Ancient classic historical stories 1
At the end of the Warring States Period, Chen Yi and Zhang Yi served as ministers of Qin at the same time. Zhang Yi was very jealous of Chen Ke's talent and wanted to get rid of him, so she spoke ill of Chen Ke in front of King Hui of Qin: "Chen Ke often went to Chu, originally to develop friendly relations between Qin Chu and China. But now, Chu is not friendly to us, but extremely friendly to Chen Ke personally. In my opinion, this can only show that we only care about the interests of Chu, but not Qin! I can't deal with a man who is so disloyal to the king, and I can't persuade the king to send him away. If he says he is going to Chu, please ask the king to kill him. "
After listening to Zhang Yi, King Hui of Qin was dubious, so he sent for Chen Ke. As soon as Chen Ke arrived, King Hui of Qin asked him if he planned to leave Qin for Chu.
Chen Yi replied, "If the King of Qi doesn't believe me and drives me out of Qin, I will definitely go to Chu. Why? I did this to show that I didn't take refuge in Chu privately. Now, let me tell the king a story.
"Once upon a time, there was a man in Chu who married two wives, one large and one small. One of his neighbors is very slutty. One day, he molested Chu's first wife and was scolded by her. Then, the man never repented and molested the little wife of the Chu people. As a result, the little wife seduced him in turn because she was a little beautiful. Before long, the husbands of these two wives both fell ill and died. At this time, someone asked the man who molested his wife,' Now that the Chu people are dead, who do you want to marry? Is it the old widow? Or marry the little wife who looks a little beautiful? Others thought that this person would say to marry a little wife, and this person replied:' Of course, marry a big one. The questioner asked inexplicably,' Didn't the older widow scold you? Isn't the young one having an affair with you? Why did you give up the little one and marry the big one? The man said,' As an outsider, I certainly hope she can seduce me; But as a wife, I certainly hope that she can refuse and scold those who come to flirt with her. ”"
"Now the king of Chu is a wise monarch, and Zhaoyang is a wise Chu. As a courtier of the state of Qin, if I turn my arm outward, I will think more about Chu and less about Qin, the king of Chu will definitely not take me in, and Zhaoyang will definitely not have anything to do with me. What reason do I have to rely on Chu? "
After seeing leaving the palace, Zhang Yi immediately entered the palace to meet Qin. He asked, "Does Chen Bi want to say that he is going to Chu?"
Qin Huiwang replied that it was true.
Zhang Yi said: "If Chen Bi didn't contribute to Chu before and didn't stand on the side of Chu, why did the king of Chu accept him?"
Qin said: "I used to think so, but now, if I listen to R. Chen, I will be enlightened." Wu Zixu is a loyal minister, loyal to his own monarch. So all the monarchs in the world are vying for him to be their own courtiers. Zeng Shen is filial to his parents, so all parents in the world are willing to be his own sons. A divorced daughter-in-law must be a good daughter-in-law if she marries another family of origin. As a courtier of Qin, if he is not loyal to Qin, how can the king of Chu take in people who are not loyal to his own country as courtiers? "
From then on, the king of Qin trusted Qiu Chen very much and gave him generous treatment.
Ancient classic historical stories II
Zhou Wuwang died of illness two years later after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. His son Song Ji succeeded to the throne, and this is Zhou Chengwang. At that time, Zhou Chengwang was only thirteen years old. In addition, the newly established Zhou Dynasty was not stable. Therefore, Zhou Gongdan, the younger brother of King Wu, assisted him to become the king in charge of state affairs, and actually acted as the authority of the son of heaven. Zhou Gongdan is usually not called by his first name in the calendar, but called Duke Zhou.
Duke Zhou's fief is in Lu, so he can't go to the fief because he has to stay in Beijing to deal with political affairs. When his son Bochen grew up, he sent Bochen to Lu to be the monarch instead of him.
When Birchin left, he asked his father what his orders were. Duke Zhou said, "I am the son of King Wen, my brother, and my uncle today. What do you think of my state? "
The bird said, "That is naturally high."
Duke Zhou said, "Yes! My position is really high, but every time I wash my hair, I will not wash it in case of emergency, and I will hold my hair in my hand to do things; Every time I have a meal, when I hear someone asking for an audience, I spit out the food I can't swallow in time and go to see the person who asks for it. I'm afraid that if I do this, people all over the world will not come to me. When you arrive in Lu, you are just a monarch and can't be proud! "
The bird nodded again and again, indicating that he must remember his father's teaching.
Duke Zhou tried his best to help him become a king and manage state affairs, but his younger brothers Guan Shu and Cai Shu made rumors outside, saying that Duke Zhou was ambitious and wanted to usurp the throne!
Zhou Wang's son, Wu Geng, was appointed Emperor of Yin, but under the surveillance of the Zhou Dynasty, he felt very uneasy. He hoped that there would be civil strife in the Zhou Dynasty and he would restore his throne in the Shang Dynasty. He colluded with Guan Shu and Cai Shu, contacted a group of old Shang nobles, and incited several tribes in Dongyi to rebel.
Rumors made by Wu Geng, Guan Shu and others. It caused an uproar in Haojiang, and even Zhao became suspicious. As a young king, he is not sensible, let alone true or false. He also has a little distrust of this uncle who helped him.
Duke Zhou was very sad. He talked to Zhao first, told him that he had no ambition, and told him to put the overall situation first and not to believe rumors. Zhao Gongxuan was moved by his sincere words, cleared up the misunderstanding and cooperated with Duke Zhou again. After setting the internal affairs, Duke Zhou resolutely mobilized the army and personally led the army eastward.
At that time, several tribes in the east, such as Huaiyi and Xu Rong, cooperated with Wu Geng and prepared to move. The Duke of Zhou gave an order to King Taigong and authorized him. The governors of various countries who refused to obey the Zhou Dynasty were all convinced by squire wang zheng. In this way, Tai Wang Gong took control of the East, and he made every effort to deal with his own Wu Geng.
It took the Duke of Zhou three years to finally quell the rebellion in Wu Geng and kill Wu Geng, the leader of the rebellion. When Guan Shu saw Wu Geng's failure, he was ashamed to meet his brother and nephew, so he hanged himself. Duke Zhou put down the rebellion, dismissed Huo, and committed the crime of banishment to Cai Shu.
In the process of Duke Zhou's eastward expedition, a large number of Shang nobles became prisoners. Because they rebelled against the Zhou Dynasty, they were called "stubborn people". Duke Zhou was uneasy about letting these people stay in their original places; At the same time, I feel that Haojing is in the west and it is not convenient to control the vast Central Plains in the east. I built a new capital in the East, called Luoyi (now Luoyang City, Henan Province), and moved all the "stubborn people" of the Yin Dynasty there to send troops to monitor it.
After that, the Zhou Dynasty had two capitals. On the west is Haojiang, also called Zhou Zong; To the east is Luoyi, also known as Chengzhou.
After seven years in office, Duke Zhou finally consolidated the rule of the Zhou Dynasty, and he also formulated a set of laws and regulations of the Zhou Dynasty. When Zhou Chengwang was twenty years old, the Duke of Zhou handed over power to Wang Cheng.
From Zhou Chengwang to his son Kang Wang, about fifty years ago, it was a period of prosperity and unification of the Zhou Dynasty, which was called "the rule of Cheng Kang".
Ancient classic historical stories 3
Once upon a time, there was a juren named Liu Kuang. He is an outspoken man. He is honest and has a clear view. Is a rare talent. That's how people around him see him.
In the second year of Tang Wenzong Li Ang's accession to the throne, juren recommended by all localities went to Kyoto to take the exam. There was a juren named Liu Xu, who openly opposed the eunuch in power in the examination paper. He believes that for the sake of national stability, eunuchs should be excluded, political power should be handed over to the prime minister and military power should be handed over to the general.
This paper fell into the hands of several examiners, who looked at it hand after hand and praised it. They thought it was a rare good article, not only with good literary talent, but also with incisive reasoning. But when it came time to decide on admission, no one dared to say anything, because Liu Geng was admitted and offended the eunuchs, and their seats would be lost.
As a result, 22 people who came to take the exam with Liu Geng won, but Liu Geng failed. Liu Kuang is recognized as an outstanding talent, and everyone feels wronged, because he lost the election this time because he said something honest. The winner said, "It's a pity that Liu Kuang lost the election and we won the list."
Tang Wenzong lived under the control of eunuchs, and he was very angry. He is bent on getting rid of eunuchs. On one occasion, Tang Wenzong was ill and was in a hurry to see a doctor. As it happens, Li Shoucheng, the eunuch leader, has an official who is proficient in medical skills. His name is Zheng Zhu. Wang Shoucheng recommended him to Tang Wenzong for treatment. Wenzong took his medicine, and sure enough, his illness got better day by day. Tang Wenzong was very happy. He summoned Zheng Zhu, and found that Zheng Zhu was articulate and like a talent, so he was promoted to be an adviser.
Zheng Zhu's friend Li Xun is a frustrated little official. He heard that Zheng Zhu was reused by the court, so he took some gifts to see Zheng Zhu. Zheng Zhugang wanted to find a helper, so Wang Shoucheng recommended Li Xun to literate Sect. Li Xun also won the trust of literate Sect, and later, he was promoted to prime minister.
Li Xun and Zheng Zhu gained the trust of Tang Wenzong. Literati told them what he wanted to get rid of eunuchs. They secretly consulted with literate Sect, trying to weaken Wang Shoucheng's power. They found that Wang Shoucheng's eunuch Chou Shiliang was in conflict with Wang Shoucheng, so they asked the literati to appoint Chou Shiliang as the left and lead some guards.
Then, Li Xun relieved Wang Shoucheng of his military power. Wang Shoucheng lost the relieving power and was easily pushed around. Finally, Tang Wenzong gave Wang Shoucheng a glass of poisoned wine and killed him.
I'll find Wang Shoucheng, and then I'll get rid of Chou Shiliang. After some planning, Li Xun contacted John, the general of the Guards, and decided to start work. One day in 835 AD, when Tang Wenzong was in court, John went to the temple to play, saying that dew fell on a pomegranate tree in the backyard of the bodyguard's temple last night.
It turns out that the feudal dynasty was the most superstitious, and manna from heaven was considered a good omen. Li Xun immediately led the civil and military officials to celebrate the literary Sect, and invited Tang Wenzong to personally go to the backyard to observe the dew.
Tang Wenzong ordered Prime Minister Li Xunxian to visit. Li Xun pretended to go for a walk in the yard and said, "I'll go and have a look." I'm afraid this is not real nectar. Please send someone to check it. "
Tang Wenzong ordered Shiliang Zhou to lead the eunuch to watch. Chou Shiliang asked John to accompany him. John walked to the door, nervous and pale. Chou Shiliang was surprised to find this situation and asked John, "General Han, what's wrong with you?"
Just then, a gust of wind blew and shook the curtains hanging by the door. Chou Shiliang found many soldiers with bright weapons lurking in the curtain.
Chou Shiliang was so surprised that he quit and ran back to Tang Wenzong. When Li Xun saw Chou Shiliang escape, he immediately ordered the ambush guards to chase him. I don't know, Chou Shiliang and the eunuchs have grasped literate admired in their hands, pulled them into the soft sedan chair, lifted them up and left.
Li Xun went after him and grabbed the sedan chair of the literati. A eunuch stepped forward and punched Li Xun in the chest, throwing him to the ground. Chou Shiliang took the opportunity to hold the soft sedan chair of literate admired and entered the inner palace.
Li Xun's premeditated plan failed, so he had to beg a petty official for plain clothes and escape in disguise. Chou Shiliang immediately sent troops out of the palace, arrested some officials involved in the plot on a large scale and killed them all. Li Xun fled everywhere, cornered and killed on the road. Zheng Zhu was leading troops back to Beijing from Fengxiang when he got the news of returning Fengxiang, and was also killed by the eunuch of the prison army.
Tang Wenzong, Li Xun and Zheng Zhu's plan to kill eunuchs was a complete failure. After this incident, 1000 people were collectively killed. Li called it "the change of Mana".
After this incident, the eunuch closely monitored Tang Wenzong, and Tang Wenzong's life was even more difficult. Five years later, he fell ill and died. Li Yan, the younger brother of Zhou Wenzong, acceded to the throne. This is Tang Wuzong.
Ancient classic historical stories 4
During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao led an army to conquer Wu Dong, and Sun Quan and Liu Bei jointly fought against Cao Cao. There was a general named Zhou Yu under Sun Quan, who was clever and brave, but narrow-minded and jealous of Zhuge Liang's talent. Because the water war needs arrows, Zhou Yu asked Zhuge Liang to build 100 thousand arrows in ten days, but Zhuge Liang only needed three days, and he was willing to issue a military order, and he was willing to be punished if he failed to complete the task. Zhou Yu thought it was impossible to build 100,000 arrows in three days, and he just took this opportunity to get rid of Zhuge Liang. So on the one hand, he told military craftsmen not to prepare all the materials for making arrows, and on the other hand, he told minister Lu Su to inquire about Zhuge Liang's reality.
Lu Su met Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang said, "Please help me with this. I hope you can lend me 20 boats, each with 30 sergeants. The boat should be covered with green cloth, and more than 1000 straw handles should be arranged on both sides of the boat. However, Zhou Yu must not know about this matter. "
Lu Su agreed and prepared everything according to Zhuge Liang's request. Two days passed, but nothing happened. On the third day, at four o'clock, Zhuge Liang secretly let Lu Su get on the boat with him, saying that he would go to get the arrow together. Lu Su wondered.
Zhuge Liang ordered the ropes on the ship to be connected and rushed to the other side. There was fog on the river that day, and there was no one on the other side. When the boat approached the water village in Cao Jun, Zhuge Liang ordered the boat to be set aside and let the soldiers beat drums and shout. Thinking that the other side was coming to attack, Cao Cao was afraid of being ambushed in the fog, so he sent six thousand archers to shoot arrows into the river, and the arrows rained down on the straw handle. After a while, Zhuge Liang ordered the ship to turn around and let the other side get an arrow.
When the sun comes out, the fog will disperse. Zhuge Liang ordered the ship to return quickly. At this time, the grass handles on both sides of the ship were densely covered with arrows, and each ship had at least five or six thousand, a total of hundreds of thousands. When Lu Su told Zhou Yu the story of borrowing an arrow, Zhou Yu sighed, "Zhuge Liang has a clever plan, but I am not as good as him."
Ancient classic historical stories 5
Zhuge Liang's foresight and superhuman wisdom in promoting the establishment of the Sun-Liu alliance and the strategy of fighting made Zhou Yu jealous. In order to remove Zhuge Liang's threat to him, Zhou Yu set a trap to kill Zhuge Liang.
One day, Zhou Yu consulted Zhuge Liang about military affairs and said, "We are going to fight with Cao Jun ... What weapons will be used in the water war?"
Zhuge Liang said, "Use bows and arrows."
Zhou Yu said, "Yes, sir, I think so, too. At present, the army is short of arrows, and I would like to ask Mr. Wang to be responsible for building 100 thousand. This is official business. I hope Mr. Wang will not transfer it. "
Zhuge Liang said, "Of course, if the governor entrusts him, he will do it. I wonder when these 100 thousand arrows will come in handy? "
Zhou Yu asked, "Will it be completed in ten days?"
Zhuge Liang said, "Cao Jun is coming soon. If we wait 10 days, we will miss something important. "
Then Zhuge Liang said: It only takes three days to complete my life. Zhou Yu was overjoyed and immediately signed a military order with Zhuge Liang. In Zhou Yu's view, Zhuge Liang could not have made 654.38 million arrows in three days anyway, so Zhuge Liang was certain to die.
Soon, Zhuge Liang met Lu Su of Soochow and said to him, Sir, I need your help to build 100,000 arrows in three days. Lu Su, who is honest and kind, replied, You are asking for trouble. Please teach me how to save you.
Zhuge Liang said, "You lend me twenty ships, each carrying thirty sergeants. The boat is covered with a green curtain, and more than 1000 straw handles are arranged on both sides of the boat. I have my own clever use. On the third day, I left a hundred thousand arrows. But we can't let the governor know. If he knows, my plan is over. "
Although Lu Su agreed to Zhuge Liang's request, he did not understand Zhuge Liang's meaning. When I met Zhou Yu, I didn't talk about borrowing a boat, only that Zhuge Liang was not going to build an arrow. Zhou Yu listened and said, "On the third day, let's see what he does!"
Lu Su privately dispatched 20 clippers, each with 30 sergeants. As Zhuge Liang said, he arranged green curtains and grass handles for Zhuge Liang to dispatch.
However, Zhuge Liang did not move for two days. It was not until four o'clock on the third night that he secretly invited Lu Su to the boat. Lu Su asked him, "What do you want me to do?" Zhuge Liang said, "Please go and bring the arrows with you." Lu Su asked, "Where can I get it?" Zhuge Liang said, "Don't ask, you'll know when you go." Lu Su was puzzled and had to accompany Zhuge Liang to see what had happened.
That night, the vast river was foggy and dark. You can't even see face to face on the river. Zhuge Liang had 20 boats tied together with long ropes and moored in the camp of Cao Jun on the north bank. Before dawn, the ship approached the water village in Cao Jun. Zhuge Liang ordered the stern to face east and spread out the word, calling the sergeant on board to drum and shout. Lu Su was shocked, but Zhuge Liang told him frankly: "I expected that Cao Cao would not dare to rush into battle in this foggy night. You and I can drink for fun until the fog clears. "
Hearing drums and shouts, Cao Cao ordered, "The river was foggy and the enemy suddenly attacked. We can't see the truth clearly, so don't go out easily. Just ask the crossbowman to shoot arrows at them and keep them away. " At this moment, the arrow flew and shot on the straw handle and curtain of the boat in the middle of the river. After a while, Zhuge Liang made the fleet head east and tail west, approaching the water village, and told him to beat drums and shout.
It's getting light, and the fog hasn't dispersed yet. At this time, the grass handles on both sides of the boat were covered with arrows. Zhuge Liang ordered the soldiers to shout in unison: "Thank you for the arrow of Prime Minister Cao!" Then call 20 ships back to the south bank. Cao Cao knew that he had been cheated, but the ship here had sailed for more than twenty miles with the wind, and it was too late to catch up.
After the fleet returned to camp, * * * got more than 65438+ ten thousand arrows, which lasted only three days. Lu Su witnessed it and called Zhuge Aliang a "man of God". Lu Su met Zhou Yu and told him how to borrow an arrow. Zhou Yu sighed and said, "Zhuge Liang has a clever plan. I really can't compare with him! " "
In order to save Shang Tang, Shang tribes had to use beautiful women and bribe Xia Jie. Shang Tang was released and returned to the tribe, determined, Xia Dynasty. He took Yi Yin, who had both ability and political integrity, as his teacher, secretly formed an anti-summer alliance in Zhu Rong, the summer capital, and set out to crusade against Xia Jie. Shang Jun and Zhu Rong, conquer Xiadu. Xia Jie took this beautiful woman to the southeast along He Yinghe River, and she died involuntarily on the road. Shang Tang established a business capital east of the summer capital of Mile (present-day yanshi city), the old capital of his former king and emperor, and began the merchant rule of the second slavery dynasty in China.