Song Xianggong's father didn't accept Qi Huan Gong at first, but after judging the situation, he became the closest comrade-in-arms who closely followed Qi Huan Gong. He wholeheartedly followed Duke Huan of Qi in the east and west, the south and the north, and made important contributions to the hegemony of the state of Qi.
In 651 B.C., Duke Huan of Qi held the " Kuiqiu Huimeng " on a grand scale, and the father of Duke Xiang of Song died. Therefore, Duke Xiang of Song participated in the most famous conference.
At this summit meeting, Duke Huan of Qi admired the young Duke Xiang of Song very much, held his hand cordially, held friendly talks with him, and entrusted Prince Zhao to Duke Xiang of Song.
This is Song Xianggong's first international appearance. He has won the favor of Spring and Autumn 's first overlord, has the best political capital, and is the first to become a leader among the younger generation.
Second, Duke Xiang of Song was famous for his benevolence and righteousness.
Why did Duke Huan of Qi admire the young Duke Xiang of Song so much? There are two main reasons for this.
One is because the relationship between Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Xiang of Song's father is unusual; the other is because Duke Xiang of Song was famous for his "benevolence and righteousness" among the feudal lords very early.
Song Xianggong is the second eldest. He also has an older brother named Muyi , born to his father's concubine. Because it was born by a concubine, he had no status, but when his father died, Song Xianggong actually took the initiative to give up the sage, and to give up the throne of Song Guo to his elder brother Muyi.
The reason is that the elder brother is the elder, and the younger brother should listen to the elder brother.
As a crown prince, it is extremely rare in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period to take the initiative to give up the right to inherit the throne. So from this moment on, he has been admired by the world.
And his brother was also very knowledgeable and resolutely refused to do it. After repeatedly resigning, he finally let Song Xianggong become the monarch of Song.Song Xianggong made his elder brother Muyi the chief doctor of the Song country - the prime minister.
Because of Rang Xian's reputation, he became a person of "benevolence and righteousness". Therefore, Duke Huan of Qi admired him very much.
The third is Song Xianggong's first order to the princes.
After Duke Huan of Qi passed away, several sons of Duke Huan of Qi fought for the throne, and the state of Qi was disturbed. Prince Zhao was beaten away and came to Song State to seek help from Duke Xiang of Song.
In order to escort Prince Zhao back to Qi to become the monarch, he gathered and ordered all the princes in the world to send troops to help Prince Zhao to strengthen his position.
But when most of the princes saw that it was Duke Xiang of Song who came forward to call, few people paid attention to him, only Wei, Cao, Zhu and several small countries sent some people.
Duke Xiang of Song was furious. In order to establish his prestige, he detained Duke Xuan of Teng who was deliberately late, and killed the monarch of who could not come, and used it as a sacrifice to threaten the feudal lords. .
In this way, after the death of Duke Huan, the overlord of the princes, Duke Xiang's reputation and status naturally increased rapidly.
Fourthly, Song Xiang fairly set the difficulty of Qi.
Song Xianggong brought Wei, Cao, Zhu and several small countries, known as the "international peacekeeping force", to the state of Qi, pacified the difficulties of the state of Qi, and made the prince of the state of Qi Zhao become Qi. country monarch.
In this way, Song Xianggong's reputation will be even greater, and even the affairs of Qi state must be decided by him. Among the princes in the world, who can compare with him?
From then on, Duke Xiang of Song believed that his merit was incomparably high, and he was the hegemon of the world.
Those "hegemons" in the Spring and Autumn Period can list nineteen hegemons, big and small, but there are actually only five real hegemons.
Pa, means uncle,Bo means boss. In particular, it refers to "the chief of the princes", and the head of the princes who leads the world is the chief of the princes - the hegemon.
This was first created by Duke Huan of Qi according to the strategy of and Guan Zhong . One of the most important signs of becoming an overlord is to see if you can get the canonization of Zhou Tianzi .
Before his death, Duke Huan of Qi had two identities: one was the monarch of the state of Qi; the other was the overlord of the princes.
As the monarch of Qi, Qi is his private property.
As the overlord of the princes, he is the president of the "Great Zhou Princes Association".
For the former, the state of Qi could inherit to his son, while for the latter, the position of the "President of the Great Zhou Princes Association" was created by many princes sitting together and being elected by everyone.
After the death of Duke Huan of Qi, the first vassal overlord did not exist.
At this time, a new second vassal overlord should be born.
Who can become the second overlord? According to the situation at the time and what Duke Huan of Qi meant, it was really Duke Xiang's turn to sit in this position.
Therefore, if there are no other special circumstances, then Duke Xiang of Song should replace Duke Huan of Qi and become the new "President of the Great Zhou Princes Association".
Now, we can draw a conclusion:
Song Xianggong, in fact, he did serve as the overlord for a period of time, and he did some things that he should do as an overlord, but he has not yet obtained the certificate, he has not obtained the The canon of the Son of Heaven.
Therefore, Song Xianggong is only a de facto overlord, not a legitimate overlord.
(If he is ranked by strength, he can also be counted as a tyrant in the Spring and Autumn Period, but he is not ranked in the top five with the strongest strength. It is okay to say that he is a tyrant, but he is one of the five tyrants. One, it is wrong.)
Huan Gong favors these two favorable conditions,He became the new overlord after Duke Huan of Qi. Of course.
successor, transitional.
He doesn't rely on strength, but on reputation.
So, whether you say he can't fight or has no ability, it doesn't prevent him from becoming the temporary hegemon in that period.
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