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The sixteen or seventeen-year-old Duke Wu of Qin completely settled the internal contradictions of the Qin State and solved the problem of the dictatorship of the Qin State, but the territory of the Qin State expanded too rapidly, and there were many thorny things inside, the most troublesome of which was the problem of the four countries of China. The four states of China, from west to east, are Jirong, Qirong, Beiyu, and Xizheng. These four small states had constant friction with the Qin state, and often sent troops to harass each other. The Qin State before Qin Wugong considered that the West Zheng had the nominal support of the Eastern Zheng State, and the Northern Yu State had the spiritual support of the Southern Yu State, and in the tenth year of Qin Wugong, Zheng Guo was in the time when his son was fighting for the country after Zheng Zhuang Gong, and he was too busy to take care of himself, and the State of Yu was also at a disadvantage. Qin Wugong carefully trained his army and began to prepare for the conquest of China.

West Dog Hill is the nest of the early days of the Qin Kingdom. Located in the western part of the encirclement of the dog Rong, Ji Rong and Tai Rong invaded the pastures of the old Qin people on the mountain and robbed them of their cattle and sheep. The old Qin people who stayed on the plateau not only had to be old cattle who did not ask for anything in return, but also had to always guard against the attacks of wild wolves. On the slope of the loess mountain near Qinyi, the old man who was over 80 years old led a few clansmen with white hair and beard, who were vigilantly observing the movement under the hillside. I saw that on the fertile field not far away, a group of people were driving a large number of cattle and sheep to graze, but the people grazing were not Qin people, but Qirong people. In fact, there is no clear territorial division between the plateau Rong people, and whoever is strong occupies a good place suitable for grazing, and other small tribes have to migrate. However, in the face of the strong Tai Rong, the old Qin people must not move away, because since Zhou Tianzi gave Qin Yi to Qin Feizi, this place has become a holy place in the hearts of the old Qin people, and it is better to kill them if the old Qin people move away. The persistent old Qin people did not move away because of the invasion of foreign tribes, they survived tenaciously in the cracks of the Rong people, and they always had a belief in their hearts, they firmly believed that the Qin people under the mountain would come back one day! The elder led the clansmen to monitor the movements of the Rong people every day, and when the Rong people came, they quickly hid the cattle and sheep. Rather survive in the cracks, the old Qin people worked hard and never gave up this land left by their ancestors.

Since Qin Wugong cleaned up the Chaogang, he began a crusade against Rong Di, who belonged to the territory of Qin. Qin Wugong's expedition route went from east to west, and then from west to east. It has successively fought with the six major dog Rong tribes, so that the soul of the western dog Rong is scattered. At the same time, the old problem left by the Zhou royal family in the west has been solved in a unified manner.

In the tenth year of Qin Wugong, he led his troops to the west, and the army conquered and annexed the Rong tribes such as Mianzhu, Shao Rong, Ji Rong, Yiqu Rong, Zhai and Tapir along the way, of course, these Rong people were later revived, and at the same time took the Beiyu State and the West Zheng State, and initially set up a county system to manage the land obtained, so that the Qin State power reached the Guanzhong Weishui Basin.

When Qin Wengong led 700 personal soldiers down the mountain, the old Qin people who stayed in Inuqiu never gave up the hope of the Qin army under the mountain to go up the mountain, which was also an important reason for them to stay in Inuqiu. This year, when the black oppressive army poured into the mountain, the old Qin people who lived on the mountain thought that it was another dog attack, and when they were preparing their weapons to counterattack, they looked from a distance and found that the army's outfit was so familiar. When the army got closer and closer, the sensitive old Qin people were surprised, and they exclaimed: "It's back, it's back." "Yes, the old Qin people are familiar with the traditional color of the Qin State, that is, black, not gorgeous or exaggerated, which is also the embodiment of the pragmatic character of the old Qin people. The army of the Qin State quickly surrounded the Rong people and their cattle and sheep under the hillside, only to see the Qin army with flags covering the sun, swords and halberds like a forest, and the soldiers wearing helmets and armor one by one, each holding a weapon, spreading a bow and crossbow, and the momentum was like a rainbow. The old Qin people had already been in tears, and with the support of several old brothers, he beckoned the old Qin people who stayed behind in Qinyi to meet the Qin army that counterattacked the ancestral land at the foot of the mountain. Qin Wugong has been ten years, and the twenty-three-year-old Qin Wugong has galloped under a team of Qin soldiers and horses, which is really mighty and wise. The old Qin people were all in tears, crying with joy, and the depression in their hearts for many years turned into passion, gushing out like spring water. Soon, the old Qin people were surrounded by the new Qin people who were more numerous, and hugged each other affectionately. Indeed, the Qin people in Guanzhong should be grateful to these old Qin people who stayed on the plateau, without their silent dedication, there would be no Qin State today. Those old Qin people, after Qin Wengong moved west, were harassed by Rong Di many times, and when they saw Qin Wugong, the descendant of Qin Wengong, they couldn't help but cry. In recent years, the Qin army marched westward, and the old Qin people raised horses, grew grain, and sent children to the front line for the Qin army that moved westward, but the hometown of the Qin people was often plundered and harassed by Rong Di. lived a hard life. After seeing Qin Wugong cheering, they all knelt in front of the car and cried incessantly. Qin Wugong was here to comfort and comfort the hearts of the old Qin people. And by showing his power, the old Qin people really raised their eyebrows.

In 688 BC, Qin Wugong personally led his troops to counterattack Qinyi and exterminated the tribes of Dog Rong and Ji Rong. After the Qin State purged the Rong Di of his hometown. There are still two countries that need to solve the problems of China, one is Beiyu and the other is Xizheng. Beiyu, also known as Xiaoyu, is the clan left after the eastward migration of the Kingdom of Qiu, this Xiaoyu occupies the best piece of land in the western part of Guanzhong, and it is definitely the heartache of the Qin State in terms of position.

However, the strength of the Northern Kingdom was very weak, and it never really threatened the Qin State, and the Qin State could completely destroy the Northern Kingdom since the time of Qin Wengong. The Qin State has not destroyed the Beiyu, the main reason is that the State of Qiu is the dukedom of the Zhou Dynasty, and legally speaking, the Qin State cannot destroy the Beiyu State, otherwise it will be the disrespect of the Zhou royal family, not to mention that the Qin State will also win over the remnants of the Zhou Dynasty in Guanzhong. Therefore, several generations of Qin people must retain Beiyu. By this time of Qin Wugong, Guanzhong was already Qin's, and Beiyu had long lost contact with Qiu. Become a small tribe isolated within the territory of the Qin State, even if the Qin State does not destroy the Northern Yu State, Rong Di will annihilate or destroy it.

In 687 BC, Duke Wu of Qin drove his troops to destroy Beiyu, ending the small sect of this duke state in Guanzhong. Another country in China is Xizheng, located in Sanchuan, west of Huashan, and it is also a small sect left by Zheng Wugong when he moved eastward. After Qin Wugong captured the entire Guanzhong, this Western Zheng also became the state of Qin. Since the Northern Yu was destroyed, and Zheng Guo was fighting with each other among his sons after Zheng Zhuang Gong at this time, and he couldn't take care of Western Zheng, Qin Wugong led a large army to destroy Xiao Zheng Guo together. Cleanly, Qin Wugong solved the problem of all the countries of Qin, China, and the young monarch of Qin was only twenty-four or five years old.

After Qin Wugong destroyed Beiyu, he had plans to build a new capital in Beiyu's hometown. At that time, the capital of the Kingdom of Yu was between the Huanghe River and the Weishui River, which was surrounded by water on three sides, and the strategic defensive position was excellent. Moreover, the ancestor of the Qin people, Feizi, also herded horses here, and the Qin people had a lot of affection for this fertile land. Qin Wugong has always been vigorous and resolute, and soon the Qin State began to build a large-scale capital city between the Huanghe River and the Weishui. Yongdu, the capital of the Qin State, is different from the capitals of the Eastern countries, and the Qin people did not blindly imitate the eastern princes to build cities, but to bring forth the new, which is very creative. The capital of the eastern countries is generally composed of two cities, the city is the city where the monarch and the clan are located, and the city is the city where the nobles and the common people and the market are located, Guo is much larger than the city, and the city is two separate buildings.

The Yongdu of Qin was divided into an inner city and an outer city, and the outer city surrounded the inner city. The inner city was the imperial city, the outer city was where the nobles were located, the proportion of the common people and the market was very small, and the outer city was equal in size to the inner city. The structure of the inner and outer cities of Yongdu avoids the fact that during the war, the city and Guo are placed within the scope of the opponent's attack, so that the troops can be concentrated for the defense of the outer city. In addition, the proportion of people and markets in the outer city of Yongdu is very small, which is a new concept, moving the people's residences and markets outside the city, reducing the size of the outer city, and also conducive to defense. The new design of the capital city of Qin was obviously successful, and later generations, from the Han Dynasty onwards, all dynasties inherited this design concept of the capital city of Qin, that is, the structure of the inner and outer cities, the great imperial city, and the outer city. The history created by Qin Wugong not only benefited the Qin State a lot, but even had a profound impact on later generations.

In 678 B.C., the thirty-three-year-old Duke of Qin Wu had not yet moved to the new capital in a hurry, and he had completed his life in the Megatron Pass, and Qin Wugong was still very sober in his sick bed. Qin Wugong has an heir, he is "Gongzi Win Bai", in fact, Gongzi Bai is the ancestor of the surname Bai of Qin Guoying. When he was dying, Qin Wugong did not declare his son as the heir. He looked at his son Gongzi Yingbai, who was only more than ten years old, and then looked at his younger brother who fought side by side with him and was in charge of most of the military power. He thought of the Izuko, and thought of the bloody incident between the DPRK and China that made him shudder. At the moment of his death, this wise monarch still handed over the position of monarch to his younger brother Yingjia. This is Qin Degong.

This wise and martial arrangement of Qin Wugong allowed the highest level of power in the Qin State to transition peacefully. Before his death, Qin Wugong designated sixty-six people to accompany the funeral. It has created a precedent for the burial of living people in Chinese history.