The unification of the Qin Dynasty is a thing we all recognize, but you know what? There was a monarch born in the Warring States period who was called by later generations as the only person who could block the unification of the Qin state. If nothing else, just having this name is enough to surprise us. Therefore, today we will talk about the monarch who played an important role in the history of the Warring States, the Zhao Wuling King of the Zhao Kingdom.
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King Wuling of Zhao was a monarch who was so highly valued by later generations that sometimes some of his reform ideas made us feel very practical. King Wuling of Zhao was born in Handan and took the throne at the age of fifteen. However, when King Wuling of Zhao ascended the throne, the national strength of the Zhao State was still very weak, not only to be bullied by the great powers of the Central Plains, but also to the marginal nomadic peoples who often came to bully the Zhao State. Not to mention, not far from the Zhao Kingdom, there was a small Zhongshan Kingdom that had been threatening this small country. King Wuling of Zhao, who had seen all this, was very clear about his goal, that is, to make some changes so that the Zhao Kingdom began to become stronger.
King Wuling of Zhao was indeed not a mediocre lord. When faced with how to make his country strong, he chose the most appropriate method, that is, to carry out reforms that suited him, that is, the Hufu riding and shooting in the cognition of later generations. Originally, this method was actually a method of warfare that already existed in the army, because when fighting the Hu people from time to time, the soldiers would move their actions closer to the Hu people and then attack the Hu people. This was very effective, so King Wuling of Zhao promoted it. With the vigorous promotion of Hufu riding and shooting, Zhao Guo's strength rose.
He didn't just defeat and destroy the Zhongshan Kingdom, which had always been his heart disease. Even more in this chaotic world, he helped King Chu Zhao to take the throne, and also helped King Qin Zhao to take the throne. It can be said that a monarch who has influenced these two great powers is definitely not a strength that ordinary people can have. In this way, under the leadership of King Wuling of Zhao, the State of Zhao jumped up and became the protagonist of the later struggle with the State of Qin for hegemony. It can be said that such a monarch is very powerful, isn't it?
Of course, in this way, the focus is also on the death of King Wuling of Zhao. In his later years, King Wuling of Zhao ceded the position of monarch to his son, and then he himself lived in the palace as the lord. But what he did not expect was that between his sons, there would be a palace change, and he would pull his old father into it. No one wanted to be charged with assassinating the master's father, so they surrounded the palace. However, because there was no food, King Wuling of Zhao was starved to death in this siege.
In this way, the Zhao Wuling King, who made the situation of the Warring States change constantly, lost his life and became a victim in the royal family dispute, which was really sad!