Chapter 42 In the early years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the two kings stood side by side
Long Hui organized a 1,000-strong expedition to inquire about the news in various countries.
Jin Wenhou also came to Longcheng to visit Long Hui, and he knew that Zheng Henggong asked Long Hui for weapons, so he also came to collect 10,000 four-cornered sticks for his own use.
In order to avoid the invasion of the dogs, King Zhou Ping moved the capital east to Luoyi under the escort of the Qin army. King Ping of Zhou appointed Duke Zheng Wu as Situ and asked him to assist the Zhou royal family together with Marquis Wen of Jin. King Zhou Ping, assisted by Zheng Wugong and Marquis Wen of Jin, barely supported the endgame. The Zhou Dynasty after the eastward migration was known as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history. The year at the beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period.
At the same time as King Ping of Zhou succeeded to the throne, the princes Yu Shifu supported the brother of King You of Zhou as the Son of Heaven, known as King Zhou with the king in history, and the Zhou Dynasty appeared in a situation where the two kings were side by side. In the eleventh year of King Ping of Zhou, Marquis Wen of Jin, who supported King Ping of Zhou, led a large army to attack and kill King Xi of Zhou, so that the Zhou Dynasty was reunited again. End the 10-year juxtaposition of the two kings of the Zhou Dynasty and stabilize the situation in the early years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. When King Ping of Zhou moved east, because Qin Xianggong, the monarch of Qin, fought effectively and made great contributions when Dog Rong attacked the Zhou Dynasty, and also sent troops to escort him to move the capital, he promoted Qin Xianggong to a prince, and gave him the land west of Qishan that Xirong had captured, saying: If Qin captures these lands, then these lands will belong to Qin. And swore an oath to Qin Xianggong. Soon, the Qin state captured the area west of Qishan, and the Qin state began to develop from then on.
When Long Hui controlled the situation in the world in Longcheng and did not want to participate, the army of Longcheng had reached 60,000 people, and a chariot of 10,000 people was added, equipped with 3,000 Celtic chariots, 10,000 Shang bronze knives, 10,000 Shang bronze bows, and 10,000 forged rods. The other is a siege army of 10,000 people, equipped with 10,000 lost reports to attack the city gates, and 10,000 Shangbronze human face shields.
Due to the loss of a large area of homeland, the Zhou Dynasty only owned a corner of the northwest of present-day Henan, but Xingyang in the east, not across Tongguan in the west, not across Rushui in the south, only to the south bank of Qinshui in the north, only more than 600 miles in a radius, the land is narrow and the people are outnumbered, compared with the large vassal states within a radius of thousands of miles, it is only equivalent to a medium vassal state. As a result, the Zhou dynasty declined greatly. In order to compete for land, population, and dominance over other vassal states, the Zheng, Jin, Qi, Lu, Yan, Song, and Chu major powers continued to engage in annexation wars with each other, forming a chaotic situation in which the princes competed for hegemony, and Chinese history entered a turbulent period of great changes.
The detectives sent war reports and news from all over the country,
Marquis Zhao of Jin gave Qu Wo to his uncle Chengshi, who was 58 years old at the time, and won the hearts of the people because of his "good virtue". The minister of the Jin State, Pan's father, killed the Marquis of Jin Zhao and greeted Uncle Qu Wohuan. Uncle Huan wanted to enter the Jin Kingdom, but the Jin people sent troops to attack Uncle Huan's Quwo army, so Uncle Huan retreated to Quwo. The Jin people jointly established the son of the Marquis of Zhao as the king, and it was for the filial piety of the Jin Dynasty to kill Pan's father.
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Kou Sheng inherited the title of Zheng Guo, that is, the Duke of Zheng Zhuang. At the beginning of Zhuang Gong's accession to the throne, Wu Jiang asked Zhuang Gong to divide the land to Shu Duan. Zhuang Gong said that it was unlucky to "control" this place, and that Zheng State annexed the State of Qiu, and the monarch of the State of Qiu died in the land. However, he also told Wu Jiang that in addition to making land, the cities in the country can be chosen. Wu Jiang then asked Zhuang Gong to make Jingyi Duan's fief instead, and Zhuang Gong agreed, and Duan then went to Jingdi. Because Shu Duan is the younger brother of Zhuang Gong, everyone calls him "Uncle Jingcheng."
After Shuduan arrived in Beijing, he first expanded the city of Jingdi and called it Jingyi. According to the etiquette law of the Zhou Dynasty, large cities could not exceed one-third of the national capital, medium cities could not exceed one-fifth of the size of the national capital, and small cities could only be one-ninth. And the reconstruction of Shu Duan has obviously violated the etiquette law. At that time, after the court's doctor Sai Zhong found out that Shu Duan's behavior exceeded the system, he played Zhuang Gong, thinking that the reconstruction of Jingyi was obviously not in line with the ancestral system, and it would be detrimental to Zhuang Gong if it continued. Zhuang Gong believed that Wu Jiang did this, and he couldn't intervene to stop it. Sai Zhong immediately replied, Wu Jiang's request can never be satisfied, it is better to deal with it as soon as possible, if Shu Duan's power is allowed to grow, I am afraid that the situation will not be able to be cleaned up in the future, and it will be difficult to get rid of the overgrown grass, not to mention the younger brother of the monarch. Zhuang Gong said that Shu Duan would kill himself if he did too much injustice.
Later, Shu Duan ordered the western and northern border cities of Zheng to obey the orders of Jingyi in addition to the jurisdiction of the central government, so that these fortresses became two subordinate territories. After Gongzi Lu heard the news, he told Zhuang Gong that a country cannot have two monarchs, and if Zhuang Gong did not plan to let Shu Duan replace him as Zheng Guojun in the future, he should eradicate Shu Duan as soon as possible to avoid public doubts. At this time, Zhuang Gong still replied to Gongzi Lu and ignored Shu Duan's behavior. Duke Zhuang's inaction intensified Shu Duan's rebellion, and he then demanded that the two border cities in the west and north no longer accept Duke Zhuang's orders. And within Zheng Guo's government, Gongzi Lu once again demanded that this behavior of Shu Duan be dealt with, otherwise the situation would get out of control. And Zheng Zhuanggong followed the previous practice, or resigned himself to Shuduan's violation.
After Zheng Zhuanggong's many indulgences, Shu Duan sharpened his troops and prepared to attack the capital Xinzheng. At the same time, Wu Jiang was ready to open the city gate as an internal response when Shu Duan attacked. Zhuang Gong was able to learn of this rebellion plot, and ordered Zifeng to lead two hundred chariots straight to Shuduan Jingyi. At the same time, the people of Jingyi turned their backs on Shuduan after learning that Zhuanggong's army had come to quell the rebellion. Under these circumstances, Shu Duan had no choice but to flee to Yancheng, while the rebellion army pursued all the way to Yan. Shu Duan fled Zheng Guo and took refuge in exile in the Republic of China.