China, after more than 5,000 years, in this vast river of history, can leave a trace of some amazing figures. Two of these women are famous for directly sentencing two powerful countries to death.
These two women: one is a praise woman, and the other is a Meng Jiang woman.
褒姒, birth and death unknown, born in the country of Praise, surnamed 姒, so called 姒姒. She was the second queen consort of Ji Gong of Zhouyou, the biological mother of Crown Prince Ji Bofu, and the stepmother of Ji Yiusu, the King of Zhouping.
In fact, the fate of Bao Ji is very miserable, her mother is a palace girl, and after cheating with others, she only has her. However, She's mother, fearful of causing trouble for herself, abandoned her after giving birth to her. Fortunately, she should not be killed and adopted by a couple. However, the world is unpredictable, fate did not take care of Baoji, and when she grew up, she became the most beautiful woman in Baoguo. Although Heaven gave her a beautiful face, it did not give her a good luck.
In 779 BC, when the Zhou royal family attacked the State of Chu, the State of Chu was defeated, and in desperation, it had to sacrifice a beautiful woman to surrender. After that, she was taken to the Zhou Dynasty as a prisoner. Because she was born beautifully, she was instantly favored by King Zhou You. So, how much did King Zhou You really like to praise him?
In 778 BC, She gave birth to a son, Ji Bofu, for King You of Zhou. From then on, King Zhou You's love for Her majesty became even more pampered, and even, in order to praise Herao, he deposed his wife Shen Hou and Crown Prince Ji Yiusu, and made Her Majesty the Queen and Li Ji Bo as the Crown Prince. It can be seen that King Zhou You's liking for Chu Ji is from the heart.
In this way, she should be very happy, but she is a person who cherishes the hatred of the country and the family, so she has never smiled after entering the palace for many years. She had gone through so much suffering that she couldn't laugh when she wanted to.
This has become a piece of Zhou Youwang's heart disease, how can it make Qiao Qiao laugh?
This upset King Zhou You, the faint king of Zhou You, who actually listened to the advice of the traitorous minister, lit the beacon tower, and staged a farce of "beacon drama princes". Looking at the awkward look of the Western Zhou princes running around in vain, she smiled. It is also because Zhou Tianzi has lost faith in the princes, and it seems that he has seen the demise of the Zhou Dynasty, which is a kind of laughter that is about to be repaid for a great vendetta.
However, King Zhou You, unaware of it, thought that his plan had succeeded, and greatly rewarded the traitorous minister who made this suggestion. However, soon after, Inuyasha invaded the Zhou Dynasty, and when King You of Zhou lit the beacon again, none of the Western Zhou princes came to support him. King Zhou You was killed, and Once again he was taken prisoner.
The Lishan Beacon Tower is located in Lishan Mountain, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, and it is said that King Youwang of Zhou played a fire on the princes in this move, and Queen Yibo smiled and laughed, which eventually led to the demise of Western Zhou. The Jiangshan that Jiang Taigong and the Second King of Wenwu had worked so hard to lay down, because of the smile of praise, was burned from then on. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, a large country, it only lasted 275 years because of the smile of praise.
The other woman, who is famous for "crying", is the famous Meng Jiangnu.
How powerful Qin was, it unified the six countries with the strength of one country, and also unified China. It took the land of Baiyue in the south, and the king of Baiyue bowed down to his subjects; the Xiongnu retreated more than three hundred miles in the north; the Qin Terracotta Army was famous in the world, and the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles became one of the eight wonders of the world. However, why did such a powerful Qin Dynasty die in the second life, plus the child was only three, and what was the reason for this?
Brutal, the Qin Dynasty died in tyranny, things will be reversed, too brutal will lead to extinction. After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Six Kingdoms, it was supposed to rest and recuperate and let the people live a peaceful and contented life. However, Qin Shi Huang still used the warring states period to enslave the people, build the Great Wall, build the Spirit Canal and other large-scale projects, so that the people from years of war, to years of hard labor.
How can the people of the Qin Dynasty not despair of dying in the war years because of the war, and in the peace years they still have to serve the heavy servitude?
Meng Jiangnu's husband, less than three days after his marriage, was arrested to build the Great Wall, how pitiful it was, after several years of not seeing, Meng Jiangnu went to send winter clothes to her husband. After many hardships, when I finally arrived there, I found that my husband had died of conscription, and no one could accept it, so I immediately cried and moved the heavens, and the Great Wall collapsed in an instant.
This collapse is not only the Great Wall of one side, but also the thousands of miles of Great Qin.
The story of Meng Jiangnu is just a tragic legend. However, behind this is the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, and this is only a microcosm of the Heavy Servitude of the Qin Dynasty. There is not only one Meng Jiang Nu in the world, but there are thousands of people who have suffered like Meng Jiang Nu, and they are "crying on the Great Wall".
Because the Qin Dynasty built the Great Wall, it caused resentment among the people of the whole country, thus losing the hearts of the people, which was also the reason for the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
In order to resist the Xiongnu, the indestructible Great Wall built did not protect the people of the Qin State from living and working in peace and contentment, but brought more serious harm to the people than the Xiongnu. And this Great Wall, seemingly indestructible, was knocked down by Meng Jiangnu's crying. In fact, this is a hint that the people are powerless in the face of the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty. However, the cries of the people can still shake the foundation of the powerful Qin Dynasty, making the rule of the Qin Dynasty crumbling.
To this day, its story is still circulated in the area of Weihui Chishan Township Crooked Brain Village, and the teardrop stones of Meng Jiangnu crying on the mountain can be seen. Xinxiang urban area has mengjiangnu river, mengjiangnu road, mengjiangnu bridge and other names. In order to commemorate her, later generations built a virgin shrine, commonly known as the Mengjiang Female Temple. Although the Great Wall was able to temporarily resist the attack of the Xiongnu, it could not stop the oppressed anger of the people. Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ages, could not have imagined that the jiangshan he had worked so hard to build was defeated by a small tear.
Qin Shi Huang wanted to build armor for the Empire, but he never expected that the Empire had begun to collapse from within.
The laughter and cry of the two women reflect the life and death of the two powerful empires, which is undoubtedly a song based on history.
Resources:
["Biography of Lienu", "Zuo Chuan Xianggong Twenty-three Years", "Lü Shi Chunqiu"]