Zhao Kuo is "an armchair strategist". What was the monarch of Zhao at that time?

Zhao Xiaocheng, surnamed Zhao Mingdan, was the tenth monarch of Zhao in the Warring States Period.

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One night in the fourth year after Zhao acceded to the throne, he suddenly had such a dream:

He didn't know where he got a set of strange clothes with different colors and walked in parallel, but suddenly a dragon flew in and carried him to the sky. But when he wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun, the dragon suddenly disappeared and he fell down. But in autumn, there are two mountains of gold and jade, shining. ...

King Xiao Cheng thinks this dream is very strange. So I called a doctor named Zhao Yu and told him what I dreamed.

Doctor Zhao thought for a moment, clapped his hands and said, "My king had a good dream! Two colors of a dress mean' combination'; Lapras's going to heaven is a symbol of ascension; Suddenly landing, this is the rhythm of getting the ground; The accumulation of gold and jade is also the meaning of goods coming to the door ... so it is expected that in the near future, the king will have a fortune to increase wealth widely!

Filial piety makes you happy. But in order to further prove that it was a good dream, he called an official in charge of divination to listen to his opinion.

But opinions are diametrically opposed.

The diviner said: "The clothes are different in color on the left and right, indicating incompleteness; Lapras went to heaven and didn't fall, which shows that it is nominal; Although the golden jade became a mountain, it was not available at that time. This dream is unlucky. My king has been very careful recently. "

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People are always willing to look on the bright side sometimes. For example, filial piety prefers to believe that this is a good dream.

While recalling this dream of "expanding territory and increasing wealth", Qin was actually attacking a place called Yewang in South Korea, and it was almost successful.

As can be seen from the picture, Qin has a big appetite, and it actually wants more than the wild king. Because when the wild king won, the huge Shangdang county was also cut off from South Korea, killing two birds with one stone.

But this time, Shangdang county magistrate did not want to be succeeded by Qin. So he sent messengers to see Zhao, indicating that Shangdang did not want to return to Qin, but wanted to return to Zhao.

When Zhao got the book, he became more and more convinced that the dream that night was a good dream! But when he told the ministers the good news, some people disagreed.

The person who disagrees is Zhao Bao. He said, "A saint who has no profit has no trouble"! Wang Xiaocheng was puzzled after hearing this: "How can I say that Shangdang people appreciate my virtue for no reason and join Zhao?" ...

Zhao said, "Qin fought and Zhao prevailed. Isn't this' for no reason'? Moreover, the meaning of taking the party chief is actually obvious, which is nothing more than framing Zhao. I assert that after Qin Ba, he will definitely move troops to attack Zhao "!

Although Xiao Chengwang was slightly awake at this time, he still missed this "pie falling from the sky" in his heart. Zhao's second-in-command and also firmly believe that "this place should be taken" and accepted this Shangdang Seventeenth City. ...

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Accepted the disaster of Changping and accepted the disaster of near extinction.

From this point of view, it is a bit arbitrary to say that filial piety is a master, but it is not too much to say that he is not an English master: his vision is inevitably too short-sighted.

Of course, there are also many people who think that although the battle of Changping is problematic from the original intention, it is essential because there must be a war between Qin and Zhao!

To tell the truth, this statement is not unreasonable, but it is also far-fetched. At that time, during the Warring States Period, Ye Zhao was a powerful country except Qin. Since it was a confrontation between two powerful countries, it was even more necessary to find a better opportunity and create conditions more favorable to me, but it was not so hasty.

The battle of Changping naturally ended in fiasco, but after the battle of Changping, a series of small measures were remarkable. First, he followed Qing Yu's advice, and instead of ceded territory for peace, he fought back. Secondly, he made great use of Ping Yuanjun's diplomatic relations and turned to Chu and Wei for help. And also learned some painful lessons from Changping and reused Lian Po. ...

In the end, Handan did not completely collapse.

After that, Lian Po continued to be reused, but when Yan tried to take advantage of Zhao's elite soldiers, all of them died in Changping, and a few of them were not yet strong, they led troops to attack and tried to fish in troubled waters. But with the joint efforts of Xiao, Lian Po and the people of Zhao, they finally resisted foreign enemies and stabilized the situation of Zhao.

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There is no clear record on the date of birth of filial piety as king, but it is roughly said that filial piety became king in his early years.

How young? I don't know. However, judging from the life span of his father Zhao Huiwen in his forties, I think Xiao Wen is not too young.

When he first acceded to the throne, he was really greedy for a while, which brought great disaster to Zhao, but he was also careless in a series of measures later. According to the funeral etiquette of the emperor, the word "filial piety" is generally praised and modest.

Therefore, it can't be said that it is a bad king.