King Chu Zhuang, one of the "Five Powers of Spring and Autumn", is a person with a special story, such as not singing, a blockbuster; such as extinguishing the candle; and another example, winning the Central Plains, but compared with his grandson King Chu Ling, his stories seem to be a little witch in terms of excitement, if you don't believe it, let's look at them one by one.
King Chu Ling was the second son of King Zhuang of Chu's son, King Gong of Chu, who ascended to the throne of Chu by a coup d'état.
King Gong of Chu and his eldest son King Chu Kang were both monarchs who worked hard to rule, but when they arrived at King Chu Ling, their painting style suddenly changed and gradually became bloody.
After the death of King Chu Kang, he was succeeded to the throne by his son Xiong Yi'ao, also known as King Chu.
In 541 BC, king Huan of Chu, who reigned for four years, was bedridden because of illness, and his second uncle Xiong Wei had the intention of usurping the throne for a long time, so he took the opportunity to enter the palace to visit the sick, cruelly strangled the young king of Chu with the long tassel of the crown, and then established himself as a king, known in history as the King of Chu Ling. After sitting on the throne of the King of Chu, Xiong Wei also gave himself a new name called Xiong Qian, and I really don't know if he felt that he was religious enough to heaven and earth or to his ancestors.
Subsequently, King Chu Ling began his career as a monarch who "does not do or dies".
King Chu Ling has done a lot of ridiculous things in his life, "The King of Chu is so thin-waisted, the king of Chu is hungry in the palace", Yan Zi made Chu Li the King of Chu who wanted to tease Yan Zi but was tricked by Yan Zi.
Here, let's take a look at the embarrassment of king Chu Ling lifting a stone but smashing his own foot.
The King of Chu Ling knew that Yan Zi was short, so he deliberately opened a small hole five feet high next to the gate to ask Yan Zi to pass through there. Yan Zi refused, and asked the minister who greeted him to tell the King of Chu Ling, saying, "Only those who come to the dog country as an envoy enter from the dog hole, and today I came to the chu country as an envoy, and should not enter through this dog hole." When King Chu Ling heard this, he made a big red face, and had to let the minister lead Yan Zi through the gate.
When Yan Zi entered the palace to meet the King of Chu Ling, the King of Chu Ling once again moved his bad thoughts, he stared at Yan Zi for half a day, and then pretended to be surprised and asked: "Is there no one in the State of Qi?" He sent you as an envoy to the Chu kingdom. "
Yan Zi replied without hesitation: "There are more than 7,000 households in Linzi, the capital of the State of Qi, and unfolding the sleeves can cover the sky and the sun, and sweating is like raining in the sky, people are next to people, shoulder to shoulder, and their toes are touching their heels, how can we say that there is no one in the Country of Qi?" King Chu Ling refused to give up and pressed again, "If this is the case, why did you send such a person as you on an envoy to the Chu Kingdom?" Yan Zi smiled slightly and replied, "The state of Qi sent envoys, each with its own envoys, the envoys of the wise were sent to the monarchs of the wise, and the envoys of the unworthy were sent to the monarchs of the unworthy, and I was the most incompetent person, so I had to be wronged to send an envoy to the state of Chu." ”......
King Chu Ling also did a ridiculous thing that had a great impact on future generations, that is, after the failure of the Wu Dynasty, the construction of the Zhanghua Palace was built to divert the attention of the government and the public.
Zhanghua Palace occupies a wide area, containing mountains and waters, and there are thirty high platforms, named "Zhanghuatai", also known as "Three Rest Platforms", because it takes three breaks to climb to the top of the high platform. Around the high platform, exquisite pavilions and pavilions were built, and countless flowers and trees were planted for the Chu Ling King to enjoy and enjoy...
Zhanghua Palace is an ancient palace with the same name as Afang Palace, and the so-called Qinlou Chuguan is also closely related to Zhanghua Palace.
Later generations of Yong and Afang Palace have many literary and artistic works represented by Du Mu's "Afang Gongfu", and although the poetry and literary endowments related to Zhanghua Palace are not particularly famous, they can also be compiled into pamphlets.
Friends who like history know the story of Xiang Yu burning the Afang Palace, so why did Xiang Yu do this? Not because of anything else, it was precisely because the Qin army burned the Zhanghua Palace built by King Chu Ling after occupying the capital of the Chu State.
King Chu Ling was not satisfied with the World's First Zhanghua Palace, and he still had a very "lofty" ideal that had not yet been realized.
King Chu Ling was a typical southerner, but he had a great interest in the snow in the north. Or because King Chu Ling was a typical southerner, he was very interested in the snow in the north.
In order to be able to see snow and other reasons often, King Chu Ling launched an attack on the Xu state in the north, despite the opposition of the government and the public.
At that time, it was a severe cold weather with heavy snow, and because there was no winter coat enough to withstand the cold, the Chu army stationed in the area of Qianxi (in the southeast of present-day Bozhou City, Anhui Province) was shivering and suffering in the cold wind. What was King Chu Ling doing at that moment? He wore a beautiful leather hat, leopard leather brocade boots, wore a "belly pottery fur", and was covered with a "cui feather cloak", sitting at the entrance of the Chinese army tent while drinking and tasting food, while exclaiming "Good snow!" Good snow! "Leave the suffering of the sergeants completely behind."
When King Chu Ling was obsessed with the snow scene in the north, an unprecedented upheaval was taking place in his rear.
King Chu Ling originally came to power by launching a coup d'état to kill his nephew, and his three brothers, especially the old five bears, had been dreaming of replicating the drama of the coup, which was the so-called "mantis catching cicadas, yellow birds in the back".
The old five bears abandoned the disease and joined forces with the old three bears, and the old four bears launched a coup d'état in Yingdu together, they killed the son of the King of Chu Ling, Prince Xiong Lu, and the prince Xiong, and then the third son ascended the throne with the support of the fourth and fifth elders, which is the most pitiful King Chuchu of Chu, why do you say so? We'll reveal it later.
When the King of Chu Ling was still intoxicated in the snowy scenery in the north and could not extricate himself, the newly established King Chu Chu sent a propaganda team to sing the praises of the Chu Ling King, and they shouted to the Generals of the Chu Army stationed in Qianxi: "Yin Du has established a new king, if you go back, the official position can be retained, and the land can be returned; if you continue to follow this Emperor, once you are caught, you will cut off your nose!" "King Chu Ling's army was already full of resentment and had no intention of fighting, and when they heard that the throne had changed hands, they scattered and scattered, abandoning the old master and defecting to the new master.
The snow of Qianxi was still blowing on the ground, and the King of Chu Ling had changed from a supreme monarch to a rebellious and rebellious man, a lonely man who cried to his own shadow, his jiangshan, his son, his desperate situation, and finally untied his belt to solve his own life.
Finally, let's talk about why the king of Chu Chu became the most pitiful king of Chu.
King Chu Ling died secretly in the wilderness, so the newly established King Chu Chu and his younger brothers Old Fourth Bear Zixi and Old Five Bear Abandoned Disease did not know the whereabouts of King Chu Ling's life and death at that time. Therefore, the mastermind of the coup d'état, Xiong Abandoned disease, let people spread the news everywhere, saying that the King of Chu Ling was about to lead his troops back to Yingdu, find his throne, kill his son's enemies to avenge, the unknown truth of the Chu Chu King and the old fourth Xiong Zi believed that it was true, panicked, and actually committed suicide one after another, at this time it was only a month before the Chu Chu King ascended the throne, saying that he was the most pitiful King of Chu who had died of addiction, I believe that you should have no doubts.
After being scared to death of the third and fourth elders, the old five bears abandoned their diseases and sat on the throne of the King of Chu, he was the king of Chuping in history, and then it was the quechao jiuzhan who stole his daughter-in-law, killed the loyal ministers to force Wu Zixu, And Wu Zixu escaped from Wu to borrow soldiers to take revenge, and other historical stories that have been playing on the Peking Opera stage.
Special Writer of "Night Wolf Literature and History Studio": Yi Jiangnan