Why did Zhou Youwang lose the world with a smile?

Zhou Youwang, king of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Last name, people. Prince Xuan. 78 BC1year-77 BC1year reigned. His administration was harsh, and he once attacked the reinforcements of Liujing and was defeated. Later, he doted on praise and made his son a prince. After the application for abolition, he and the prince should be mortars. Shen Hou joined forces with Gou Jian and Quan Rong to attack. Killed at the foot of Mount Li, the Western Zhou Dynasty perished.

After Zhou Xuanwang acceded to the throne, he took it as his duty to revive Zhou Shi and rectify state affairs, and selected a group of loyal ministers such as Zhao Gong Tiger as his assistant ministers. With their help, King Xuan sent troops to crusade against rebellions everywhere. After several years of war, the vassals surrendered and the four foreigners surrendered. Under the rule of Zhou Xuanwang, there used to be a prosperous atmosphere here. In 782 BC, Zhou Xuanwang died of depression due to defeat. According to the will, ministers made Taiuterus Nie the son of heaven and ascended the throne before Ling. He was the last king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Youwang. After he ascended the throne, Zhou Youwang issued a decree to make the children of the God empress his heir and make him a prince.

When King Wang You ascended the throne, his national strength was very weak because he was conquered by King Wang Xuan in his later years. However, he didn't work as hard as Wang Xuan did in his early years, but lived a dissolute and luxurious life, which made the National Government decline day by day instead of improving. Zhou Youwang acceded to the throne, regardless of state affairs, all day long only know beer and skittles, indulge women. For three months in a row, state affairs were ignored and abandoned. In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a vassal state called the Praise State. His monarch praised you for being so fatuous, so he came to advise you. The king was furious, but he put praise in prison.

Baodou was imprisoned by the king of seclusion. Bao You's son, Hong De, was very anxious after hearing the news, so he discussed with his mother how to save his father from prison. They heard that you Wang likes beautiful women very much, so they searched around, bought a beautiful young girl with a lot of money, named her "Cong Si", taught her court manners, trained her singing and dancing skills, and then presented it to you Wang. Wang You was overjoyed at this praise and ordered it to be published.

Wang You likes praise very much. Shortly after her death in the palace, she gave birth to a son named Bofu. In order to win the favor of Zan, You Wang found an excuse to abolish Shen Hou and Prince Yijiu, and made Zan a queen and Bofu a prince. After Shen Shen suffered such bad luck, he was afraid of being hurt by the king on September 19 and was sent to his grandfather to save his life. I fought back my grief, bid farewell to my mother, and escaped from Haojing overnight to go to the Queen of God.

After Shen, there was no advice around him, but he ignored politics and played politics all day. Wang You found a strange thing. Praise her for playing all day, but she never smiles. No matter how interesting things are, she never laughs, let alone laughs loudly. Wang You was puzzled and said to the compliment, "Ai Qing is really charming. If you smile again, it will be even more charming. " Praise said flatly, "Your majesty doesn't have to take offense at the fact that a cheap wife is born without laughing." Your king won't believe it. It is necessary to make her smile. So a notice was posted: "There is a reward of 1000 for the person who can make the Queen smile." As soon as the notice came out, all kinds of people rushed to find it. Some people tell jokes that make people laugh. Some come to perform some funny faces. I can praise you, but there is still no smile on my face. In Wang You, there was a minister named Guo Shifu. He didn't do anything, but he was a master of flattery. He came up with a way to play with the king, called "the prince of bonfire play". It turned out that during the Zhou Dynasty, I met an enemy. Mainly rely on beacon alarm. Those beacon towers are all over the country, and two adjacent towers can see each other. If you find the enemy, light the dried wolf dung during the day. It is said that after the wolf dung is ignited, its smoke will not disperse, so it is easy to see the message transmitted by "wolf smoke". If it is night, light firewood and report the enemy's situation by the fire. It won't take long to pass one by one. When the news spreads all over the country, local governors will lead troops to Kyoto for disposal.

Wang You got the idea and was very happy. He decided to give it a try. It was a crisp autumn day, and you Wang came to the tower with praise. He stepped onto the stage and saw the mountains and rivers from a distance. Wang You ordered the fire alarm to be sounded, and suddenly smoke came out. Go straight into the sky. Seeing the smoke, the governors from far and near thought that the enemy was coming, so they ordered the army to prepare horses and run to Haojing. At the gate of Haojiang River, I saw Wang You and Cong Si sitting on the rostrum drinking and watching the fun, but there was no sign of the enemy soldiers. The governors' haste made the compliment laugh. Wang You saw a flowery smile of praise, more lovely than usual, and was overjoyed. He immediately gave Shiguo's father a daughter's reward. Pity those princes, make a trip in vain and go home with the troops.

Besides, Shen Hou, the father after Shen, met his grandson Yijiu. I was very angry when I learned that Shen Hou and September 19 were abolished, so I designed to attack Zhou with the soldiers of Quan Rong, trying to show the evil spirit in my chest. Ma Zhuang is superior to the enemy. I have long wanted to invade the east. When I saw Shen Hou coming to borrow soldiers, I naturally wanted to send troops to attack Haojing immediately. Wang You saw the barking of dogs and horses. Send someone to light a bonfire and ask the princes for help. The wolf smoke rises, but no prince comes with a soldier and a horse. It turns out that the warlord was cheated last time, but he can't be cheated this time. In this way, the good scene was broken by the dog Rong, and the King You fled to the foot of Mount Li, killed by the pursuers, and praised by the Rong people. Originally, Shen Hou just wanted to find out the enemy and didn't want to kill Wang. Although he was avenged, he thought that the Zhou Dynasty could not fall into the hands of the Rong people, so he secretly sent people to contact the vassal States and asked them to send troops to help him drive away the dog Rong. When the princes saw that the king was dead, they had to be homeless in this country. Thus, Wang You's son Ijiu was appointed as the heir to the throne, that is, Zhou Pingwang.

Besides, although Quan Rong withdrew his troops, he thought that Shen Hou's grandson acceded to the throne this week, but he didn't get any benefits. Therefore, he was resentful and repeatedly sent troops to invade the east, and the war continued. After Zhou Pingwang acceded to the throne, he was afraid that the dog Rong people would call in again, but the Zhou Dynasty had no power to resist, and Haojing had been destroyed by the war. So in 770 BC, he moved the king from Haojing to Luoyi (now Luoyang, Henan), the eastern capital built by the Duke of Zhou. Because the good scenery is in the west, the Zhou Dynasty before Pingdong moved is called the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the Zhou Dynasty after Pingdong moved is called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. After moving the capital, the strength and prestige of the Zhou Dynasty plummeted, and it lost its former prestige.

The 800-year history of the Zhou Dynasty is the longest in China, but unfortunately, when it arrived in Zhou Youwang, its luck declined. History books describe him as "violent, reckless and dissolute". For praise and that period of history, later generations use an idiom to describe it.