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Qin Feizi created the pre-Qin foundation and reigned for thirty years. The Qin land was managed in an orderly manner, as a subordinate tribe of the Zhou royal family, Qin Feizi did not dare to be lazy at all, and he was as meticulous and dedicated as raising horses in his life, so that the people of Qin gradually lived a stable life, and the economic strength had a good momentum of development. When the leader of Qin Land reached Qin Feizi's great-grandson Qin Zhong, it was just in time for the reign of King Zhou Li.

After King Zhou Li succeeded to the throne, he was greedy for financial gain, reused the more greedy Rongyi Gong, and brutally looted the people, which made the people complain.

A minister named Rui Liangfu came and said: "I am afraid that the royal family is about to fall! That Rong Yigong likes to monopolize financial gains, but he doesn't know that if he continues like this, he will be in trouble. Wealth and wealth are produced from all kinds of things, which are naturally possessed by heaven and earth, and if someone wants to monopolize it, then there will be many disasters. Everything that is created between heaven and earth can be shared by all, so how can one person have it? The monopoly of one person will inevitably lead to the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people, but they do not know how to guard against great disasters. Rong Yi uses financial benefits to lure His Majesty, so that His Majesty does not consider all living beings, Your Majesty, can you still live in peace for a long time? As a king, he should develop all kinds of wealth and distribute it to the upper and lower groups of ministers. Even then, the gods, the people, and all things get their due, and even then, they must be careful and vigilant every day, lest they invite resentment. ”

King Zhou Li was impatient when he heard this, so he waved his hand to Rui Liangfu, hoping that he would stop, and shouted: "Go away!" ”

This Rui Liangfu insisted on saying: "Your Majesty has inherited the inheritance of King Wen and King Wu, but Your Majesty's ruling ministers are dazed and careless, leading the king to be unkind and unjust. Monopolizing its interests and exercising power and fortune is like gathering black clouds and brewing a storm, and the people will be unbearable, and it will cause riots in the country. The stability or chaos of the state really depends on the actions of the king and the ruling ministers. The ancients wanted to listen a lot as a warning, and if you don't listen, you won't know. Although you have listened and you have known, it will be difficult if you do not change your mind. Your Majesty will eliminate disasters for the people, and the people will support them. If he does evil to the people, he becomes the enemy of the people. When the king does not do good, the people will not recognize him as a king, but will hate him in their hearts. Although the people are isolated and destitute, they are as many as 100,000 or 100,000 as the sea, and your king alone is like a small boat. If this continues, the great woe of the king is coming. ”

King Zhou Li couldn't listen to it anymore. He ordered Rui Liangfu to be driven out left and right. Rong Yigong hurriedly beckoned the guards outside the court to come in and drive Rui Liangfu away.

Because the common people were talking about King Zhou Li's greed and cruelty everywhere, gossip spread into King Zhou Li's ears, so King Zhou Li spent a lot of money to invite a wizard from Weiguo, it is said that this wizard can hear who is speaking ill of King Zhou Li no matter how far away he is, and those caught by him are severely punished, and the light is to be punished, and the heavy is beheaded. And this wizard is haunted, and he doesn't know when and where anyone he catches will not end well. As a result, the people did not dare to talk to each other, and even those who were familiar with them did not dare to speak when they walked to the other side.

King Zhou Li was able to say to Zhao Gonghu: "What's the matter, no one dares to speak ill of me now." ”

Zhao Gonghu reminded him: "Blocking people's mouths is worse than blocking the rushing river." Blocking the river will erupt one day. And the gag of people's mouths will explode more ferociously. ”

Zhao Gonghu tried hard to persuade King Zhou Li, but King Zhou Li only cared about his own pride and couldn't listen to the persuasion of others.

King Zhou Li's harsh government finally aroused the anger of the people, and the people who could not live picked up the farm tools in their hands and threw themselves at the palace, their anger was like a roaring sea, King Zhou Li fled to a place called Yudi, and finally died there.

The Zhou royal family was in turmoil for a long time. Rong Di around the Zhou Dynasty began to invade the Zhou land unscrupulously, and the Zhou Dynasty was powerless to prevent the counterattack, and the lives and property of the people of the Zhou Dynasty were seriously threatened.

As the saying goes, heroes come out of troubled times. Just when dogs were rampant. The people of Qin Feizi's fiefdom led by Qin Zhong, in the face of the strong Rong Di, fought hard, fought bravely, effectively defended the dignity of Qin Di, and bravely protected their own people. And the Daluo clan, which belonged to the West Dog Hill where the old Qin people lived, was not so lucky. Rong Di's invasion not only plundered the women, children and all the property there, but also killed all the men there, and the descendants of Da Luo, whom Shenhou had placed great hopes on, suffered a devastating blow at this time of disaster, and the entire West Dog Hill was wiped out. When Qin Zhong led a large group of men and horses to the habitat of the Daluo clan, the West Dog Hill had been wiped out by Rong Di, and the team led by Qin Zhong just drove away Rong Di, and the clan was already helpless. But Qin Zhong's courage and combat ability made the Zhou royal family deeply admired.

After the death of King Zhou Li, the "republic" era under the auspices of the Zhou royal family and Zhou Gongding was ended, and the crown prince Ji Jing ascended the throne, which was the historical King Xuan of Zhou. In view of Qin Zhong's bravery and anti-military exploits, King Xuan of Zhou named Qin Zhong a court doctor. This is a milestone in the historical process of the development of the Qin people. King Xuan of Zhou continued to order Qin Zhong to crusade against Xirong, and King Xuan of Zhou hoped to use the tiger of the Qin people to contain the vicious dogs of Rongdi in the west. So Qin Zhong led his own tribesmen and soldiers to start a campaign, on the way to defeat Xirong. Under the leadership of Qin Zhong, the Qin people went through a hundred battles and became a fierce tiger lying in the west of the Zhou royal family, which made the western Rong Di tremble. Because the clan soldiers led by Qin Zhong were brave and fearless, they fought all the way to the west, and made outstanding achievements for the Zhou royal family to conquer Xirong. However, the western Rong Di is dotted in the west like a wolf pack, Qin Zhong did not kill Rong Di in his life, and he still unfortunately died on the battlefield of the crusade against Xi Rong in a large-scale battle.

In the sixth year of the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, when he learned that Qin Zhong had died on the battlefield of the crusade against Xirong, he summoned Qin Zhong's five sons out of gratitude to this court doctor. King Xuan of Zhou immediately commended Qin Zhong's exploits, allotted them 7,000 elite soldiers, and ordered their sons to inherit their father's business and continue the crusade against Xirong. and named Qin Zhong's eldest son, Ying Qi, to take over from his father and continue to be the court doctor of the Zhou royal family. Inspired by King Xuan of Zhou, the five Ying Qi brothers led their own soldiers and the 7,000 elite soldiers rationed by the Zhou royal family to fight to Xirong. In the west, a large-scale war was waged with the king of Xirong, and this battle killed the morale and prestige of the Zhou royal family, this battle not only defeated the army of the king of Xirong, but also expanded the western Qin land for hundreds of miles, and won great achievements along the way. So King Xuan of Zhou named Ying Qi as the doctor of the West and gave Ying Qi the land of the West Dog Hill where the original Da Luo clan lived. As a result, the descendants of Qin had a larger territory.

But at this time, the Qin State was still the food doctor in Zhou Wangji, which can also be called the vassal state of Jin, and there was this Yingqi who proclaimed himself the Duke of Qin Zhuang.

The territory of the Western Doctor Yingqi extends from the Dog Hill of Zhou Wangji, the fief of Qin Feizi, to the West Dog Hill, the hometown of the old Qin people. In order to allow the people of the Zhou royal family to have a peaceful life, Ying Qi led his troops to sit in the West Dog Hill to fight against Rong Di in the west of the Zhou royal family, Ying Qi had three sons, the eldest son was called Shifu. When he was a teenager, he followed Qin Zhong on the way to fight with Xirong, and witnessed the tragic situation of his grandfather dying in a pool of blood in the arrows of the Xirong people. From that day on, he was secretly determined to avenge his grandfather. The Duke of Qin Zhuang broke Xirong and won the reward of the imperial court, expanded his territory, and wanted to live a stable life, but his father felt that he did not kill the king of Xirong and did not avenge his grandfather. So he asked his father to increase his army and continue the crusade against Sijon.

Qin Zhuang Gong said: "You are the son of the world, you want to inherit the position of the monarch of Qin, and you should not personally go out to fight unless you have to, and you should not go out in person to lead troops to fight." ”

His father insisted on going on the expedition, and he said to his father: "Xijon killed my grandfather, and I will never return home until I kill the king of Rong." ”

Qin Zhuanggong asked: "If you insist on going on the expedition, the position of the son of the world will not belong to your father." Do you understand? ”

The father said, "I am determined to avenge my grandfather, and let me give up the position of son to my younger brother." ”

Qin Zhuang Gong was very angry when he saw that his father did not listen to the dissuasion, so he said unceremoniously: "If you think about it, you can decide for yourself." ”

Qin Zhuang couldn't resist him, so he had to give him 3,000 soldiers to his father, and his father's army went all the way to the west and smashed Xirong's lair. The father fought all the way, but did not kill the king of Xirong, and most of his 3,000 troops died in the battle. He was defeated, because he insisted on leading his troops to attack Xijon, but the position of heir fell on his younger brother.

Qin Zhuang Gong died in the forty-fourth year of his reign, and his heir was Ying Kai, the younger brother of his father, who was called Qin Xianggong.

The seventh year of the reign of Qin Xianggong. Yiqu Rong attacked the royal city, killed the son of heaven Zhou Youwang, and got the information that a major change had occurred in the Zhou royal family, Qin Xianggong did not dare to slack off, and led his troops to the Zhou royal city and participated in the war against Xirong. Because at this time, the Zhou royal family has become a scorched earth. Shenhou turned into a meritorious person who protected the Zhou royal family. Because even King Zhou You and other members of the royal family were killed by the Xirong army, only the crown prince Ji Yijiu is still alive, and it cannot be said that Shenhou has important merits. The princes from all over the world came to Shenhou to set up Ji Yijiu, the crown prince of the former Youwang, this is the king of Zhou Ping, in order to maintain the rituals of the Zhou Dynasty.

Qin Xianggong led his troops to rescue the Zhou Dynasty, fought effectively and made meritorious achievements. In order to avoid the harassment of the dogs, King Zhou Ping decided to move the capital eastward to Luoyi, and Qin Xianggong personally led the Qin soldiers to escort King Zhou Ping eastward. King Ping of Zhou, grateful, made Qin Xianggong a prince and gave him land west of Qishan.

King Zhou Ping said: "Xirong does not pay attention to morality, and invades my land of Qishan and Fengshui, if the Qin State can drive away Xirong, the land of Xirong will be owned by the Qin State." ”

Qin Xianggong immediately knelt on the ground and worshipped, and accepted the gift of King Zhou Ping on the spot. Although the fief given to him by King Ping of Zhou was still occupied by Xirong, in the account of the Zhou Dynasty, the land west of Qishan already belonged to the Qin state, so Qin Xianggong not only got the land and the same title as the princes of the Central Plains. Become a vassal state outside of Zhou Wangji.

In the history of the development of Great Qin, Qin Xianggong did not have much achievement, but because of his participation in the Battle of Baozhou and the escort of King Zhou Ping to the east, he became the monarch who benefited the most from the history of the Qin people. Because from then on, the state of Qin became an independent vassal state, and received the same high-ranking title, becoming a true duke.