If we want to talk about Spring and Autumn, we must talk about King Zhuang of Chu. Speaking of the King of Chuzhuang, it must not be possible to get around Sun Shu'ao, the King of Chuzhuang and Sun Shu'ao, it can be said that they met the right people at the right time, felt sorry for each other, and achieved each other. The King of Chuzhuang achieved hegemony because of Sun Shu'ao, and Sun Shu'ao also became famous for thousands of years because of the King of Chuzhuang.
Uncle Sun is not proud, and can even be said to be ugly. But he was a clean and honest official, with outstanding political achievements, and was a famous politician, thinker, military expert and water conservancy expert in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was diligent and earnest as an official, lived in poverty, and died of overwork at the age of 38. At the time of his death, the family was surrounded by disciples, even ordinary coffins could not be prepared, and his wife and children were wearing coarse cloth and rags. In the end, he can find an official and a half job for his son, so that his son can collect firewood all day long, and it will be difficult and make people cry. The first Qing official in China's history, worthy of the name!
When Sun Shu'ao was dying, he looked at his wife and children in coarse cloth and ragged clothes, tears rippled, and he felt sorry for his wife and children, but as the Xiangguo of the Chu Kingdom, he let his wife and children live worse than ordinary people, and lived like a year! So he told his son with tears, "After I die, life will be more difficult, and when I really can't get by, go to the actor Youmeng in the palace, he will help you." In the future, when the king is rewarded, he can only ask for the place of the sleeping hill. After hearing this, the son burst into tears, and the generation of famous people was unwilling and gave up.
YouMeng, as we highlighted above, is a special actor in the palace and is good at various acting skills. Eight feet tall, older, loyal and honest, serious and righteous, is a righteous gentleman. And Sun Shu'ao and the two have the same temperament, both are gentleman figures, very good friends, is for the confidant of the year! Although the social status of the actors is low, King Chu Zhuang and Sun Shu'ao still have great respect for Youmeng! In particular, Sun Shu'ao was very good to Youmeng.
A few years later, when Sun Shu'ao's son returned to the city collecting firewood, he just happened to meet Youmeng, so he said to Youmeng, "I am Sun Shu'ao's son, my father called me when he was dying, and when he couldn't live, he came to you, and now his father has been dead for many years, and he and his mother are dependent on each other, and life is getting more and more difficult." Youmeng sadly told Uncle Sun Ao's son not to live too far away and wait for his news.
Youmeng went to the street to buy fabrics, dressed according to Sun Shu'ao's daily clothes, and then simulated Sun Shu'ao's words and deeds. After a year of practice, he had done exactly the same as Sun Shu'ao had been before. On this day, the King of Chuzhuang feasted on the courtiers and asked Youmeng to perform. Yu Youmeng dressed up as Sun Shu'ao and came to the banquet, and the group of courtiers saw that it was difficult to distinguish between true and false. King Zhuang of Chu also thought that Sun Shu'ao had died and was resurrected, and even told him to come back as minister of state. Youmeng said to give three days to consider and to go back to discuss with his wife.
Three days later, Youmeng came to see King Chuzhuang, and King Chuzhuang said happily, "What did your lady say?" Youmeng told King Zhuang of Chu, "My wife said that the minister of state of Chu must not do it, it is not worth it." Like Sun Shu'ao, who was tired and tired all his life, was diligent and earnest, helped the King of Chu to achieve hegemony, and finally died of exhaustion, not to mention, he also caused his wife and children to have no food and clothing, and it was difficult to live a difficult life, and it was better to live by collecting firewood. The king of Chuzhuang looked ashamed when he heard this, and when Youmeng saw it, he continued to say, "Farming at home, not having enough to eat, being an official outside, such as being a corrupt official, and being afraid of being greedy and perverting the law, losing his life and affecting his family." Be a clean official, loyal to the duty of the two sleeves of the breeze, can not do, like Sun Shu'ao, a life of integrity, now the wife and children have no place to stand, poor, can only collect firewood for a living, barely live, so to be a clean official can not be drawn. After king Chu Zhuang listened, he was very ashamed and immediately apologized to Youmeng. He immediately summoned Sun Shu'ao's son, and according to Sun Shu'ao's son's will, he gave the four hundred households of The Sleeping Hill as a fief to Sun Shu'ao's son, so as to ensure that Sun Shu'ao's mother and son had no worries about food and clothing. (There is also a story about this fiefdom, which will be told later.) ）
Why did Sun Shu'ao tell his son to look for Youmeng instead of directly looking for King Zhuang of Chu? There are mainly the following aspects:
1. Sun Shu'ao resigned a large number of rewards from king Chu zhuang three times before his death, and if he wanted his son to go to king Chu Zhuang for living expenses now, then king Chu Zhuang would think in his heart that he would pretend to be high before he died, and after his death, he would not teach his son to ask me for money. Others must have thought the same thing. Therefore, Sun Shu'ao did not want to do this.
2. If the real son directly asks the King of Chuzhuang, it means that the King of Chuzhuang is not willing to give, in this case, the initiative is in the King of Chuzhuang, and he has the final say to give more to less. Giving less help is useless, giving more minutes to the King of Chu Zhuang to find an excuse to take it back but leaving behind troubles.
3. Sun Shu'ao and Youmeng have been friends for many years, and know that Youmeng is loyal and resourceful! Everything you meng did was very complete, and everyone was very happy. If the son is really sleepy and goes to find Youmeng, Youmeng must have a way to do it well, and the facts have proved that Sun Shu'ao's prediction is very accurate.
4. Going to find the King of Chu Zhuang through Youmeng can also make the King of Chu Zhuang feel ashamed, which will make the King of Chu Zhuang feel that he owes Sun Shu'ao, so that the initiative is on Sun Shu'ao's side, more or less, as long as it is not too excessive, the King of Chu Zhuang cannot refuse, and feels that the reward is deserved by Sun Shu'ao's son.
5. It is conducive to the King of Chuzhuang realizing the necessity of raising a high salary and maintaining a clean salary for the Qing officials, increasing the welfare of the Qing officials, and changing the bad habits of the officialdom!
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