Zhongchang was often established, summoning workers to the temple, about two million dollars; after asking for a reward skill, yu guo rewarded it with five hundred paragraphs of de luo, and ignored it, saying: "Please take the ants and lizards, and record their numbers in the hall, and lose a thing, and dare not be straight." ”
This is the relevant record of Yang Guifei's third sister Lady Yu Guo and the bricklayer in the Zizhi Tongjian.
Lady Yuguo, the third sister of Yang Guifei, married Pei Shi as his wife in the early years, and after Pei's death, Tang Xuanzong, at the request of Yang Guifei, sent three of Yang Guifei's sisters to Jingzhong, one of whom was Lady Yuguo.
As we all know, Yang Guifei was deeply favored during the years of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. So, to what extent did Tang Xuanzong spoil Yang Guifei?
For example, we all know that women in ancient times had no status. Demeaning remarks such as "a woman without talent is virtuous" and "only women and villains are difficult to raise" abound. So much so that in ancient times, a deformed concept was produced, that is, "son preference".
This idea persists even today in some places.
And Tang Xuanzong's favor for Yang Guifei once distorted the concept of "son preference" at that time, as Bai Juyi said in "Long Hate Song":
Therefore, the parents of the world are ordered not to be born again, male and female.
These were enough to prove how much Tang Xuanzong favored Yang Guifei.
The so-called "love house and Wu", Tang Xuanzong loved Yang Guifei so much, and naturally he was also extremely fond of the people around her.
The Zizhi Tongjian records that:
The three sisters and the five families, where there is a request, the prefecture and county are welcomed, and the edict is made; the four parties bribe the relics, and the spokes are gathered at their doors, but they are afraid of living behind, and the day and night are like a city. The kings of the Ten Houses and the Hundred Grandchildren were married, and they all used money to bribe Han and Yu to invite them, and they were all as good as they wanted.
Probably the meaning is that because of Yang Guifei's relationship, the relatives of the Yang family, including Lady Yuguo, have become the second imperial court at that time. As long as it is what they want, the governments everywhere will meet it as soon as possible, and the efficiency is staggering. If the princes and ministers had anything to do with marriage, as long as they bribed the Yang family and asked them to intercede with Tang Xuanzong, there was no unsuccessful.
And in this group of Yang family members, Lady Yu Guo was particularly extravagant and arrogant. The Zizhi Tongjian records that the State of Yu was particularly arrogant (Lady Guo of Yu was particularly extravagant and arbitrary).
How extravagant and arrogant is Madame Guoguo?
Let me give you an example. Once, Lady Yu Guo took a fancy to Wei Sili's land, so without saying a word, she got a "demolition team" to demolish Wei Sili's family. After the demolition, Mrs. Yu Guo may have remembered that this was someone else's land, so with a wave of her finger, she said that she had given a certain ten-acre vacant land to Webster as compensation.
As for Wei Sili, I don't know if I check it, and I am shocked when I check it. He was a figure who existed during the Wu Zetian period, and during the Wu Zetian period, the highest position he held was Fengge Luantai Pingzhangshi, which is commonly known as "Xiang Xiang".
Although in the days that followed, Because of Empress Wei, Wei Sili was implicated, he still received a good death, and after his death, he was also given the title of Bingbu Shangshu.
In a word, Wei Sili's status and influence were not low, even if it fell later.
However, such a person's home, Mrs. Yu Guo directly went to the door to demolish. I have to say that Lady Guoguo is arrogant enough.
After obtaining the land of Wei Sili's family and building a new house, Madame Guo Guo once again made a bold move and carried out decoration, which is the scene at the beginning of this article.
If it is only decoration (in fact, the walls are painted, the "Zizhi Tongjian" is written on the bricklayer, and the later is replaced by a bricklayer), it may not be worth mentioning, but this decoration is very reasonable, because it is too luxurious.
Mrs. Yu Guo said directly to the bricklayers: You are responsible for painting the wall, I am responsible for giving money, the price is well, 2 million yuan is good. 2 million yuan, this number is so large, basically do not need to refer to the price of goods at that time, anyway, it must be a lot of money.
And that's the money to paint the walls.
You think that's the end of it? Not really.
Logically, the bricklayers got so much money, they should steal the fun, who knows they are not only gone, but also have to inch in, directly saying that this is just the decoration money, and the craft money has not been given (don't ask me what is the craft money, we don't know).
When Lady Yu Guo heard this, she gave the tile workers five hundred pieces of crimson Aya luo. The word "Ayala Silk" will certainly not be unfamiliar to everyone, and in many TV dramas, the emperor rewards the ministers with gold and silver in addition to gold and silver, which is Ayala Silk Satin.
This was very expensive in ancient times, five hundred paragraphs, and it is estimated that it is another sky-high price.
And that's not all, the bricklayers who have received so much benefit will continue to brag: please bring some ants and lizards, remember their counts, and place them in the church, and if one is lost, we will not want this reward.
It's just so arrogant, it's just so dragged. So, why do these bricklayers have the courage to install x in front of Lady Guoguo?
It turned out that it was Lady Yu Guo who took a good bite.
As mentioned above, Lady Guoguo is so extravagant. And her extravagant purpose, like many people now, is vanity. The reason why she rewarded the bricklayers so much and fulfilled their unreasonable requests so much was to reveal a message to the outside world, that is, "I, Mrs. Yu guo, have money." ”
And the bricklayers just looked at the psychology of Lady Yu Guo, which dared to be so arrogant. Otherwise, in front of a person whom Tang Xuanzong loved, give them ten guts and dare not "blackmail" like this.
Lady Yu Guo, with the grace brought by Yang Guifei, wantonly squandered, embezzled and accepted bribes, and oppressed everyone, and her end was almost predictable. When Yang Guifei fell, she also died. Heaven and hell are in an instant, the life of Lady Guoguo, dissatisfaction is lamentable.
This story tells us that when people are proud, they should also keep a low profile, do not over-publicize, and make enemies everywhere. After all, "blessings and misfortunes", feng shui takes turns, and tomorrow it may be transferred to someone else's house.