Luoyang, a historical and cultural city with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization, more than 4,000 years of city history and more than 1,500 years of capital construction history, has created countless legends of Chinese civilization. "Shannanshui north is yang", Luoyang is named because it is located in the sun of Luoshui, and the Heluo area centered on Luoyang is the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization. The ruins of the five major capitals of Xia Du, Shang Du Xi Bo, Eastern Zhou Wangcheng, Han Wei Luoyang City, and Sui and Tang Luoyang City are lined up along the Luo River, which is rare in the world. More than a hundred emperors ruled here. Today, I will talk about the Eastern Zhou Weilie Wang Ji Wu.
King Ji Wu of Zhou Weilie, (?—— 402 BC) 425 BC – 402 BC, reigned for 24 years. He was the 20th monarch of eastern Zhou, the son of King Kaozhe of Zhou, who died of illness and was buried in present-day Luoyang, Henan. In 403 BC, King Ji of Zhou Weili enfeoffed han qian, Zhao Yuan, and Wei Si as princes of the Jin dynasty, which was the "three families of Jin". The "Three Houses divide the Jin Dynasty" became the dividing point between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Era in the story of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The Jin state, one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, was destroyed, and the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao, and Wei among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States were born.
During the rebellion of li ji of the Jin dynasty, the Duke Xian of Jin killed all the princes, and from then on the Jin state no longer established princes and gongsuns as nobles. By the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the power of the monarch had also declined, and the actual power was controlled by six masters (Han, Zhao, Wei, Zhi, Fan, and Zhonghang), each with its own territory and arms, attacking each other. The Fan and BOC families were scattered again, leaving only the Zhi family, the Zhao family, the Han family, and the Wei family. These four are the most powerful. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yue guo who was lying on the back and tasting the courage destroyed Wu Wang Fuchai and became the last overlord of the Five Hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Jin dynasty grand master Zhi Boyao came to power, in order to make the Jin state stronger, he ordered the other three doctors Zhao Xiangzi, Wei Huanzi, and Han Kangzi to donate one hundred miles of land and household registration to the Jin state. Of course, the Zhi family must have first given a ten thousand households to the Duke of Jin, and then Han Kangzi and Wei Huanzi ceded the land and ten thousand household registrations to the Duke of Jin. Only Zhao Xiangzi did not agree, Zhao Xiangzi believed that the land was the property left by the ancestors, and donated it to the sorry clan. An enraged Zhi Boyao ordered the Han and Wei families to send troops to attack the Zhao family. In 455 BC, Zhi Boyao led the Chinese army, the Han family's army as the right road, the Wei family's army as the left road, and three teams of men and horses went straight to the Zhao family. Knowing that he was outnumbered, Zhao Xiangzi took the Zhao family's soldiers and horses to retreat to the old nest of Jinyang (present-day Taiyuan, Shanxi). Soon Jinyang City was surrounded by three families and horses, and the water was not clear. Zhao Xiangzi ordered his generals to resolutely defend the city and not to engage in combat. The three soldiers besieged the city, and the arrows on the head of the city were like flying locusts, and the three families and horses could not take a step forward. And just like that, more than two years have passed. Helpless, Zhi Boyao went to the nearby mountain to relax, and suddenly saw the Jinshui in the northeast of Jinyang City, and he had a good idea. Zhi Boyao ordered the soldiers to dig another river next to Jinshui, which led all the way to Jinyang, and then built a dam upstream to block the upstream water. When the rainy season comes, the water on the dam is full. Zhi Boyao ordered the soldiers to dig a hole in the dam. In this way, the water rushed straight into Jinyang and poured into the city. The houses in the city were flooded, the people's lives were in trouble, they had to run to the roof to take refuge, and people had to put pots on the roof to cook. The people of Jinyang City hated Zhi Boyao so much that they would rather drown than surrender. Han Kangzi and Wei Huanzi were secretly surprised when they saw the flooding in Jinyang. Originally, there was a river next to the Wei family's Fengyi Anyi (present-day northwest of Xia County, Shanxi) and the Han family's Fengyi Pingyang (southwest of present-day Linfen, Shanxi). Han Kangzi and Wei Huanzi were also afraid that their Own An Yi and Pingyang would be flooded, just like Zhao Xiangzi's fate. As time went on, the situation in Jinyang City became more and more difficult. Zhao Xiangzi was very anxious, if the water rose again, the whole city would not be able to save it. In the midst of the crisis, Zhao Xiangzi sent his disciple Zhang Mengtan to persuade the Han and Wei families to defect, and after the Han and Wei families knew that they were terrible, they agreed with the Zhao family to release water and pour water into the Zhibo military camp. The next night, after three more, Zhi Boyao was happily asleep in his camp, when he suddenly heard a shout of death. Suddenly, war drums sounded in all directions. Soldiers from the Zhao, Han, and Wei families rushed to kill them all in small boats and rafts. Zhi Boyao's entire army was destroyed and he was killed by the men and horses of the three families. In order to avoid future troubles, Han, Zhao, and Wei simply divided the land of the Zhi family equally.
In 403 BC, the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei sent emissaries to Shangluoyi to see King Weilie of Zhou and asked the Eastern Zhou Tianzi to make all three of them princes. King Weilie of Zhou made a Shunshui favor and officially made the Three Families of Han, Zhao, and Wei princes. Since then, the "Seven Heroes of the Warring States" has been born. Han (the capital was in present-day Yu County, Henan, later moved to present-day Xinzheng, Henan), Zhao (the capital was in the southeast of present-day Taiyuan, Shanxi, and later moved to present-day Handan, Hebei), Wei (the capital was in the northwest of present-day Xia County, Shanxi, and later moved to present-day Kaifeng, Henan), Qin, Qi, Chu, and Yan. Chinese history entered the Warring States period
During the reign of King Ji Wu of Zhou, he recognized the division of the three families of Zhao Wei and Han into Jin, and also recognized the State of Qi of the Tian clan and the State of Qi of the Jiang clan, and from then on, the Zhou royal family lacked a patron, which triggered a great tide in the Warring States. Zhou Li completely collapsed.