What's the story of Duke Zhou's regency?

For the sake of the country, Duke Zhou, regardless of his reputation, resolutely assumed the heavy responsibility of the country.

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Shortly after Duke Zhou prayed and wanted to replace King Wu, King Wu's condition deteriorated again, and he finally died. King Wen ascended the throne for seven years and watched soldiers for nine years. 1 1 won the battle from the end of the month to the beginning of February, and1died at the end of March. King Wu reigned for only six years and died at the age of 45. What a young death! After Zhou's death, ministers acted according to his life, mainly leading Zhou Jun to attack Shang Zhou and defeat the enemy, so he was named "Wu". From then on, he was called Zhou Wuwang in history.

Duke Zhou resolutely regent

Prince Wu Wang is the eldest son of King Wu. King Wu was only thirteen years old when he died, and he was still an ignorant child. Nevertheless, with the support of Duke Zhou, Taigong, Zhao Gong and other ministers, he still won the throne. Later, he was called "Wang Cheng".

Destroying Yin was just World War I, which conquered the merchants. The vassal States near the former Ji Dynasty and the upper-class nobles of the Yin Dynasty, especially many foreign countries east of the Yin Dynasty, are basically intact. Some of the diehard forces who refused to obey the newly established Zhou regime are inciting and planning rebellion, and the situation is quite tense. The Duke of Zhou was afraid that the world would hear that King Wu had died and that the newly acceded king was naive and cowardly, so he took the opportunity to rebel and make trouble. According to King Wu's dying entrustment, he resolutely decided to announce that he would act as king and take charge of all state affairs.

A riot between brothers

Unexpectedly, Duke Zhou's decision caused an uproar among his brothers. Especially the third Guan Shu, who is older than the Duke of Zhou, is his brother. He thought, if you want to be the agent of the new king, you should also be done by him. Besides, the duke of Zhou has been around, and in order to hold an important position, he was only sealed next to Yin. As the role of monitoring Yin, he was already angry. Hearing that the Duke of Zhou had become the new king's administrator, Guan Shu could not restrain his jealousy. He teamed up with Cai Shu, Huo Shu and other brothers to spread rumors, saying, "Duke Zhou will be bad for the king." The implication is that the Duke of Zhou wants to usurp the throne.

Hearing this rumor, Duke Zhou first explained to Tai Gong He, "The reason why I don't want to be relieved of the throne is that I am afraid that the world will rebel against Zhou and lose my victory. If so, I can't explain it to our late king. King Tai, King Qi and King Wen have been worried about the world for a long time, and only today have they achieved initial results. However, he died young. Today's Wang is young and inexperienced. I did this to continue to complete the great cause of the Zhou Dynasty, and there is no other purpose. " Taigong and Zhao Gong listened to Duke Zhou's words, but they reacted coldly and didn't show their attitude.

Travel in distant places

But Wang Cheng, after all, is young and naive, and believes in rumors very much. He thought, "The Duke of Zhou is now called the Regent, and he will represent the King of Zhou for me. When the time comes, he will kick me away. " Therefore, Wang Cheng kept a straight face all day and took an uncooperative attitude towards the Duke of Zhou. Duke of Zhou saw that Wang Cheng hated himself. In order not to deepen this contradiction, in June of the first year of Wang Cheng, he decided to take refuge in other places after being buried in Bidi. So, in the name of inspection and visit, he went to the southeast of Chu. At that time, Chu (now southwest Henan) was located in the north of Danjiang River and the west of Zhejiang Province, with the place name "Danyang". When King Wen was alive, once, the raccoon of Chu State came to Zhou State to offer suggestions for King Wen. At that time, the Duke of Zhou was still young, but he still clearly remembered the friendly feelings of the bear towards Zhou Guo.

Be friends again.

After the Duke of Zhou left, Wang Cheng knew that his rude behavior had driven him away, so he was unhappy, restless and full of guilt all day. That autumn, before the crops were harvested, suddenly, the sky was overcast, the wind was blowing hard, and there was lightning and thunder. All the crops in the field fell, and some trees were blown down by the wind. The people were terrified and thought that the Emperor of Heaven had come to punish Zhou Guo. King Cheng and his courtiers put on their dresses and came to the residence of the Duke of Zhou. They found a long box wrapped in Jinteng. When I opened it, it was a prayer written by the Duke of Zhou to my late king. He wants to make his own sacrifice and die for King Wu, so that King Wu can recover from his illness. Duke Zhou's loyalty to King Wu deeply moved King Cheng. Wang Cheng took the strategy book and asked the historians and housekeepers nearby. Everyone said, "This is true. Alas! Duke Zhou told us to keep a secret, and we dare not say anything about it. "

King Cheng read the strategy book written by Duke Zhou himself and knew that Duke Zhou was sincere to his father. He fully supports the cause of the country. How can he usurp his throne? Into Wang Yue think more feel sorry for the duke of zhou's uncle, holding the strategy book to cry. After a while, Wang Cheng said to everyone, "There is no need for divination today. In the past, Duke Zhou worked hard for his country. I, a young man, didn't know this. Today, Duke Zhou shows great strength because of his virtue. I should personally welcome Duke Zhou back, and it is also appropriate according to Chinese etiquette. "

So Cheng Wang went out of the suburbs and prepared to go to Chu to see Duke Zhou. At this time, the heavy rain had stopped, the wind blew away in the opposite direction, and the crops that were blown down by the wind stood up again. Taigong and Zhao Gong ordered the trees that were blown down by the wind to be erected again and reinforced with soil. After the storm, Wang Cheng and Duke Zhou got back together.