At the end of the Warring States Period, what was the existence of the Zhou royal family?

Let me talk about the ending of the last Zhou emperor, King Zhou Nan, and the Zhou royal family.

King Nan of Zhou was the last king of the Zhou Dynasty, and he was also a very embarrassed emperor. Before he came to power, the small Zhou royal family was still divided into two parts: the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Previous Zhou kings relied on the Eastern Zhou Dynasty for survival. However, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was encroached upon by South Korea and its strength was greatly reduced. After King Nan of Zhou came to power, he decided to move the capital to the royal city and instead relied on the Western Zhou Dynasty. We can't help but sigh, the dignified King of Zhou looks like a beggar, like a parasite.

In 307 BC, Qin launched the Battle of Yiyang and opened the way to the Zhou royal family. King Wu of Qin had always coveted the Jiuding, a symbol of power in the Zhou Dynasty, so he sent the right prime minister and famous general Chuiliji to the Western Zhou Dynasty to visit King Nan of Zhou, accompanied by a hundred vehicles. Chuiliji's nickname is "think tank". He came here for an ulterior purpose. If the Western Zhou royal city was unguarded, he could easily destroy the Western Zhou Dynasty and carry Jiuding back to Qin.

King Nan of Zhou thought about it and came up with a clever plan. He sent people to welcome Qiliji's arrival, and under the pretext of protecting Qin's envoys, he arranged a group of soldiers with guns to walk in front of Qin's fleet, and a group of crossbowmen to walk behind Qin's fleet. Under such tight surveillance, it would not be easy for Qiliji to overthrow the Zhou regime. However, the reason why the Zhou regime escaped was because of an unexpected incident: King Wu of Qin was competing with his warriors to carry a tripod, and an accident occurred and his leg bone was broken and he died.

After the death of King Wu of Qin, a civil war broke out among the princes of Qin to compete for power, so naturally they had no time to take care of the Zhou family. King Zhou Nan took a long breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He could live for a few more years.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, civil strife in the Zhou Dynasty has broken out many times. Although the Zhou Dynasty has become like a small prince, wherever there is power, there will be struggle, even if it is a small chicken coop. Since the Zhou Dynasty split into the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the two sides have criticized each other. In 300 BC, a war broke out between the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was slightly stronger, but the Western Zhou Dynasty could not resist it, so it had to ask for help from South Korea. South Korea then sent troops to rescue the Western Zhou Dynasty. The war situation quickly reversed. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was retreating steadily and had to ask South Korea to stop military operations.

While the two weeks were busy fighting among themselves, the situation in the world became increasingly clear.

In 293 BC, capturing the two-week territory was once again on Qin’s agenda. In that year, Qin took Xiang Shou as general and marched eastward to attack the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Wei and South Korea united to intervene in Qin's military operations. However, in the Battle of Yique, the combined forces of Wei and Han suffered a devastating blow and were almost completely wiped out.

Bai Qi won the victory and did not spare others, so he turned his sword towards the Western Zhou Dynasty. In order to save the royal family from crisis, they could only seek foreign aid. At this time, the only country that could contain Qin was Zhao. King Nan of Zhou sent his doctor Zhou Zui to Zhao for help. He analyzed to Li Dui: The only one Qin has concerns about is Zhao. If Zhao comes to mediate, Qin will be worried about Zhao joining the war and will give up attacking the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Li Dui then came forward to warn Qin and asked them to withdraw from Zhou's territory. Since the Qin army had just fought a bitter battle in Yique and was quite wary of Zhao's strength, it had to accept Zhao's mediation and wisely withdraw its troops from the Western Zhou Dynasty. In this way, the Zhou royal family, which had been pushed to the edge of the cliff, miraculously escaped death again.