How did King You of Zhou die?

The last monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty was King You of Zhou, the son of King Xuan of Zhou. After he ascended the throne, he brought only disaster to the Zhou Dynasty. He is greedy for enjoyment, ignores government affairs, excludes useful talents, and reuses those who are treacherous and fawning.

There was a minister under King You of Zhou named Guo Shifu. He was very good at flattering, so King You of Zhou liked him very much. He often gave bad ideas to King Zhou You, and every one of his ideas often brought disaster to the country.

One day, when the minister had nothing to do, he gave the king a message and said: "Your Majesty, all the princely states have recently donated items to the imperial court. Even the complimentary state has not donated anything. I don’t know why?”

So King You of Zhou sent people to Baoguo to hint that their country should donate things to the imperial court.

Baoguo is a small country. After hearing the news, the king was so frightened that he did not dare to vent his anger. The king and the ministers discussed together, and one minister thought: "There is nothing good in our country. I think King You likes women very much. Maybe he will like it if you give him beautiful women."

The king of Baoguo obeyed. According to his words, people were sent across the country to find beauties.

They found a beautiful woman named Bao Si in a small mountain village. This woman is charming and charming, with skin as white as snow and a temperament as cold as ice. Baoguo dedicated this woman to King Zhou You.

This Baosi is a bad woman, so there are many legends about her in history, saying that her origins are extraordinary. During the reign of King Zhou Li, King Zhou Li ordered women to dance naked for him. One woman spat a mouthful of saliva, which later turned into a black lizard. It crawled into King Zhou Li's backyard and bit a palace maid. This palace concubine gave birth to a girl, who was adopted by a Bao couple, who later became Bao Si.

There were nine beauties in the wedding ceremony presented to King You of Zhou along with Bao Si, but Bao Si’s beauty impressed King You the most. The ministers of the Bao Kingdom were right. King Zhou You was indeed very interested in their gift. Baoguo avoided a disaster because of this woman, but Zhou almost brought the country to the brink of destruction because of this woman.

Ever since King Zhou You saw this woman, he didn’t care about anything all day long. He liked this woman so much that her beauty made King Zhou You obsessed with her. He and Baosi drank together, watched music and dance together, and indulged in debauchery together, which consumed all his time.

Bao Si later gave birth to a child, named Bo Fu. Before this, King Zhou You had already established a queen, Queen Shen. Empress Shen also has a son, Yijiu, and has officially made him the prince.

Bao Si was very unconvinced. On the one hand, she tried every means to win over King Zhou You so that he could not leave her. On the other hand, she looked for various opportunities to get him to agree to make her son the prince. King Zhou You loved Bao Si very much and was tired of Empress Shen. He also had this intention in his heart. After Bao Si said this, he agreed.

One day, King You of Zhou summoned his ministers, deposed Empress Shen, made Baosi the queen, deposed the prince Yijiu, and made Bofu the prince. Empress Shen was so angry that she ran away.

The ministers were all angry that their king had turned the country into this for a woman, but no one dared to say anything. At that time, Taishi Boyang was a man with qualifications, wisdom and courage. He went to King Zhou You to advise him, but King Zhou You was not willing to listen! Boyang left the palace in a painful mood, muttering to himself: "The Zhou Dynasty is about to perish, and there is no way to save it."

Bao Si is a cold beauty. Since King Zhou You met He had never seen her smile before, so he tried many methods but still couldn't do it. King Zhou You thought, the queen is so beautiful, how beautiful she would be if she could smile again. One day, the two of them went to Lishan Mountain to play and climbed to a high platform. They were there watching the beautiful scenery, drinking wine and listening to music. They were so happy.

While having fun, Bao Si suddenly pointed to a round thing on the mountain opposite and said, "Your Majesty, what is that?"

It turned out that this was an attempt by the Zhou Dynasty to resist foreign invasion. A beacon tower was built during the invasion. There were many dried wolf dung piled on the beacon tower. This kind of wolf dung can be burned. If an enemy invaded, they would light the wolf dung, and then the wolf smoke would rise. At this time, the princes from far away Knowing that Zhou's capital was in danger, he would send troops to rescue him.

Bao Si thought this thing was very interesting, so she said, "I don't believe it. Is it so clever?" She asked King Zhou You to point it out for her.

At this time, King You of Zhou only thought about pleasing the beauty in front of him, and he sent orders to the soldiers to light all the beacon towers. Suddenly, plumes of wolf smoke rose in the sunny sky. Bao Si looked at it, and it was so spectacular. When the princes saw the smoke rising, they hurriedly gathered their soldiers and rushed to Haojing.

In a short while, soldiers came from all directions to the capital. In front of Lishan Mountain, which was peaceful just now, flags were fluttering, drums were beating loudly, and there were soldiers all over the mountains and plains. They carried halberds and held swords. Swords, a battlefield was set up on the mountain.

The princes came to King Zhou You with sweat on their heads, knelt on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty is above, and my servants have arrived and obey the King's orders."

King Zhou You was stunned for a while. Lost for words. Looking at the embarrassed looks of Jun and Chen, Bao'e laughed loudly. It didn't matter. This smile made King Zhou You happy. He finally saw the smile of the beauty he had longed for today. Leng Meiren's smile was truly charming. This smile also made the princes puzzled. They didn't expect that all their fatigue and panic were just for this ridiculous smile.

From then on, their ridiculous tricks continued to be repeated, and the princes were tortured into misery, and King Zhou You's beacon tower gradually lost its credibility.

It is said that after the original prince Yijiu was deposed, he fled Zhou Dynasty for fear of being poisoned and came to a small country called Shen. The Kingdom of Shen was his mother's country. When the Marquis of Shen saw that King You of Zhou was so stupid, he was determined to take revenge. They united the state of Zeng and the state of Quanrong in the west to attack Zhou.

When Shen Hou’s combined troops arrived around the Zhou capital Haojing, King Zhou You was like an ant on a hot pot. He hurriedly ordered his men to light up the smoke, but the smoke no longer worked, and the princes When they saw the smoke, they thought, this foolish king is doing something ridiculous again, and of course he will not raise troops to rescue him.

In this way, King Zhou You's guards were completely vulnerable and the capital was lost. King You of Zhou fled with his beloved beauty and treasure to the foot of Mount Li, where he was killed by a soldier who was chasing him.

Bofu, his son with Bao'e, was also killed. But Baosi was safe and sound, and the king of Zang thought she was beautiful, so he took her back as a trophy.

Marquis Shen led his soldiers into the capital, robbed Zhou's treasures, and made Queen Shen's son Yijiu king. This was King Ping of Zhou. King Ping of Zhou moved the capital to Luoyi in the east (now Luoyang, Henan). Historically, the Zhou Dynasty before him was called the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the Zhou Dynasty he established in Luoyi was called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Playing with the princes with beacon fire