne, Duan's life could still be left. What's more, Zheng Bo indulged Duan in Jingyi for many years, causing great harm to the local people. When the swords and soldiers are together, in addition to the soldiers who died on the battlefield, the most unlucky people are the people. Zheng Bo's plan is indeed a little too vicious. ”

(End of chapter)