After Da Yu ruled the water, he divided the world into Kyushu, and let the people of Kyushu contribute bronze to create Jiuding. Jiuding symbolized the nine states under the heavens at that time, but in the future, it symbolized the majesty of the Son of Heaven.
Jiuding was not only a Zhenguo artifact of the Xia Dynasty, but also a symbol of the Son of Heaven in the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Gongdan placed Jiuding in Luoyi City to show the authority of the Zhou royal family.
However, in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of the Zhou royal family plummeted, and the princes did not pay attention to the Zhou royal family. Especially the King of Chu Zhuang of the Chu Kingdom, he once ran to Luoyi and asked Zhou Tianzi: How heavy does Jiuding really weigh?
This is the origin of the Nine States, which is ostensibly the weight of the Victory, but in fact it is challenging the authority of Zhou Tianzi. Can you say that Zhou Tianzi can not be angry? But there was no way to be angry, at that time the Chu state was strong, and the Zhou royal family had already declined.
In the Warring States period, the situation was even more serious. King Huiwen of Qin, King Xiang of Chu, and others were actively vying for control of Jiuding, frightening Zhou Tianzi to tremble.
However, among these cases of vying for control of Jiuding, the most special one was the Qin Wu Wang Yingdang. Why? Because King Wu of Qin killed himself in order to lift the big ding! What's going on here?
First, The King of Qin Wu opened the way out of the east, so he had the idea of spying on Jiuding.
Qin Wu Wang's victory was a joke in the eyes of many people. After all, he died without even a son, and as a result, his younger brother Qin Zhaoxiang Wang Yingji picked up a big bargain.
In fact, King Wu of Qin was still very accomplished in the history of the Qin State. Especially after he took Yiyang, the perspective of the Qin state to the outside world was completely different. It can be said that King Wu of Qin took Yiyang because he opened an opening for the future of the Qin State to go east!
Having done such a proud thing, king Qin Wu of course wanted to celebrate it, and the best way was to go to Luoyang to see the latest situation of Zhou Tianzi.
Therefore, King Wu of Qin took a large group of Hercules to Luoyang to see what king Zhou Zhao was like. After arriving in Luoyang, King Wu of Qin directly entered the Taimiao Of Zhou Tianzi and discovered the exquisitely made Jiuding.
Among these big Dings, King Qin Wu looked at Yongzhou Ding at a glance. He felt that the temperament of Yongzhou Ding and Qin Guo was the most compatible, so he planned to bring this thing back.
However, the person guarding the Big Ding said: This thing has not been moved since King Zhou Wu put it here, it is too heavy, and it is impossible for anyone to move it.
This person who was guarding The Great Ding could not avoid talking too much, but it just happened to hit the mind of King Qin Wu. King Wu of Qin was a monarch who liked Hercules very much, and he himself was a famous Hercules. Since the Guardian Ding said that no one could lift this big ding, then the King of Qin Wu naturally wanted to try it.
The result stunned everyone, and King Qin Wu really lifted Da Ding to a place half a foot above the ground. He felt that this was not enough, and actually planned to take two steps, good fellow, it was inevitable that he did not take Jiuding in his eyes, right?
In the eighteenth year, King Wu of Qin and Meng Said raised the dragon Wen Chiding and died of absolute dissembarity. --- The Chronicle of History
The ending was naturally very miserable, because The Great Ding was too heavy, the King of Qin Wu lost his hand and dropped the Big Ding on the ground, just smashing the right foot of the King of Qin Wu, and the blood flowed unceasingly, and the King of Qin Wu died in a cry.
Second, why did King Qin Wu have nothing to do, why did he want to raise a big ding?
People laugh at me for being crazy, and I laugh at others who can't see through it. This may be the mentality of King Qin Wu, he has a lot of strength, this is nothing to say. But as a monarch, do you really just want to conquer Jiuding by your own strength? I don't think he's that stupid, right?
In fact, when King Wu of Qin came to Luoyang for a circle, the main purpose was to show force. Luoyang is a very special place, not far from Han, Wei, Zhao, Chu and other countries, and the news is also very easy to spread to these princely states.
King Wu of Qin just wanted to challenge the authority of Zhou Tianzi in order to tell the surrounding countries: The Qin state is not easy to mess with, you still have to be careful!
If King Wu of Qin really moved Dading home, what was the attitude of these princely states around him? This was what King Qin Wu wanted to know the most.
If they are afraid of the military strength of the Qin state and are silent about this, then things will be easy to handle, and in the future, the Qin state can break through each one and wipe out these princely states.
If they talked about this a lot, and even planned to unite to get justice for Zhou Tianzi, then King Qin Wu could also get another signal: the six kingdoms of Shandong were not easy to mess with, and they would unite at any time, and it would be more difficult for the Qin state to go east.
Jiuding is a touchstone, and it can be seen whether the six countries of Shandong are united or not. It's just a pity that King Qin Wu's performance is too much and he smashes himself to death, and this play is not very good.
Third, the younger brother of King Wu of Qin earned back face for him.
When King Qin Wu was smashed to death, he had no heirs, so the throne of the Qin state fell into the hands of King Qin Wu's younger brother Ying Ji. Eun Ji was the future famous King Zhaoxiang of Qin.
After King Zhaoxiang of Qin came to power, he was not as arrogant as during the time of King Wu of Qin, and he chose Taoguang to raise obscurity and save national strength. Under the administration of Empress Dowager Mi (Empress Dowager Miao's biological mother), the productivity of the Qin state was booming, and the six kingdoms of Shandong rarely launched a joint attack on the Qin state.
It was not until The 60-year-old King of Qin Zhaoxiang returned power that The King of Qin Zhaoxiang appointed Bai Qi to kill the four sides, beating the surrounding princely states screaming.
At this time, King Zhaoxiang of Qin remembered the tragedy of his brother King Wu of Qin in Luoyang, and he planned to earn back some face for his brother, so the army drove straight in and attacked Luoyang.
At that time, the Zhou Tianzi King of Zhou zhao was defeated and captured, and Jiuding fell into the hands of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. King Zhaoxiang of Qin was also not polite, and without saying a word, he transported Jiuding back to Xianyang.
Good guys, the King of Zhou Zhao was depressed, and Jiuding was moved to Xianyang, which directly heralded the demise of the Zhou Dynasty for more than 800 years. It can be regarded as giving King Qin Wu a bad breath!
Summary: The Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties were destroyed one after another, and the Zhou Dynasty was completely destroyed.
After King Zhaoxiang of Qin destroyed King Zhao of Zhou, he moved the Duke of Western Zhou with him and annexed all the territory and people of the Duke of Western Zhou. At this time, strictly speaking, the Zhou Dynasty was not completely finished.
However, during the reign of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, the grandson of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the Qin army annexed the State of Eastern Zhou, and since then the Kingdom of Eastern Zhou and the State of Western Zhou have fallen into the pockets of the State of Qin, and the Zhou Dynasty has lost its place of sacrifice and naturally perished in the true sense. As for Jiuding, in fact, placing it next to the Zhou royal family is also a scourge.
Reference: Chronicle of History