Chapter 379: The Enemy of a Gentleman

Then why is it said that "Jiuchi Meat Forest" is a political achievement project of the king of Shang, and it can even be said to be a popular project. Imagine that in this kind of common joyful behavior, the king of Shang and Su Daji prepared wine and meat for everyone, so that everyone could enjoy themselves while "enjoying themselves", what is not a people's project?

Of course, if the king wants to make his subjects happy, he must have wine and meat, and this cost is not small. In order to meet the needs of his subjects, the king of Shang, an old man who was almost sixty, commanded the army to fight Dongyi, the purpose of which was to let Dongyi pay tribute and bring some wine and meat, so as to open up the people's hearts and play that talent show.

But at this time, King Wu of Zhou on the Shaanxi side took advantage of the loopholes, taking advantage of the Shang Dynasty's conquest of Dongyi and the emptiness of domestic troops, he smashed Huanglong and fought directly in Muye, destroying the Shang Dynasty. According to the "Historical Records", King Shang set himself on fire in Lutai, that is, the place where he raised small animals, similar to Teacher Qian's private zoo. The "Historical Records" also said that Su Daji was also killed.

This statement of the historical records is even more inaccurate.

Sun Hui knew that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao conquered Yuan Shao and won a great victory. Cao Pi directly married Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law Zhen. Kong Rong, who has been particularly sleek and sophisticated since he was a child, patted Cao Cao on the back and said, King Wu will cut down and give Zhou Gong Daji. Compare Cao Cao to King Wu of Zhou. It can be seen that Da is not dead. Of course, in books such as "The World Speaks New Words" that clearly glorify Wei and Jin scholars, it is said that this passage is Kong Rong's mockery of Cao Cao. When King Shang died, Su Da had only been with him for two years, and with his young and beautiful appearance, it was possible for Zhou Gongdan to accept it. It's just that later Confucian scholars often despise women's affairs and dare not face the deeds of their ancestors, so they simply spread rumors and say that they are dead. Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, when Confucianism began to dominate the world, it is understandable that the "Historical Records" said that Su Daji died with the king of Shang.

In addition, ancient China was very principled in fighting wars, especially the victorious country, which did not kill the royal family of the previous dynasty. This tradition has been going on for a long time. It has only been destroyed by a few minority regimes in recent times. Shang didn't kill Xia's royal family, and Zhou didn't kill Shang either. The royal family of the Shang Dynasty was sealed in the area of Shangqiu, Henan by King Wu of Zhou, and the brother of the King of Shang was sealed to North Korea and so on. Although these places seemed to be places where crops did not grow much at the time, they did save their lives. There is no need for King Wu of Zhou to kill Su Daji, not to mention, Daji is also a hard-working child, and it is very possible to give it to Duke Zhou. The country is beautiful and fragrant, how can King Wu of Zhou, who pretends to be benevolent, willing to kill.

It's a good girl, why was she arranged as a vixen later? The reason is that there is the Su clan, a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural tribe, which uses foxes as totems. Saying that Su Daji is a fox probably comes from this. In fact, a fox is a fox, and a raccoon dog is a raccoon dog, in the ancient Chinese saying. In the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", it is said that the former has a fairy spirit, and the latter is an ordinary animal. This distinction was not blurred until the Northern Song Dynasty or a little earlier. The word fox is put together, and it has a derogatory meaning. In addition, the victorious Zhou people deliberately distorted history and deliberately arranged the jokes of the Shang King to prove that people were good women. One of the interesting things about ancient Chinese history is that the last emperor was always faint, and the founding emperor was probably virtuous. Is that really the case? Not necessarily. Confucius also had to admit in the "Analects" that King Wu of Zhou was not a good person. Of course, the fact that Confucius's ancestors were descendants of the Shang Dynasty is also very interesting. The Shang Dynasty arranged Xia Wei to be lustful, and the Zhou Dynasty arranged Shang Xuan, which can be regarded as a reincarnation for hundreds of years, and the debts owed must be repaid. Mr. Lu Xun said that Chinese history is repetitive, which can be seen. History, that is, if you talk too much, it will naturally come true. Then, Su Daji, a woman from a good family, was also scandalized, and later, as the word fox spirit became more and more junior and goddaughter, the three words "Su Daji" became synonymous with fox spirit.

The reason why Su Daji can only be a vixen is just because all history is contemporary history.

According to Du Lili's account, Su Da is only one of the many beauties in Di Xin's harem, not the queen, when Di Xin got her, Queen Yuan and Queen Jiang have been dead for many years, and Di Xin has not made a queen. Although Da was very favored by Di Xin because of her youth and beauty, her status was far lower than that of the queen. Among the women of Di Xin, there is another person whose status is close to that of the queen, a female general and priestess in her thirties, who was born in the Onifang clan. Although the queen was much older than Da, she was also extremely beautiful, not inferior to Daji, and she was in good shape, proficient in martial arts, able to fight with bronze broadswords, in charge of military power, was a strong helper of the emperor, and was a priestess, presiding over state ceremonies and divination, and Da already respected her very much.

In Du Lili's description, Da is already lively and active, young and cute, she is naughty, a little rebellious, and sometimes does some pranks that are not too out of line, but what "dissecting the belly of a pregnant woman to see if the child is male or female" and "cutting the leg bone to test the depth of the bone marrow" is absolutely never done.

The reason why he is associated with himself from what happened to Da Ji in history is because Sun Hui has been keenly aware that the "gentlemen" of the Great Song Dynasty have a lot of complaints about what they have done.

The civil officials of the Song Dynasty were too happy, they grew up in honey water since the time of Song Taizong, and the sweetness in the water continued to increase. The civil officials and scholars were divided into two factions. One faction is the pursuit of greater sweetness, the emperor does what he says, the prime minister does what he says, and does not say or do anything that is out of line, everything is just to get greater benefits; The other faction does the opposite, they yearn for spiritual sublime greatness, and all their words and deeds are close to the incomparably high and extinct human beings in ancient times, that is, the "gentlemen".

Strictly speaking, the aspirants and followers of these gentlemen also want money, or at least they don't refuse money, but they hold some things higher. For example, the prosperity of the country should be given priority to personal happiness, the ideological education of the people should be given priority to personal entertainment, and even the emperor's moral integrity and work attitude should be given priority to his own life and the life of his whole family!

That is, for the country and the people, at any cost. It stands to reason that this is indeed good, and it is good that there is no objection. But there is one point, how can we define the prosperity of the country, the thinking of the people, and the moral character of the emperor? Are the standards of "gentlemen" really absolutely correct?

This is a sharp, practical question. To put it simply, is there really an unchanging, eternal scale of what is right and what is wrong? Do you really believe that you will always be 100% right? If not, why should you demand from others, or even command others to obey?