China's history is far-reaching and lasting, with a long history, stretching for up to five thousand years, it can be said that it is passed down from generation to generation, in the same vein, in this long history, it can be said that the wind and clouds have surged, many things have happened, the society as a whole is roughly divided into three stages, the early primitive society, is the creation stage of Chinese civilization.
It can be regarded as the starting point of Chinese civilization, and in many aspects it has achieved a leap from zero to one, for example, the emergence of human beings, the formation of tribes, and the initial establishment of social order, which are the most basic signs of human social development, not only that, the most important link is Cangjie characters, it is she who makes all our research today become evidence-based.
However, the earliest writing was only a single existence, even if it was used as a name in the tribe at that time, it was only a single font, but later, with the development and progress of society, human civilization continued to evolve, the arrival of slavery and feudal society made things in society continue to increase, and the fewer single Chinese characters created in the early period became insufficient.
So in order to better distinguish these things, people at that time began to combine the naming method of single words, and for the same type of things have a relevant name, and then in the development of feudal society, there is also a steady stream of new things and new names, some are actively generated, but some are driven by a strong desire to survive.
For example, in ancient times, the emperor pointed to a vegetable and asked what it was called? The minister was afraid of being killed, and he did not expect it to be passed down to this day.
The emperor's power of life and death
As the feudal society of the mainland, the history of more than two thousand years can be said to be unquestionable, from the beginning of Qin Shi Huang's unification of the world, the change of dynasty is the mainstream form of society at that time, from prosperity to decline, from establishment to demise, basically every dynasty is like this, the country and the mountains change masters, the dynasty changes, the only constant is that high position, the emperor.
This is the figure standing at the top of the food chain in the entire feudal society, that is to say, the top of the pyramid in the entire feudal society, although the social situation at that time may have undergone many changes, unifying the world or multiple regimes coexisting, and may even exist in name only, but the emperor as the supreme leader must exist, just as the so-called country can not be without a monarch for a day.
For a normal dynasty, the emperor is the first person in the world, the major affairs of the military state, the administrative power, the law and the national policy, are all decided by the emperor alone, of course, there are also the life and death power of all people, in the society at that time, because it was a monopoly, the emperor made many rules in order to maintain his rule.
As the ruler at that time, he had to abide by these regulations, and if he was not careful, he might fall to the ground, but in fact, the most dangerous thing at that time should be the korean ministers who worked with the emperor day and night, and they always had to focus on their own way of speaking and wording, just like the so-called companion of the king.
Sometimes the emperor's questions to the ministers may be a test or a trap, a little inattention to their own expression may cause the emperor's dragon face anger, and it is not impossible to cause the disaster of killing, so for the emperor's questions, we must think carefully before answering.
Classic Q&A from history
In fact, most people who are around the emperor can answer the emperor's questions with ease, for example, during the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin once asked the national teacher Yuan Tiangang a question, and from the perspective of the problem itself, it was very tricky, but it was cleverly resolved by Li Shimin.
The Tang Dynasty during Li Shimin's time was a rare and prosperous era, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the society was stable and calm, and Yuan Tiangang, who was summoned to the capital by Li Shimin at that time and served as a national teacher, was also a rather remarkable figure, who could pinch and calculate, and predicted that the past and the future were not at all, and as a result, one day Li Shimin was idle, and he issued a soul torture.
Li Shimin called Yuan Tiangang to his side and said, "Su heard that you can pinch and calculate, so when will the Tang Dynasty perish?" "We all know that this is Li Shimin giving Yuan Tiangang a problem, for the emperor's question, Yuan Tiangang tangled for half a day, after all, it was the emperor sitting opposite at that time, and if he was not careful, he would be in danger of life."
It is impossible to say that eternal prosperity does not fade, Li Shimin will definitely know that it is false as soon as he hears it, that is, the crime of deceiving the king, saying when to perish, feeling that it is ominous to say such words under the current prosperity, Yuan Tiangang thought for half a day, came a sentence "when the pig goes to the tree", although Li Shimin did not understand this sentence at that time, but today we seem to be absolutely high emotional intelligence answer.
The so-called pig on the tree, is nothing more than "Zhu" replacing Li Tang, it is indeed the truth, but for Li Shimin, he did not understand the deep meaning of this sentence at all, so he naively thought that it was really a pig on the tree, so the Tang Dynasty did not have the possibility of extinction, so he was very happy, enough to explain that there are three things to say, and it is wonderful to say cleverly.
In fact, this matter also occurred in the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang clearly stipulated that it was not allowed to insult the national surname, but at that time, there was a self-proclaimed person named Shen Wansan who claimed to have helped Zhu Yuanzhang in the past, and also asked Zhu Yuanzhang to go to the house with a big grin, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very face-giving, so he followed, but after seeing the pig's trotters on the table, he directly asked "What is this?" ”
At that time, Shen Wansan could be said to be very panicked, to say that this was "pork" is not equivalent to "Zhu meat", this is to kill the head, at that time Shen Wansan was extremely frightened, in order to protect himself, saying that this is "Wansan meat" This self-deprecating attitude calmed Zhu Yuanzhang's anger, in fact, the same thing happened in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
And after this happened, it left us with a name that is still in use today.
The current situation of Wuhu Chaohua
Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the division and merger of countless tyrants eventually evolved into the three regimes of Wei Shu and Wu, fighting each other for decades, and finally the Sima family established the Jin Dynasty and achieved unification, and although the Western Jin Dynasty achieved unification, the imperial court soon fell into chaos.
At that time, in order to compete for the position of emperor, the royal families of all sides of the Western Jin Dynasty raised troops to seize the throne, and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings began here, and this time the great turmoil directly depleted the national strength of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the ethnic minorities known as the "Hu people" at that time took the opportunity to invade the Central Plains, which is what we call the Wuhu Chaohua.
Even the Jin Dynasty at that time was destroyed by a group of Huns who migrated inward at that time, once the orthodox dynasty was lost, the society at that time immediately fell into a more chaotic state, Xianbei, Qiang, Qiang and a series of Hu people all entered the north, and even established their own political power, together with the Central Plains regime known as the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
Since then, the parallel establishment of ethnic minority regimes and Central Plains regimes has appeared for the first time, and as the central plains regime, it is quite indignant, because before it was all ruled by the orthodox dynasty of the Central Plains, and most of the ethnic minorities were barbarian lands in people's mouths, and now it is intolerable to sit on an equal footing with the Central Plains regime.
In particular, the "Later Zhao" regime among the Sixteen Kingdoms was the most intolerant of the Hu people, so after the establishment of the regime, Emperor Shi Le, in order to show that he was at odds with the barbarian lands, forbade the people of his country to have Hu characters in articles or speeches, and there was actually another reason for this.
It was the emperor of Later Zhao, who was actually just a slave before taking over the royal power, and was often oppressed by the Hu people in his early years, so in his opinion, mentioning this sentence was a great humiliation to himself, so he made a clear stipulation on this point, and anyone who violated it would be punished quite severely, but there was one thing that inevitably happened.
Fatal questions
At that time, Hou Zhao was about to summon officials to discuss, and the emperor at that time had already arrived, but there was still a minister who did not come, and just when the emperor was impatient, the minister staggered over, and the emperor who was ready to be angry saw his embarrassment, his face improved slightly, and asked, "How did you get this way?" ”
The minister at that time was full of anger, and directly scolded, "The world is not peaceful at the moment, walking on the road was robbed by the damn Hu people" Just spit out, did not notice that he mentioned the word "Hu", at this time the emperor was full of unhappiness, the minister soon realized it, and immediately knelt down to apologize.
The minister obviously saw the emperor's oppressive anger, so he knelt on the ground and did not dare to get up, and after some restraint, the emperor finally calmed his mood, pointed to something on the ground and asked, "What is this?" The minister looked at it and was about to answer when he was once again embarrassed.
Respond with tact and resolve crises
In fact, this vegetable was called "courgette" at that time. At that time, the Western Han Dynasty was unified, and under the administration of Emperor Wudi of Han, an unprecedented prosperity of Chinese society was ushered in, and in order to strengthen exchanges with ethnic minorities, Emperor Wudi of Han sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions, which was the earliest Silk Road.
Zhang Qian went to bring the advanced culture and products of the Han Dynasty to the ethnic minorities on the frontier at that time, and brought local specialties such as carrots, alfalfa, etc. back to the Western Han Dynasty, of course, one of the vegetables, because it could not be named at that time, was said to have been brought from the land of the Hu people, so it was directly called courgette.
But today, in the face of the emperor who has a deep hatred with the Hu people, this minister deeply believes that as long as he says the two words of courgette, he will absolutely fall to the ground, and he is afraid that hesitation will cause the emperor's dissatisfaction, so according to the original name, a sound is added, and he said "Your Majesty, this is a cucumber."
The emperor was very impressed and satisfied after listening to it, in fact, the minister at that time meant yellow yellow, and the emperor understood it as the "emperor" of the throne, so he was so happy, and even rewarded the minister, and even if he knew the truth, he would not mention anything because of the face problem.
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In fact, this is the "cucumber" we recognize today, I can't imagine that in that year, because of its name problem, it almost died.