After the father and son of King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou led a group of younger brothers such as Jiang Ziya to successfully cut down merchants, they established the Zhou Dynasty, which lasted for eight hundred years. By the time of king Yi of Zhou, he was not as good as before, and in order to establish his authority, king Yi of Zhou actually boiled the prince of qi, Qi Aigong, alive.
King Wen of Zhou asked for merit
Since The Wu Emperor Ji Fa established the Zhou Dynasty, his brother Duke Zhou established the system of primogeniture. Therefore, in the early days, the thrones were passed from father to son, and in order were King Wu, King Cheng, King Kang, King Zhao, King Mu, King Gong, and King Yi.
After King Yi's death, he was supposed to be crown prince Ji Xie on the throne, but unexpectedly his uncle King Xiao of Zhou used his prestige and strength to usurp the throne. Prince Xie was the later King of Zhou Yi.
In fact, the usurpation of the throne by King Xiao of Zhou was not too surprising, after all, his predecessors had already had problems and began to collapse and be happy.
King Xiao of Zhou and his grandfather King Zhou Zhao, who had made great achievements in conquering the four directions, although they achieved certain results, they also consumed huge manpower and material resources, and they were powerless to face the rebellion in the country. Zhou Tianzi's authority was no longer what it used to be, and there was a sharp decline.
First, Lu Guoji killed his brother Lu Yougong and established himself as the monarch of the country, that is, the Duke of Lu Wei.
The Duke of Lu Wei undermined the succession system of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was said that the king of Zhou Zhao at that time should attack him. Unexpectedly, King Zhao did not react at all. This indulgence was imitated by the other princes, and the liturgy began.
However, King Zhao, still exhausted by military force, actually attacked Jingman, and unfortunately, King Zhao died on the way to the crusade. The troops he brought with him were also tossed away, and the surrounding Rong Di also began to look at the tiger.
King Zhao of Zhou
What is even more fatal is that the princes in the country began to despise Zhou Tianzi, and some princes did not even pay tribute.
By the time of King Xiao of Zhou and his brother King Yi of Zhou, the national strength was even weaker, and there was a dilemma of rongdi invading each other.
The country desperately needed a strong leader, and after the death of King Yi of Zhou, King Xiao of Zhou seized the throne from Prince Xie.
Prince Xie, who was not the Son of Heaven last week, could only pretend to be a grandson, in fact, he was also the grandson of King Xiao of Zhou. He began to make good friends among the princes in order to wait for the time of heaven.
Kung Fu was not in vain, and after the death of King Xiao of Zhou, the princes all supported the crown prince Xie to take the throne, and finally became the King of Zhou Yi.
Probably in order to repay the favor, he was very kind to the princes after he ascended the throne, and he was very good at bending over backwards. Of course, it may also be because the national strength is too weak, and its own foundation is unstable.
In the second year of King Yi of Zhou, When Ji Guo and Lü Guo came to the court, Zhou Tianzi actually went to the Yellow River to greet him and treat him as a guest.
Such an approach is not in line with the zhou etiquette. Therefore, later generations have a negative attitude toward this, believing that his approach has broken the order of dignity and inferiority.
But the princes of the time thought he was a wise monarch. The reason why King Yi of Zhou did this was also out of expediency, but it also really damaged the majesty of Zhou Tianzi, causing some princes not to pay tribute and to conquest each other.
The most excessive is the Chu state. The State of Chu was originally a sub-kingdom, and its monarch Xiongqu actually arrogantly claimed the title of king. Even more ruthlessly, he also made his three sons king.
King Yi of Zhou also couldn't do anything with the State of Chu, because he couldn't do anything with the State of Qi.
The Duke of Qi did not pay tribute for many years, and also went around conquering small countries around, ignoring the majesty of Zong Zhou.
King Yi of Zhou initially pretended to be a grandson, and when he sat on the throne, he began to clean up the disobedient princes. This time, he took the sword of Qi Lai, the king of the State of Qi.
The State of Qi was a great power in the East and a fiefdom of the founding father Jiang Ziya, with the power to conquer the four sides. At this time, Qi Aigong was also very arrogant. He felt that he was the fifth grandson of Jiang Ziya, and king Yi of Zhou was the eighth grandson of Jiang Ziya's son-in-law. In terms of generations, he is still an elder.
Seeing that the Duke of Qi'ai did not go to pay tribute, other princes also followed suit. Not only did they not pay tribute but they also followed the conquest of small countries.
King Zhou Yi thought that if the State of Qi could be subdued, other countries would be honest, which would be called killing chickens and making monkeys.
When all was said and done, King Yi of Zhou first tested the attitude of the princes toward him. He pretended to be seriously ill. The princes all rushed to visit King Yi of Zhou. Only qi aigong was indifferent and did not greet King Zhou Yi with courtesy.
King Yi of Zhou hated the Duke of Qi even more, and he wanted to get rid of it quickly.
Just at this time, Ji Guojun Marquis Ji came to see Zhou Tianzi. Ji Guo and Qi Guo were next to each other, but the country was weak and small, and they were afraid of annexing the Qi state.
Ji Guo and Zhou Tianzi had a good relationship, and Ji Jihou may have realized that King Yi of Zhou was very dissatisfied with Qi Aigong. So Ji Jihou added fuel to the fire, said a lot of bad things about the State of Qi, and said that the Duke of Qi was going to rebel.
This conversation strengthened King Zhou Yi's determination to get rid of the Duke of Qi. So King Zhou Yi began to set up a situation.
King Yi of Zhou, in the name of the princes of Huimeng, asked all the princes to come to Hojing to meet Zhou Tianzi. This was a big deal, and Qi Aigong did not dare to be sloppy, and quickly set off to see Zhou Tianzi.
Unexpectedly, what awaited him was death. Just arrived at the palace of HoJing, King Yi of Zhou ordered that the Duke of Qi'ai be arrested, and without listening to the words, he put the Duke of Qi'ai in the boiling water. The great power of the monarch Qi Aigong died in this way.
King Yi of Zhou cooked and killed the Duke of Qi
The tragic death of Duke Aigong of Qi became a great shame for the State of Qi, and the subsequent monarchs did not forget to take revenge and hatred, and repeatedly carried out crusades against the State of Ji.
Finally, in 690 BC, Duke Xiang of Qi destroyed the Ji Kingdom and destroyed its Zong temple.
The State of Qi went through nine lifetimes, and it took one hundred and seventy-eight years to successfully avenge the snow and hatred. After that, the State of Qi became more and more powerful under the rule of the Duke of Qi Huan, and became the first hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period.
In fact, according to the custom at that time, the family feud only dates back to the fifth generation. However, the State of Qi was able to take revenge after the Ninth Dynasty, which also strengthened the determination of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to fight against the Xiongnu.
Although king Yi of Zhou killed the Duke of Qi for a short time, it did not make Zong Zhou strong. During the reign of his son King Li of Zhou, a rebellion broke out among the people, and King Li of Zhou also died on the way to escape.
The history books are also quite critical of King Yi of Zhou's practice of cooking and killing the Duke of Qi. Both the Records of History and the Chronicle of the Bamboo Book believe that King Yi of Zhou listened to rumors and wrongfully killed the Duke of Qi.
The decline of Western Zhou was first due to Zhou Tianzi's own virtues, which led to the disobedience of qi and other princes. And killing a Qi Aigong would not save the Decline of western Zhou.
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