If it had not been for the restoration of Zheng Ligong that occurred later, the princes' war against the Song Dynasty would have become the most influential event of the year.

At that time, Zheng Gongzi was "forced" to ascend the throne when he was in exile in the Song Kingdom, and he was forced to go into exile on the throne. Of the twenty-eight years he became monarch, fifteen years were spent in exile.

Zheng Ligong is a man with a strong personality and persistent beliefs, and he is always looking for opportunities to regain his own throne.

In the early days of Zheng Ligong's accession to the throne, the sacrificial foot had already shown signs of autocracy, and Li Gong was forced to flee because of the failure of the assassination of the sacrificial foot. After the sacrifice of Ashi Ziyi as king, he firmly held the ruling power in his own hands, and all the ministers went to his house to deal with official business, and all state affairs could only be done with his approval; The pomp and circumstance of his entry and exit on various occasions is greater than that of Ziyi; In front of the Ziyi Palace, there are many gates, only a few guards stand weakly, and people almost forget that there is a monarch in the circle here.

The people of Xinzheng were very afraid of Li Gong (because he had a fierce temperament and was very good at fighting), and considering the high and deep ponds of Liyi City and the support of the Chu people behind him, they did not dare to take action against Liyi easily.

Authoritarians always put their personal interests above the public interest, and do not care about the general interests of the state; Instead of thinking about how to solve the crisis of national division, he messed around with an attitude of getting by. Fearing danger and the merits of others surpassing his own, he forbade his ministers to even propose a proposal for the unification of the country; During the reign of Zheng Zhuang Gong, he was the country's leading hero, but now it has become the country's greatest scourge.

The old thief did not die at the age of 80 until the thirteenth year of Lu Zhuanggong, and his death suddenly changed the political situation of the country. It turned out that the party members of the sacrificial foot were also divided into several factions, and the relationship between the various factions was intricate, and they often fell against each other. Ziyi took advantage of the contradictions between the factions and quickly liquidated the party members who sacrificed their feet. In this way, the worries of Liyi have not been eliminated, and there is turmoil within Xinzheng again.

Ziyi's terrifying methods caused great chaos, many people chose to flee for fear of being implicated, and those who stayed behind were also anxious all day long. State institutions are almost paralyzed, and the whole of social activity is almost at a standstill.

The exiles and those in the court who had intentions were seeking to establish a new lord, and Zheng Ligong threw an olive branch to those people; The exiles almost broke through the city gates of Liyi, and their participation greatly strengthened Zheng Ligong's strength. Jin Li saw that there was no suspense about the outcome of the victory, so he gathered a large army and went to Xinzheng in a mighty way.

The Liyi army first captured the Daling fortress and captured the defender Fu Fang alive. Fu Fang was an outstanding military general, and he was confidently ready to face Zheng Ligong, but there were traitors around him. The traitors took advantage of his night patrol to tie him up and hand him over to the enemy. Zheng Ligong hated Fu Fang very much: it was this person who had been happily causing trouble for himself for more than ten years.

But just as Zheng Ligong was about to execute him, Fu Fang lost his former heroism and became timid and cowardly. He prostrated on the ground and begged with tears in his eyes: "If you can spare the minister's life, the minister will kill Ziyi as an internal servant and open the city to accept the king!" Zheng Ligong felt that this was a good way to win quickly, so he pardoned him. But Fu Fang was afraid that Zheng Ligong would unload the mill and kill the donkey, and proposed to hold a bloody ceremony with him, although Zheng Ligong was very reluctant, but finally agreed.

Fu Fang led a group of remnants of the defeated army to "flee" back to Xinzheng. He lied to Ziyi that he was able to escape by desperately breaking through, and Ziyi was convinced of this, because he knew that Fu Fang and Li Gongshi were in the same boat. Due to the lack of officers in the army defending the city, Ziyi entrusted Fu Fang with the important task of defending the city in the south.

The Liyi army quickly advanced to the city of Xinzheng. On June 20, Ziyi took his two sons to the castle tower to inspect the defenses, and Fu Fang took the opportunity to assassinate the monarch who had never suspected him, and then put the enemy who finally wanted his life into Xinzheng.

Fu Fang opened the city gate, walked up to Zheng Ligong proudly, and personally welcomed him into the city. He guided Li Gong to the corpses of Ziyi and his sons, and loudly boasted to Zheng Li Gong about his crimes, and demanded a reward for the killing.

Zheng Ligong's expression was very complicated, he suddenly knelt down, hugged Ziyi's head and cried. He cried and scolded, saying that Ziyi could have become the Duke of Zhou, but in the end he chose the role of Uncle Guan; Not only did he become a sinner for the country, but he also killed himself and his family.

He hugged the bodies of his two nephews again, recalling the warm scene when the two children stared at him with black eyes and called him "uncle" vividly, saying that they were all national talents and did not deserve such a tragic end. Fu Fang's expression froze completely, his scalp exploded, and he was in a cold sweat, he wanted to sneak away while others were not paying attention, but he was intercepted by Li Gong's guards.

Zheng Ligong entered the palace, gathered the ministers together, and announced that Fu Fang would be put to death on charges of "disloyalty". He said that he was not willing to kill more, and that as long as the ministers did not oppose him and did not engage in splitting the office, he would no longer hold anyone accountable for their previous disloyalty to him.

Zheng Ligong temporarily stabilized the situation, and then held a ceremony to sue the temple. But when the start time came, it was discovered that Taizhu (High Priest) Yuan Fan was not there! The scene at that time was very chaotic and embarrassing, and Zheng Ligong had to temporarily appoint someone from among the ceremonial officials to fill the number. The solemn and solemn ceremony was made full of mistakes due to the inexperience of the celebrant and had to be hastily ended.

After the ceremony, Zheng Ligong immediately sent someone to Yuan Fan's house and said to him: "Fu Fang has a second heart, and the widow has already executed him according to Zhou's punishment. And those who have accepted me and have no heart, all the widows have given them the rank of great doctor. How I wish my uncle would govern the country with me! But the widow was in exile, and my uncle did not accept me; The widow was reinstated, and the uncle did not come to perform his duties. Is there anything more important than sacrificing to ancestors? I can't thank you for your performance! ”

Yuan Fan replied: "My ancestors accepted the order of Duke Huan to take charge of the temple sacrifices, and I am already the third generation. There is a lord in the country, but he harbors an outside heart, and he is the greatest traitor! The prince is in charge of the society, which person in the country is not a subject? A courtier shall not have a second heart, but it is determined by heaven. Ziyi has been in power for fourteen years, and who is trying to recruit you who is not a person with a second heart? There are still eight sons of Zhuang Gong alive, and if they all promise bribes to seek the throne with officials, what do you think of those traitors? But the minister has received your order! ”

Yuan Shigeru committed suicide after the messenger left. Zheng Ligong regretted that he had said such mean words, and felt very sorry for Yuan Fan's death, so he held a funeral for him with the highest standard.

At the beginning, there was a snake outside the south gate of Zheng Guo who wanted to enter the city, but was blocked by a snake in the city. After a bloody fight between the two snakes, the snakes outside the city killed the snakes in the city and finally entered the city. At that time, some people predicted that Zheng Guo's power would change; Six years later, Zheng Ligong entered Xinzheng from the south gate.

After Lu Zhuanggong learned the news, he asked Shen Yan: "The two snakes are really bewitching when they fight each other!" But do demons really exist? Shen Bai replied, "Demons only appear because of people." If a person walks in the right path, the demon will not appear on its own; Only when people turn their backs on the norm will the demons rise. ”

In winter, the royal doctors Shan Bo, Qi Huan, Song Huan, Wei Hui, and Zheng Li held an alliance meeting. Zheng Ligong hoped that Qi Guo would provide protection for him, and Qi Huangong hoped for the support of Zheng Guoren; Since both sides had needs and could meet the needs of the other, the talks had a satisfactory outcome for both sides.

But Zheng Ligong still had a great deal of hostility towards the Song State. Song Huan Gong looked exactly the same as his father Song Zhuang Gong, and as soon as Zheng Ligong saw him, he remembered that unbearable past. Although Qi Huangong worked very hard to match the two sides, and Song Huangong also showed great sincerity, Zheng Ligong still had no intention of forgiving the other party.

In this year, King Wen of Chu died.