With the same reforms and great military exploits, King Zhou Xuan was called the Lord of ZTE, but King Zhou Li was evaluated as tyrannical and immoral. The differences and reasons between the two are as follows:
King Xuan of Zhou is The son of King Zhou Li, the reason why King Zhou Li was evaluated as cruel and immoral was related to some of his actions during his reign. During his reign, he launched foreign wars all year round, draining the national treasury and making the people miserable. Later, King Zhou Li also appointed Duke Rongyi as a minister and began to implement the patent policy. King Zhou Li directly controlled the mountains, forests and lakes, leaving the people with nowhere to make a living. The people complained a lot, but they were brutally suppressed by King Zhou Li. King Li ordered that no one should talk about this matter, otherwise he would be killed without mercy. This is evident from the cruelty.
Until the thirty-seventh year of King Zhou Li, the people finally rose up in resistance after being suppressed for too long. The people of Haojing brought weapons and united to attack the palace, vowing to kill King Zhou Li. But King Li of Zhou escaped and fled along the Wei River to Pig.
The revolting people could not find King Zhou Li in the palace, so they looked for his son Prince Jing. At that time, Duke Zhao Mu had already hidden Prince Jing and asked his son to pretend to be Prince Jing. The rebels killed Duke Zhao Mu's son, but Prince Jing survived.
Thinking that the people who had killed the prince had calmed down and left, the princes asked Duke Zhao Mu and Duke Zhou Ding to govern the country first. This is "government and administration."
King Li of Zhou who fled to Zhi died in the 14th year of the First Emperor's reign, and Prince Jing gradually grew up. The princes, Duke Zhaomu and Duke Dinggong made Prince Jing the new king. , that is, King Xuan of Zhou.
When King Zhou Xuan was in power, he also launched foreign wars all year round, but did not implement a high-pressure policy internally. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the borders were stable, allowing the Zhou Dynasty to enter a period of "peace in all directions and a stable kingdom" , so he is called the Lord of ZTE.
However, King Xuan of Zhou later also intensified social conflicts because of the many years of war that wasted people and money. In his later years, King Xuan of Zhou also became autocratic and cruel, so King Xuan's ZTE was also short-lived.