Chapter 14 13 Beacon on Mount Li

After the death of King Xuan of Zhou, his son Ji Gongnie (sound nie) ascended the throne, who became King Zhou You.King Zhou You didn't care about any state affairs, he only knew how to eat, drink and play, and sent people everywhere to find beautiful women.A minister named Baoxuan (pronounced baoxiang) advised King You, but King You of Zhou not only refused to listen, but put Baoxuan in prison. Bao Xuan spent three years in prison.The people of the Bao family do everything possible to rescue Bao Xuan.They bought a pretty girl in the countryside, taught her to sing and dance, dressed her up, and presented her to King You to atone for Baoxuan.This girl is considered to be from the Bao family, and her name is Bao Si (sound si).

King You was so happy that he got Baosi, so he released Baosi.He dotes on Baosi very much, but since Baosi entered the palace, she has been depressed and has never smiled once.King You tried his best to make her laugh, but she couldn't laugh no matter what. King Zhou You offered a reward: whoever can make the concubine smile, he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold. A sycophant named Guo (sound guo) Shifu thought of an idea for King Zhou You.It turned out that in order to guard against the attack of the dog army, the Zhou Dynasty built more than 20 beacon towers in the area of ​​Lishan (southeast of Lintong, Shaanxi, Liyin li), one every few miles.If the dog army came, the soldiers guarding the first gate would light up the beacon fire; the soldiers guarding the second gate would also light up the beacon fire when they saw the fireworks.In this way, the beacon fires were burned one after another, and when the nearby princes saw them, they would send troops to rescue them.

Father Guo Shi said to King Zhou You: "The world is peaceful now, and the beacon tower has not been used for a long time. I would like to invite the king and your empress to go to Lishan Mountain to play for a few days. At night, let's light up the beacon fire, so that the nearby princes can see and drive away." Come on, let's be fooled. When the empress sees so many soldiers and horses rushing to nothing, the custody will laugh." King Zhou You clapped his hands and said, "Excellent, let's do this!" They went up to Lishan Mountain and really lit the beacon fire on Lishan Mountain.The nearby princes got the alarm, thinking that the dog soldiers were coming, and hurriedly led soldiers to rescue them.Unexpectedly, when they rushed there, there was no sign of a dog soldier, only the sound of playing music and singing on the mountain, everyone was stunned.

King You sent someone to tell them, thank you for your hard work, there is nothing to do here, but the king and princess are playing with fireworks, you go back! The princes knew that they had been fooled, and went back in a rage. Bao Si didn't know what they were up to, but when he saw several soldiers and horses descending from the foot of Mount Li in a chaotic state, he asked King You what was going on.King You told her ten thousand five hundred and ten.Bao Si really smiled. Seeing Baosi's smiling face, King You rewarded Father Guo Shi with a thousand taels of gold. King You doted on Baosi, and later simply abolished the queen and the prince, making Baosi the queen, and making Baosi's son Bofu the prince.It turned out that the queen's father was a vassal of the state of Shen. When he got the news, he joined forces with Quanrong to attack Haojing.

When King You heard the news of the dog army's attack, he panicked and ordered to light the beacon fire on Mount Li.The beacon fire was on fire, but because the princes were fooled last time, no one paid any attention to them. There was thick smoke rising from the beacon tower during the day, and the flames were bright at night, but no rescuers came. As soon as the dog soldiers arrived, there were not many soldiers in Haojing, so they barely resisted for a while, but were beaten to pieces by the dog soldiers.Quan Rong's men and horses flooded into the city like a tide, and killed King Zhou You, Father Guo Shi and Bao Sisheng's uncle Fu.Bao Si, who was not smiling, was also snatched away.

At this time, the princes knew that Quanrong had really entered Haojing, so they united and brought a large team to rescue.When the leader of Quanrong saw the arrival of the army of the princes, he ordered his men to rob all the treasures accumulated by the Zhou Dynasty for many years, and set fire to them before retreating. The feudal lords of the Central Plains repelled the Quan Rong, and made the former prince Ji Yijiu (sound jiu) the son of heaven, King Ping of Zhou.The princes also returned to their fiefs. Unexpectedly, as soon as the princes left, Quan Rong came again, and most of the land in the west of the Zhou Dynasty was occupied by Quan Rong.King Ping was afraid that Haojing would not be able to keep it, so he made up his mind to move the capital to Luoyi.

In 770 BC, King Ping of Zhou moved his capital to Luoyi.Because Haojing is to the west and Luoyi is to the east, the period when the Zhou Dynasty was the capital of Haojing was called the Western Zhou Dynasty in history; after the capital was moved to Luoyi, it was called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.