The Three Prisons Rebellion in the History of Early Zhou Dynasty

After Zhou Wuwang captured Chao Ge, the capital of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wang was forced to commit suicide, and the history of Shang Dynasty ended, but the slave-owner class of Shang still maintained its strong strength. In order to strengthen the control of the Yin people and consolidate the rule of the Western Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains, Wu Geng, the son of Wu Wangli Zhou, was the capital, and Ji was divided into three fiefs, Wei, {,and Tai, which were ruled by, Cai Shu and Huo Shu, his brother, respectively, to monitor Wu Geng, which were collectively called the three prisons. Three prisons, it is generally believed that the area north of Shangdu is Thailand; The area south of Shangdu is {; The east of Shangdu is the guardian.

Shortly after the demise of Shang Dynasty, the King of Wu died and the Duke of Zhou was regent. Guan Shu was very interested in fighting for power, so he spread rumors that "Duke Zhou was not conducive to his obedient son (becoming king)". In the third year after the Yin Dynasty (BC 1024), together with Cai Shu, he encouraged Wu Gengxu's father to fight against Zhou Dynasty. There are dozens of countries in the East, such as Xu, Yan, and so on, all of which had close relations with the Shang Dynasty. This is an extremely heavy blow to the Zhou Dynasty, which has just been established for more than three years. If the rebellion is not overcome, the Zhou Dynasty will face great difficulties, and the achievements made by Zhou Wenwang after decades of dismal operation will be destroyed.

The Zhou royal family is in jeopardy. There are also people in the royal family who are skeptical about the duke of Zhou as king. This situation of internal and external attack put Duke Zhou in a very difficult situation. He first stabilized the internal affairs, maintained unity, and persuaded King Taigong and Zhao Gong to be happy. He said: "The reason why I did not avoid the difficult times and became king was that I was worried that the world would betray the Zhou Dynasty. Otherwise, I have no face to repay Wang Tai, Ji Wang and Wang Wen. The three kings have been worried about the world for a long time, and now they have achieved something. King Wu left us prematurely, and he became king at such a young age. I did this to achieve the Zhou Dynasty. " After the Duke of Zhou unified his internal opinions, the following year (before 1023), he held a crusade against Guan, Cai and Wu Geng. Divination was carried out in advance and "Da Gao" was released.

After three years of hard fighting, the Three Swords Rebellion was successfully put down in BC 1022, the eastern countries were conquered, Xian was killed, Wu Geng, who fled to the north, was captured alive and killed, and Cai Shudu, who was guilty of minor crimes, was exiled. After Cai Shu died, his son Hu was very different from his father. Hearing this, the Duke of Zhou promoted him to an official of the State of Lu. Hu governed Lu very well, and Duke Zhou named Hu Xincai.

After the Duke of Zhou pacified Cai, he marched eastward and destroyed Yan (now Qufu, Shandong Province) and other more than 50 countries, and rushed to the seaside to kill Fei Lian. From this week's influence to the seaside.

After the Three Prisons Rebellion, the rulers in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty realized more deeply the importance of the feudal relatives and the houses around the screen. On the basis of enfeoffment, Duke Zhou and King Cheng enfeoffed governors on a large scale again. According to legend, the Duke of Zhou enfeoffed 71 countries, of which 53 were children of the surname Ji. They are all descendants of King Wen, King Wu and Duke Zhou. For example, Wen Wang's younger brother was sealed in Dongguo and Guo, and Wen Wang's son was sealed in Han, Jin, England and Han. Son of Duke Zhou, Feng Fan, Jiang, Xing, Mao, Cha and Cai.

The adherents of Feng and Yin, who originally belonged to Wu Geng, were divided into two parts. One part was Wei, the brother of Zhou, who surrendered after destroying the business and did not participate in the rebellion, so he was named Shangqiu, with the title of Song. The other part is addressed to Uncle Kang, who became the king in the old city of Yin and Shang. The national guard. In addition, there are some nobles with different surnames who were sealed by Duke Zhou and King Cheng. These two enfeoffment countries not only consolidated the rule of Zhou people in the vast area that originally belonged to Yin Shang, but also expanded their power and influence, making Zhou a powerful country with far more national strength and territory than Shang Dynasty.