Zhao Yong, the king of Zhao Wuling, can of course be regarded as a generation of famous monarchs at the end of the Warring States Period, he not only enhanced the military strength of Zhao through horseback archery, but also expanded the territory of thousands of kilometers with the help of civil and military officials, making Zhao an absolute power at the end of the Warring States Period, and even able to compete with Qin for a time. However, King Wuling of Zhao made the mistake of transferring power in his later years, not only burying the good situation of the rise of Zhao, but also starving to death.
The incompetent transfer of power prepares a generation of masters for future tragedies.
King Zhao Wuling's first wife was the daughter of the king of Korea and became queen after the birth of the crown prince Cho Jang. Later, King Zhao Wuling saw a girl playing the piano and singing in a dream, and fell in love with her. After Wu Guang told the ministers about this, he felt that the woman in his dream was very much like his daughter, so he dedicated his daughter Meng Yao to King Wuling of Zhao, and the people of Zhao called her Wuwa.
King Zhao Wuling liked Meng Yao very much, and Wuwa gave birth to a prince named Zhao He for King Zhao Wuling. After that, Wuwa often spoke ill of the queen and the crown prince Zhao Zhang in front of King Zhao Wuling, and King Zhao Wuling finally abolished the queen and the crown prince, and changed Wuwa to the queen, and Zhao He was the prince.
Two years later, in 299 BC, King Wuling of Zhao abdicated, assumed the throne as his father, passed the throne to the crown prince Zhao He (i.e., King Zhao Huiwen), and ordered Fei Yi, the secretary of the ministry, to assist Zhao He. With Fei Yi's help, Zhao He quickly adapted to the role of the king.
At that time, King Zhao Wuling was only forty years old, and he was at the time of wealth and glory. After the transfer of power, he spent the whole day doing nothing. At the same time, Zhao Zhang, who was deposed as the crown prince, obeyed the words of King Zhao Wuling. In the third year of King Huiwen of Zhao (296 BC), after King Wuling of Zhao destroyed the Zhongshan Kingdom, he established himself as the prince of Anyang, and sealed Zhao Zhang in Daijun, with the minister Tian Buli as his assistant.
In the fourth year of King Huiwen of Zhao (295 BC), King Wuling of Zhao planned to restore the regent of Zhao Zhang, dividing the Zhao Kingdom into two, and Zhao He, the king of Zhao, and the regent Zhao Zhang stood side by side, and as the mother of the world, he dominated the two kings and regained control of the Zhao dynasty. However, King Wuling of Zhao's plan was strongly opposed by Fei Yi, and the state of Zhao, which was originally divided into two factions, was finally destroyed.
The two kings fought over the Dune Palace, a rebellion broke out, and a generation of great men was starved to death.
Fei Yi quickly told Zhao He about King Wuling's plan, and instructed him to secretly control the army, and he himself was prepared to deal with emergencies. When King Wuling of Zhao saw that Fei Yi was opposed to his plan, he also told Zhao Zhang and Tian Buliu, and hinted that they must be prepared to take the necessary measures to regain the throne and power.
In 295, King Wuling of Zhao took Zhao He and Zhao Zhang to the Dune Palace to play. Zhao Zhang and Tian Buli changed their minds and decided to follow the orders of King Wuling of Zhao, summoned Zhao He to the Dune Palace, and then killed him. However, this move attracted Fei Yi's attention, so he decided to go to the Dune Palace first, and if there was no accident, he would meet Zhao He in the future.
This is why Fei Yi was brutally murdered by a man armed with a knife and axe on his way to the Dune Palace. Seeing that the matter was revealed, Zhao Zhang hurriedly attacked the palace where Zhao He was located with his own soldiers. Unexpectedly, his minister Li Dui and his son Zhao Cheng had already prepared and ordered the Wei army to fight their way out of the encirclement and repelled Zhao Zhang. Zhao Zhang was defeated and had to flee to the Dune Palace and defect to King Zhao Wuling.
After Li Dui and Zhao Cheng killed Zhao Zhang, they quickly led their troops to surround the palace of the King of Dune, demanding that King Zhao Wuling hand over Zhao Zhang to them, but King Zhao Wuling refused. Ignoring the relationship between the monarch and the minister, father and son, they sent people to the palace to find Zhao Zhang and kill him.
Although Zhao Zhang is dead, the situation is very delicate: Li Dui and Zhao Cheng killed his son in front of King Zhao Wuling, which made King Zhao Wuling very angry. Although they were in an advantageous position at the moment, once King Zhao Wuling was out of trouble, King Zhao Wuling's reputation in the Zhao Kingdom would be very easy for these two people to deal with. Therefore, they decided to take the opportunity to get rid of King Zhao Wuling, which was obviously in the interests of the current King of Zhao, Zhao He, and could protect themselves.
Although they wanted to execute King Zhao Wuling, no one, including Zhao He, Zhao Cheng, and Li Dui, wanted to be infamous for killing their fathers and kings, so they sent people to the palace and shouted:"Whoever comes out again in the future will be razed to the ground! "Hearing this, the guards in the palace fled from the palace one after another, but they did not let go of King Zhao Wuling, and also cut off King Zhao Wuling's food**. As a result, King Wuling of Zhao was trapped in the palace and starved to death by his own sons and ministers.