King Xuan of Qi in the Warring States period is not well known now, but Mr. Nanguo, a worker who seeks a living under his hands, is a household name. Mr. Nanguo abused the numbers, enjoyed a high salary, and deceived King Xuan for a lifetime, until King Qi Tang, who loved to listen to solos, succeeded to the throne, and then resigned and returned to his hometown to enjoy life.
Mr. NanGuo is still just making money, there is a girl who is more powerful, no face, no figure, no status of a leftover woman, but easily won the love of King Xuan.
The State of Qi is close to the Bohai Sea, and the huge profits of boiling sea salt are amazing, so it is the richest among the princes. There is a place called Wuyanyi, which is estimated to drag the hind legs of Qi's GDP every year.
The appearance of Zhong Lichun, an old girl without salt, liu xiang of the Western Han Dynasty, in the "New Order" and the "Biography of the Daughters of Lie", completely denied it with four words: "Extremely ugly and incomparable!" ”
Why do you make such a comment?
The woman's appearance, "deep-eyed, long-grown, nose and throat, fat neck and few hair, bent waist out of the chest, skin like paint." "That is, the head is concave, the eye socket is cut, the figure is strong, the bone joints are thick, the nose is facing the sky, the throat is protruding, the neck is fat, the hair is thin, the stomach is large, and the skin is dark.
The common phrase "looks like no salt" in later generations came from this.
She herself was anxious in her heart, thirty years old, still no one cared, could she be lonely for life? In ancient times, life and medical conditions were still very primitive, and thirty years old was middle-aged.
Poor think about change, amplify the move. Zhong Lichun dusted off the coarse cloth clothes on Shan's body and ran to the palace to ask to see King Qi Xuan.
The guard's gaze was unwilling to stay on her face for a moment, waving his hand impatiently as if driving away a fly.
Zhong Lichun did not humble himself to insist on his own requirements, his attitude was resolute, his eyes were resolute, and his tone was firm: "Please be polite, concubines are the legendary Qi women who cannot marry out, admire the holiness of the great king, and are willing to go to the harem to fill the numbers." At this moment, he waited respectfully outside the palace gate, hoping to get lucky and approved. ”
Cold-looking and well-spoken. The guard secretly claimed to be surprised and agreed to enter the palace to pass on the message.
The palace is hosting a feast, beautiful people singing and dancing, fine wine and wine, and the guests and hosts are all beautiful. As soon as the guards came in and reported, King Xuan of Qi had not yet expressed his position, and the crowd had already laughed and leaned forward and backward: "There is such a cheeky woman in the world!" ”
King Xuan did not feel embarrassed, nor did he refuse to let people go thousands of miles away, and ordered them to be summoned immediately.
The people want to see each other, this king is very close to the people, and the shelf is even smaller than the city and district officials in later generations.
Zhong Lichun performed a ritual in a curious and mocking gaze, and heard the king's question: "Once upon a time, the first king married wives and concubines for the widows, and the harem was basically empty. You are not accepted by the ordinary people in the township, but you want to climb to the top of the great power monarch, do you have special talents? ”
She shook her head: "No, it is to admire the Great King Gaoyi." ”
There was a "buzzing" and a "eating" laugh in the hall. Xuanwang was very patient: "You always have a little love, right?" ”
This one has, likes to play with hidden language. Zhong Lichun answered.
The hidden language is equivalent to guessing, and the previous king Qi Wei was very enthusiastic, so there is an allusion to "a blockbuster" (for details, see the historical article "The door-to-door son-in-law does not want to struggle?"). Smiling and proud of the prince, all by one sharp mouth"). King Xuan inherited his father's Jiangshan and continued this hobby, and immediately ordered, "Try it now." ”
The words had just fallen, and I didn't know what kind of blindfold Zhong Lichun had made, and suddenly disappeared in place.
King Xuan was surprised, stopped drinking, turned out the puzzle book to find the answer, and returned to the inner palace still thinking bitterly, always without a clue. The next day, I heard that Zhong Lichun appeared at the palace gate again, and a stack of noises urged me to see him.
For King Xuan's inquiry, Zhong Lichun avoided answering, but raised his eyes to look directly at the throne, tightened his lips, clapped his elbows around, and said: "Danger, danger! ”
"I'd like to hear more about it."
"There is a strong Qin in the west of the Country of Qi, and a strong Chu in the south, and the external troubles are not small. Internal traitors seize power, and people's hearts are uneven. The king is forty years old in the spring and autumn, and the crown prince is not standing, and he is indulgent and beautiful. Once dead, the society is ownerless, which is dangerous one; the high platform is five-fold, made of gold and white jade. Poverty and extravagance, exhausting the financial resources of the people, danger two; the sages hide in the mountains and forests, the adulterers stand in the middle of the country, you can't hear the advice, danger three; the great king sings at night, ignores diplomacy externally, and abandons government affairs at home, which is danger four. ”
King Xuan was silent and fell into contemplation. After a long time, he suddenly looked up and sighed: "The words of the saltless king are painful." If the widow had not listened to this, I am afraid that he would not have been spared! ”
What if I know I'm wrong? Change. King Xuan's revival of the imperial government was quite a change. He also sealed the bell away from spring as the queen, and reminded himself from time to time when he put it next to him.
The old girl who can't marry out, from then on, the mother is a big country. This is the Oriental version of the "ugly duckling", what is it to suffer white eyes in the pond, and one day it will flutter its wings in the sky and look up to all.
King Xuan of Qi is willing to marry an ugly woman, doesn't he care about the appearance of the opposite sex? Non-also, his lust is very famous, and it is clearly recorded in the book "Mencius".
Mencius came to the State of Qi to promote the "royal way", that is, to use benevolence as a strategy for governing the country. King Xuan knew that it would not work, and out of respect for the elders of the intellectual world, he did not refuse a mouthful, and made excuses for himself:
"The widow has a disease, and the widow is lustful."
Benevolence and morality cannot be controlled by widows, and widows have a problem and love women.
"Huh." Old Master Meng smiled and brushed his beard, "No problem." In the past, King Wen of Zhou's grandfather, King Tai of Zhou, was also very and spoiled the concubines around him. The third part of the Book of Poetry and Daya describes it this way: "The king of Zhou Tai, Gu Gonggong, rode a fast horse early in the morning. Along the west bank, come to the foot of Qishan Mountain. With the daughter of the Ai Concubine Jiang, the survey address re-established the home. At that time, because King Tai of Zhou ruled the country with morality, there were no complaining women who could not find their husbands, nor did they have husbands who could not find their wives. King, you love female color, as long as you can think of the common people also love female color, what impact does this have on the implementation of the royal way? ”
To be a king, lust is not a sin, if you can "desire with the people", the little people do not mind you to have fun.
Mencius's thought, not old and pedantic, still has vitality today. In the 1990s, U.S. President Bill Clinton had a world-renowned scandal with his intern Lewinsky in his White House office. However, he had a loss of private morality and governed the country well, and not only did he not step down, but he always enjoyed a high support rate.
More than 2,000 years ago, King Xuan of Qi frankly considered himself lustful, but he was able to choose his wife and choose virtue to benefit the long-term peace and stability of the country. The monarch can do whatever he wants, the power is greater than the president, Qi Xuanwang restrained his selfish desires, and the realm was one line higher than Clinton.