After the death of King Zhou Yi, the throne should have been inherited by his eldest son, but Ji Bifang intercepted Hu and obtained the inheritance rights of his nephew and became the king of Zhou Dynasty. However, he was highly praised by future generations. What happened here?

Ji Bifang is the first king to successfully "usurp the throne" recorded in official history. He is the uncle of King Yi of Zhou. Since the Xia Dynasty, the throne has changed from a concession system to a hereditary system. After the death of King Zhou Yi, the throne should have been inherited by his eldest son, but Ji Bifang intercepted Hu and obtained the inheritance rights of his nephew and became the king of Zhou Dynasty . However, he was highly praised by future generations. What's going on here? What happened?

The seventh king of the Zhou Dynasty, King Zhou Yi, was weak and incompetent, which led to Xirong's repeated border violations. The princes also

did not submit to the emperor of Zhou.

The emperor's prestige also gradually lost. After his death, his eldest son Ji Xie should have ascended the throne. But Ji Xie was a softie like his father, and the ministers gradually turned to the more capable Ji Bifang, the younger brother of King Zhou Yi.

In 910 BC, the ministers took the opportunity to support Ji Bifang, the uncle of King Zhou Yi, as king.

After Ji Bifang ascended the throne, he was eager to prove his ability and reshape the image of the Zhou royal family. After all, the throne he obtained was "not justified by his name and his words."

At that time, Xirong repeatedly violated the border, so he sent Shen Hou, the king of Shen Kingdom , to attack Xirong, but Shen Hou did not want to go because his daughter married Da Luo, who had Xirong blood and had some relationship with Xirong. Shen Hou hoped that Cheng could become the heir to the throne of Daluo, but Daluo had a concubine's eldest son named Feizi. Because he was good at raising horses, he was valued by Ji Bifang and raised horses for him, and Ji Bifang was very good at raising horses. Like him, once a war breaks out with Xirong, Ji Bifang will definitely let Feizi lead the troops there. By then, Feizi is likely to become the heir of Daluo, and then the grandson of Marquis Shen will miss the throne.

Marquis Shen negotiated terms with Ji Pifang. As long as you let my grandson inherit the throne of Daluo, I promise that Xirong will no longer invade the border of Dazhou and ensure peace and tranquility on the border.

Ji Pifang thought this was a good idea, and agreed to the request of Marquis Shen without spending a single soldier. So Marquis Shen came forward to make peace with Xirong, and Xirong finally accepted mediation. Five years later, Xirong sued for peace with the Western Zhou Dynasty and presented a hundred high-quality horses, most of which were mares. Ji Pifang was of course very happy and gave back the food and cloth that Xirong was in short supply.

Of course Ji Bifang did not treat Feizi badly. The horses donated by Xirong were carefully maintained by Feizi, and the number of horses increased greatly, ensuring the supply of horses for the Zhou Dynasty, because Feizi made great achievements in horse breeding. For his great contribution, Ji Pifang gave him the city of Qin and established the Qin State, which is also known as the Qin Empire as we know it.

Ji Bifang passed away in 896 BC, and his temple name was "Xiao".

King Xiao of Zhou could still get a good posthumous title after snatching the throne from his nephew, because he made arduous efforts to restore the national power of the Western Zhou Dynasty and combated the threat of Xirong to the Zhou Dynasty. His posthumous title of "Xiao" was exactly for his reign. The best summary of contributions during the period.