#头条创作挑战赛 #
The countrymen rioted
During the reign of King Li of Zhou, various social contradictions were further intensified, and the crisis of rule became increasingly serious. He favored a minister named Rongyi Gong, and in order to increase financial revenue, he implemented "patents" and ordered that the mountains, forests, and rivers be nationalized, and civilians were not allowed to collect fishing and hunt. They have seized all lakes and rivers, preventing people from using these natural resources for their livelihoods. They also extort money and abuse people.
This policy directly offends the interests of the "countrymen" and arouses widespread dissatisfaction among the "countrymen." At that time, the farmers who lived in the wild were called "wild people", and the civilians who lived in the capital were called "national people". The people of the capital of Zhou Hojing were dissatisfied with King Li's tyrannical measures and complained. The minister Zhao Gonghu heard the increasing discussion of the countrymen, and hurriedly entered the palace and told King Li: "The people can't bear it, and if the king doesn't change his practice as soon as possible, it will be difficult to clean up the mess." ”
Li Wang said nonchalantly: "You don't need to be in a hurry, I have my own way to deal with it." "He found a wizard who defended the country and asked him to spy on people who criticized the imperial government, saying: If you find someone slandering me behind my back, you will report it immediately." In order to curry favor with King Li, Wei Wu sent a group of people to inspect everywhere. Those people also extorted and blackmailed, and whoever disobeyed them, they made false accusations at will. The wizard told him who was talking, and King Li of Zhou would kill whom. Under such pressure, the Chinese people really dare not discuss it in public. People meet acquaintances on the road, do not dare to talk and greet, only exchange a look, and hurry away. King Li saw that Wei Wu's report gradually reduced the number of people criticizing the imperial government, and he was very satisfied.
Once, summoning Gonghu to see King Li, Li Wang said proudly: "Look, isn't there anyone talking about it now?" Zhaogong said, "It's just blocking their words." Blocking the mouths of the people is more harmful than blocking rivers. There is too much water accumulated, and once the river bursts, many people must be harmed; The same is true of not letting the people speak. Therefore, those who control water should dredge the river so that the flowing water can flow smoothly; Those who govern the people should be open to speech so that the people dare to speak." This is how the allusion to "defending the mouth of the people is better than defending the river" came about. King Li pouted, ignored him, and summoned Gonghu to withdraw.
After that, the tyranny of King Li and Duke Rong Yi became more and more powerful, and after three years, that is, in 841 BC, the countrymen could not bear it anymore and launched an armed riot. The rebellious countrymen besieged the palace and wanted to kill the king. When King Li learned of the wind, he hurriedly led a group of people to flee for their lives, escaping all the way across the Yellow River until he stopped at the place of 彘 (zhì, northeast of present-day Huo County, Shanxi).
The participants in this riot were mainly "nationals" living in the national capital Hojing, so it was called a national riot. The Guoren Rebellion was the first large-scale mass armed uprising in Chinese history, and it shook the foundations of the Zhou Dynasty's rule. From then on, the "Hehezong Zhou" river declined, accelerating the process of the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Zhou summoned the Republic
After the riot of the countrymen, the countrymen entered the palace and did not find King Li. Some people found out that King Li's crown prince Jing fled to Zhaogonghu's house to hide, and surrounded Zhaogonghu's house, wanting to summon Gonghu to hand over the prince. Summoning Gonghu had no choice, and sent his son out as the prince, so that he could protect the prince.
After King Li left, Zongzhou was in chaos, there was no king in the imperial court, and the country could not be without a king, what should I do. After consultation among the ministers, Zhao Gonghu and another minister, the Duke of Zhou, presided over the noble council, temporarily presided over political affairs, and temporarily replaced Zhou Tianzi in exercising his powers, which was historically known as "republican administration", also known as "Zhou Zhao Republic". From the first year of the Republic, that is, from 841 BC, the exact date of Chinese history has been obtained. The greatest significance of this incident is that this incident created an accurate chronology of Chinese history, and the context of Chinese history since then is clear and uninterrupted.
Until the fourteenth year of the Republic, King Li of Zhou could not return to the capital, and finally died in this place. Prince Ji Jing had been growing up in Zhaogong's family, and later the Duke of Zhou and Zhaogong were "jointly established as kings", which was later King Xuan of Zhou.