From the beginning of the King of Zhou, the era of the Eastern Zhou Hegemony has come, from the Duke of Qi Huan to the King of Chuzhuang, each leading the way for decades.
Spring and Autumn Five
The "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons" are different from the previous "Spring and Autumn Three Small Hegemons", the Small Hegemony is only the overlord of the princes in a certain region, it cannot affect the pattern of the whole world, and the most important thing is that it cannot completely turn its face with Zhou Tianzi, which will arouse the common crusade of the princes of the whole world. Daba was different, Daba controlled almost the entire Zhou territory, even Zhou Tianzi had to listen to him, and King Hui of Zhou had to make Prince Ji Zheng because of The Duke of Qi Huan. Rather than saying that Zhou Tianzi represents the highest authority, it is better to say that the right to speak is actually in the hands of the princes and overlords.
Duke Huan of Qi
From the Duke of Qi Huan to the Duke of Song Xiang, to the Duke of Jin Wen, to the Duke of Qin Mu, the corresponding Zhou Tianzi was the King of Zhou Hui, the King of Zhou Xiang, and the King of Zhou. These heavenly sons all lived under the control of the princes and overlords, not only did they have no real power, but even economically they were stretched, and when King Xiang of Zhou died, he did not even have a coffin, or relied on the help of the State of Lu to help him, so he reluctantly buried king Xiang of Zhou.
A few years after king Zhou qing ascended the throne, he died again and threw a mess to his son, Ji Ban, who was the king of Zhou Kuang. The Tianzi of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were almost all supporting characters, and their deeds could only be unfolded according to the main line of the princes and overlords.
King Kuang of Zhou
In the same year that King Kuang of Zhou ascended the throne, the last overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, King Zhuang of Chu, also came to power, and another decisive battle for the hegemony of Chu and Jin, the Battle of Wu, was about to come, and the center of gravity of the world would also tilt. Prior to this, major changes had taken place in the Jin Dynasty.
The Jin state was originally a very powerful princely state, the Marquis wen of Jin once destroyed the last son of western Zhou, the king of Zhou, and the jin state also annexed many small surrounding states, and its power gradually expanded to the vicinity of Gyeonggi Luoyi of the Zhou royal family. However, later there was a civil war in the Jin Dynasty, and quwo Xiaozong and Yicheng Dazong were merged, and finally Quwo Xiaozong won the victory. However, in the infighting of the Jinguo clan, it was the scholars and masters who ultimately benefited, and they gradually gained more and more power.
At the time of the Jin Dynasty, there was another "Li Ji Rebellion", and the Jin Dynasty Killed the Jin Clan Relatives, resulting in another reduction in the power of the Jin Dynasty. After Jin Wengong came to power, although he made the Jin state strong and became the third hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period, he was only strong as a whole of the Jin state, and the Jin state was controlled by several doctors. The Jin kingdom no longer belonged only to the Ji family, but belonged to: Jia, Zhao, Luan, Xu, and the Xianjia family.
Duke Wen of Jin was enthroned
Especially in the Zhao family, the leader of the Zhao family, Zhao Wan, was the biggest contributor to supporting the Jin Wengong to come to power and dominate, from the Jin Wengong to the next few generations of Jin Jun, the Zhao family has been highly favored, and by the time Zhao Wan's grandson Zhao Dun arrived, he had already leapt to become the military and political leader of the Jin state. The Jin dynasty is developing step by step in the direction of division, and like the Zhou Dynasty, this seems to be an inevitable evolutionary way for society to move forward. As the largest country in Eastern Zhou, the division of the Jin Dynasty seriously changed the direction of Eastern Zhou!
Zhao Dun's dictatorship caused dissatisfaction among the Jin Linggong, who went so far as to kill the Jin Linggong through a coup d'état and then establish a new monarch. The vendetta between the Zhao family and the Ji family eventually led to the famous "Zhao orphan" case in history, which is the last word.
Orphans of the Zhao clan
The short period of 6 years of King Zhou Kuang's reign was just the time when Zhao Dun and jin Linggong were fighting. It seems that zhou tianzi is not the only one, and now even the princes are constantly in dispute.
Where will the world of chaos go?
(Continues tomorrow)
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