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In the past, King Chu Ling was a gentleman with a thin waist, so all the ministers of King Chu Ling took meals as a festival, threatening to rest and help the wall. Compared with the year of (), this dynasty has the color of black (lí).
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Once upon a time, King Chu Ling liked men with thin waists, so a group of ministers in the DPRK dared not eat more, fearing that they would get fat and fall out of favor, so they ate a meal every day to control their waistlines. Hold your breath first, then tighten your belt and stand up against the wall. In the second year, all the civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty were black and yellow.
The general idea is: for a powerful person, what he advocates and what he opposes should be handled carefully, otherwise it will bring serious consequences.
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King Chu Ling likes to see courtiers as thin as willows in court. He found it pleasing to the eye. Some emaciated ministers were praised, promoted and reused by King Chu Ling.
In this way, in order to win the favor of King Chu Ling, the civil and military ministers of the Qing Dynasty tried their best to make their waistlines smaller. They control their diet and force themselves to eat only one meal a day, so they are often dizzy from hunger.
Some ministers even figured out a set of tricks: when getting up and dressing every morning, take a few deep breaths, hold your chest and abdomen, then hold your breath, and then gird your waist with broadband. After some tossing, many people gradually lost the ability to support their bodies independently, and even needed to hold the wall to stand up.
After nearly a year's torture, all the civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty in Chu became emaciated, haggard and fragile wasters. How can this shoulder the heavy responsibility of governing the country and defending the territory?
The so-called good in the world, what will happen next. King Chu Ling used his personal likes and dislikes to regulate the behavior of his subordinates, and decided to be intimate with them, which would inevitably lead to his subordinates' deliberate ingratiation and desperate invitation.
Such a gradual trend will inevitably lead to catastrophe, endanger the country and destroy individuals. This historical story shows that the words and deeds of leaders have a great influence. If the incumbent can take the lead in paying attention to moral cultivation, it will undoubtedly be the well-being of the people of the whole country.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-King Chu has a thin waist.