Luoyang, a historical and cultural city with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization, more than 4,000 years of city history and more than 1,500 years of capital construction history, has created countless legends of Chinese civilization. "Shannanshui north is yang", Luoyang is named because it is located in the sun of Luoshui, and the Heluo area centered on Luoyang is the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization. The ruins of the five major capitals of Xia Du, Shang Du Xi Bo, Eastern Zhou Wangcheng, Han Wei Luoyang City, and Sui and Tang Luoyang City are lined up along the Luo River, which is rare in the world. More than a hundred emperors ruled here. Today, let's talk about the Eastern Zhou Kuang Wang Ji Ban.
King Ji ban of Zhou Kuang (?—— October 607 BC) reigned for 6 years from 612 BC to 607 BC. Ji Ban, son of King Zhou. He succeeded to the throne after his death. In October 607 BC, Ji Ban fell ill and died, and after Ji Ban's death, his posthumous title was Kuang Wang, the burial place is unknown, and the temple name was Kuang Wang (谥法云 Zhenyun Dadu Yue Kuang), and was taken by his brother Wang Yu.
During the reign of King Ji Ban of Zhou Kuang, the monarch of the Jin state was the Duke of Jinling, and in the palace of the Duke of Jinling, the famous Zhao Dun Incident in history occurred. Duke Ling of Jin (624 BC – 607 BC), surnamed Ji (姬), courtesy name Yigao, grandson of Duke Wen of Jin, son of Duke Xiang of Jin, monarch of the State of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period, reigned from 620 BC to 607 BC. Duke Ling of Jin succeeded to the throne at an early age, favored the traitorous minister Tu Anjia, was absurd and unscrupulous, and used heavy taxes to satisfy a luxurious life. Once, the chef did not cook the bear paw, and Jin Linggong killed the cook, and this was not the end. The Duke of Jinling asked the palace maid to wrap the cook's body in a straw mat and drag it around the imperial court. After the ruling minister Zhao Dun advised, the Jin Linggong jumped like a thunderbolt and even asked the samurai to assassinate Zhao Dun. When the samurai arrived at Zhao Dun's house, he saw Zhao Dun with the bedroom door wide open, dressed in imperial clothes, and sitting precariously waiting for the upper court. Deeply moved, the demon killed him, sorry for the people; without killing him, the monarch would not let me go, and in the dilemma, the samurai demon crashed into the locust tree in the courtyard and fell to the ground and died. Jin Linggong did not stop there, and had another plan. Pretending to invite Zhao Dun to a banquet, ambushing the warriors and preparing to kill Zhao Dun, Zhao Dun's life should not be extinguished, and he escaped from Zhao Du after being rescued. In 607 BC, Zhao Dun's brother Zhao Pu killed the Duke of Jinling, and Zhao Dun returned to the capital to assist Duke Jing of Jin in succeeding to the throne. Since then, the Zhao family of the Jin Dynasty, the power and prestige have been in the sky, and the King of the Jin State has been terrified.
After Zhao Dun's death, his son Zhao Shuo took up his post and assisted Duke Jing of Jin. Duke Linggong of Jin's favorite vassal Si Kou Tu'an Jia wanted to avenge the Duke of Jin, and led an army to besiege the lower palace where Zhao Shuo lived, taking Zhao Shuo's father Zhao Dun for the crime of murdering the king, and killing more than 300 people of the Zhao clan, including Zhao Shuo's family. Zhao Shuo's wife was Zhuang Ji, the sister of the Duke of Jinling, and no one dared to kill her, but she was spared. Zhuang Ji was pregnant and took refuge in the Jinjing Gonggong. Cheng Bao is a happy and upright doctor, he has extraordinary medical skills, his wife is virtuous, and he has a son in middle age. Zhuang Ji, who got the news of the change, was frightened and had signs of premature birth, and Cheng Bao, as a doctor, was invited into the palace and successfully gave birth to a baby boy, which was the only bloodline left by the Zhao family. At the critical moment, she calmly placed the baby in Cheng Bao's medicine box, taking advantage of Han Yue's hesitation, Cheng Bao took the baby out, the whole process, the baby did not cry, as if it was discussed. Tu Anjia, who had arrived, found that the baby was missing, and in a rage, he slashed at Han Yue's face with his sword and ordered the city gate to be sealed off to hunt down the baby. Cheng Baby took Zhao Wu, an orphan of the Zhao clan, home to his wife to take care of. Tu'an Jia searched the city and found a hundred babies, claiming that if Zhao Wu was not found before dark, he would kill them all. Cheng Bao was helpless and handed over his son Cheng Bo, who was executed as an orphan of the Zhao clan. A hundred babies returned to their parents. This is the famous "Orphan of Zhao" story that has been widely disseminated by history. In fact, the story of the "Zhao orphans" must be more bizarre and strange than this story. It is also possible that Zhao Wu is not Zhao Shuo's son at all, which may be the result of Zhuang Ji's adultery with Zhao Baby.