The rule of ChengKang, also known as the world of Chengkang, refers to the reign of Ji Chanting and Ji Zhao in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Historians said that "at the time of Chengkang, the world was peaceful, and the punishment was not used for more than forty years."
During the reigns of King Cheng of Western Zhou and King Kang of Zhou, he inherited the achievements of King Wen and King Wu, and internally implemented the proposition of "Mingde Prudent Punishment" of the Duke of Zhou, and practiced frugality to ease class contradictions; He continued to attack Huaiyi and used force to control the minority areas in the east, and achieved great victories. The Chengkang period was the most powerful stage of Zhou, so it was praised by chengkang's rule.
During the reign of King Kang, the country was strong, the economy was prosperous, the culture was prosperous, and the society was stable. Later generations referred to this period of rule and the last year of King Cheng as the "rule of Cheng Kang".
background
King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang Ju gong zhiwei, and after his death, the crown prince chanted Ji Li to become a king. King Cheng was young, and he once assisted The regent of King Wu of Zhou, the younger brother of King Wu of Zuokeshang, and acted as a state official. Zhou Gong was a great statesman, according to the original system of the Zhou Kingdom, taking into account the courtesy, gaining and losing, and devising a system to consolidate feudal rule, which was the "Zhou Gong Li Le" or "Zhou Dian" that later generations of Confucians strongly praised and respected. At this time, Two of King Wu's younger brothers, Guan Shu and Uncle Cai, suspected that the Duke of Zhou would usurp the throne, so they slandered the Duke of Zhou and contacted the Yin remnants led by Wu Geng, and rumors spread in the public and the public. Wu Geng himself also believed that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he actively plotted to restore the country. Therefore, they colluded together and gathered Xu, Xiang, Bogu, Xiong, Ying and other Fangguo tribes to rebel against Zhou. Zhou Gong was in a difficult position at home and abroad, which was very difficult. Therefore, he first explained to Zhao Gong and asked for help, and then resolutely led the army to carry out the Eastern Crusade.
After three years of arduous fighting, the Duke of Zhou killed Wu Geng, deposed Cai, attacked the Seventeen Kingdoms such as Xiangxu, and captured the nobles and remnants of the merchants as prisoners, because they stubbornly rebelled against the rule of Zhou, and were called recalcitrants or yin stubborn by the King of Zhou. In order to eliminate the remnants of the Yin merchants and to consolidate the rule of Western Zhou, the Duke of Zhou first ordered the princes to work together in the Iloilo region to build a new city, that is, the Eastern Capital Luoyi. After the completion of Luoyi, the "Yin recalcitrant people" who had opposed the Zhou Dynasty were relocated to this place and strictly controlled.
At the same time, Wei Zi, the brother of king Huan who surrendered to Western Zhou, was founded in the former capital of the Shang Dynasty, and the State of Song was established, after administering Yin Shang; King Fengwu's younger brother Kang Shu (康叔) established the Wei State and bestowed the Seven Tribes of Yin min; The son of the Duke of Fengzhou, Bo Yan, established the state of Lu with the old land of the State of Yan and gave the six clans of Yin people. In this way, the Yin merchants and the remnants of the people were divided and ruled, and the situation in the world was generally peaceful.
effect
The "Reign of Chengkang" is the earliest recorded Taiping Dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, agricultural production flourished, the people's living standards were relatively improved, and the minorities from all over the world came to congratulate each other, pointing out that this was the result of ruling the country with courtesy, advocating moral education, implementing the policy of benefiting the people, and strictly enforcing the legal system in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
However, by the late period of King Kang, there were already signs of decay, such as indulging in female sex, constant conquest, and careless punishment; And as historians have always said, it was the decline of King Zhao that began to decline. Studying this period of history in the Chengkang period, the experience and lessons left to future generations are extremely profound.