How did Xia Jie die?
Jie, also known as GUI and Lu GUI, was born and died in an unknown year. He became a famous tyrant in history. In the 53rd year of his reign, his country died, he was exiled and starved to death. He was buried in Woniushan (now Woniushan, Chaoxian County, Anhui Province).
Jie has infinite strength and can straighten the hook with empty hands. With this brute force, he often hurt the people for no reason. He was cruel in his political work, destroyed agricultural production, imposed indiscriminate expeditions and blackmailed small states.
In the 33rd year after he ascended the throne, he sent troops to fight against Shi Shi, who could not resist. He paid tribute to a beautiful woman named Meixi. He was very fond of Mei Xi and specially built her a magnificent Qiong room, elephant Gallery, Yao terrace and jade bed for them to enjoy shamelessly. The burden of all this falls on the people, who are in great pain and dare not speak in anger.
Jie attached great importance to courtiers and rejected loyal and good people. There was a villain named Zhao Liang who devoted himself to Jie's favor. He taught him how to enjoy himself, how to extort money, and how to harm the people. He got Jie's favor. In the 37th year after Jie ascended the throne, Tang, the leader of the eastern Shang tribe, introduced Yi Yin, a sage with both ability and political integrity, to Jie. Yi Yin persuaded Jie with the benevolent policies of Yao and Shun, hoping that Jie would understand the sufferings of the common people and govern the world with his heart. Jie can't listen, Yi Yin has to leave. In his later years, Jie became more licentious. He ordered a large pool, called night palace, to be built. He took a large group of men and women to live in the pool and did not go to court for a month. The Grand Historian made Zhonggu cry and admonish him. On the contrary, Jie was very impatient and accused him of meddling in his own business. Knowing that xiajie was hopeless, Zhonggu went to Shangtang. One of Xia Jie's ministers, Guan longfu, heard Lao Baixing's angry voice and felt that the general situation was not good, so he admonished Jie and said, "the emperor is modest and trustworthy, thrifty and takes good care of the talents. Only in this way can the world be stable and the Dynasty be stable. Now your majesty is extravagant and bloodthirsty, which makes the people expect you to perish earlier. Your majesty has lost the will of the people. Only if you correct your mistakes quickly can you restore the will of the people. " Jie heard and scolded Guan longfu, and finally ordered him to be killed. Xia Jie thought that his rule would never perish. He said: "there is a sun in the sky, just as I have people, will the sun perish? When the sun perishes, I will perish. "He also called a meeting of the heads of his ministries to prepare for the war against other tribes. In this way, Jie lost his heart day by day and made people rebel. At this time, the Shang tribe flourished under the leadership of Tang. Worried that Shangtang would endanger him, Jie imprisoned him in xiatai (now Yu County, Henan Province). Soon, Tang designed Jie to release himself. Later, under the plan of the famous Prime Minister Yiyin, Shang Tang set up troops to attack Jie. Tang first attacked Wei and Gu, the party members of Jie, defeated Kunwu, and then went straight to mingtiao (now the west of Anyi County, Shanxi Province).
Jie got the news and led the soldiers to mingtiao. The two armies were at war, and Jie climbed to a nearby hilltop to watch the battle. Suddenly it rained heavily, and Jie rushed down from the top of the mountain to take shelter from the rain. The soldiers of Xia army were unwilling to work for Jie. At this time, they also took the opportunity to flee. Xia Jie couldn't stop him, so he had to flee into the city. The Shang army chased after him, but Jie did not dare to stay for a long time. He hurriedly took Meixi and Zhenbao with him, boarded a boat, crossed the river and fled to Nanchao (now Chaoxian County, Anhui Province). Later, he was caught by Tang and exiled here. At this time, Jie did not repent, but said: "I really regret that I didn't kill Tang in xiatai prison at that time!"
Jie and Mei Xi were used to being respectable. In this remote mountain village, there was no one to serve them, and they could not work, so they starved to death in woniu mountain. They also said that they died in Tingshan mountain. Some historical records say that Jie was not captured by the Shang soldiers, but fled to Nanchao and died. The Xia Dynasty was doomed.
