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A Thousand Gold Smile

The story of "A Thousand Gold Smile" happened more than 2,700 years ago. At that time, China did not have an emperor. The title of emperor was started by Qin Shihuang. There was a dynasty in China three thousand years ago called the Zhou Dynasty. The highest leader of the Zhou Dynasty was not called the emperor, but the king of heaven. More than 2,700 years ago, there was a heavenly king in the Zhou Dynasty, named King Zhou You. King You of Zhou didn't care about any major national affairs. He only cared about eating, drinking and having fun. He also sent people to look for beauties everywhere. There was an old minister named Baoju [bāo-xiāng]. He advised the king to manage the country well, take care of the people, and not bring girls from the people's families into the palace. After hearing this, King You of Zhou got angry and had Bao Jue thrown into prison.

Bao Jue has been in prison for three years, with no hope of being released. The people in the Bao family have been trying to find a way for him. They thought: "Since the King of Heaven likes beauties very much, we have to make some plans here." They went everywhere to look for beauties, and they really found a most beautiful country girl for them. The Bao family bought the little girl, who was considered a member of the Bao family, and named her Bao Si [sì]. Bao's family taught her singing and dancing, trained her, dressed her up, and sent her to Hao Jing in the capital [west of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province; Hao hào] to present to King Zhou You, as a way to atone for Bao Jue's sins.

When King Zhou You saw Bao Si looking so beautiful, he was really happy indescribably. The more he looked at her, the more he fell in love with her. He felt that even all the beauties in the palace could not compare to her beauty. He immediately pardoned Bao Jue and released him. From here on, the King of Heaven stayed with his beloved Si day and night, treating her as his darling. Bao Si doesn't like the King of Heaven. She always frowned and sighed, secretly shedding tears, and never smiled once in the palace. King Zhou You tried his best to make her laugh, but she couldn't laugh. The king of heaven gave a reward: "Whoever can make the empress smile, he will be rewarded with a thousand catties of gold." [In ancient times, copper was called gold] We have an idiom called "a thousand gold smiles", maybe that's how it came about.

As soon as this reward was released, many people rushed to make a fortune. They entered the palace, told Baosi jokes, made faces, and performed funny plays. When Bao Si saw these people, he felt disgusted and kicked them out.

There was a scoundrel named Guo [guó] who was very capable of flattering, and his name was Guo Shifu. He came up with a way, saying that he would definitely make Bao Si laugh and hurt her stomach. He said to King You of Zhou: "In the past, in order to guard against the Xirong [a tribe in the west, people in the Zhou Dynasty called them "dog Rong"; Rong [róng]), more than 20 troops were built in the area of ??Lishan [southeast of Lintong County, Shaanxi Province; Li lí]. There are beacon towers every few miles. In case the Xirong invade, the soldiers guarding the first pass will light up the beacon fire. When the people at the second pass see the fireworks, they will also light up the beacon fire, and so on. Beacon fires were burning all over the place. When the nearby princes saw it, they sent troops to rescue them. Now that the world is at peace, the beacon towers are no longer useful. I would like to invite the King of Heaven and his wife to go to Mount Li to play. A few days later. At night, we lit the beacon fire and made the sky red, so that the neighboring princes would be fooled. . Do you think my method is good?" King Zhou You narrowed his eyes and clapped his hands and said, "Great, great. Let's do it."

They said let's go. Then he left and took Baosi to Lishan Mountain. There was a prince named Zheng Boyou, who was the uncle of King Zhou You. He was afraid that the King of Heaven would cause trouble by playing with beacon fire, so he hurried to Mount Li to persuade the King of Heaven not to cause such trouble. King Zhou You was in high spirits, so he could not listen to such words. He said angrily: "I'm so bored in the palace. It's rare for me to go out with my wife to set off fireworks to relieve my boredom. Do you need to take care of this?" Zheng Boyou was disappointed.

At night, Guo Shifu asked his men to light the beacon fire. The fire burned more and more fiercely, and the sky was full of fire. The beacon towers burned one after another, far and near, all filled with fire. Pillars are both beautiful and terrifying. The neighboring princes saw the beacon fire and thought that Xirong was invading, so they quickly led their troops and horses to attack the enemy.

Unexpectedly, when we got there, we couldn't see any enemies, and they didn't look like they were fighting. We could only hear the sounds of music and singing. Everyone, you look at me and I look at you, and you don’t know what’s going on. King You of Zhou sent someone to tell them, "Thank you for your hard work. There are no enemies. It's the King of Heaven and the Queen who are setting off fireworks for fun. You can go back!" Only then did the princes realize that they had been tricked by the King of Heaven, and they were all so angry that their stomachs almost burst. .

Bao Si had no idea what they were causing trouble. When she saw the many soldiers and horses rushing back and forth like flies with their heads pinched, she asked King You of Zhou: "What's going on?" King You of Zhou told him exactly. He told her that it was just to make her laugh. He tilted his neck and asked with a smile: "Does it look good?" Bao Si felt angry and funny, and couldn't help but sneered and said: "Haha, it's so good-looking! Thank you for thinking of this thing." This confused man was so confused. The Heavenly King of the family actually smiled at her for praising Si. Needless to say, he was so happy that he rewarded the villain Guo Shifu with a thousand catties of gold. They played for a few days and then returned to Kyoto happily.

Not many days later, Xirong really called in. As soon as the first beacon fire was burning, King Zhou You panicked. He quickly asked Guo Shifu to light the beacon fire here quickly. Those princes were fooled last time, but this time the king was joking again and they all ignored him. The beacon fire was burning day and night, but no reinforcements came. There were not many soldiers and horses in Kyoto. There was only one general, Zheng Boyou, who went out to resist for a while. However, he had too few men and horses. After the battle, he was surrounded by the enemy and was shot to death by random arrows. As soon as the general died, the small soldiers were in chaos. The men and horses of Xirong rushed in like a flood, killing and robbing the common people. Young men and women were unable to defeat the enemy and were captured as slaves. Both King Zhou You and Guo Shifu were killed by Xirong, and even Bao Si, the old man who had never really smiled once in the palace, was snatched away by them.

Zheng Boyou was a prince of the State of Zheng [Zheng State was in Huayin County, Shaanxi Province at that time]. His son was called Jutu [dig hū]. When he heard that his father had been killed by Xirong, he put on his Xiao, with three hundred military chariots, rushed from Zheng to Kyoto to fight Xirong. The young man Chutu was very courageous and clever. In addition, Zheng Guo's soldiers and horses were well trained on weekdays. Once they fought, he killed many enemies. Only then did the other princes know that Xirong had really come in, and they all came to attack Xirong with their chariots and Haojing. When the leader of Xirong saw the soldiers of the princes arriving, he ordered his men to snatch away all the treasures and property accumulated by the Zhou Dynasty over the years, set a fire, and retreated in a mess.

The princes of the Central Plains repulsed the Xirong, and they established the son of King Zhou You as the king of heaven, namely King Ping of Zhou. The princes returned to their own countries, leaving Chutu to King Zhou Ping, asking him to take care of things in the capital. Unexpectedly, as soon as the various princes left, the Xirong came again and occupied the western half of the Zhou Dynasty, and gradually reached the edge of Kyoto. King Zhou Ping was afraid that Haojing could not be saved, and he was afraid of death. Besides, many houses in Kyoto had been burned by Xirong, and all the treasures in the storehouses had been robbed, so he could not build a palace. In this way, King Ping of Zhou abandoned Haojing and moved the capital to Luoyang [in Luoyang City, Henan Province]. Because Haojing is in the west, the Zhou Dynasty when Haojing was the capital was historically called the Western Zhou Dynasty; Luoyang was in the east. After King Ping of Zhou moved the capital to Luoyang in 770 BC, it was called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.