Chapter 66 Beidi is easy to destroy, but a coup is hard to prevent

There is actually a story about the woman Huihou, and this story goes back a long time. According to "Historical Records", Zhao Yang, the ancestor of Zhao State, once had a sudden illness and was unconscious for five days and five nights.All the retainers panicked and invited the famous doctor Bian Que to see Zhao Yang.Bian Que came out and said to his retainers, "Don't panic, his blood is normal and there is no danger." The retainers were all skeptical.Bian Que said: "In the past, Qin Mugong also suffered from such a disease. He slept for seven days and seven nights before waking up. On the day he woke up, he told the minister that he had gone to the Emperor of Heaven and felt very happy. The reason for the delay is that The main reason is that the Emperor of Heaven kept him as a guest. The Emperor of Heaven also told him that there would be great chaos in the state of Jin, and there would be no peace for the Five Dynasties. The minister wrote these words and put them away, which is the so-called 'Qin prophecy (chen)'. What happened later , you all know it, so I don’t need to say more. Now your master’s illness is the same as that of Qin Mugong, he’s fine, he’ll be fine in two days. After he wakes up, he must have something to say.”

Two days later, Zhao Yang really woke up.He told his retainers: "I went to the Emperor of Heaven and traveled with the gods in the heavenly court. I heard fairy music, which I had never heard before in the world. It was very beautiful. It made my heart shake and I was very excited. At this time, there was a A bear came out and wanted to attack me. The Emperor of Heaven gave me a bow and arrow, and I shot the bear to death with one arrow; another pi (brown bear) came out, and I shot it to death with another arrow! The Emperor of Heaven was very happy, I was rewarded with two bamboo boxes and two small boxes. I saw a child standing beside the Emperor of Heaven, and the Emperor of Heaven gave me a Di dog, saying that when my son grows up, I will take this Di dog. Give it to him. The Emperor of Heaven also said that the state of Jin will not last long and will soon perish. He misses Yu Shun's meritorious service and will marry Meng Yao, a daughter of Shun's descendant, to my descendants at the right time."

The retainers recorded Zhao Yang's words and hid them in the mansion. A few days later, when Zhao Yang was going out, someone stood in the way and asked to see Zhao Yang.Zhao Yang took a look and felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he met him.The man asked Zhao Yang to back away from the left and right, and said, "When you see the Emperor of Heaven, I will stand beside the Emperor of Heaven!" Zhao Yang thought about it carefully, and there was indeed such a person, so he quickly asked, "Why do you come here?" teach me?" The man said: "Do you still remember that the Emperor of Heaven asked you to shoot the bears, and you shot them all to death?"

Zhao Yang said, "I remember." The man said: "There will be a catastrophe in the Jin Kingdom. The Emperor of Heaven wants you to destroy the two ministers. Their ancestors are Xiong and Yu. That child is your son, and Di Gou is the ancestor of the Daiwang. Your son will definitely occupy it in the future." As for the two boxes, it means that your descendants will carry out reforms, wear Hu people's clothes, and annex the two countries established by the Di people." That person is Gubu Ziqing mentioned in the first chapter of this book. What happened later basically fulfilled Gubu Ziqing's words one by one.

In 311 B.C., the year King Hui of Qin died, King Wuling of Zhao had a dream in which a virgin played and sang in front of him: "The beauty is beautiful, the glory of Yan Ruosiao (tiao). It's fate, Zeng Wo Wuying!" Translated into modern Chinese, it roughly means: a beautiful woman is radiant, like a purple vetch in full bloom, everything is predestined, no flower is as beautiful as my Ying family!After Zhao Wuling woke up, he couldn't forget this dream. He mentioned it to people many times while drinking, and described the woman's appearance vividly. After the doctor Wu Guang heard about it, he entrusted someone to send his daughter Ying into the palace.When King Wuling of Zhao saw Wa Ying, he blurted out: "It's her!" So he took her into the harem, and soon became the queen, that is, Empress Hui.

According to Sima Qian, Wa Ying was Meng Yao who was promised to the Zhao family by the Emperor of Heaven.What is the basis for this statement, it is estimated that even Sima Qian can't tell. Because of this legend, it is not difficult to understand that King Zhao Wuling later abolished Zhao Zhang's crown prince and replaced Li Hui's son Zhao He. However, in King Zhao Wuling's heart, he felt somewhat guilty towards Zhao Zhang. During the Spring Festival in 295 B.C., a group of ministers went to the palace to pay homage to King Zhao Huiwen, and Zhao Zhang also came.King Zhao Wuling asked Zhao Huiwen to sit in the court and listen to the government, while he hid behind a screen to observe everyone.I saw that the eldest son Zhao Zhang was tall and similar to himself, but he wanted to bow to the north and bow his head to his younger brother as a minister. He looked very wronged.King Zhao Wuling felt sympathy unconsciously, and a bold idea appeared in his mind.

Why not divide the state of Zhao into two and let Zhao Zhang be king in Daidi? The emergence of such an idea shows that King Zhao Wuling is a hero of the generation, but he is just an old man with short parents.Throughout the ages, it is possible to separate families, but it is unheard of to separate countries.If you feel sorry for one son, you will divide the country into two. If you feel sorry for ten sons, will you divide the country into ten? King Zhao Wuling told Fei Yi about this, and Fei Yi was taken aback.Zhao Zhang is rebellious, someone has already vaccinated Fei Yi, and now King Wuling of Zhao wants to expand Zhao Zhang's power and split the country of Zhao, what is going on!He clearly objected.King Zhao Wuling was not in a hurry, and said, "Think about it first, I just have an idea on this matter, and I haven't made up my mind yet."

After the Spring Festival, King Zhao Wuling took King Zhao Huiwen to visit the sand dunes (now Pingxiang, Hebei Province).He wanted to take this opportunity to talk to his younger son so that he could understand his decision.After all, the youngest son is now the master of Zhao Guo. If he disagrees, things will not be easy. King Zhao Wuling didn't expect that he was trying every means to win power for Zhao Zhang, but Zhao Zhang was impatient and was discussing in Hetian that he would launch a coup and kill King Zhao Huiwen. At that time, King Zhao Wuling and King Zhao Huiwen both had palaces in the sand dunes, and they did not live together.One day, King Wuling of Zhao was reading a book in his bedroom, when he suddenly heard the commotion outside, he just wanted to ask his servants to go out to have a look, only to see Tian Buli, wearing his armor and wearing armor, rushing in with a group of warriors.

King Zhao Wuling was furious, threw the book on the ground, and shouted: "Tian Buli, what are you trying to do?" Tian Buli went all the way to King Wuling of Zhao, knelt down on one knee, and said, "I would like to report to the master that there is a rebellion in the city. Lord Anyang is worried about the safety of the master, so he specially ordered his servants to escort him." "Rebellion?" King Zhao Wuling was taken aback, "Who dares to rebel?" "King." "Nonsense, how could the king rebel?" "The king has been on the throne for four years, and he has long been unwilling to be restricted by the master, so he rebelled." Tian Buli said, the man had already stood up and walked towards the door. "This place has been protected by the people of Lord Anyang, please rest assured, master."

King Zhao Wuling said angrily: "What do I want him to protect? Take your people away quickly, I want to go out and see what's going on." Tian Buli said without looking back: "No, you can't go out, it's dangerous outside." As the palace gate was slowly closed, King Zhao Wuling sat on the ground alone, and only then had to accept a cruel reality - he, Zhao Guo's master father, had been imprisoned by his son. At the same time, an envoy came to Zhao Huiwen's palace and summoned him to talk about state affairs in the master's palace. Just as King Zhao Huiwen was about to leave, Gao Xin stopped him and said: "Xiangguo has already explained that if the master calls for the king, he must first notify Xiangguo."

King Zhao Huiwen said, "Why?" Gao Xin hesitated for a moment, and said, "Xiangguo thinks that Mr. Anyang has a conspiracy and is worried about the king's safety." King Huiwen of Zhao thought for a while and said, "All right." So he sent someone to inform Fei Yi. After Fei Yi came over, he said to King Zhao Huiwen: "Let the old minister accompany the king to see the master father." Fei Yi and King Zhao Huiwen rode in the same carriage and came to the gate of the master's father's palace.Fei Yi said: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment in the car, and the old minister will go in first to greet the master." He said with a meaningful look at Gao Xin who was driving.Gao Xin shook the saber at his waist, looked at the dozens of knights who followed him, and nodded to Fei Yi, meaning don't worry, the king will leave it to me. Seeing Fei Yi dragging his old body tremblingly into the palace, King Zhao Huiwen's eyes suddenly became moist.This old minister from the era of Zhao Suhou once stood firmly in front of King Wuling of Zhao, and was willing to serve as a paving stone for the promotion of Hufu riding and shooting. Now he is willing to be a pioneer in order to protect his safety. How not to be moved? But is it really that dangerous?Although Zhao Zhang is usually arrogant and arrogant, he is always respectful and submissive in front of the master father. How dare he hold the master father hostage?From the outside, the palace looked as calm as before. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the walls of the palace, warm and peaceful, without any hint of conspiracy. I hope Fei Yi is overthinking. Just as King Zhao Huiwen thought so, Fei Yi appeared again. Fei Yi still walked out tremblingly.Although Fei Yi was called Fei Yi, his figure was very thin, and a gust of wind blew his gray beard up.He only took two steps, and fell to the ground slumped, with several arrows sticking out of his back, the blood had already stained his entire back red. King Zhao Huiwen felt that his throat was dry, and just about to make a sound, a long arrow was shot from the palace and firmly nailed to the shaft of the chariot.Immediately afterwards, a group of black-clothed warriors emerged from the palace gate, rushing towards the carriage at an extremely fast speed. Without another word, Gao Xin hit the horse and left.The dozens of knights he brought were obviously well-trained, half of them automatically stopped at the gate of the palace, fighting together with the black-clothed warriors; the other half followed closely behind the carriage, forming a semicircular protective circle. King Zhao Huiwen returned to his own palace, and immediately ordered the army to be assembled, led by Gao Xin, to launch a counterattack against Zhao Zhang.Prince Cheng and Li Dui heard about the coup in Handan, and they also led their troops to come, and they also mobilized local troops from surrounding counties to escort them. Zhao Zhang's party members were quickly dispersed, leaving only him and Tian Buli with some people still sticking to the master's father's palace.Seeing that the gate of the palace was about to be knocked open, Zhao Zhang rushed into King Zhao Wuling's bedroom in a hurry, hugged King Zhao Wuling's thigh, and burst into tears. "What's the matter with you?" King Zhao Wuling asked. "Father!" Zhao Zhang yelled in tears, "The king wants to kill me, the king wants to kill me!" "No way?" King Zhao Wuling said with a dull expression, "Didn't you ask Tian Buli to surround this place with people just now? You wanted to kill your brother, right?" "Ah! No, that's not the case." Zhao Zhang kept denying it. "Why are you bothering? In fact, I have already discussed with Xiangguo that I will give you half of the Zhao country and let you be the king in the generation, but you..." King Zhao Wuling said, with a wry smile on his face. "Father!" Zhao Zhang just cried loudly, "You must save me, don't let the king kill me, I am your son!" "But, if you succeed, will you not kill your brother? I'm afraid you won't let go of my old bones!" Hearing this, Zhao Zhang raised his head to look at King Zhao Wuling, shook his head and said, "How is it possible? How could I attack you? I just want to get back what belongs to me. I am the prince of Zhao. I didn't make any mistakes, father, why do you want to deprive me of my status and let my younger brother come from behind?" King Zhao Wuling remained silent. At this time, Tian Buli's dying scream came from outside the door.Prince Cheng and Li Dui came in with their people, and when they saw King Wuling of Zhao, they stepped back quickly and said, "Jun Anyang rebelled, and my servants came here to rescue him." Zhao Zhang trembled with fright. King Zhao Wuling thought for a moment, and asked, "Have the rebels been wiped out?" Young Master Cheng said: "Everyone has been wiped out...except Mr. Anyang." King Zhao Wuling said: "That's good. I will decide what to do with Mr. Anyang. You should step down first." Young Master Cheng made a bow and wanted to quit.Li Dui secretly stepped on his foot, not letting him go.Young Master Cheng suddenly came to his senses, and said, "Master please hand over Lord Anyang to your servants." King Zhao Wuling said, "What did you say?" Prince Cheng said: "The master has already handed over the state affairs to the king, and the servants will bring Mr. Anyang to the king and accept his trial." King Zhao Wuling was angry: "What if I don't hand it over?" Young Master Cheng said: "Then we will wait outside." He waved his hand and led the people out of the bedroom. "Historical Records" records that Zhao Zhang was finally killed in the palace of King Zhao Wuling.Afterwards, Prince Cheng was granted the title of Xiangguo, known as Lord Anping.Li Dui is also good, he was named Si Kou, which is equivalent to today's Minister of Justice. As for King Zhao Wuling, his ending can only be described as "tragic".After Zhao Zhang was killed, Prince Cheng discussed with Li Dui: "Because of Mr. Anyang, we surrounded the master's father. According to Zhao's law, this is to be executed." Completely surround the main father's palace.Moreover, all the maids and servants were driven away, and only King Zhao Wuling stayed in the palace alone. He couldn't get out and couldn't get food, so he had to take out the chicks in the nest and eat them raw. Surrounded like this for three months, when he sent people in to inquire again, King Zhao Wuling had starved to death for an unknown amount of time. King Zhao Wuling has been highly rated in history. The key is that Hu Fu riding and shooting is very admirable.Real reform has never been a trick of crossing the river by feeling the stones, but a bold challenge to the old system and old customs.If you stick to what the law of the ancestors is immutable, and what evil paths cannot be followed, then there is no need to talk about reform.We must know that history is constantly progressing, and concepts are constantly changing.Now we don’t have to kneel down when we meet the officials, and we can complain to the government from time to time. In the eyes of people more than a hundred years ago, we are already on the wrong path. It is also worth mentioning that the posthumous title of "Wu Ling" aptly evaluates King Zhao Wuling's life.Posthumous posthumous law: To control disasters and chaos is called Wu, and chaos without damage is called spirit.King Wuling of Zhao conquered east and west all his life, and made great martial arts achievements. He built Zhao into a powerful country that could compete with Qi and Qin. In Sima Qian's words: "Isn't it painful!"