Tell the truest history in the simplest words.
In 299 BC, King Zhaoxiang of Qin did something unheard of in ancient times- kidnapping the monarch. King Zhaoxiang of Qin invited King Huai of Chu to meet and form an alliance at Wuguan (Shangnan, Shangzhou, Shaanxi), but on the way abducted King Huai of Chu to Xianyang and threatened King Huai of Chu to cede Wu County and Qianzhong County to the State of Qin, otherwise he would not return to China. King Huai of Chu indignantly refused, pinning his hopes on the Chu State, why did he cry out in sorrow before dying, "The Qin people deceive me, and the Chu people rebel against me"?
King Huai of Chu
The abduction of King Huai of Chu by King Zhaoxiang of Qin was unheard of at that time, and the reaction of the Chu people was even more unheard of in ancient times, and Eun Seol gave a thumbs up and said, "The widow admires!" ”
Originally, after the people of chu learned that King Huai of Chu had been kidnapped, instead of sending troops to save King Huai of Chu, they directly abandoned him and directly sent people to the State of Qi to pick up the prince who was held hostage in the State of Qi and return to China as the new king, and falsely claimed that "king Huai of Chu died violently" and "the country cannot be without a king for a day", and welcomed the prince of the State of Chu back to the State of Chu, and was known as the King of Chu.
When these news reached the ears of King Huai of Chu, who was still fighting for the land of the Chu State and pinning his hopes on the soldiers of the Chu State, he was depressed, he was desperate, he collapsed, and his mouth shouted all day long, "The Qin people deceive me, the Chu people rebel against me...", three years later, he died of depression, and Yin Ji sent someone to send back the body.
When we look back at history, we will be sad for King Huai of Chu and disdainful for King Huanji, and at the same time we can't help but ask: Why did King Huanji of Qin Zhaoxiang kidnap King Huai of Chu?
King Zhaoxiang of Qin
Some people have said that when Eun Ji kidnapped the King of Chu Huai and demanded Wu County and Qianzhong County from the King of Chu Huai, didn't she want to occupy the territory of the Chu State? This statement is too simple to say that we do not understand history. The reason why Eun Seol kidnaps King Chu Huai also starts with Eun Seol inheriting the throne.
He succeeded to the throne at the age of eighteen, and until then, he had been in the State of Qi as a hostage. When he returned to China to take the throne, due to his young age and young wings, the power of the country was occupied by his mother's eighth son and the uncle of the Marquis of Rang. A few years later, the mentally mature Ying Ji wanted to regain power and lead the Qin state to a unified situation. Therefore, the first thing to do is to regain power!
The State of Chu fought a war with the State of Qi at that time, and as the State of Qi became increasingly powerful, hundreds of thousands of troops of the State of Chu died in other places, and the State of Chu not only lost its hegemonic position, but also became a small country that everyone could deceive. The State of Chu and the State of Qi became enmity, so they wanted to ally with the State of Qin and jointly resist the State of Qi. However, the Qin state did not make the decision, and the matter of Lian Chu was decided by his mother, Empress Dowager Qi.
Eight sons
Therefore, the Lian chu forces and the Chu forces only recognize the eight sons, and the Lian Chu forces will only expand the power of their mother, if so, the day when Ying Ji will regain the power is far away. In order to weaken his mother's power, Eun Seol wants to unite. However, Lianqi and Lianchu are not united, they can only get one country, that is to say, between Eun Seol and her mother and eight sons, there will only be one winner, and there is no win-win situation.
Therefore, how to make Qin and Chu become enemies from brotherly countries, so that there can no longer be any chance of unity between the two countries, Yin Ji came up with a plan - to kidnap the king of Chu Huai. History was thus programmed in a dramatic way. In Eun Seol's expectations, if the land of the Chu State must not be there, he can kidnap the King of Chu, and when the Chu people learn that the King of Chu has been kidnapped, they will definitely send troops to attack Qin. In this way, the Chu-Qin alliance will inevitably break down, and the Qin-Qi alliance will be just around the corner.
What the Qin king did not expect was that the Chu people were too cowardly to dare to confront the Qin army at all, and directly welcomed the new king. But fortunately, the ending was the same, the Chu-Qin alliance broke down. However, Ying Ji also did not succeed, not only did not ally with the State of Qi, but also lost the newly arrived great talent Meng TianWen. (Caused by the Conspiracy of the Eight Sons)
Therefore, in this court game, Neither Eun Seol nor her mother nor her eight sons made a profit, but in this "immortal fight", the "mortal" King Chu Huai was hit by the pond fish and suffered for no reason!
Reference: Qin Benji