Luoyang, a historical and cultural city with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization, more than 4,000 years of city history and more than 1,500 years of capital construction history, has created countless legends of Chinese civilization. "Shannanshui north is yang", Luoyang is named because it is located in the sun of Luoshui, and the Heluo area centered on Luoyang is the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization. The ruins of the five major capitals of Xia Du, Shang Du Xi Bo, Eastern Zhou Wangcheng, Han Wei Luoyang City, and Sui and Tang Luoyang City are lined up along the Luo River, which is rare in the world. More than a hundred emperors ruled here. Today, I will talk about Uncle Ji of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
King Ji of Zhou, (?—— 441 BC) reigned for 5 months in 441 BC. Uncle Ji, son of King Zhending of Zhou and brother of King Ai of Zhou. In 441 BC, Uncle Ji killed King Ai of Zhou and took the throne as King Si of Zhou; He reigned for only five months, and in August he was killed by his brother Ji Song.
Uncle Ji of Zhou Si reigned for five months and achieved few political achievements. Today, let's talk about defending Zheng Guo, who moved eastward in the Zhou Chamber. 770 BC. King Ping of Zhou, under the escort of Zheng, Qin, Jin and other princes, moved the capital of the country from Hojing to Luoyi in the Central Plains, beginning the history of Eastern Zhou. The Qin and Jin states had outstanding performances in the history of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the Qin state also unified the six kingdoms under the leadership of Qin Shi Huang. So what is Zheng Guo doing. Zheng Guo (806 BC – 375 BC) was a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty with the surname Ji. In 806 BC (the twenty-second year of King Xuan of Zhou), Ji You, the younger brother of King Xuan of Zhou, was enfeoffed near the capital Ofo, with the name Zheng and the capital near present-day Tanglin. In 774 BC, Duke Jiyou of Zheng Huan was favored by King You of Zhou and took refuge in the Yellow River, Luoshui, and Yingshui valleys, and established his capital in Zheng (present-day Xinzheng, Henan), with its main territory located in the area of present-day Zhengzhou, Henan. To the east of the Zheng kingdom are Lu and Song, to the northwest are Chengzhou, Wei, and Jin, to the southwest are Chen, Cai, Xu, and Chu, and there are many small countries with the surnames of Ji, Jiang, Yan, Yin, and other surnames. In 770 BC, Duke Wu of Zheng escorted King Zhou You's son King Zhou Ping to move east to Luoyi (present-day Luoyang, Henan). King Ping of Zhou appointed Duke Wu of Zheng to succeed his father Duke Huan of Zheng as a secretary of the Zhou royal family.
In 761 BC, Duke Wu of Zheng married Wu Jiang, the daughter of The King of ShenGuo, as his wife. Wu Jiang gave birth to sons Yusheng and Gongshu Duan for Duke Zhengzhuang in 757 BC and 754 BC, respectively. Since Yusheng was born out of difficult childbirth, Gongshu Duan was born in a natural childbirth, so Wu Jiang did not like Huansheng, but liked Gongshu Duan. In 744 BC, Zheng Wugong fell seriously ill, and Wu Jiang wanted to make Gongshu Duan the crown prince, but Zheng Wugong refused to agree. In the same year, Zheng Wugong died, and Hesheng succeeded to the throne as Duke Zheng zhuang. In 743 BC, Wu Jiang requested the establishment of land (in shangjie village, Xiawo Town, 12 kilometers northwest of present-day Xingyang City, Henan Province). Since then, to the west, the terrain is dangerous, and the Tiger Prison Pass is particularly critical) as the fief of Shu Duan. Zheng Zhuanggong did not agree. Wu Jiang forced Duke Zheng zhuang to give Jingyi (京邑; present-day Xingyang, Zhengzhou, 20 miles southeast of Xingyang) to Shuduan. Jingyi is Zhengguo Dayi, the city wall is tall, the population is large, and the property is rich, and Zheng Zhuanggong is hindered by his mother's request, so he has to agree. Shu Duan arrived in Jingyi, reorganized his armaments, and plotted with his mother Wu Jiang to attack Zheng Du. In 722 BC, Shu Duan did indeed attack Zheng Du, and Wu Jiang did the internal response. Zheng Zhuang sent an army to attack Shuduan, and the people of the capital betrayed Shuduan, who had no choice but to flee to Yan (鄢, in present-day Yanling County, Henan), and the people of Yanyi fled. Shu Duan had no choice but to flee to Gongguo (present-day Hui County, Henan Province). Zheng Zhuanggong was very angry about his mother's behavior and swore: "Don't go to Huangquan, don't meet her." Zheng Zhuang put his mother Wu Jiang under house arrest at Chengying (城颍, in the Spring and Autumn period of Zhengdi, northeast of present-day Xiangcheng, Henan). After more than a year, Zheng Zhuanggong regretted what he had said and missed his mother very much. Uncle Yingkao said to Zhuang Gong, "Dig a tunnel to the place where there is a spring, build a dungeon, and meet your mother in the underground palace, just like Huang Quan sees your mother." In this way, filial piety was fulfilled without breaking the oath." Zheng Zhuang finally met Wu Jiang at "Huangquan", and the mother and son both hugged their heads and cried, and their words were reconciled. This is the reason for the meeting in Huangquan. In May 701 BC (the forty-third year of Zheng Zhuanggong), Zheng Zhuanggong died, and Zheng Guo fell into civil unrest.
In 375 BC during the Warring States period, the State of Zheng, as a vassal state, completely disappeared in the ancient history of our country.