Chapter 17: Master Xu (Part II)
"The Shang Dynasty went through thirty generations, and during the thirtieth dynasty of kings, the struggle between royal power and aristocratic power reached its peak. The king is self-sustaining and smart, rigid and self-serving, overly decorative, ****, extravagant, with wine as a pool, hanging meat as a forest, as a drink for a long night. The king set up the punishment of cannon branding and wantonly killed the princes and nobles. The indiscriminate use of torture and the aggravation of accumulation caused the princes, nobles and small people to rebel against each other. When the crisis deepened, the king also used troops against the peripheral tribes on a large scale to pacify the east, which consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, and accelerated the demise of the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou people in the West took the opportunity to develop and finally destroyed the Yin Shang. Xu Fuzi took a sip of tea and continued to preach,
"After King Wu established the Zhou, he was a great meritorious strategist, and it is said that at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, a total of seventy-one vassal states were divided......"
This should be the predecessor of the god list,
"The last period of the pre-Qin period is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Spring and Autumn Period is a period belonging to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the power of the King of Zhou in the Spring and Autumn Period weakened, the heroes rose together, the princes were in dispute, the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Wen of Jin, the Duke of Song Xiang, the Duke of Qin Mu, and the King of Chuzhuang successively claimed hegemony, known as the "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemony" in history. β
"According to historical records, during the Spring and Autumn Period of 242 years, 43 monarchs were killed by their subordinates or enemy countries, 52 vassal states were destroyed, there were more than 480 large and small wars, and more than 450 court appointments and alliances of princes."
Xu Fuzi drank all the tea in the teacup, and Zhang Baiyi refilled another cup for Xu Fuzi.
Xu Youji stroked his goatee and looked at Young Master Zhang, he was very satisfied, no matter what his knowledge was, at least he respected the old man, Xu Youji remembered that Young Master Zhang used all kinds of small means to perfunctory himself, and now he feels angry and funny when he thinks about it,
Xu Fuzi took a sip of tea and said: "After the protracted war for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, the number of vassal states in the Zhou Dynasty was greatly reduced, and after the three families were divided, Han, Zhao, and Wei were among the powerful countries, and the pattern of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States was formally formed, and the seven kingdoms were: Yan, Zhao, Wei, Han, Chu, Qin, and Qi. β
"In addition to the most powerful Seven Heroes, there were some small states in the Zhou Dynasty, but their influence was far less than that of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and they could only survive in the cracks of them, and were eventually destroyed by the Seven Heroes. The Zhou royal family was nominally the co-ruler of the world, but in fact it was destroyed. The vassal states attacked each other, and wars continued. Because of the frequent wars during this period, it is called the Warring States period. β
"The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were followed by the Qin and Chu Period,"
"Isn't it the Qin and Han dynasties?" Young Master Zhang was puzzled,
"What Qin and Han periods? Are you questioning the old man," Master Xu, who was still amiable just now, glared at Zhang Baiyi at this time.
"The student didn't dare, it was the student who remembered it wrongly, Master Xu, please speak," Zhang Baiyi was secretly shocked in his heart, it seems that history has diverged during this period,
Zhang Baiyi didn't dare to offend Master Xu at this time, for fear that this old guy would play tricks and not explain history to himself.
Xu Fuzi was very satisfied with Zhang Baiyi's attitude, and continued to speak: "Qin was originally a vassal state during the Warring States Period, and Qin successively attacked and destroyed the six Kwantung countries, ending the situation of division and division of the princes for 500 years since the Spring and Autumn Period, but the Qin king was warlike and fought many large-scale wars during his reign, which led to the emptiness of Guanzhong and greatly shook the foundation of Qin. While Qin Shi Huang completed the unification of his territory, he also created the conditions for the overthrow of the Qin Dynasty. β
"During the reign of Qin II, the peasants lived a miserable life, wearing the clothes of cattle and horses, eating the food of dogs, and often fled to the mountains and forests under the torture of the mobsters, and staged riots. Later, Xiang Liang, the son of Xiang Yan, a famous general of the old Chu, and Xiang Liang's nephew Xiang Yu killed the Qin Huiji county guard in Wu and called on the people to rise up against Qin; Liu Ji, the chief of Peixian Pavilion, responded to the uprising in the name of Fusu, the son of Qin, who had been given death, at that time the Qin Dynasty was at the end of the strong crossbow, and soon Xiang Yu led the army into the customs and entered Xianyang, Liu Ji and Xiang Yu competed for the throne and was exterminated by Xiang Liang with his troops, Xiang Yu established himself as the overlord of Western Chu, and set the capital Pengcheng,"
It turned out that Xiang Yu had won the battle between Chu and Han, and I am afraid that the time and space I was in was not the time and space I knew.
According to legend, Xiang Yu can lift a thousand catties of giant tripods, often compete with others, never defeated, after the overlord of Chu passed on three generations, the fourth generation of the king of Chu Wu Xiang Jue, inherited the will of the king of Chu, heavy martial arts and light literature, resulting in the fierce folk customs, all heroic and ruthless, the people fought in discord, during the period of King Wu of Chu, you can see martial arts fights everywhere, Wuzong competes, it can be said that it is a prosperous country in martial arts, the pole of things must be reversed, the prosperity must decline, until the fourteenth generation of Chu Xuwang Xiang Danyu, Xiang Danyu's cowardice and incompetence led to the disaster of Lianzhen, the rebellion of the eunuchs, and the uprising of the people, which finally collapsed the glorious Great Chu Empire. β
"Later, it experienced the ...... of the two Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Three Kingdoms"
There has been a small episode in time and space, history has changed since the overlord of Chu, the three kingdoms of the two Jin and Northern Dynasties told by Xu Fuzi and the three kingdoms of the two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties that he knows are completely different things, there are celebrities that Zhang Baiyi knows, and there are also people who have not heard of it, such as Zhuge Liang called the emperor after Liu Bei's death during the Three Kingdoms period, proclaimed himself Zhuge Wuhou, unified the Three Kingdoms and established the Wuhou State, Zhuge Wuhou wrote a theory on governing the country within 700 years when he was dying, and the Wuhou Kingdom also perished due to war after 700 years,
"After the Wuhou Kingdom is my great Wen country, King Wen Taizu Wenjing, raise the command flag to quell the war, build the number of Kaiwen, set the capital of Chang'an, govern the country with literature, emphasize culture and education, light military affairs, formulate the imperial examination system and education system, after three dynasties and three generations, it is now the thirty-seventh year of Jianwen, and the country has been a prosperous scene of singing and dancing, and literature is prosperous." Xu Fuzi said proudly.
After Xu Fuzi finished speaking, Zhang Baiyi already knew that the time and space he was in was no longer the time and space where he was in his previous life, perhaps because the victory of the overlord of Chu changed history, so that there was a side branch in the long river of history, and the time and space where he is now is on this side branch.
"How do you feel about listening to my history?" Xu Fuzi looked at Zhang Baiyi who was in a daze and asked,
"Chu Overlord is really good!" Zhang Baiyi blurted out without brain,
"Cow? Why? Master Xu wondered,
"Oh~ Cow means powerful!"
"It's just a martial artist, what's so powerful, if you want to say that it is powerful, it belongs to Emperor Wenjing, the Taizu of my dynasty, he didn't have a bloody blade, he didn't spend a single soldier, he turned his hands into clouds, covered his hands for rain, and overturned Wuhou Kingdom with only his wit......" Xu Fuzi began his speech again,
You old man knows a fart. The overlord of Chu has changed the trajectory of history, he is not a bull, although Young Master Zhang thinks so, he doesn't dare to say it, even if he says it, he won't believe it with the old stubborn in front of him,
"Bang-bang-bang-" knock on the door,
"Young Master, Master Xu, it's time to eat," the servant of Zhang's Mansion outside the study announced,
"Bring the food to the study," Young Master Zhang commanded outside the door,
After a while, a sumptuous lunch was brought to the study by a few family members.
Lunch is very rich, net oil fish rolls, hibiscus prawns, peach kernel chicken, goldfish duck palms, Xueyue mutton, stewed mutton, pearl tofu, hibiscus fish bones, a total of eight dishes,
"The Confucian classic "Book of Rites" said: "At the beginning of the husband's ceremony, the beginning of the diet", today the old man and you will talk about the etiquette of eating, as the so-called, the people take food as the sky, so the food etiquette is indispensable, the way of learning, the prophet and then the line, the same is true ......of the diet" Xu Fuzi began his preaching again,
ββ¦β¦ The five flavors are all sweet, the sheep is fat, the words of the meal, the good, the food is different, and the Tao is one. The so-called taste is also delicious. β
Young Master Zhang heard the clouds coming and going, and seeing that the hot meal was about to be cold, he persuaded the esophagus: "The sage speaks, the food is not spoken, Master Xu, let's eat first,"
"It's the old man Meng Lang, let's eat,"
"Master, please,"
Finally able to move the chopsticks, Young Master Zhang looked at the table full of delicious food and was already hungry, Zhang Sanjin specially ordered today's lunch to be richer, one is to celebrate that the Zhang family will have a scholar in the future, and the other is that he is afraid that Young Master Zhang will study hard, so make up for it,
Xu Fuzi took a sip of mutton and drank a sip of soup, "Well, the rotten meat soup is thick, mellow and delicious, sticky and smooth, very refreshing,"
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After the five flavors of the dishes, the tea was full of food, Zhang Baiyi instructed the servants to take the rest of the food away,
"Hiccupβ" Xu Fuzi hiccuped, "You can already recite the Three Character Classic, do you know what it means?" β
"The students don't know, but they still hope for the master's teachings,"