You don't have to see it with your own eyes, just rely on the simple records left by the official history, which will make people feel scared to read. "Skin cattle, sheep, horses, chickens, dolphins and geese alive" (The Book of Jin) is the bad king's favorite trick. Looking at the skinned livestock and burning poultry, they screamed at the top of the empty hall and struggled wildly until they exhausted their last strength and died of convulsions. He sat aside, clapped his hands and wanted more. Perhaps it is this sensory stimulation that can bring him psychological satisfaction. Even more frightening, he also "skinned people and made them sing and dance" (looking in the mirror). We can imagine that a group of people who have been skinned alive are singing and dancing in the hall, which is a terrible scene for Abala.
The pre-Qin period was the political power established by the Di nationality during the Five Lakes and Sixteen Countries, and it was also the most beautiful period in the history of the Di nationality. Once won strongly in the competition and reached the peak. It was this once glorious kingdom that, among its emperors, the cruel and unique role of Shu Sheng appeared, which almost led to the demise of the kingdom.
Fu Sheng (335-357) was the third emperor of the former Qin Dynasty, the grandson of Fu Hong, the founding emperor, and the predecessor of Fu Jian, the Zhao Xuan emperor who later unified the north. Li Wang faked his death after being killed. According to the obituary, the killing of innocent people is getting worse and worse, which is the best summary of Shu Sheng's cruel and tyrannical life. In history, another man who was named Li Wang after his death was driven out of Haojiang in the "Han rebellion". Zhou Liwang used indiscriminate killing to stop people from talking about his right and wrong. In my opinion, it may be more out of the original intention of consolidating the royal power, but killing people in order to maintain the majesty of the king is not necessarily intentional. Compared with Li's king, the emperor who delights in killing people and is obsessed with bringing his own tools and doing it himself is simply dwarfed.
Let's take a look at the scene of the imperial court first: according to Zi Jian, when meeting a minister of civil and military affairs, you must "bend your bow and expose your blade" and "chisel with a hammer and pliers to prepare for it". See who is not pleasing to the eye, just copy the guy and say hello, killing people like hemp. This is not a court meeting, this is clearly a hunting ground or a slaughterhouse. Moreover, the means are extremely cruel. "There are more people who cut off their shins, pull threats, saw their necks and cut their fetuses." Shortly after he ascended the throne, he killed more than 500 ministers and maids. You are moody and eccentric, and no one can guess. You don't know why you died. Once, a student gave a banquet to entertain a group of ministers and asked Shang Shuling to supervise the wine supervisor, which was the role of greeting everyone to drink. It should have been a good thing for the emperor to be merciful. As a result, when he watched everyone drink away, some people were still not drunk (it seems that they drank too much). Without saying anything, he shot Xin Prison. That means, how do you persuade people to drink? How can you stand it? Who dares not to drink now? So the ministers "dare not lose their crown without being drunk", and the scene was in chaos, and he was happy.
Fu Sheng dreamed at night that the big fish ate cattail (the surname of Fu was originally Pu, but later Fu Hong changed it to Fu because he wrote "Grass should be handed over to the king". So he killed all the fish in the family, and the fish were guilty. Dr. Zuo Guanglu urged him to "suspend execution and respect morality" and summon up courage to "behead him". If you chisel your head with a chisel, he will remove it. Because of his murderous nature, he soon "respected the old relatives and punished them", which made him panic up and down. "Ministers must protect themselves for one day, say ten years." Just think about the horrible atmosphere at that time. Niu Yi, a doctor in Jinguang Road Hospital, can't bear the pressure of this atmosphere. Last week, he asked to be transferred to a local job so that he could stay away from his life. He said that you are too young, why don't you take the position of fish obedience? Niu Yi was frightened and committed suicide when he got home.
There are several kinds of cruel emperors. Those who ascend to the throne with heavy bones often cultivate cold-blooded domineering and become more and more ruthless in the competition for power, which is called ruthlessness; Killing for pleasure is extremely cruel, and it is called a cruel hand; Born bloodthirsty, almost abnormal, cruel and cruel. Born in Sichuan, he is a master and a ruthless advocate. There are tigers and wolves eating people outside Chang 'an, which is harmful. The ministers asked the government to deal with the matter. He said, "Wild animals eat people when they are hungry, so why not!" Of course, wild animals eat people when they are hungry, and they will be fine when they are full. Why bother? Is this human talk? I dare not eat him.
It's even more ridiculous when it comes to state affairs. Drinking is the second biggest hobby of students. Drinking day and night often doesn't go to court for a month. Litigation is also "drinking to drown your sorrows." For subordinates, it is worse! No one can be more dissolute and shameless than him. According to the Book of Jin, Shu Sheng often "sent imperial court attendants and men streaking in front of the temple" to seek excitement. On another occasion, when he met his brother and sister on the road, he "forced them to be indecent" and forced them to have sex. Killing them in a rage if they don't listen is simply an animal. With such a fatuous emperor, the country naturally cannot last long. Poor hero Hong I, the foundation of the empire he founded is about to run out. The so-called drunken party threatened to kill his cousin Fu Jian, and finally forced Fu Jian to launch a coup to abolish and kill the cruel and bad king, which is rare in history, thus saving the dying former Qin Dynasty and creating the emperor myth with infinite scenery in Yi history.
So, why is Yan Sheng so cruel? In my opinion, the reasons may come from three aspects: first, the child's congenital defects; The second is personality experience; The third is the tradition of family education. People's congenital physical defects can easily lead to the distortion of the mind and form psychological defects. Born with "no eyes", he was a cyclops since he was a child. Perhaps this is the reason for his absurd behavior as a "young rogue" (The Book of Jin); Physical inferiority and psychological distortion will also directly affect the development and formation of human personality. When I grow up, I am physically strong and "brave and easy to kill" (Book of Jin). He is a desperate man. In the Northern Expedition of Huan Wen in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he single-handedly entered the enemy lines, and even beheaded dozens of people. Perhaps we can find some psychological satisfaction in this kind of fighting and killing.
As for the family education tradition, it is even more flattering. People with physical defects are not necessarily psychopaths, but depend on how to educate and guide them the day after tomorrow. Look at these two paragraphs in Tong Jian, and you may get a glimpse of them. His grandfather Fu Hong once teased Fu Sheng: "I heard a tear on my blind son. Do you believe it?" I heard that Cyclops shed a line of tears. Is that so? If his grandfather is probably out of his mind, why do you ask? Not that funny. Isn't it troublesome to be brief in front of men? How could you hurt your grandson so much! It makes sense to say that people are impatient. Everyone has self-esteem, including children. Children with physical defects will be more sensitive.
However, the behavior of Zen students is somewhat shocking. "He drew his sword and stabbed himself with blood." He took a knife and scratched his face, and the blood began to fall. He said, "This is also a tear." This means that you are wrong. Cyclops can also have two lines of tears and have a bad temper! His father's key is even more shocking. When he died, he said to Yan Sheng, "If the chieftain ministers of Liuyi don't listen to your orders, they will be destroyed step by step." His last words were not to teach him who to trust and who to rely on to govern and prosper the country, but to tell him that generals and ministers who dared not listen to your orders would kill them. Do you think this is a good way to teach your son? Mr. Sima Guang wrote this sentence with emotion, saying that the ministers who accepted the imperial edict were used to assist the next one and protect the emperor's wings. "If you teach to cut them for their wings, you will die!" Cutting your own wings is tantamount to self-destruction. How well you speak!