What's the story about Tomb-Sweeping Day?

There is such a touching story about Tomb-Sweeping Day, which tells the story of Jin Wengong and Zhong Er.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhong Er, the eldest son of the State of Jin, was framed by a traitor and exiled abroad under the protection of the minister Jie Jie.

One day, they got lost in a big mountain and didn't eat for days and nights. Zhong Er was too hungry to walk any further. Meson pushed a piece of meat off his leg, roasted it with fire and handed it to Zhong Er. Zhong Er asked where the meat came from after eating, and meson told him it was the meat on his leg. Zhong Er sighed with emotion: "How can I repay you in the future if you treat me like this?" Jiezi said, "I don't want to repay you. I hope you don't forget my pain in cutting meat. You should think more about how to govern the country. I hope you will be a wise king in the future. " In the 19th year after his exile, Zhong Er finally returned to China and became the monarch of the State of Jin, namely Jin Wengong, one of the famous "five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period". He raised all the courtiers who followed him in exile and shared joys and sorrows with him, except meson push.

Someone pleaded for mesons in front of Jin Wengong. Jin Wengong suddenly remembered the past and felt guilty. Immediately send someone to ask meson to go to court and reward him as an official. The messenger went several times, but the meson could not be pushed. Jin Wengong had to please. However, when Jin Wengong came to the meson pusher's house, he saw that the door was closed. It turned out that Jiezitui didn't want to see him, and had already hid in Mianshan behind his mother's back. Mianshan is located in the southeast of Jiexiu County, Shanxi Province. Jin Wengong couldn't see the meson push, so he asked the body-guard to look for it in Mianshan, but he still couldn't find it. At this time, someone came up with an idea and said, it is better to let Yamakaji go, set fire on three sides and leave one side. When the fire started, the meson pusher came out on its own. Jin Wengong gave orders for Yamakaji, but the fire burned for three days and nights. After the fire went out, there was still no meson. Jin Wengong and the body guard searched the mountain together. Looking up the mountain, the mother and son were holding a charred willow tree and were dead. Jin Wengong looked at the body of meson push, cried and bowed down, and then buried the body. At this time, he suddenly found a willow hole blocked by mesons, and there seemed to be something in the hole.

Jin Wengong ordered people to take it out, and it turned out to be a skirt with a blood poem on it:

I hope your master is always clear.

Liu Xia can't be a ghost, so she might as well be an admonition officer with you.

If your master has me in his heart, remember that I often reflect.

I have a clear conscience in Jiuquan, diligent and honest.

Jin Wengong hid the bloody book in his sleeve and buried the mother and son under the charred willow. When he left, he cut off a piece of charred willow and took it back to the palace.

Jin Wengong ordered people to make a pair of clogs out of wicker and wear them on their feet every day. He often looks at it and sighs, "What a pity!" "The first step" is the name of mutual respect between ancient peers, which is said to come from it.

The following year, Jin Wengong led his ministers to go hiking in plain clothes to show their respect and condolences. Walking to the grave, I saw the dead old willow tree resurrected, with thousands of green branches dancing in the wind.

Jin Wengong looked at the resurrected old willow tree and seemed to see the meson push. After the sacrifice, Jin Wengong named the resurrected old willow "Qingming Willow" and named this day "Tomb-Sweeping Day".

In the later days, Jin Wengong often used this bloody book as his motto to urge himself to take power. He is diligent and honest, and strives to govern the country well.