1. Xia Jie Character Profile
1. Jie—— Xia Dynasty the last monarch
Xia Jie, also known as Kui, , Lugui, he Shangtang Posthumous name Jie (meaning fierce). Jie was the son of Faa, the 16th monarch of the Xia Dynasty, who reigned for 52 years (1818-1766). He is both civil and military, and he can straighten the hook with his bare hands, but he is lewd and tyrannical. The year of birth and death is unknown. Under the plan of yiyin, Shang Tang attacked Jie with troops. Tang first attacked Jie’s party feathers Wei and Gu, defeated Kunwu, and then went to the town of Mingtiao (now Anyi, Shanxi Province). County West). Later, he was caught up and captured by Tang and exiled here. In 52 years of reign, the country died, was banished and starved to death. For the famous tyrant in history.
2. Historical evaluation
Xia Jie is the last monarch of Xia Dynasty . He is outstanding in literary talent and martial arts; he can kill tigers and leopards with his bare hands, and he can bend and straighten iron hooks at will like noodles. Such a man with literary skills and martial arts should be able to become a wise king. What a pity: Xia Jie used all his ingenuity in tyranny, pleasure, and tossing. Yin Zhou, the last monarch of Xia Jie and Shang tribe, is a legendary figure, just like Xia Jie, all talented and talented. People know him better than Xia Jie, because the popular romance novel " fengshenbang " with him as the main character has become a household name among Chinese folk and has become the theme of houses in folk dramas. He was born with supernatural power. If he were born in Spain today, he must be an unprecedented bullfighter who can win all bullfighting championships; because he can pull nine bulls upside down. His hands can still support the beams of the building...What's terrible: He didn't use his ingenuity to govern the country and the people, but to refuse to persuade and cover up his mistakes.
Xia Jie and Yin Zhou are both emperors with outstanding abilities and talents. They should have become heroes who will benefit the world and the common people, but they did not expect to become a public hazard after becoming emperors.Bringing huge disasters for the people and for himself. This shows that the emperor of China has unlimited power from the very beginning, and only unlimited power has such a sudden toxicity, turning a hero into a demon inferior to a beast. It is worth noting that what Xia Jie and Yin Hang did was like they were poured out of the same mold, and their endings are similar. Neither of them could pass the Beauty Pass, and eventually fell into ruin in the arms of the beauty.
2. Historical background
When Xia Jie was enthroned, the Xia Dynasty was already suffering from internal and external troubles, and the princes of the Quartet did not pay tribute every year like they did when the country was first established. However, Xia Jie did not see the dissatisfaction of the people all over the world, and the hidden crisis of the empire.
Xia Jie started building a project just as soon as he took the throne, so that he can enjoy and indulge himself. " Bamboo Book Chronicles " records Xia Jie: "Building Qing Palace, decorating Yaotai, making Qiong room, and Liyumen." All day long, drinking and having fun with women in the wine pool, never asking about national events.
3. Cruel and unkind rule crimes
Xia Jie's atrocities have the following four points:
1. Obscenity (lewd)
2. Daxing civil engineering (conquest)
3. Tyranny (tyranny)
4. Abuse of torture (torture)
5. Unjust conquest (retrospect)
1. The demon girl loves and harms
It is said that Xia Jie is barbarous and cruel, and the people’s lives are miserable. They abused foreigners and extorted small states. In the thirty-third year after he assumed the throne, he assumed his courage and sent troops to conquer the Shi family (now Teng County, Shandong Province). However, the Shi family resisted and asked for surrender, so he took out all the treasures accumulated over the years and selected them from the public. Many young and beautiful girls paid tribute to Xia Jie together. Among the many beauties, there was one named Yuxi. Because of her beauty, Xia Jie was filled with joy, so she immediately ordered the withdrawal of the troops.
妺喜 has the beauty of the country, Xia Jie became even more lewd after receiving the liking, and hugged Yuxi all day long,Drink with Yuxi together. Xia Jie was in the palace, having fun with the maids, not going to the morning court all day. In his later years, Xia Jie was even more absurd. He ordered a large pool to be built, called the "Night Palace", and he took a group of men and women to play in the pool every day, and did not go to the morning court for several months.
2. Daxing Wangmu, aggressively conquering
In addition, Xia Jie frantically squeezed the people and made great efforts in civil engineering, which caused the people to be unhappy and condemned Xia Jie's atrocities. After Xia Jie got Yuxi, he heard that Yuxi liked to watch others drinking, so Xia Jie built a big pond, big enough to take a boat in it. Pour a large amount of wine in the pool, and ordered people to row a boat in the wine pool to drink for Yuxi. At that time, a minister named Guan Longpang persuaded Xia Jie, and Xia Jie immediately executed him. Yuxi liked to hear the sound of silk silk tearing, and Xia Jie asked the maid to bring a large amount of silk silk and tear it to Yuxi. At that time, silk and silk were very precious and rare. In order to win a beautiful smile, Xia Jie was violently killed.
3. Far wise ministers, treacherous ministers
Xia Jie refused to listen to the advice of the loyal and righteous people, and went his own way, eventually ruining the Xia Dynasty regime. The ministers of the DPRK and China could not understand Xia Jie's behavior, some dared not speak up, and some ministers risked their lives to advise Xia Jie. The minister's persuasion made Xia Jie very angry, and almost all the ministers who came to advise were executed by Xia Jie.
Xia Jie reuses treacherous ministers and excludes virtuous officials. He reused a villain named Zhao Liang, who was dedicated to Jie Zhe, and taught him how to have fun, how to blackmail and kill the people. In the seventeenth year after Xia Jie succeeded to the throne, someone introduced Yi Yin to Xia Jie. Yi Yin used Yao and Shun’s benevolence to persuade Jie, hoping that Jie would understand the suffering of the people and govern the world with his heart. Jie couldn’t listen, so Yi Yin had to leave. go. Tai Shiling saw Xia Jie's lust and extravagance throughout the ages, so he went to the palace and cried and remonstrated to Xia Jie: "Since ancient times, emperors have been diligent and thrifty and cherish the power of the people before they can be loved by the people. The blood and sweat of the people cannot be provided for the entertainment of one person. Such a luxury can only subdue the country." Xia Jie was very impatient when he heard it, and reprimanded him for being nosy. Knowing that Xia Jie was incurable, and knowing that Xia must perish in his heart, he went to Shangtang
Minister Guan Long Seeing that Xia Jie was licentious and extravagant ignoring political affairs, he wept and remonstrated to Xia Jie: "The emperor is courteous and pays attention to faith, frugality but also cares for talented people, diligent and caring for the people, so that the world can be stable.The dynasty can be stable. Now your majesty is extravagant and indulges in female sex, causing the people to complain, and the people's grievances are boiling. Your majesty can only correct his mistakes quickly and treat the people well, so that he can restore the lost popular support and consolidate the country's rule.
Xia Jie heard these words, completely unable to understand Guan Longpeng's loyalty, but furiously, ordered the soldiers to put Guan Longpang to death. In this way, the loyal minister persuaded him to be killed instead, everyone never again. Dare to tell the truth. Xia Jie’s day-to-day corruption and enjoyment, and eventually the betrayal of relatives
4. Abuse of torture
He came up with a lot of cruel tortures, and they still feel incredible. Xia Jie likes extravagant life, he ordered people to build nine gold pillars in the palace, each pillar is shining with stars. Behind the gorgeous luxury, all the efforts of the common people. In the entire palace, big flesh is piled up. Life is extremely luxurious. The wine pool built by Xia Jie is five kilometers in size, and the area is very exaggerated. Occasionally Xia Jie would row a boat, and the bow and stern were carrying beautiful women. Xia Jie shuttled in the wine In the pool, laugh and have fun with the beauties. Xia Jie’s happiest time is when the banquet is held in the palace. The palace where the banquet is held can accommodate more than three thousand people for fun, which is large enough to see. Xia Jie ordered the civil and military officials With the people attending the banquet, they stretched their necks and drank in the wine pool. Under the music of the drum band, three thousand people drank together. The scene was very spectacular. In addition, Xia Jie also invented a torture, which was renamed "Pao Lao". "It means the thick anointing oil on the picture above the copper pillars. A strong coal fire was burning under the copper pillars. Xia Jie asked the guards to take the criminals to the hall. He ordered the criminals to walk on the copper pillars because they were coated with anointing oil. It’s very difficult to walk. Xia Jie looked very happy when he fell into a strong charcoal fire accidentally. Xia Jie looked very happy when he watched the criminals fall into the charcoal fire and made tragic noises.
Xia Jie once invented a torture, which was to let the criminals fall into the fire and watch them slowly burn to death. Before the banquet, Xia Jie would order the soldiers to apply a thick layer of ointment on the copper pillars. The ointment was very smooth. People would fall off if they stepped up barefoot and couldn't walk two steps. He let the criminal walk barefoot. If he fell into the fire, Xia Jie clapped his hands and praised him. According to legend, Xia Jie also invented the cannonball trip.Xia Jie also likes to put hungry tigers in the city, admiring the appearance of people fleeing for their lives in terror, and there are countless atrocities.
The Punishment of Cannonball
5. Injustice
Xia Jie's extravagant life is based on the people's anointing. He crushes the people frantically and searches for their money in a way that is almost annihilating humanity. The people were bitter and bitter. Xia Jie once compared himself to the sun, thinking that the people and him are the relationship between the moon and the sun. If the moon does not perish, will the sun perish? As a result, Xia Min pointed at the sun and cursed Xia Jie: "If the sun will perish at any time, my moon is willing to die with you! (Time is mourning, I will die!)" This is the idiom "Time mourning" The origin of.
IV. Results and impact
When Xia Jie was in power, the tribes no longer came to the Xia Palace to visit Xia Jie, and social conflicts deepened. At that time, it was an internal and external trouble. Xia Jie, who is both civil and military, did not realize the seriousness of the problem, and continued to work hard. Xia Jie sent a large number of soldiers to search for the people to build a luxurious palace for himself. In addition, Xia Jie also sent envoys to various places to collect a large number of beautiful women for his own enjoyment. In the "Zhu Shu Ji Nian", it is recorded that Xia Jie "built Qing Palace, decorated Yaotai, made Qiong Room, and Li Yumen". Later, after Xia Jie married Yuxi, he sang songs every night, not going to the morning court all month. The ministers of the DPRK dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, and the people cursed Xia Jie for stepping down.
Facing the desolate monarch, the life of the people is miserable. The people often criticize the sanghuai. When walking on the road, they see the sun in the sky. The people point to the sun and say, when will you perish? I really want to perish with you.
5. The demise of the Xia Dynasty
Xia Jie disregarded the sufferings of the people and indulged in pleasure, leading to the loss of talents and the decline of national strength. Shang Tang saw this heaven-sent opportunity, and in 1600 BC he threw his troops to fight Jie. Yu Mingtiao defeated Xia's army, Xia Jie was also captured, and the Xia Dynasty was destroyed.
Xia Jie was obsessed with enjoyment, did not listen to advice, imposed tyranny on the people, caused the people to betray their relatives, and the strength of Xia's country continued to weaken. Finally, he was conquered by the Shangtang tribe, Yu Mingtiao was defeated and captured, and became the king of subjugation. He was criticized by the population in history.It's really hateful.
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