As mentioned earlier, the first generation of Qin Feizi of the Qin State was a horse breeder, because the horse was well raised, it was valued by the boss, and a piece of land was rewarded, but this land was not large, that is, forty or fifty miles, but in the era of the Western Zhou Dynasty, these lands were not even counted as the land of bullets. Coupled with the fact that Qin Feizi's origin was quite bad, to put it bluntly, it was also a horse, and it was no wonder that later princes looked down on the Qin state. But the hero did not ask the provenance, and later the Qin state was able to unify the six kingdoms, verifying the hero Mo asked the source of the sentence, although Qin Feizi got a fiefdom, but at that time there was no Qin this princely state, until his descendant Qin Xianggong, the Qin state officially became a princely state, only to become a member of the stage of the Spring and Autumn War. It also officially began to stir up the situation in the Spring and Autumn Period, so strictly speaking, the first monarch of the Qin state to become a princely state should be the Duke of Qin Xiang.
This Duke Xiang of Qin is the sixth grandson of Qin Feizi, the second son of the Duke of Qinzhuang, of course, the Duke of Qinxiang here is the title of Duke Wen of Qin, this Duke of Qinxiang is indeed not easy to be the second son of the Duke of Qinzhuang, he also has a big brother above, in such a situation how he became the heir of the Duke of Qinzhuang, which involves the misfortune of his family and personal luck, in fact, when his grandfather was his grandfather, their family began to have a hatred with the Western Rong Di, Qin Zhong twenty-three years (822 BC), Qin Xianggong's grandfather Qin Zhong was killed in the battle against Xi Rong, and his father Duke Zhuang of Qin succeeded him as the fifth monarch of the Qin state. In the year of Qinzhuang (821 BC), King Xuan of Zhou summoned five brothers of the Duke of Qinzhuang and sent them 7,000 soldiers to lead them on a crusade against Xirong, and Duke Zhuang of Qin defeated Xirong in a battle. King Xuan of Zhou then made Duke Zhuang of Qin the Grand Duke of Xi and gave the duke of Qin Zhuang the land of Inuqiu (around Li County, southwest of Tianshui City, Gansu) where the former Luo clan lived. It was also at this time that their family's territory began to expand, not before their ancestors' territory expanded by an unknown amount. It also opened their entanglement with Rong Di.
From then on they began to fight with Rong Di in the west, in 778 BC, the Duke of Qinzhuang was killed by Inuyasha (and said to have died of illness), the Duke of Qinzhuang died, it is reasonable to say that his eldest son should inherit his position, even if the official of the family is not large, there should be the eldest son of the concubine to inherit, the eldest son of the Duke of Qinzhuang is named Shi Father, who is also his heir, but the Father of Qin said: "Xi Rong killed my grandfather Qin Zhong, I do not kill the King of Rong, I dare not enter the city to settle down." He took the initiative to give up his position to Qin Xianggong, and the father of the world was captured by Inuyasha, and finally released, there is no record behind, not to mention that their thoughts are really difficult to understand, the general big family has the right to inherit and fight a big fight, but people are good, not only do not compete, but also rush to avenge, but this Qin Xianggong did not disappoint his father and brother. One leap made Qin a princely state.
In the second year of Qin Xianggong's reign, he married his sister Mu Wei to King Xirong Feng, divided the Xirong people, and moved the capital to Wangyi, so that they and Xirong had a period of peace. At the same time, he also grasped the development of his own strength and waited for the change of the situation, and sure enough, the situation changed dramatically, and it was precisely for this reason that Qin became a princely state.
In 771 BC, this should be the seventh year after The Duke of Qin Xiang ascended the throne, in this year the Shen state prince Shen Hou was angry that King You of Zhou deposed his daughter Shen Hou and grandson Ji Yiusu, so he joined forces with the state of Jin and Inu Rong to attack the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, Haojing, killed King You of Zhou at the foot of Li Mountain, and Western Zhou perished. At that time, the princes were not willing to assist the Zhou Dynasty, and Qin Xianggong once led troops to rescue the Zhou Dynasty, fought effectively, and made great contributions. After the death of King You of Zhou, the princes jointly established the crown prince Ji Yiusu as king, for the king of ZhouPing, the king of ZhouPing at that time was also in a terrible state, in order to escape the disaster of inuyasha, when the capital moved east to Luoyi, and at this time, Qin Xianggong sent troops to escort The King of Zhouping, this friendship made the King of ZhouPing firmly remember, plus he still had great merits in front, so the King of Zhouping made Qin Xianggong a prince and gave him the land west of Qishan. He also said: "Inuyasha is vicious and ruthless, plundering our Qi and Feng lands, as long as the Qin state can attack and drive out Xi Rong, it can occupy those lands." "King Zhou Ping made an oath with the Duke of Qin Xiang and gave him a knighthood. Qin Xianggong only began to establish princely states at this time, and the last sentence of King Zhou Ping made the Qin people even more excited, as long as you can drive away Xirong, the land there is yours, before the war was for the Zhou Dynasty, now it is for yourself, of course, the motivation is different, so Qin Xianggong became the first officially recognized prince of the Qin State, opening the prelude to the Spring and Autumn Period.
Escort King Ping of Zhou