100 Historical Stories That Unlock Teenage Wisdom

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Chapter 6 The philosophy of doing things Because we have our own philosophy, we have our own life orientation. We don't worry about being easily blown away in the wind and rain, and we don't worry about losing the needle when we get lost.Ideas are like lights, hanging high above our heads, radiant and never lost.The idea is like a torch, tightly held in our hands, the flame will never go out, and it will warm a lifetime! Chapter 61 Lords of Fenghuo Opera

——Integrity is the "signature" of the honest person, and deception is the "magic" for the dishonest person to gain a foothold.However, for everyone, honesty is the foundation of a foothold, something as precious as life and worth defending with everything.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, after King Zhou You came to the throne, he didn't care about any major national affairs, he only knew about eating, drinking and having fun, and sent people everywhere to find beautiful women.There was a minister Baoheng who advised King You, but King You not only refused to listen, but put him in prison.

Baoheng was imprisoned for three years.The people of the Bao family do everything possible to rescue Bao Heng.So they bought a pretty girl in the countryside, taught her to sing and dance, dressed her up, and presented her to King You.This girl is from the Bao family, so she was named Bao Si.

King You was so happy that he got Baosi, so he released Baoheng.He dotes on Baosi very much, but since Baosi entered the palace, she has been depressed and has never smiled once.King You tried his best to make her laugh, but she couldn't laugh no matter what.

King Zhou You offered a reward: Whoever can make the princess smile will be rewarded with a thousand gold.

A sycophant named Father Guo Shi thought of an idea for King Zhou You.It turned out that the Zhou Dynasty built more than 20 beacon towers in the Lishan area, one every few miles, in order to guard against the attack of the Western nomadic dog army.If the dog army came, the soldiers guarding the first gate would light up the beacon fire; the soldiers guarding the second gate would also light up the beacon fire when they saw the fireworks.One by one, when the nearby princes saw it, they would send troops to rescue them.Father Guo Shi said to King Zhou You: "The world is peaceful now, and the beacon tower has not been used for a long time. I would like to invite the king and your empress to go to Lishan Mountain to play for a few days. At night, let's light up the beacon fire, so that the nearby princes can see and drive away." Come on, let's be fooled. When the empress sees so many soldiers and horses rushing to nothing, the custody will laugh."

King Zhou You clapped his hands and said, "Excellent, let's do this!"

They went up to Lishan Mountain and really lit the beacon fire on Lishan Mountain.The nearby princes got the alarm, thinking that the dog soldiers were coming, and hurriedly led soldiers to rescue them.Unexpectedly, when they rushed there, there was not even a shadow of a dog soldier, only the sound of playing music and singing on the mountain, and everyone was stunned.

King You sent someone to tell them: "Everyone has worked hard, there is nothing to do here, but the king and the princess are playing with fireworks, you go back!"

The princes knew that they had been fooled, and went back full of anger.

Bao Si didn't know what they were up to, but when he saw several soldiers and horses descending from the foot of Mount Li in a chaotic state, he asked King You what was going on.King You told her ten thousand five hundred and ten.Bao Si really smiled.

Seeing Baosi's smiling face, King You really rewarded Father Guo Shi with a thousand pieces of gold.

King You doted on Baosi, and later simply abolished the queen and the prince, making Baosi the queen, and making Baosi's son Bofu the prince.It turned out that the Queen's father was a prince of the State of Shen. When he got the news, he joined forces with Quanrong to attack Haojing.

When King You heard the news of the dog army's attack, he panicked and ordered to light the beacon fire on Mount Li.The beacon fire was on fire, but because the princes were fooled last time, no one paid any attention to them.

There was thick smoke from the beacon tower during the day, and the flames were soaring at night, but no rescuers came.

As soon as the dog soldiers arrived, there were not many soldiers in Haojing, so they barely resisted for a while, but were beaten to pieces by the dog soldiers.Quan Rong's men and horses rushed in like a tide, and killed King Zhou You, Father Guo Shi and Bao Sisheng's uncle Fu.Bao Si, who was not smiling, was also snatched away.

At this time, the princes knew that Quanrong had really entered Haojing, so they united and brought a large team to rescue.When the leader of Quanrong saw the arrival of the army of the princes, he ordered his men to rob all the treasures accumulated by the Zhou Dynasty for many years, and set fire to them before retreating.

The feudal lords of the Central Plains repelled Quan Rong, and made the original prince, Ji Yijiu, the son of heaven, King Ping of Zhou.The princes also returned to their fiefs.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the princes left, Quanrong came again, and most of the land in the west under the direct control of the Zhou Dynasty was occupied by Quanrong.King Ping was afraid that Haojing would not be able to keep it, so he made up his mind to move the capital to Luoyi.

In 770 BC, King Ping of Zhou moved his capital to Luoyi.Because Haojing is to the west and Luoyi is to the east, the period when the Zhou Dynasty made Haojing its capital was called the Western Zhou Dynasty in history; after the capital was moved to Luoyi, it was called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Wisdom Interpretation:

Integrity means honesty and trustworthiness. In layman's terms, integrity means being true and not false.Integrity is a person's virtue. With the word "integrity", a person will show a magnanimous and calm demeanor and radiate the brilliance of personality.Since ancient times, honesty and trustworthiness have been an eternal beauty of human nature.

Only by keeping the quality of honesty in their hearts forever can young people keep the last line of defense of inner morality.

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