Due to the instability during the rule of King You of Zhou, Duke Huan of Zheng consulted Taishi Bo (太史伯) on his opinions on state relocation. Duke Huan expressed that he wished to move the country to the west or to the
Yangtze River Basin. Taishi Bo indicated that establishing a country in the west would not last long since the people of the west were avaricious and greedy, and that establishing a country in the Yangtze River Basin would be unfavourable for the country since the state of
Chu was expanding in the south. In the end, Duke Huan listened to the advice of Taishi Bo and moved the country to the east of
Luoyang, south of the
Yellow River and the
Ji River (濟水), and named it
New Zheng (新鄭). After relocating the country, other nearby states such as the state of Kuai (鄶) and
Guo offered Duke Huan ten cities, which were incorporated into the land of his country. ==Death==