I believe many people know that in the Warring States period, zhao guo had a strong military strength, and famous military generals were even more familiar, such as the famous generals Lian Po, Li Mu, etc., and we still hear classic stories such as general Xianghe. At that time, the State of Zhao was heavy on martial arts and light on literature, and there were millions of troops, so why did it lose several battles in just a few years, and finally be annexed by the State of Qin? It is necessary to mention here that Zhao mourned a marriage of King Xiang and his heavy villain and light subjects, which caused the Zhao kingdom to go down the road of collapse.
Zhao mourned King Zhao Yan
King Xiang of Zhao was named Zhao Yan, and I believe that those who had seen Great Qin Fu were quite impressed by such an arrogant and pretentious person, who became the King of Zhao by relying on his small cleverness, and by relying on the foundation of the Zhao State, he also did some great things, in 242 BC, Ren Pang Yan resisted the Yan army, killed Ju Xin, and captured 20,000 Yan troops. In the following year, Rao An, who had seized the State of Qi, formed a north-south alliance with the five kingdoms of Zhao, Han, Wei, Wei, and Chu to jointly attack the State of Qin, and after the State of Qin faced the war, the Five Kingdoms were defeated, but later they still seized the land from the State of Wei, which also gained some benefits.
However, the good times did not last long, seeing that Zhao Guo was about to become strong, the empress dowager Ji ji around him was the last straw that crushed Zhao Yan...
Zhao mourned King Xiang and Concubine Ji
Zhao Yan was very fond of Zhao Mourning, and was also known as Zhao Yan after prostitution. Originally a prostitute (prostitute) in Handan, she later married into the Zhao Dynasty and was widowed after her husband's death. Zhao Yan, because of his love for Ji Ji's beauty, did not hesitate to disobey his father and the etiquette of the clan and married her, at that time Li Mu and the courtiers tried to dissuade her, but Zhao Yan did not listen, who knew that it was such a marriage that accelerated the overthrow of the Zhao kingdom.
Zhao Yan originally had an eldest son, named Zhao Jia, who had already been made crown prince at that time. However, Zhen Ji coveted power and wanted to make her son Zhao Qian the crown prince, and with Zhao Yan's favor for her, she devised a conspiracy to frame Zhao Jia, and also abolished zhao Jia's position as prince and established Zhao Qian as a prince, and she naturally became the queen. Ben was a red dust woman, suddenly became the queen, the change of status made her more lustful, after Zhao Yan's death, Xian Ji became more arrogant, often adulterous with Chun Pingjun.
If it is said that prostitutes are the last straw that crushes Zhao Yan, then Zhao Guo's decisive moment will be defeated by Zhao Yan's heavy villains and light sages!
Zhao mourned King Xiang and Guo Kai
As early as when Zhao Yan was in power, because the Zhao army was besieged by the Qin army many times, he sent the emissary Ou Daliang to want to reuse Lianpo, but Guo Kai, a traitorous minister who had a bad relationship with Lianpo at that time, bribed the emissaries with heavy money to let him say bad things about Lianpo in front of Zhao Yan, so Zhao Yan thought that Lianpo was old and overwhelmed. Until 236 BC, Zhao Yan sent troops to attack the State of Yan, the war was not over, the State of Qin took the opportunity to attack Zhao and seize the Nine Cities of Yidi, probably too much of a blow, and In the same year Zhao Yan died. Not to mention the adultery between Zhen Ji and Chun Pingjun, he also left a tragic remnant of Zhao Guo's body for Zhao Qian.
Zhao will be incorruptible
When Zhao Qian was in power, Lian Po was finally reused. Zhao Qian himself had no ability, during his reign he was attacked by the Qin army for many years, and at first there was a famous general Li Mufu, who could also win several battles, and it would not be a short-term destruction of the country for a long time, but in the fifth and sixth years of his reign, the Zhao state was again an earthquake, and famine, the people were not happy, the national situation was turbulent, and the Qin state took the opportunity to raise troops to attack the Zhao state. At that time, Li Mu and Sima Shang were sent to resist the Qin army, and the Qin army knew that Li Mu was good at defense and could not take it in a short time, so they sent people to bribe Guo Kai, the favorite minister of the King of Zhao, and Guo Kai conspired with the prostitutes to frame Li Mu for rebellion, killed the famous general Li Mu, and removed Sima Shang from his official position. Later, after sending Zhao Liang and Yan Ju to replace the two, resulting in the defeat of the Zhao army, he himself was captured, exiled to the deep mountains of Fangling, and wrote down "Liangchen drowned Xi, and Sheji fell; Yu did not listen to Congxi!" Dare to complain about the King of Qin? ”
Looking back at the history of the Zhao Kingdom, this marriage with The Prostitute Ji can also be regarded as the last straw to compress the Zhao Kingdom. What do you think is the reason for the decline of the Zhao Kingdom, welcome to leave a message below to discuss ~