In 782 BC, King Xuan of Zhou died and Ji Gongfeng succeeded to the throne, which was the King of Zhou You .
Sanchuan earthquake
Zhou Youwang second year (780 BC), an earthquake occurred in the capital of Haojing, the capital of Jing, Wei and Luo, causing vibrations. In the same year, the rivers were exhausted, and Qishan collapsed. Doctor Boyangfu Once predicted that the mountains collapsed and the rivers were exhausted, which was a symbol of the demise of the country. If the river is exhausted, it will definitely cause mountain collapse. If the country wants to perish, it will not last more than ten years. The demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty was also in line with the prophecy of Bo Yangfu
The country was killed and slain
King You of Zhou was greedy and corrupt during his political period, did not care about political affairs, appointed treacherous and obedient, good at flattery, and greedy for money and profit. He was a nobleman and was in charge of political affairs. This appointment of treacherous ministers will naturally arouse strong dissatisfaction among the people.
In the eighth year of King You of Zhou (774 BC), King You of Zhou made trouble again, deposed the queen Shenhou and the crown prince Ji Yijiu, and made the favorite concubine Baosi the queen. The son born to Baosi Ji Bofu was the crown prince and harmed the crown prince Ji Yijiu. In this way, the father of the mother's family, Empress Shen, Shenhou
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11th year of King You of Zhou (771 BC), King Shen joined forces with the Qing Kingdom and the Western Yi Quanrong to attack King You of Zhou, and killed King You of Zhou under the Lishan , and the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed.
After the death of King You of Zhou, the princes and Mr. Shen jointly supported the former crown prince Ji Yijiu ascended the throne, and were the King of Zhou Ping, which was known in history as Eastern Zhou .
Beacon Fires and Samsara The Lords
Beacon Fires and Samsara The Lords are a familiar story. It is probably because Bao Si doesn't like to laugh, and King You of Zhou came up with various ways to make her laugh. King You of Zhou ignited the beacon, and all the princes led their troops to come. But he found that there was no enemy. Bao Si laughed out loud when she saw the princes panicked. King You of Zhou was very happy, so he ignited the beacon many times. Later, the princes no longer believed it and gradually refused to respond.
Shen Kingdom joined forces with the Qing Kingdom and the Western Yi Quanrong to attack King You of Zhou. King You of Zhou ignited the beacon fire and summoned the princes to rescue him, but the princes did not come to rescue him. Quanrong Finally, under Mount Li, kill King You of Zhou, capture Bao Si, and the Western Zhou Dynasty perished.
However, about this story In 2012, when Beijing Tsinghua University sorted out the Warring States bamboo slips ( Tsinghua slips ), it was found that the description on the bamboo slips was different from the story of "Beacon Fires Playing with the Princes".
Tsinghua Slip Records: King You of Zhou took the initiative to attack the original Shenhou's foreign country, and the Marquis of Shen contacted the Rong clan to defeat King You of Zhou, and the Western Zhou Dynasty was thus destroyed. There is no story about "beacon fires playing with princes" on the Tsinghua Slips. From this we can conclude that the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty was not because of the "war fires to play with the princes", and this story did not even exist.
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Quanrong captured Haojing, killed King You of Zhou under Mount Li, kidnapped Baosi, and took away all the property of Zhou Chao . The vassal states such as Shen, Lu, and Xu supported Ji Yijiu ascended the throne and became King Ping of Zhou.
The beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty
Zhou Ping Wang had just ascended the throne and faced the attack of the Quanrong. He had to move the capital east to Luoyi under the escort of the Qin army. King Ping of Zhou was not an ungrateful person, so he promoted Qin Xianggong to a prince and granted him the land west of Qishan captured by Xirong and swore with Qin Xianggong: As long as Qin can attack and drive away Xirong, if Qin captures these lands, then these lands will belong to Qin. Soon after Qin State captured the area west of Qishan, and Qin State began to develop from then on.
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In addition, Zheng Wugong was appointed as Situ, and together with Jin Wenhou, assisted the Zhou royal family. With the assistance of Duke Wu of Zheng and Duke Wen of Jin, King Ping of Zhou barely supported the endgame.
The two kings jointly established
King Ping of Zhou ascended the throne, and the prince Guo Gonghan supported Yu Chen, the younger brother of King You of Zhou, as the emperor, and was known in history as King Xie of Zhou. The two kings coexisted.
The 21st year of King Ping of Zhou (750 BC), in order to please King Ping of Zhou, he suggested to King Ping of Zhou that although the king was a brother of the previous king, he was a rebellious to call the king without authorization, and the emperor should attack him. So the Duke of Wen of Jin attacked and killed King Xie, ending the situation of the two kings' co-establishment for twenty years.
power weakened
At this time, the Zhou Dynasty only had a corner, only Xingyang in the east, not crossing Tongguan in the west, not crossing Rushui in the south, and only reaching the south bank of Qinshui in the north, with a radius of only more than 600 miles. Compared with some major vassal states, it is only equivalent to a medium vassal state.
dynasty declined. In order to compete for land, population and dominance over other vassal states, great powers such as Zheng, Jin, Qi, Lu, Yan, Song, and Chu continued to carry out annexation wars with each other, forming a chaotic situation of the princes fighting for hegemony. Chinese history entered a turbulent period of great change---Spring and Autumn Period
The King of Zhou at this time was named the Emperor, and in fact, it also depends on the face of the great princes.
Dead grandson
1 Zhou Ping King's fifty-year (720 BC), Zhou Ping King died and was posthumously named Ping Wang . He succeeded to the throne by King Ping of Zhou and son of Ji Lin, the grandson of King Ping of Zhou. He was the son of King Huan of Zhou.
