"King Wu Lu, a generation of wise and brave monarchs. Sun Wu was known for his tactical excellence, while He Lu won praise for his discerning approach to employing people.
Under the leadership of He Lu, the state of Wu grew stronger during his reign, expanding its army and expanding its territory, becoming a formidable military force that threatened the states of Chu and Yue. An iron-fisted man, he showed strong leadership in the government and military, but when it came to the family, he was a loving father who especially doted on his youngest daughter, Princess Shengyu.
However, due to his excessive doting on his daughter, Princess Katsuyu committed suicide in shame because of a piece of fish that her father had given her. This tragic event reinforces that excessive love is not the best way to go.
In order to express his love for his daughter, He Lu actually ordered tens of thousands of people to be buried for the dead princess, which is even more shocking. "
The price of greed was the twelfth year of the king of Wu, the king of Chu died of illness, and the king of Wu raised an army to attack Chu. He Lu, who had long coveted the throne, took advantage of the fact that there was no one in the court to speed up the pace of rebellion.
At the celebration banquet of the return of the Wu Wang's class, Lu ordered the Zhuan to hide the sword in the belly of the fish, and when the food was served, he assassinated the Wu Wangzhi and seized the throne in one fell swoop. However, his greed led to the decline of the state of Wu, although he showed excellent statecraft after ascending to the throne, making the state of Wu a powerful country in the Spring and Autumn period, but his greed eventually led to the destruction of the state of Wu, and he also became the last overlord of the Spring and Autumn period.
The overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period was in a hurry, and his iron-fisted policy was terrifying. However, although he is unrelenting in government affairs, he is a father who dotes on his daughter. He had three sons and two daughters in his life, of which the youngest daughter, Princess Katsuyu, was his favorite.
Princess Shengyu's personality is as pure, sensitive, and self-respecting as her name, and from childhood to adulthood, she has held her daughter in the palm of her hand, no matter what she asks, he will try his best to meet it, and the depth of his love is unmatched.
Princess Shengyu has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and she knows a little about military politics, which makes She Lu appreciate her talent even more. In her father's doting, Princess Shengyu gradually grew into a big girl, although she was getting older, her temper and personality had not changed, she was still arrogant and willful, and the people of the entire Wu Kingdom had to listen to her, even her father was no exception.
King Wu and his wife discussed the matter of conquering Chu in the palace of Princess Shengyu, and the three of them sat around to enjoy the food during lunch. He Lu is very fond of fish, and one of the dishes of the day was a steamed fish, which he thought was very delicious after tasting it, so he handed half of it to his baby daughter, Princess Katsuyu.
But Princess Katsuyu's face was full of shame and asked him why she let herself eat the fish he had left. Wu Wang Lu tried to explain, but Princess Shengyu still insisted on her opinion, thinking that her father looked down on her.
He Lu understood that his behavior might be too spoiling his daughter, but he still decided not to give in, and after contemplation, he said to the servant: "You go and tell Shengyu that if she can't correct her temper, I'm afraid that no one will be able to spoil her like me in the future." ”
I beg you, your king, let the princess rest for a while, for it is not proper to weep like this. " "Okay, father, you treat your daughter like this, on weekdays, you always make her happy, but today, you ......"Princess Shengyu felt unacceptable to the sudden change in attitude of King Wu Lu, she had always been pampered.
Well, Father, I will step down, and I will let you know what you regret most in your life. "After saying that, Princess Katsuyu pushed away the servants beside her and rushed into her dormitory.
An originally beautiful meal was ruined by Princess Shengyu's vexatious troubles, and He Lu had no idea of continuing to eat. He motioned for the lady next to him to go back to the palace together, and just as he was about to turn around and leave, a scream came from Princess Katsuyu's bedroom behind him.
Come on, the princess killed herself, save her! "Princess Katsuyu's maid let out a creepy scream, shattering the original peaceful atmosphere.
In a panic, King Wu and his wife saw the red-dyed floor of the dormitory and their daughter Princess Shengyu who had fallen there. He Lu rushed into his daughter's dormitory, and saw that his daughter was dying due to excessive blood loss, and his heart was like a knife.
He shouted the name of the imperial physician, but heard his daughter's dying words. "Father, my daughter said ...... that you will regretA flash of joy flashed in Katsuyu's eyes, and then lost his brilliance.
King Wu Lu hugged his cold daughter, crying bitterly, the short sword that he had rewarded his daughter with was firmly inserted into her heart.
Shengyu, the most beloved daughter of King Wu, chose to commit suicide because of a half-fish, which caused an uproar in Wu. People felt sorry for the fall of the young princess, and at the same time shocked by her resignation.
was annoyed and heartbroken by the sudden death of his daughter. In order to alleviate the pain in his heart, he decided to make his daughter's coffin out of the finest stone, and the funeral goods were a dazzling array of jade cups, gold bottles, silk and satin, and even a sword called Pan Ying.
The sword Panying, it is said to originate from the Yue Kingdom, created by the sword-casting master Ou Yezi, among the five swords, Panying is the most spiritual, male and female double swords, and the name has all origins. In order to envelop King Wu, King Yue gave him three swords.
Among them, Panying was deeply loved by King Wu, and after the death of Princess Shengyu, He Lu gave Panying to Shengyu as a funeral gift. The whereabouts of the other sword, Zhanlu, are a mystery. In addition to the extravagant funeral goods, He Lu also put a lot of effort into the funeral specifications.
In the ancient Spring and Autumn Period, in order to highlight the powerful status of princes and generals, a cruel way of burial of living people gradually became popular. This cruel ritual originated in the Shang Dynasty, when a king would bury his beloved wives, servants, and prisoners of war in a burial chamber after his death.
These burial companions were buried in the burial chamber as living people, and finally suffocated to death, so as to restore the life of the deceased. The burial of the living can be divided into two types, one is human martyrdom, which is mainly composed of the wife and concubine of the deceased and close servants during his lifetime; The other is human sacrifice, which is mainly composed of prisoners of war.
In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the scope of human martyrdom was more extensive, in addition to wives and concubines and servants, some ministers who were favored by the king also became the objects of human martyrdom, in order to satisfy their fantasy that the dead king could still be a king in the underground world.
According to the records of the "Historical Records of Qin Benji", after the death of Qin Mugong, the scale of martyrdom reached an astonishing 177 people, including three important ministers.
It is rumored that when Qin Mugong was about to die, he hoped that several ministers would accompany him to sleep in the ground. For this reason, he set up a banquet in the palace to entertain the ministers, and while everyone was slightly drunk, Qin Mugong said meaningfully: "Between our monarchs and ministers, we will rejoice together in life, and mourn together in death." ”
After hearing this, the three ministers of Dyingxi, Needle Tiger and Zhongxing did not hesitate to express their willingness to go to Huangquan with Qin Mu. However, this drunken sentence turned out to be a reality, and the three ministers became the first ministers to be sent to the mausoleum after Qin Mugong's death.
In order to ensure that her daughter would still enjoy the treatment of a princess after her death, He Lu decided to take a special approach. He ordered a huge pond to be dug up and a tomb made out of earth.
The burial chamber is made of huge striped stones. When everything was ready, he began to fill the pond with water, leaving only a passage to the burial chamber.
Although this process is full of mysteries, it is actually a foreshadowing of his subsequent cruel behavior. In order to alleviate the guilt of his daughter Shengyu, and at the same time to let his daughter continue to enjoy the treatment of a princess in the underworld after death, He Lu decided to use the method of living burial.
However, before that, it was often princes and generals who enjoyed the burial of the living, and no underage woman had ever enjoyed such a privilege. In order to help his daughter justifiably obtain the treatment of a living person to be buried, Wu Wang Lu came up with an extremely cruel plan.
Princess Katsuyu's coffin stayed in the palace for several days, and finally the day of the funeral arrived.
The city, which was once bustling, became very quiet after the death of the princess. The streets in front of the palace were lined with white couplets, and the people who came to the funeral were dressed in plain clothes.
Every few steps, there will be an altar, and the civil and military officials are in charge of the sacrifice at the intersection, and the people of the city also stop all festivities on that day. When the princess's coffin left the palace, the people on both sides of the street bowed down.
When the coffin slowly walked out, the palace music rang out in unison, the yellow paper was all over the sky, and the attendants dressed in white linen accompanied the two sides, and the cry shook the sky. The coffin is followed by a dazzling array of funerary goods, including jade cups, gold bottles, silk and satin, jewelry and jade, and countless others.
The sword, called Panying, was enshrined on the altar and carried forward by two soldiers. The streets were lined with onlookers, all of whom marveled at the opulence of the royal funeral, but the most striking thing in this lavish procession was a procession of hundreds of white-clad men.
Holding white cranes in their hands, they danced gracefully to the melody of the palace music. These cranes are made of white silk with wings like clouds, and their bamboo skeletons allow them to fly through the air like real cranes when they pull the leash at the lower end.
The white cranes dancing in the hands of the dancers are lifelike, as if they are the soul of Princess Katsutama, and they fly hundreds of white cranes to become immortals. The citizens were deeply attracted by the white crane dance in the funeral procession, and unconsciously followed the procession slowly.
Princess Katsuyu's coffin didn't seem to be in a hurry to move forward, staying in the city**, letting the team of dancing cranes dance around the coffin. The crowd grew more and more, but the officers and soldiers responsible for maintaining order did not stop it, allowing the crowd to gather more and more, and there were tens of thousands of people.
* The street was densely packed with onlookers, and the funeral procession began to slowly march towards the mausoleum. The people did not disperse at once, and the lifelike crane dance seemed to have magical powers, attracting them with fascination, and curiosity drove them to follow the procession all the way to the mausoleum.
Princess Shengyu's coffin was carried by a waiter dressed in white, the crane dance continued, and the onlookers unknowingly followed the funeral procession to the only passage.
When everyone had stepped onto the passage, suddenly a large number of soldiers poured out from all directions, surrounding the princess's mausoleum. Some of the people who walked at the back of the line realized that something was wrong and quickly turned around and ran back, but it was too late.
Soldiers on both sides of the road set up obstacles to block all civilians who tried to retreat. Some soldiers urged people to walk in the direction of the tomb, and the scene was chaotic.
Those who had already entered the tomb wanted to return, but were blocked by the people behind them; Those who were still outside were also forcibly pushed into the burial chamber by the crowd. Some people tried to escape, but they could only jump off the passage and fall into the water on both sides, trying to swim to the shore, only to be pushed back into the water by the soldiers on the shore as they were about to go ashore.
The people who were forcibly pushed into the tomb, old people, young people, men and women, all screamed and wept. A princess's funeral turned into a purgatory on earth in an instant. Princess Katsuyu's funeral ended in a state of grief, and the imperial city was filled with the cries of the people for several days.
Almost every family had relatives who followed the princess's funeral procession into the imperial tomb and never returned.
He Lu, the monarch of Wu, paid attention to governance, reformed internal affairs, and built water conservancy, so that Wu's national strength increased. He respected scholars, attached great importance to education, founded schools, and cultivated a large number of outstanding talents.