After the death of King Zhou Yi, the succession order of Tianzi finally returned to the right track, and King Zhou Yi's son Ji Hu succeeded to the throne, which is also a face that we are more familiar with, King Li of Zhou.
According to the "History of Zhou Benji", King Li of Zhou, who had a very strong desire for money, used a person named Rong Yigong in order to quickly achieve the purpose of prosperity, and the reason was that this Rongyi Gong had a good way to increase his income.
Tianzi suddenly amassed wealth, and his courtiers could not look at it anymore, so the doctor Rui Liangfu hurried to come to advise.
You can't do that!
That Rong Yigong had a way to get money, but he only had money in his eyes, but he couldn't see the harm behind getting money. If you look at the policies he made, there was a tax to go up the mountain to cut firewood, and to go into the water to fish. These things, such as landscapes and rivers, were originally given to mankind by god, and you have taken them all for yourself, which is against the Heavenly Dao.
Ordinary people seize property that should not belong to them, it is called theft, you are the son of heaven, do such a thing, let the people see, how do the princes look, and what do the barbarians in the four directions think? If you continue to reuse Rong Yigong, the consequences will be serious!
Rui Liangfu's words, we still sound quite reasonable, but King Zhou Li obviously has his own ideas, he simply ignored this stubble and continued to reuse Rong Yigong.
After a long time, there was indeed a problem, and the situation in the distant places was not known, but anyway, the people in the capital had opinions, and they talked about King Zhou Li behind their backs. This was a bad sign, and the chancellor summoned the prince to report to King Li of Zhou, suggesting that he change the decree on tax collection and reshape the good image of the Son of Heaven in the hearts of the people.
That week, King Li really had a feeling, I heard that some people were talking about himself, he was furious, and the government decree would not change, but if you talked about me, it would still have to pay a price. King Li of Zhou found a wizard from weiguo and put him in charge of monitoring the people in the capital, and if someone dared to chew his tongue, he reported it to himself, and then arrested him and killed him.
You don't have to say, this trick of King Zhou Li is really good, in the capital city, not only does no one dare to talk about the Son of Heaven, everyone rarely even talks about it, acquaintances meet on the road, they just exchange glances with each other, it is a greeting, the whole capital city, it is a dead breath.
King Zhou Li didn't care about this, anyway, no one talked about me, he also triumphantly told the summoning public, how, you see, now no one dares to talk indiscriminately!
Looking at the virtue of the Son of Heaven, Zhao Gong was secretly crying bitterness in his heart, but as a courtier, he could not see that the country was in crisis, so he had to bitterly advise King Zhou Li.
No one speaks, it doesn't mean they don't have any thoughts in their hearts, it's just that you have blocked their mouths, blocked the mouths of the people, but it is a dangerous thing, which is worse than blocking the flood. The flood is blocked, once the embankment is broken, it is extremely lethal, so the flood control, try not to block, can be channeled. Governing the people is the same principle, and everyone should be free to speak up, so that they can understand their mood dynamics and know what aspects to improve.
Wise monarchs from ancient times to the present will speak widely and let people from all walks of life speak freely, which has led to the long-term peace and stability of the country. The people have mouths, just as the earth has mountains and rivers, and it is only natural to speak, and if they forcibly block their mouths, the consequences will be unimaginable!
Zhao Gong's head was dry-mouthed, but King Zhou Li couldn't listen to it at all, he just felt that his method was good, and as a result, for a long time, the capital city was shrouded in silence, and this cover was three years.
Finally, the flood broke the embankment, perhaps the natural collective outbreak of the people, perhaps the high people in the middle of the series, the people of the capital city organized, they copied the guys, to attack the tianzi's palace. I don't know if it was the lack of palace guards or some other situation, but these people eventually rushed into the palace.
By this time, King Zhou Li had woken up a little, but unfortunately it was too late, and all he could do was to escape under the protection of his personal guards and spend the rest of his life in a place called Yan (Yin Tongzhi).
Regarding King Zhou Li, here is a few more words. According to some experts specializing in history, during the zhou li king's period, the mountains and lakes were not free for the people to use, and had long become the private property of the nobles, so the zhou li king collected taxes on these places, and the nobles should suffer the most.
During the Zhou Yi King period before King Zhou Li, the Zhou Dynasty was already very weak, not only did the princes less and less take the Son of Heaven seriously, but even the nobles in the capital of the country became bigger and stronger, and the King of Zhou Li took the mountains and lakes into the possession of the Son of Heaven, which was actually a means of reviving the majesty of the Son of Heaven.
In addition, King Li of Zhou had been the Son of Heaven for thirty-six years, and had also sent troops to the outside world many times, recruited princes with different intentions, fought many victorious battles, and was a Heavenly Son with considerable military value. There is an indirect example that can prove that during the zhou yi king period, XiongQu, the king of the Chu state, bullied Zhou Tianzi's incompetence and crowned his three sons as kings everywhere, and when King Zhou Li succeeded to the throne, Xiongqu saw the power of the new tianzi and consciously asked his sons to revoke the title of king.
If you look at it this way, King Zhou Li is still a monarch who has made a difference, but his reform behavior has touched the interests of the nobles, coupled with his trick of not letting people speak, it has also become a reason for people to be disturbed. In any case, King Li of Zhou eventually became the son of heaven who was expelled from the palace and was remembered by future generations.
The Guoguan "Vernacular History" consists of 3 volumes
