Everyone has heard the story of "playing with beacon fire on the princes". This story says that the king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Zhou You, was debauched and immoral. He liked the beauty Bao Si, but Bao Si didn't like to laugh. In order to win the beauty's smile, King Yo

Everyone has heard the story of " Beacon Fire Plays with Princes ". This story says that the last monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty King You of the Zhou Dynasty was dissolute and immoral, and liked beauties Bao Si , but Bao Si didn't like to laugh. In order to win the beauty With a smile, King Zhou You ordered his people to light up the beacon that could only be used in critical moments, which finally made Bao Si smile as bright as a flower.

Beacon fire plays on the princes

Later, King Zhou You continued to light beacon fires again and again, so that the princes no longer cared about the safety of the Zhou royal family. Finally, under the attack of Quanrong, King Zhou You, who had no princes and diligent kings, was finally destroyed, and King Zhou You also became a faint king in the past dynasties. model.

King You of Zhou

However, in fact, the Zhou people at that time had no warning of beacon fire at all. There were only drums on Lishan , and the message was conveyed by sound. Besides, the story of beacon fire plays on the princes was also fabricated by later generations. So King You of Zhou in history So what?

King Xuan of Zhou and Marquis Shen Two and three things

King You of Zhou was the son of King Xuan of Zhou. As early as the time of King Xuan of Zhou, the strength of the Western Zhou Dynasty was already far worse than before. Even the princes Shenhou dared to disobey orders in public without giving any King Zhou Xuan couldn't bear the dignity of Emperor Zhou, so he planned to let Marquis Shen experience the prestige of Emperor Zhou.

King Xuan of Zhou

In the thirty-ninth year of King Xuan of Zhou (789 BC), King Xuan of Zhou could not bear it anymore. King Xuan of Zhou had a fight with Marquis Shen in Qianmu, and the whole army was wiped out. King Xuan of Zhou finally escaped, which made Zhou King Xuan was extremely depressed.

The Battle of Thousand Acres

If you can't beat it, try to win over it. The State of Shen came from Jiang Rong, and the State of Shen has always had a tradition of royal marriage, so King You of Zhou married the daughter of the Marquis of Shen and became the in-laws of his children.

Since Shen Hou overthrew King Zhou Xuan, various barbarian tribes from the original Zhou Dynasty borders have mixed into the Central Plains, which laid the groundwork for the future destruction of the Western Zhou Dynasty by Shen Hou leading the Quanrong tribe.

Late Western Zhou Dynasty

King Zhou You’s depression

It was originally a political marriage, and King Zhou You naturally would not like Empress Shen much. At this time, Bao Si, the heroine of the Fenghuo Opera Princes, came out and gave birth to a child after marrying Queen Zhou You. She had a son, Ji Yijiu, but Queen Shen had already given birth to Ji Yijiu, the eldest son of King Zhou You. According to the eldest son inheritance system, Ji Yijiu would inherit the throne in the future, so King Zhou You was naturally unhappy.

Marquis of Shen

So when Bao Si's son Bo Fu was four years old, he deposed Queen Shen's throne. By the way, he deposed his eldest son Ji Yijiu and made Bao Si the queen. After all, Bao Si's mother country and Bao country had previous and The Zhou royal family had a tradition of intermarriage, so they took the opportunity to crack down on Shen Hou to prevent Shen Hou from monopolizing power in the future.

Shen Hou’s counterattack

Shen Hou was naturally unconvinced. After all, King Zhou You’s father was defeated by him, and in the end he relied on marriage to survive. Now he is actually ruining it. Isn’t this a slap in the face?

So Marquis Shen began to create various public opinions. At that time, there was a drought in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Marquis Shen used the excuse that King You of Zhou ignored etiquette and abolished Empress Shen and her eldest son. This was a sin sent down from heaven, so he took the previous dog soldiers with him. The friends attack Hojing together.

Shen Hou led the dog army to destroy the Western Zhou

In the eleventh year of King Zhou You (771 BC), King Zhou You was killed and the Western Zhou Dynasty was officially destroyed. King Zhou You was only twenty-four years old at that time. Of course King Zhou You's new queen Bao Si, son and other loyal ministers were also killed.

The problem of heirs

King You of Zhou died, and the heir he proposed, Bao Si's son Bofu, also died. At this time, there were two successors, namely King You of Zhou's younger brother Ji Yuchen and the deposed Ji Yijiu. If according to etiquette, it should be Ji Yuchen who should inherit the position of Emperor Zhou. After all, Ji Yijiu was deposed and was not qualified to inherit the throne, but Marquis Shen disagreed.

King Zhou Ping moved east

Shen Hou expressed that he would support his grandson Ji Yijiu to succeed to the throne, so he united with Shen State, Lu State , Xu State , Zheng State , Jin State , Wei State and The Qin people who had not yet founded the country responded together with .

And Ji Yuchen also had some support. They followed the ancestral system Baoguo, Dongguo and so on. was divided into two factions, each supported them. In the end, Ji Yuchen became Zhou Xiwang, Ji Yijiu became King Ping of Zhou.

Two kings stood together

Ji Yijiu became the queen. With the help of Zheng Wu Gong , Jin Wenhou , Wei Wu Gong and others, they successfully moved eastward. Of course, Ji Yijiu was too young, so her grandfather applied for power. Hou mastered it.

Two kings stood side by side

And Ji Yuchen also succeeded in ascending the throne with the support of another faction. Two emperors suddenly appeared in the Zhou Dynasty.The two kings stood side by side for 21 years.

King Zhou Xie was killed

The two kings had been standing side by side for too long. This was a troublesome period for those who wanted to protect the common master of the world, so with the support of caring people, the dispute between the two sides began.

Because the Qin people had meritorious service in escorting King Ping of Zhou, they were officially granted the title of a vassal state. After becoming a vassal state, Qin Xianggong was very grateful to King Zhou Ping, so in the 20th year of King Ping of Zhou (751 BC), he destroyed the people who wholeheartedly supported King Zhou Xie. The praise of the country made one less vassal country support King Zhou Xie.

Qin Xianggong

This made King Zhou Xie heartbroken. Of course, in order to win over the remaining supporters, King Zhou Xie prepared to entertain another vassal state, Dongguo State, which supported him, but was killed by Marquis Wen of Jin on the way. At this point, only King Zhou Ping is left among the emperors of Zhou.

东莞国

Although King Zhou Ping was nominally the emperor of Zhou, his power was controlled by the princes, and he was just a puppet. The Zhou royal family officially declined, and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period began with the collapse of rituals and music.

The main vassal states in the early Spring and Autumn Period

Therefore, there is no such thing as a beacon fire play on the princes. There is even a fabricated story about a thousand pieces of gold buying a smile. This is essentially Marquis Shen colluded with the Dog Rong to attack Zhou for his daughter Empress Shen and grandson King Ping of Zhou. The consequences of royal struggles for power.

As for King Zhou You, it’s hard to say whether he is a coward or not, but the city is still a little shallow. He is the son-in-law of Marquis Shen. Compared with his father, King Zhou Xuan, who reigned for forty-six years, and his son, King Zhou Ping, who reigned for fifty years, King Zhou You’s lifespan is It shouldn't be too low, but in the end he failed to keep his composure and forcibly seized power when the foundation was unstable, ultimately leading to his own death and the country's destruction.