The Xia Dynasty was the first feudal dynasty in the history of our country, and from the beginning it meant that the public world became the family world. Xia Jie was the last monarch of the Xia Dynasty, the son of Emperor Fa, and a famous tyrant in ancient history. When a dynasty comes to an end, it often means that class contradictions have formed an irreconcilable state, and only by breaking the established order again, that is, not breaking or standing.
When Xia Jie reigned, it was also such a scene, the powerful dynasty had fallen, the former princes had stopped coming to the court, internal affairs were not repaired, external troubles were everywhere, the people were not happy, and dangers were everywhere. Under such circumstances, Xia Jie still did not want to forge ahead, was arrogant and lascivious, and did all the absurd things.
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According to the Bamboo Book Chronicle, he "built a palace, decorated Yaotai, made a Qiong Room, and established a jade gate". The leaning palace is a kind of tall building, because it is high, and people standing on the upper floor have a sense of danger. It is also said that it is a very large palace, with a full tilt. Yaotai is a building made of beautiful jade, which is the residence of the legendary gods and immortals, and its magnificence is staggering. The Qiong Room is a kind of jade room, and later also refers to the luxurious imperial palace or the room where the immortals lived. As the name suggests, the jade gate is a door made of jade. From these simple twelve words, the image of a tyrant who has built a large number of civil engineering and spared no effort to satisfy his luxurious life is vividly sketched. And Xia Jie did not only this, we often say that the wine pond meat forest was invented by him. What kind of building was it, the wine pool was built so large that it could be drunk by three thousand people, enough to sail a ship, and drunkenness and drowning often happened. Rockeries are made of meat piled up around, and slices of meat are hung as forests.
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Xia Jie built the palace and Yaotai for beautiful women, and he not only wanted the various princely states to pay tribute to him, but also collected beautiful women here, and when he heard that there were beautiful women in any country, he ordered them to be handed over, and those who did not comply with them sent troops to requisition. After soliciting Youshi, he got the beautiful girl Yu Xi. She has three habits: one is to laugh at people drinking in a wine pool that is large enough to row a boat; the other is to laugh at the sound of tearing silk veils; and the third is to like to wear men's official hats. Because Yu Xi laughed when she heard the sound of tearing the ribbon, and Xia Ji liked to see Yu Xi laughing, so she ordered the palace people to bring in exquisitely woven silk and tear them apart one by one in front of her to win Yu Xi's favor. In the early days of the agricultural era, the silk weaving industry was just emerging, and destroying such a rare and expensive item was tantamount to a tyrannical object.
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Xia Jie's lavish and unbridled life was based on the people's fat, and he frantically squeezed the people and plundered the people's money in an almost inhuman way, causing the people to complain and complain. Xia Jie once compared himself to the sun, believing that the people and him were the relationship between the moon and the sun, and if the moon did not perish, would the sun perish? As a result, Xia Min pointed at the sun and cursed Xia Jie: "If the sun will perish at any time, I am willing to die with you this moon!" (Time is lost, and Giving and Ru are dying!) This is the origin of the idiom "time is lost".
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Xia Jie once invented a torture, that is, to make criminals fall into the fire and watch them slowly burn to death. Before the banquet, Xia Jie would order the soldiers to apply a thick layer of anointing oil on the copper pillar, which was so smooth that people would fall down after stepping on it barefoot and not taking two steps. He told the criminal to walk barefoot, and if he fell into the fire, Xia Jie clapped his hands in praise. According to legend, the trip to cannon branding was also invented by Xia Jie. Xia Jie also likes to let hungry tigers in the city, admiring the way people flee for their lives in terror, and the atrocities are countless.
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After Xia Jie built the wine pond, Taishi Lingzhonggu saw that Xia Jie was so absurd and extravagant, so he went into the palace and wept to Xia Jie and said: "Since ancient times, emperors have been diligent and thrifty and cherish the strength of the people, so that they can get the love of the people. The blood and sweat of the people cannot be fed for the entertainment of one person. Such a luxury, only the subjugation of the country. Xia Jie was very impatient to hear this, and reprimanded Zhonggu for being nosy, and Zhonggu knew that Xia Jie was hopeless, and knew in his heart that Xia Jie must perish, so he defected to Shang Tang.
The chancellor Guan Longqi advised Xia Jie several times, but Xia Jie just did not listen, Guan Longqi said: "The Son of Heaven is humble and pays attention to faith, frugality and protection of talents, the world can be stable, the dynasty is stable, and now His Majesty is extravagant and murderous, so that the people are looking forward to his early demise, His Majesty has lost the hearts of the people, and only by quickly correcting his mistakes can he save people's hearts." Xia Jie listened, was very angry, and ordered Guan Longqi to be killed.
He reused a villain named Zhao Liang, who devoted himself to teaching him how to enjoy himself, how to blackmail and kill the people. In the seventeenth year after Xia Jie succeeded to the throne, someone introduced Yi Yin to Xia Jie, and Yi Yin persuaded Yi Yin with the benevolence of Yao and Shun, hoping that Ji would understand the suffering of the people and govern the world with his heart, but Yi Yin could not listen, so Yi Yin had to leave.
After the Spring and Autumn Period, "Xia" and "桀" often refer to the same person: Xia Jie. And "桀" is only a courtesy name, the last king of Xia was named Emperor Luyi, and was only called "桀" after death. Why is it called "桀" after the death of Emperor Luyan? The ancients called it the One who was a squirrel, and its ferocity was like a fierce one. Another law: Thieves kill more than they do. Therefore, giving Emperor Lu the title of "桀" may be in view of the atrocities of Xia Jie's life.
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