Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 168 Unfortunately, there is only one Martial King in China

"Who knows, during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which macho fell from the sky?"

"Yeah, who is the strong man of the Zhou Dynasty? He tried to rewrite the humble and declining situation of the Zhou royal family by himself?"

"In the 800th year of the Zhou Dynasty, Haojing, the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, had a total of 12 emperors for a total of 352 years; Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, had 26 emperors for a total of 545 years. I really don't know which strong man came out of this Eastern Zhou Dynasty."

"I think it's King Zhou Ping, the emperor named "Ji Yijiu", who has reigned for 50 years and was also the first king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. According to historical records, King Zhou Ping did not want the government to be controlled. It seems that he tried to fight by force?"

"The first king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty? Isn't this the son of King You of Zhou?"

"That's right, it is the son of King Zhou You, the "Princes of Fenghuo Opera", and King Zhou Ping's stepmother is Baosi."

"I'll go, King Zhou You is fatuous and incompetent, this son is not going to be any stronger, right?"

"This is not necessarily the case. To be able to move the capital to Luoyang and reign for 50 years, this ability alone is very impressive."

"Historical records show that after King Zhou Ping moved his capital to Luoyang, in the original Haojing, some princes supported King Zhou Xie, the younger brother of King Zhou You, as the emperor. The Zhou Dynasty saw a situation where two kings stood side by side. In the 21st year of King Zhou Ping, Jin Wengong who supported King Zhou Ping Kill King Xie of Zhou and reunify the Zhou Dynasty. End the 20-year-long situation of the Zhou Dynasty where the two kings stood side by side, and stabilize the situation in the early years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty."

"Jin Wengong, the second overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, is so kind?"

"Hammer with good intentions? I heard that after Jin Wengong made great achievements, he played King Ping of Zhou, saying that after his death, he wanted to be buried with the king's funeral ceremony!"

"A prince wants to enjoy the funeral ceremony of the king. It can be seen that Jin Wengong has no good intentions."

……

When the online audience is talking about it.

In the camera, Jin Wengong, the overlord of a generation, told the truth, he was the son of Zhou Youwang in history.

The father is incompetent.

His son is heroic.

This is rare in history.

Because of China's thousands of years of history, what people often see is that the father is Wentao and Wulue, and the son is an idiot.

Such as Qin Shihuang and Hu Hai.

Such as Yang Jian and Emperor Sui Yang.

For example, Sima Yan and the mentally retarded emperor who shouted "Why not eat minced meat".

……

Lin Feng expressed his doubts: "Marquis Jin, when the capital was moved to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, two kings appeared side by side. You can destroy one of the kings, and you can also send troops to kill the other king, and completely end the history of the Zhou Dynasty. Why did you show mercy?"

The white-haired Duke Wen of Jin looked outside, looked at the faint galaxy, and said, "The royal family of Zhou is unstable, and the world will fall into an even crazier chaotic world. Back then, this Marquis started from the overall situation."

Lin Feng asked, "Is there any other reason?"

Duke Wen of Jin did not hide anything, recalled the expression of the past, and replied, "The king of Zhou is stable, and the princes of the world must continue to obey, but I have made great contributions and will be rewarded by the king of Zhou. I am out of the idea that Jin wants to dominate the world. "

There is a kind of inner taste of narrowing the emperor to make the princes.

However, Jin Wengong did not control Zhou Tianzi, which shows that he at that time did not have the monstrous ambition to replace him.

He only wanted to be the most powerful prince among the princes.

To be proud of the crowd.

Duke Wen of Jin also did the same. After the strength of the Jin land became stronger, he joined the alliance in Jiantu and invited the Emperor Zhou to preside over it, and finally realized his dream of dominating the Spring and Autumn Period.

Even in order to thank Duke Wen of Jin, Emperor Zhou ordered people to build a new palace for Duke Wen of Jin.

At that time, Jin Wengong was in the limelight.

Looking at the wrinkled old man in front of him, Lin Feng asked, "Marquis Jin, have you never thought of becoming a king in these years?"

"Have!"

"But dare not!"

"This system of the world is Zhou Li. Anyone who dares to surpass it will be sanctioned by the world and become the target of public criticism."

The old Duke Wen of Jin did not hide anything, and continued, "Ping Wang at that time was no ordinary person. His great cause of revival of the Zhou Dynasty was already underway."

Lin Feng frowned and asked, "If King Zhou Ping wants to rise, he must rely on the power of the princes, right?"

Jin Wengong said, "King Ping has one of the most "loyal" subordinates, and they are the Qin people in the west."

According to him, back then, King Ping of Zhou secretly contacted the princes of the Qin Dynasty, trying to combine the east and the west, sweeping the Central Plains in one fell swoop, and restoring the power of the Zhou royal family.

Lin Feng asked, "Isn't King Zhou Ping afraid that the people of Qin will be one way on the surface and another on the inside?"

Duke Wen of Jin shook his head and said, "No, at that time Qin land was barren and the people were weak. The Qin people in the desolate area of ​​Xianyang had long wanted to find another land, so the ideas of King Ping and the Qin people coincided. gone."

Lin Feng was even more curious, and asked, "What did they do together?"

Duke Wen of Jin asked back, "Young man, have you heard of the battle of Suige?"

Of course.

According to historical records, this was a battle between the king of Zhou and the princes. It is said that the battle of Suuge had a huge impact on that time.

It caused the prestige of the emperor of Zhou to plummet, and the tradition of "the conquest of ritual and music comes from the emperor" has since disappeared.

At the same time, it also marks the official arrival of the era of feudal hegemony.

This battle is actually full of weirdness.

At the beginning of the matter, it was said that after years of wars in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the strength of the Zhou royal family was greatly reduced. Although Zhou Tianzi, who moved to Luoyi in the east, still retains the status of the co-lord of the world in name, his power has actually plummeted. It is getting smaller and smaller, and it is impossible to command other princes.

In this situation of "ritual collapse and music decay", some princes took the opportunity to stand out and began to challenge the exclusive status of Zhou Tianzi.

Among them, Zheng State, located in the heart of the Central Plains, rose first in this struggle.

It was the first to become the most powerful and prestigious country among the princes at that time.

After Zheng Zhuanggong succeeded to the throne, relying on his strong national power and the advantages of being a powerful minister of the Zhou family, he tried his best to expand the territory, invade the princes, and further strengthen the strength of Zheng State.

In terms of military diplomacy, his main strategies and methods were to win over Qi and Lu, attack and weaken Wei, Song, Chen, and Cai, and destroy Xu, creating a "little bully" situation.

With the growth of political and military power, Zheng Zhuanggong's attitude towards the Zhou royal family became more and more arrogant and unruly, and he did not take the royal order seriously.

As a result, the contradiction between Zhou and Zheng became acute, and the battle of Suige was the product of this contradiction.

When King Zhou Ping was in power, Zhou and Zheng did not trust each other, and the "Zhou Zheng cross-talk" incident occurred, that is, the son of King Zhou Ping stayed in Zheng State as a hostage, and the son of Zheng State suddenly also lived in Zhoudu as a hostage. Luoyi.

Later, the king of Zhou disliked Zheng Zhuanggong's domineering even more, so he handed over the state political commissar to Guo Gong, and later even deprived Zheng Zhuanggong of his status as a minister, and took part of Zheng's land as his own.

Zheng Zhuanggong became angry and never went to pay homage to the king of Zhou. The conflict between the two countries was on the verge of breaking out.

King Zhou couldn't tolerate Zheng Zhuanggong's rude behavior, so he personally led the Zhou army and the recruited armies of Chen, Cai, Wei and other princes to attack Zheng.

A big battle finally broke out on the battlefield of the Central Plains.

When Zheng Zhuanggong heard that the allied forces of the Zhou Dynasty were coming, he led the army to attack.

Soon, the two armies met Yu Sui Ge.

At the end of the war, King Zhou himself was injured by an arrow in the shoulder and was forced to order to leave the battle.

After this war.

There is really only an empty shell left in the Zhou royal family.

It is no longer difficult to mobilize the armies of the princes, and become a veritable empty shelf, eating and waiting to die.

After listening to Lin Feng's words.

Duke Wen of Jin said, "If the king of Zhou had won the battle of Suige, there would be no more feudal lords fighting for hegemony in the world."

Lin Feng said, "Once Zheng was defeated, a large area of ​​land was taken back and became the territory under the direct control of the King of Zhou. Coupled with the Qin army in the west, it indeed has the strength to fight against Jin, Qi, and Chu."

Duke Wen of Jin's voice suddenly became extremely hoarse, and said, "Yes, so in that battle, King Zhou could only lose, not win."

Lin Feng said, "You other princes, did you get in the way?"

Jin Wengong said with firm eyes, "Yes, I sent troops to block the Qin people's eastward route, and Qi Jun let the King of Zhou return home in defeat, and Chu in the south also secretly helped Zheng Guo, so in this battle, the King of Zhou will definitely lose. .”

I go.

This is a lot of princes, secretly plotting against Zhou Tianzi!
It is no wonder that Zheng Guo, who was powerful for a while, became a loyal follower of Jin State soon after, and he did not expect that there were so many conspiracy secrets in it.

King Ping of Zhou, a hunk from the sky.

Still failed.

He failed to be like his ancestors, who dominated Kyushu and disdained China.

Lin Feng said with emotion, "If you were King Zhou at that time, you might be able to win if you were the first emperor of Zhou, King Wu."

Unfortunately, looking at thousands of years of history, there was only one King Wu.

"Pfft!"

Unexpectedly, Jin Wengong suddenly knelt down on the ground, facing Hao Jing's direction, kowtowed and repented.

He babbled alone, tearing up, and he didn't know what he was saying. From the meaning, he probably knew that Jin Wengong was pleading guilty to his ancestor, King Wu.

It's been a long time.

Lin Feng comforted, "Jin Hou, as a duke surnamed Ji, you have made great contributions in your life."

The main achievement of Duke Wen of Jin was that the Battle of Chengpu contained the state of Chu and prevented them from developing northward.

The Battle of Wei stopped the Qin State and prevented them from developing eastward.

With Jin Wengong, the Central Plains countries in the Spring and Autumn Period had the opportunity to recuperate and recuperate, and gradually gave birth to the splendid culture of the later philosophers.

If King Zhou had won at that time.

It's no longer a ritual collapse.

Later, the situation of "a hundred schools of thought contending" could not be born, and this period of history may not become a golden age in the history of China.

There won't even be so many saints who will save the world one by one with their own schools of thought.

(End of this chapter)