King Li of Zhou

To pay for his pleasures and vices, King Li raised taxes and caused misery among his subjects.

He enstated a new law which allowed him to punish anyone, by death, who dared to speak against him.

King Li's bad rule soon forced many peasants and soldiers into revolt, and Li was sent into exile at a place called Zhi near Linfen (842 BC).

[2] When Li died in exile in 828 BC, power was passed to his son.

The fragments say:[4] Formerly, during the decline of the house of Zhou, King Li brought trouble and chaos to all under heaven, the feudal lords governed by means of force, and the people desired to act as if there were no hierarchy and annex one another’s land.

The Duo You ding inscription of the time of King Li, mentioning an attack from the northern tribe of the Xianyun .
The Zong Zhou Zhong (Bell of Zhou), 9th century BC, National Palace Museum , Taipei