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Author: Qi Yunke
Zhao Yan, the prince of Zhao Mourning Xiang, was the son of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, and during his reign it was already the last year of the Warring States in which the country was in decline and the wind and rain were in turmoil, but instead of being able to wake up himself and save himself, he acted perversely and wantonly, and also set up a queen born of prostitutes. So, what kind of a person is he?
First, the road to succession
Zhao Yan was the son of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, which is true; however, he was not a child that King Xiaocheng of Zhao liked. Historically, there has been disagreement as to whether King Xiaocheng of Zhao actually changed Zhao Yan to crown prince.
Before Zhao Yan, King Xiaocheng of Zhao had made a prince. According to Tai Shi Gong in the "History of the Zhao Family", Zhao Xiaocheng became king for ten years (256 BC): "The prince died" In this year, the State of Zhao had just ended the very difficult defense of Handan, and with the support of the State of Wei and the State of Chu, it defeated the Qin army that had besieged the city for two or three years, and won a crushing victory.
At this time, King Zhao Xiaocheng, who was exhausted, lost his crown prince again, and the grief in his heart was indescribable.
Who was this dead prince? His name was not left in history. At this time, King Xiaocheng of Zhao was about thirty years old, and the crown prince estimated that he would live at most to be more than ten years old, just as a teenager. After years of fierce war, the enemy troops besieging the city may break into the city at any time to kill, and the young prince may die of anxiety and illness, or he may die of fright.
After the death of the first prince, Zhao Yan was not yet the right candidate for the crown prince in Zhao Xiaocheng's mind. The candidate for crown prince in King Xiaocheng's mind was Chunping Jun. Chun Pingjun, whose name is not left in the historical records, is the son of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, who has been intelligent since childhood and is very favored by his father Wang.
It may be that in order to make his son's contribution to the society, expand his influence, and experience more, so that he can be made a prince in a justified manner, or it may be forced to be helpless, and King Xiaocheng of Zhao sent him to the Qin state as a proton in his later years.
However, it is a great pity that until the collapse of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, Chunping Jun did not return to the Zhao Kingdom. In addition, King Xiaocheng of Zhao never officially declared LiChunpingjun as crown prince, so Zhao Yan, who remained in the country, was supported by Zhao Guoqun's subjects as the new King of Zhao, and was mourned by Zhao Xiang.
The year in which King Xiang of Zhao succeeded to the throne was the twenty-first year of King Xiaocheng of Zhao (245 BC). This year, he was about twenty years old.
2. The lucky generation
King Xiang of Zhao was able to succeed to the throne as King of Zhao, which was related to Guo Kai. Guo Kai, in the palace as a companion of the prince Zhao Yan, also said that he was Zhao Yan's master. Whether it is a master or a companion, Guo Kai definitely hopes that Zhao Yan will succeed to the throne. In that case, he will get better space for development and get real glory and wealth. Therefore, in the later years of King Xiaocheng of Zhao, Guo Kai carefully taught Zhao Yan how to please King Zhao and his courtiers, so that everyone could say good things about him.
In this way, Zhao Yan, who was originally mediocre in qualifications, won unanimous praise from inside and outside the dprk. Despite this, King Xiaocheng of Zhao did not announce the formal change of Zhao Yan to crown prince. Perhaps, King Zhao Xiaocheng was still waiting, waiting for the return of Chunping Jun, who had been a proton abroad.
However, King Xiaocheng of Zhao died before he could wait for Chunping Jun's return. After his death, King Zhao Xiaocheng could not do it. Therefore, under the unanimous praise of both inside and outside the dynasty, Zhao Yan, who was "expected by all", succeeded to the throne as a tribute to King Xiang of Zhao.
In order to thank Guo Kai, King Xiang of Zhao promoted Guo Kai to be the qing doctor, and then soared all the way, almost to the position of Xiangguo.
After Chun Pingjun returned from the Qin State, he understood that the throne had been lost, and he was greatly disappointed, and he willingly became a traitor to the Qin State and became a traitor. After spying on the political and military secrets of the Zhao state, he provided them to the Qin state through various channels, or sold them to the qin state, in order to retaliate against his country and win huge profits.
Zhao Yan originally had a concubine, and his wife gave birth to a concubine Zhao Jia for him. But later, one of the people in the Zhao royal family took a prostitute as a little wife, and this woman was very beautiful. After Zhao Yan learned about it, he was very excited and wanted to get this beauty. However, due to the zhao family's royal family division, he did not dare to act rashly. As a prince of a country, you can't openly rob the women of the royal family.
Zhao Yan waited, waited, and soon after, this clan relative died.
Therefore, Zhao Yan could not wait to marry this beautiful woman. Although many ministers led by Li Mu tried their best to dissuade him, he was not moved by the obsession, and only wanted to have a long-coveted beauty, enjoy life well, and where he could still listen to a bunch of big truths told by others.
Among these people, Guo Kai controlled the government and the harem, and Chun Pingjun betrayed state secrets, colluded with each other, colluded with each other, and made the Zhao state a miasma and a mess, and how could there be the slightest improvement in the country's already poor and weak national power.
3. Loyal ministers
Lian Po, by the time Zhao mourned King Xiang, was already the elder of the Four Dynasties of the Zhao Kingdom. He has emerged from the time of King Wuling of Zhao and entered the political stage, especially during the period of King Huiwen of Zhao and King Xiaocheng of Zhao, and was one of the few victorious generals of the State of Zhao, who won victories in the wars against the State of Qi, the State of Wei, and the State of Qin, and was given the title of Shangqing.
At the beginning of the Battle of Changping, the Zhao army lost the battle with the Qin army, and Lian Po led the Zhao army to adopt the correct defensive tactics at the right time, no matter how provocative and troublesome the enemy provoked, it was unable to hold out, leaving it helpless. Later, it was replaced by Zhao Kuo by King Xiaocheng of Zhao, and the Zhao army was defeated by the Qin army and suffered heavy losses. During the defense of Handan, it was he who took on the heavy responsibility of defending the city and repeatedly defeated the Qin army, so that the plan of the Qin state to destroy the Zhao state in a short period of time was aborted.
After the death of Zhao Sheng, the Prince of Pingyuan, Lian Po was appointed as the False XiangGuo, that is, the Acting XiangGuo, and was later officially appointed as the XiangGuo, and the Letter Pingjun. Next, in the battle against the Yan state, the State of Wei and other countries, he was alone, almost defeated, defended the country's territory from infringement, and safeguarded the dignity of the country.
It is such a loyal veteran, but because he is not accustomed to the ugly faces of Guo Kai and others, he is harassed and excluded by Guo Kai's faction everywhere. In the first year of the reign of King Xiang of Zhao (244 BC), Lian Po led an army to attack the State of Wei and conquered the city of Fanyang. Guo Kai and others, fearing that Lian Po would make great contributions to the outside world and establish his prestige, would not be easy to deal with, so they ordered Wuxiang Junle to take the lead of the army to replace him and order him to return to China. Lian Po knew that it was a villain trick of Guo Kai and others, and angrily attacked Le Cheng, who saw this and scared away.
Lian Po knew that he and Guo Kai and others were like water and fire, and they could not gain a foothold in the country, so they had to flee to the state of Wei first, hoping that King Xiang of Zhao would show remorse for him as the King of Wei did to Xin Lingjun, the King of Qi to Tian Dan, and the King of Yan to Le Yi, and then sent someone to invite him back to China.
However, Lian was quite miscalculated.
He waited for King Zhao for more than a year in the State of Wei, and did not see the emissaries of the State of Zhao come to invite him. Later, he went to the State of Chu again, and the emissaries of the State of Zhao came, but they had already accepted bribes from Guo Kai and others. After the emissary returned to China, how could he report Lian Po's true thoughts to King Zhao?
In this way, king Zhao remembered to use Lianpo when the country was in danger, and Lianpo was also in Cao Ying's heart in Han and wanted to return to China to serve, but as a result, he obstructed the villain and finally died elsewhere.
Fourth, the Battle of the Protectorate
After Lian Po was forced to flee, Pang Yan replaced him as a general.
When Pang Yan's late man Drama Xin learned about it, he was very happy, thinking that after many years of dormancy, he could finally make a comeback. Pang Yan and Ju Xin had worked together with King Wuling of Zhao and knew each other very well. After the change of the sand dunes, Ju Xin developed in the Yan kingdom, won the trust of King Yan Zhao, and carried out reforms in the Yan kingdom, achieving certain results. By the time when Yan Wu became king, Ju Xin was not reused, and it was not until his twilight years that he was used by the King of Yan.
Ju Xin believes that once the nemesis of the Yan Kingdom is gone, Pang Yan is not the opponent of the Yan Army at all, and the Yan Army can drive straight in, defeat the Zhao State in one fell swoop, wash away the shame of many years, and raise his eyebrows.
After hearing this, King Yan was very happy and thought that the victory was in his hands.
In the second year of King Xiang of Zhao (243 BC), the State of Yan, with Ju Xin as its commander, commanded tens of thousands of troops and attacked the State of Zhao. However, more than fifty years have passed, and Although Pang Yan is old, he is not confused, and he still has a clear mind and superhuman military ability.
In the third year of Zhao Mourning Xiang Wang (242 BC), Pang Yan led an army to meet the battle, and attacked and killed The Drama Xin who led the army to attack and kill, annihilating more than 20,000 enemy troops. The King of Yan was overjoyed and sent people to the Zhao Kingdom to repair and apologize.
In the fourth year of Zhao's mourning of King Xiang (241 BC), under the efforts of Pang Yan, the five kingdoms of Zhao, Han, Wei, Wei, and Chu joined forces to capture Shouling, and then approached Hangu Pass with their troops. Under the leadership of Wang Qi, the Qin army took the initiative to go out to meet the battle and defeated the Five-Nation Alliance. This was the last joint attack on Qin launched by the Six Kingdoms of Shandong during the Warring States period to save the qin, but it still ended in failure.
King Xiang of Zhao died in 236 BC after nine years on the throne, and should have lived for more than thirty years.
【About the author】Qi Yunke, male, educator. In recent years, he has published more than 800,000 words in media at all levels. Signed author of The Reading Platform. He is a member of the Henan Provincial Writers Association and a standing director of the Henan Provincial Youth Writers Association.
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