Time into the Warring States, especially in the middle and late period of the Warring States, wars are becoming more and more frequent, the scale of wars has also increased many grades compared with before, in order to cope with this new change, countries have begun to reform (change the law), of which Wei Wenhou took the lead in appointing Li Wu to change the law to make the State of Wei rise first; Qin Xiaogong appointed the Shang Martingale Transformation Law to make the Qin state power above the nations; the King of Chu Mourning appointed the Wu Qi Change Law to make the Chu State, which had been weak since the late Spring and Autumn Period, rise again; the King of Qi Wei and the King of Qi Xuan presided over the "Reign of Wei Xuan" (It is also a change of law in a sense) makes the national strength of the State of Qi seem to have the tendency to compete with the State of Qin; and the "HuFu Riding Shooting" presided over by King Wuling of Zhao has become a nightmare for the Qin State in the late Warring States period (later there is an opportunity to talk about the enmity and resentment between Qin and Zhao separately); even the weakest Korea has the Shen Bu Harm Change Law, which allows Korea to merge with the Zheng State of its own size. In a word, the benefits of changing the law are numerous.
Just when all the countries are actively changing the law and striving to become stronger in order to stand out in the chaotic world of the Warring States, the Yan kingdom in the far northeast is taking place in an interesting and cruel performance art - "Zen Let Show". In 316 BC, the Yan kingdom in northern China staged a Zen renunciation. But this time Zen Rang had obvious black humor, more like a farce, and the shrewd courtiers fooled the confused monarch into a daze, and finally gave up the throne in a vacuum. This zen eventually led the Yan kingdom into years of civil strife.
It is said that Comrade Ji Duo, the thirty-eighth monarch of the Yan Kingdom, was also ambitious when he first succeeded to the throne, and he was bent on doing something big to make a name for himself in qingshi. Just 2 years before he made concessions, Comrade Ji Yu also joined forces with the four kingdoms of Chu, Han, Wei, and Zhao to jointly attack the increasingly powerful Qin state, but the countries had a ghost fetus in their hearts and played their own calculations, and the four-nation alliance army was like a scattered sand, and the result was, of course, fruitless. Ji Duo realized that the Yan kingdom was located in a corner, the land was sparsely populated, and if he wanted to protect himself in the wolf-like neighbors, it was a dead end not to reform to enhance the national strength. After some searching, the person of Zizhi entered his field of vision.
Zizhi belongs to the Dharma School like the Korean Shin Bu Jian (the Fa family is divided into three schools: Fa, Shu, and Shi). Ji Duo observed him for a while and felt that it was good, so he appointed him to the post of Xiangguo. After a period of rectification by Zizhi, the atmosphere of the Yan officialdom was reversed, and the national strength of the Yan state was rapidly improved. Ji Duo felt that he had chosen the right person, so he relieved to delegate more power to Zizhi, and he himself was relaxed. If the story ends here, it is a Yanguo version of Qi Huangong and Guan Zhong. But even the best comrades cannot withstand the influence of power, and in the face of power, all emotions are empty and weak.
As Zizhi's power grew, he began to brew a conspiracy. He grasped the characteristics of Ji Duogu's fame and reputation and good Daxi Gong, and began to fool Ji Duo into engaging in Zen. He also brought out the story of the sage, saying that Yao planned to cede the throne of the monarch to Xu You, but Xu Yu resolutely resigned, hoping that Ji Yu would emulate the sage story. At the same time, he also sent someone to say to Ji Yu: "Although Yao wants Zen concessions, Xu Yu did not agree, but he has achieved their eternal virtuous name." If the king now cedes the throne to the son, the son will certainly not want it, but the people will be grateful for the sage of the king and sing praises to the king." Clear-eyed people look at it, this is fooling people, but they don't know which door ji ji is smoking in his head, and he actually agreed.
When Ji Duo really gave Zen to Zi, Zi Zhi gladly agreed, this time completely did not follow Ji Duo's script, and Zi Zhi also imprisoned Ji Duo. Although Zizhi controlled Ji Duo, he could not control the entire Yan kingdom, so that the Yan kingdom was in chaos, Zizhi reigned for three years, the civil war was fought for three years, and tens of thousands of people died in the Yan kingdom, which was a huge number for the sparsely populated Yan country. Later, King Xuan of Qi appointed Mencius's student Kuang Zhang as a marshal and led an army against the Yan state. The people of the Yan kingdom had long been deeply resentful of his son's behavior, and they opened the city gates to warmly welcome the arrival of the Qi army. Soon, the capital of the Yan state was captured. Zizhi was captured and chopped into meat sauce; and Ji Duo also died in the civil war, and the Yan kingdom was once again leaderless. After the Qi army occupied the Yan kingdom, its original form was exposed, more fierce than the Japanese devils, burning and looting, that was no evil, and the people who survived the three-year civil war in the Yan kingdom were once again slaughtered. After the Qi army withdrew from the Yan kingdom, the Yan state clan once again fought for the throne of the Yan king, and the Yan state was seriously injured. Therefore, performance art is something that cannot be done, and things will happen.