King Zhang Chu sent Wu Pingjun to lead 300 cavalry to Tancheng, preparing to replace General Zhaoping. But what Wu Pingjun didn't expect was that at this time Qin Jia, Zhu Jishi and others had already driven away Zhao Ping and occupied the city. Qin Jia suddenly heard that King Zhang Chu had sent someone to come, and he was worried that they were here to question him. He was frightened and uneasy. But when he heard that Lord Wu Ping didn't bring many people, he felt relieved to welcome Lord Wu Ping into the city. Everyone came to sit down in the palace. Qin Jia asked Wu Pingjun: "General, what happened after a long journey to come here?" Wuping Jun was very young and said the truth: "Now that the Qin army has left the border, the king's army has been defeated. , so King Zhang Chu sent me to take over the army here, and also called General Zhao Ping to resist Zhang Han. I wonder where General Zhao is?" Qin Jia's heart skipped a beat, and he coaxed Lord Wu Ping: "General Zhao Ping, go outside and summon the troops. I won't be back until three or two days later." Wu Pingjun took out King Zhang Chu's sword and seal and asked the leaders to check it. When Qin Jia and others saw the sword and seal, they stood up and picked it up to observe carefully. After playing with it for a long time, they said to Lord Wu Ping: "General, please go to the hall to rest for the time being. When General Zhao comes back, we will hand over the military power to him." You." Wu Pingjun was very happy after hearing this.
After Wu Pingjun went out, Qin Jia smiled sinisterly and said: "Wu Pingjun is a young boy, but King Zhang Chu asked him to be a general. This is really arrogant!" Zhujishi suddenly said angrily: "Ge Ying is ours. The great hero that our hometown is proud of was killed innocently by King Zhang Chu for no reason. King Zhang Chu is so unclear about rewards and punishments, why should we listen to his restraint?" At this time, two people suddenly shouted "Brother Qin!" and left. When they came in, they turned out to be brothers Kong Fan and Kong Long. The two of them ran away in anger after Tian Zang killed the false king. They came here all the way, and just when Qin Jia and others captured Tan City, they came here to seek refuge. Qin Jia heard that they were generals of Zhang Chu State, so he left the two of them behind. Now when they heard that King Zhang Chu had sent someone again, they came to find out what was going on. When Kong Fan learned about Wu Pingjun's intention, he said to Qin Jia: "My two brothers were once under the command of the false king, but the deputy general Tian Zang was headstrong and killed the false king for no reason, but King Zhang Chu did not investigate his responsibility. Instead, he made Tian Zang a general. How can King Zhang Chu accomplish great things if he doesn't know rewards and punishments?" Everyone said in unison: "Yes! Why should we be controlled by Zhang Chu? Why don't we kill Wu Pingjun and do it ourselves!" But some people just said I'm worried that Mr. Wu Ping has 300 sergeants under his command, so he won't be able to make a move. Qin Jia sneered and said: "This matter is easy to handle! I have a way to chop off that kid's head without any effort!" Everyone asked what the way was. Qin Jia said: "In the evening, we will first arrange sword masters under the two corridors of the mansion. Then we will entertain the boy at the banquet..." Qin Jia said and made a beheading motion. Everyone immediately understood what he meant and laughed together: "This is indeed a good idea!"
When it was time for dinner, Qin Jia sent someone to invite Lord Wu Ping to come to the banquet. Wu Pingjun didn't know what the plan was, so he came to the county government office excitedly. The gatekeeper allowed him in alone. Wu Pingjun didn't think much and walked in alone. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a sumptuous banquet in the hall. Qin Jia and others also came over to greet them. Wu Pingjun only said some polite words and then took his seat and prepared to eat. As soon as everyone sat down, Qin Jia's face suddenly changed, and he shouted sternly: "You kid, what do you know about military matters, but the King of Chu asked you to take charge of the army?" Then he threw the wine glass to the ground. Wu Pingjun was shocked, and just as he was about to speak, everyone shouted in unison: "Kill him!" At this time, the swordsmen from the school had already rushed in and chopped Wu Pingjun to death on the spot. When Qin Jia saw that Lord Wu Ping was dead, he took off the general's seal from his body, then led everyone to fight out of the palace, first surrounding Lord Wu Ping's 300 sergeants and slashing them with swords. Seeing this sudden change, the sergeants rose up to resist. Most of the people were killed, and only a few escaped desperately and reported to King Zhang Chu. When Qin Jia saw that he had received the seal of general from King Zhang Chu, he appointed himself the Grand Sima, and then called on the people to continue resisting Qin.
King Zhang Chu stayed in Chencheng for a long time, and many of his friends from his past farming days came to join him. One day, many people gathered at the gate of the palace, and they all wanted to go into the palace to see King Zhang Chu. But the guard guarding the gate saw that they were all farmers and refused to report them. These people called King Zhang Chu by his name and shouted that they had to enter the palace. When the guards saw that they did not understand the rules, they tied them up. As a result, this binding angered the farmers, who shouted loudly: "We want to see Chen Sheng! King Chen Sheng, come out quickly! Come out quickly!" The shouts reached all the way to the palace. King Zhang Chu heard this and walked out accompanied by several palace officials. I saw him arriving in front of everyone with his splendid clothes and embroidered crown. These poor friends became even more proud when they saw King Zhang Chu coming, so they shouted loudly: "King Chen Sheng, King Chen Sheng, come and save us!"
King Zhang Chu came to everyone with a smile, immediately untied them, and then met everyone one by one. The farmers said: "Brother Chen Sheng, didn't you say before that you should never forget each other if you are rich or noble? Have you forgotten us today?" King Zhang Chu smiled and said: "How could you forget? Remember." Just please. These guys entered the palace. When the farmers saw that King Zhang Chu was supporting them, they became even more awesome. They talked and laughed at King Zhang Chu. Some people even came forward and touched the crown with their black hands. While touching it, they said: "Chen Sheng, you are rich now, you are wearing It's so luxurious, but it's so impressive!" The guards used their sword scabbards to separate everyone's hands. King Zhang Chu stopped the guards from being rude and welcomed everyone into the palace to talk.
When these peasant friends entered the palace, they looked around, made a fuss, and made a lot of fools of themselves. The maids covered their mouths and snickered. Out of sympathy, King Zhang Chu reluctantly accompanied everyone to talk, and finally came to the Golden Palace. At this time, everyone became even more presumptuous. Some people even ran to the throne to feel it, then touched it up and down, looked left and right, and were amazed. At this time, a buddy said in a weird voice: "King Chen Sheng, you are too rich now! When you become the king, you live in such a gorgeous palace, with so beautiful curtains and curtains, so novel furnishings, and too many interesting things. La! Your brother is so lucky!" At this moment, a group of beautifully dressed palace maids came in to offer tea and fruits. When they saw the palace maids, they stared at them endlessly. Some people even said, "Are these beauties serving you? They are so beautiful!" After a while, the tables were filled with many delicious food and drinks. The maids waited on everyone to eat together, some poured wine, and some handed gold cups, jade plates, and silver bowls. Everyone held exquisite tableware and watched the beautiful palace maids eating and drinking, and kept saying: "There are so many, so many, so many! King Chen Sheng, how can you enjoy it alone?" Chu people Guanduo is called fire, so from then on, people called King Zhang Chu the "King of Fire She".
One day, Tancheng's sergeants suddenly came to the city and reported to King Zhang Chu that Wu Pingjun had been killed. After King Zhang Chu inquired about the situation, he became furious. At this time, someone came in and reported that those peasant friends had been gathering in the palace all day long, coming in and out, doing nothing, and did not understand etiquette and rules at all, and they also acted casually. Tell the story of the king’s past. After hearing this, King Zhang Chu felt unhappy, so he went out to take a look.
They happened to be drunk at this time, and they were talking to each other about the embarrassing things that happened to King Chu in the past. One said: "When Chen Sheng was still a pauper, he fell in love with the third young girl from Old Man Song's family in our village, and even proposed marriage, but Old Man Song kicked him out. Wasn't it because Chen Sheng was too much? Are you poor? Hehe!" Another person continued: "Oh! In my opinion, that old man Song is really an unlucky guy. If he knew that Chen Sheng was what he was today, he would definitely marry his daughter to Chen Sheng. Now let him He must regret it! Hahaha..." After they said this, they laughed out loud, and then kept telling other embarrassing and dirty things about King Zhang Chu in the past, which were used as jokes to make everyone laugh. stop.
Unexpectedly, the king of Chu heard this rural custom of exposing people's shortcomings. He was so angry that he ordered his servant Hu Wu to arrest these nonsense immediately and execute them. The guards arrested them and prepared to execute them. At this time, Yin Wangzhi hurriedly came to persuade King Chen: "Your Majesty, although they are countrymen, they cannot be killed casually!" King Zhang Chu asked why they could not be killed casually. Wang Zhi said: "If you kill them, they will lose their hearts. Just ask the king to call them in and reprimand them. Besides, the war is going on right now and the country is employing people. How can these small things affect the country's major events?" What's more, they are all your friends when you were poor!" King Zhang Chu said angrily: "What does it matter if you kill a few rough guys alone? They don't know how to fight!" Wang Zhi said in fear: "Those Although people don't know how to fight, they will affect others. Besides, they are just disrespectful and will not be beheaded. Your Majesty, before you were rich, weren't you just a farmer like them? Even though you are rich now, you should not be beheaded. You are embarrassing your past friends!" King Zhang Chu heard this and changed his expression: "You also blocked Ge Ying's killing, you also defended him when he killed Wu Guang, and now you are killing a few ignorant farmers alone, and you are criticizing me, in your heart Are there any orphans left?" He refused to listen to Wang Zhi's advice and killed those farmers who were talking about oil leaking from ice skates. Wang Zhi was so angry that he shouted: "My king, you rely on your power to kill people casually, how can you last long?" After hearing Wang Zhi's words, King Zhang Chu became furious and ordered his guards to push Wang Zhi out and behead him. Cai Ci, Situ Luchen and others from Shangzhu Kingdom hurriedly came to dissuade him: "Your Majesty, although Wang Lingyin clashed a little, he is loyal. I hope your Majesty will think again!" King Zhang Chu ordered the guards to drive Wang Zhi out of the palace. , never to be used again. Wang Zhi walked out of the palace gate with his hair disheveled and his clothes disheveled, sighing and going back to his hometown.
When other friends heard that Wang Lingyin was expelled for admonishing him, they came one after another to ask for their resignation from King Zhang Chu. Three or five days later, after everyone had left, the palace became cold and cold. When King Zhang Chu saw that everyone had left, he became even more angry. At this time, the father of a concubine from the harem also came and said, "Xian son-in-law! All your friends have left. It is indeed your fault. Why don't you invite everyone back?" King Zhang Chu thought to himself: I married him. Although he is the father-in-law of his daughter, he is also a minister. How can he call Gu a virtuous son-in-law? What's the difference between this and country people? He said coldly: "You old men are not allowed to know the affairs of the country!" After that, he turned around and left. Seeing that his hot mouth was stuck with a cold butt, the abbot was furious, so he took some of his belongings and left angrily. He walked out of the palace gate and said coldly: "Relying on your own power and being so arrogant to your elders, how can you last long? Huh!" and went straight back to the countryside.
King Zhang Chu heard that these people left because he had killed those people, and he was very dissatisfied. He thought that everyone was disloyal to him, so he appointed two close servants, Zhu Fang and Hu Wu, as Zhongzheng and Si Guo. Let us investigate the words, deeds and behavior of the generals and officials in the court. If anyone is dissatisfied with the king, he will be arrested immediately. In this way, anyone who had any grudge against Zhu Fang and Hu Wu would be imprisoned. The two also implicated a lot of former close friends such as Wu Guang, Wu Chen, Zhang Er and others, and imprisoned them as key criminals for interrogation. As a result, these people were forced to report each other, expose crimes, and falsely accuse many innocent people. Prison officials even abused the criminal law and tortured people to extract confessions. For a time, many people were imprisoned in Chencheng's prison, causing people to panic, panic, and chaos. More people will escape this way. In order to please King Zhang Chu, Zhu Fang and Hu Wu searched for beauties from all over the place, just for the King of Chu to enjoy themselves.
From then on, King Zhang Chu became more and more alienated from the people of Chu State, and the monarch and his ministers suddenly became alienated from each other. People at that time made up a song called "King of Fire" and sung it everywhere:
Why is your great king so angry? What a spacious house we live in! Pearls and jade are used as utensils, sandalwood is used as a bed, and brocade quilts are dotted with green calyx.
Why is your great king so angry? What clothes you wear! The agate is used as the crown and the silk ribbon is used as the crown, and the body is embroidered with red crane.
Why is your great king so angry? How beautiful the beauty is! Daji is the concubine and Jiang is the queen, and she is really prominent.
Why is your great king so angry? You shouldn’t change your face just to be rich! Friends are scarce, relatives are gone, and we forget the richness and promise of the past.
