In history, what are some operations that were so stupid that it made people suffocate?

Carving a boat to seek a sword, King You of Zhou Dynasty playing with the princes with beacon fire, waiting for a rabbit, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, etc.

Carving a boat to ask for a sword, a man accidentally dropped his sword in the water while riding in the boat, so he quickly marked the boat he was riding on, secretly thinking that when the boat arrived at the shore, he would follow the marks to find it. You can find the sword. As a result, when the boat arrived at the shore, the man found nothing after searching for a while, and stupidly asked others why he couldn't find his sword, so he left a joke about engraved in the boat to find the sword.

King Zhou You's beacon-fire play on the princes can't be called stupid. It is simply a matter of ridicule for future generations. A king of this generation actually did such a thing. It is said that King You of Zhou loved beauties, but the beauty did not like to smile. In order to win the beauty's smile, King You of Zhou and the beauty went to the top of the mountain and set off flames. When the ministers saw that the king was in danger, they hurried up the mountain to check, only to find that King Zhou You was flirting with the beauty. However, this happened more than once. After the beauty laughed, King Zhou You used this method to tease the princes every day. It was like an ancient version. The wolf is coming. Everyone knows the ending. On the day when King Zhou You really needed help, people thought that the master was still teasing the beauty, but King Zhou You shot himself in the foot.

It is even more ridiculous to wait for a rabbit. After chasing a rabbit under a tree, the rabbit ran away. I actually thought that I could wait for the rabbit to come back by sitting here. I had a wishful thinking in my heart, but was ridiculed by future generations. . During the Taiping Rebellion, Hong Xiuquan led the peasant uprising, saying that he wanted to overthrow the rule of feudal landlords. As soon as the uprising took off, he committed the mistake of the limitations of the peasant class. Not only did he start to feel that the uprising was very troublesome, he actually wanted to establish a political power and experience what it was like to be an emperor. What he did in the later period was even more shocking.

Although these stories are silly, they are also ancient people’s exploration of life and social situations. Without these silly stories, where would the current experience come from?