mtlumby2d Chapter 157: Ying Shixi
Chapter 157: Ying Shixi
"My son is ready. I will record everything Miss Zhou Jia says." Ying Quliang bowed and took his seat. Ying Qian, who arrived a little later, also sat down.
"Ying Shixi was born in 424 BC. He was also known as Gongzi Lian. His accession to the throne was also extremely difficult. After the death of Duke Ling of Qin, he was supposed to succeed to the throne. However, his throne was eventually taken away by his uncle, so he fled the Qin State and began a life of exile that lasted for many years."
As Zhou Jia told the story, Ying Shixi also recalled his life in exile many years ago.
At that time, it was really hard.
Ying Quliang and Ying Qian both looked at their father with pain in their eyes.
"During the years of his exile, Qin State changed three more monarchs, and the four generations of chaotic politics came to an end. Let's focus on the third one, Duke Yingchang of Qin. When Yingchang succeeded to the throne, he was only two years old. Since the monarchs were young, their mothers would take charge of the government.
I can only say that some mothers can protect the interests of themselves and their children very well, while some mothers... Ying Chang's mother, Lady Qin, happens to be the latter. She has done many outrageous things, causing dissatisfaction among the Qin officials. "
Since there is not much information about Qin, many people are curious about the specific circumstances of the four generations of chaotic rule.
Sima Qian, who was writing "Records of the Grand Historian", also hoped that Zhou Jia could say more so that he could enrich the story of Qin.
When he mentioned the word "mother", Zhou Jia subconsciously glanced in the direction of Ying Zheng.
All I can say is that his facial expression management was quite good, and Zhou Jia couldn't see anything.
Long Bao was very depressed. No matter what Zhao Ji would be like in the future, she was still good to Long Bao now. However, since returning to Qin, Zhao Ji was imprisoned and he could not see her. He had read the book and knew the future of him and his mother.
But he was still young after all, and he still missed his mother.
Zhou Jia rubbed his head, held him in his arms, and continued: "When a country's internal affairs are unstable, the surrounding countries will naturally have plans. Ying Shixi has been in exile for a long time, and the land west of the Yellow River has been occupied by the State of Wei.
Therefore, Ying Shixi decided to return to his country and take back the throne. I won’t go into detail about the process. The most important thing is that Ying Shixi succeeded and killed Lady Xiaozhu of Qin and Ying Chang in 385 BC, and then ascended the throne as Duke Xian of Qin.
It was just a short sentence, but only Ying Shixi knew how difficult his path to the throne was.
A little earlier, during the time of Duke Ling of Qin, many court officials and people had called for the throne to be passed to Ying Shixi, and demanded that Duke Ling of Qin severely punish Ying Daozi, the Duke Jiangong of Qin who had usurped the throne. Later, during the time of Duke Chu of Qin, people demanded that Ying Shixi be brought back.
Ying Shixi, who was still in exile, naturally would not miss any opportunity. He always paid attention to the movements of Qin State, actively contacted all parties, and prepared for his return to Qin.
Naturally, there were also many people in the countryside who strongly demanded that Ying Shixi be brought back in the comments.
Zhou Jia was stunned for a moment, as if she had gotten into trouble. If this continued, the Qin State would already be in turmoil at that time. If the other six states seized the opportunity...
What she realized, the kings of the six kingdoms and the king of Qin could naturally realize as well. Ying Shixi himself responded in the comment section to comfort the people of Qin.
The King of Qin who succeeded Ying Shixi simply followed Ying Shixi's reply, and King Zheng of Qin naturally also responded.
Gradually, the people of Qian were indeed appeased, and the King of Qin felt relieved, but the kings of the six states were not so happy.
"Now that everyone has calmed down, let's continue. Soon after Ying Shixi ascended the throne, he announced the abolition of Qin's system of human sacrifice!
Regarding human sacrifice, the most outrageous event happened during the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty was a slavery society, and to those in power, the lives of slaves were not lives, and they certainly did not volunteer to be buried alive.
Qin has always insisted on this crap. Why are you learning this rotten rule? The population is sparse all the time. You have buried all the people alive. Who else do you want? Not only Qin, but also several other countries have records of human sacrifice! I am not only scolding Qin!"
It is difficult to remain calm after seeing human sacrifice. Zhou Jia became increasingly emotional and automatically ignored the people around him.
"It's so funny. Only the lives of you who are in power count, and the lives of others don't. You can think of human sacrifice. You even want to enjoy the service of others with peace of mind after death. Why? People died because of you, and after death, they are still your slaves. You are so shameless."
This makes them more familiar and at ease.
Zhou Jia had been smiling at them these past few days, but he always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Now that he saw her arguing with them in person, he felt a lot more relieved.
"Just for abolishing human sacrifice, Ying Shixi doesn't need any other merits in my eyes. This is enough. At least it's no longer a thing on the surface. There must be people who still insist on it behind the scenes, but most people can be saved. Isn't this a great merit?
So I really want to interview Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. What on earth did you think that you would restore the practice of human sacrifice that was abolished during the reign of Qin Xian Gong? Did you suffer in vain? Did you forget where you came from after becoming an emperor?
Zhou Jia really didn’t understand.
But she felt that there was a saying on the Internet that was very suitable for Zhu Yuanzhang: He who slays a dragon will eventually become a bad dragon.
"What do women know?"
Since he had become the emperor, he naturally would not allow anyone to trample on his majesty. Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely furious, and his sons did not dare to argue with him. Naturally, whatever he said was what it was, and no one dared to say anything irresponsible.
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally became increasingly dissatisfied with Zhou Jia.
Zhou Jia had never intended to make him satisfied with herself.
Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Jia, and Zhou Jia also extremely disliked Zhu Yuanzhang, and the two of them disliked each other.
"Regarding human sacrifice, after Zhu Yuanzhang restored the Ming Dynasty, our overseas student Zhu Qizhen, the god of war, made the greatest contribution of his life before his death: he abolished the system of human sacrifice that Zhu Yuanzhang had restored. This is the only point that Zhu Qizhen can bring up to be talked about.
Oh, one more thing, although Zhu Qizhen abolished the system of burying people alive with the dead, he still took Zhu Qiuyu's wife and children with him before he left.
Although the system of human sacrifice has been banned and abolished, I think in some invisible corners, there may still be some forms of bad practices such as human sacrifice, women being put into pig cages, and foot binding."
Zhou Jia's voice became much deeper.
The sunlight is warm and many people are born to live in the sunlight, but there are always some places where the sun rarely shines and sin breeds.
The Ming emperor's defense was broken.
Zhu Di kicked his good grandson Zhu Zhanji and said, "Did you notice that Zhou Jia still likes Qi Yu more."
Zhu Zhanji knelt down and said dejectedly, "My grandson was wrong."
Zhu Di snorted coldly, "I won't live long, and I can't control you. Sun, if you insist on staying, I won't care, but there is one thing I want to make clear to you. Sun, I will never leave my son behind, and you are not allowed to abolish Queen Hu's position!"
The five dragons of the Zhu family have all changed their minds about the contents of the Ming Dynasty history books. They have even read the events of the Xiaoming Dynasty carefully, so naturally they don't have a good face towards Zhu Qizhen.
After knowing what Zhu Qizhen had done, Zhu Di beat Zhu Zhanji for a long time and was very angry. The eldest brother's family lived in fear for more than a month before the old man's anger subsided. On the contrary, the second brother was very happy. He often tried to show off in front of his father during this month. Unfortunately, his eye drops were not shown well and he was beaten a lot.
Not to mention when Zhu Qizhen just ascended the throne, the court officials petitioned Zhu Qizhen to abdicate and let Zhu Qiuyu ascend the throne, and since Zhu Qiyu had already ascended the throne, it was absolutely impossible for Zhu Qizhen to be welcomed back, and in the realm where he had already returned, Zhu Qizhen was still imprisoned.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di had been clamoring for Zhu Qizhen's death, but Zhu Zhanji never expressed his opinion from beginning to end. After knowing his own fate, Zhu Qiuyu naturally did not intend to let Zhu Qizhen go, but there had to be a legitimate reason after all.