Chinese story: Do not eat Zhou Su, Bo Yi and Shu Qi, the wind bones of those two stubborn old men three thousand years ago

1046 BC, Mengjin.

It's already February, and although the weather hasn't warmed up yet, the ice in the Yellow River has melted and disappeared without a trace as the river rolls in. When it was still cold, the dry and cold wind in the north was still like a knife, scraping on the face and making people feel painful.

Young Ji Fa led the army, and the mighty came from the west. An army of tens of thousands, war horses hissing and cars rumbling. The sergeants were brightly armored and morale high. The cold weather did not stop the advance of this army, because they had already made their goal clear, that is, the song of the east.

As the commander-in-chief, Ji Fa looked at the water of the Yellow River rolling east, and his eyes were firm and powerful. He looked at his younger brother Ji Dan, who was standing on the right, and Jiang Shang, who was standing on the left, and Jiang Shang, who was standing on the left, and was more determined about the coming victory. There is no better sage and good general in heaven and earth than them, and with their assistance, the Zhou Dynasty Shang will be the destiny of heaven.

Long before, they already knew that the co-lord of the world named Di Xin who was sitting in Chaoge had killed his uncle Bigan and imprisoned his brother Jizi, and even many important ministers such as Master Hao and Shao Shi Qi around him had already defected. This dream, which has been buried in the hearts of Zhou people for many years, is finally waiting for the day to realize it.

Crossing Mengjin, hundreds of princes from all directions will be thrown under Ji Fa's command, and the combined army will crush the brutal rule of the Shang emperor Emperor Xin like a millstone. Every time I think of the unremitting efforts of three generations since my grandfather Gu Gong, to my father Ji Chang, and then to my own three generations, Ji Fa will feel that her shoulders are heavy, but her blood will always boil. What could be better than achieving a dream.

Ji Fa, who was in thought, was woken up by two people.

At the front of the army were two old men kneeling, shouting something in a hoarse voice. Ji Fa walked up and heard clearly, "Your father just died, and the corpse and bones were not cold, and it was for the sake of filial piety; the following offenses, with the subjects killing the king, are not benevolent." ”

Ji Fa's face was livid, but he didn't speak. The samurai around them could not hold back long enough, and tied them up like wolves and tigers and escorted them to the front. Ji Fa was just about to fall, but Jiang Shang said, "These are loyal and righteous people, we should let them go." Ji Laughed and ignored them.

These two upright old men, named Boyi and Shuqi, came from the lone bamboo country in the far east. Before that, before their father, Gu Zhujun, died, he wanted to pass the throne to shu qi, the third son of the virtuous. However, Shu Qi felt that he should set up the eldest brother Boyi, so the two of them escaped one after another. After many days of wandering, they heard that Corporal Lixian of the Zhou Kingdom in the west still respected the old man, so they came to the Zhou Kingdom together. Just after arriving at the border of the Zhou Kingdom, they heard that the Xibo Jichang they admired was dead, and his son Ji Fa led a large army to fight against the Shang King, so he intercepted the Zhou army on the way, and there was a scene of questioning Ji Fa.

The general trend of the world is vast, and the one who goes along with it is prosperous. Ji Fa's army, Makino Yingyang, soon defeated the Shang Dynasty. After the Zhou Dynasty replaced the Shang Dynasty, Bo Yi and Shu Qi vowed not to eat the grain grown on the land of the Zhou Dynasty. They hid in the Shouyang Mountains, collected wild vegetables every day to fill their hunger, and finally starved to death.

Zigong once asked Confucius what kind of people Boyi and Shuqi were. Confucius replied that they were the sages of the ancients. Zigong asked again, will they eventually be starved to death, will they not regret it? Confucius said that they asked for benevolence, so what regrets did they have?

Yes, a person can stick to his ideals and principles, even if he gives his life, what is there to regret.