Chapter 65: Zheng Gong's Office Begins to Fight

Zheng Zhuanggong has four favorite sons, the four he brought with him in the Evil Cao Society. The prince is generous and benevolent but indecisive and indecisive, and the prince is witty and resolute but rigid and arbitrary; How the strengths of these two people come together is perfect. The other two sons have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The crown prince was particularly favored by Duke Qi before he saved Qi, and Duke Qi planned to marry his beloved daughter Wen Jiang (later Duchess Lu Huan) to him for the first time. The crown prince suddenly refused Qi Hou's good intentions, and a friend asked him the reason, he said: "Everyone has their own spouses, Qi Guoda, Zheng Guoxiao, and Qi Nu are not my spouses." The poem says: 'Seek more blessings for yourself', I cannot rely on the great powers for the well-being. ”

Later, the old matter of Qi Xigong was brought up again. Saizu said to the prince: "You must marry the princess of Qi Kingdom!" There are many favorites and many favorite sons, and many of your brothers have the possibility of becoming monarchs. If you don't have a big country to help you, even if you ascend to the throne, your position will not be secure. But these pertinent words did not reach the prince's ears.

Before his death, Gong Zheng Zhuang called out to the side of the crown prince, Gongzi Tu, Saizu and Gao Qumi, and said: "Tu, your status in Zheng Guo is comparable to that of the crown prince; The widow also knows you, and knows that you are never willing to be subordinated to others. The first prince left the Taishu Duan, thus causing the division of the country for twenty-two years, and the widow cannot allow this kind of thing to happen again among your brothers. So suddenly! When the widow dies, go to another country. But don't go to Song Guo, Song Feng is greedy and ruthless, he will definitely do something unfavorable to Zheng Guo. ”

After the death of Duke Zheng Zhuang, the crown prince suddenly ascended the throne as Duke Zheng Zhao. At that time, Zheng Guo's Shangqing was a sacrifice, Yaqing was Gao Qumi, and Gongzi Lu had passed away at this time.

In July, Zheng Guoren buried Zheng Zhuanggong. Gongzi was about to leave Xinzheng, and Zheng Zhaogong specially held a banquet for him in the suburbs. Zheng Zhaogong held tears in his eyes during the banquet and said: "It is not the original intention of the widow to send you into exile, and you and my brother are also different from the Song people; If you still want to return to your home country in ten years, the widow will personally greet you here! ”

"Of course I want to live in Zhengguo, but if I can only keep one, I will definitely leave resolutely." ”

Gongziyi said: "Hey, you, if you are really such a person, the first monarch will kick you out?" ”

Gongzi was suddenly furious, stood up and stretched out his sword violently, and Gongziyi was not to be outdone. Zheng Zhaogong rushed over to separate the two and said, "The widow has lost his father, don't aggravate the widow's grief!" ”

The banquet ended hastily, and Gongzi Tu and his party then marched eastward. He planned to go to the state of Lu, but he met his uncle Yongshi when he was passing through the state of Song, and he was ordered by the Duke of Song Zhuang to come to meet Gongzi Tu.

Yongshi conveyed to him a message from the Duke of Song Zhuang saying that the Duke of Song Zhuang hoped that the prince would stay in the Song Kingdom and that the official fief would be chosen by him. Gongzi suddenly wanted to refuse, but when he saw that Song Ren's eyes gradually showed murderous aura, he knew that he had been kidnapped. He had to follow the Yong family into Shangqiu and meet Song Zhuang Gong, the moment of meeting was very similar to the time when his son Feng defected to Gongzi Sudden twenty years ago!

Gongzi Tu now feels very regretful: if he hadn't been so willful at the beginning, if he could have foreseen today's scene, he would never have been so bitter and mean to Zifeng, and he would never have extorted so much money from him. You must know that once the villain has his will, those who have had a festival with him will not have a good life!

Song Zhuang Gong looked at him without saying a word, and a malicious smile appeared on his face. Gongzi suddenly didn't dare to look directly at him, wiping the cold sweat on his forehead from time to time, and he didn't dare to take a breath. This warrior who galloped wantonly in the army of ten thousand horses at this time trembled like a prisoner who was about to be killed.

After weighing the pros and cons, Duke Song Zhuang decided to put Gongzi suddenly on the throne of Zheng Guojun. The benefits of this are much greater than betraying the other party. But he still decided to tease Gongzi Tu in revenge for his previous actions. Duke Song Zhuang put Gongzi Tu under house arrest in a remote and simple hut, and arranged many guards; Song Zhuang Gong said that it was for his safety, but Gongzi Tu didn't believe it at all.

Yongshi came to visit him from time to time, and the scene was like visiting a prison. Yongshi kept sending him some contradictory messages, and as a result, Childe suddenly wept with grief at one point because he suspected that his life was near, and at another time he wept with joy because of the hope of giving birth to life. Yongshi reported all the performances of Gongzi Tu to Song Zhuang Gong, and Song Zhuang Gong shook his head and smiled from ear to ear.

When the Duke of Song Zhuang was tired of playing those tricks, he suddenly summoned Gongzi and solemnly told him that the Song people were going to oust Zheng Hu and make him king. Then he took out a stack of lists, on which were written the huge sums of money and precious treasures that Zheng Guo should give to the Song Kingdom.

Duke Song Zhuang handed the list to Gongzi Tu and said that this was a bribe that he should give to Song Guo when he ascended the throne. He also said that the Song State suffered huge losses in the ten-year war, and that asking for some compensation for the country was also an explanation to the countrymen; If Gongzi Tu didn't agree, he would give the property on the list to Zheng Zhaogong at a fifty percentage, and Zheng Hu was very willing to exchange those bribes for Gongzi Tu's head.

Gongzi suddenly said: "My head is worthless, otherwise the widow will not allow me to run away." ”

Song Zhuang Gong said: "That was before, and now everyone in the world knows that you went against the will of the ancestors and ran to the widow. ”

Gongzi suddenly stretched out his hand and took the stack of lists, looking at the contents on it, the 100,000 heaven and earth divine beasts were galloping in his heart! But he had no other choice but to make a bloody alliance with Song Zhuang Gong.

Soon after, he led a delegation to visit the nations. In September, the mission arrived in the Song Kingdom. Zheng Guoren didn't know what was going on at all, and he came to Song in order to find out the truth. When he saw Song Zhuang Gong, he still maintained the arrogant attitude he had towards Gongzi Feng in the past. Song Zhuang Gong was not angry, he just smiled and waved his hand, and the guards disarmed the sacrificial feet.

Then he met Gongzi Tu. The two asked him to oust Zheng Zhuang Gong from the throne, Song Zhuang Gong threatened him with death, and Gongzi suddenly used benefits to lure him. Although sacrificial feet are known as "think tanks", they seriously misjudged the character of Song Zhuang Gong. In the face of this political hooligan, there is no way to do it except accept the other party's conditions.

However, in the end, the sacrificial foot still put forward a condition to maintain the final dignity: Zheng Zhaogong must not be killed. Song Zhuang Gong thought that this condition was not too harsh and accepted it. The trio then secretly performed a bloody ceremony. One of the young men of the Yong family, Yongjie, followed the delegation to Zheng Guo and married the daughter of the sacrifice foot.

In order to hide people's eyes, Song Zhuang Gong gave Zheng Zhaogong a band and many skilled craftsmen. These men were actually dressed as well-trained samurai, and their leader was Yongjie. Childe suddenly disguised himself as a plasterer and blended in with the team.

After the mission returned to Zheng Guo, Zheng Zhao summoned the Song national musicians into the hall. When these people entered the palace gate, they suddenly pulled out their sharp weapons and held Zheng Zhaogong and the ministers hostage. The sacrificial foot ordered that no one should be harmed, and then sent Zheng Zhaogong out of Xinzheng safely. After he had done these things, he summoned Gongzi Tu into the palace and announced that he would be appointed as the new king, and Gongzi Tu would be Zheng Ligong.

Zheng Zhaogong had a good relationship with the crown prince of Weiguo, so he fled to Weiguo. After Yongjie and Yongji got married, they lived in Zheng Guo, and Zheng Li gave him a doctor's position. Yongjie's identity is very special - he is both a hostage of the Song State and an overseer sent by the Duke of Song Zhuang.

The usurpation of the throne by Zheng Ligong was a new beginning of the turmoil in Zheng and the Central Plains.