Zuo Zhuan records that the Duke of Zhou wanted to kill the king of Zhuang and set up a prince's division. Xin Bo sued the King of Qi, and together with the King of Qi, he killed the black shoulder of the Duke of Zhou. Prince Ke Benyan. At first, Ziyi was favored by Duke Huan Wang of Zhou. Xin Bo remonstrated, saying, "If you are United, you will be immune to it, and the merger of the two governments will also be the root of chaos." Duke Zhou was embarrassed, and it happened.
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Wang Zike was the second son of Huan, the second emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He has been very clever since he was a child, and Huan Wang loves him very much. On different occasions, he hinted that he would give the throne to Wang Zike in the future. However, at that time, the "eldest son inheritance system" was still adopted in all previous dynasties, that is, the son born to his wife inherited the throne. Therefore, the prince can't be the legal heir, and Huan Wang is very worried about it.
In the twenty-third year of King Huan (697 BC), before he died, he specially called Duke Zhou, the minister, to the bed, and specially entrusted him: "Li Ziqian is modest and polite, but my second son Ke is my favorite and will be my brother in the future. Lai Qing should try his best to fulfill it." Although he hoped that his second son Ke would succeed to the throne, he was still unwilling to break the tradition of "eldest son inheritance system" and hoped that his second son Ke would succeed to the throne after the death of his eldest son.
The arrangement made by Huan Wang before his death laid a curse for the position dispute of his wife. As "Zuo Zhuan Gong Min Two Years" said, "Where the wife is, it is mostly in line with the country, which is also the root of chaos." After Huan's death, ministers routinely appointed their eldest son to succeed Zhou to the throne. This is King Zhouzhuang. However, Wang Zike and minister Zhou Gonghei Shouren were eager to compete for the throne, secretly accumulating strength and colluding with powerful vassal States to take action and seize the throne.
In the fourth year of King Zhuang, Zhou Heijian recognized that the time was ripe for a coup, and he wanted to kill King Zhuang in one fell swoop and make Wang Zike king. However, the intrigue between Duke Black Shoulder of Zhou and Prince Ke was discovered by Dr. Bo. He once advised Duke Black Shoulder of Zhou: "If the two governments are combined, the root of chaos is also." Duke Black Shoulder of Zhou was bent on his own way and did not listen to dissuasion. Simbo had no choice but to report the treacherous behavior of Hei Shougong and Taizike to King Zhuang of Zhou. King Zhuang of Zhou took urgent action to pre-empt the attack, killed Duke Heihu of Zhou and his best friend with lightning speed, and suppressed the coup of the people usurping power. When Wang Zike learned that the Duke of Zhou was killed and that the plot was exposed, he immediately went out of the city alone and crossed the Yellow River to seek protection from the Yan State. This evil rebellion ended in the failure of the planner Wang Zike.
In the early Spring and Autumn Period, the royal family also owned the territory of northern Henan, western Henan and eastern Shaanxi. However, some of these lands were later given to princes, and some were successively occupied by Zheng, Jin, Chu and other countries or Rong nationality.
After the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, the emperor actually controlled very little land and population, and his power was weaker, similar to that of a vassal state, which relied on powerful vassals for politics and economy. At this time, powerful princes such as Qi, Jin, Chu, Qin, etc. came to the fore, and there was also a battle for the throne and the doctor's exclusive rights within the Zhou royal family. This is the famous "Zhou royal rebellion" in the history of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. This kind of struggle within the royal family made the already weak centralization more fragile and became one of the important reasons for the demise of the Zhou Dynasty. Among the struggles for the throne in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there were four struggles for the throne with great influence, and the Ke Rebellion was one of them.