When he was the prince of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was deposed by his father. In anger, his grandfather joined forces with 国国国 and 国国国 , defeated his father and killed his father. Under the support of his grandfather and the princes, he became the first monarch of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He is King Ping of Zhou, whose surname is Ji, whose name is Yijiu, the son of King You of Zhou, , who succeeded to the throne in 771 BC and died in 720 BC. He reigned for 50 years, and the main incidents involved him were: moving the capital Luoyi , promoting Qin Xianggong to a prince, attacking and killing King Xie of Zhou, and allowing Prince Jihu to be hostages.
The author thinks that his actions are:
First, the revenge of killing his father should not be taken indifferently. His father, King You of Zhou, was a tyrant king, and everyone could get rid of it. However, as King You of Zhou, King You of Zhou, Ji Yijiu, he could not. Even if someone killed his father, he should not be calm. Back then, his grandfather, , Shenhou , joined forces with the Jin Kingdom and the Western Yi Quanrong to attack King You of Zhou. Originally, Shenhou joined forces with the foreigners of Quanrong to attack the , Zhou Dynasty, and made a mistake. For his own affairs, there are so many princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, why did they join forces with the Western Yi minority tribe to solve their family affairs? The Zhou Dynasty should be investigated for the guilt of King You of Zhou. It is not your turn to deal with the Western Yi, which led to the Quanrong killing King You of Zhou, robbing the queen, and plundering property. This seemed a good thing for the Zhou Dynasty, but in fact it was a great humiliation. Although Mr. Shen finally supported King Ping of Zhou as the king, King Ping of Zhou should not be so indifferent. After ascending to the king, he should gather the righteous king among the princes to hold his grandfather Shen Hou and the kingdom responsible for bringing wolf into the house, lower the level, and remove his princes; send troops to attack Quanrong, avenge the murder of his father, catch Baosi and return to the country to question, and pursue the crime of plundering Quanrong. But King Ping of Zhou did not do this, but pretended that nothing was wrong, moved the capital to Luoyi, avoided it, and took it calmly.
Second, it is not appropriate to exist when the two kings form a coherent situation. There is a historical event that is not known to most people, that is, after King You of Zhou was killed, the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed. Under the support of the princes of Shen Hou and other princes, King Ping of Zhou inherited the throne and soon moved the capital to Luoyi. While King Ping of Zhou succeeded to the throne, another prince, Guo Gonghan, supported King You of Zhou, the younger brother of King You of Zhou, as the king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, known in history as King Xie of Zhou. The responsibility for this incident lies with the princes Guo Gonghan, because according to the janitorial system of Zhou Li, if there were no one among the princes who rebeled from Zhou to become king, then the one who inherited the throne must be the son of Zhou You. From this perspective, King Ping of Zhou is the righteous side, and King Xie of Zhou is the unjust side. According to "one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and one country cannot accommodate two kings", King Ping of Zhou should take the initiative to attack and destroy King Xie of Zhou. However, he did not attack, so that King Ping of Zhou and King Xie of Zhou coexisted and coexisted for 21 years. It was not until 750 BC that the princes who supported King Ping of Zhou sent troops to attack King Xie of Zhou and killed him, which made the Zhou Dynasty reunify again.
Third, Prince Jihu should not be allowed to be hostage in Zheng State. As the monarch of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the vassal states should have the most basic respect for King Ping of Zhou. However, one of the vassal kings, , Zheng Zhuang Duke , relying on the trust of King Ping of Zhou, who also served as the Zhou royal family, was a senior executive of the Zhou Dynasty. His words and deeds represented the interests of the Zhou Dynasty. Zheng Zhuang Duke also served as the post of the scholar. Zheng State became increasingly powerful and directly threatened the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. At this time, King Ping of Zhou took the opportunity to remove his position as a minister. It is reasonable. In the middle, Duke Zhuang of Zheng should be restrained and govern Zheng with peace of mind, but he put pressure on King Ping of Zhou. At this time, facing Duke Zhuang of Zheng, King Ping of Zhou should neither apologize nor send Prince Jihu to Zheng as a hostage. Although Duke Zhuang of Zheng later sent his son Gongzi to Luoyi as a hostage, this is not an equal transaction. Eastern Zhou and Zheng are superiors and subordinates, not equal relations. King Ping of Zhou should lead the princes to suppress Zheng's arrogance, and even weaken him or remove him. You must not gain his ambition and set a precedent among the princes.
Of course, King Ping of Zhou also did a historically significant thing, that is, to promote Duke Xiang of Qin to a prince.Qin's ancestors were called Qin Feizi. Because they were good at raising horses, the King of Zhou specially approved him to establish Qin . Qin was a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty, not a vassal state. The fiefdom area was small, the monarch had little power, and the monarch could only serve in the Zhou court. By the late period of King You of Zhou, the King of Shen joined forces with the Zheng Kingdom and Quanrong to attack the Zhou Dynasty, killed King You of Zhou, and supported King Ping of Zhou. Duke Xiang of Qin saw the direction clearly, actively supported King Ping of Zhou, seized the opportunity, and escorted King Ping of Zhou to move eastward to Luoyi, ensuring the safety of King Ping of Zhou. King Ping of Zhou was overjoyed and upgraded Qin into a formal vassal, named Qin Jun as an earl, and granted him the western part of Guanzhong . Since then, Qin has gradually become stronger. By the time of Qin Xiang Duke's sixth generation grandson, Qin Mu Duke , he had already been on par with the dominant Qi Huan Duke and Jin Wen Duke , which was at that time, and became one of the Five Hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, after Qin Xiaogong , Shang Yang's reform , the national strength became stronger. By the end of Warring States , Qin's Ying Zheng defeated six heroes, unified the whole country, and built the Qin Dynasty, called First Emperor . All these achievements were made by Qin's first generation king, Qin Xianggong, and also showed the wise eyes of King Ping of Zhou to recognize gold.
