Chapter 1 Part 5

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The Cental Palace was to be managed by the King's
Wife, Queen Jiang, the Western Palace by his concubine
Huang, who was the sister of Huang Feihu, and the
Xinqing Palace was managed by another concubine,
Yang. All three palaces housed many concubines who were
quiet and dutiful.

With all this, King Zhou’s reign was good. There was
peace in and beyond the land, the rains came and went,
and the people were happy.

The Barons, all 800 of them, too paid homage to the
Shang. There were Four Greater Barons, who ruled over
800 Lesser Barons. In the East ruled the Eastern Baron,
Jiang Hengchu, who lived in the Land of Lu in the
East. The South was ruled by the Southern Baron
E Congyu, the West by the Western Baron Ji Chang, and
the North, by Cong Houhu, the Northern Baron. Each
Greater Baron ruled over 200 of the Lesser Barons,
hence the figure of 800 Barons who were ruled by
the Shang.

News of a rebellion by 72 Barons in the
North, led by the Baron Yuan Futong, were reported in
the Spring of the seventh year of King Zhou’s reign.
The Grand Minister Wen Zhong subsequently led an army
to quash the rebellion and succeeded, and the
rebellion was mentioned no more.