In Spring and Autumn Period , a strange woman once appeared: she was originally the princess of Zheng State and had an affair with many princes throughout her life. Her private life was extremely chaotic, but it made many men crazy about her.
Even the talented and stubborn King Chu Zhuang cannot resist her beauty and want to bring her into her harem. Later, it was because the ministers of Chu State tried their best to make suggestions, which made King Zhuang of Chu dispel this idea. What's even more strange is that later, the minister who urged King Zhuang of Chu could not resist her temptation. He even took her to elope and directly surrendered to the enemy and treason.
This woman is named Xia Ji . In later history books, she is the famous " Spring and Autumn No. 1 Demonic Girl"!
So, what is the charm of this Xia Ji? Why can so many men be crazy about her? What is the final outcome of this first demon girl in the Spring and Autumn Period?
Xia Ji was born in the Zheng State Office and her real name was "Ji Shao". In the pre-Qin period, women who could have their own names were not ordinary people. Only the highest nobles will receive this treatment. Of course, Xia Ji obviously has this qualification because she is a real princess and her father is Zheng Mugong . Her grandfather’s grandfather is the Spring and Autumn Babian Zheng Zhuanggong .
Speaking of which, Zheng State was also the number one strong country among the nations. Zheng State appeared at the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The first monarch of Zheng State was the uncle of the Zhou Youwang who was the ' beacon fire to play with the princes '. During the end of the Western Weekly, Zheng State was once the strongest vassal state controlled by the Ji family. One of the big reasons why King Ping of Zhou moved east later was that he wanted to be closer to Zheng State and to rise again with Zheng State.
Of course, Zheng State ignored the Zhou royal family later. Although he has been helping the Zhou royal family in name, and even the king has directly entered the Zhou royal family and served as official positions like prime ministers, he has been secretly poaching the corners of the Zhou royal family. Therefore, later in the early Spring and Autumn Period, when Duke Zhuang of Zheng was in power, Zheng State reached its peak in history, and was one of the most powerful vassal states in the world.
But unfortunately, since the death of Duke Zhuang of Zheng, Zheng State has begun to decline.
This is not because the latecomers of Zheng State did not work hard, but because the geographical location of Zheng State is too awkward. The location of Zheng State was exactly in the core area of the Central Plains at that time. This means that no matter which direction Zheng State expands, it will encounter great resistance and cannot even expand at all.
So since the death of Duke Zhuang of Zheng, Zheng State has begun to stop moving forward. On the contrary, great powers such as Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan and Jin, which were originally located on the border, expanded easier and gradually came from behind. By the time Xia Ji was born, the , Duke Huan of Qi, who was the first to dominate the Spring and Autumn Period, had already passed away. Although Zheng State was still a strong country at this time, it could only be regarded as a strong country in the second echelon.
This history of Zheng State and the historical background of the Spring and Autumn Period seem to have nothing to do with Xia Ji's story. But in fact, it is this special historical era that has created Xia Ji's special life.
In addition to these historical backgrounds, there are two other things that need to be explained slightly.
First of all, Zheng State was considered a strong country in the second echelon at that time. The first echelon is the countries of Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu, and at most it is a veteran powerhouse Song and . When Duke Huan of Qi was alive, Qi was a bit of a unique meaning, and it was considered a real overlord. However, since Duke Huan of Qi passed away, civil war began to fight for power within Qi, and Qi fell. Immediately afterwards, the major powers of Qin, Jin, Chu and Song began to fight in order to become the next country that dominates the Central Plains.
In the semi-finals, Jin State took advantage of its geographical advantages to block Qin State , blocking Qin State west of Hangu Pass . The State of Chu used its own national strength to defeat the State of Song head-on on the battlefield. After entering the finals, Jin and Chu found that both sides were big powers and no one could do anything to each other.
Finally, Jin State fooled Qin State first, and the two countries formed a team to fight against Chu State, and soon beat Chu State down. So when the Jin State was reigned, Jin State dominated. But next, Qin found that it would be of no benefit to Qin after forming a team with Jin, so he turned to team with Chu. As for Qi, there was a long civil strife at that time. After the civil strife ended, the national strength was greatly damaged and there was no chance to compete for the position of hegemony. I could only watch it temporarily.
As for Zheng State, as a major country in the second echelon, and a major country in the heart of the Central Plains. In the battle between the two powerful people, they naturally cannot keep safe and can only keep swaying. Sometimes I stand on the side of Jin State, and sometimes I stand on the side of Chu State.
Xia Ji's Girls' Generation basically grew up listening to these things.
Secondly, we have to say something more about Xia Ji's name. Xia Ji is called "Ji Shao". The word "Shao" is pronounced as four tones, but it is not actually this word. Xia Ji's little one is actually an empty one on top and a dish on the bottom. There is no such word today. The input method on the computer cannot be typed out at all, so everyone uses the word "小" instead.
The era background of Xia Ji's life is basically like this. Next, we will continue to tell Xia Ji's story.
Because she was born in a top noble family, Xia Ji's life treatment was pretty good when she was young. Moreover, because of his father, Duke Mu of Zheng, had a rough early experience. When he was very young, he went into exile to Jin due to the domestic struggle in Zheng. It was not until he became an adult that he returned to Zheng State with the help of Duke Wen of Jin and inherited the country.
It is probably precisely because of this reason that Duke Mu of Zheng was a little overly pampered by Xia Ji and developed some lawless character for Xia Ji. The generous life made Xia Ji gradually gain a beauty that was a disaster for the country and the people after she grew up.
So, just after Xia Ji grew up and before she got married, Xia Ji was already well-known in Zheng, which made many men fall in love with her.
But the first person to bow to her pomegranate skirt is a bit special.
This person is called Ji Man, he is Xia Ji's half-brother!
In the Internet era, there is a meme called 'German orthopedics', which is specifically used to refer to this kind of thing. However, when people talk about this in modern times, they usually just treat it as a joke. But this happened to Xia Ji in the Spring and Autumn Period!
I have to say that the ancients were really good at playing.
This incident was recorded in official history and has a relatively high credibility. What’s even more interesting is that according to historical records, less than three years after the two caused trouble, this brother Ji Man died.
There is no record in history books. At that time, Xia Ji's father, Duke Mu of Zheng, knew about this matter, and we don't know what Duke Mu of Zheng reacted to this matter at that time. But no matter what, whether from the perspective of state or family affairs, a girl with a status like Xia Ji will definitely not be able to decide her marriage.
As expected, after Xia Ji became an adult, under the arrangement of her father, she married a scholar-official named "Xia Yushu" from Chen State. The State of Chen was also a second-class power among the nations at that time, so this marriage actually had a bit of a political marriage.
It was precisely because he married Uncle Xia that later, Young Master Ji changed his surname to Xia with his husband's surname, and later he was called "Xia Ji".
After marrying into the Xia family, Xia Ji actually had a good relationship with her husband in the next twelve years. However, it is said that after Xia Ji married Uncle Xia, she gave birth to a son, Xiao Xia. So it is really hard to say whether this child belongs to Uncle Xia Yu.
However, no matter what, in the next ten years, Xia Ji lived in the Xia family actually quite well, and Xiao Xia gradually grew up healthily, and everything was developing in a good direction. However, twelve years later, just when Xia Ji was nearly thirty years old, Uncle Xia Yu suddenly passed away.
That's it, Xia Ji's second man left her.
With the death of her original husband, Xia Ji became the so-called widow. However, with Xia Ji's personality, she naturally couldn't be idle all the time. Not long after, Xia Ji made two new friends, one named Kong Ning and the other named Yi Xingfu. Because there are not many records of these two people in history books, we don’t know what these two people do. We only know that they are ministers of Chen State, and probably they were colleagues with Xia Yushu in the past.
Of course, although Kong Ning has the word Kong in his name, it must have nothing to do with Confucius . Because when this happened, Confucius was not born yet. It took more than sixty years before Confucius appeared in this world, and they were not a country either.
After having two new boyfriends, Xia Ji's life began to gradually become colorful. What is even more incredible is that later, these two people didn’t know what they were thinking, and even introduced Xia Ji to the king of Chen, Chen Linggong . And this Chen Linggong is also a strange man. He has already had a lot of wives and concubines, but he is very interested in Xia Ji.
In response to this, Xiao Xia, the son of Xia Ji, naturally heard some rumors. Xiaoxia was young before and might not understand what her mother did. But as Xiao Xia grew up, Xiao Xia began to gradually understand what her mother did and began to be ashamed of.
However, as a son, what can Xiaoxia do? Moreover, with Xia Ji, the king of Chen and his king. So for a long time, Xiao Xia could only turn a deaf ear to this and avoid this matter as much as possible. But later, the small group of three people led by the King of Chen began to act more and more unscrupulously. Not only did he go to Xia’s house to visit him publicly, he also openly used this matter as a joke.
Now, Xiao Xia couldn't bear it anymore.
After the three-person small group got drunk, the young and energetic Xiao Xia directly found his own slave and surrounded the entire Xia family, wanting to find the three-person small group to avenge the revenge. In this late night, Chen Linggong didn't run out because he drank too much, so he asked Xiao Xia to shoot him with an arrow. Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu took the opportunity to escape from the Xia family.
However, although the two escaped from the Xia family, they were unable to avenge Chen Linggong. Because Duke Ling of Chen had been too ridiculous in Chen State before, the whole country was very dissatisfied with him. In addition, everyone was very dissatisfied with Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu. And what they did was really despicable, so naturally no one was willing to help them.
That's it. Xia Ji's third male lead in his life, Chen Linggong, the king of Chen, has officially stepped down.
And the fourth and fifth male numbers, Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu, after they escaped from the Xia family, there was almost no place to stay in the entire Chen State and became rats crossing the street. In addition, after Xiao Xia learned that they were not dead, she probably started chasing them with all her life. So, after a meeting, the two of them simply fled from Chen State and ran to Chu State.
As the two of them ran to Chu State, a simple incident turned into a political event, or even an international event.
The general background of the times at that time was the two powerful countries of Jin and Chu, which fought for hegemony all year round. When the Duke Wen of Jin was alive, he once suppressed Chu so hard that he could not raise his head. However, after Duke Wen of Jin passed away, the State of Chu began to have a chance to breathe again. Especially when this lovely incident happened, the State of Chu happened to be replaced by the talented and magnificent King Zhuang of Chu.
At this time, King Zhuang of Chu had ascended the throne and was carrying out his political ambitions. The most important point of Chu's attempt to compete for hegemony with Jin is to acquire more brothers and let more small vassal states support it. So at that time, both Jin and Chu were trying their best to find every opportunity to interfere in the internal affairs of other small countries.
So, when Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu escaped to Chu State and told King Zhuang of Chu that Xiao Xia killed the lord, King Zhuang of Chu instantly realized that this was an excellent opportunity to interfere in Chen's internal affairs.
If we can take this opportunity, we will directly occupy the entire Chen State and completely annex the Chen State. That is naturally a great thing for Chu State.
So next, King Zhuang of Chu used this as an excuse to directly send troops to conquer Chen State. Of course, the banner that King Zhuang of Chu at that time was definitely not about going to war with Chen State, but about attacking Xiao Xia, a "regency-killing traitor". The State of Chen was originally a small country, and the coup had just occurred in China at this time and the situation was unstable. The nobles in China naturally did not want to go to war with the powerful State of Chu for a young man like Xiao Xia.
So in the end, King Zhuang of Chu easily controlled the entire Chen State and captured Xiao Xia and Xia Ji.
From a modern perspective, King Zhuang of Chu actually did this a bit unauthorized. After all, in the whole incident, Xiaoxia and his family are actually the real victims. However, in the face of national interests, the so-called morality and ethics actually have to stand behind. King Zhuang of Chu was not trying to avenge Chen Linggong, he just wanted to find an opportunity to annex Chen State.
So next, after catching Xiaoxia, King Zhuang of Chu directly ordered Xiaoxia to be punished with the punishment of "car splitting", and the five horses were dismembered.
Speaking of which, Xiaoxia is actually a pitiful person. If it weren't for the fact that Xia Ji was a mother, he would have been a great young man with a bright future. Unfortunately, because of the fact that Xia Ji, everything was gone at this time.
After Xiao Xia was processed, King Zhuang of Chu naturally had to deal with Xia Ji. However, just when King Zhuang of Chu ordered Xia Ji to be brought up to deal with Xia Ji, an accident happened.
I don’t know what it would be like to see Xia Ji, who was in her thirties at that time, and whether she was really beautiful and 'detrimental to the country and the people'. In short, King Zhuang of Chu, who originally planned to issue a verdict, was instantly fascinated after seeing Xia Ji.
Next, King Zhuang of Chu not only had to pardon Xia Ji's crimes, but also wanted to include Xia Ji in his harem.
can make the talented and stubborn King Zhuang of Chu do such abnormal actions, which can also be seen from Xia Ji's charm. However, at the critical moment when King Zhuang of Chu planned to bring Xia Ji into his palace, there was a minister named Qu Wuchen beside King Zhuang of Chu, who hurried forward to stop him.
Qu Wuchen's reason for stopping it is also very simple. First, he believes that Xia Ji is a woman with a bad quality. If she is taken to the harem by King Zhuang of Chu, it may bring disaster to the country. Second, Xia Ji was too sensitive at the time. If King Zhuang of Chu included her in the harem, it would probably have some bad international impacts in the future.
After being reminded by the ministers below, King Zhuang of Chu finally gave up on this idea. However, even so, King Zhuang of Chu did not kill Xia Ji directly, but instead betrothed Xia Ji to a general named Yin Xiang of his command.
This disposal by King Zhuang of Chu is obviously a bit strange. Logically speaking, in order to completely eliminate future troubles, King Zhuang of Chu should have executed Xia Ji on the spot. After all, everything happened to Chen State before was because of Xia Ji. If Xia Ji is executed, the people and nobles of Chen State can also admire and surrender to Chu State more. But King Zhuang of Chu chose this way of handling her and gave her to her ministers.
Therefore, later generations also believed that King Zhuang of Chu might have the same thoughts as Duke Ling of Chen at that time, and wanted to stuff Xia Ji to the home of his ministers first. After the limelight has passed, he will take Xia Ji into his harem. Or just go to the minister's house to cause trouble like Duke Ling of Chen.
As for Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu who came to Chu State to report this incident, these two people never appeared again in history books. We don't know the ending of these two people. However, in the story line of Xia Ji, these two people have completely received a box lunch.
That's it, Xia Ji's fourth and fifth male characters in her life have officially been removed from the line. The male sixth Lian Yin Xiang Lao is officially launched.
However, as the sixth male lead, Yin Xiang Lao, has very few roles.Because less than a year after the two got married, Lian Yin Xiang died in battle on the battlefield between Jin and Chu. This is actually very strange. Although any accidents on the battlefield may happen, he died too coincidental.
So, many people also speculate: Maybe this is what King Zhuang of Chu did. Because after King Zhuang of Chu betrothed Xia Ji to Mr. Lian Yin Xiang, Mr. Lian Yin Xiang was unwilling to hand over Xia Ji again, so King Zhuang of Chu secretly took action and tricked him on the battlefield.
Of course, this is just a conspiracy theory in later generations, and it must have never been said in official history.
That's it, even Mr. Yin Xiang, the sixth male lead in Xia Ji's life, has officially stepped down.
After Yin Xianglao was taken off the line, as a general of Chu, his body was taken away by Jin after his defeat. However, what is incredible is that next, even Yin Xiang's son didn't even care about going to Jin State to pick up his father's body, but first let someone snatch his nominal mother Xia Ji into his room. The matter of
is very unrestrained no matter how you look at it, but it is true, and it is clearly recorded in "Zuo Zhuan".
Just like that, Xia Ji successfully charmed Lian Yin Xiang and his son. Lian Yin Xiang Lao became the sixth male lead in Xia Ji's life, and his son became the seventh male lead.
However, Xia Ji didn't seem to be very interested in Lian Yin Xiang's son, but instead wanted to get rid of him. At this moment, Xia Ji's male number eight appeared in her life.
This male number eight is the minister who had previously advised King Zhuang of Chu not to marry Xia Ji, Qu Wuchen.
Qu Wuchen was also a senior executive of the Chu State at that time. He and the later famous Sanlu doctor Qu Yuan were indeed from the same family. After Qu Wuchen learned about this, he came to him immediately. Not only did he express that he was willing to marry Xia Ji, but he also helped Xia Ji to get rid of the entanglement of Lian Yin Xiang's old son.
Qu Wuchen's method is very simple: Are you still the wife of Mr. Yin Xiang in name now? It just so happened that even Mr. Yin Xiang's body was still on the side of Jin State. I think of a way to ask Jin State to ask you to pick up his body. Then we took this opportunity to escape from Chu and fly away.
Qu Wuchen, who had previously advised the King of Chu not to accept his concubine, was now fascinated by Xia Ji to this extent. We have reason to believe that before Qu Wuchen stopped King Zhuang of Chu, maybe it was actually for himself.
Next, under Qu Wuchen's arrangement, everything went according to his plan. On their way to Jin State, the two took the opportunity to get rid of Chu State's entourage and elope directly...
It is hard to imagine how great Xia Ji's charm is, which can actually make Qu Wuchen give up everything he has in Chu State and elope with her. Qu Wuchen knew very well that his actions were simply treason. So after he did this, his family in Chu State had absolutely no good fruit, but he still did so.
I have to say that Xia Ji’s charm is really incredible.
After the two elope, King Zhuang of Chu was naturally furious and immediately ordered to arrest Qu Wuchen's entire family and then execute him. And at the same time, according to later historians, King Zhuang of Chu also executed Lian Yin Xiang's son, the concubine who had thought about Xia Ji before.
actually proves from the side that King Zhuang of Chu might have had some thoughts about Xia Ji before. His approach to Qu Wuchen's family was actually a bit of a vent of anger.
And after Qu Wuchen and Xia Ji elope, ordinary countries will definitely not dare to go there. After thinking about it, the two went to Zheng State first. After all, Xia Ji was once the princess of Zheng State, and Zheng State was her mother's home. However, Zheng Guo didn't seem to have a good impression of her at that time and did not intend to protect her.
So next, the two took the route from Zheng State and went to Jin State.
As the mortal enemy of Chu, Jin naturally welcomes the senior officials of Chu to join him. So after arriving in Jin State, the two finally settled down.Later on, probably because Xia Ji was already over forty years old at that time. As she grew older, she became older and her sex became less and less, she gradually lost the ability to be loved by everyone. So after arriving in Jin State, she gradually became stable, and there were no records of Xia Ji later.
So in the end, Xia Ji spent the rest of her life with Qu Wuchen, the eighth male number in her life. The little Xia from Xia Ji was also killed because of Xia Ji, so she was later considered the ninth male number in Xia Ji's life.
As the man who finally got Xia Ji, Qu Wuchen's result was actually very interesting. He abandoned the glory and wealth of Chu and even implicated his whole family, and finally got a charming woman in her forties. I don’t know if this deal is profitable or loss in Qu Wuchen’s mind.
However, Xia Ji's story actually has an end.
After arriving in Jin State, Xia Ji's role was indeed completed, but Qu Wuchen still has some roles.
Before Qu Wuchen was in Chu State, he was a senior executive of Chu State. He knew a lot about Chu State and naturally knew the weaknesses of Chu State. So, after King Zhuang of Chu killed his whole family, he made a suggestion to Jin in order to retaliate against Chu.
' Before, did the Chu State unite with Qin State to fight against Jin State! In fact, this trick can also be used in Jin State. We can support a country from behind Chu and make Chu exhausted, so that we can defeat Chu. ’
Later, under the suggestion of Qu Wuchen, the senior officials of Jin finally adopted his suggestion. Next, Qu Wuchen took the assistance of Jin and went to the southeast to select a country called Wu Kingdom , and supported it with all his strength.
It is precisely because of Jin's support that Wu began to rise in the southeast region. After the rise of Wu, Chu supported Yue behind Wu in order to fight against Wu.
To a certain extent, the source of Wu Yue’s battle for in the late Spring and Autumn Period actually comes from this "peach incident" by Xia Ji.
So, we have to admit that this most charming woman in the Spring and Autumn Period, her charm is really against the will of heaven!
