In traditional Chinese culture, idioms are undoubtedly a major feature, and a large part of them are inherited from ancient times. Generally speaking, idioms are four words, but there are also three and five words and more than seven words. Behind an idiom is often a story or allusion, such as what fails, referring to the failure of things when they are about to succeed. The origin of this idiom is the Battle of Jinyang, and the general Xie Xuan is actually very similar to Yue Fei's encounter, when he was about to be unified, he was urgently recalled by the emperor. The difference is that Xie Xuan was killed by anger, while Yue Fei was framed and killed. In the idiom world, many of them were born because of adulterers, and these idiomatic stories are testimonies of their evil deeds.
For example, Zhao Gao, he was a eunuch. Qin Shi Huang heard that he was diligent and proficient in law, so he asked him to teach his youngest son Hu Hai. I have to say that the First Emperor also has a time to look away, if there is no Zhao Gao, Li Si will not necessarily have the courage to support Hu Hai, and Hu Hai will not necessarily dare to disobey his father's orders. However, the First Emperor of Qin of the Wise Ming Dynasty was planted on Zhao Gao, and it was also Zhao Gao who was good at observing words and colors. Under his maneuvering, Hu Hai and Qin Shi Huang trusted him.
And in the end, Zhao Gao was allowed to tamper with the will because of his past with Meng Yi, and once, Zhao Gao made a mistake. Meng Yi had always been upright, and he had been trusted by the First Emperor, so naturally he would not be afraid of the much-loved Zhao Gao. Insisting on the death penalty for Zhao Gao, he was later pardoned by Qin Shi Huang because of Zhao Gao's clever words. For this reason, Zhao Gaoji hated Meng Yi, and later he was also afraid that Fu Su would reuse Meng Tian and Meng Yi's brothers, so he secretly changed the edict of Qin Shi Huang. After Hu Hai ascended the throne, Zhao Gao forced Li Si to die and became his own chancellor.
From this moment on, the Qin Dynasty completely went to the abyss, and this newly appointed minister did not care about the world, but only cared about his own selfish interests. In order to eliminate those who were unfavorable to him, one day, Zhao Gao brought a deer. But he said it was a horse, and Hu Hai wondered, saying that this was not a deer? Zhao Gao had an excuse to face the crowd and ask, is this a deer or a horse? Some people are afraid of Zhao Gao, so they say that it is a horse, and some people who have not figured it out insist that it is a horse. He then found an excuse to put these truth-tellers to death, referring to the deer as a source of horses.
The second is Lai Junchen, who is a rogue and is best at making small reports. He was equivalent to Wu Zetian's minions, specifically investigating those people for illegal acts for Wu Zetian, and at the same time torturing those people for Wu Zetian. Not only that, he also planted bribes for courtiers many times, and Di Renjie was almost killed by him. Fortunately, Wu Zetian trusted Di Renjie more, and did not directly execute him regardless of black and white, but asked Di Renjie to inquire about it before he knew that he was framed. In addition to Di Renjie, Zhang Qianxun and Fan Yunxian had all been framed by him.
Interestingly, the other protagonist in the idiom is the same person as Lai Junchen. His name is Zhou Xing, and he is also a cool official who indiscriminately kills thousands of innocents. At the beginning of the second year of Tianzhi (691), he was accused of killing innocents indiscriminately, and Wu Zetian asked Lai Junchen to interrogate him. What I didn't expect was that this Junchen was sinister, and he invited Zhou Xing to dinner. As he ate, he asked him what the prisoner would do if he did not confess his guilt. Zhou Xing also thought that the boy was looking for a way, so he said that he would put the prisoner into the urn and burn a fire around him.
Lai Junchen listened and immediately let people do the same, and when he was finished, he stood up and said, I am judging you by Your Majesty's will, please enter the urn! As soon as Zhou Xing heard this, he immediately looked for someone to recruit himself for the crime he had committed. This is the source of the invitation to jun into the urn, Zhou Xing was exiled to Lingnan and killed on the way. The cool official Lai Junchen did not fare well, and he tried to frame Princess Taiping and the imperial heir Li Dan and Li Xian, the king of Luling. I could imagine how Princess Taiping could let him go.
The third is the idiom oral honey sword, which is used to describe people insidious, also from the Tang Dynasty. There was a chancellor of the Tang Dynasty named Li Linfu, who was born in the Tang Dynasty and became the prime minister in the twenty-third year of the New Century (735). But he was also a traitor, who reigned for a long time and rejected the talents. It was this person who suggested reusing Hu General, and prevented bian shuai from entering the picture, which eventually led to the growth of An Lushan. He doesn't have much talent, so those who are talented or credited to him will be removed by him.
But on the surface, this was not the case, for example, once, Tang Xuanzong asked Li Linfu where Yan Tingzhi was, and he could still use it. Yan Tingzhi had been demoted out of the capital before, and the emperor said that he was going to summon him back, and Li Linfu was very worried about this. So he found Yan Tingzhi's younger brother and told him that His Majesty respected your brother, why didn't you let him go to the book, talk about the wind and disease, and ask to return to the capital for treatment. Yan Tingzhi did so, but Li Linfu told the emperor that Yan Tingzhi was old and sick again, such as giving him an idle post. On the surface, it looks very kind, but behind the scenes, it is so secretly calculating people, but is it not honey in the mouth and a sword in the belly? This was the source of the Honey Sword, and Li Linfu could kill many people through it.
There was also an East Window Incident, which came from Qin Juniper, who was the most familiar traitor in the hearts of the people. Because he was afraid that Yue Fei would gain power, he obstructed Yue Fei's conquest several times, and he wanted to cut off the land, claim the title of vassal, and pay tribute to the Jin Kingdom. For this reason, many people once suspected that he had defected to jinguo, but there was no actual evidence to prove it, but Qin Juniper's adultery was well known. Under the premise of a good form, he instigated Zhao Zhuo to force Yue Fei's class, resulting in ten years of efforts being wasted. Finally, he framed Yue Fei for plotting rebellion and killed him.
Later, after Yue Fei died of illness, his wife Wang Shi invited someone to do it, and Fang Shi saw Qin Juniper in the underworld wearing shackles and locks. It seemed that he was very distressed, and when he saw Fang Shi, Qin Ju said: "Annoying Lady Chuanyu, the East Window Incident is over!" It turned out that when Qin Ju wanted to kill Yue Fei, he consulted with his wife under the east window. At that time, he was a little hesitant, but Wang Clan said that it was easy to catch a tiger, but it was difficult to indulge a tiger! For this reason, Qin Juniper made up his mind to murder Ye Yue Fei. The East Window Incident refers to the fact that the ulterior secret has been revealed, which is the same as the East Window Crime.
References: "History of Qin Shi Huang Benji", "Old Book of Tang", "New Book of Tang", "Yu Shi Mingyan", "The Complete Biography of Yue Yue"