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The Fifth Route Army entered Jingjiao, and although the royal family was empty, Shenhou had no choice but to go beyond his behalf, and set up a banquet in Jingjia to reward the other four countries. Of course, Shenhou will not make a loss-making transaction, it is when the banquet is in full swing, Shenhou invites the prince Yijiu to sit on the throne, and the princes of the four roads plus Shenhou support and congratulate together. Yijiu has been on the throne since then and is known as the king of Zhou Ping.

The year was 771 BC. There is no exact data on the birth age of King Zhou Ping in history, but it is estimated that he is only about ten years old from the age of King You. became the monarch, and in fact it was his uncle Shen Hou who was in charge of his house.

At the age of ten, he sat on the throne and inspected the devastation of Hokyo under the escort of soldiers and horses, and it was a miserable scene.

The Zhou family was completely destroyed, the lives of the people were devastated, and the harem and the people were beheaded, raped, cut off their hands and feet, and taken away. The embers of the palace are still burning, and the blackened palace walls and courtyards are no longer visible. King Zhou Ping couldn't help but be moved when he thought of the life of the prince and the life of his father during his reign. Shen Hou hurriedly stopped him and warned him that as the Son of Heaven, he could not be easily moved. That King Zhou Ping had no choice but to hold back the grief in his heart and pretend to be an adult in front of all the princes. But tears still flowed down her cheeks.

Shen Hou and King Zhou Ping buried King Zhou You, and all the princes gave the same courtesy. It can also be regarded as giving the cursed king a face after death.

Shen Hou was promoted to duke for his meritorious service in protecting King Zhou Ping, and all the princes were rewarded for their meritorious work, and the twenty-three-year-old father of the young Zheng Guo's son, Zheng Huan Gong, was the Situ of Zhou Youwang, and of course inherited the title and was named Zheng Wugong. Because of his tall and dignified figure, he was favored by Shen Hou, and was still selected as the waiter for King Zhou Ping to be reused. and married his own daughter to Zheng Guo.

Shen Hou discussed with the princes of all walks of life, Haojing has been difficult for the capital, through this war, the homeland is not suitable for the king of Zhou Ping to live, so everyone discussed the Zhou world to move east. After asking King Zhou Ping, King Zhou Ping naturally could not refuse. After all, it's for your own good.

But it's easier said than done. Although the Zhou family was looted, after all, there were clan temples and tattered belongings, and they must be escorted by the princes of the four roads, and they began to move eastward. This is in response to King Xuan's dream, from a loser to a prodigy, squandering the Zhou family to the poor, and now he has to move east to find another development.

In fact, after King Wu of Zhou conquered the world of the Zhou family, he wanted to build the royal city in the center of the princes. However, King Wu of Zhou died early, and King Cheng was still young when he ascended the throne, assisted by Zhou Gongdan and Zhao Gongxiu. In that year, Zhou Gongdan put down the rebellion and began to prepare for the construction of the second city of the king of Zhou. The Duke of Zhou first divined the Li Shui north of the Yellow River, but the result was unlucky; Then he crossed the Yellow River to a place called Luo, and divined the place east of the stream and west of the river, and got a good omen; He also divined the place east of the turbulent water, and also got a good omen. So another royal city of the Zhou royal family was built to facilitate the tribute of the princes in the east. In order to be able to sit in the eastern royal city, King Zhou Cheng was instructed to contain Luoyi from the Jiuding left by King Wu of Zhou. This is a piece of history, but this history also provided a basis for the strategists of King Ping of Zhou to move eastward, that is, Jiuding of the Zhou royal family sat in Luoyi, indicating that it must have been a place for the royal city to live and work in peace and contentment.

The princes sitting here have their own opinions, for the Qin State, Zhou Tianzi moved eastward, leaving behind a vast land and cities to belong to the Qin State, although there are dogs and tigers eyeing the Qin State, but for the Qin State is still capable of dealing with them. Therefore, Qin Xianggong Yingkai was very supportive of King Ping's eastward move and decided to send people to escort the whole city. Of course, Zheng Wugong Ji had no opinion, he knew that when the Sanchuan earthquake was in place, Zheng Huangong had asked Zheng Guo, the father of the erudite Taishi Boyang, how to survive better. Boyang's father helped him analyze: Sanchuan earthquakes continue, rivers are blocked, and there are harassments such as Yiqu dogs, considering the survival and safety of the Li people, it is better to move eastward. Although there are princes' territories such as Xu, Yu, and Yi in the east, there are also large areas of vacant land that can be developed, so Zheng Huan Gong listened to Boyang's father's teachings, moved his family eastward, bribed the princes along the way, and obtained a large territory. After all, Zhou Tianzi's eastward move is closer to him, and Zheng Wugong feels that there is no harm in getting closer to the Son of Heaven. And the Jin State and the Wei State also had the same feelings, so in addition to Shen Hou, the four countries allied to escort King Zhou Ping to the east. Just when everyone unanimously supported King Ping's eastward migration. Zhou Gong, the old minister next to King You, stood up against it. Zhou Gong said: "Not good! Although Luoyi lives in the middle of the world, it is surrounded by enemies on all sides; As for Hojing, there are Kunshan and Hangu Pass on the left, Longguo and Shu on the right, and the fertile fields are thousands of miles, which can definitely be called the country of abundance. Now, if the king wants to abandon Hokyung and move the capital to Luoyi, the minister thinks it is impossible! ”

Several princes turned their eyes to King Zhou Ping at the same time. Although Ji Yijiu, the king of Zhouping, is not very old, the reality of Yiqu's killing of his father, and the current situation in Jingqi after being ravaged and destroyed, still made this little son of heaven make up his mind to move east.

How many generations of historians have carefully analyzed this historical situation of the Zhou royal family, and they will feel a lot. When King Wu of Zhou conquered the country, he died early when he was young and vigorous, and King Cheng of Zhou was young, but he was assisted by two dukes such as Zhou Gongdan and Gong Zheng, and supervised each other. It ensured that the Zhou family was stabilized. And by the death of King Xuan of Zhou, the old ministers who assisted the Zhou family died one after another, and the young and vigorous King Zhou You, who only cared about his own willfulness and had no discernment, chose all sycophants in his own eyes, and it was difficult to support the Jiangshan Sheji, this evil result was definitely inevitable, but due to the special relationship between Shen Hou and Yiqu, the disaster of King Zhou You came too quickly, and he walked on the guillotine at the age of twenty-four. Therefore, it is not what historians have concluded: a person who gave the Zhou family a gift. Implicit in this inheritance system is the hidden danger in this inheritance system. He is still young and does not have the virtue to dominate the world, and if he does not have the kind of ministers who are desperate for themselves and are loyal and loyal to him, how can he control the country.

King Ping of Zhou's move to the east was not planned by King Ping, who was only more than ten years old, most of them were planned by Shen Hou and several princes, of course, King Ping also had an epiphany, and felt that Zai Hojing had no way to make a living, and the threat of Yiqu Dog Rong was afraid of future troubles. This little genius has seen the bloody lesson of his father, and he is deeply afraid that he will be close to the righteous canal and cause trouble. Moving eastward in this way, Yiqu and other foreign dogs are far away after all, and there are princes from all walks of life in the middle to stop them, so it is much safer after all.

King Ping of Zhou decided to abandon his old capital and move eastward. In the second year of King Ping's accession to the throne, he entered Luoyi eastward accompanied by the escort of Qin Xianggong Yingkai, Zheng Wugong Dutu, Weiwu Gong Ji He, and Jin Wen Hou Ji Qiu. King Ping made Luoyi the capital. Because Luoyi is located in the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, it is called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history.

The Spring and Autumn era of Zhou Tianzi was opened.