"Records of the Grand Historian" records that Baosi was born with a beautiful and beautiful appearance, and was favored by Zhou Youwang , but Baosi was born without laughing, and King Youwang of Zhou racked his brains and could not win a smile from a beauty. Someone offered a plan to King You of Zhou, promising that Bao Si could smile, that is, ignite beacons on the Great Wall that resisted the Quanrong, deceived all the princes to come and serve the king, and performed a real drama for Bao Si. King You of Zhou actually agreed. Bao Si really laughed after watching the big show, but the princes were angry when they found out that they were cheated and the consequences were very serious. Later, Quanrong really came. King You of Zhou ignited the beacon again. When he asked for help from the vassal states, none of the princes led their troops to rescue him. So Bao Si was also robbed by Quanrong of King You of Zhou.
Sima Qian Stories made up by the old man
Have studied for so many years, but I didn’t expect that Sima Qian would make up stories too! I have compiled a story about Fenghuoxiu Zhuzhuo that deceived us for two thousand years. There are two bugs in the story of Fenghuoxiu Zhuoxiu Zhuoxiu. People in all dynasties have doubted the authenticity of Zhou Youwang. There are two things in the princes that are very doubtful. One is beacon fire. Beacon fire was used in war in Western Han . In order to resist the harassment of Xiongnu , beacon fire was used in military operations. As a way to warn, there are no records of beacon fire used in military operations in Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period historical records have no records of beacon fire used in military affairs. This is obviously imagined by Sima Qian based on the military situation at that time. The second is the Great Wall. Although fortifications similar to the Great Wall first appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty, they were not like the later Great Wall. In the early days, they were mainly fortifications similar to castles. At that time, they were not called the Great Wall but the Liebao. It is recognized that the earliest Great Wall was built by Qi State to resist Dongyi and later built by Qin State . None of the previous ones could be called the Great Wall. As a result, the location of King You of Zhou was also doubtful of the Fenghuo of the princes. Therefore, the story of King You of Zhou playing with the princes has also been flawed because of these two things.
In addition, there are two problems in the matter of Fenghuo playing the princes. One is that even if the Fenghuo princes are really lit, they may not be able to lead their troops here immediately. The princes are not full and can wait for Fenghuo every day. If you take a step back, the princes immediately gathered their troops to come to serve the king when they saw the beacon fire. However, the princes were of different distances and the arrival time would definitely not be the same. We couldn't agree to wait somewhere and then serve the king together. Maybe they would have arrived at the ancestral tombs of the Zhou Wang family together. Moreover, when the princes who arrived first saw that they were being fooled, they would not wait to see others jokes later. Maybe they would notify everyone not to come and be fooled by King You of Zhou! Therefore, King You of Zhou may not be able to play with the princes. If you take a step back, even if King You of Zhou may be able to play with the princes, Bao Si may not be able to see the scene of thousands of troops being played with.
2. The Zhou Dynasty and the historical materials of the Spring and Autumn Period did not record the story of King You of Zhou playing the princes. Until Warring States , the story of King You of Zhou playing the princes appeared in this book. This is likely the source of inspiration for Taishigong . As we all know, the materials in "Records of the Grand Historian" are not only derived from the official records of the previous dynasty, but also the legends, stories and various materials collected by Sima Qian from the people, and then distinguished and removed the false and preserved the truth. Taishigong probably felt that playing the princes was too playful. King You of Zhou and Zhuhou were not neighbors in the next village, so they could hear it by playing a drum, so he processed the materials himself and formed the Fenghuo of the princes.
The old routine of seizing power in the palace fighting
In recent years, some bamboo slips in the Warring States Period that record the history of Western Zhou have been unearthed. These bamboo slips have been deciphered by Tsinghua University research and deciphering, so they are also called Tsinghua bamboo slips. The records of King You of Zhou on the bamboo slips are very different from "Records of the Grand Historian". According to the research results released by Tsinghua University, the so-called Zhou Youwang plays with the princes as a fool of themselves, just a cliché of palace fighting to seize power.
Tsinghua bamboo slips record that many of the orders of the emperors of the Zhou Dynasty in the late Western Zhou Dynasty no longer obeyed, and some princes even wanted to manipulate the Zhou royal family and treat the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty as a puppet.The king of Shen State was one of the princes who wanted to manipulate the Zhou royal family. He first married his daughter to King You of Zhou as the queen, and later wanted King You of Zhou to establish Queen You of Shen as the next generation of Zhou emperors. In this way, the king of Shen State completely controlled the Zhou royal family after King You of Zhou's death. King You of Zhou certainly did not want to see such a situation happening, so he prepared to make Bao Si's son the next Zhou emperor and expel Shen Hou's power in the Zhou royal family, that is, to drive Shen Hou and his son Ji Yijiu back to Shen State.
Unexpectedly, King You of Zhou fell directly to Quanrong, joined forces with Quanrong to attack Haojing, and killed King You of Zhou. Therefore, the Zhou royal family failed to resist the manipulation of the princes. After King You of Zhou's death, the princes immediately appointed Empress Shen's son Ji Yijiu as the emperor of Zhou, that is, King Ping of Zhou. From then on, the Zhou royal family basically lost their former style and became a puppet of the princes.
written at the end
Every time I read Zhou Youwangshuoxiu opera Zhuwu, I think Zhou Youwang is a lustful king of the country. Now it seems that King You of Zhou is making the final struggle to save the decay of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but in the end he failed. The so-called success is the king and the loser is the enemy. The history of the loser can only be written by the winner. Therefore, King You of Zhou became a greedy and lustful king of the country.
