Examples related to luxury goods

Jie in Xia dynasty, Shang dynasty, Zhou dynasty, Qin dynasty, etc. They all oppress the people and resort to cruel means, leading to people's rebellion or regime change.

The gentry in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, relying on their origins and fame, only knew pleasure and did not know labor, and became a famous class in history who liked to rest and hate work. What's more, there was an idiot emperor at that time, and people reported to him that because of the famine, the people had no food, and he even said, (People have no food) Don't Hu eat minced meat? Left a joke and a curse.

Take the famous corrupt official Xiao Shenyang in history as an example. He took bribes to bend the law and became the "king of corruption" in history. However, he was executed as a result. All the illegal gains were confiscated. Another example is Wei Zhongxian in Ming Dynasty, who was called "nine-year-old" because of cronyism, control of state affairs and exclusion of dissidents. However, in the end, he was executed and fell into the humiliation of history. Another example is that after the founding of New China, Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan, the former secretaries of Tianjin prefectural party committee, failed to stand the test, took credit for the advantages, abused power for personal gain, and committed corruption and crimes, and were finally put to death. It can be said that in history, obeying the law will be respected. On the contrary, if you violate the law and discipline, you will fall into eternal shame.

Emperors of past dynasties were mostly the masters of fornication and blindly pursued happiness. The nobles of Shang dynasty also drank too much. According to modern analysis, it is speculated that because the wine containers and drinking vessels at that time were mostly bronzes, in which tin was dissolved in wine, people in Shang Dynasty were poisoned after drinking, and their physical condition was declining day by day. At the end of Shang Dynasty, the Emperor of Zhou lusted after good wine.> said, "Taking wine as a pool and county meat as a forest, making men and women run naked and chase after each other, is the drink of the long night." Later generations often use "wine pool and meat forest" to describe extravagance and indulgence. The tyranny of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, coupled with alcoholism, eventually led to the demise of the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty issued a strict prohibition of alcohol in the merchant gathering place. In ancient times, there were countless examples of drinking mistakes. Gong Chu fought against the Jin army in Yanling, and Chu was defeated. Gong Chu Wang was also shot in the eye. In order to prepare for the next battle, I called Master Fu to discuss. Zi was drunk and couldn't come. King Gong of Chu had to sigh to heaven and say, "Heaven hit me." . Killing a son who was mistaken for drinking. Had to send the troops back to North Korea. It is sometimes a good thing for the emperor to get drunk. For example, Qi Huangong lost his hat because of drunkenness, and Qi Huangong was ashamed of it. He didn't go to court for three days, which coincided with the lack of food. Guan Zhong had to act on his own initiative and open the granary of the state capital to help the victims. The victims were ecstatic. A folk song circulated at that time said: (Qi Huangong) Why don't you lose your hat again! .