warring states careerist

Chapter 71
In the third month of Ding Chou's year, most Mohists left Shangqiu for Pei.Nursery rhymes spread all over Songcheng, and the whole city was shocked.Sicheng Huang searched the whole city but got nothing, or Lao Peng Chuanyu must be investigated.So he sent chariots and horses to his post, but he didn't reach the weasel land, so he knew that Song Gong bought it.It is said that Xu Wenzhi, the Xingzi of the Secretary, hanged himself in the room and voluntarily died, and all relatives and nobles praised him.

The nursery rhyme says:
"Xinghancan, destiny knows."

"Sickness looks north, dream mourns south."

"Three Shengshang, Juyu Cang."

"Participating in the Chamber of Commerce, Gaohuangshang."

"Su Nengjie, why are you busy with the doctor?"

"The sun hangs in the sky, and the moon's shadow fades."

"The moon shines brightly, and the stars are rare."

"The sun hangs over the moon, and the golden crow covers the moon."

"The moon is bright and the stars are rare, and Chang Xi is ashamed of the stars."

"Heaven and earth have their own way, how can it communicate with human life?"

"Who knows the destiny, please resolve this dispute."

"Yin business customs, brother succession."

"Wen Zhouli, inherited by the first son."

"After the decline, it will be buried."

"Those who know fate, please settle the dispute."

Nursery rhymes are free.

So nursery rhymes are innocent.

This nursery rhyme has been circulated since the end of February and the beginning of March. After the news of Song Gonggou was sent back to Shangqiu on his way to Rendi to meet the Marquis of Jin, this song is innocent and the whole city has nothing to gain. , It can only be claimed that it is a nursery rhyme passed down by a legendary hermit like Lao Peng in ancient times, and the hidden meaning in it was finally known by the people of Shangqiu and Song Dynasty.

It is said that Si Xingzi Xu hung himself to death that night after hearing the news that Song Gong died on the way, and his last words stated that he was willing to die with him.He also said that he himself made a mistake in stargazing and mistaken the monarch, so he was ashamed and hanged himself.In short it is dead.

Zang, the emperor's father in Sicheng, heard that Duke Song was dead, and wept unceasingly, fainted several times, and lamented, "Your Majesty was going to meet the alliance that day. Death remonstrance, how could such a thing happen? It's my fault! God, why didn't you punish me?"

The emperor's father Yueling also cried: "I am also at fault! As early as the beginning of the year, there were nursery rhymes passed down in Shangqiu. I knew about the nursery rhymes between Bu Yan and Jin Xiangong, but I couldn't immediately chase after the king to persuade him to return. Isn't that true? Is it the responsibility of the courtier?"

The nursery rhyme at this time is a very mysterious thing.Not to mention the famous Dongtouyihan and Xitouyihan, even in the Spring and Autumn Period earlier than this time, the monarchs were very afraid of nursery rhymes.

In the past, Jin Xiangong took a vacation to destroy Guo. He asked Bu Yan whether he could succeed this time, and Bu Yan answered with a nursery rhyme that was circulated in Jin at that time.

This is how the nursery rhymes were sung at the time.In the morning of Bing, when the dragon's tail was in Fuchen, all of them served Zhenzhen and took the flag of Guo.Quail's Ben Ben, Tian Ce's plan, form an army in the fire, and Guo Gong runs away.

Bu Yan said that Guo State could definitely be destroyed, and the time should be around October.

So the state of Jin really destroyed the state of Guo.

Therefore, it is a causal relationship.

If such a causal relationship is true, then these children must be the greatest astrologers. However, such nursery rhymes are often forged by people with intentions.

The forgery of people with a heart is of course for the purpose of the people with a heart.

This nursery rhyme also caused different people to have different ideas, and it also had a great impact on the political situation of the Song Dynasty. At least at this time, Si Xingzi, who should not have died, was hanged himself.

After hearing the nursery rhyme, Si Chenghuang and son Tian panicked and felt uneasy.

When the nursery rhymes really became reality, they had to admit that it might really be what those children said, and it was a legendary figure like Peng Zu who warned the Song people.

Admitting it doesn't mean you believe it.

After this nursery rhyme, which was as accurate as the prophecy, was verified, Si Chenghuang thought that it was his political opponents who were dealing with him, and did not think about Mo Zhe at all.Mo Zhe would not do this kind of thing in idleness, it must be used by political enemies to deal with him. In his opinion, this nursery rhyme is of no benefit to Mo Zhe, and he didn't even think of Mo Zhe.

What he valued was Tong Yao's final question, whether the succession of the Song Kingdom this time will be the end of brotherhood?Or will the eldest son inherit it?
In his view, this is obviously an opportunity for political opponents to make trouble.

After the weeping during the day, the father and son stayed up all night that night. They agreed that they could not follow the previous plan, and that they had to be more intense and swift, so that their political opponents had no chance of gaining a foothold.

Huang Yueling doesn't believe in destiny, nor in ghosts and gods, so he doesn't believe in those so-called divination and astrology.

Even with the story between Jin Xiangong and Bu Yan, he was convinced that Bu Yan was just using nursery rhymes to comfort Xiangong after judging the situation in the world.

Song Gonggou was sick, and the journey was bumpy, and he might die.Then if such a nursery rhyme is made by a political opponent, it is not impossible, it may die, and this nursery rhyme may be true.If you don't die, there will definitely be nursery rhymes about immortality in the future.

Every line in this nursery rhyme says that Song Gonggou is doomed.

Three liters of clothes, three liters refers to the number of strands of linen.Eighty strands are one liter.

The width of the cloth is fixed, the less the number of liters, the rougher the cloth.

Thirty liters of cloth are needed to make the crown, that is to say, there are [-] warp threads in a wide width.

According to Zhou Lilai's mourning, in order to show filial piety, the closest eldest son has to wear the roughest linen, that is, three liters, and only 240 warp threads are needed for a wide width.

No one has nothing to do and wears three liters of clothes. Someone must have died before wearing them.

And those who can use this kind of etiquette must be the princes and officials. The common people can't afford such a formal funeral, not to mention Shangqiu, where Mohist's festival burials are widely spread. ——If you can’t keep it for three years, you will starve to death if you don’t work.

On the contrary, if one day the Mohist’s rule of keeping filial piety for three days becomes the etiquette of the world, then the common people will feel that the spiritual level between themselves and the nobles is closer... If everyone keeps three days, no one will be more filial than anyone else .Now we can only keep it for three days, but you can keep it for three years, and the etiquette says that it is best to keep it for three years. It seems that the spiritual level of the nobles is indeed higher than that of the common people... This is turning material differences into spiritual differences. .

For a funeral that conforms to Zhou etiquette, the eldest son must wear a three-sheng garment, wear a white cloth on his head, wear a white cloth around his waist, hold a mourning stick, live in a side room, sleep on straw, cover a straw curtain, wear straw sandals, and cannot drink water for the first three days [-]. After three days, drink one or two corn porridges every morning. After one year, you can eat vegetables, and after three years, you can eat meat.

This kind of etiquette can and can only be spread among the class above the scholar-officials.

Since the lower class does not use such etiquette, and the nobles in the Song Kingdom also know the statement of the Chamber of Commerce, it is obvious that this is to say that Song Gong is dead, so Si Xingzi Xu also had to die because of this nursery rhyme after the death of Song Gong. He argued that Mr. Song didn't have a chance to join the chamber of commerce.

It's such a scary nursery rhyme that can be considered as fabricated by someone with a heart, which convinced Si Chenghuang and his son that the political enemies must take this opportunity to deal with their family.

The whole nursery rhyme came out before Song Gong died.

After the death of Duke Song, anyone can figure out what this nursery rhyme means:
Song Gong, he will die on the way to the alliance, so what's the use of a doctor if you want to say that the stars can change their lives?You stargazers who know your fate, let me ask you if you can guess whether the next Song Gong will be father and son?Or brothers and sisters?Both of these inheritance methods are reasonable.

Si Chenghuang had a ghost in his heart, he felt that other people must know about his heavy bribery of Si Xingzi Xu, and the people who knew must be the nobles.

Gongzi Tian is young, with a strong but not persistent personality, a strong heart but no great talent, he is just a king who can be deceived and used.

The Song Dynasty has always had a tradition of brotherhood and brotherhood. This is the habit of the Yin Shang Dynasty. After the Song people were born in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, there were often things that did not conform to Zhou etiquette. Song people have become accustomed to it, and even think it doesn't matter.

Now apart from Gongzi Tian, ​​Song Guo can justifiably claim the position of monarch, as well as Song Gong's younger brother, and there are several big families standing behind him, all of whom are staring at Sicheng Huang's family.

In the era when princes and generals were kind, the more conspiratorial the emperor's father Yueling was, the more he could only think of problems on those political enemies.

So after deciding to support Gongzi Tian to take the position, the first thing to do is to find an opportunity to kill the whole family of political opponents, so that he has no chance of turning over.

Besides, I'm afraid after this nursery rhyme, it's impossible not to tear my face.

Although Song Gong died, the three pairs of Jiahe were still given to the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei. When this matter was known to the whole world, it was impossible for Sicheng Huang's political opponents not to seek help from Chu, otherwise they would definitely die in the future.

Emperor Sicheng and his father Yueling decided to completely eradicate their political enemies before the power of Chu State invaded Song State again.

Song Gong had just died, and a coup involving the nobles of the Song Dynasty was about to come.

Not only because of this nursery rhyme, but also the previous three pairs of Jiahe, as well as the earlier policy of pro-Chu to control the ministers, and the earlier merchant tradition of the Yin-Shang clan controlling brothers and sisters.

The three couples of Golden Harvest and this nursery rhyme just ignited the conflict that was bound to erupt in advance.

Since nursery rhymes are not taboo, nursery rhymes will point out this hidden contradiction.

After it has been pointed out, whoever does not respond will be waiting for death, and if both parties respond, it will intensify the other's reaction, and in the end it will be irreconcilable and fight in the open.

The most frightening thing is that this nursery rhyme has been verified.

This nursery rhyme says everywhere that the destiny is unknown or that there is no destiny, but this nursery rhyme itself is about knowing the destiny and the future.

The future may not be the destiny, it may just be the art of telling knowledge, but nobles don't think about it.

So, who is the man who knows the destiny?Who can solve the succession dispute?
No one can solve it, but everyone can solve it.

Because we don't know who made it up, anyone can make up the next song.

Since this nursery rhyme can predict the death of Song Gong, can the next nursery rhyme predict who the next Song Gong will be?

Make it into words that are beneficial to you, so that you have the meaning of destiny.

The uncle asked someone to make up a nursery rhyme about brother and brother and the result.

When the nephew finds someone to make up a nursery rhyme that the son inherits the result.

This nursery rhyme is forcing the two parties to fabricate the next nursery rhyme first. After fabrication, the conflict between the two parties will become impossible to hide, and it will only become more and more serious, and the upper echelons of the entire Song Kingdom will become more and more chaotic.

There are too many fishers in troubled waters.The water in the Song Dynasty was already very muddy, but the person who made up this nursery rhyme felt that it wasn't muddy enough.

The aristocrats are in chaos, and the affairs of those marginal areas are seldom managed, and they are unable to manage them.

For example, Pei at this time.

When I want to manage it when it's not chaotic, I'm afraid I can't manage it anymore.

For example, Pei in the future.

Just as the nobles are very concerned about the conspiracy behind this nursery rhyme.

Those bottom-level people who are far away from the conspiracy care about the middle that the nobles in the nursery rhyme least care about.

What they care about is neither who is going to die, nor who is going to inherit, but they care about those words that question the destiny of astrology.King's death and inheritance are meaningless to them.

The brilliance of the stars and the orbit of the sun and the moon are just unchangeable things between heaven and earth. There is a reason in it, how can it communicate with the world?

The nursery rhyme has explained it very clearly.

When there is a moon during the day, the moon looks very faint, and it is difficult to observe without careful observation.But at night the moon will be bright again.It's not that the moon is dark during the day and bright at night, but because the sun obscures the moon's light.

When the moon is bright at night, many stars cannot be seen.It's not that the stars cannot be seen, but because the light of the moon is too bright, so it is difficult to observe.

Many people are thinking: there are no stars during the day, so is there no stars during the day?Or are the stars hidden by the sun during the day and cannot be seen?
People who think too much are thinking: If there are stars during the day, can the stars during the day and the stars at night be arranged in the same position?

This question, when there is no total solar eclipse, is difficult to know and can only be guessed.

But if there is a total solar eclipse, many things that are not understood at this time will be given special attention because of this nursery rhyme.

What are the stars, the sun, the moon, and the earth under your feet?

This nursery rhyme will spread everywhere because of Song Gongbuyou's death.

There will always be more people looking up at the sky, and then start thinking about the mysterious universe and the earth under their feet.

At this moment in the world, no one knows when a total solar eclipse will occur, including the person who made up this nursery rhyme.

But one day a solar eclipse will occur in the land of Kyushu, and there will always be a total eclipse in the eyes of those who like to look up at the starry sky or start to look up at the starry sky because of this nursery rhyme.

The solar eclipse, perhaps before or after the Song Dynasty nobles' rebellion.

But that's all for the future, and the people who made up the nursery rhymes are only asking for a moment at this time, and by the way, they are taking the opportunity of the world to ask for a just in case.It's a pity to gain, but not sad to lose.

　I would like to use this chapter to pay tribute to Huangshi who "stabbed" the slave chieftain in Liaodong, and to Chen Ke who "destroyed" Empress Dowager Cixi.The novice chat pays tribute to these predecessors who made the ultimate use of inevitable death. . . .Another: Chang Xi, on behalf of the moon.There seems to be no Chang'e at this time, but there are legends about Chang Xi and Di Jun giving birth to the moon.

　　
　
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