Historical allusions to the site of Dune Palace

Guangzong County Records said: Guangzong has a flat terrain, sandy soil everywhere, and hilly terrain, hence the name Dune. In Shang dynasty, there was a branch library here. According to historical records, Shang Zhouwang has built many buildings on sand dunes, built more terraces, placed all kinds of birds and animals, and established wine ponds and meat forests. Taking "wine as a pool, hanging meat as a forest", men and women streaked and chased games, singing and drinking, and stayed up all night. Its debauchery and luxury are outrageous. And his atrocities finally aroused the resistance of other governors. When Zhou Wuwang led his army to Chao Ge, his army turned to help King Zhou, showing how unpopular it was. Finally, he ordered people to take out the treasure and put it beside them, then wrap it in silk and jump into the fire to set themselves on fire.

The ending of King Wuling of Zhao made future generations laugh and cry. Zhao Congyuan (475 BC) ascended the throne and was founded until he was captured by Qin (222 BC).

The demise of Zhao, * * * experienced 12 generations 13 generations of monarchs. In a short period of more than 200 years, the history of Zhao has declined from prosperity to decline. The princes of Zhao often made mistakes on the issue of succession to the throne, leaving many thoughts and feelings for future generations. In particular, King Wuling left a laughing stock for later generations from the vigorous reform of "Khufu riding and shooting" to his final burial in Dune Palace.

In fact, a mature politician should not make mistakes in employing people. It's just that King Wuling of Zhao's fault lies in the succession of the throne. In 298 BC, the brilliant and well-dressed Wang Chuan of Zhao Wuling was located in Huiwen, Zhao Haoqi, his youngest son, and took his own name as his father. Three years later, Zhao Zhu's father left Handan and went to the sand dunes in the north. "Guangzong County Records" said: Guangzong terrain is relatively flat, the soil is almost sandy, and hills are piled up everywhere, hence the name sand dunes. In Shang dynasty, there was a branch library here. During the Warring States period, the sand dunes belonged to the State of Zhao, and the King of Zhao set up a branch office here. Originally, King Wuling should have passed the throne to his eldest son Zhao Zhang, but he made a big mistake-King Wuling in his prime passed the throne to his youngest son Zhao He, namely King Huiwen. This mistake is not completely over. When the "kind father" saw the older Zhao Zhang kneeling down to his younger brother Wang Huiwen, he felt pity (after all, King Wuling of Zhao is also a father! ), split Zhao into two-half to sit, half to sit, this is ridiculous! This is the reason why King Wu Ling caused his real tragedy. He was the plan of the actual authorities, which further intensified the contradiction between the two brothers. Two knife stands were around his neck, but he didn't know it. After a court meeting, the three of them lived in the Dune Palace. Zhao Zhang rebelled in advance and was killed by Zhao He. At this time, Wu Wangling was trapped in the palace and could not control the situation. Zhao He probably knew what would happen when they retreated from the Dune Palace, so he simply left his biological father King Wu Ling there to starve to death! "The palace learned. Father wanted to come out, but he couldn't eat it. When the bird faded, he ate it. " What a pity that this all-powerful historical figure finally starved to death in the palace!

The change of Dune Palace led to Zhao's exhaustion. But Hou did not dare to please the king of Qin, who was stronger than Zhao. This time, he finally had the opportunity to attack Zhao. The king of Qin, uncharacteristically, turned to the defensive and finally took Zhao into his pocket.

However, history is interesting.

In 22 1 year BC, Qin Shihuang annexed six countries and unified China. In order to "show his strength and serve the sea", he traveled around the country many times. In 2 10 BC, he went out for the fifth time and fell ill in Pingyuan (now south of Pingyuan County, Shandong Province). In July, Bing Yin went to the dunes and died on the platform of Dune Palace. At that time, his youngest son, Hu Hai, was followed by Prime Minister Reese and eunuch Zhao Gao. They secretly refused to send out obituaries, falsely claiming that Hu Hai was made a prince by the first emperor and accusing Fu Su, the eldest son of Qin Shihuang, of committing suicide because he could not make meritorious deeds. It was hot at that time, and Qin Shihuang's body soon stinked. In order to hide people's eyes and ears, they loaded a lot of abalone in the car and escorted it back to Xianyang, the capital, before the official funeral. Dune Palace has also become the place where Wang Zhao's "brother" Qin Shihuang ascended to heaven. Is history a coincidence or a great fable?

Since then, Guangzong, a well-known place, has been called "the place where dragons are trapped". Later emperors would make a detour and avoid it. In fact, the emperor's political achievements depend on his policies and whether he is wise and close to the people. How can other reasons affect him? But history is like this, casting a mysterious color on Guangzong. The earliest name of the big platform was "Dune". "Historical Records of the First Qin Emperor" records: "In July, the first emperor collapsed on the dune terrace."

In 2 10 BC, Qin Shihuang made his last tour. After that, he was seriously ill in Pingyuan County, Texas, and went to the sand dunes.

When I was on the platform, my illness got worse and I had to stay in Dune Palace. Qin Shihuang felt that his time was coming, so he gave his son Fu Su a book: "I will be buried with Xianyang" (Qin Shihuang wanted to adjust Fu Su, so he asked Fu Su to go back to Xianyang to arrange the funeral after his death). But the suicide note was detained by courtier Zhao Gao. After the death of Qin Shihuang, Zhao Gao destroyed the real legacy and forged the false legacy of Hu Hai's accession to the throne and Fu Su's suicide. In the plot, Zhao Gao and others built a high platform, hung Qin Shihuang's body on it, and left the sand dunes to return to Xianyang after Fuxi committed suicide. At that time, Qin Shihuang's body was rotten and smelly. In order to hide people's eyes and ears, Zhao Gao filled the car with abalone in the name of Qin Shihuang's love for abalone, and covered up the peculiar smell of the corpse with fishy smell. For this period of history, most old people in Dapingtai Village are familiar with it. Although the economy of this agricultural village is not developed, some people still live in adobe houses, but they can know a little about the history of their village.

"Because Qin Shihuang died on the sand dune platform, our village was named after the big platform. The names of many surrounding villages are related to the big platform: the two villages adjacent to our village are called' front platform' and' back platform' respectively; There is also a village called Baizhai, because the attendants changed into white mourning clothes here after the death of Qin Shihuang; In the place where the hearse passed, two villages were named Xiaonan Road and Kitakoji ... "Although these statements were not included in the historical facts, some of them were inconsistent with the historical facts, but their simple love for their homeland was touching. It has been more than 2000 years since Qin Shihuang's corpse drying platform. The original corpse drying platform has long since ceased to exist, leaving only the ruins of the sand dune platform for future generations to mourn. Under the guidance of several villagers, the reporter came to the sand dune platform outside the village.

According to the inscriptions on the Jade Emperor Temple and Guandi Temple on the Dapingtai, "Dune Palace was destroyed and became a hill, several feet high and square." The dune terrace site that the reporter saw is a dune belt, with a length of 150 meters and a width of more than 70 meters. After thousands of years of wind and rain erosion, there is still a hill with a circumference of 10 meters and a height of less than 2 meters on the sand dune belt. The mountains are covered with weeds, and the fields below have been reclaimed and planted with cotton. From time to time, villagers with hoes on their shoulders and sprayers on their backs pass by the mountain. They are busy taking care of crops in the fields, and occasionally someone stops to talk to us.

In the intermittent conversation with the villagers, the reporter learned that the villagers called the hills on the construction site "bumps". Li Zhilin, 77, told reporters that his childhood acne was twice as big as it is now, and it was conspicuous from a distance. They once found ancient pottery, bronzes and decorations here. Due to the neglect of management of sand dune sites during the production team period, people often borrow soil from them, coupled with wind and rain erosion, land reclamation and other factors, the scope of pimples gradually narrowed, and the situation improved after being listed as a key cultural relics protection unit in Hebei Province.

Years passed, the country changed hands, and the thrilling palace coup was over. Only this sand dune site has passed through the Millennium and stood silently outside the platform village, being watched and mourned by future generations. Wine pool meat forest, now most dictionaries interpret it as: describing luxurious and decadent life. But where did this idiom come from? During Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wang built a palace pavilion on the sand dune platform, which was the reason of "wine pool" and "meat forest". According to "Historical Records Yin Benji", "(Zhou Wang) has built a broad sand dune platform ... A big gathering of music is played in the sand dunes, with wine as the pool and hanging meat as the forest, making men and women chase each other and making it a long night's drink."

More than 3000 years ago, Zhou Wang built a big garden around the sand dunes. There are many palaces and trees in the garden, and all kinds of delicious food are available. Zhou Wang let people fill the gutter under the eaves of the palace with wine when he was idle (the gutter for draining rainwater in ancient times was called gutter, also called Tianchi, and it was called "wine pool" when filled with wine); "Meat forest" is to hang cooked meat on branches slightly higher than people in the forest.

Zhou Wang asked 100 young men and women to take off their clothes and stand beside the palace. As soon as they heard the drums, they jumped up and picked meat from the trees. Because meat is higher than people, I have to jump up to cover my shame with one hand and pick meat with the other. Zhou Wang enjoys it. When they have seen enough, they are ordered to run to the edge of the wine pool, imitate the way cattle, sheep and other livestock drink water, stand with their feet crossed and their hands supported, and then let them chase and play when they are half drunk. Any girl who is chased should have sex with the guy who is chasing her in public. Zhou Wang was so dissolute and cruel to the people that it eventually led to national subjugation. "Wu Ling resents the dunes, and Scott is famous here. Spring comes to the moon alone, and the birds in the Forbidden City are still ashamed. " During the Warring States Period, King Wuling of Zhao, who was famous for his "riding and shooting in Hu clothes", was trapped in Dune Palace in his later years because of civil strife, and starved to death here in March. This song "Exploring the Moon in the Bird's Nest" is a sigh of later generations when they visited ancient times. In 299 BC, King Wuling of Zhao suddenly announced the abolition of the seal of Prince Edward and passed it on to his youngest son He (that is, King Huiwen of Zhao). Later, King Wuling of Zhao wanted to divide Zhao into two, and named Zhao the King of Zhao and Dai the King. This plan caused a power struggle within Zhao's ruling group. In 295 BC, King Wuling of Zhao, Zhao Zhang and others moved to Dune Palace together. Zhao Zhang took the opportunity to rebel, killed King Huiwen of Zhao and regained the throne. The son of the Prime Minister became a rescuer and surrounded the Dune Palace for more than three months. Zhao Zhang was killed, and King Wuling of Zhao was trapped in the Dune Palace, unable to get away and unable to find food. He had to catch birds in the tree and mice in the house to satisfy his hunger, and finally starved to death in the Dune.

King Wuling of Zhao, a gifted scholar, had great ambition to unify the world, but he died before his ambition. Even Sima Qian had to sigh: "Hesitation is undecided, so it started from chaos, and even father and son died. Isn't it painful to laugh at the world?"