This Yan Wang is not a good monarch, why should he be willing to give up to Xiang Guozi?

One reason is that Yan Wang Hui is old, and it is generally difficult to be as wise and martial as young when he is old, and he is more confused when he is old. And the son is strong and brave in his year, and he is a strong man in Yan Kingdom.

The second is that Yan Wang Hui advocates Confucianism, and Confucianism highly respects Yao Shun Zen Concession, even if Yan Wang Hui can't become Yao Shun himself, then follow Yao Shun Zen position, and it's okay to have an addiction.

The three are Zizhi's great influence in Yan Kingdom, and they have attracted Lu Maoshou, Su Dai and other eloquent big fools to help, these two people brainwashed Yan Wang, and only moved Yan Wang's heart, and he was willing to Zen Zizhi.

Since ancient times, the matter of the king's Zen throne to his subordinates, except for the special case of Yao Shunyu in ancient times, has been almost rare in all dynasties.

Yan Wang Hao is not without ambition, he listened to Su Dai's words, and wanted to dominate and seek to win the Qi country, but the Qi country is a big country in the east, and the strength is strong, and the hatred of the Yan country is beyond its reach.

Since Su Dai said that the King of Qi did not trust Meng Weijun, it would be difficult for him to dominate, so if he did not trust Zizhi, he would be the same as the King of Qi. He is old, it is difficult to compete with the Qi State, and passing on the country and the son may allow the Yan State to dominate.

And how did Lu Maoshou fool Yan Wang?

Since King Yan was greedy for Yao Shun's false name, Lu Maoshou said: "Since this is the case, then the king might as well give the throne to Zizhi." In the past, Yao wanted to pass on the throne to Xu You, but Xu You did not accept it, and Yao had the reputation of making the country. If the king passes on the kingdom to the son, the son will not dare to accept it. ”

King Yan was overjoyed, so he reused Zizhi, so Zizhi's status in Yan suddenly became very noble.

Lu Maoshou flickered again: "Although Dayu passed the throne to Boyi, he appointed Qi's subordinates. After the collapse of Dayu, the world is open but not to Boyi, so Qi has the reality of the world. Although the king passed on the throne, the officials in the country were all subordinates of the prince, and they were the sons of the princes. ”

It means that although Zizhi has received Zen and is nominally the monarch, in fact he is the same as Boyi, and the actual master of Yan is still the prince.

When Yan Wang heard this, it was really reasonable, and coupled with Su Dai's rhetoric, he felt that after thinking about it, he felt that he could be Yao Shun and leave a good name. Why not? So I didn't care about anything else, and decided on the Zen position.

Yan Wang Xu decided on the matter of the Zen throne, and most of the ministers in the court and the central government were the party of the sons, and they did not oppose it. Either the people are insignificant, and the opposition is invalid.

However, the old minister Guo Kui, Ren Yanguo's Taifu, is a virtuous person, and he is not attached to his son. Seeing that King Yan was doing the things of the Zen Kingdom, he persuaded King Yan to say: "The ministers think that in this matter, the monarch and the minister are reversed, which violates the traditional etiquette system!" The king must not do this. ”

King Yan said: "If the widow wants to emulate Yao Shun and plan for the future of Yan Kingdom, why can't he give way to his son?" ”

Guo Kui said: "Yao Shun Chan let, although it is a good story, but it should not be rashly imitated. The king has no truth of Yao Shun, how can he covet the name of Yao Shun? If it is not satisfactory, it may lead to national chaos. If the princes take advantage of the chaos in our country to invade, the king will have the worry of dying the country! ”

After hearing this, King Yan was not very happy, so he said to Guo Kui: "How can a widow do Yao Shun's deeds, how can there be the disaster of dying the country?" Aiqing is worried too much! What Aiqing said is very unreasonable, and he can step back. ”

Guo Kui had no choice but to retreat without a word, and when Zizhi heard about it, he found some trivial things, and used this to impeach Guo Kui and falsely accuse him, and said to King Yan: "Guo Kui vainly talks about state affairs, offends the king, and has no courtesy, and can be punished by law." ”

King Yan said: "Although what Guo Kui said is not in line with the widow's intentions, but out of loyalty, he is a widow's old minister for many years, and he can be pardoned." ”

Lu Maoshou and others did not agree with Guo Kui, and when they saw this, they played: "Guo Kui dissuaded the great plan of the Great King Chan Kingdom, if he stayed in the court any longer, it would be useless." Since the king does not want to be punished, he can be spared. ”

So King Yan deposed Guo Kui again. Guo Kui lost his official position, was demoted to a concubine, and returned to his hometown. Before leaving, he sighed: "If the king acts like this, the Yan Kingdom will definitely have the disaster of destroying the country!" The old man is more than sixty years old and can't bear to see this for the rest of his life. ”

So he left Jicheng and went to the countryside to live in seclusion with his family.

Since the king of Yan decided to give up the throne to the prince of Xiangguo, he ordered to prepare to build a meditation platform outside Jicheng, and hold a Zen concession ceremony ten days later.

Zizhi is also surnamed Ji, a nobleman of the Yan clan, with brave and martial materials, capable of fighting beasts, walking and running like a bird, since the reuse of the king of Yan, the power is winning day by day, and many ministers in the court are attached.

In the autumn of 316 B.C., in the southern suburbs of Jicheng, King Yan held a ceremony of Zen concession.

On the Zen platform, the son sits facing south, and the ministers bow down to the stage.

The celebrant reads the book of the Zen throne on the stage. King Yan held the jade seal of King Yan in his hand, and came to the stage to ask his son to accept it.

Zizhi was dressed in royal clothes, with the king's crown, and was sealed by the jade seal of King Yan on the stage.

After Zizhi received the seal of the jade seal of King Yan, King Yan stood on the stage. Zizhi then asked the ministers: "The widow ascended to the throne of the monarch today, how should the first monarch be placed?" ”

Lu Maoshou played: "There are no two days in the sky, there are no two kings in the country, since King Yan is in the Zen position, he should be called the king of affairs in the north!" ”

The way of the son: "The widow is given by the ancestor of Zen, and he should be treated preferentially, and the former monarch should not be called a minister." ”

Lu Maoshou led his henchmen to play in unison: "The king's words are bad! Since the king of Yan is willing to give up the country, he should be a minister. Now that he has abdicated the throne, if he does not salute the ministers, it is equivalent to having two monarchs in the country. If this system is not implemented today, I am afraid that the patriarchal ritual system will be disrupted. ”

Before Zizhi could reply, Lu Maoshou said to King Yan again: "Since the king is already in Xiangguo, he can be a minister. This time, you need to get the courtesy of pedestrians and ministers to show the world. Otherwise, the whole world does not believe that the king's Zen position is really true. ”

King Yan was helpless, so he had to follow what Lu Maoshou said, step down and stand with the ministers, and call the ministers in the north.

The drums played in unison, and in the midst of the smoke, the ministers surrounded and worshipped, and bowed for a long time to the trip of the new prince of Liyan.

And Yan Wang Xu was also in front of the ministers, dancing and bowing to his courtiers.

The Zen throne ceremony has been held, and Xiang Guozi has become the monarch of Yan State, and Yan Wang Xu is a minister, and the performance must be carried out with the etiquette of the minister.

King Yan also entrusted all state affairs to Zizhi's decision, and handed over the seals of officials who had collected more than 300 stone to Zizhi. Zizhi sits on the throne facing south, exercising the power of the king, and all government affairs are ruled by Zizhi.

King Yan no longer asked about politics when he was old, and there was no precedent for the emperor at that time. So Yan Wang became a courtier instead.

This kind of inversion of the monarch and the minister caused an uproar among the people.

King Yan gave the throne to Xiangguo, and as soon as the news spread, the princes were shocked, and their reactions were different.

King Qi smiled: "Is King Yan old and confused? How can such a thing be done! ”

When King Zhao Wuling heard this, he sighed: "King Yan can do the things of Yao Shun Chan to pass on the country, and it can be said that he is a rare king in the past and present. "I admire it.