Han Zhuo had murdered Hou Yi, then killed Hou Yi's son and massacred the Hou Yi family.
But what made Han Zhuo the most uneasy was Minister Si. Minister Si was the direct descendant of the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty, the rightful Emperor of the Xia Dynasty. After being driven out of the capital by Hou Yi, Minister Si fled to Diqiu (now Puyang County, Henan Province). Some civil officials and generals followed him and moved to Zhenguan (now Shouguang City, Shandong Province) and Zhenxun (now Weifang City, Shandong Province) to seek refuge with the vassals of the same surname. Han Zhuo was worried that Si Xiang would restore the country, so he sent his son to lead troops to attack Zhen Guan. Si Xiang had to escape to Diqiu again.
The next year, he led his troops to attack Diqiu. One night, when he was in the city, Xiang Si saw the flames outside the mansion soaring into the sky. He led his troops into the mansion and rushed into the gate. Knowing that it was difficult to escape, he did not want to be a prisoner and be humiliated, so he drew his sword and committed suicide.
Minister Si's wife, Hou Min, was the daughter of the leader of Youreng State (Jining, Shandong Province). She was smart and witty. At that time, she was pregnant. During the night, when people could not distinguish her, she escaped to the city wall in the chaotic crowd. She quietly climbed out of the hole in the wall and hid her identity all the way to the east. She returned to the side of the leader of Youreng State (Jining, Shandong Province). At that time, Han Zhuo was very powerful, and Hou Min did not dare to speak out. She lived in seclusion in the palace and gave birth to her son, Si Shaokang. After Si Shaokang grew up, Hou Min told him about his background and he swore to restore the country.
When Shaokang grew up, he became the herdsman of Youren's family (the official in charge of grazing). Soon after, Han Zhuo learned of Shaokang's background. Han Zhuo sent his son, Shui, to lead troops to kill Shaokang. Shaokang fled to Youyu's tribe (now east of Yucheng, Shangqiu, Henan Province). Yu Si, the leader of the Youyu clan, appointed Shaokang as the chief cook (the official in charge of food and drink), married his two daughters to him, and gave him a five-kilometer-wide Lun City (35 kilometers west of Shangqiu Yucheng County) and 500 soldiers.
Shaokang had grown up in harsh conditions and had been trained to be very talented. With a five-hundred-mile radius of land and five hundred people, he began to plan to restore the country.
Bo Mi was a very talented minister of the Xia Dynasty. Shaokang visited him and Bo Mi helped Si Shaokang to recruit the clansmen of the Zhen Guan and Zhen Xun families who had fled when they were exterminated by Han Zhuo and train the army. Shaokang also sent female Ai into Han Zhuo internal spy military intelligence, waiting for the opportunity to launch the war to restore the country.
In the late 19th century B.C., Shaokang and Bomi launched a war to restore the country. They took the strategy of first removing its wings and then destroying its leader. First, they led the army of Youyu to destroy Han Zhuo's eldest son, Shui, in one fell swoop in Guodi (now northwest of Laizhou, Shandong Province). Shaokang then ordered his son Ji Zhu to lead the army to destroy Han Zhuo's second son, Yi, in Gedi (about central Henan Province). After Han Zhuo's wings were cut off, Bo Mi led the army to attack Zhen Xun, destroyed Han Zhuo, and made Shaokang emperor. Shaokang returned to Yangzhai, the capital of the Xia Dynasty (now Yuzhou, Henan Province), and restored the rule of the Xia Hou.
After Shaokang restored the country, he was diligent in government affairs and paid attention to credit. Under his rule, the world was stable and culture flourished. All the tribes supported him, and the Xia Dynasty flourished again. History called it the " Shaokang Revival ".
Shaokang granted Si Wuyu, the son of a concubine, to Yue (now Shaoxing County, Zhejiang Province) and asked him to guard the tomb of his ancestor, Yu the Great. This was the beginning of Yue. Twenty-one years later, around 1912 B.C., Shaokang died of illness and was buried in Yangxia (today's Taikang County, Zhoukou, Henan Province).
Si Qi broke the abdication system and seized the throne, starting the precedent of bloody struggle for the throne. Later people staged bloody tragedies of fighting for the throne. After Qi's death, his five sons began to fight for the throne. His fifth son, Si Wuguan, launched a rebellion and imitated Si to use violence to seize the right of inheritance. Fortunately, Peng Boshou led the army to quell the rebellion of Si Wuguan, and Si Taikang ascended the throne. This power struggle had greatly damaged the Xia Dynasty. Hou Yi took advantage of the Xia Dynasty's weakness to prevent Si Taikang from returning to the palace. He made Zhongkang the puppet monarch and drove Si Xiang out of the capital. He became the emperor himself and usurped the power of the Si family. Han Zhuo murdered Hou Yi, massacred Hou Yi's family, and seized the throne from Hou Yi's hands. Si Shaokang had gone through many hardships and painstakingly managed to destroy Han Zhuo, taking back the royal power from his hands and restoring the rule of the Xia Dynasty. From the time Si Qi destroyed the abdication system and seized the throne to the time of Taikang, Zhongkang, Xiang, and Shaokang, it had been nearly a hundred years. People had used war many times to seize the throne, and the people had suffered from war because there was no abdication system anymore. If the royal power was passed down through abdication, how could there be a war for the royal power?
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