The story of "Daughter Laughing" happened more than 2,700 years ago. At that time, there was no emperor in China, and the title of emperor began with Qin Shihuang. Three thousand years ago, a dynasty in China was called Zhou Dynasty. The supreme leader of the Zhou Dynasty was not called the emperor, but the heavenly king. More than 2,700 years ago, in the Zhou Dynasty, there lived a heavenly king named Zhou Youwang. This Zhou Youwang doesn't care about any national affairs, only cares about eating, drinking and having fun, and sends people everywhere to find beautiful women. There was an old minister named Bao Jun [bāo-xiāng], who advised the King of Heaven to govern the country well and take good care of the people, and not to bring girls from people's families to the palace. Hearing this, Zhou Youwang was very angry and put Zaphod in prison.
Bao Jun has been in prison for three years and there is no hope of his release. Zanjia people have been trying to find a way for him. They thought, "Since the heavenly king likes beauty, we should make an idea about it." They looked for beautiful women everywhere and really found them a beautiful country girl. The family of praise bought a little girl, even if it was a family of praise, it was named Bao [Si]. Praise her for teaching her to sing and dance, train her, dress her up, and send her to Kyoto for a good view [Xi 'an West, Shaanxi; Hao] is dedicated to atoning for the monarch. ..
Zhou Youwang can't tell how happy he was when he saw such a beautiful compliment. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and he felt that all the beautiful women in the palace were not worthy of praise. He immediately forgave the praise and let it go. Since then, the heavenly king has accompanied this compliment day and night and regarded her as a darling. Zan may not like the king. She always frowned and sighed, secretly shed tears, and never entered the palace with a smile. Zhou Youwang tried to make her laugh, but she couldn't. The Heavenly King issued a reward order: "Who can make the Empress laugh and reward a thousand pounds of gold?" We have an idiom called "daughter laugh", which probably came from it.
As soon as this award came out, many people rushed to get rich. They went into the palace, telling jokes, making faces and performing burlesque. I was disgusted with these people and kicked them out.
There is a nasty man named Guo [guó], who will kiss up to others. His name is Guo Shifu, and he came up with a way to make him laugh and hurt his stomach. He said to him: "In the past, Zhou people called them' dogs' to guard against Xirong (a tribe in the western regions); Rong (róng), in Mount Li [in the southeast of Lintong County, Shaanxi Province; More than 20 beacon towers have been built in this area, and there is one every few miles. In case Xirong comes in, the soldiers guarding the first pass will burn bonfires, and those who pass the second pass will also burn bonfires when they see fireworks. So one by one, the neighboring princes [that is, Xiao Wang under the king of heaven] will see it and send troops to save it. Now that the world is peaceful, the beacon tower has long been useless. I want to invite the heavenly king and the empress to visit Mount Li for a few days. At night, let's light a bonfire and make the sky red, so that the neighboring princes can see it. This is a big trick. When the queen saw these military forces, she ran over for a while, and everyone didn't laugh. Do you think my method is good? " Zhou Youwang narrowed his eyes, clapped his hands and said, "Great, great. Let's do it. "
They said they were leaving and went to Mount Li with praise. There is a warlord named Zheng Boyou, who is Zhou Youwang's uncle. He was afraid that the heavenly king would go wrong when playing with the bonfire, so he ran to Lishan Mountain and advised him not to be so chaotic. Zhou Youwang is in a mood, where can you listen to such words? He said angrily, "I was bored in the palace." It's rare for me to accompany my empress out to set off fireworks to relieve boredom. Do you need to manage it? " Zheng Boyou touched a rebuff.
In the evening, Guo Shifu asked his soldiers to light a bonfire. The fire is getting stronger and stronger, and the sky is full of flames. Beacon towers burn up one after another, with pillars of fire far and near. It is both beautiful and terrible. When the neighboring princes saw the bonfire, they thought Xirong was coming, so they quickly led their troops to kill the enemy. Unexpectedly, when I got there, no enemy could see me, and I didn't like fighting. I only hear music and singing. Guys, look at me. I look at you. I don't know what's going on. Zhou Youwang sent someone to say to them, "You have worked hard and have no enemies. Fireworks are set off by the king and the queen. Go home! " The Zhuang guests were so angry that they almost burst their stomachs when they knew that they had been taken in by the heavenly king.
Praise doesn't know what they are doing. She saw many soldiers and horses wriggling around like flies and asked Zhou Youwang, "What's going on?" Zhou Youwang told her in detail, saying it was to make her laugh. He crooked his neck and asked with a smile, "Is it nice?" I was so angry and funny that I couldn't help laughing and saying, "Haha, it's really beautiful! Fortunately, you can think of this thing. " When I got home, the confused king really smiled. Needless to say, he gave Master Xiao Guoman one thousand kilograms of gold. They played for a few days before returning to Kyoto happily.
A few days later, Xirong really came in. As soon as the first fire was lit, Zhou Youwang panicked. He hurriedly let Guo Shifu make a fire here. Last time those princes were fooled, this time the king was joking again, and they all ignored him. Bonfires were lit all day and night, and no reinforcements came. There are not many soldiers and horses in Kyoto, only one Zheng Boyou is a general, who went out to resist for some time. However, his troops are too few. Later, he was surrounded by the enemy and killed by random arrows. The general is dead, and the soldiers are in chaos. Xirong's army rushed in like a flood, killing people and robbing them. Young men and women could not defeat the enemy and were taken to be slaves. He was killed by Xirong, and even the praise of the old customs who didn't smile very much in the palace was taken away by them.
Zheng Boyou was a vassal of Zheng [Zheng Dangshi was in Huayin County, Shaanxi Province], and his son's name was Digtu [Dig hū]. As soon as he heard that his father was killed by Xirong, he put on his mourning clothes and rushed from Zheng to Kyoto with 300 personnel carriers to fight with Xirong desperately. This young man is bold but cautious. On weekdays, Zheng's military forces are well trained. When they fought, they killed many enemies. Only then did the other governors know that Xirong had really come, and they all came to hit Xirong with picks on the car. When the leader of Xirong saw the arrival of Hou Bing, he told his men to snatch all the treasures and properties accumulated in the Zhou Dynasty over the years, set a fire and returned them at sixes and sevens.
Central Plains governors beat back Xirong, and everyone made Zhou Pingwang, the son of Zhou Youwang, king. The vassal returned to his own country, left Du Tu and was retained by Zhou Pingwang, asking him to handle affairs in Kyoto. Don't want to leave the governors, XiRong called again, occupied the western half of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and hit the edge of Kyoto step by step. Zhou Pingwang is afraid of losing his pickaxe in Beijing. He is afraid of death. Besides, many houses in Kyoto were burned to Xirong, and all the treasures in the warehouse were robbed. He couldn't afford to build a palace at all. Then, Zhou Pingwang abandoned Haojiang and moved to Luoyang. Because Haojing was in the west, the Zhou Dynasty was called the Western Zhou Dynasty when Haojing was Kyoto. Luoyang is in the east. After Zhou Pingwang moved the capital to Luoyang in 770 BC, it was called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.