According to the "Three Years of Zuo Chuan Xuangong", in 606 BC, King Zhuang of Chu led the Chu army to attack Lu Hun Zhirong.
In fact, King Zhuang of Chu was not the name of Xionglu, the king of Chu, and when Xionglu was on the throne, he was not called King Zhuang, and King Zhuang was his posthumous title. According to the Tenth Chu Family in the Forty Volumes of the Chronicle of History, King Mu of Chu died in the twelfth year (613 BC), and his son Xiong Lu, who was not yet twenty years old, took the throne at the funeral.
Back to the front, Lu Hun Zhirong is a branch of the Rong tribe, which originally lived in Guazhou, that is, the western end of the Qinling Mountains and the Longshan Mountains in Shaanxi. After the qin state became strong, especially The Duke of Qin Mu, they were driven to Luhun, that is, the southern part of Yiyang, Henan, so they were called The Rong of Luhun. Of course, Lu Hun Zhirong was simply unable to resist the Chu army and was quickly defeated.
However, after the victory, king Zhuang of Chu did not return to the dynasty, but led the Chu army to the shores of Luoshui and directly approached luoyang, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty.
In fact, King Zhuang of Chu already had the ambition to seize power in the Central Plains.
At the beginning of King Zhuang's succession to the throne, the domestic political situation was chaotic. In the first year of the reign of King Zhuang of Chu, the Chu state ordered Yin Chengjia and Taishi Pan Chong to lead a large army of the State of Chu to conquer the shu states in the east. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Shu, known in history as "Qunshu", was the territory of the Fang Kingdom of Shujiu, Shulong, Shuyong, Shubao and other tribes.
But at this moment, the two masters of King Zhuang of Chu instigated the State Capital Guard to rebel, killing the mansions of the two generals, slaughtering the family soldiers, and stealing property and concubines. He also added an army at the nine gates of Yingdu to prepare to confront the large army led by Cheng Jia and Pan Chong.
After learning of the civil unrest in Yingdu, Cheng Jia and Pan Chong quickly returned to the dynasty, and the army quickly surrounded Yingdu. The defenders of Yingdu mutinied, opened the city gates, and the army attacked Yingdu in one fell swoop.
Seeing that the general situation was gone, the master of the King of Chuzhuang actually threatened the young King of Chuzhuang, disguised himself, and fled to the border city of the Chu State- Jieyi, fortunately, the Doctor of Chuzhuang took into account the overall situation and booby-trapped the two leaders of the rebellion, so that the King of Chuzhuang was able to return to the capital.
State affairs were turbulent, taking into account the wisdom of King Zhuang of Chu. He knew that his prestige had not yet been established, the throne was not yet firm, the rebellion and defeat of the two masters, the people of the country absolutely had opinions on him in their hearts, so he simply raised the light and cultivated obscurity. King Zhuang of Chu reigned for three years, ignoring the government and being lascivious. "Holding Zheng Ji on the left, hugging the Yue woman on the right, sitting between the bells and drums", in fact, this is a last resort.
In three years, the State of Jin had attacked the ally of the State of Chu, the State of Cai, and king Zhuang of Chu sat idly by and was actually unable to rescue him. In the third year, the Chu state was in a severe drought, the people were not happy, starved for thousands of miles, the mediocre people in the western part of the Chu state took advantage of the opportunity to rebel, Baipu responded one after another, and the rebels successively captured the border cities of Fushan, Dalin, Yangqiu, and Zizhi in the border cities of the Chu state, pointing directly at the capital of Yingdu.
The smoke from the border pass came, and the king of Chu Zhuang did not move, still indulging in wine in the deep palace. Doctor Su Cong, Wu Ju and others came to the court and said, "There are birds in Fu, and they have not flown and have not sounded for three years. King Chu Zhuang replied, "If you don't fly for three years, you will soar into the sky; if you don't fly for three years, you will make a splash." This bird, not an extraordinary bird, is a phoenix bird! ”
The doctors finally understood the lofty ambitions of King Chu Zhuang, and they were very surprised and rushed to tell each other.
The next day, the king of Chu Zhuang held a court meeting, "it is to strike at sexual pleasures, to listen to the government, hundreds of people who have been condemned, hundreds of people who have entered, Ren Wuju and Su congruent to the government, and the people of the country are very happy" ("History").
In the political situation, King Zhuang of Chu appointed a virtuous person and deposed the evil traitor. Militarily, the Chu army went out, breaking through the bamboo all the way, destroying the decay, quelling the rebellion of the mediocre people in one fell swoop in Fangcheng, and turning the crisis of the Chu state into safety. In the sixth year of King Zhuang of Chu, he led the Chu army north to compete with the Jin state, defeated the Jin army at Beilin, and captured the Jin commander Xie Yang.
Back in front, king Zhuang of Chu held a grand military parade on the border of the Zhou Dynasty to show the strength of the Chu state in order to deter zhou tianzi.
King Ding of Zhou hastened to send Wang Sun Man to comfort the Chu army, and at the same time to explore the truth. Coming to the Chu army tent, Wang Sun man saw the king of Chu Zhuang.
King Zhuang was also not polite, and came up and asked, "How heavy are the Jiuding that have been passed down from generation to generation in the Zhou royal family?" ”
It should be known that this Jiuding is passed down from the Xia Dynasty to the Shang Dynasty, and then from the Shang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, and it is cast by Dayu with bronze from tributes from all over Kyushu, and it is cast with mountain and river cultural relics from all over Kyushu, which is a treasure that symbolizes the right to rule the world.
The importance of King Zhuang of Chu's questioning of Zhou Tianzi's rule over the world was actually questioning.
Wang Sunman also heard the voice of King Chu Zhuang and replied, "In Germany is not in Ding." That is, the reason why Zhou Tianzi ruled the world was because of his virtue, not because he had the Nine Dings.
In this regard, King Zhuang of Chu was not impressed, and said: "What is so great about Jiuding, as long as the Chu State destroys the copper hooks on the weapons of the Chu Army, it is enough to cast the Jiuding." ”
Wang Sunman said: "In the past, when xia was in the Xia Dynasty, Xia Jie's virtue was corrupt, and Ding was moved to the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty lasted for six hundred years, the King of Yin was cruel and tyrannical, and Ding was moved to the Zhou Dynasty. If the Son of Heaven is virtuous, the Ding cannot be moved even though it is light; if the Virtue of the Son of Heaven is corrupt, the Ding cannot be saved even if it is heavy. Although the Zhou royal family has declined now, the heavenly destiny has not yet changed, and the weight of Ding is not something that the people can know. ”
Wang Sunman's words shocked King Zhuang of Chu, and he realized that the State of Chu had always conquered the surrounding small countries by force and defeated the distant powers, which could be described as a majestic military force and a strong national strength, but it did not get the submission and respect of the Central Plains states, but instead attracted the repeated betrayals of the vassal small countries and the repeated confrontations with the central plains overlords.
In contrast, the Zhou royal family, the reason why the tianzi's royal power can be maintained is not to rely on its own strength, but to rely on the perfect and orderly ritual system of the Central Plains culture and the highly developed political civilization.
The countries of the Central Plains jointly honored the Zhou Rites and possessed a set of political and cultural orders that they observed together. The State of Chu, on the other hand, challenged this order and was naturally resisted by the countries of the Central Plains.
Indeed, in the course of the armed conquest of the State of Chu, the State of Qi and the State of Jin successively led the States of the Central Plains, while honoring Zhou Tianzi, on the one hand, rising and destroying the country and succeeding the world, protecting and reviving those small countries threatened by barbarians, and receiving widespread support and support.
It can also be said that in the confrontation with the State of Chu, the Duke of Qi Huan and the Duke of Jin Wen both established their own hegemony one after another.
Therefore, the Chu state really wants to be recognized by the countries of the Central Plains and become a hegemon, and it must abide by and integrate into this system as soon as possible.
In fact, Wang Sunman taught King Zhuang a lesson, and what he told King Zhuang was: To dominate the world, it is not enough to rely on the courage of a warrior alone, and it is also necessary to have good virtues.
It can be said that King Zhuang remembered this sentence, and he immediately led the Chu army to withdraw from the territory of the Zhou Dynasty, and Banshi returned to the dynasty.
Since then, he has vigorously introduced the culture and etiquette of the Central Plains, formulated a series of laws and regulations, and brought the dynastic rules and regulations of the Chu State into line with the central Plains countries, that is, the "Summer Change" initiative.
Sure enough, the chu state took on a new look, no longer a barbarian country, but a ceremonial state that could sing and interact with the central plains countries.
Throughout the life of King Zhuang of Chu, he reigned for twenty-four years, successively "merged the country for twenty-six years, opened up three thousand miles", not only dominated the Central Plains, but also left "three years without sound, one blockbuster, three years without flying, one flight into the sky", "stopping the martial arts", "winning the Central Plains" and many other allusions, and his martial arts have left a proud history.