Since ancient times, there have been many disasters, such as girls' happiness in summer, da ji in business, hymns in weeks and concubines in Jin. These four were called the Four Evil Gods in ancient China, all of which were harmful to the country.
If ranked by popularity, da ji is neck and neck with praise. Da ji is famous for his romance and various film and television dramas. Praise Zhou Youwang for "going down in history" because he smiled and played the prince in the bonfire.
Smile for Bomei people, and don't hesitate to "play the vassal in a bonfire"
The Prince of the Bonfire Play is a typical story of "Wolf Coming". Zhou Youwang, the last king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, didn't like this famous queen. On the contrary, he fell in love with a beautiful woman of humble origin. But the beauty is a cold beauty, just don't laugh, Zhou Youwang day after day thinking about how to make the beauty smile.
Then he had a bad idea. He lit the wolf smoke on the beacon tower of Lishan Mountain. The ancient wolf smoke meant early warning. When the ministers saw that the wolf smoke was burning, they were frightened, thinking that foreign enemies were invading, and they quickly headed for Haojing (now Xi 'an), the capital city.
When I arrived at Haojing, the princes found that there were no foreign enemies, but there was a bad king who looked at the praise with infatuation and expected her to smile. Praise si see governors in a flurry, indeed as expected in a good mood, eyebrow eye curved, beautiful and moving, fascinated by Zhou Youwang.
Praise stills
It's a pity that this smile was like a flash in the pan, which caught Zhou Youwang's heart. In order to make Epiphyllum bloom more, he lit several bonfires. Praise is happy, but it angers the ruler. The governors made up their minds that they would never trust Zhou Youwang again.
Who knows before long, the dog Rong next door really began to invade Haojing, and it was a panic. He lit a cigarette and asked for help. Zhuangke have long been familiar with Zhou Youwang's tricks, and no one will go. In the end, Zhoudu Haojing was breached.
Zhou Youwang died, and the Western Zhou Dynasty withdrew from the historical stage. Prince Yijiu moved the capital to Luoyi (now Luoyang), which opened the curtain of Zhou Pingwang and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Tsinghua bamboo slips prove that the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty has nothing to do with bonfires.
However, Zhou Pingwang was not valued by powerful princes, so he became the mascot of Luoyang this Sunday. In order to expand their sphere of influence, the vassals fought constantly, and the world entered the spring and autumn period of disputes.
With the arrival of the Spring and Autumn Period, praise played a role in fueling the flames, so she was named "the demon princess who brought disaster to the country and people". This history has also been written by Sima Qian into Historical Records, which can be said to be the official certification of Zan's fees.
But will such a ridiculous thing really happen to the king of a country? Things are just three things that children know, what's more, it is a beacon of national affairs.
All these unsolved cases, together with an ancient bamboo slip from the Warring States period and Tsinghua bamboo slips collected by Tsinghua University, have uncovered the truth behind the story of "the war drama princes".
Tsinghua bamboo slips
In fact, as early as 100 years ago, Master Qian Mu gave an unkind evaluation of this history recorded by Sima Qian. He said, "This is the opinion of a narrow-minded person. Governors can't see the wind coming with them, and when they hear nothing, they will stop fighting and go to stay. What's so funny about this? It is the Han people who are prepared for the Xiongnu to raise a beacon fire alarm. " In the battle of Mount Li, Wang You Wang Jubing pleaded, not to mention the bonfire. "
Roughly speaking, this kind of record is like gossip of ordinary people. The distance between the governor and the capital Xi is different. Can you see the smoke show for a while? Ancient traffic was backward, so it was difficult to arrive at the same time. How can you praise Zhan Yan for seeing the governor's panic? The beacon tower early warning of the enemy appeared in the Han Dynasty, which was developed in order to resist the Huns.
And the battle of Mount Li mentioned in it is also recorded in Tsinghua bamboo slips, which was the war that broke out when Zhou Youwang crusaded against Shen Guo. Zhou Youwang's serious queen is from Shen State. Why did Zhou Youwang crusade against Shen Guo?
Shen Guo, located in Nanyang, Henan Province, belonged to a nobleman named Jiang in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. When people mention this Jiang surname, their first reaction is usually Jiang Ziya, who is willing to take the bait. He played a vital role in the battle against Zhou Wuwang.
Jiang Ziya stills
However, in the real historical records, Jiang and Qiang people are homologous, and they are ancient Qiang people in the northwest. As early as the Shang Dynasty, the Qiang people in Gansu were married to the tribal alliance of Ji surname in Shaanxi, and became the enemy of Zhou State in the west of Shang Dynasty.
However, the enfeoffment system of Shang dynasty weakened the central kingship and it was difficult to effectively control the vassal States. Zhou is one of the vassal states that is difficult to control. Especially at the end of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wang passed his throne to his son Di Xin, namely Shang Zhouwang. Wei, the eldest brother, is very dissatisfied. Wei joined forces with his uncle Bi Gan and launched a rebellion. Finally, he joined forces with Zhou Guo to destroy the rule of Zhou Wang and establish the Zhou Dynasty.
Perhaps Wei's original intention of asking Zhou Guo for help was to ask Zhou Guo to help overthrow it, but unexpectedly, Zhou Guo overthrew the Shang Dynasty and established his own political power instead. Wei woke up from a big dream and finally came to Shangqiu, a fief called "Song State".
Weiziqi
The Zhou Dynasty learned the lesson from the demise of the Shang Dynasty, fearing that the vassal state was too powerful, so it sealed most of the land to the "Jiang surname" family, that is, the tribe named Qiang in ancient times mentioned above. Then the other part was given to the Shang family, and the Shang family got the surname. However, Chiang's family is still strong and has a very close relationship with Xirong.
Among the vassal states headed by Zhou Wang family, Qi in Shandong and Shen in Henan are quite powerful. Most of the daughters-in-law of Zhou kings in previous dynasties were also from the Chiang family. Therefore, Zhou Youwang is not partial to the Empress from Shen Zhou, but to the praise of marginal surnames, which is very irregular.
According to the records in Qinghua bamboo slips, the son of Conggu was determined to be the prince, but the abnormal love for Conggu aroused the dissatisfaction of the Chiang family in Shen State, so they expressed their dissatisfaction by making him the prince. His family was opposed by so many people. Zhou Youwang was furious and led his troops to attack Shen. Who knows that the unbearable Shen state actually joined forces with the Xirong brothers to attack the reclusive king, which eventually led to the destruction of Haojing City and the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Zhou Youwang
Praise is only a victim of the whirlpool of interests and power.
In the fief in Gansu, it has been announced that Won changed his surname to Qin, but took the opportunity to take refuge in Shen Hou's son. Taking Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, the hometown of the Zhou Dynasty, as a fief, it became a real vassal state and eventually created the later Daqin Empire.
It can be seen that praise did contribute to the subjugation of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but it was not like the "bonfire drama princes" that people passed down from mouth to mouth. It's just that she was caught in the whirlpool of interests and power and couldn't get away, so she was accused of being a "demon princess".
This is actually a story fabricated by Sima Qian, which has puzzled future generations for more than two thousand years.
worship
Even so, the greatness of Historical Records is beyond doubt. Mr. Sima Qian endured unbearable trauma for the meaning and goal of life. Exhausted, I finally got today's masterpiece Historical Records. Moreover, most of the historical facts recorded in Historical Records are true after textual research by historians.
Sima Qian
A very small part of history, such as "playing princes in a bonfire", is actually inevitable. Because Sima Qian lived in an era, it is difficult to break away from the Confucian perspective of infinite praise for the founding monarch and infinite derogatory for the last emperor of the previous dynasty. Whether Xia Jie, Shang Zhouwang or Zhou Youwang, their stories are almost the same.
These last kings were surrounded by girls' happiness, da ji and praise. This is just to find a "curse" to blame, so as to derogate from these kings with sufficient reasons.
Zhou Youwang Steels
As a result, such a dirty story of "beating the prince" entered the official history and was gradually regarded as a "historical fact".
Now think about it, if we make a drama for Zhou Youwang according to the real historical facts, it is also an epic love story of an emperor who dares to pursue free love.