During the reign of King Wen of Chu, the State of Chu annexed many countries, making the State of Chu one of the few great powers at that time. Later, King Wen of Chu died unexpectedly, his two sons were young, and the state power was gradually controlled by Ling Yin Ziyuan.
Ziyuan was the brother of King Wen of Chu, and he may not have any ambitions, but his heart was very large. He built a new house next to the residence of King Wen of Chu's widow, The Concubine, and then often danced in it to seduce the Concubine. Although beautiful, she is quite loyal and intelligent. She knew that her son King Cheng of Chu was not only young, but had only been on the throne for a few years, and she couldn't help Ling Yin Ziyuan at all. So she asked for help from the most powerful nobles of the Ruo'ao clan outside the royal family.
At this time, Ruo Ao's Dou Ban was Shen Gong, who controlled the territory and people of the original Shen Kingdom; Ruo Ao's Dou Lian was a famous general of the Chu State and had a high prestige in the army; Ruo Ao's Dou Zi Wen inherited the prestige and wisdom of the famous minister Dou Bobi. Their strength can defeat Ziyu, and they are also willing to defeat Ziyu in order to seize Ziyu's position as Ling Yin and make the Ruo Ao clan stronger.
As a result, Shen Gongdouban led an army to kill Ziyuan, and Dou Ziwen became the new Ling Yin. After Dou Ziwen became Ling Yin, seeing that the Chu state was infighting between the brothers of King Cheng of Chu and some signs of decline after the Ziyuan Rebellion, he used all his family property to maintain the power of the Chu state, so he not only gained the reputation of destroying the family and relieving the country, but also attracted a large number of nobles and officials of the Chu state.
At this time, ruo ao clan had Shen Gong Dou Ban outside the Shen clan controlling Shen Di, and inside there was Dou Ziwen in charge of the Chu state regime, and ruo Ao clan's power was like a day in the sky.
The Ruo Ao clan grew stronger and stronger under the leadership of Ziwen. Although King Cheng of Chu, who was gradually in power, was not satisfied with this, he could not find an opportunity to weaken the Ruo Ao clan because of Ziwen's wide benevolence. It was not until Ziwen passed the throne of Ling Yin to his younger brother Ziyu that King Cheng of Chu found an opportunity to weaken the Ruo Ao clan.
"Ziyu is rude and rude, and he does not have the ability to govern the people, and the commander's military vehicle exceeds three hundred times and will fail." Chu Guo's doctor, Qiu Jia, said this when he was young. And because of Pu Jia's words, Zi Yu wanted to fight a big victory to prove himself, especially after the new generation of Shen Gong Douke was captured by the Qin army in the Battle of Yan, he wanted to fight a big victory to increase the prestige of ruo Ao clan. Therefore, he did not listen to the orders of King Cheng of Chu to withdraw his army in the Battle of Jin and Chu Chengpu, and plunged into the trap prepared by Jin Wengong, fought a big defeat, and finally committed suicide on the way back to the army.
After the Battle of Chengpu, Ruo Ao's prestige plummeted, but its strength remained. Less than a year after King Cheng of Chu appointed Ling Yin(蒍蒍蒍臣), the father of Pu Jia ,蒍 Lü Chen (蒍吕臣), as Ling Yin (令尹), a side branch of the Ruo Ao clan. Ling Yin's position on the son did not sit long, and he was framed to death by Shang chen because he had advised King Cheng of Chu not to make Gongzi Shang a prince. Subsequently, the chu state of Lingyin was held by Ziyu's son Cheng Daxin. King Cheng of Chu was killed by Shangchen because he intended to depose Shangchen as crown prince.
The first confrontation between the Ao clan and the royal family ended, and the two sides seemed to be balanced again.
After Shang Chen's father seized the throne, he was known as King Chu mu. Not long after King Chu Mu ascended the throne, the State of Jin fell into turmoil because of the death of Duke Xiang of Jin. Therefore, King Mu of Chu attacked the Central Plains states near the State of Chu and forced them to submit to the State of Chu. King Chumu's prestige soared as a result, but Ruo Ao's side branch, Xi, somehow wanted to plot to assassinate King Chumu. As a result, Before Zixi could act, he was discovered and killed by King Chu mu.
The year after Zixi's death, Ling Yin Cheng Daxin also died, and Cheng Daxin's younger brother Cheng Jia succeeded him as Ling Yin of the Chu State. Small states such as shu to the east of the Chu state took the opportunity to betray the Chu state, but were immediately suppressed by Cheng Jia.
Two years later, King Chu Mu died and King Chu Cheng took the throne. Shu Guo and other small states rebelled, and Yin Chengjia and the doctor Pan Chong led an army to attack these small countries. Who knew that at this time, Dou Ke and Gongzi Xie, who remained in the capital, actually occupied the capital and launched a rebellion.
Since being released from the State of Qin and returning to the State of Chu, Dou Ke had always wanted to regain the title of Duke of Shen and Duke of Shen, but King Mu of Chu had not agreed. Gongzi Xie, on the other hand, always wanted to be Ling Yin, but Ling Yin's position had been occupied by the Ruo Ao clan for a long time, and he never had the opportunity to become Ling Yin. So the two took advantage of the new monarch's ascension to the throne and the army was outside to launch a rebellion.
The first thing these two did after the rebellion was to send someone to kill Ling Yin Chengjia, but instead of succeeding, they escaped from the capital under the pressure of Cheng Jia and other Chu troops. It's just that when they escaped from the capital, they still coerced King Zhuang of Chu together, probably thinking of making a comeback in Shendi, right? However, it is a pity that their rebellion has aroused the disgust and dissatisfaction of the nobles of the Chu state, and they have booby-trapped the two nobles on the road.
The reason for this rebellion in the Chu state was that the Chu royal family refused to give up ShenDi and the Ruo Ao clan refused to give up the position of Ling Yin, which was a chain reaction of the second struggle between the two sides, which ended in damage to the strength of the entire Chu state.
Not long after the Shenke rebellion, Ling Yin Chengjia died, and Ziwen's son Dou Fang became the new Ling Yin. At this time, the State of Chu caused famine due to continuous turmoil, which in turn caused attacks and rebellions by the surrounding foreign tribes. Among them, the Rong people in the south successively attacked the southwest and southeast of the Chu state, the Lu people led the Baipu people to rebel against the Chu state, and the Yong people in the north led the barbarians to rebel against the Chu state.
The situation in the Chu state was not optimistic, and even some nobles proposed to move the capital to avoid chaos. However, in the end, the army led by King Zhuang of Chu quelled these rebellions. After King Zhuang of Chu pacified the rebels, his reputation grew, and he thought of dealing with the Ruo Ao clan. Because King Zhuang of Chu was already dissatisfied with Ruo Ao's long-term control of Ling Yin's position. Therefore, when the doctor Jia Jia framed Ling Yinzi, the King of Chu Zhuang simply killed Zi.
After Zi Ban's death, Ling Yin's throne was succeeded by Zi Wen's nephew Yue Jiao, and Zi Yue Jiao's original Sima position was held by the grand master Jia Jia. Ziyue Jiao had a fierce personality and could not bear the tight pace of King Chuzhuang, so he led Ruo Ao's army to kill Jia Jia and attack King Chu Zhuang.
The battle between the Chu royal family and the Ruo Ao clan finally reached its final moment. The army controlled by the Chu royal family and the army controlled by the Ruo Ao clan fought a decisive battle in Zhenhu. As a result, the Ruo'ao clan was defeated, and the King of Chu zhuang uprooted the Ruo'ao clan. The Ruo Ao clan, which had been in power for nearly a hundred years in the Chu state, finally came to an end.
Ruo Ao clan arose in the rebellion of Ziwen and Douban to pacify Ziyuan, declined in the defeat of Ziyu and committed suicide and the defeat of Dou Ke and was captured, and then after several struggles, they eventually rebelled, and finally the defeated clan was destroyed. I have to say that people still yearn for stability more than chaos.