1. Zhaojun's departure from the fortress
Zhaojun's departure from the fortress is a story in the history of China. Wang Zhaojun, whose name is qiáng, was originally a palace maid of Han Dynasty.
in 54 BC, Uhaanyehe, the Hun, was defeated by his brother Zhizhi Khan, and he surrendered to the Han Dynasty. He made three pilgrimages to Chang 'an and asked the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to be his husband. When Wang Zhaojun heard about it, he requested to leave the fortress.
after she arrived in Xiongnu, she was named "E Shi of Ninghu" (E Shi, which means Queen), symbolizing that she would bring peace, tranquility and prosperity to Xiongnu.
Later, with the support of the Western Han Dynasty, Uhaanyehe controlled the whole territory of Xiongnu. Later, there were also works of art based on this story, such as poetry, pipa, drama and TV series.
2. Yelang is arrogant
In the Han Dynasty, there was a small country named Yelang in the southwest. Although it was an independent country, its territory was small, its people were few, and its products were pitiful.
However, because Yelang is the largest country in the neighboring area, the king of Yelang who has never left the country thinks that his country is the largest in the world.
One day, when the King of Yelang State and his men were patrolling the border, he pointed to the front and asked, "Which country is the largest here?" In order to cater to the king's wishes, the subordinates said, "Of course it is the biggest Yelang country!" "
As he walked, the king looked up at the high mountain ahead and asked, "Is there a higher mountain in the world?" The men replied, "There is no mountain higher than this one."
Later, when they came to the river, the king asked, "I think this is the longest river in the world." The subordinates still replied in unison: "Your Majesty is absolutely right." From then on, the ignorant king believed that Yelang was the biggest country in the world.
once, the Han dynasty sent an envoy to Yelang, passing through Yelang's neighboring country, Dian, and the king of Dian asked the envoy, "Which is bigger than the Han dynasty and my country?"
The emissary was startled. He didn't expect this small country to be ignorant and think it can be compared with the Han Dynasty. However, I didn't expect the messenger to come to Yelang country later. Because the proud and ignorant king didn't know that the country he ruled was only about the size of a county in the Han Dynasty, he even asked the messenger, "Which is bigger, the Han Dynasty or my country?"
3. Xiao Cao followed
Emperor Huidi, who had just ascended the throne in the Han Dynasty, saw that Prime Minister Cao invited people to drink and chat all day long, as if he had no intention of governing the country for him at all.
Hui Di was puzzled and couldn't figure out why. He just thought that Cao Xiangguo thought he was too young and looked down on him, so he didn't want to do his best to help him. Hui Di left to right, always feeling nervous, some worry.
One day, Hui Di said to Cao Yao (son of Cao Can), who was a Chinese medicine doctor in the imperial court, "When you come home from vacation, try to ask your father, who is the prime minister, all day long for drinking and chatting, but never asks the emperor for instructions to report government affairs;"
Second, don't ask the imperial court anything. If this continues, how can you govern the country and appease the people? After you ask, see how your father answers and let me know when you come back. But don't tell me that I asked you to ask him.
Cao Yao accepted the emperor's will, went home on holiday, found an opportunity, waited on his father, chatted with his father according to the will of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty, and persuaded Cao Can.
after listening to his son's words, Cao Can lost his temper and cursed Cao Yao, saying, "What do you know about state affairs? It's your turn to say these things? Or are you in charge? Why don't you go back to the palace and wait on the emperor? " While cursing, he picked up the board and gave his son a good beating.
After being scolded by his father, Cao Yao returned to the palace dejectedly and complained to Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty. After listening to this, Hui Di felt even more puzzled. I don't know why Cao Can was so angry.
The next day, when he went to court, Emperor Hui of Han left Cao Can behind and scolded him, saying, "Why did you punish Cao Yao? What he said was what I meant, and I asked him to persuade you. " Cao Can immediately took off his hat after listening to Hui Di's words, and knelt on the ground constantly kowtowing to apologize.
After Emperor Hui of Han told him to get up, he said, "What do you think? Please tell me straight!" Cao Can thought for a moment and then boldly replied to Hui Di: "Please think about it carefully. Who is more wise and brave than the first emperor?"
Hui Di immediately said, "How dare I compare with my late emperor?" Cao Can asked again: "Your Majesty, who is stronger than Xiao He Xiangguo in terms of my ability and political integrity?" Han Huidi smiled and said, "I think you are not as good as Xiao Xiangguo."
Cao Can took Hui Di's words and said, "Your Majesty is absolutely right. Since your talent is not as good as that of the first emperor, and my ability and moral integrity are not as good as that of Xiao Xiangguo, then after the unification of the world, the first emperor and Xiao Xiangguo have successively formulated many clear and complete laws and regulations, and they are all effective in implementation. Can we still formulate laws and regulations that exceed them? "
Then he sincerely said to Hui Di, "Now your Majesty is carrying on the business, not starting a business. Therefore, we ministers should follow the wishes of our late emperor, be cautious and abide by our duties. For laws and regulations that have been formulated and implemented, we should not arbitrarily change them, but only follow them. Isn't it good for me to do things according to the rules now? "
After listening to Cao Can's explanation, Emperor Hui of Han said, "I see, you don't have to say any more!"
Cao Can served as prime minister in the imperial court for three years, and strongly advocated that quietism should not disturb the people and govern the country according to the laws and regulations formulated by Xiao He, so that the political stability, economic development and people's life in the Western Han Dynasty were improved day by day.
After his death, the people made up a ballad to praise him, saying, "Xiao He made laws, which were clear and neat; After Cao Can took over, he adhered to the principle of not deviating. The administration is quiet and quiet, and the people are happy. " History is called "Xiao Gui Cao Sui".
4. Hidden in the Golden House
Liu Che was born by Wang Hao, the wife of the favored princess of Emperor Han Jing at that time, ranking tenth. Jingdi has thirteen sons, and Li Ji, once a favorite princess, gave birth to the eldest son, Liu Rong.
As there was no son, in 153 BC, Emperor Jingdi made his eldest son, Liu Rong, who was eighteen years old, the Crown Prince in accordance with the tradition of "growing up", and made another prince, Liu Che, the king of Jiaodong, on the day when Chu Jun was established, which was unprecedented, when Liu Che was four years old. ?
Liu Piao, Princess of Guantao, wants to marry her daughter to Prince Liu Rong. Liu Rong's mother, Li Ji, is seldom favored because of jealousy. Liu Che's mother, Mrs. Wang, therefore sent someone to tell Li Ji: "The beauty that the princess gave to your majesty before is in favor. Why don't you visit princess royal privately and form this marriage?"
At that time, many beauties were favored by the emperor because of princess royal. Jealous Li Ji was angry and didn't listen, so she rejected princess royal and didn't agree to this marriage. Princess royal was also very angry, and Mrs. Wang took the opportunity to send someone to flatter princess royal. Princess royal wanted to marry his daughter to Liu Che, but Jingdi didn't allow it.
Later, princess royal returned to Weiyang Palace, and Liu Che, the king of Jiaodong, was four years old. Princess royal held King Jiaodong in his lap and asked, "Do you want a wife, son?"
princess royal pointed to the top 1 imperial ministers, but King Jiaodong couldn't say it well. Princess royal pointed to his daughter and asked, "How is Gillian?" King Jiaodong smiled and said, "Well, if I can get Gillian as my wife, I will build a golden house for her to live in."
princess royal is very happy. So I begged Jingdi, and the two children got married. This is the origin of the idiom "A golden house hides a charming woman".
5. Shepherding in Su Wu
The story of Su Wu Shepherding tells that in the first year of Tianhan (the first 1 years), Su Wu was ordered to go to Xiongnu as a corps commander and was detained. Xiongnu nobles repeatedly threatened to induce them to surrender;
After that, he moved to the North Sea (now Lake Baikal in Russia) to herd sheep, held Fu Jie in his hand, and threatened to let the ram have children before he could be released to China.
Su Wu went through hardships and stayed in Xiongnu for 19 years. It was not until the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty (the first 81 years) that he was released back to Han. After Su Wu's death, Emperor Xuandi of Han Dynasty listed him as one of the eleven heroes of Qilin Pavilion, demonstrating his moral integrity.