The rule of Chengkang refers to the period during which King Cheng of Zhou and King Kang of Zhou ruled, and is collectively known as the rule of Chengkang. This period should be the most powerful period of the Zhou Dynasty. During the Chengkang period, he promoted the governing concept of Zhou Gong respecting heaven and protecting the people and prudent punishment in Mingde, and actively expanded his territory and expanded his influence externally.
After quelling the Rebellion of the Three Prisons and moving the capital to Luoyi. The Zhou Dynasty officially entered a stage of steady development. In order to effectively control the country, during this period, a large-scale sub-sealing was implemented, which not only strengthened the ability of the Zhou Dynasty to rule, maintained the patriarchal system and the implementation of the ritual system, but also strengthened the local sense of identity with the state.
The Chengkang period was also a period of continuous expansion of the Zhou Dynasty, and after the Zhou Dynasty decided the "Rebellion of the Three Prisons", in order to continue to expand the results of the battle, the rebel forces were completely eliminated. The Duke of Zhou successively destroyed Jiuyi in the southeast, and then went north to eliminate the State of Xiang, annihilating more than fifty countries that participated in the rebellion in succession, and extending the territory of the Zhou Dynasty to the eastern coastal areas. Because the Zhou Dynasty focused its main forces on suppressing the Rebellion of the Three Prisons and the Eastern Crusade, and relaxed its vigilance against the northwest, a minority tribe in the north often took the opportunity to harass the northwest border of the Zhou Dynasty, and even threatened the capital at that time, Hojing.
During the reign of King Kang of Zhou, the situation in the southeast had stabilized. Therefore, the Zhou Dynasty decided to completely solve the northwest border problem, and King Kang of Zhou sent a large army to conquer the Ghost Fang. After two battles. The Zhou Dynasty army annihilated thousands of enemy troops and captured tens of thousands of prisoners. This border problem was completely solved, and the northwest border of the Zhou Dynasty was stabilized from then on. After the conquest of the four sides by the second generation of Cheng and Kang, the national territory was unprecedentedly vast, and the Zhou people finally achieved their rule over the world.
After the external environment was stable, the Zhou Dynasty began internal construction, and the state system such as the patriarchal system and the ritual music system was vigorously promoted, laying the foundation of Chinese civilization. King Cheng of Zhou and King Kang of Zhou are indeed qualified monarchs in history. During their time in power, the two were able to be frugal and diligent, and there was nothing inherently bad about themselves. Coupled with the assistance of zhou gong, zhao gong and other sages, the Zhou Dynasty ushered in a stage of prosperity. During this period, economic development, social stability, the people were basically able to live and work in peace and contentment, Sima Qian's history is more recorded in the Cheng Kang period, the world was too peaceful, the country for more than forty years without using criminal law, which shows the stability of the country at that time.
But Chengkang's prosperity did not last long. After the death of King Kang of Zhou, it can be said that the rule of Cheng Kang has come to a complete end. The rule of Cheng Kang can be said to be the most brilliant period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it also profoundly affected the trend of Chinese civilization. It was also a very important part of early Chinese history.