In 1046 BC, King Ji Fa of Zhou defeated King Shang's army at the Battle of Muye, and Emperor Xin of Shang defeated and self-immolated, and the Shang Dynasty collapsed, and King Wu of Zhou formally established the Zhou Dynasty, named the state Zhou, and set the capital at Haojing, in the west of present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, historically known as Western Zhou. After King Wu fell, he basically controlled the original rule of the Shang Dynasty and conquered many small countries around him.
In 1045 BC, after King Wu of Zhou destroyed the merchants, he implemented the system of dividing the princes and making great titles to the imperial family and meritorious ministers. In order to buy the hearts of the people, appease the Shang Dynasty and save the people, and consolidate his own power, King Wu of Zhou sealed Jiang Taigong in Qi and Zhou in Ludi. King Wu of Zhou listened to the proposal of the Duke of Zhou and canonized King Shang's son Wugen in Yin Land. However, King Wu of Zhou was ultimately uneasy with Wu and feared that he would cause chaos, so he drew the surrounding area of Yin Shang's ancestral land as three small kingdoms, which were used to monitor the remnants of Wugen and other former officials, in order to consolidate the emergence of the Zhou Dynasty, known as Sanjian.
In 1043 BC, after three years of death, his son Ji Song ascended the throne as King Cheng of Zhou. King Cheng of Zhou succeeded to the throne for ten years, and was assisted by the Duke of Zhou. It is said that the Duke of Zhou was once king. The Duke of Zhou, also known as Ji Dan, son of King Wen of Zhou and younger brother of King Wu, was a benevolent and wise man. The map of the Duke of Zhou written by Cao Cao refers to the Duke of Zhou first.
In 1041 BC, the Shang Dynasty prepared for the restoration of the nobles, and the Duke of Zhou's support for government violated the principle of immortal descendants in the succession to the throne, causing contradictions within the Zhou clique. The Shang Dynasty's Cai Yu forces colluded with the three regions ruled by Emperor Guan Uncle, Cai Uncle, and Huo Shu. The Duke of Xuanyang Zhou wanted to usurp the throne, so he named it Qing Junze, which is known as the Rebellion of the Three Prisons. The Duke of Zhou was ordered to go on a crusade and spent three years judging the rebellion of the three traitors, as a result, Wugen was killed, Uncle Guan was killed, Uncle Cai was banished, and Uncle Huo was demoted to a commoner. The Duke of Zhou proved his innocence by force, eliminating the damage to wealth.
In 1037 BC, King Cheng of Zhou reigned. The big adult Zhou Gongtuan government gave him. King Cheng of Zhou, remembering the merits of the Eastern Crusade and the consolidation of power, gave Lu Guofeng to him, but the Duke of Zhou did not go and remained in the royal palace. After King Cheng of Zhou came to power, he still used the Duke of Zhou, ordered the Duke of Zhou to govern and make fun, planned various rules and regulations, laid the foundation of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and controlled many tribes in the east by force. At that time, the society was stable and the people were harmonious, which was the most prosperous period of the Zhou Dynasty. King Zhou Cheng was able to become a generation of Ming monarchs, most of which was the credit of the Duke of Zhou.
In 10021 BC, King Cheng of Zhou, who had reigned for 21 years, died, and his son Ji Zhao ascended the throne as King Kang of Zhou. In 1000005 BC, because the Ghost Fang tribe often invaded the Central Plains and was attacked by the Ghost Fang tribe on the way to suppress the rebellion of the Three Continents, King Ming Yu of Zhou Kang led an army to attack the Ghost Fang. After two large-scale battles, the Zhou army won a decisive victory. The Zhou army killed more than 4,800 people from the Ghost Fang tribe, captured more than 13,000 of its four leaders and below, and captured many carts, horses, and cattle. The Northwest Frontier was stabilized for a long time.
In 996 BC, King Kang of Zhou, who reigned for 25 years, died. During the reign of King Cheng of Zhou and King Kang of Zhou, the world was stable for more than 40 years, and no punishment was used, and the history is called the rule of Chengkang. The Chengkang period was the most powerful period of Zhou, and in the same year his son Ji ascended the throne as King Zhao of Zhou.
In 982 BC, a coup d'état took place in the state of Lu, and Lu Hou killed Duke Lu You, seized the throne, and proclaimed himself the Duke of Wei. King Zhao of Zhou did not send troops to recruit and did not raise teachers to ask for crimes, resulting in repeated bullying in the world, and the Zhou Dynasty began to weaken. In 1980 BC, King Zhao led an army to deter the Dongyi countries militarily. Dongyi is an ancient model name for the eastern tribes, and these Fang tribes rebelled against the Zhou Dynasty. In the same year, the tribes of the Fang kingdom such as Chu and Jing invaded the territory of the Zhou Dynasty, and King Zhou Zhao gathered an army to march south to Chujing, and in order to stabilize the rear, he first marched to the east.
In 970 BC, King Zhou Zhao personally commanded the 60th army to attack the state of Chu in the south, but the entire army was destroyed, and King Zhou Zhao died in Hanshui. In the same year, King Zhou Zhao's eldest son Ma succeeded to the throne as King Mu of Zhou. In the early days of King Mu of Zhou's reign, he sent people to write legal books, fulfill the standardized criminal law, and strive for governance, and the world was peaceful again.
In 965 BC, the northern Inujung did not pay tribute in time, and King Mu of Zhou personally led troops to conquer Inujung, and the Zhou army won a great victory.
In 922 BC, King Mu of Zhou died, reigning for 55 years, making him the longest reigning king of Western Zhou. In the same year, his son Ji Yinu ascended the throne as the Duke of Zhou.
In 919 BC, it is said that the Mi monarch Mi Kang Gong did not sacrifice three beauties to the Duke of Zhou, and the Duke of Zhou sent troops to destroy the Mi Kingdom. In 900 BC, King Zhou, who had reigned for 22 years, died, and was succeeded by his son Ji Jian as King Yi of Zhou. After King Yi of Zhou succeeded to the throne, politics became increasingly corrupt and state affairs declined.
In 893 BC, Xijong invaded, and Zhou Jing once arrived. Out of town. King Yi of Zhou moved the capital from Haojing to the new capital, Quanqiu, in present-day Xingping, Shaanxi Province.
In 892 BC, King Yi of Zhou, who had reigned for eight years, died, and Ji Yifang staged a coup d'état to seize the throne for King Xiao of Zhou. After King Xiao of Zhou ascended the throne, he exerted himself to defeat Xirong and forced Xirong to seek peace.
In 890 BC, King Xiao of Zhou ordered his concubines to raise horses, and three years later the herd of horses increased greatly. King Xiao of Zhou, because of his concubine's meritorious efforts in raising horses, sealed him in Qin land and established the state of Qin, which was the predecessor of the later Qin dynasty.
In 886 BC, King Xiao of Zhou, who had reigned for six years, died, and Ji County, the son of King T of Zhou, ascended the throne as King T of Zhou. During the reign of King T of Zhou, some princely states with different surnames did not come to pay tribute, and even attacked the Zhou royal family. Xiongqu, the king of the state of Chu, even followed the example of Zhou Tianzi and made his three sons kings. In 883 BC, King Yi of Zhou listened to rumors and killed the Duke of Qi, the king of the state of Qi.
In 879 BC, King Yi of Zhou sent troops to conquer Rong and obtained 1,000 horses. And return. In 878 BC, King Zhou, who had reigned for eight years, died, and was succeeded by his son Jihu as King Li of Zhou. During the reign of King Li of Zhou, he monopolized the curtains of mountains and rivers in the name of the state, and forbade the countrymen to make a living because of the mountains and rivers to exploit the people. King Li of Zhou was tyrannical and extravagant, and the people openly talked about his mistakes, he made strict laws, and whoever talked about King Li of Zhou would kill whom, and the people were miserable.
In 842 BC, the common people from all over the world finally came together, and they rose up and rebelled. Zhou escaped Zhou's life was saved, while his son Jijing hid in Zhao's house, trapped by the rebellious masses. Zhao used his son's name in exchange for the safety of Prince Ji Jing. In 841 BC, due to the rebellion of the countrymen and the invasion of the palace, King Li of Zhou fled, and the government was ruled by the ministers Zhou Dinggong and Zhao Mugong, which was historically known as the republican administration.
In 828 BC, King Li of Zhou died, and his son Radical ascended the throne. After King Xuan of Zhou came to the throne, in order to eliminate the influence of the tyrannical politics of the king and ease the unstable situation at home and abroad, he appointed ministers such as Duke Mugong of Zhao, Duke Ding of Zhou, and Yin Jifu to rectify the imperial government and restore the policies of the early monarchical period, so that the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, which had declined in the royal road, was temporarily revived, and the history is called King Xuan Zhongxing.
In 789 BC, the northern Rong Di barbarians and other nomads led their armies south, once invaded the Central Plains, burned, looted, and eliminated evil. In order to resist the invasion of the Central Plains by nomads such as Rong Di Baiyi in the north, King Xuan transferred elite divisions from the southern princely states and the only main force of the Zhou Dynasty, and the two sides launched a life-and-death struggle in a thousand-acre area. Rong Diman is a small number of nomads who are good at horseback archery and have extremely high combat effectiveness in the wild. Although the elite division of the Zhou Dynasty was extremely brave, it was not Rong Dibai's opponent, and the most elite army of the southern division led by King Xuan was completely destroyed, and the battle of Thousand Mu was defeated, and King Xuan was in a hurry. Wang fled, and the Western Zhou Dynasty's national strength collapsed.
In 782 BC, King Xuan of Zhou, who had reigned for 46 years, died, and his son Ji Gongsheng succeeded him as King of Zhou You. King Zhou You was greedy and corrupt, did not ask about political affairs, and appointed Wu Shifather and others. Hu Shi's father was a traitor, good at flattery, and greedy for money. He was regarded as a loyal courtier, but because his words offended King Zhou You, he was imprisoned. In order to save his father, Bao Hong offered his concubine to King You. King Zhou You was very happy after receiving Zhaojiu, and the beauty of the harem was not as good as Zhaojiao alone.
In 774 BC, King You of Zhou deposed the queen, and after his death, he and the crown prince made his favored concubine concubine concubine queen, and harmed the prince's father, Marquis Shen, who was very angry when he heard this.
In 771 BC, Marquis Shen joined forces with Zeng Guo Inujung to attack King You. It is said that before that, King Zhou You repeatedly beacon the princes, causing the princes to not believe it, and the beacon fire did not come. King Qin and King You of Zhou were defeated and died at the foot of Lishan Mountain. Since then, the Western Zhou Kingdom has been in 275. The Western Zhou Dynasty of the 12th King collapsed, and history entered the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.