Chapter 679: The Rebellion of Song and Wei (2)
Gongzichen was very annoyed, he invited Zhong Tuo and Chu Shiyan to come over for a drink, and said during the banquet: "It was I who caused my brother to have a home and couldn't go back, and I could only go to him to wash away my sins." Both of them are my brother's best friends, what are you going to do? ”
Both of them are worried about their future, as they are not only Childe's henchmen, but also Xiang Wei's political enemies (among them, the person who revealed the news of Xiang Gongzi's horse operation to Xiang Wei is Zhong Tuo). Both of them expressed their willingness to follow Gongzidi to the Kingdom of Chen, and Gongzichen continued: "That's the best. If we lead our people away, who else can the monarch be with? ”
In the winter of October, the three of them led their clansmen to leave Shangqiu and go straight to Huaiyang.
However, instead of realizing that defection had caused Song to lose a large number of people and huge wealth, and that a serious split would cause great harm to the country's society, Song Jinggong confidently believed that he had used superb political means to eliminate dissidents and national moths, and believed that he had maintained the stability and unity of the country.
Xiang Wei's tail is also about to rise to the sky, and he now seems to have regarded himself as the number two person in the office, becoming more and more arrogant.
Song Jinggong gave Xiang Wei the fiefdom that originally belonged to Gongzidi, and the two used cruel means to attack the remnants of the exiles left in the country, and even used this as an excuse to persecute the innocent and rob the property of the innocent; As a result, many more have to leave their homes and eventually join the exiles.
In the spring of the eleventh year of the reign of Lu Dinggong, the angry exiles thought that the country should be rescued from the tyrants and ministers; Therefore, Erqing, Lianggongzi and Zhu Dafu led the rebels to occupy Xiaocheng.
Soon, the exiled opportunist with a keen sense of smell and the original right master Le Daxin also defected to Gongzidi. These people gathered together and formed a huge anti-Song Jinggong force, posing a great threat to Jinggong's regime.
What will be described below is a riot that took place in the country.
It turned out that there was a virtuous minister in Wei Guo named Gongshu Wenzi (Gongshu Fa), he was the grandson of Wei Xiangong and the cousin of Wei Linggong, and he was slightly younger than Yu Boyu. Uncle Wenzi was of noble character and was praised as a gentleman by Wu Gongzi Ji Za and Confucius; He was wealthy, rich and long-lived; He was also a veteran of the Three Dynasties and was generally respected both inside and outside the office.
A few years ago, Uncle Wenzi had a banquet for Wei Linggong at home. After he sent out the invitation, he informed his friend Shi ?, Shi ?? frowned and said: "The master is rich and the prince is greedy, he will definitely be greedy when he sees the wealth in the master's house." What did the Master do with him when he had nothing to do? What a self-inflicted disaster! ”
Uncle Fumiko replied, "That's true. But it was my mistake not to tell the Master (the news of the banquet for Wei Linggong). But the prince has accepted the invitation, what can I do to avoid the calamity? ”
History? He said, "The Master will not suffer calamity, but it is not easy to say that the Master (Gongshu Wenzi's son, Gongshu Xu)." The master was rich and courteous, and was willing to occupy the position of a courtier. It is different, he relies on the power of his master and the wealth of his family to be domineering. There has never been an arrogant person who has not been expelled, and I am afraid that the end of the fire will be expelled. ”
When Wei Linggong went to the banquet, he was sincerely amazed by the magnificence of the building of his uncle Wenzi's family and the exquisite beauty of the utensils. But because of his uncle Wenzi's impeccable behavior, Wei Linggong did not think about his wealth while envious.
Although Uncle Wenzi is a humble gentleman who is praised by the world, he did everything he could not educate his uncle well. After the age of ten, the uncle became the leader of the recalcitrant youths of the same age, and later became the eldest brother of the delinquent youths; From time to time, he and his friends drank and made trouble and fought in the city, and there was no one in the neighborhood who did not hate the "Uncle Gang".
In this way, Uncle Fumiko's friends compared Uncle Fu to Shi Hou (one of the culprits who plotted to kill Duke Wei Huan) who caused chaos in the dynasty back then, and feared that he would lead Uncle Gong to destruction.
In the eleventh year of Duke Luding, his uncle Wenzi died, and his uncle inherited his father's throne. Wei Linggong led all the doctors to the uncle's mansion to mourn the deceased, and saw the familiar buildings and ritual utensils that were still fresh in his memory, and he quickly released his long-suppressed greed in his heart.
Uncle Gong didn't realize it, he still maintained his usual arrogant demeanor, and even didn't show due respect to Wei Linggong. This made Wei Linggong disgusted him more and more.
The first wife of Wei Linggong died early, and he married the second lady Nanzi a few years ago. Nanzi is the daughter of Song Jinggong, young and beautiful, energetic, and watery poplar. She had constant scandals when she was in the boudoir, and was called "the reincarnation of Wen Jiang" by the Song people who did good things. Fortunately, Wei Linggong only values his face and waist when he marries a wife, and he doesn't care how many "seniors" he has, so all the scandals and bad things have not affected his thousands of favors for Nanzi.
Nanzi is free and pampered, and has a very strong personality, and she has an interest and desire for power that a woman should not have in state and public affairs. When Wei Linggong remarried, the crown prince Kuai Yu was already an adult and began to participate in the governance of the country. Kuai Yu didn't respect her very much, and even wanted to do something wrong to her. But Nanzi didn't eat his way, and she even wanted to get rid of him and replace him with her own offspring (although she never had a son).
Nanzi then began to tempt and win over the powerful ministers of the court, just like Li Ji colluded with Liang Wu back then; Those people gradually formed a "party of ladies" in the office.
Not only did Kuai Yu not get Nanzi into his hands, but pushed her into someone else's arms; Kuai Yu couldn't help but be furious, and at the same time recognized the situation of power. In order to fight against the Lady Party, Kuai Yu also formed the "Princelings" by recruiting various forces, and Gong Shuxu became the leading figure of the Princelings. In this way, Uncle Gong has become the common enemy of Wei Linggong and his wife.
Gong Shuxu's position was that of the Grand Priest, and as soon as he took office, he began to purge the members of the Lady Party. You must know that framing is Uncle Gong's forte, and half of the unjust, false and wrongful cases of defending the country were concocted by the country's highest judicial officer. His methods of creating wrongful convictions (many of whom were not wronged, but they were not punished for the crime for which they were accused) were clever and brutal, and many criminals were warmly praised by the public when they were exiled or put to death.
Wei Linggong was not a fool, he knew everything about the battle between the crown prince and his wife. But the lady has no offspring, and he is very fond of the prince, so he does not want the prince's position to be shaken. He advised Nanzi more than once: "You have no children, and I am so old again." If Madame does anything else, should she first consider leaving a way out for herself? ”
But Nanzi is already in a deep hatred (because her uncle has killed or exiled several of her favorite mistresses), and now the struggle has become a major event related to her own life and death. On the other hand, the princelings believed that they had gained the upper hand, and they had no intention of giving up, trying to uproot the party of the ladies in a short time.
At the end of the thirteenth year of Duke Luding, Nanzi finally grabbed Uncle Xu's pigtail and immediately accused Uncle Wei Ling, saying that he was going to rebel. Wei Linggong saw that his doctors who could fight well fell one by one in the hands of his uncle, and finally couldn't sit still; He unceremoniously expelled Uncle Gong and several of his henchmen at the beginning of the New Year's letter. The dispute between the prince and the lady of the country has just come to an end.