I, compose the 5000 years of China

Chapter 294 The head of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, Duke Huan of Qi... (for subscription)
"It is said that Li Jing and other seven people did not leave Ziya, and the followers entered Xiqi City and returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion. In the early morning of the next day, King Wu was promoted to the palace, and Jiang Ziya and Zhou Gongdan came out of the class and said: Yesterday, His Majesty gave Li Jing and others to return to the mountain, and they were able to do so." His desire to practice, the ministers are very fortunate. But the meritorious ministers, who should divide the land, beg your majesty to give it to him quickly, so as to comfort the ministers to look at the country. King Wu said: "Yesterday, the seven ministers returned to the mountain. I really can't bear it; today All enfeoffment ceremonies are implemented as discussed by Xiangfu and Yudi. Ziya and Zhou Gongdan came out of the palace to express their gratitude and discuss the entrustment system, and the order, and asked King Wu to decide. The next day, King Wu ascended the throne and ordered Yudi Zhou Gongdan was named in the Golden Palace, and he was named. First, Wang Zukao, Zitai Wang, Wang Ji, and Wen Wang were all emperors. The rest of the heroes were all descendants of the previous emperors. Uncle, son, and male, those who are lower than the fifth class are vassals..."

After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the Emperor Zhou officially enfeoffed the countries.

and so.

The system of the Zhou Dynasty was the system of enfeoffment.

The more modern name is federalism.

And here.

This is the end of Chen Fan's month-long talk on "Fengshen Yanyi" on Kuaidou.

"Another masterpiece."

"After watching the Romance of the Gods, I feel that I have a deeper understanding of the Zhou Dynasty."

"Me too, such as Qi State, I understand that it turns out that Qi State was sealed by Jiang Ziya, so there is Qi State."

"There is also a state of Lu, which is a fief for Duke Zhou."

"The state of Jin is the fiefdom of the son of King Zhou Wu and the younger brother of King Zhou Cheng."

of course.

Among them, most of them are dominated by the surname of King Wu of Zhou, and a small part are heroes like Jiang Ziya.

in this way.

After the Zhou Dynasty divided 71 countries, the world was stable for a while.

……

"Mr. Chen Fan, the Romance of the Gods you talked about is truly a classic."

"Professor Zhou, don't put a high hat on me."

"It's not that I put a high hat on you. You see, after you talked about the Romance of the Gods, everyone has a certain understanding of the history of the Zhou Dynasty and the various vassal states. This will give us a great impetus to the history of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States. effect."

This is true.

Originally, everyone was confused about the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the Zhou Dynasty.

But after Fengshen Yanyi, because Fengshen Yanyi is the history of the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty, or it can be directly called the history of King Wu's defeat of Zhou.

This also laid the foundation for the territory and princes of the Zhou Dynasty.

This kind of foundation also planted the root of disaster for the Zhou Dynasty. In the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, dozens of countries fought for hundreds of years.

"By the way, Mr. Chen Fan, Kyoto Normal University wants you to give a history lesson to a group of students."

"Okay."

"It mainly talks about the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period."

"No way."

Chen Fan looked at Professor Zhou: "Professor Zhou, isn't the history of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States still being studied, and there are big loopholes in the lecture now."

"We know that too."

Professor Zhou also nodded: "However, you were right in the live broadcast before. It may take decades to complete the history books before telling them. If we are unlucky, even if we die, we may not be able to complete the revision. "

"That means I can talk nonsense now."

"Hahaha, it's up to you."

"Okay, since you can talk nonsense, I like this kind of class."

No rejection.

Chen Fan compiled history to popularize history.

In class now, the same is true.

If Zhou taught them instead, they would naturally not be able to give lectures.

But for Chen Fan, it doesn't matter.

As for the nonsense that Chen Fan said, it was just a joke.

What Chen Fan will say later is that there are written records in his previous life, and there are various supporting histories.

Originally, Chen Fan wanted to talk about this after finding a series of historical materials.

But Professor Zhou was right.

What if you really can't find it?
What if you're about to die after you find it?
It's better to talk about it directly.

As for historical materials, evidence... leave it to future generations to find.

Anyway, in fact, there are many examples of this happening in previous lives.

For example, like a certain legend.

Although there are no texts, historical materials... etc. these records, but he has been passed down for thousands of years.

It was not until thousands of years later that someone accidentally discovered these cultural relics, and then the truth was revealed.

And there is an advantage to speaking first.

At that time, everyone can also infer from what Chen Fan said.

In this way, when searching for a series of historical materials, it may be much simpler and faster.

……

"Teacher Chen Fan, is it really you?"

"Hehe, this classmate, why don't we have dinner together."

"Can I?"

"Why not, do I still want you to treat me?"

The next day, Chen Fan came to Kyoto Normal University.

Because the time I came was just at lunch time, Kyoto Normal University originally booked a hotel.

But Chen Fan didn't think it was necessary, so he chose to eat in the cafeteria just like the students.

Just as the food was being prepared, several students recognized Chen Fan and cried out in surprise.

"Mr. Chen Fan, you are my idol. I really like listening to your lectures. I have also listened to your "Fengshen Yanyi" before."

"Oh, really, how do you feel after listening to the Romance of the Gods?"

"I think the Romance of the Gods should refer to King Wu's defeat of Zhou, but it is much more exciting than King Wu's defeat of Zhou."

"Sure enough, he is a talented student of Kyoto Normal University. A novel about gods and demons can sum up the historical point of view."

"Mr. Chen Fan, please stop praising me. I am also summarizing the opinions of all the netizens."

"anything else?"

"And I think the enfeoffment system of the Zhou Dynasty is also a problem, which also caused hundreds of years of wars in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States."

"well said."

Chen Fan nodded: "Then why do you think the Zhou Dynasty didn't implement the prefecture and county system, but implemented such a deeply flawed enfeoffment system?"

"This one……"

Several students thought about it, but they all shook their heads.

"Hehe, in fact, this is also simple, that is, the lack of productivity at that time."

While eating, Chen Fan chatted with several classmates: "During the Zhou Dynasty, the productivity of the entire country was not enough, which also made it impossible for the Zhou Dynasty to control a large area of ​​land. They could only entrust the various princes and let them manage it. These places. At that time, the countries enfeoffed by the Zhou Dynasty were not actually countries. Many countries were just small counties, and some were even incomparable to small counties. Therefore, the Zhou Dynasty believed that these feudal princes No matter how strong it is, it cannot cause much damage to the Zhou Dynasty."

"Also, even if a vassal state becomes big, but there are so many vassals in the entire Zhou Dynasty, the emperor of Zhou can join forces with other vassals to attack this country. Even, the emperor himself does not need to do anything, he only needs to issue an order."

"Thank you, Teacher Chen Fan."

Several students nodded.

Then, one of the students asked again: "Mr. Chen Fan, are you coming to our school this time to give a lecture?"

"It's not a lecture, it's a lecture."

"Great, can I participate, do you want a ticket?"

"Tickets?"

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, but then he smiled and said, "You thought this was a forum for hundreds of schools, but this time it's specially for your Kyoto Normal University to give lectures, you just need to sign up in advance."

I turned over and chatted with a group of students.

At 2:[-] in the afternoon, Chen Fan started his lecture in the lecture hall of the Kyoto Normal University.

……

"Hello, everyone. Today we will continue with the story of the Romance of the Gods. After Zhou Tianzi entrusted the countries. At first, the performance was good. All the vassal states are very respectful to Zhou Tianzi, and pay tribute to Zhou Tianzi on time every year. However, with the Time goes by. Slowly, there are some heirs of the vassal states, and they don't want to pay tribute like the emperor of Zhou."

The truth is actually very simple.

It turns out that when the enfeoffments were divided, many vassal states and the emperor of Zhou were very affectionate.

For example, most of the series of princes entrusted by the Zhou Dynasty were their own people, either the sons of King Wu, the sons of King Wen, or the descendants of Duke Zhou.Even if they were not surnamed Ji, many of them were ministers with meritorious service at that time.Everyone has a good relationship and is very devoted to Emperor Zhou, so they will pay tribute on time.But after several generations, with the continuous dilution of blood relationship and other relationships, everyone no longer has much affection for Zhou Tianzi.

This is just like ordinary people in real life. Generally, after three generations, they don't get close very much.

After five generations, it is completely a passerby.

"Therefore, conflicts arose. Of course, when the Emperor Zhou was relatively strong, that is, during the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Emperor Zhou was still relatively strong, and the strength of the various vassal states was average. They could not have too much influence on the Emperor Zhou. Great threat. But after the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the strength of Zhou Tianzi was almost the same as that of ordinary vassal states, and sometimes even worse than that of some vassal states. In the end, Zhou Tianzi became the emperor in honor, The entire Zhou Dynasty has entered the Spring and Autumn Period. What we are going to talk about today is the Spring and Autumn Period."

The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was divided into two halves.

Half is the Spring and Autumn Period, and the other half is the Warring States Period.

Spring and Autumn came first, and Chen Fan was going to talk about Spring and Autumn first.

"During the Spring and Autumn Period, Emperor Zhou was almost like an ordinary vassal state, so he didn't perform much during the Spring and Autumn Period. At this time, the vassal states that were previously entrusted by Emperor Zhou have gradually become stronger."

Speaking of this, Chen Fan paused for a moment: "Everyone, there were about 140 countries in China during the Spring and Autumn Period. Which country do you want to hear about?"

"Qi country."

"Jiang Ziya."

Many students called out the voices of Qi Guo and Jiang Ziya.

Obviously.

The previous Fengshen Yanyi popularized the history of the Zhou Dynasty to a certain extent.

The reason why everyone wants to listen to Qi State is because Qi State is Jiang Ziya's fiefdom.

As one of the greatest heroes of the Zhou Dynasty in defeating the Shang Dynasty, the Qi State where Jiang Ziya was located naturally attracted everyone's attention.

"It seems that everyone is very interested in Jiang Ziya, which also proves that everyone has a good vision. Well, today we will talk about Qi State first."

Let's talk about the country of Qi.

He was not only a powerful country in the Spring and Autumn Period.

He was the same in the Warring States Period.

That's why.

That's because of the awesomeness of Jiang Ziya, the first monarch of Qi State.

"When we talked about the Romance of the Gods before, we knew that Jiang Ziya was enshrined in Yingqiu, which is now Linzi, and then established the Qi State. In fact, the Qi State was not established by Jiang Ziya. He was long before the Shang Dynasty. He There was the existence of Qi State. So Qi State belonged to the vassal states of the Shang Dynasty at that time, but the Shang Dynasty was defeated by the Zhou Dynasty, so Qi State also belonged to Zhou Tianzi."

"But although Emperor Zhou sealed Jiang Ziya to Qidi, some people and some big families in Qidi did not completely agree with Zhou Tianzi. There are even some other small countries near Qidi that are planning to attack Jiang Ziya. Jiang Ziya is going to Qidi He learned about the situation there when he came to Qi. After he came to Qi, he promoted some local capable people according to the local customs, and developed industry and commerce. At that time, the population grew very fast. It became a big country in the Spring and Autumn Period."

The enfeoffment system of the Zhou Dynasty borrowed from the enfeoffment system of the Shang Dynasty.

However, the enfeoffment system of the Shang Dynasty was somewhat different from that of the Zhou Dynasty.

During the Shang Dynasty, the enfeoffment was more tribal alliances.

However, the rise of some tribal alliances poses a direct threat to the Shang Dynasty.

Such as the Zhou Dynasty.

The Zhou Dynasty was a tribe of the Shang Dynasty at that time.

The Zhou Dynasty absorbed the lessons of the Shang Dynasty, so it granted some of its own clan members with relatively strong blood ties, as well as some meritorious officials.

But as time goes by, no matter how strong the blood is, no matter how deep the hero is, it is impossible to always respect Zhou Tianzi so much.

"After Jiang Ziya's death, his descendants succeeded to the throne. Although for a while, Qi was caught in court battles that lasted for more than 40 years. But it was still in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the overall political environment was relatively good, and the various vassal states were relatively civilized. Therefore, the national power of Qi State did not decline at this point. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the strength of Zhou Tianzi declined rapidly, and the various vassal states began to fight with each other. He became the first overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he can also be called the head of the Five Overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period."

Yes.

Today, when we talk about Qi State, Chen Fan will focus on Duke Huan of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period.

"Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants."

Hearing this name, all the students immediately became excited.

of course.

There are also some friends in the live broadcast room.

Yes.

Although it was a lecture, Chen Fan never spoke privately. Like before, he also started a live broadcast.

"I remember that Mr. Chen Fan talked about the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons before."

"Yes, Mr. Chen Fan talked about Gou Jian, the last of the Five Overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period."

"I feel that Duke Huan of Qi should be stronger than Gou Jian."

"Nonsense, otherwise, why would he be called the number one tyrant in the Spring and Autumn Period? He is the first of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period."

Regarding the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants, there are actually many versions.

But among the many versions, the most recognized one is Duke Huan of Qi.

It is also because of Qi Henggong that he has the title of Spring and Autumn Overlord.

and.

Also because of Duke Huan of Qi, a series of overlords in later generations followed the rules set by Duke Huan of Qi.

"Who is Duke Huan of Qi? He is Duke Xi's son. His name is Xiaobai. Let's call him Xiaobai."

In his previous life, when Chen Fan read "Records of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", the first thing he talked about was the son Xiaobai.

Because his name is very down-to-earth, it is called Xiaobai, so Chen Fan still has a good impression of Xiaobai.

Later, when he saw that Xiaobai had become the number one tyrant in Spring and Autumn, Chen Fan was even more delighted.

did not expect.

This guy named Xiaobai is so awesome.

I don't know if the little white belt broke the rules.

Later, a series of authors who wrote online novels began to be called Xiaobai.

What the world's most white ah.

Especially white.

I am the whitest.

Plain water.

The first white in the Central Plains... and so on.

Although the novels they wrote are indeed white, they are still very good-looking.

Uh.

The conversation is far away, Chen Fan continues to talk about Xiaobai...

(End of this chapter)