According to the literature, after Dayu died, he passed the throne to Boyi. However, Boyi's reputation and prestige were far less than that of Dayu's son Xia Qi. Therefore, many people supported Xia Qi's accession to the throne of God. On the surface, Xia Qi has "popularity", it is said that it is the trend of the times to be emperor, so he should hand over the work with Bo Yi peacefully.
However, in fact, Boyi was not willing to abdicate. He felt that Xia Qi was not qualified to be emperor.
For a time, Boyi and Xia Qi fought for the supreme power for a long time. In the end, Xia Qi abolished the patriarchal clan's "abdication system" by force, and replaced it with the "hereditary system" in which the father passed on the son. That is to say, if the father is a monarch, then he should pass on to his own children and make them a new monarch.
After Xia Qi won, he not only killed Boyi, but also established the first hereditary Dynasty in Chinese history - Xia Dynasty. Xia Dynasty was born between the killing of the tribal nobles, and Xia Qi naturally became the first emperor of Xia Dynasty. Although this protracted battle has ended, Xiaqi's succession to the throne has not been supported by all the tribes, and even some tribal leaders firmly oppose Xiaqi.
Moreover, Xia Qi killed Bo Yi, but also met with strong dissatisfaction and resistance from some tribal leaders. Among them, the Hu tribe took the lead in making trouble. Although the foundation of the Hu tribe is stable, it has always occupied the area of Shaanxi and is located in the place of fortress. It can advance, attack and retreat. However, Xia Qi, by virtue of his bravery and strategy of surpassing ordinary people, finally captured the Hu family.
After attacking Hu, Xia Qi made his ruling position more stable.
The establishment of Xia Dynasty promoted the development of slavery, because it was based on the plundering of slave labor. After the nobles reduced the war prisoners to slaves, they were sent to work. Moreover, the slave labor was not paid, and the slave owners took the opportunity to collect money. The agricultural process of Xia Dynasty was remarkable, especially in the yield of crops.
Although the agricultural utensils of the Xia Dynasty were still pure natural utensils such as wood, stone and bone, with the wisdom of the people of the Xia Dynasty, they could use simple tools to control floods. In addition, irrigation facilities were greatly promoted in the Xia Dynasty, which was fed back by agricultural products. In addition, there were a lot of free "labor", which also led to the rapid development of agriculture in the Xia Dynasty.
The Xia Dynasty not only improved their living skills and experience, but also realized that the astronomical calendar was closely related to crop production. Not only that, Xia people also took the lead in summarizing the earliest Chinese almanac based on the knowledge of astronomy and calendar. In addition, after mastering the knowledge of astronomy and calendar, Xia Dynasty people played a positive role in promoting agricultural production.
In addition, the handicraft industry of Xia Dynasty also developed to a higher level, especially copper manufacturing, which was regarded as a new handicraft industry. Copper manufacturing in the Xia Dynasty adopted complicated processes, which reflected the economic progress of the Xia Dynasty. It was also because a large number of slaves put into production that copper smelting technology developed rapidly.
The bronze wares unearthed from Erlitou cultural site in Xia ruins prove the superb copper smelting skills of the Xia Dynasty. In particular, a bronze vessel, which contains 92% copper and 7% tin, was identified as the earliest bronze vessel in China. The whole production process of tongjue is complicated, and it is made of many models. In addition, Erlitou also unearthed copper Ge, which is the earliest bronze weapon found in China.
It is not difficult to see that the copper making technology of Xia Dynasty was fully applied to noble life and war weapons. This also shows the development of Xia Dynasty civilization, and is an important symbol of the rapid economic and social development. After the death of Xia Qi, Taikang inherited the throne. Since then, the Xia Dynasty has experienced a period of turbulent years.
Taikang didn't care about the state affairs. He was addicted to hunting all day, and gradually lost the popular support, which led Houyi to take the opportunity to expel Taikang. Taikang fled to the north of Luoshui with his five brothers and his mother. The five brothers were not allowed to return to their country. They made a "song of five sons" to express their dissatisfaction and self pity to Prince Kang. Although the people of Xia Dynasty supported Taikang as the king, all the real power in the dynasty belonged to Houyi.
Hou Yi was the leader of the poor clan, not a mythical man. After the death of Taikang, Hou Yi made Zhongkang king, but the actual ruler was still Hou Yi. Hou Yi's subversion of the Xia Dynasty was called "Hou Yi replacing Xia" by later generations. However, history is always astonishingly similar. Hou Yi was brave, loved riding and shooting, and spent all his time hunting outside, ignoring state affairs, just like Tai Kang.
After that, Hou Yi abolished the loyal ministers such as Wu Luo, Bo Kun and Long Yao, and put Han Zhuo, an unfilial son expelled by the Boming family, in high position. When he was young, hanzhuo was expelled by the king of Boming because of rumors. Later, he was adopted by Houyi and became a member of Youqiong family, which was very important. However, what Houyi didn't expect was that with the growing power of hanzhuo, his desire also increased.
Later, while Houyi was out hunting, hanzhuo seized the throne, killed him with his cronies, cooked his meat and fed it to his children. After Hou Yi's son refused, he was brutally killed by Han Zhuo. In addition, hanzhuo also occupied Hou Yi's wife and gave birth to two sons, he and Chen. Henceforth, hanzhuo became king by himself and tried to eradicate the descendants of Xia Dynasty.
However, there is no absolute solution. In the Xia Dynasty, the wife of the monarch became a "fish caught in the net". After fleeing back to her mother's home, she gave birth to Shaokang. When he was an adult, Shaokang became the muzheng of his mother's family. Faced with the pursuit of pouring, Shaokang, in a panic, defected to the Yu family and married the second Yao of the Yu family. Later, Yu Si, the monarch of the state of Yu, helped Shaokang fight for the adherents of the Xia family.
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Soon after, Shaokang gained a lot of land and slaves, and gathered the Xia people's forces to contact the old Xia aristocrats around him, striving to eliminate the remaining forces of hanzhuo. Finally, under the strategy of Shaokang, he restored the rule of Xia Dynasty, which is called "Shaokang resurgence". But Han Zhuo attempted suicide. Shaokang counted all the crimes of Han Zhuo and cut off his flesh one by one until he died.
So far, the Youqiong family of the Dongyi nationality, who controlled the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years after three generations and four generations, was destroyed, ending the 40 year period of "no king". After "protracted war" and long-term accumulation, Xia Dynasty established a slavery Dynasty.
Finally, from "Taikang lost his country" to "Shaokang revived", it lasted nearly a hundred years. If we say that the establishment of the Xia Dynasty is the earliest "prosperity" of Chinese dynasties, it is the first "King" to rely on power to start the country, and Taikang is the earliest "King" to become. Only in the Shaokang period did the Xia Dynasty enter into the situation of "rule" and "prosperity", and the situation of resurgence appeared.
