Chapter 37 helps King Zhou Mu to discuss
On this day, his subordinates reported that King Zhou Mu was going to lead an army to recruit the dogs, and they would start ten days later.
Long Hui was in a good mood after hearing this, and finally waited
。 Long Hui began to arm his 10,000 men, adding 500 Kertic chariots, 10,000 Fijian throwing sticks, 10,000 bearskin helmets, and 10,000 bronze axes.
Long Hui took these 10,000 people and waited on the road that King Zhou Mu must pass through, and when King Zhou Mu led his troops to pass by, he saw these 10,000 soldiers waiting here, and Long Hui stepped forward; King Mu, I know that the king commanded the army to defeat the Dog Rong tribe, and we helped the king.
Well, great, you will go out with this king, and if you have merit in the expedition, this king will be rewarded.
The five big leaders of the Dog Rong tribe led 40,000 troops to open the camp and prepare to fight against the Western Zhou army, and King Mu of Zhou led 30,000 troops plus Long Hui's 10,000 soldiers just happened to be 40,000.
King Mu of Zhou found Long Hui; Will General Long take the lead?
Back to the king, no problem, tomorrow I will lead the troops.
On the second day, Long Hui led 10,000 people to fight under the guidance of 500 chariots, and Long Hui's strategy was,
First of all, each chariot was equipped with two soldiers and a driver, the driver controlled the chariot, and the soldiers on the chariot were each holding ten Indian throwing sticks, and were responsible for the first round of strikes with throwing sticks after the chariot ran up, and then 8,500 soldiers used copper axes and copper spears for melee combat.
The chariot moved, and the two sides began to attack, and the Dogjung tribesmen were a little surprised, they had never seen the Celtic chariot, they had never seen the stick, and they had never seen this kind of fighting.
When 10,000 throwing sticks flew out, the eyes of the dog Rong side were opened, thousands of people fell, under the cover of the chariot, Long Hui's side attacked, and King Zhou Mu also ordered the army to rush and kill the past, and the dog Rong was frustrated and began to scatter and flee.
Long Hui led his men to capture the five major leaders of the enemy in one fell swoop, and the Inurong tribe announced that they would pay tribute on time in the future.
The dog is subdued. Long Hui's men suffered 2,000 casualties.
Just when King Mu of Zhou conquered the dog Rong, King Xu Yan of Xu State and the Jiuyi tribe took the opportunity to make a rebellion and hit the edge of the Yellow River.
After the army returned to the court, it immediately beat the Xu State and Jiuyi soldiers led by King Xu Yan all the way back to Xu State, and then broke through the Xu State with strength, and King Mu of Zhou ordered his son Ying Baozong to manage the Xu State for Xu Zi.
Then King Mu of Zhou went all the way north and wiped out some of the rebellious tribes and Fang Kingdom.
Long Hui's task was also completed, nearly half of the soldiers brought by Long Hui were killed or wounded, and the remaining soldiers, Long Hui asked King Zhou Mu for a reward.
Help King Zhou Mu to complete the quest, and the new task helps King Zhou Xuan to go east.
Long Hui continued to check the information of the Western Zhou Dynasty;
In 922 B.C. (the fifty-fifth year of King Mu of Zhou), Ji Huhu's father King Ji Man of Zhou Mu died, and Ji Huhu inherited the throne and changed the Yuan that year to be the king of Zhou.
In the spring of 919 B.C. (the fourth year of the reign of King Zhou Gong), the king of Zhou Gong traveled to the edge of Jingshui, when Mi Kanggong, the king of Mi Guo, traveled with King Zhou Gong. Three women came to the Duke of Mi Kang, and his mother, Kui, said, "You must sacrifice them to the king." If there are three wild beasts, they are called 'group', if they have three people, they are called 'many', and if there are three beautiful women, they are called 'can'. When the king hunted in the field, he did not dare to hunt herds of beasts; When the princes travel, they should also be courteous to everyone, and the king should marry a concubine and not marry a fellow sister. All three women were beautiful. So many beauties have come to you, what virtue can you afford? A king can't afford it, let alone a little man like you? The little people who have good things will eventually perish. "Mi Kang Gong did not listen to his mother's advice, and did not sacrifice the three women. In 919 BC (the fourth year of the reign of King Zhou Gong), King Zhou Gong sent troops to destroy the secret state.
In 904 B.C. (the 19th year of the reign of the Zhou Dynasty), because the Zhou Dynasty did not attach importance to the construction of the army, the armed forces of the towns were very weak, and the Xirong people thought that there was an opportunity, so they rebelled against the Western Zhou Dynasty and organized an army to attack the territory of the Western Zhou. The Western Zhou army had few generals and was unable to stop the enemy, and was captured by the Xirong army in a row more than ten cities, approaching Haojing. When the king of Zhou Gong learned that Hojing was threatened, he urgently mobilized the armies of various vassal states to jointly attack, only to defeat the Xirong army and drive them out of the country. However, this war caused great losses to the Western Zhou Dynasty.
When King Zhou Gong succeeded to the throne, the country spent a huge amount of wealth due to King Mu of Zhou's travels, which made the country's finances very empty and gradually difficult to support economically. However, on many occasions, he had to maintain the shelf of the Son of Heaven. For example, in order to show that the rewards and punishments were clear, the king of Zhou Gong had to divide the land near the capital to the princes and doctors one after another, so that the area under his direct control became smaller and smaller, and the income became smaller and smaller. The state of the Zhou dynasty began to decline.
After the king of Zhou Gong succeeded to the throne, he made great adjustments to the strategy of governing the country, and militarily, he changed the practice of his father and ancestors to conquer the world by force, cut the army, and made the law clear to calm the people, so that more people could be content with production and create wealth to increase the country's financial revenue. In foreign relations, China has adopted a peaceful and stable foreign policy, mainly adopted peaceful negotiations to resolve border disputes, and avoided armed conflicts as much as possible. Politically, he abolished the old system of "state ownership of land and subdivision of vassals" and implemented private ownership of land to allow land to be bought and sold freely. The State collects and pays taxes to landowners in accordance with regulations. This was the first time that the Western Zhou Dynasty legalized the private ownership of land.
These measures of Zhou Gongwang are very beneficial to the country. Because before that, the state only taxed the area of land that could be cultivated, and the arable land cultivated by the nobles without paying taxes. Nowadays, the state allows the existence of private land, and the owner of private land must truthfully declare it, otherwise it will be regarded as illegal private land and confiscated once it is found. This forced the nobles to report their private land truthfully, and once they did, they had to pay taxes according to the regulations, thus increasing the revenue of the state treasury.
During the reign of King Gong of Zhou, Ji Yan was established as the crown prince. In the twenty-third year of the reign of King Zhou (900 BC), the prince succeeded to the throne as King Yi of Zhou.
After King Zhou Yi succeeded to the throne, politics became increasingly corrupt and the country declined.
In the first year of King Zhou Yi, Yan Yun invaded the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the people suffered greatly, and wrote poems to satirize King Zhou Yi's incompetence in governing the country.
In the seventh year of King Zhou Yi, Xirong invaded the Zhou realm, and once came to Zhou Haojing.
In the thirteenth year of King Yi of Zhou, the northern Zhai people invaded Qi Zhou.
During the period of Chengkang Zhaomu, the border Rongdi has been suppressed, and after King Yi of Zhou ascended the throne, they continued to invade the Western Zhou Dynasty, and even arrived at Gyeonggi several times, proving that the national power of the Western Zhou Dynasty was in decline at this time.
The weakening of the state is caused by various reasons, and the problem of the ruler himself is one of the important reasons. In February of the seventh year of King Yi of Zhou, the imperial court appointed Yigong Mu to govern the Baishi bureaucracy. In his appointment speech, he said: The bureaucracy is arrogant and extravagant, ignores the laws and decrees formulated by the previous kings, acts arbitrarily and tyranny, and brutalizes the small people, and as a result, the small people revolt and endanger their own lives, all of which are to blame. It is strictly ordered that the Yigong Pastor should act in accordance with the decree of the previous king, clearly observe and make judgments, and sentence according to the law. This not only proves that King Zhou Yi had the intention to rectify the dynasty, but also proves the political chaos at that time. Judging from the subsequent development, King Zhou Yi failed to reverse the decline. In the twenty-first year of King Yi of Zhou, Duke Yu was ordered by King Yi to lead the Northern Expedition of the Zhou Division, but he was defeated.
In the winter of the seventh year of King Yi of Zhou (893 BC), the Western Zhou Dynasty suffered a catastrophic natural disaster, heavy rain and hail hit the royal capital Huaili, many livestock and poultry were killed by hail, and then the cold snap soared, the weather was extremely cold, and even the Jialing River and the Han River were frozen. Some people didn't have time to protect themselves from the cold, and they were frozen to death.
King Zhou Yi was very superstitious, because "Tian Zaidan" felt ominous, and moved the capital from Hojing to the new capital Huaili, but what he didn't expect was that everything was still not going well in the new capital, and the expedition to the dog Rong was beaten and returned, and the people's livelihood was resentful. Immediately after that, a rare natural disaster struck, and the vicinity of the royal capital was in disarray. He was terrified, believing that the heavens were punishing him, and he was always afraid that the gods would come to claim his life.
In the spring of the eighth year of King Yi of Zhou (892 BC), King Yi of Zhou died at the age of about forty-six, nicknamed King Yi, and was buried in Biyuan. The history books say that "gentle and virtuous say Yi", so he is called King Zhou Yi.