In the early Warring States period, Chu became strong through the governance of Chu Xuanwang and Chu Weiwang, sent troops to attack Yue, and annexed a large area of land, which once restored the national strength of Chu Zhuangwang to Chu. Throughout the Warring States period, the comprehensive national strength of Chu was relatively strong among all countries.

In Historical Records, it is mentioned that Chu State is "the capital of overlord, with a halberd of one million miles away." However, because Chu has been in a passive position in foreign wars, we have the illusion that Chu is weak, but even so, Chu is not the end of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States!

Reasons for the decline of Chu in the middle and late Warring States Period 1, backward political system.

During the Warring States period, all countries were trying to change from slavery to feudalism and strengthen centralization, but Chu was still in a slave society, and the disadvantages of the slave society seriously restricted the development of Chu. The whole country is developing very slowly.

2. Brain drain

Politically, all countries are looking for talents, not asking about their origins, but only asking about talents. However, the appointment of talents and the arrangement of official positions in Chu State are still Shi Qing's official system, which only pays attention to the patriarchal clan system. At that time, all the important positions in Chu were held by the Chu government office, which made many talents reluctant to work in Chu. By the end of the Warring States period, Chu politics had been controlled by Zhao, Qu and Jing.

At the same time, it also caused the outflow of a large number of talents, such as Li Xi, Fan Li, Wen Zi and Wu Zixu in Chu, and Wei Ran, Gan Mao and Li Si in the Warring States period became prime ministers in Qin, accounting for one third of the prime ministers in Qin.

3, power is not concentrated

Chu implemented the system of enfeoffment. The nobles of Chu have a considerable number of troops, but the number of troops directly controlled by the king of Chu is very small. The king of Chu could not effectively mobilize troops, and he could also use unified orders in combat. There is even a phenomenon of open rebellion.

The monarch is fatuous.

Since Chu Huaiwang, the monarchs of Chu State have been worse than one generation, and they often died of greed for small profits. At that time, the five eastern countries were United to implement the Lian Heng strategy for Qin, and as a result, Qin betrayed the five eastern countries because of its "business on the ground of 600 miles", resulting in diplomatic isolation.

After that, King Xiang of Chu indulged in debauchery, regardless of national politics. As a result, he was beaten twice by Qin and never recovered!

To sum up, the above is the reason why Chu is weak, but even so, Chu's camel is bigger than the horse. In the war of Qin Shihuang's unification of the six countries, Chu was arguably the most difficult to fight. Therefore, Chu is not the last of the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period!