King you of Zhou took Guo Shifu as the prime minister, Ji Gong as the situ, and Yin Qiu as the doctor. Shi Fu was good at flattery and profit, which aggravated the exploitation of the people. Social contradictions intensified. It is said that Shi Fu advised you wang to climb the beacon tower of Lishan Mountain and ordered the guards to light the beacon fire to play with the princes. Baosi laughed heartily, and you king rewarded Guo Shifu with thousands of gold. Finally, it led to the death of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Historical facts
King you of the Zhou Dynasty, surnamed Ji, was named Gong Yu, the last monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty in China. During his reign, all kinds of social contradictions became sharp, the political situation was unstable, and earthquakes and droughts occurred repeatedly. King you of the Zhou Dynasty intensified the exploitation and appointed Guo Shi's father, who was greedy for money and good at flattering, to preside over the government, which aroused the resentment of the Chinese people. After listening to the slander of Baosi, the beloved imperial concubine, she abandoned queen Shenhou and Prince Yijiu (the son of Shenhou), established Baosi as empress and Bofu as Prince. After Shen and Yi Jiu fled back to Shen. In 772 B.C., king you of Zhou took the initiative to attack the original Shenhou foreign country, Shenhou contacted the Rong family to defeat the king of Zhou, and the Western Zhou Dynasty perished.
Story
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It is said that for the sake of a smile, king you of Zhou lit the beacon tower and teased the princes. In 781 BC, King Xuan of Zhou died, and his son ascended the throne, that is, king you of Zhou. King Youwang of Zhou was in a muddle and looked for beautiful women everywhere. Zhao shudai, a doctor, advised him to manage more government affairs. King you of Zhou became angry, so he removed Zhao shudai's official position and turned him out. This aroused the dissatisfaction of minister Bao Xiang. Baoxiang came to persuade the king of Zhou, but he was put into prison in a rage. Baoxiang was in prison for three years. His son presented the beautiful woman Baosi to the king of Zhou you, who then released Baoxiang. When king you of Zhou saw Bao Si, he was very fond of him. But Bao Si was always frowning, and he didn't even smile once. King you of Zhou tried his best to make her laugh, but she couldn't. Guo Shifu said to king you of Zhou, "in order to prevent Xirong from invading our capital, more than 20 beacon towers were built in the area of Fanshan. If the enemy comes in, they will set off a series of beacon fires to let the neighboring princes see them, so that they can send troops to rescue them. At this time, the world is peaceful, and the beacon tower has long been useless. It's better to set the beacon on fire and let the princes be fooled. The empress would laugh when she saw these soldiers and horses coming and running. Do you think I can do this? "
King you of Zhou narrowed his eyes and clapped his hands. When the beacon fire started, the sky was full of fire in the middle of the night. The neighboring princes saw the beacon fire and rushed to the capital with their troops. I heard that the king was in Xishan, so I rushed to Xishan. I didn't expect that an enemy didn't see it. It didn't look like a war. I only heard music and singing. Everyone, I see you, you see me, don't know what's going on. King you of Zhou asked people to go to them and said, "hard work, everyone. There is no enemy. Go back!" The princes knew that they had been cheated by the king. They were very angry and led their troops back.
In early 2012, when Tsinghua University in Beijing sorted out the bamboo slips of the Warring States period ("Tsinghua bamboo slips"), it was found that the description on the bamboo slips was different from that of "Warlords". According to the bamboo slips of the Warring States period collected by Tsinghua University, king you of Zhou took the initiative to attack the original foreign kingdom of Shen. The Marquis Shen contacted the Rong family to defeat the king of Zhou, and the Western Zhou Dynasty perished. There is no story of "Warlords" on bamboo slips. According to Professor Liu Guozhong of the center for research and protection of unearthed documents at Tsinghua University, historians can conclude that the warlord drama was not the cause of the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty, or even that the story was fabricated.
An enchanting smile
Seeing that so many soldiers were busy, Bao Si laughed. King you of Zhou was very happy and rewarded Guo Shifu with thousands of gold. Later, the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty was surrounded by Hourong. The king of you asked for help. The princes thought that the king of you was playing with the princes again, so they didn't come back. When king you of Zhou saw that there was no help coming, dog soldiers attacked the city day and night, so he let Guo Shi father take the lead in breaking through the siege. Guo Shi father was not able to fight, but he did not dare to disobey the order of king you of Zhou, so he had to reluctantly take orders and lead 200 soldiers to open the door to kill. Shen Bo saw Guo Shi's father going out of the city in the battle. He pointed to Guo Shi's father and said to King Canrong, "this is a thief who deceives the king and the country. We can't let him go." After hearing this, the king said, "who can help me catch him?" "The young general is willing to go," said the general He clapped his horse with a sword and rushed directly to Guo Shifu. If he couldn't fight for ten times, Guo Shifu was cut off by Bo Ding.
Relics of guoshifu
There is also a bronze in the Guo State Museum in Sanmenxia. It is 19 cm in height, 25.2 cm in length, 30.6 cm in width and 5.8 cm in depth. The inscription is "Guo Shuo's father, Zha (Zuo), has been traveling for thousands of years, and his children and grandchildren will enjoy it forever.". Its four walls are connected with each other to form a rectangular mouth, which is slightly inclined from the outside to the inside. The bottom is a rectangular body. There are animal head ears on both sides of the cover and the body. The animal head is glaring and inviolable. The most striking feature of the whole ware is the elephant trunk curled Kui dragon pattern. The pattern is spread symmetrically on both sides with the center of the body as the axis. There are also stealing curved patterns around. The stealing curved patterns are flat and long, with a garden in the square and a square in the circle, making the whole ware smooth, full, solemn and grand. It is an ancient utensil for holding millet, millet, sorghum, rice and other food at the time of sacrifice and feast The cover and body are of the same shape and size. They are symmetrical up and down. If they are combined, they can be divided into two vessels. It appeared in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, mainly prevailed in the early spring and Autumn period, and disappeared after the late Warring States period.
When a cultural relic tells us its use, we can also understand the background of the times through it, and see the life track of some historical figures. Everything before death has been statically recorded. It should be said that Guo Shi Fu was responsible for the decline of the Western Zhou Dynasty. However, such a "king of subjugation" played a vital role in the development of Guo State in Sanmenxia. Relevant historical data show that at that time, the territory of Guo State in Sanmenxia started from Mianchi County in the East, Lingbao City in the west, Lushi County in the south, and Pinglu County in Shanxi Province in the north. It was about 100 kilometers long from east to west and 100 kilometers wide from south to North. It was roughly the same as Sanmenxia area. Compared with Qi, Jin and Chu at that time, Guo State was a little bit less than Dao, but compared with other feudal states in Wangji, it was undoubtedly a big country and also a powerful country It is a big country with abundant water and mineral resources. History is always just, whether it is a sage or a civilian; whether it is a gentleman or a villain, it will be forever remembered in the ring of history, let future generations to comment on it.
