Around 611 BC, Song Guohuayuan sat on the throne of the Right Division. In the Song Dynasty, Hua Yuan was born into the clan of the Duke Dai of Song and was the great-grandson of Hua Du. In 710 BC, Hua Du took a fancy to the wife of Confucius VI's grandfather Kong Fujia, and he launched a civil unrest, killing Kong Fujia and Song Gong and robbing Kong Fujia's wife. Since then, Waldo has dragged down his descendants. In 612 BC, another great-grandson of Hua Du visited the state of Lu, and Lu Wengong wanted to personally feast on him. But hua rong did not want to be ashamed to resign: "The subordinate minister, The ancestor of The Lord, Hua Du, was once guilty of the Duke of Song, and his name was listed in the annals of the princes; the subordinates inherited their sacrifices, how dare they let the monarch condescend to entertain me?" Please let your subordinates accept your orders from Dr. Lu Guo! ”
Nearly a hundred years have passed since Hua Tuo's rebellion, but his descendants still remember his ugly deeds in those years, which shows how heavy the psychological burden of Song Guohua is.
Despite this, as one of the gong clans, The Hua clan was still popular in the Song Dynasty.
In the same year that Hua Yuan was promoted to the position of Right Division, Song Zhaogong was killed by The Duke of Song Xiang and the Duke of Song, and the Song people set up another prince Bao as the monarch for the Duke Wen of Song. Among the six secretaries of the Song Dynasty, the only one who followed Song Zhaogong to the disaster was Si Cheng. The Song Dai Gong clan is one of the Song Guo gong clans that Song Zhaogong wants to clean up, and Hua Yuan will certainly not sacrifice for him.
After Duke Wen of Song came to power, he appointed his younger brother Gongzi Xu as Sicheng (司城) and made up for the position of Yi Zhu, and after Hua Rong's death, he also appointed Dang Yi Zhu's younger brother Lang Yu as Sima (司馬). Therefore, after Duke Wen of Song sat on the throne of the state, the six secretaries of the State of Song were: Hua Yuan was the right division, Gongsun You was the left division, Gongzi must be Sicheng, Dang Yu was Sima (司馬), Ling Yu (鱹) was Situ( 司图), and Gongzi Chao (公子朝) was Si Kou (司寇).
Two years later, Song Zhaogong's disciples Feng Gongzi had to rebel, and Song Wengong was forced to kill his brother and instead appoint Gongsun Shi (grandson of Duke Zhuang of Song) as Sicheng. At this time, Gongzi Chao died, and He promoted Le Lu (the grandson of Song Daigong) to Sikou.
Song Zhaogong's forces were completely liquidated, and his idea of expelling the Gong clan was no longer mentioned.
In 607 BC, the Zheng people were ordered by the Chu state to attack the Song Dynasty, and Hua Yuan led his division to meet the battle. Because Hua Yuan did not let his coachman drink mutton soup before leaving the division, as a result, after the start of the war, the coachman directly sent Hua Yuan to the Camp of Zheng Jun! As a result, the Song army was defeated, Hua Yuan was captured, and Si Kou Lelu was killed.
In order to redeem Hua Yuan, the Song State was forced to give Zheng Ren a hundred military vehicles and 400 horses with a patterned coat. The order of Song Guoqing is still quite valuable! However, the Song people had just sent half of the gifts, and Hua Yuan fled back to the Song Kingdom.
After returning to the Song Kingdom, Song Wengong still trusted Hua Yuan as always and let him continue to be his right teacher.
However, the Song people complained about the defeated general.
In this year, the Song Dynasty wanted to build a city wall. Hua Yuan lost the battle, and he did not dare to be lazy, took the initiative to apply to preside over this project, and went to the city wall every day to inspect. One day, the servants who built the city saw him and deliberately chanted: "Stare at the big eyes, have a big belly, throw away their armor, and return to the city." The cloak is scattered and defeated back into the city! ”
Hua Yuan listened, very unhappy, and asked his entourage to say to the servants: "If there are cows, there are skins, and there are still many rhinos, so what are you afraid of when you throw away your armor?" ”
Hearing this, the servants roared even more: "Even if there are many cowhides, where can Dan Qi be found?" ”
Seeing this, Hua Yuan quickly said to his subordinates: "Hurry up, they are full of people, we are too few!" ”
As a secretary of state of Song, he was so ridiculed by the people of Song guo, and his psychological endurance was not strong, and he could not gain a foothold in the song country. Fortunately, although Hua Yuan's ability is limited, he "can hold a boat in the belly of the prime minister", but the belly is large, and he no longer pursues this matter. As time goes on, everyone slowly forgets.
In 595 BC, King Zhuang of Chu asked the emissary Shen Zhou to pass directly from the Song state without borrowing the road, hoping to provoke an incident to cut down the Song. When Hua Yuan learned of this, he was indignant: "Transiting through our country, but not borrowing the way, is despising our country." To be so despised is to be the equivalent of the destruction of a country! Kill the emissaries of the Chu state, the Chu people will inevitably come to fight, and they will also destroy the country! Therefore, he immediately ordered Shen Zhou to be killed!
King Zhuang of Chu
Hua Yuan was impulsive, and indeed attracted the Chu army!
When King Zhuang of Chu heard that Shen Zhou had been killed, he was so angry that he couldn't even wear his shoes, so he ran out of the house and organized an army to go to the Song Dynasty! The Chu army besieged the capital of the Song Dynasty for 9 months, beating the Shangqiu City to eat and cook, and the Song people suffered a lot!
If it wasn't for Hua Yuan's impulsiveness, would Song Guo have been so miserable?
In 589 BC, Duke Wen of Song died. At this time, something happened in the Song Kingdom, which made the scholars at that time quite ashamed. When Song Wengong was buried, he not only did he do his utmost luxury, but he also restored the burial system that had been interrupted for hundreds of years in the Song Kingdom!
Shiren criticized Hua Yuan for this: "Hua Yuan and Leju have lost their way! ”
During Hua Yuan's reign, there were many mistakes: the battle with Zheng Guo failed, and the killing of Chu envoys was attacked by Chu Guo. However, even though Hua Yuan stabbed the big basket, Song Wengong always trusted him and never replaced him. For Song Wengong, he may have seen that Song Zhaogong had offended the Gong clan and did not dare to replace Hua Yuan. But as a courtier, so trusted by the monarch, how should Hua Yuan repay?
Therefore, a generous burial after the death of the monarch became the only way for Hua Yuan to repay the king's favor. However, whether this way of repaying favors is acceptable to the world is another matter.
With such trust from the office, Huayuan's position has become more and more stable.
In 586 BC, Duke Wen of Song's son Wai Gui returned to the Song state from the Chu state. When the State of Chu besieged the State of Song, the two countries reconciled and first sent Hua Yuan to the State of Chu as a hostage. Later, Duke Wen of Song exchanged his son Wei Gui from the Chu State for Hua Yuan. Because of this fate, Hua Yuan personally received the gongzi Wei Gui who returned to China.
However, when the turtle walked into Hua Yuan's door, he made a strange request: he had to beat a drum and shout to enter and exit Hua Yuan's house. When he walked into Hua Yuan's house, he also shouted: "This is a drill to attack Fahrenheit!" "It seems that when Gongzi Weigui was in the Chu Kingdom, he didn't have a good time, so he hated Hua Yuan so much." Shouting "Attack Fahrenheit" indicates that there is also dissatisfaction with the Fahrenheit family within the office.
Helplessly, although Gongzi Weigui was his own brother, Song Gonggong trusted Hua Yuan more. After hearing about this, Song Gonggong immediately killed Gongzi Weigui! It can be seen that although Song Wengong has passed away, Hua Yuan still has great trust from the new monarch.
However, Hua Yuan has been in charge of the state administration of the Song State for twenty-five years, and there are many Song State clans, and it is inevitable that he will be hated by others. After this incident, did Hua Yuan also feel a little chill?
In June 576 BC, Gonggong of Song also died. In August, Song Gonggong was buried. At this time, Sima Dangze suddenly killed Gongzi Fei! Gongzi Fei was the crown prince of the Song Dynasty. Sima Dangze was the queen of Song Huan. As Sima of the Song Dynasty, he brazenly killed Si Jun—was this not a rebellion?
As an old minister who had been in charge of the song state for thirty-five years, Hua Yuan should also be regarded as highly respected in the Song kingdom. Common sense is that Hua Yuan should immediately lead the Song people to fight against the rebels.
However, when Hua Yuan heard this news, he suddenly sighed: "As the right master, the courtesy of the king is controlled by me." Now the office is humble, but I can't straighten it out, my sin is too great! Since you can't do your duty, where do you dare to eat vegetarian food? After saying that, Hua Yuan ignored it and fled to the Jin Kingdom!
Thirty-five years ago, Song Zhaogong wanted to eliminate the Gong clan, but he was victimized by the Gong clan. At that time, Hua Yuan was the Right Master; but at that time, he did not maintain the so-called "courtesy of the king". Thirty-five years later, the powerful Gong clan forces once again threatened and killed Chu Jun—so, did Hua Yuan have any shame towards Song Zhaogong?
But the current situation does not allow him to think so long-term.
In the political arena of the Song Dynasty today, in addition to Dangze, Zuoshi Yushi, Dazai Xiang Belt, Shaozai Yufu, Dasi Kou Xiangren, Shaosi Kou Lingzhu and so on are all after the Song Huan Gong. Hua Yuan and Situ Huaxi belonged to the clan of the Duke Dai of Song, and the Gongsun Shi of Sicheng was the clan of the Duke of Song Zhuang. The Song Huan clan occupied half of the Song Guoqing doctor's country. Therefore, this time the Rebellion was obviously due to the fact that the Huan Gong clan was so powerful that they did not pay attention to the gongfu and other clans at all.
Unfortunately, although the Song Huan Gong clan was strong, it was difficult to unify opinions within it.
Zuo Shi Yushi is the great-grandson of Gongzi Muyi. He deeply felt that if the Huan Gong clan were so arrogant, it would be difficult to gain a foothold in the Song Kingdom sooner or later. Therefore, he wanted to take Hua Yuan back to the Song Kingdom. Yufu, a clan member, said worriedly, "If the Right Division can return to China, it will definitely fight against the rebels, and I am afraid that the Huan Gong clan will die and have no place to bury!" Yu Shi replied, "If the Right Master returns, even if the people of the country allow him to go on a crusade, he will certainly not dare to kill him completely." Moreover, the right master has great merits, and the people of the country are willing to follow him. If he didn't come back, I'm afraid that the Huan Gong Clan would die without a place to bury! Even if the Right Master crusades against sinners, there is still Xiang Shu. Even if the Huan Gong clan is destroyed, it is only a part. "The Xiang Shu mentioned by Yu Shi is another member of the Huan Gong clan, and he is also a person of some prestige in the Song Kingdom.
Although Hua Yuan's political achievements were not very prominent, he ruled for thirty-five years and was gentle with his countrymen, so there were many people who followed him. Once the Chinese people counterattack the Huan Gong clan because of Hua Yuan, then the Huan Gong clans of the Yu Clan, the Xiang Clan, the Dang Clan, and the Ling Clan will be difficult to protect! Considering the pros and cons, Yushi had to consider taking back Hua Yuan.
Later, Yushi personally went to the Yellow River to stop Hua Yuan from continuing to flee. Hua Yuan asked for a crusade against the people who killed the Crown Prince, and Yu Shi agreed on the spot. Therefore, Hua Yuan followed Yushi back to the Song Kingdom and ordered Situ Huaxi and Sicheng Gongsun Shi to attack the Dang clan and kill Dang Ze.
Yushi, Xiang weiren, Xiang Zhu, Xiang Dai, and Yufu, who also belonged to the Huan Gong clan, left home and came to the Sui River. Hua Yuan personally came to dissuade them, but these five people refused to return to the capital. Seeing their resolute attitude, Hua Yuan left.
At this time, Yufu suddenly said, "If you don't listen to Hua Yuan's advice today, it will be difficult to return to the Song Kingdom in the future." The right master's eyes turned quickly, and his words were very fast, indicating that he must have different intentions. If he hadn't wanted to accept us in the first place, he would have left now! ”
The five of them climbed the hill to watch, and sure enough, they saw that Hua Yuan was speeding back. The five people hurried to drive and went to chase Hua Yuan. Hua Yuan ignored it, and immediately after entering the city, he ordered people to dig the Suishui embankment to stop the five people. Not only that, Hua Yuan also ordered the city gates to be closed and prepared for battle!
Seeing this, the five people finally despaired completely and helplessly fled to the Chu kingdom.
In order to stabilize the state's politics, Hua Yuan later appointed Xiang Shu of the Huan clan as Zuo Shi, Lao Zuo as Sima and Le as Si Kou. In addition to Xiang Shu, Lao Zuo and Le Yi were all members of the Song Dai Gong clan. At this time, among the six secretaries of the Song Dynasty, Hua Yuan, Lao Zuo, Hua Xi, and Le Yi were all members of the Song Dai Gong clan! Hua Yuan lamented the humility of the public office, but on the other hand, he used a large number of clans to protect his own status, was this for the sake of the public office or the public family?
The power struggle between the Song dynasty and the Gong clan has become fierce since the time of the Song Dynasty. However, Song Zhaogong lacked the strategy and decisiveness of the Jin Dynasty, which led to the complete failure of the gongfu in this power struggle, but also the victimization of the gong forces.
However, although the Gong clan forces have won, the Gong clan forces are not monolithic within them.
As a member of the Gong clan, Hua Yuan had been in charge of the state affairs of the Song Dynasty since the time song zhaogong was killed. Thirty-five years ago, he was sitting idly by as Song Zhaogong was victimized by the Gong clan. However, thirty-five years later, the wanton behavior of the Huan Gong clan, Dang Ze, confirmed the necessity of Song Zhaogong to curb the power of the Gong clan. After hua yuan was deeply affected, he realized the importance of strengthening the strength of the office. However, man's selfishness prompted him to strengthen the strength of the common clan in order to consolidate his own position. Therefore, after the Tangze Rebellion, although he lamented the humility of the public office, after the counter-rebellion, he used a large number of clans to consolidate his position.
The ministers were all so concerned about their own interests, could the Song Dynasty not be humble?