Zheng Ghost Gong is the eldest son of Zheng Mugong and the shortest-reigning monarch in the history of Zheng State. Zheng Ghost Gong gained and lost the monarchy within half a year. He could neither be counted a tyrant, nor did his uncle and brother covet his throne, not even a political enemy; He died in a very fortuitous event, and the cause of his death was quite bizarre.

It turned out that after Gongzilan was made the crown prince, he found that almost all the brothers in the country were little ones born after he was expelled. After Zheng Mugong ascended the throne, he was politically isolated and emotionally unbearable because he did not have adult brothers by his side. So he summoned several brothers, Gongzi Guisheng (Zijia), Gongzi Song (Zijin) and others, and entrusted the brothers with important tasks.

Childe Guisheng is a rule-abiding person, he does things in a straightforward and measured manner. Gongzi Song is different, he is born with a happy appearance, a reckless and impulsive personality, speaks openly, and does things carelessly.

The three brothers are like a family, and Gongzi Song also treats Taiziyi as his own son. When the prince was a child, he liked to play with Uncle Song, who was a big swagger, but he hated to come into contact with doctors who kept a straight face all day long.

But the prince grew up and matured day by day, and gradually understood the etiquette and humility, so he began to alienate the prince Song; But Gongzi Song has been the same for decades, and he still maintains the habits of a naughty child.

One morning in the spring of the fourth year of Lu Xuangong (BC605), the year after Zheng Yulinggong ascended the throne, Gongzi Guisheng and Gongzi Song were standing outside the main hall door preparing to go to court, and the index finger of Gongzi Song's right hand suddenly moved.

He stretched out his right hand to look at Zijia, who shook his head and said, "You have to drink less in the future!" ”

Zigong said: "It's not about the wine. In the past, when this happened, I would have tasted the smell of the world; This has happened many times, and each time it has worked. If you don't believe it, just wait and see. ”

At the end of the morning dynasty, Zheng Linggong suddenly said: "The Chu people offered the widow a king-sized soft-shelled turtle, and the widow has already ordered the butcher to cook it. Uncles don't leave at noon, please enjoy the rare delicacy with the widow. ”

After Zheng Ghost Gong finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of the Zi family and Zi Gong looking at each other and laughing. When the doctors were leaving, he stopped them and asked if anything interesting had happened. The Zi family repeated what Zigong had just said to Zheng Ghost Prince, and Zheng Ghost Gong did not say anything after hearing it, but just smiled and shook his head.

At lunchtime, Zheng Ghost invited the doctors back to the court, and the doctors sat down in order of rank. Except for Gongzi Song, everyone put a soft-shelled turtle soup in front of them. When Zicheng was surprised, Zheng Ghost Gong began to tell the doctors about the strange things that happened on Zigong's fingers, laughing while talking.

The laughing bacillus immediately infected everyone present, and the doctors began to laugh non-stop. Zheng Ghost Gong looked at Gongzi Song's embarrassed and annoyed expression, wiped the tears from his laughter and said, "Uncle, the widow will break this spell for you today, your fingers are not working now, right?" ”

Zigong was furious, jumped up suddenly, rushed up the steps and stepped across to the opposite of Zheng Ghost Gong, stretched out his middle finger and dipped it in his eating utensils, put it in his mouth and sucked it, and then put his finger up to show him: "This omen is a hundred spirits, and Uncle Jun really can't break it for his ministers." After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and turned to leave.

Zheng Ghost Gong was furious, slapped the table and shouted: "If you are not the elder of the widow, the widow will kill you now!" ”

Zigong only wanted to be happy for a while, but he got into big trouble; After his anger subsided, he finally felt afraid.

Zigong knows Zheng Ghost Gong's temperament very well, and the young monarch is a narrow-minded, irritable person who likes to make fun of others but can't afford to joke with himself (which is similar to Zigong); It is not known whether Zheng Ghost Gong can really ask for his own life for this. Zigong began to worry about his safety, so he approached Zi's family to seek a solution.

Zijia said: "It's not that Uncle Jun didn't prepare food for you, if you just laughed it off at the time, nothing would happen now." You should ask the prince for your guilt, and resign from your official position and fiefdom, and I will intercede for you; Uncle Jun is angry, and he will definitely not punish you. When you're ready, go to the palace! ”

Zigong said: "I can't do that kind of preparation at all!" That yellow-mouthed kid doesn't respect his elders today, and he may punish the minister tomorrow. If I show weakness to him, he will definitely oppress me even harder! ”

Zijia said, "Then what do you want to do?" If you don't admit your mistake, I'm afraid you'll have to go to see Gao Bo. "Gao Bo is Gao Qumi, who was the mastermind who killed Zheng Zhaogong and established Gongzi Qi as the monarch, and was finally split by Qi Xianggong.

Zijin said thoughtfully: "Oh? Listen to what you mean, it's to encourage me to set up a new king! ”

Zijia was almost frightened, he jumped up and covered the other party's mouth and said, "How dare you say such a thing? I don't even dare to kill an old animal, let alone a monarch! I didn't think you could play on the subject! ”

The four words "borrowing the topic to play" woke up Zijin, he grabbed a life-saving straw and refused to let go easily; The more anxious the Zi family was to defend himself, the more confident he felt that he would win the other party.

Zijin said: "Then everything is up to you, I will go to see Uncle Jun now, and I will say that you let me go to see Uncle Gao." Uncle Jun is ten times smarter than me, I don't know how he will understand your words. ”

The Zi family knew that Zijin was reckless and belonged to the kind of person who "watched after he was done", so he had to succumb to the will of the other party and provoked the heavy responsibility of killing the king for Zijin.

At the beginning of April, Zheng Ghost Gong planned to go to Liyi to preside over a sacrifice, and the Zi family was appointed as the head of the internal guard. The Zi family assassinated the nephew who had never suspected him late one night, and announced that Zheng Bo had died in an accident. After Ziyi's death, he was nicknamed "Zheng Yougong".

When it came time to determine the candidate for his successor, Childe went to the disease (Ziliang) and was generally recognized by the doctors. But Ziliang said: "In terms of morality, I am not the best; In terms of age, Gongzijian is older. Zheng Ren then set up Gongzijian as the king, and Gongzijian was for Zheng Xianggong.

Zheng Xianggong's virtue is worse than that of Zheng Ghost Gong. Zheng Ghost is still able to get along with his brothers, but he can't. At the beginning of Zheng Xianggong's accession to the throne, he wanted to expel all his brothers except Ziliang from the country, and he became the boss behind closed doors.

But Ziliang said: "Mu is one, if you stay in the country, of course, it is good, if you want to expel us, then expel us all, what's the point of leaving me alone?" ”

Ziliang's words saved the fate of the brothers, and those people later served as public doctors, known as "Seven Mu Doctors" in history.

A few years later, Gongzi Guisheng died, and Zheng Xianggong dared to order his crime to be investigated. The soldiers dragged the coffin of the Zi family from the mourning hall to the central square of the city, smashed it to pieces, and threw his body into the field to be spoiled by birds and beasts, and the people of the Zi family were also driven out of Zheng State.

It is a miracle that Zheng Ren blames the Zi family for the killing of Xianjun, but Zijin is not implicated.

Zheng Xianggong felt that the word "You" was ominous in the country (the same as King Zhou You, and King Zhou You was the king of the dead country), he revoked the nickname of Ziyi Zheng Yougong, and changed it to Zheng Linggong, Ziyi became the only monarch in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period who had two nicknames.