King Cheng of Chu - The Restoration of the Able

The development of the Chu state is more tortuous.

Dating back to ancient times, the Chu people were also descendants of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, but because they were active in the barbarian region for a long time and far from the central government, there were fewer written records. During this period, he was also reused by King Wen of Zhou and obtained a fief. However, during the reign of King Li of Zhou, because of the fear of the central crusade, the nobles of the Chu state themselves voluntarily gave up the title of king.

Although this is only a stopgap measure, it has brought many difficulties to future generations. Being in the barbarian region and giving up the honorific title, the Chu state itself was regarded as a barbarian by the countries in the Central Plains for a long time.

This situation is very serious, because being regarded as a barbarian means that the princes of the Central Plains regard you as a common enemy. Therefore, starting from The King of Chuwu, he tried to restore the honorific title of the king.

It's just that it's easy to give up this title on your own initiative, and it's difficult to ask for it back. At that time, the State of Chu took a fancy to SuiGuo, and both soft and hard asked Suiguo to go to Zhou Tianzi to ask for the honorific title for the State of Chu.

Not surprisingly, Zhou Tianzi disagreed. King Chu Wu is also a quick temper, you don't agree, I will restore myself to the title of king, anyway, the ancestors already had it.

At this time, the Chu state had begun to gradually become stronger, after all, the surrounding areas were barbarians, and the difference in strength was too much. This annexation, that conquest, time is not small.

Therefore, even if Zhou Tianzi was not satisfied with chu guo's own honorific title, on the one hand, his own power was not strong, on the other hand, he was far away, so he pointed the spearhead at Sui guo, who spoke for chu. Zhou Tianzi accused Suiguo of recognizing the honorific title of Chu state without authorization, and King Wu of Chu mistakenly thought that Suiguo had betrayed himself and was about to fight if he did not agree. Fortunately, King Wu of Chu fell ill and died on the march, and this battle was not fought, otherwise the Chu state might have really been established as a common enemy by the countries of the Central Plains.

After the death of King Wu of Chu, his son King Wen of Chu succeeded to the throne and continued to annex the surrounding barbarians, and his national strength continued to grow. Eighteen years later, his son King Cheng of Chu killed his brother and succeeded to the throne.

This was a person who was more skillful than King Chu Wu, and he knew that many things could not be done arbitrarily and needed to be solved in different ways. It was also under the rule of King Cheng of Chu that the State of Chu not only successfully restored its honorific title, but also officially entered the ranks of the princes and powers.

The first thing King Chu Cheng did after succeeding to the throne was to establish good relations with the various princely states and send people to send generous gifts to Zhou Tianzi. Zhou Tianzi's response was to restore the status of princes of the Chu state and to justifiably crusade against barbarians. I believe that this is not only because of the generous gifts given to Zhou Tianzi, but also the other princes and kings must have played a key role.

Since then, King Cheng of Chu has carried out close exchanges with the countries of the Central Plains. At this time, the princes who were active on the stage of history included Qi Huan, Song Xianggong, Zheng Wengong, etc., plus the heavy ears of the princes in the flight, which can be described as their own miraculous powers. And the Chu Cheng King, the Duke of Qi Huan, shot and wounded the Duke xiang of Song, and at the same time, he also saw the pearls and helped the prince to restore the country, which can be called a generation of male lords.

Even so, if directly compared with Qi Huan and Jin Wen, there is still a clear gap between King Chu Cheng. For example, Song Xianggong wanted to rely on his benevolence and righteousness to dominate the world, but was insulted by King Chu Cheng in person, and Qi Huangong would never do such a low emotional intelligence thing (even if he did, Guan Zhong could give Yuan back). For his own courtiers, King Cheng of Chu had difficulty listening to advice, and he was killed if he made the slightest mistake. On the other hand, Jin Wengong did his best to make every meritorious courtier receive the corresponding reward. So much so that the meson pushed such a person with spiritual purity, Jin Wengong also had to chase him to the mountains to issue an award. Although in the end, good intentions do bad things, but on the whole, they are not hidden.

Finally, like the other male lords, King Cheng of Chu also made obvious mistakes in the question of heirs. At first, he wanted to make his younger son Shang Chen the heir, but the minister said that this was not good, it was easy to get into trouble, and he did not listen. After a few years, I regretted it and wanted to change an heir. As a result, this idea was not yet implemented, and it was known to the merchants. Shang Chen looked for someone to sum up, and felt that once it was implemented, he would only die. Since there is only one way, but there are not too many distractions, just do it. So in the winter of that year, Shang Chen led his troops to trap King Cheng of Chu and force him to commit suicide.

King Chumu succeeded to the throne.