Zhongkang ,一作仲康 or 仲鲁, 姒), son of Qi, brother of Taikang, fourth monarch of the Xia Dynasty. Zhongkang succeeded to the throne before Taikang ruled, and after Houyi deposed Taikang, Zhongkang succeeded to the throne. So, how did Zhongkang become emperor? It should be known that the society at that time was hereditary, and it was mainly passed from father to son. Now, let's take a look at how Zhongkang, the emperor of the Xia Dynasty, became emperor.
Zhongkang (infographic)
In Kai's later years, life became increasingly corrupt. He enjoyed drinking, hunting, singing and dancing, and neglected the government. After qi's death, his son Taikang succeeded to the throne, but he also indulged in sound and color, wine, and food, and did not repair political affairs, prompting internal contradictions to become increasingly acute and external Siyi to betray.
In the fourth year of Taikang, the emperor of the poor country, Yi, heard that the King of Xia, Taikang, went hunting south of Luoshui, believing that this was the best time to attack the Xia Dynasty, so he personally led an army to attack the Xia capital in a blitzkrieg and established himself as king. But soon under the pressure of the princes, he had to cede the throne to the descendants of the Xia royal family.
At that time, Ji Qi's six sons were still alive, so who should be the new King of Xia?
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Neither Old Eryuan Kang nor Old Third Bo Kang learned any techniques, and their minds were stupid, they would not do anything but eat, drink, and have fun, and they could not be kings at all. Only the elder Zhongkang was physically strong and ambitious, and had always coveted the throne. So Zhongkang secretly moved, and several old ministers came forward and elected him as the new king. Hou Yi, the ruler of a poor country, agreed to abdicate the throne, but his condition was that the Xia Dynasty not only exempt the poor countries from taxes, but also provide double the taxes to the poor countries every year. Ji Zhongkang was a mediocre man with no political foresight, and in order to sit on the throne of God, he did not hesitate to agree. In this way, Hou Yi, the king of a poor country, relinquished the throne and led a poor army to return to Poor Stone with a large amount of property looted in Xiadu.
Ji Zhongkang officially assumed the title of king, with the title of Zhongkang. After Ji Zhongkang ascended the throne, he immediately sent people to Yangxia (陽夏, in present-day Taikang County, Henan) to welcome Emperor Taikang back to China, and claimed to be willing to return the throne to Taikang. Tai Kang believed that this was an insult to him by his younger brother Zhongkang and resolutely refused to return to China. Zhongkang was very happy, because he did not want Taikang to return in his heart, and Taikang did not return just to fulfill his wishes, so he sent an army to escort Taikang's concubines and children to Yangxia to reunite with him.
Zhongkang nominally reigned for 30 years, but in fact remained under the dictatorship of Houyi. Unwilling to be a puppet, Zhongkang was bent on regaining power, and sent Sima Yinhou to conquer Houyi's henchmen Xihe in an attempt to weaken Houyi's power. In the end, due to his weak strength, he was put under house arrest by Houyi and was unable to restore Xia's world. Zhongkang died of depression and illness. Buried near Anyi. After Zhongkang's death, his sons took the throne successively.