This order not only aimed at Jifeng's Wei state, but also aimed at all the districts of the whole Zhou Dynasty, including the capital.
In this public instruction, Ji Dan did not completely prohibit drinking, but adopted three grading measures: first, the aristocratic children who held official posts at all levels in the capital of the Dynasty should not drink frequently; second, the aristocratic children who held official posts at all levels in the vassal states could only drink during sacrifice; third, the aristocratic children who held official posts at all levels in the capital of the Dynasty should not drink frequently; Thirdly, they should take care of the old Shang people living in the Wei state. They can drink when their parents are happy.
The policy can not be described as detailed! Since it is so detailed, it is inevitable that there will be strict provisions in the end. The most severe one is to prevent group drinking, because once the wine emboldens people, discontent will be ignited, and people will make trouble and revolt. Therefore, Ji Dan said: "if someone reports that they have group drinks, Ji Feng, don't indulge them. You should arrest them all and send them to the capital of the dynasty. I will personally sentence them to kill them." Such strict provisions still treat different objects differently. For those who are willing to drink in the old clan of yin and Shang Dynasties, we should give them education and admonition instead of killing them. However, those who do not change after persuasion will also be killed.
The cruel policy of the Duke of Zhou really played a deterrent role in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. However, when it came to Jihu (King li of Zhou), the tenth generation monarch, prohibition was not very effective. Rongyigong, a close official of Jihu, was greedy for money and wine, and refused any criticism. At that time, people said that the kind of officials represented by him were "right to listen and drunk to recite". In the current words: if you say something pleasant, I'll talk to you a few words; if you say something unpleasant, I'll pretend to be drunk, can't hear, and ignore you.
Under the toss of Rong Yi Gong, and of course his own behavior of suppressing different opinions, the generation of Li Wang led to internal turmoil. A coup ran him away and ran to a place called *, where he was wronged for 14 years and died. After the coup, the word "Republic" first appeared in Chinese historical documents. The two traditional politicians, Duke Zhou and Duke Zhao, were in charge of politics together and spent 14 important years in Chinese history.
These 14 years began in 841 BC and ended in 828 BC. Only in 841 BC did Chinese history have an exact chronology, and official documents recorded what happened in a certain year. For example, Ji Dan's "kanggao" instructions can only be said to be written in the early days of Chengwang and the Regency of Zhougong, without an accurate year.
Jokingly, it's the drinking of King Zhou Li's generation that gives China an accurate chronological time.
