What are the legends about the Zhao family? (requires story title)
1. The Zhao family in Xiping
During the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Shaanxi Zhao Yifu lived as an official in Runan, and later lived in Wulitun, east of Runan City. It is said that Xixian (named Longhua) moved from Runan to Caizhou in the tenth generation. From the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the first year of the Zheng Dynasty, after Zhao Xixian, Zhao Yiguan went to the Yanyun Envoy Si Tongpan, and moved from Xu Zhaozhuang east of Baigui Temple in Shangcai County to Zhaolaozhuang, Zhuantan Township, Xiping County. Zhao Zhonglai, the son of Zhao Yi, was born in Gong during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty and was the ancestor of the Zhao family in Xiping.
2. Referring to a deer as a horse
When Qin Shihuang died, the eunuch Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, the 18th son of the first emperor, conspired to falsely pass on the imperial edict and forced Fusu, the eldest son who was supposed to inherit the throne, to step down. , changed the name to Hu Hai to succeed the throne. Hu Hai became emperor, known as Qin II. Because Zhao Gao helped Hu Hai become emperor, Hu Hai worshiped Zhao Gao as prime minister.
Zhao Gao was not satisfied after becoming prime minister and planned to usurp the throne. However, he was afraid of opposition from the ministers, so he wanted to test his prestige first. One day, when Zhao Gao took advantage of the civil and military officials to meet Qin II, he specially asked someone to bring a deer to Qin II. He pointed to the deer in front of the officials and said, "This is a horse." Qin II laughed. Zhao Gao laughed and said, "The Prime Minister made a mistake and called the deer a horse."
Zhao Gao ignored him and asked the ministers loudly: "Is this a horse or a deer?" The ministers were confused. Some were afraid of Zhao Gao and did not dare to speak out. Some bluntly called him a deer, and some distorted the facts and said he was a horse in order to plot against Zhao Gao. Afterwards, all those who told the truth were killed by Zhao Gao.
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Features of folklore:
Legends are neither biographies of real people nor records of historical events (which may contain information about real history). certain factors), but the artistic creation of the people. Many legends summarize a relatively wide range of social life content through art and rely on a certain historical figure, event, or a certain natural object or man-made object, achieving the organic integration of historical factors and historical methods with literary creation, making it an art history, or historicized art.
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