Historically, cai guo was also a relative of the emperor: as the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, Cai Shudu was one of the first Western Zhou princes to be given the title. Unfortunately, after the death of King Wu of Zhou, he was not firm enough, and Uncle Cai participated in the Rebellion of Wu Geng and was exiled. Later, Hu, the son of Cai Shudu, was recommended by the Duke of Zhou to reinstate himself at Cai (蔡, in modern Shangcai, Henan) and became a prince.
After entering the Spring and Autumn Period, as a traditional Central Plains princely state, during the "two kings and the establishment of the two kings", the State of Cai did not dare to be different, and chose to support Wang Ji's yuchen. In this way, when Zheng Guo was frantically surrounding the Nanyang Basin Party, Cai Guo, like the princely states of Wei, Chen, Song, and Xi, was hostile to Zheng Guo. For this reason, when Zheng Zhuang was the Duke of Zhengzhuang, the princely states of Song, Wei, Chen, Cai, and others formed an alliance and formed a long-term confrontation with the three kingdoms of Zheng, Qi, and Lu. The battle between these two camps was the main tone of the Eastern Zhou Jianghu in the early Spring and Autumn Period.
After the rise of the State of Chu, King Wen of Chu took advantage of the contradictions between Cai and Xi to destroy and control the State of Cai, expanding the sphere of influence of the State of Chu to the Huai River Valley. In response to the threat from the Chu state, Cai Muhou married Cai Ji to the Duke of Qi Huan, hoping to borrow Qi to resist Chu. Unexpectedly, due to Cai Ji's excessive playfulness, she was sent back to her mother's house by the angry Qi Huangong. Cai Muhou felt deeply humiliated and immediately remarried Cai Ji to someone else. Upon learning that the beloved woman had remarried, Duke Huan of Qi was furious and led the princes to Hua Cai — which unexpectedly triggered the first head-on duel between the two "superpowers" of Qi and Chu at Zhaoling.
In the end, Qi and Chu each took a step back and signed a peace treaty at Zhaoling. However, since then, cai guo has completely fallen to the chu state, and rarely participates in the alliance of the central plains overlords.
In 531 BC, King Chuping, under the pretext of usurping the throne by The Marquis of Cai Ling, booby-trapped and killed the Marquis of Cai Ling, and incidentally destroyed the state of Cai. Three years later, Gongzi Bi of Chu, Gongzi Hao, and Gongzi abandoned their illness to borrow Chen and Cai forces to rebel and overthrow the rule of King Chu Ling; after several twists and turns, Gongzi abandoned his illness and ascended to the throne as King Of Chuping. After King Chuping ascended the throne, he immediately fulfilled his promise and allowed Chen, Cai and other countries to restore their kingdoms.
The Cai people supported the young son of Marquis Cai Jinghou as a king, and it was for Cai Pinghou. After the death of Marquis Cai Ping, Dongguo, the grandson of Marquis Cai Ling, with the support of Fei Wuji, usurped the throne and mourned the marquis of Cai. In 519 BC, Marquis Cai died, and his brother Shen succeeded to the throne as Marquis Zhao of Cai.
Although twelve years ago, it was difficult to destroy the country, but now, the status of cai guo has finally stabilized.
In 509 BC, Marquis Cai Zhaohou went to see King Chu Zhao. In this year, King Chu Zhao was about fifteen years old, and according to the custom at that time, "the monarch gave birth to a child at fifteen", which can be regarded as an adult. Marquis Cai Zhaohou went to see King Chu Zhao in this year, perhaps to participate in his crowning ceremony. To this end, Cai Zhaohou carefully prepared two sets of fur coats and two jade pendants as a gift for the visit.
After arriving in the Chu Kingdom, as soon as he saw King Chu Zhao, Cai Zhaohou graciously offered a set of fur coats and a jade pendant.
The young King Chu Zhao received a beautiful fur coat and a white jade pendant, and he liked it very much. Subsequently, he deliberately put on a coat and jade pendant and set up a banquet to entertain Cai Zhaohou and others. Cai Zhaohou also wore another set of fur coats and jade pendants and attended the banquet. Because of this set of fur coats and jade pendants, King Chu Zhao and Cai Zhaohou immediately became the focus of attention, which made many people who attended the banquet envious.
Unexpectedly, Cai Zhaohou caused himself great trouble.
Although King Zhao of Chu had reached adulthood, the great politics of the State of Chu were still in the hands of Ling Yin Nangwa. Marquis Cai Zhaohou gave a heavy gift to King Chu Zhao, but did not give Nangwa any benefits, which made Nangwa very unhappy. After the banquet, Nangwa came to visit and asked Cai Zhaohou for a jade pendant in person. Cai Zhaohou did not expect that Nangwa would be so greedy, and when he was angry, he rejected Nangwa.
Nangwa smiled coldly, turned and left. After leaving the house, he immediately ordered the detention of Cai Zhaohou. It was not until 507 BC, after repeated requests from his attendants, that Marquis Cai Zhaohou reluctantly offered the jade pendant to Nangwa. After receiving the jade pendant, Nangwa was satisfied and released Cai Zhaohou out of the Chu kingdom.
When passing through the Han River, the enraged Cai Zhaohou angrily sank his jade pendant into the Han River and swore: "In the future, if I cross the Han River again and go south to the Chu Kingdom, there will be a big river as proof!" The descendants of Tangtang wen were first destroyed by the Chu people, and then insulted by the Chu people, "It is tolerable, it is intolerable!" ”
In 506 BC, Marquis Cai Zhaohou cooperated with Wu Wangfuchai to invade the Chu state together, almost destroying the chu state!
However, in the end, the Chu state was still blessed with a great life and escaped the difficulty of destroying the country. In 505 BC, with the help of the Qin and Yue states, the Chu repelled the Wu army and successfully restored the country.
The weeds failed to remove the roots, and the scourge began.
In the spring of 494 BC, after eleven years of recuperation, King Zhao of Chu joined forces with the three kingdoms of Chen, Sui, and Xu to besiege the State of Cai and retaliate for the war against Chu that year. Ling Yin Zixi ordered that a fortress of one zhang wide and two zhang high be built one mile away from the capital of cai guo, and then garrisoned in it with heavy troops.
Seeing that the Chu people were suppressing the territory, Cai Zhaohou panicked.
At this time, The Cai ally Wu Guo, in revenge for Zuì () Li (present-day Jiaxingnan, Zhejiang), was leading an army to cut down Vietnam and could not come to the rescue; the rebellion between the Fan and Zhongxing clans plunged the Jin state into a scuffle of the Six Qings and made it difficult to extricate itself. Therefore, Cai Guo could not find a helper at all at this time. Seeing that the Chu people had been outside the city gate for nine days and nights, Cai Zhaohou's psychological defense line finally collapsed: he ordered the domestic division of men and women to bundle out of the city and take the initiative to surrender to King Chu Zhao!
Fifteen years ago, Marquis Cai Zhaohou was a guest of King Chu Zhao; eleven years ago, King Chu Zhao was forced into exile by Marquis Cai Zhaohou and the Wu people; now, King Chu Zhao, with a large army, has killed the gate of Cai Zhao's state and forced Cai Zhaohou to bow down to his subjects! Life situation is so ups and downs, who can expect?
Seeing that Marquis Cai Zhaohou took the initiative to surrender, King Chu Zhao did not feel much embarrassment about this former guest, but only carved a piece of land between the Yangtze River and Rushui and asked the Cai people to migrate there. In the face of the powerful Chu army, Cai Zhaohou did not dare to hesitate slightly, so he had to agree to it only by promise. Seeing that the Cai people were so obedient, King Chu Zhao withdrew his army triumphantly.
As soon as the Chu army retreated, Cai Zhaohou started a small nine-nine in his heart: as long as he stayed next to the Chu state, he would definitely not have good fruit to eat in the future. Therefore, Cai Zhaohou immediately sent an envoy to the State of Wu and requested that he move to the State of Wu and seek the protection of the Wu people.
Cai Zhaohou wanted to move to the State of Wu, but was opposed by the vast majority of cai people.
From the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the present, Cai Guo has been in Cai Di for four or five hundred years, and suddenly he wants to stay away from his homeland, how can Cai people give up! Therefore, for the move to the State of Wu, cai Guo was full of opposition.
Seeing that there were many opponents, Cai Zhaohou had to privately ask the Wu people to send troops to help Cai move the country.
In November 493 BC, the emissaries of the State of Wu came to the State of Cai. Taking advantage of the fact that the Cai people were not paying attention, Cai Zhaohou put all the Wu troops that came with the venting into the city.
With the support of the powerful Wu army, Cai Zhaohou suddenly hardened his temper and publicly announced that he would move the country. But no, the opposition of the DPRK is still higher than a wave! As a last resort, Cai Zhaohou had no choice but to lay down a fierce hand and kill the most fierce prince to please the Wu people! Under the obscenity of Marquis Cai Zhao, the Cai people no longer dared to speak out, so they had to follow Cai Zhaohou in tears and migrate the whole country to Zhou (present-day Fengtai, Anhui)!
The prefecture was originally Chu Land, but because it was on the border between Wu and Chu, it once became the focus of decades of competition between the two countries. Cai Guo's migration here is equivalent to sending Cai Guo into the fire pit again! Everyone understood this, which made Cai Guo even more panicked.
In the spring of 491 BC, Marquis Cai Zhaohou set out for a pilgrimage to Fuchai, the King of Wu.
Doctor Cai Guo was worried that Cai Zhaohou would ask for another move to the country during his visit, so he collectively attacked and prevented him from going to the State of Wu. The crowd was in turmoil, and Cai Zhaohou could not, but could only flee around like a headless fly. Suddenly, an arrow shot out, just hitting Cai Zhaohou! Gongsun Fei, the retinue, hurriedly escorted Cai Zhaohou to escape into a family by the side of the road, but soon after entering, Cai Zhaohou was seriously injured and died!
Subsequently, the rebellious doctor rushed up, killed Gongsun Fei, who was guarding the door, and rushed into the room.
After the death of Marquis Cai Zhao, the grand masters killed Gongsun Zhaohou's party Gongsun And Gongsun Xu and expelled Gongsun Chen to the State of Wu. After understanding the Remnant Party of Marquis Cai Zhao, the grand masters made Shuo, the son of Marquis Cai Zhao, the prince of the country, for the marquis of Cai Cheng.
The civil unrest caused by the relocation of the country has finally subsided.
Cai Zhaohou's fate was not uncommon in the Spring and Autumn Period, which advocated the law of the jungle. Before him, there were already many princes who had rushed to challenge the powerful countries, but they encountered the tragic fate of death and the destruction of the country!
Knowing that they are invincible, why do ants have to kill elephants?
Maybe it's because they don't understand a simple truth: "The heart is not competing, why bother with illness!" If you are not strong at heart, why bother with external humiliation? If we cannot keep improving ourselves and showing weakness to others, how can we avoid the tragedy of death and the destruction of the country?
In 473 BC, the state of Wu was destroyed by the state of Yue; in 447 BC, King Hui of Chu led an army to attack Cai and destroyed the state of Cai. Who can blame the Western Zhou princely states that were once the first to be divided into feudal states, and they ended up in such a fate?