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Chapter 48 Disaster for the Country
In fact, it is a fact that King Zhou was keen on sensual entertainment, wine and food in his later years. There are also definite records of killing Bigan, and Daji is just a life partner of King Zhou in his later years. As for cutting off people who walk barefoot on ice It is unbelievable to cut the feet of a pregnant woman, and cut open the belly of a pregnant woman, especially the charge of "only listen to what women say", which is simply unrealistic, because businessmen are very superstitious, and any major move requires God It is recorded in the unearthed oracle bone inscriptions to ask divination to determine good and bad, and the power that Daji can influence is really very small.

The demise of every dynasty is almost always related to a woman. The concubine Da of Shang Zhou was also counted as one, and the demise of a regime was completely attributed to a woman.Then, I can’t help but ask myself: Although the almost perverted behavior of Daji is fabricated by later generations, why do we keep talking about it? Are we really willing to pour these dirty water on a woman?Later, finally, historians asked the question:
"Shang Tang's demise should be blamed on King Zhou or Daji?" Emperors who have made great achievements in Chinese history are also three officials and six courts, with groups of concubines.They are also emperors, why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Kangxi not be misled by beauty, but established a powerful country and made outstanding contributions on the road of human progress?And the so-called "beautiful beauty" is just an excuse, beauty is not disaster, and it is the kings who have beauty but don't face it squarely.And all the mistakes should be borne by women, which is unfair.

The wheel of history is always rolling forward. Even without the appearance of Daji, the Shang Dynasty would have been destroyed, but just at this time, Daji's figure appeared. This can only be said to be the unity of accident and necessity in history.After all, it is King Zhou who is in charge of the Shang Dynasty. If he is a generation of Mingjun, who loves the people like a son, the century-old foundation of the Shang Dynasty, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will not be ruined easily because of a Daji; Even without the appearance of Daji, she would eventually embark on the road of national subjugation.

Baosi: Fenghuo only laughs for beauties
As far back as the Zhou Dynasty, my country had the method of using beacons to transmit information. As a primitive means of sound and light communication, beacons served ancient military warfare.From the border to the capital and the border defense line, a beacon tower was built at a certain distance.Firewood is stored inside. When the enemy invades, they will light the beacon fire one by one to call the police. When the princes see the beacon fire, they will immediately send troops to help resist the enemy.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, in order to prevent the enemy from invading, the "beacon tunnel" was used as a communication signal for border defense emergency.In the ancient history book "Zhou Li", there is such a record that "on the passage from the frontier to the hinterland of various countries," a beacon tower was built at intervals, one after another, with oranges on the platform, and on the heads of the oranges. Firewood cages, when the enemy invades, the beacon towers set off fireworks one after another to convey the alarm.During the early warning at night, the watchman lights the firewood in the cage and raises it up, and sends a message to the leader by the light of the fire, which is called "beacon". "flint".In order to make the smoke straight and not curved so that it can be seen from a distance, the ancients often used wolf dung instead of firewood, so it is also called wolf smoke.The Zhou Dynasty stipulated that the emperor raised the beacon, and the princes from all over the country must immediately lead troops to rescue and jointly resist the enemy.

Originally, the beacon fire, which was only lit when it was extremely urgent, was used by a king to win the beauty to smile.

The result of teasing the princes in this way is of course that the country is ruined and the family is destroyed. In the vast history of China, there is only a long sigh left.This king is King You of Zhou.

After Zhou destroyed Shang, the capital was Haojing (now west of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), which was the Western Zhou Dynasty in history.In the early Zhou Dynasty, in order to consolidate his rule, the King of Zhou enfeoffed his brothers, relatives, and meritorious officials to various places as vassals, thus establishing large and small vassal states and a whole set of enfeoffment system.At that time, agriculture, handicrafts and commerce had all developed to a certain extent.

The ninth king of the Western Zhou Dynasty was King Li of Zhou. He was greedy for money, lustful, fatuous and brutal.This severely damaged the national strength of the Zhou Dynasty, and the Zhou Dynasty declined from then on, and the society began to be turbulent.

During the reign of King Zhou You, the state affairs became weaker.At that time, a major earthquake occurred in the Guanzhong area where Wang Ji of the Zhou family lived, and years of drought caused the people to suffer from hunger and cold, and they fled everywhere. The society was turbulent and the national strength was exhausted.However, King Zhou You was a licentious and innocent king who only knew how to eat, drink and play. He sent people to find beautiful women everywhere, and used his courtier Guo Shifu to exploit the people.He never thought of saving the Zhou Dynasty from peril, and worked hard to become stronger.The doctor Yue Shudai persuaded him to pay more attention to government affairs, and King You of Zhou became furious, dismissed Yue Shudai's official position and kicked him out.This aroused the dissatisfaction of the minister Baolong.Baoyang came to persuade King Zhou You, but instead of listening, King Zhou You put him in prison in a rage.

Baoyang was imprisoned for three years.The people of Baoguo did everything possible to rescue Baolong, so the son of Baolong presented the beautiful woman Baosi to King Zhou You to make atonement for Baolong, and King Zhou You released Baolong.

The Legendary Life of Bao Si

Bao Si's life experience is very strange.In "Guoyu·Zhengyu" and "Historical Records·Zhou Benji", there are related records: In the last years of the Xia Dynasty, the gods of Baoren "turned into two dragons to be the same as the royal court".That is to say, there are two dragons having sex in King Xia's court. These two dragons are transformed from the god of praise, and they claim to be the first emperor of praise.King Xia was deeply frightened by this, so he asked the gods through divination, should he kill it?Is it to run away?Or stop their sexual activities?The result of divination is "Moji".So the king of Xia changed his divination and asked for instructions, can he collect Long Mo (Note: "The dragon's spitting foam is also the dragon's essence")?God thought the idea was good, so he said "Auspicious".So King Xia brought the best jade silk and made a report to the gods with a simple policy.After the two dragons manifested their spirits, they disappeared immediately, leaving only a sticky mess of dragons.King Xia ordered people to hide this "treasure" respectfully in the casket and protect it well.From the end of summer to the Western Zhou Dynasty, the royal family used suburban rituals to sacrifice to it.This treasure has been handed down to the last years of King Li of Zhou. King Li couldn't help being curious, so he opened it to look at it.King Li of Zhou was very flustered, so he decided to use witchcraft to get rid of it. He made the maid naked and made loud noises, forcing the dragon spirit to turn into a black turtle (black turtle).Later, the big black turtle crawled into the palace, and happened to be bumped into by a 7-year-old girl.During the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, this little girl unexpectedly "raised without a husband" and gave birth to a baby girl at the age of "Jiji" (15 years old).The baby girl grew up to be Bao Si.

Baosi's beauty made Zhou Youwang "love him at first sight", which can be described as love at first sight.King You of Zhou doted on her very much and blindly lived a licentious and luxurious life.Her stomach is also very competitive, and she gave birth to a little prince named Bo Fu for King Zhou You, and she is extremely pampered.In that era, everyone from the king to the people believed in the destiny, and Baosi's life experience was not a secret, but the destiny was irresistible, and the king was so stupid, there was no way to do it.In this regard, Tai Shi Boyang of the Zhou Dynasty could only sigh quietly: "The disaster is over, there is nothing to do!"

smile for bo beauty

Although Baosi was born as beautiful as a peach and plum, she was as cold as ice. "Diaoyu Ji" said that Baosi didn't like to smile, but "there are a hundred and twenty kinds of charms in her smile".Therefore, in order to win her a happy smile, King Zhou You once collected "golden ideas" that could make a beauty laugh with "a thousand pieces of gold" (this is the origin of the allusion "a thousand pieces of gold can't buy a smile"). He tried many ways, such as summoning musicians to ring bells and drums, tasting bamboo and silk, or ordering the palace servants to sing and dance, or ordering the treasurer to bring in hundreds of colorful silks every day and tear them to please Baosi, but she just didn't laugh.

The treacherous official Guo Shifu, who is "smart, flattering and profitable", came up with a bad idea, which is the famous "Princes of Fenghuo Opera".King You of Zhou's "love of beauties" is so in love with "losing the country" as a child's play, it can be said that he is so stupid that he has no borders, and he is so lewd.

The beacon fire was originally an emergency military alarm signal when the enemy invaded in ancient times.From the national capital to the border town fortress, beacon towers are set up all over the way.In the Western Zhou Dynasty, in order to guard against the intrusion of the dog army, more than 20 beacon towers were built in the Lishan area near Haojing, one every few miles.Once the dog soldiers attacked, the first sentinel who found it immediately lit a beacon fire on the platform, and the neighboring beacon towers also lit fires one after another to alert the nearby princes.When the princes saw the beacon fire, they knew that the capital was in a hurry and the emperor was in trouble, so they had to raise troops to serve the king and come to rescue him.Father Guo Shi offered a plan to light the beacon fire on the beacon tower for no reason, so as to attract the princes to come for a trip in vain, so as to make Baosi laugh.

In ancient times, the king was certainly the supreme ruler of the country and enjoyed supreme power, but if the king treated state power as a joke and did whatever he wanted, it would only lead to his own demise in the end.I'm afraid there is only King Zhou You!The 800-year history of the Zhou Dynasty is the longest in Chinese history, but it is a pity that it was passed down to King You of Zhou.

The fatuous King You of Zhou adopted Guo Shi's father's suggestion.Let's say that one day, King Zhou You and Bao Si drove to Lishan Mountain, first held a night banquet at the top of the Li Palace, and then ordered the city to light the beacon tower.In an instant, the flames rose from all directions, and the flames rushed straight to Xiaohan, and the beacon fire was lit all the way. The night was dotted with stars, winding thousands of miles, which was truly spectacular.When the princes from all over the country saw the alarm, they thought that the dog army was coming, so they hurriedly dispatched troops and generals, drove the chariots, and came to rescue them overnight.Soon, the princes of all countries led their troops to the city, and there was not even a single dog soldier. They only heard the sound of playing music and singing on the mountain. It seemed that King Zhou You and Bao Si were sitting on the stage drinking and having fun.King Zhou You sent someone to tell them that there was nothing to do here after everyone had worked hard, but the king and princess set off fireworks for fun, and the princes realized that they had been teased and returned with resentment.When Bao Si saw thousands of troops and horses coming and going as soon as they were called, it was like a child's play, and she thought it was very amusing, so she couldn't help smiling.Seeing Bao Si's rare smile, King Zhou You felt happy and proud.Immediately reward the father of Guoshi with a daughter.From then on, whenever he wanted to see Bao Si's smile, he sent people to the beacon tower to light the beacon fire.

But the number of princes who came to be deceived was less and less each time.

In order to further please Baosi, King You of Zhou disregarded the rules of his ancestors and deposed Queen Shen and Prince Yijiu. He is also preparing to send troops to attack him.Shen Hou got the news and pre-emptively attacked Haojing in 771 BC, allied with Zen Hou and the soldiers of the Northwest Yi tribe.King You of Zhou panicked when he heard the news of the dog army's attack, and hurriedly ordered the beacon tower to light the beacon fire.The beacon fire was on fire, but the princes ignored it this time because they were repeatedly fooled.

Quan Rong destroys Zhou, catastrophe is imminent

There was thick smoke rising from the beacon tower during the day, and the flames were bright at night, but no rescuers came.King Zhou You complained endlessly.The defenders of Haojing resented King Zhou You's stupidity, and were dissatisfied with the generals who often deducted food and pay. At this time, they were unwilling to serve. On that day, King Zhou You took Baosi and Bofu and fled through the back door in a hurry and rushed to Mount Li.On the way, he ordered the beacon fire to be lit again.Although the beacon smoke penetrated directly into the sky, the princes still did not come to rescue the soldiers.The dog soldiers pressed on tightly, King Zhou You's people also fled along the way, and only a hundred or so people fled into the Li Palace.King You of Zhou accepted the opinions of his subordinates and ordered the former official gate to be set on fire to confuse the dogs and soldiers, while he himself escaped from the back palace gate.Not long after escaping, the dog soldiers chased them up again, and they slaughtered indiscriminately, leaving only King Zhou You, Bao Si and Bo Fu.They were already paralyzed in the car with fright.Seeing that King Zhou You was wearing the clothes of the emperor, the dog soldiers knew that it was the emperor of Zhou, so they hacked him to death on the spot.He snatched the crown prince Bofu from Baosi's hand and killed him with a knife, leaving only Baosi to be captured by the Hu people without knowing where he ended up (one said he was killed).At this point, the Western Zhou Dynasty declared its demise.

At this time, the princes knew that Quanrong had really entered Haojing, so they united and brought a large team to rescue.Seeing the arrival of the army of the princes, Quan Rong robbed the treasures accumulated by the Zhou Dynasty for many years, and set fire to retreat.

After Quan Rong defeated Haojing, killed King You and retreated, Shenhou, Luhou, Xu Wengong and others jointly established the original prince Ji Yijiu as the emperor, and ascended the throne in Shen (north of Nanyang City, Henan Province) in 770 BC. King Ping of Zhou.Because Haojing had been destroyed by the war, and most of the land in the west of the Zhou Dynasty was occupied by dog ​​soldiers, King Ping of Zhou was afraid that Haojing would be lost, so he moved his capital to Luoyi (now Luoyang, Henan) under the escort of Qin in 770 BC. Aided by the establishment of the country.The Zhou Dynasty after moving to the east was called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history.

In this court love tragedy, King Zhou You played a ridiculous buffoon. In order to relieve his lover's melancholy, he actually sacrificed the country and society, so he was ridiculed and condemned by the world.But he is actually a rare lover in history, daring to disregard everything for the one he loves, even at the expense of the throne and his life.

Baosi's smile overwhelms the country, making her as famous as sister Xi and Daji from the previous dynasty.It is no wonder that he was charged with obsessing over the king and subjugating the country at that time. Later generations always wanted to find a scapegoat for the subjugation of the country. Moreover, the first king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was King Zhou Ping, who was the previous prince Yijiu. As the son of King Zhou You, he had to find One reason to justify one's father and to put all the crimes on a woman is just the usual way for the victors to write history, and this method has been used by the historians of later generations until the present day.

"The Book of Songs" sighed: "The Hehe Zong Zhou, Bao Si destroyed it." This really overestimated Bao Si's ability and strength.

Even if her life experience is miraculous, it is just a legend.Dare to make jokes about military and national affairs, and the Pomeranian smiles, isn't it the biggest joke in the world?No wonder Bao Si laughed, she was laughing, she was laughing, she was laughing at the stupidity and absurdity of this monarch.Don't blame the beauty, can you blame God?Qu Yuan said in "Heavenly Questions" that "Who will punish Zhou You, how can you praise Si"?The question is probably the best answer.

Li Ji: Extraordinary beauty, extraordinary means
Duke Xian of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period can be regarded as a capable monarch.He quelled disasters internally and expanded territory externally, making the state of Jin stronger than ever.However, he was addicted to wine and sex in his later years, and his favorite concubine Li Ji caused an accident, which affected three sons, one grandson, and more than a dozen ministers.Although the son Chonger, who had been in exile for 19 years, came back to the throne and became the Marquis of the Central Plains after the first battle of Chengpu, which made Jin the overlord and turned a bad thing into a good thing, but this incident that lasted for 30 years caused Jin to suffer. Great loss.

Li Ji, whose birth is unknown, died in 650 B.C., the daughter of the leader of Li Rong (an ancient minority name, a branch of Xi Rong, in Lishan, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province) in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the princess of Jinxian Gong Ji Guizhu, This man is very handsome and scheming.Li Ji's cruelty lies in the word "feminine", which can be said to kill people without blood.

In the fifth year of Jin Xiangong in the Spring and Autumn Period (672 BC), Jin Xiangong sent troops to attack Li Rong who lived in Lishan for a generation.In the 15th year of Jin Xiangong (663 years ago), he not only killed Li Rong's monarch, but also brought his daughter Li Ji back to China as a prisoner.However, he would never have imagined that it was this Li Ji who made him suffer the consequences.

Female sex disrupts the country and fights for concubines, which has always been a theme of court power struggles in Chinese history.Li Ji, who was deeply loved by Duke Xian of Jin, used tricks to force the prince to death in order to let her son inherit the throne, and then harmed other adult princes.In order to avoid the disaster of killing themselves, the sons Yiwu and Chong'er who later became the kings went into exile.

After Jin Xiangong got Li Ji, he asked someone to divination.Fortune-tellers use tortoise shells for fortune-telling and yarrow for fortune-telling, but the results are completely different.Xian Gong had a good idea first, so he said: "I still believe in yarrow," but the people of Kebu insisted: "It's better to be long than to be long." How could Xian Gong listen to it.

Duke Xian dotes on Li Ji very much. Li Ji is not only as beautiful as a flower, but also as light as a swallow, but also scheming and well versed in tricks. , and made her his wife.With her beauty, Li Ji won Jin Xiangong's exclusive favor. She was cunning and cunning, flattered and sympathized, and gradually won Jin Xiangong's trust and participated in the government affairs.

Prince Edward
When Jin Xiangong was the prince, he had a wife and two concubines. His wife died of illness before giving birth. The two concubines each gave birth to a son: Yiwu (Jin Huigong) and Chonger (Jin Wengong).But Jin Xiangong's favorite is his father Jin Wugong's concubine Qi Jiang, and the two have incest and have a son Shen Sheng.After Jin Xiangong ascended the throne, Qi Jiang was made his wife and Shen Sheng was crown prince.Later, Li Ji gave birth to a son named Xi Qi; her younger sister Shao Ji also gave birth to a son named Zhuo Zi.From then on, Li Ji began to plan ahead for the future power and position of her mother and son, ready to fight for Xi Qi to inherit the status of the king of Jin.

Over time, Duke Xian of Jin came up with the idea of ​​making Xi Qi the crown prince.Duke Xian of Jin has a favorite actor named You Shi, who has an affair with Li Ji, so she conspires with You Shi to carry out a series of activities to exclude Duke Xian of Jin's other sons.Li Ji asked You Shi, "I want to make Xi Qi the crown prince, but what should I do if I am worried that the sons of Shen Sheng, Chong Er, and Yi Wu will object?" When it reaches its peak, it will belittle the heart of the monarch, so it will not be difficult to deal with." He also suggested to start with Prince Shensheng first.

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