Ji Ren, the King of Zhou Yuan, was the 15th Heavenly Son of Eastern Zhou, and his father was a long-lived Heavenly Son, King Jing of Zhou. King Jing of Zhou reigned for 45 years, and when King Yuan of Zhou ascended the throne, he was already in his 40s.
King Yuan of Zhou
During the reign of King Jing of Zhou, the princes underwent great changes, especially the Jin and Chu states.
The Jin Dynasty changed from the "dictatorship of the six secretaries" to the "dictatorship of the four secretaries" and is changing to the later "three families and the Jin Dynasty".
The State of Chu was defeated by the State of Wu and almost destroyed, and with the help of the State of Qin, it was only then that the capital was recaptured and the State of Wu was repelled.
The strength of the State of Wu was like a flash in the pan, and it was immediately overturned by the Yue State in the rear, but instead it was captured of the capital, and the Yue State began to rise.
The State of Qi is also undergoing internal transformation, and the "Tian Dynasty Qi" is further evolving.
The State of Qin was still fighting with Xi Rong, and there was the mountain of the State of Jin in the east, and the State of Qin could not advance half a step east.
Spring and Autumn Situation Map
After King Yuan of Zhou came to power, the biggest change was in Yueguo. At this time, the Yue king was humiliated and vowed to bulldoze the State of Wu. Here we first briefly understand the origin of Vietnam.
The Yue Kingdom is a tribal state established by the Baiyue people, a human race from Southeast Asia (originating in East Africa), whose ancestors belonged to the coastal branch of the ancients in South Asia, along the continental shelf of the South China Sea to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and created the Hemudu culture and liangzhu culture there. The later Wu people were actually a fusion of the Baiyue and Xiqiang people (this branch of the Zhou people). The inland branches of the Ancients of South Asia entered China's Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau along the Lancang River, and many branches were emitted, such as the Baipu people, the Sanmiao people, the Ran people, the Ba people, and the Qiang people. Eventually, the Qiang people developed and grew in the Weihe Plain, created the "Yanhuang Civilization", and gradually conquered other civilizations to form the Chinese civilization.
The evolution of Chinese civilization
The Zhou Dynasty was the era of Zhou rule that evolved from the Western Qiang people. The ancestors of the State of Wu were the two sons of King Tai of Zhou, Taibo and Zhongyong, who came to the baiyue territory and merged with the nobles here to form the Wu people. The Wu and Yue were actually close relatives.
After hundreds of years of development, the Kingdom of Wu and the State of Yue have become on the same page. The State of Wu first became strong and defeated the State of Yue, and the King of Yue used beauty tactics and cross-cutting techniques to make King Fuchai of Wu compete with the princes of the Central Plains for hegemony, and then took the opportunity to develop population and production, and finally defeated Fuchai by surprise.
Gouging to the bottom of the salary to taste the guts
In the second year after King Yuan of Zhou ascended the throne, Gou Jian launched a war of annihilation against the State of Wu. In the 4th year, the State of Yue destroyed the State of Wu and Fu Cha committed suicide.
The Yue kingdom did not stop because of this, they inherited the policy of the state of Wu, and went north to compete with the princes of the Central Plains for hegemony. At this time, the princes of the Central Plains were in a period of people's livelihood and weak national strength, and they had no time to compete with the Yue state for hegemony, so they all showed their goodwill to the Yue kingdom. The Yue Kingdom crossed the Yangtze River, entered the Huai River Valley, and set the capital at Langya, and the Yue Kingdom became the recognized hegemon at that time.
Wu Yue Chunqiu
The State of Yue sent tribute to King Yuan of Zhou, and in return, King Yuan of Zhou gave the meat used to worship his ancestors to King Gou of Yue and crowned him as "Earl".
The wonderful story of Eastern Zhou is still very long, but the life span of King Zhou Yuan has come to an end, and he has only been a tianzi for 8 years, and he can't afford to get sick. And what we call the Spring and Autumn Period is moving step by step towards the Warring States.
(Continues tomorrow)
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