King Wen of Zhou was lamenting the inadequacy of King Yin. The unprincipled rule of King Yin led to the tyranny of lawless courtiers, knocking out bones and sucking marrow, corrupting the law, stealing high positions, and being shameless and rampant. The rebuke of the king is actually a secret rebuke to the king for reusing the greedy ministers, and the evil result of this will inevitably be the rejection of the virtuous and the cause of chaos. King Yin was stubborn and self-serving, reckless, with no virtue inside and no good ministers outside, which ultimately led to great disasters for the country. If you don't know how to be a monarch, it's very dangerous.

King Yin was drunk and corrupted, he built a wine pond and meat forest, and drank and feasted all night. In the early days of the Zhou Dynasty, in view of the harm caused by the Shang king's drunkenness and lewdness, a ban on alcohol was issued. However, after the overthrow of the previous car and the lesson of the rear car, King Li did not accept the lessons of history at all, reversed day and night, and abandoned political affairs, and the doctor was heartbroken by this. King Yin's various corrupt and disorderly behaviors have led to a chaotic domestic situation, and this chaos has spread outward to remote countries.

The situation is already very dangerous and urgent from the country to the outside world. King Li should not reuse the wicked and the villain, but should reuse the old ministers who are familiar with the old regulations. King Li should have mastered this effective way of the ancestors, but now his virtue is not enough to enable him to do this, so the fate of the country will shift, and the disaster of the imminent destruction of the country will inevitably come. With the experience of Yin Shang's demise, these warnings are definitely not alarmist. King Li should make amends at this time, and don't be unaware of the catastrophe coming.

It's a pity that King Li won't listen:

The Emperor of Heaven is arrogant and debauched, he is the king of the people. The Emperor of Heaven is greedy and tyrannical, and his decrees are too perverse. Heaven gave birth to feed the people, and the decrees were untrustworthy and lied. Everything starts well, but rarely ends well.

King Wen opened his mouth and sighed for a long time, sighing that you are the last king of Yin Shang! How many violent and tyrannical thieves, knocking on bones and sucking the marrow and greedy for bribes, stealing from high positions and enjoying wealth, and being too powerful and rampant. These lawless ministers descended from heaven to encourage the king to be strong.

King Wen opened his mouth and sighed for a long time, sighing that you are the last king of Yin Shang! You let the good take the position, and the violent and traitorous ministers are scared. slander in the face of slander, and forcibly steal from the court. Curse the virtuous ministers to harm the loyal and good, and create endless disasters.

King Wen opened his mouth and sighed for a long time, sighing that you are the last king of Yin Shang! He is too arrogant in the world, but he regards the wicked as loyal. You don't know how to know people, and you don't know how traitors form friends. You don't know who you know, I don't know who can be the minister.

King Wen opened his mouth and sighed for a long time, sighing that you are the last king of Yin Shang! Heaven didn't let you drink too much, and it didn't let you use bandits. Regardless of etiquette and behavior, he poured yellow soup day and night. Screaming and screaming is not decent, and the political affairs are reversed day and night.

King Wen opened his mouth and sighed for a long time, sighing that you are the last king of Yin Shang! The people's lamentation is like the song of cicadas, just like falling into boiling water. It's not big or small, but you're still the same. The people of the whole country were angry, and their anger spread far and wide.

King Wen opened his mouth and sighed for a long time, sighing that you are the last king of Yin Shang! It's not that the emperor has a bad heart, it's that you don't abide by the old rules. Although there are no old ministers around, there is still a law to rely on. If you do not listen to the advice of others, your destiny will be transferred, and the country will perish.

King Wen opened his mouth and sighed for a long time, sighing that you are the last king of Yin Shang! The ancients have a saying that should not be forgotten: the roots of the big tree are unearthed, although the branches and leaves are not injured for the time being, the roots of the tree have been damaged for a long time. Yin Shang's mirror is not far away, you should know what happened to Xia Wei.

"Suppression": The ancestor of the rules and precepts of the ages

King Zhou Ping is the son of King You of Zhou, King You is mediocre and cruel, pampered and pampered, and finally the Xirong army killed King You under Lishan. After the death of King You of Zhou, King Ping ascended the throne. In the second year of King Ping of Zhou, Marquis Wen of Jin, Duke Wu of Zheng, Duke Wu of Wei, Duke Xiang of Qin and others escorted King Ping to Luoyi by force, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty began from there. At this time, the Zhou royal family declined, the princes sat big, and King Ping's governance was not appropriate, he did not know how to care for the people, resulting in indefinite service for the people, and even the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty were far away to the country.

Wei Wugong was the patriarch of the Zhou Dynasty, and he experienced the four dynasties of King Li, King Xuan, King You, and King Ping. King Li was exiled, King Xuan was prosperous, and King You was destroyed, he was all witnesses. When King Ping was in power, he was already ten years old, and he saw that the character of King Ping, who he supported, was so corrupt and politically dark. He couldn't help but be indignant and wrote this poem.

"The wise are sometimes stupid", it seems that this is the maxim of the ancients, the wise man has a thousand thoughts, and there will be a mistake, so the wise man should also be cautious. The stupidity of ordinary people is their natural defect; The stupidity of a wise person is contrary to convention and incomprehensible. In the eyes of Wei Wugong, it was obvious that King Zhou Ping was not a stupid person, but now he had become so unreasonable, seeing that he was about to lead the Zhou Dynasty to the abyss of no return. How much Wei Wugong hoped that King Ping would be dignified, polite, and moral, but unfortunately the reality was disappointing.

It is very important to seek merit and morality, and to seek merit can govern the country in peace, and virtuous ministers can help the king formulate a plan for the establishment of the country, and can also implement a series of long-term national policies. As a king, you need to be cautious in your behavior, because the people will use it as a standard, and this is the result of virtue. King Zhou Ping was charged with six crimes: chaos in national affairs, corruption of morality, indulgence in wine, eating, drinking, and merrymaking, unintentional imperial business, and not seeking justice. These six charges can be said to be shocking, and they suddenly give people a strong sense of awakening, which is a manifestation of the deep pain of love.

King Zhou Ping should get up early and go to bed late, be diligent in political affairs, straighten out national defense, and be ready to defend against foreign enemies at any time. Don't forget the painful price of the fall of King You, King Ping must make military deployment a top priority. King Ping should be courteous to his subjects and cautious in his words, which is a very important thing as a monarch and a further embodiment of seeking merit and virtue. What King Ping should do is: appease the people, love the ministers, entertain the nobles with a pleasant face, do things without shame, cultivate virtue, behave cautiously, look good, treat people politely, do not make mistakes, and repay the favor.

After repeatedly stating what should be done and what should not be done, Wei Wugong earnestly warned King Ping that he should listen carefully to his own admonitions, otherwise he would suffer the disaster of destroying the country. Tough wood can make a good piano, and the best violin wood should also be matched with soft silk strings, which is like a gentle and cautious good man, his roots are deep and his character is high, it can be said that he is serious. Wei Wu Gong said softly and firmly: King Zhou, if you listen to me, you will be a famous king, if you don't listen to me, you will be a faint king, please think twice!

Wei Wugong sighed: It's not enough to just talk to you, I have to teach you how to do things, it's not enough to teach you face-to-face, I have to hold your ears and ask you to listen. Wei Wugong is a highly decorated old minister, and such an expression is nothing more than a reflection of the anger that hatred of iron does not become steel. He was worried that if King Zhou Ping did not change his seclusion, it would eventually lead to the destruction of the country and the suffering of the people.