Haojiang, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, was established after the demise of the Shang Dynasty, and was called the Western Zhou Dynasty in history. In the early days, in order to consolidate the state power, Zhou Wang successively enfeoffed his brothers, relatives and heroes to various places to become vassals, established vassal states and established a whole set of systems. Agriculture, handicrafts and commerce have all developed to a certain extent.
Zhou Liwang, the ninth monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty, was greedy for money and lustful, fatuous and cruel, which aroused the "China (civilian) riots" in 84 1 year BC. From then on, the Zhou Dynasty declined and the society was in turmoil.
By the time of Zhou Youwang's rule, the situation in the country was even worse. Zhou Youwang is even more dissolute. He got a beautiful woman named Bao Si, but Bao Si has never smiled once since he entered the palace. In order to make her laugh, Zhou Youwang took Bao Si to Mount Li. It turned out that in order to resist the invasion of Xirong, more than 20 beacon towers were built in the area of Mount Li, and there was one every few miles. The army of Xirong came, lit a bonfire and spread the news one by one. When the princes nearby saw it, they would send troops to rescue it.
Zhou Youwang came to Mount Li and lit a bonfire. When the nearby governors saw the alarm, they thought that the enemy soldiers were coming and quickly led the troops to save them. But at the foot of Mount Li, no enemy saw it, but they heard the drums on the mountain, and everyone froze. Zhou Youwang sent someone to tell them, "It's just the king and princess setting off fireworks. Go back. " The ministers were furious and there was chaos in the mountains. Zance laughed when he saw this. This is the story of China's "war drama princes" in history.
Later, when Xirong's army really attacked the capital Gao Feng, no one paid attention to it, although even the beacon tower was in a state of emergency. The governors think this is Zhou Youwang's nonsense. As a result, Xirong's army invaded Haojiang, killed Zhou Youwang and stole the treasure. In 770 BC, Zhou Pingwang, the son of Zhou Youwang, was forced to move to Luoyi (now Luoyang, Henan Province), which was called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history.