Dynasties of ChinaWestern ZhouWestern Zhou lineage
Reign 885–878 BCE
With the support of the princes, he returned to the King Yi lineage, and the prestige of the royal family declined. He once listened to the slander and had Qi Aigong killed.
Ji Xie was King Yi's Crown Prince. King Yi failed to ascend the throne after his death. It was only after King Xiao's death that he was crowned king by the princes. "Book of Rites" says that the emperor went down to the hall to meet the princes "from King Yi down", which was regarded as a sign of the decline of the royal family's prestige. According to "Historical Records", he listened to Ji Hou's slander and summoned the princes to cook and kill Qi Aigong; the ancient "Bamboo Book Annals" also records that he ordered Guo Gong to lead six divisions to conquer the Taiyuan army and captured thousands of horses. During this period, Xiong Qu, the king of Chu, took advantage of the decline of the royal family and established his three sons as kings.
PoliticsRestoration of princes
King Xiao died, and the princes proclaimed King YiCrown Prince Xie as king. According to the "Book of Rites: Jiao Te Sheng", it is an ancient etiquette for the emperor not to go down to the hall to meet the princes. "It is also disrespectful for the emperor to go down to the hall to meet the princes. This is from the King Yi down."
MilitaryDefeat Taiyuan's troops
According to the ancient "Bamboo Book Annals" quoted in "Book of the Later Han·Biography of the Western Qiang", King Yi ordered the Duke of Guo to lead six divisions to attack the Rong of Taiyuan as far as Yuquan, and captured thousands of horses.
PoliticsXiong Qu established three kings
According to "Historical Records: The Family of Chu", during the reign of King Yi, the royal family was in decline. Xiong Qu, the king of Chu, "very much achieved peace among the people of Jiang and Han." He raised troops to defeat the mediocre, and promoted Yue to Hubei. He claimed that "I am a barbarian, and I have no posthumous title with China." He established his three sons as kings.
PoliticsCooking Qi Aigong
According to "Historical Records: The Family of Qi Taigong", Jihou slandered King Zhou, and King Zhou killed Qi Aigong and appointed his younger brother Jing as King of Qi, which was Duke Hu. The ancient "Bamboo Book Annals" states that this event occurred in the third year of King Yi, and King Yi cooked it as "to the princes".
Mi, whose surname is Xiong, is the monarch of Chu State. To open up the land between Jiang and Han, he named the eldest son Kang the King of Judan, the middle son Hong the King of E, and the youngest son Zhichi the King of Yuezhang. King Li was afraid of his crusade and canceled the king's title.
His name is Buchen, and he is the great-great-grandson of Grand Duke Wang. Ji Hou was cooked and killed by the King of Zhou because of his slander. This was a famous example of the Emperor of Zhou executing princes and kings on the king's orders.