In 614 BC, King Chu Mu died of illness, and King Chu Zhuang ascended the throne. However, after the young King Chuzhuang inherited the throne, he didn't do anything about government affairs, had fun all day long, and handed over all government affairs to Ling Yin Doujiao.
For this reason, the ministers of the DPRK and China were worried and entered the palace one after another to admonish. In order to prevent these ministers from affecting his good mood, King Chuzhuang set up a sign outside the palace gate and wrote: Those who dare to admonish, there is no forgiveness for killing!
King Chuzhuang's mediocre appearance made Ling Yin Doujiao very satisfied, he had a monopoly on power, and the wolf was ambitious, and even wanted to replace him. But what he didn't know was that this was just a character set up by King Chuzhuang.
In that year, in the Battle of Chengpu, the Jin army defeated the Chu army, and the dream of King Chu Cheng was shattered, and the political wind with the Jin State as the core gradually formed. Soon after, Shang Chen, the son of King Cheng of Chu, rebelled and forced King Cheng of Chu to commit suicide, and Shang Chen established himself as king.
King Chuzhuang is the son of Shang Chen, he took over the dream of dominating the Central Plains from his father, and finally hibernate for three years.
So, why did King Chuzhuang hibernate for three years and establish an image of a debaucherous and immoral faint monarch for himself? What has he done in the past three years? How did he end up making a splash and becoming a generation of overlords?
It all started with the Ruoao family of Chu State.
01
Wakatsu Family
The monarch of the state of Chu (yù) Xiong, who has practiced literature and martial arts since he was a child, has the talent of Anbang to govern the world, although he is ninety years old, he is still ambitious. When Ji Chang was in trouble, he specially went to Jingshan to visit him.
After seeing Ji Chang, the bear was very happy, and immediately expressed to Ji Chang his desire to defect and help the common people. However, when Ji Chang saw the bear's head and silver beard, he said very regretfully: "Although you are ambitious, how many years can you shine in your last years?" ”
Mane Bear listened to Ji Chang's words and replied confidently: "Although I am old, I will not delay my strategy and win a thousand miles!" ”
When Ji Chang heard this, it also made sense, so he took the bear back to Xiqi and conspired with him. After Mane Xiong arrived in Xiqi, he was appointed as a minister, respected as a division commander, and became the founding hero of the Zhou Dynasty.
During the reign of King Cheng of Zhou, the Zhou royal family began to divide the descendants of the founding heroes into feudal princes. At that time, there were five levels of feudal princes, namely duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male, and Xiong Yi, the great-grandson of Xiong Xiong, was named a fourth-class prince, called Chu Zi.
After King Zhou Cheng divided the princes, he met the princes in the Qiyang Alliance, and this was the first time Xiong Yi attended the alliance meeting as a prince, so he was very happy. However, when the ministers invited the princes to sit at the table one by one, Xiong Yi found that there was no place for himself in the meeting hall at all.
At this time, another minister came over and assigned Xiong Yi to place the herbs for the sacrifice and the wooden plaque for the meeting, and then Zi Ah went to guard the torch in front of the court, Xiong Yi saw this and hurriedly said: "I am the prince of Chu State!" ”
Xiong Yi's voice was sonorous and powerful, but it made the ministers on the side laugh out loud, and said sarcastically: "Only Hou and Uncle can be seated today, you are just a Chu Zi, a barbarian clan, how dare you go against the name of the Son of Heaven, and you don't go quickly." ”
Xiong Yi was furious when he heard this, but he didn't dare to attack, so he had to swallow his anger and obey.
After Xiong Yi returned to Chu, he saw that the civil and military ministers of Chu were all greeted at the gate of the city, and he wanted to raise the prestige of the country, but he saw Xiong Yi come back dejectedly, and after inquiry, he learned that the Zhou royal family had bullied the Chu State and did not give a seat.
The more the ministers listened, the more angry they became, and Xiong Yi said solemnly when he saw this: "Today's humiliation of the Central Plains is due to the lack of wealth of our Chu State, and the number of soldiers is small, and if the Central Plains are opposed, it will be self-defeating." If you want to survive and not be bullied, you can only start a business together and work hard. ”
Therefore, Xiong Yi led the Chu people to wear ragged clothes, pull a firewood cart, and reclaim the slopes of mountains and forests, bringing the Chu State into prosperity step by step, and also created the spirit of the Chu State that is aggressive, reforming the old and making the new, and unyielding to death.
This is the origin of the blue wisps of the road to enlighten the mountains and forests.
After 50 years of arduous struggle, the territory of Chu continued to expand, its national strength became stronger and stronger, and its military strength also dominated the Jianghan region. At the beginning, the Zhou Dynasty did not regard the Chu State as a prince, and now, the Chu State has never taken the Zhou Dynasty in its eyes, and has offended it many times.
In 791 BC, Xiong Yi, the monarch of Chu, succeeded to the throne and was known as King Wu of Chu, which was already the period of King Xuan of Zhou. Xiong Yi is also a generation of kings who have started the mountains and forests.
After Xiong Yi died, he was buried in Ruoao, so he was nicknamed Ruoao. Later, his son Xiong Kan succeeded to the throne and was known as King Chu Li in history, and Xiong Yi's youngest son Dou Bobi was named the Ling Yin of Chu. He took his father's nickname Ruo Ao as his clan, and because he was sealed in Douyi, he was the ancestor of the Dou clan.
Dou Bobi was a very talented person, he gave advice to King Wu of Chu many times, invaded many vassal states of Jianghuai, and completely conquered the Sui State supported by the Zhou Dynasty, and was one of the members of the highest ruling group around King Wu of Chu.
Since then, under the leadership of Dou Bobby, the Ruo Ao family has flourished, and Ling Yin, who has dominated the Chu State all the year round, has become the number one family in the Chu State.
In the period of King Wen of Chu, after the death of King Wen, his younger brother Xiong Ziyuan killed the crown prince Xiong Jian and established Xiong Yun as the monarch, known as King Cheng of Chu, and Ziyuan also became the new Ling Yin of Chu.
After that, Xiong Ziyuan was even more powerful and arrogant, which caused the whole Chu State to be dissatisfied with him. In the end, it was the fighting class of the Ruoao family who took action and killed him.
At that time, the state of Chu, under the rule of Xiong Ziyuan, the national strength gradually declined, and it was necessary to have an iron and bloody wrist, and the resolute Ling Yin helped the state of Chu get out of the predicament.
After Dou Ziwen ascended the throne, he worked hard for the Chu State, and even scattered his family wealth to help the Chu State get out of the predicament, since then, Dou Ziwen's reputation in the Chu State has become higher and higher, and almost no family can compete with the Ruo Ao family.
Therefore, almost all of the internal affairs of the Chu State were controlled by the Ruo Ao clan.
After the death of Duke Huan of Qi, King Cheng of Chu and Dou Ziwen saw the opportunity and led their troops north to dominate, and Lu, Zheng and Song were defeated by the military strength of Chu and surrendered one after another and became vassal states of Chu.
Dou Ziwen assisted King Chu Cheng for decades, and when he was old, he handed over the position of Ling Yin to Dou Ziyu of the same clan. After Dou Ziyu came to power, it coincided with the exile of Gongzi Chong'er to the state of Chu.
Dou Ziyu saw that Chong'er was extraordinary, and he would be able to inherit the throne after returning to the Jin Kingdom, he was afraid that Chong'er would become the enemy of Chu State, so he persuaded King Chu Cheng to kill him, but King Chu Cheng refused Dou Ziyu's request.
After that, Chong'er went into exile in the Qin State, and with the help of Qin Mugong, he successfully returned to the Jin State and became the monarch of the Jin State. After ascending the throne, Chong'er worked hard to expand the territory, and the vassal states of the Central Plains seemed to see hope, and rebelled against the Chu State and joined the Jin State.
The actions of the princes of various countries directly annoyed King Cheng of Chu, and he sent Dou Ziyu as a general to lead his troops to besiege the Song State, wanting to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys.
On the other hand, Chong'er finally strengthened the Jin State, and the vassal states surrendered, and they didn't cover the heat yet, how could they let the Chu State take it away again. So, he reorganized the three armies, led the army to conquer Cao and Weiguo, and stationed the army in the territory of Weiguo.
Here, Dou Ziyu has not yet taken the Song State, and the Cao State and Wei Guo have also been pocketed by the Jin State. After King Chu Cheng got the news, he hurriedly issued an edict asking Dou Ziyu to withdraw his troops, he understood that the Jin Kingdom at this moment was the desire of the people and could not be forced.
But Dou Ziyu disobeyed the king's order, led the army to advance quickly, and confronted the Jin army in Chengpu. The war was about to break out, and Chong'er ordered the army to retreat to repay the courtesy of King Chu Cheng when he was in exile in Chu.
In the end, the Battle of Chengpu broke out, the state of Chu was defeated, and Dou Ziyu disobeyed the king's order and could only commit suicide to apologize.
Some people say that the reason why King Chu Cheng didn't kill Chong'er was just to get rid of Dou Ziyu with Chong'er's hand. At that time, if the Ao family was calling for wind and rain in the Chu State, the power was too heavy, resulting in the fall of royal power, and its prestige must be extinguished.
However, Dou Ziyu's death did not destroy the Ruo Ao family.
After the battle of Chengpu, King Chu Cheng wanted to change the prince's position as the crown prince, and after the prince Shangchen got the news, he rebelled and forced King Chu Cheng to death, and then inherited the throne, known as King Chu Mu in history.
During the reign of King Chu Mu, the relationship with the Ruoao family was extremely tense, because when King Chu Cheng wanted to make him the crown prince, he was opposed by the Ruoao family, and later, the attention of the crown prince was also from the Ruoao family.
After the death of King Chumu, King Chuzhuang ascended the throne. When the state of Chu was handed over to the king of Chu Zhuang, the political team of the state of Chu was fragmented, and most of the power was in the hands of the Ruoao family centered on Doujiao.
At the beginning of King Chuzhuang's accession to the throne, the situation in Chu was unstable, and the Ruoao family also had infighting. Douke failed in the internal fighting, and even hijacked the king of Chuzhuang to escape from Yingdu, but fortunately, in the end, the king of Chuzhuang was rescued safely, and this rebellion is known as the Douke Rebellion.
This incident made King Chu Zhuang understand that as the king of a country, he had become a political weight for the family infighting, and this Dou Ke was only a side branch of the Ao clan, so he dared to support the army and hold the monarch hostage, and he had no power to resist.
If the arrogance of the Ao family made him feel like a fish in his throat, he could only endure it and make a mediocre appearance to confuse the Ruo Ao family and lower their defense.
In the three years that King Chuzhuang ascended the throne, he indulged in the sound of dogs and horses all day long, and did not care about state affairs at all. In the eyes of many ministers, he was a monarch who cared only for pleasure. In fact, he was just a politically undesirable king.
As far as he is concerned, he is not happy to have fun day and night.
02
Blockbuster
One day, the doctor Wu Ju came to see the king of Chuzhuang, but he did not want to die like other ministers, but thought of a roundabout way, knocking on the side and trying to try.
When King Chuzhuang heard the report from the inner servants that a minister came to ask for a meeting, he said disdainfully: "I want to see if there is anyone who is not afraid of death to advise." ”
When Wu Ju stepped into the palace, the king of Chuzhuang held Zheng Ji in his left hand, and Yue Nu in his right hand, hugged him left and right, grapes and wine, so unhappy, Wu Ju couldn't help frowning a little when he saw this.
After he saluted the king of Chuzhuang, he said, "I heard that the king has wine and dancing here, and I came to ask for a glass of wine." ”
When King Chuzhuang heard this, he immediately showed a happy expression, gave Wu Ju a seat, and drank with him.
Subsequently, Wu Ju took advantage of the happiness of King Chuzhuang and said: "King, the minister was visiting the suburbs before, and met an old man, he told the minister some hidden words, and the minister did not know the meaning, so he came to ask the king for advice. ”
When King Chuzhuang heard this, he became interested and asked, "What is the hidden language, can it still be difficult for you?" ”
Wu Ju replied respectfully: "The old man receives, we have a big bird in Chu State, covered in colorful patterns, perched on the high slope for three years, I don't see it flying, I don't hear its song, I don't know what kind of bird this is?" ”
After hearing this, King Chuzhuang replied thoughtfully: "I'm afraid it's just a stupid bird!" ”
Wu Ju replied: "No, how can there be such a beautiful silly bird in this world!" ”
King Chuzhuang understood in his heart and said: "The bird you said is a divine bird, it has not flown for three years, it has not called for three years, it will soar into the sky when it flies, and it will be amazing when it hits, what you mean is that the widow understands, you go back and wait for the news of the widow." ”
After this hidden encounter, Wu Ju understood that this young monarch was not as mediocre as they had seen, and that he must have had his own plan, and when the time came, he could make a splash.
King Chu Zhuang knew that if the Ao family was deep-rooted and the relationship was intertwined, in order to let them relax their vigilance, King Chu Zhuang chose to keep their eyes on it, observe secretly, and silently choose talents who could be used for themselves.
This king who is greedy for pleasure on the surface, in fact, has the ambition of not losing to the ancestors in his heart. Now, he wants to go north to Tuba and fulfill the dream of his ancestors.
In 611 B.C., the state of Chu suffered an unprecedented natural disaster, and the whole country fell into famine.
On this day, in the court of the palace of the king of Chu, Ling Yin Doujiao was reporting the war to the king of Chuzhuang, and after the report, he suggested to the king of Chuzhuang: "King, the country is now in danger, in order to avoid the war, we should move the capital as soon as possible." ”
Doctor Wu Ju listened to Doujiao's words and immediately retorted: "Yingdu is the foundation of the Chu State, how can you give up easily!" ”
But Doujiao replied disappreciatively: "You said lightly, now there is a famine everywhere in the country, and the soldiers can't eat enough, what can they use to defend against the enemy?" ”
Dou Jiao's words made King Chu Zhuang seize a glimmer of opportunity, he thought, isn't this a good opportunity for him to seize military power? Seeing that Doujiao and Wu Ju were still arguing, he said: "Don't quarrel between the two adults, the widow has decided to lead the army to fight in person and quell the rebellion." ”
King Chuzhuang's words made Wu Ju understand that the big bird in front of him was finally about to spread its wings and fly high.
The crisis of Chu this time made the king of Chu Zhuang seize the opportunity to regain control of the army, and he arranged for the Chu army to retreat while fighting to lure the enemy deeper; On the one hand, he quickly carried out diplomatic activities and asked Qin and Pakistan to send troops to attack the rebels from the rear.
Under the attack from both sides, the state of Chu wiped out the state of Yong in one fell swoop, and the land of the state of Yong was divided by the three kingdoms, and the land that was included in the state of Chu became the state of Shangyong.
After solving the external troubles, the king of Chu Zhuang took this opportunity to carry out drastic reforms in the internal affairs of Chu, adjusted the appointment of officials, divided the real power of Ling Yin, and killed a large number of traitorous ministers.
At this moment, Doujiao was suppressed by King Chuzhuang so that he had no chance to backhand, and he only understood at this time that what was addicted to wine, what hunting did not return, it was all fake, all this was just a trick of King Chuzhuang, he should have abolished King Chuzhuang three years ago and held on to the power.
However, at this moment, Doujiao understood too late, if Ao had been pushed to the edge of the cliff, he could be overturned at any time.
In 606 BC, the king of Chu Zhuang led the army of Chu to crusade against Lu Hun Rong, which was the first time that the king of Chu Zhuang went to the Central Plains. At this time, Lu Hun Rong was not the opponent of the Chu army at all, and was defeated into a crush.
However, after the victory, King Chuzhuang did not return to China, but took the army directly to the capital of Zhou Tianzi, on the bank of the Luo River.
For hundreds of years, the Zhou Dynasty looked down on the Chu people, calling them barbarians, and raised troops to fight against them several times. And this time, he wants to prove to the Zhou Dynasty here that what kind of military strength the Chu State has, they are not easy to bully.
The military parade of the Chu army was magnificent, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the soldiers in Luoyi City were in chaos. Frightened, King Zhou Ding sent his doctor Wang Sun Man as an envoy to the Chu camp to find out in the name of comforting the Chu army.
When King Chuzhuang saw Wang Sunman coming, he knew the intention of King Zhou Ding, and he asked Wang Sunman: "I heard that King Yu cast nine tripods, passed down from generation to generation, thought to be a treasure, and now it is placed in Luoyi, I don't know how heavy and heavy the size of this nine tripods is?" ”
Wang Sunman replied: "Jiuding is too large to be weighed. ”
When King Chu Zhuang heard this, he said disdainfully: "How big can this be, it's just a few tripods, as long as my soldiers of Great Chu break off the copper hooks on the halberds, it is enough to cast these nine tripods." ”
Wang Sunman listened to the words of King Chuzhuang but didn't care, he said loudly: "Although it is easy to cast a tripod, whether you can have this world, you are not in Ding!" ”
Wang Sunman's words instantly woke up the king of Chuzhuang, and soon after, he took the initiative to withdraw his troops and returned to the dynasty, and this is the famous allusion, winning the Central Plains.
However, what King Chu Zhuang didn't expect was that when he won the Central Plains, there was a civil strife in Chu State, which made Yin Doujiao unbearable to the deterrence and pressure of King Chu Zhuang and rebelled.
In 605 BC, King Chuzhuang led his troops to fight a decisive battle with the rebels of the Ruoao family led by Doujiao in Gaohu. When the two armies called for battle, Doujiao shot a few arrows at the king of Chuzhuang, but they were all close by a fraction, and the rebels were greatly inspired.
At the moment of crisis, the guard Yang Yuji beside King Chuzhuang saw the opportunity and shot an arrow at Doujiao, which hit the vital point, and Doujiao was killed instantly. After the Ao rebels lost their leader, the army was in chaos.
King Chuzhuang took this opportunity to fight back, the rebels were scattered and fled, and the Ruo Ao family was finally destroyed. After King Chuzhuang quelled the Ruoao rebellion in one fell swoop, he truly held power from then on, and he no longer had to worry about the future.
In order to celebrate the success of the counterinsurgency, the king of Chu Zhuang feasted his ministers in the palace of the king of Chu, and when he was drinking drunk, a gust of wind suddenly blew out the candles in the palace. In the darkness, some people were so bold that they wanted to insult King Chuzhuang's beloved concubine Xu Ji.
Between the two of them, Xu Ji took advantage of the chaos to tear off the man's hat, she crawled to King Chuzhuang's side, told King Chuzhuang what had just happened, and said that as long as she lit a candle, she could know who was the indecent person with her hat.
King Chuzhuang listened to Xu Ji's words and wanted to be angry, but at this moment he remembered Wang Sunman's sentence, Zaide is not in Ding. Therefore, he ordered all the ministers to remove their hats and tassels before lighting the lamps, and the matter was not pursued, and the banquet was also known as the feast of the tassels.
King Chuzhuang's benevolent behavior made the ministers admire, and also made the world's wise men admire, and they came to vote one after another, including Sun Shuao, who was born in a slight cold.
King Chu Zhuang admired Sun Shuao's talent very much, and promoted him to the rank of Ling Yin of Chu State. After that, Sun Shuao rewarded reclamation, opened the river and controlled the water, reformed the military system, rectified military discipline, and laid a solid foundation for Chu to dominate the Central Plains.
At this moment, the Xia Ji Rebellion occurred in the small vassal state of Chu, the state of Chen.
Xia Ji is a stunning beauty, Chen Linggong, the monarch of Chen State, coveted her beauty and wanted to occupy her, but was shot by Xia Ji's son in a rage, after Chen Linggong's death, Chen Guo was in chaos, and the king of Chuzhuang found a very good reason to destroy Chen.
In 598 B.C., the king of Chuzhuang raised troops to crusade against the state of Chen, and after pacifying the civil strife in Chen, Xia Ji's son was sentenced to the punishment of car splitting, and Xia Ji could not escape the fate of death, but as soon as the king of Chuzhuang saw his peerless appearance, he had the idea of taking Xia Ji as a concubine.
King Chuzhuang's idea was strongly opposed by the ministers, and Wu Ju persuaded him: "The king of Chen was originally to preside over justice, and if Xia Ji is accepted as a concubine, the people of the world will make fun of the king for being a person who covets beauty, which is not conducive to the unification and hegemony." ”
At this time, the general standing aside also coveted Xia Ji's beauty, so he asked King Chuzhuang to give Xia Ji to him as his wife. Unexpectedly, Zi's suggestion was also opposed by Wu Ju, who bluntly said that Xia Ji was a red face and a disaster, and whoever touched it would die.
King Chuzhuang saw the ministers arguing with me one by one, but Uncle Yin Sun Ao didn't speak, so he waved his hand and said: "At this time, think about it in the long run, order Yin to stay, and you all retreat!" ”
After everyone retreated, King Chuzhuang asked Uncle Sun Aodao: "This time to attack Chen, does Ling Yin have any opinions on the widow?" ”
Sun Shuao hurriedly saluted and said: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister just meditated hard for a difficult case, and he was in a daze for a while." ”
After hearing this, King Chuzhuang instantly became interested and asked, "What can still stump you?" ”
Sun Shuao replied: "There was a man who pulled a cow from someone else's field and accidentally stepped on the crop, and the owner of the field got angry and detained the cow and said that he would not return anything. ”
When the king of Chu Zhuang heard this, he said: "The fault lies with the landlord, other people's cattle trampled on his crops, but he deducted other people's cattle because of this, isn't it too much, does he really want to warn others?" Or do you want to use this as an excuse to take someone's property? ”
After hearing this, Sun Shuao suddenly realized, and then said meaningfully: "I see, should the king also return other people's cattle to their original owners?" And Natsuhime, don't think about it anymore, my lord. ”
King Chu Zhuang heard the meaning of Uncle Sun's words, but he was still unwilling, he finally expanded a little territory for Chu State, but he wanted to return it so easily, and he was a little depressed for a while.
However, Sun Shuao believes that the occupation of Chen by the Chu State is nothing more than one more city, but what is lost is the trust of the princes of the world; Naxia Ji is just one more beauty as a concubine, but she will lose the admiration of her ministers.
After thinking about it again and again, the king of Chuzhuang still listened to Sun Shuao's suggestion, returned the land of Chen State, released Xia Ji, and welcomed back the exiled Chen Guozi to help him restore Chen State.
King Chuzhuang's benevolence and righteousness were praised by the vassal states, and this was also the first time that the Chu State was impressed by the princes of the Central Plains. With stable internal affairs, strong national strength, and the banner of Xinyi was set up at this time, the state of Chu finally had the qualifications to compete for hegemony.
At this time, the overlord Jin Wen Gong Chong'er has been dead for more than ten years, and the subsequent Jin monarchs are not very talented, and the other Central Plains vassal states also lack the lord of great talent, and the two countries of Wu and Yue in the south are still fledgling at this time.
It can be said that history has left a broad stage for King Chuzhuang to compete for hegemony, and King Chuzhuang is only one step away from the position of hegemon, and he needs a chance.
In 597 B.C., the king of Chuzhuang personally led a large army to besiege the capital of Zheng because of the two ends of the Zheng state. Zheng was located between Jin and Chu, and if Zheng could be captured, Chu would also be able to block the Jin state's southward path and thus further control the Central Plains.
When the Chu army besieged Zheng for three months, the Zheng army was defeated, and Zheng Xianggong, the monarch of Zheng State, deigned to sue for peace. He is the king of a country, naked, holding Mianyang, according to the Zhou rites in front of the temple to the king of Chuzhuang, asking for peace.
Seeing this, King Chuzhuang was also ready to treat him with Zhou courtesy and negotiate peace with Zheng Guo.
However, Wu Juque disagreed, he felt that Zheng Guojun was a man who saw the wind and steered the rudder, and repeatedly betrayed his promise, so it was better to destroy Zheng Guo, so that he could go north smoothly and attack Jin.
Sun Shuao heard Wu Ju's suggestion, but he didn't think so, he knew that King Chuzhuang's move was to kill two birds with one stone, on the one hand, to gain the trust of the world, and on the other hand, he wanted to use Zheng Guo as a bait to lure the Jin army to come, and the shame of the Battle of Snow City.
Sure enough, soon after, the Jin State sent troops to crusade against the Chu army, and the two armies confronted each other in the southern part of the Yellow River.
Seeing this, the king of Chuzhuang immediately ordered the withdrawal of his troops. King Chuzhuang's move made Wu Ju very puzzled, this time was a good time to eliminate the Jin army, why did he withdraw the army?
King Zhuang of Chu believes that since the Battle of Chengpu, the State of Chu lost to the State of Jin, and has not been able to raise its head, and this battle has been avenged. Moreover, in that year, in order to repay the courtesy of the king of Chu, Duke Wen of Jin retreated, leaving room for leeway, and the state of Chu did not have to be wiped out, leaving a way to live.
Later, Wu Ju suggested that the king of Chuzhuang use the corpses of the Jin army to build several Jingguan to demonstrate the national prestige of Great Chu.
At that time, it was common to pile up the corpses of enemy soldiers, seal them with earth, and make them into huge pyramid-like tombs, so as to show off the strength of the country and let future generations remember the military exploits of their ancestors.
However, this suggestion was solved by the king of Chuzhuang, the two countries were at war, the soldiers were also people, it was already unkind to expose the corpses in the wilderness, and the soldiers of the Jin army were loyal to their country, and their corpses could no longer be used to promote the cruelty of war. So he ordered them to be buried properly.
The battle of Yi shook the prestige of the Chu State, and the benevolent and righteous actions of the King of Chu Zhuang who respected life and did not build a Jingguan won the unanimous return of all countries. After that, the small states of the Central Plains such as Lu, Song, Zheng, and Chen successively turned their backs on the Jin State and attached themselves to the Chu State.
After that, the Jin State was intimidated by the military strength of the Chu State and no longer went south to confront the Chu State, and in this way, the Chu State established the status of the overlord of the Central Plains.
03
At last
In 591 BC, the overlord of a generation, King Chu Zhuang, died of illness, and soon after the death of King Chu Zhuang, there was internal turmoil in the state of Chu.
The contradictions between the princes and nobles continued to intensify, and the minister Wuchen, who was greatly threatened by the royal family, was forced to defect to the Jin State, and later sent an envoy to the Wu State, and handed over the art of the military array to the Wu people to contain the Chu State.
Since then, the state of Wu has been on the road to strength, and this move has also caused endless troubles for the state of Chu.
Queen Chu Zhuang, the successive Chu kings of Chu were all mediocre, and the national strength of Chu gradually declined, and the hegemony of dominating the Central Plains gradually drifted away.
In the period of King Chuping, he listened to slander and slaughtered the descendants of the important minister Wu Ju, only Wu Ju's grandson Wu Zixu escaped, and King Chuping did not know that his absurd behavior would bring a catastrophe to the Chu State.
From the blue wisps of the road deduced by Chu Zixiong, to open the mountains and forests; To the king of Chuzhuang's non-sound, it is a blockbuster; In the end, with the assistance of Sun Shuao, Fu Youbarbarian, to belong to Huaxia, he never forgot the will of the ancestors of the Chu State, actively enterprising, unyielding to death.
Confucius once commented on it:
Virtuous King Chu! Light a thousand times the country, but heavy a word of faith.
King Chuzhuang once said that the purpose of war is peace and not conquest and killing. Stop fighting for martial arts. He is extremely forbearing, but he has a generous heart and lofty ambitions, and he has never deserved the name of the overlord!