Qi, who reigned for 39 years in 2052 BC, died at the age of 78. The following year in 2051 BC, that is, the year of Gengxu, Si Taikang officially inherited the throne and was the Emperor Taikang.
Folk historical records say that Taikang is a king who does not care about civil affairs. He travels and hunts all day long, does not care about state affairs, let alone people's lives and production. After Taikang ascended the throne, he only knew how to "play" and "do not care about civil affairs" all day long, and the people had resentment. The princes and the state of the country also began to develop centrifugation, which was known in history as "Taikang was moved by Luobiao".
However, the author believes that Taikang, as a person who started a business with his father Qi, is actually not as incompetent as recorded in ancient books, and it is even less likely that he has no sense of political responsibility. It is very likely that after a series of events in the rebellion of his younger brother Wuguan, he felt a strong sense of crisis. He not only had his own political plans, but wanted to go to a larger world, just like his grandfather and father, he wanted to build a large territory for his future generations.
Especially at that time, Xiayi, the capital of the Xia people, was a place of four battles. Not only was it not suitable to live for a long time, but its terrain and environment were difficult to have great room for development outside.
So, shortly after ascending the throne, led an army away from the capital Anyi, crossed the Zhongtiao Mountains, crossed the Yellow River, and ran to the Luoshui area, and marched south to the western Henan. This was a powerful political force living in southern Shanxi to march into the Central Plains.
Because Taikang's army is numerous, powerful, and has sufficient food and fodder, it is especially equipped with enough essential salt. Therefore, the Taikang army was invincible. In just a few hundred days, he almost swept all the clans and tribes in western Henan.
Taikang is an exploratory southern battle, with profound significance and strategic significance. Yiluo's endless wilderness and green crops made Taikang feel happy. He wanted to build a tribal state with vast land on this fertile land, and to implement political ambitions during his lifetime: to expand the territory of the Xia Hou tribal alliance through war and to become a tribal state with vast land.
Facts later proved that Taikang's choice was correct. In 2050 BC, Taikang, the third monarch of the Xia Dynasty, led elite domestic troops to conquer the western part of Henan, and had the intention of immigrating and relocating to western Henan, which inadvertently touched the interests of some nobles of the Xia tribe.
So, these vested interests of the Xia Dynasty, such as the name Mi and Yinxiachen, after strongly opposing the ineffectiveness, led Taikang to the south to the Xia Dynasty's capital. The state secrets of the state were leaked to the Jingman and Dongyi entrenched in the southern part of Luoxi and Hubei. The consciousness was very obvious, that was, they wanted to change the boss of the Xia clan group.
Originally, the power of the Dongyi tribe alone did not dare to surrender and send troops to attack the capital of the Xia Dynasty, Anyi. The main reason was that the ten-year battle between Xia Qi and Boyi had almost wiped out the Dongyi tribe's ability to conquer soldiers and soldiers. Although the news is very important, the Dongyi tribe is indeed incompetent.
Coincidentally, the leaders of the Jingman Miaoman, who had always been revenge and hostile to the Xia Dynasty, took the initiative to come to the door, saying that they were willing to work hard to teach the new boy of the Xia tribe. Jingman is the descendant of the former Emperor Shun and the remnant force of the San Miao Kingdom. Through hundreds of years of rest and recuperation, his vitality has almost recovered, and he has also gained a firm foothold in the Jingxiang area of Hubei, and his combat power should not be underestimated.
As the saying goes, "Three people become tigers!" Seeing that this group of Miao Man who had fought with the Xia tribe for hundreds of years also supported him, Houyi, the leader of the Dongyi tribe, had confidence, and for a moment, new and old hatreds immediately surged into his heart. In the autumn of 2050 BC, tens of thousands of troops of the three tribes of Dongyi, Jingman and Miaoman in the Hubei region advanced east along the Yellow River. Taking advantage of the empty defense of the Xia Dynasty capital, Anyi, and there was no danger to defend, they captured it in one go.
There was no time to react, and the Xia tribe ruling group headed by the Emperor and Prime Minister immediately led the remaining forces to flee east in order to preserve their strength. At this time, when Taikang learned that Anyi was in emergency, he immediately led his army to prepare to return to aid. However, because the Xia soldiers were not good at water battles, they were blocked by the Miaoman coalition forces in the E-di region led by Houyi.
However, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom cannot be underestimated. After all, some veterans on the battlefield with the late emperor are still alive, and their combat effectiveness and combat experience is still very rich. With their efforts, they safely took back the nobles of Di Xiang who fled east and established a new capital in the new area of the Yiluo area captured by Taikang Southern Expedition, that is, they have a good relationship with the Xia tribes, the Yin-Ying-Jing-Jinguan tribes. "Bamboo Anniversary: Emperor Taikang": "In the first year of Guiwei, the emperor ascended the throne in Zhenqing and moved to Luobiao." It shows that Anyi is no longer the capital of Xia, but instead is Zhenqing, which is now the Erlitou site in Yangcheng, Henan.
After confronting some Xia tribes, Houyi found that his own strength alone was not enough to shock the Xia people, especially Taikang, who also led the elite Xia tribe army outside, could kill him at any time. So after weighing the pros and cons, Houyi did not dare to claim to be king and dominate the king after seizing the power of the Xia Dynasty, but instead made Taikang's brother Zhongkang a puppet, but in fact, all the power of state affairs was managed by Yi.
Zhongkang ten years (Guihai, 2038 BC), Taikang died of illness in the new capital south of Luoshui, at the age of 60.
