There are many funny kings in history, such as the Jin Hui Emperor who "why not eat meat paste", the Northern Wei Xiaowen Emperor Tuoba Hong, who was killed by the anger of the Empress Hongxing out of the wall, the Jin Jinggong who drowned because he fell into the toilet pit, etc.; but the king to be talked about here, in terms of the degree of humor, is even more than that, this is the last king of the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Zhao Wang Ji Yan.
Since The Zhou Dynasty, King Ji Fa of Zhou Wu, has passed down a total of 32 generations and 37 kings, enjoying a total of 790 years of the country; but in fact, after king You of Zhou, the kings of the Zhou Dynasty have been like puppets, especially after entering the Warring States Era, the existence of the Zhou Dynasty is even more dispensable, guarding that small and pitiful territory, surviving, and the daily life of the kings of the Zhou Dynasty is even worse than that of some rich merchants.
Although the heart is not willing, but also powerless, can only live a day to count, live a noble and poor life. Originally, Ji Yan, the King of Zhou Zhao, also lived such a well-to-live and living life, but the arrival of King Wu of Qin made Ji Yan, the King of Zhou, feel extremely humiliated; in 307 BC, King Wu of Qin wanted to enter Eastern Zhou to try to lift Zhou Ding, and ordered the right chancellor Li Li to lead a military vehicle to the Eastern Zhou Kingdom first to test the reaction of Eastern Zhou.
Although the Zhou Dynasty declined at this time, but the world was still nominally surnamed Ji, the princes of the world still had to give a little thin face, did not dare to make a transgression, so the Zhou Zhao King Ji Yan sternly refused, which caused a lot of anger in the li, a small Zhou royal family still dared to refuse the request of Great Qin? Therefore, Li Li asked the soldiers to expel King Zhao of Zhou from the palace and forcibly relocate him to "Western Zhou".
At that time, the State of Qin had already conquered many parts of Korea, the State of Wei, and the State of Zhao, and it seemed that the next step was to seize the few remaining territories of the Zhou Royal Family; Ji Yan, the King of Zhou, lived in worry. At this time, the State of Chu wanted to suppress the expansion of the Power of the State of Qin, and sent emissaries to ask Ji Yan, the King of Zhou, to order all countries to cooperate in attacking Qin in the name of the Son of Heaven. King Ji of Zhou was overjoyed and dreamed of becoming the co-lord of the world again with this alliance again.
In order to show the majesty of the Zhou royal family, he ordered the Western Zhou Gong Ding to assemble an army of five or six thousand people, but the Zhou royal family was really too poor, although the people were all together, but without weapons and grain, it was impossible to go; but this week, Ji Yan, the king of Zhou, was still very thoughtful, and he actually came up with a way to find a rich family to raise funds, and also made a note, promising that the class master would repay it with the spoils of war when he returned to the dynasty.
This should be regarded as the earliest king to issue war debts, although Ji Yan, the king of Zhou Zhao, thought very well and attacked the Qin state with the army of the Six Kingdoms, was it not ready to be captured? Reviving the glory of the ancestors is in front of him, thinking of this, Zhou Zhao Wang Jiyan felt that the meals that were difficult to swallow had become delicious dishes, and the quality of sleep was much better, that is, it was a little difficult to wait for the success of the army every day.
The reality is cruel, the original six-nation alliance army, the result is that except for chu and Yan, the soldiers and horses of the other four countries have not been able to come, and the total strength of the troops in Yique is only tens of thousands, far from being the opponent of hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers. As a result, after waiting for 3 months, the soldiers and horses of the other four countries still did not see the arrival, and the morale was scattered, and the Western Zhou Duke had to return with his own men and horses.
This battle was not fought, naturally there was no loot, but the army was out for three months, the grain was almost used, so the money owed still had to be repaid, the principal plus interest, far from the fallen Zhou royal family can bear; but the Zhou Dynasty is a courtical and law-abiding dynasty, naturally it is impossible to make a direct payment or even kill those rich households; in order to avoid those door-to-door creditors, The Zhou Zhao King Ji Yan had to hide behind the palace to avoid debts, which was later called the "Evasion Platform", and the so-called high debt platform was derived from this.
However, although this time it failed to form a coalition army to attack Qin, the State of Qin wrote down this vendetta, when did Qiang Qin suffer such an insult? King Zhaoxiang of Qin ordered a large army to go east and sent a great general to attack the Zhou royal family, how could the Zhou royal family be the opponent of the strong Qin Tiger and Wolf Division? In the face of life and face, Ji Yan, the king of Zhou Zhao, chose his life, quickly ran to King Zhaoxiang of Qin to prostrate himself and confess his mistake, and also gave the territory and population to the state of Qin, and soon after, The King of Zhou Zhao, Ji Yan, died of grief and anger.