When the Shang King ruled, there was no way, and the people complained bitterly, which caused the dissatisfaction of many princes and tribes. Later, under the leadership of King Wu of Zhou, the combined army eventually overthrew the Shang Dynasty. In this way, King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou Dynasty and divided the meritorious ministers and various princes.
This is also what they promised before, after the establishment of the new dynasty, the land under the world will be divided up and let everyone govern together. In the division, a total of seventy-one vassal states enjoyed welfare.
But at this time, there was no Qin state,
So when did the Qin Kingdom appear? How did it grow and develop later?
Photo: Stills of king Huan ruling the Shang Dynasty
To trace the history of the Qin State, let's first look at a legend. According to legend, the ancestor of the Qin people was the daughter of The Nun, named Nun. One day the female correction was weaving cloth when suddenly a pigeon flew onto the cloth she had knitted and laid an egg.
The nun then swallowed the egg, became pregnant, and gave birth to a boy called Daye. When Daye grew up, he married the daughter of the leader of the Shaodian tribe and had a son named Boyi. I believe everyone knows
"Da Yu Zhi Shui"
Well, there is a credit to Bo Yi.
Because Bo Yi has a good set in the field of water control, with his help, Dayu finally cured the flood. Therefore, Dayu received a reward from Emperor Shun, but Dayu thought that this merit also had a share of Bo Yi, so he recommended him to Emperor Shun.
So Boyi was also rewarded, and Emperor Shun also gave her a beauty. Later, because of Boyi's merit in domesticating animals and animals, he was given the surname of Ying.
In his lifetime, Bo Yi had two sons, Namely Da Lian and Wakaki. In the blink of an eye, when it came to Shang Tang, Da Lian's grandson Meng Ju and Zhongyan became the coachmen of the Yin monarch. And their descendants also made meritorious contributions, and had high power and prestige in Yin Shang.
During the reign of King Shang, due to The continuous intrusion of Xi Rong on the Yin Shang frontier, Zhongyan's grandson Zhongzhuo was sent to the west to defend and be responsible for guarding the western frontier. Zhongxiao had a son named Qiu Lian, and Yu Lian had another son named Evil Lai.
He was good at running, evil was infinitely powerful, and the two fathers and sons were deeply loved by the King of Shang, and held the position of general.
Later, king Wu of Zhou, when attacking Chaoge, Led the Northern Expedition. Evil Lai, on the other hand, used his life to defend the King of Shang, and eventually died in battle. By the time the Northern Expedition returned, the Shang Dynasty ceased to exist.
After Zhou Tianzi seized the world, he implemented the system of sub-fiefs, and not an inch of the land of the Zhou royal family could accommodate the inferiority. Therefore, Wei Lian had to bring his people to Huo TaiShan, and lived here in seclusion, and also set up an altar here to sacrifice the king of Qiu.
It was here that Shu Lian and his clan lived a humble life, and it was not until the reign of King Xiao of Zhou that a migration was ushered in, and the sixth grandson of Shu Lian moved to Inuyasha with his family.
The picture comes from the Internet: FeiZi moved with his family
One of the specialties of FeiZi is that he knows how to raise horses and let them breed. Because of this specialty, Feizi was recommended to King Xiao of Zhou. In this way, Feizi began to raise horses for Zhou Tianzi. After getting this job, Feizi worked very hard and used all he had learned.
Soon, King Xiao of Zhou's horses were heavily bred. To this
King Xiao of Zhou was very satisfied, and rewarded Feizi heavily, giving him qin land within a radius of fifty miles. The State of Qin was thus introduced, but at this time the State of Qin was only a vassal state, controlled by King Xiao of Zhou.
Image: Stills of non-child rearing horses
During the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, Xi Rong became active again, constantly harassing the Western Frontier. Subsequently, King Xuan of Zhou asked Feizi's descendant, Duke Zhuang, to lead an army to attack Xi Rong. After receiving the order, Duke Zhuang led a large army of seven thousand men and horses on a huge expedition, and at once he took xirong and returned triumphantly.
Zhuang Gong led his troops to recover many lost lands, such as Inuyasha. King Xuan of Zhou was very happy, so he gave all these reclaimed lands to Duke Zhuang and made him the Grand Master of Xi chu.
In fact, this reward is good or bad, and these reward places are close to Xi rong, which is very threatening. The advantage is that the land of threats is also a fiefdom, which is better than nothing.
Image from the Internet: Zhou Xuanwang
After Duke Zhuang's death, his son Duke Xiang succeeded him as monarch of the State of Qin. In 771 BC, King Zhou You, the Son of Zhou, favored Qiu You, and even wanted to make a prince, choosing bofu, the son of Zhou You, as the crown prince. Subsequently, King You of Zhou put it into practice and deposed the then crown prince Yiusu.
This action also aroused the anger of Yi Usu's grandfather Shen Hou, so he joined forces with Xi Rong and Inu Rong to attack Ho Jing, hoping to make King Zhou You pay the price. After Xianggong heard about this, he immediately organized people and horses to go to Hojing to guard King Zhou You.
Unexpectedly, when the other centaurs arrived, King Zhou You had already died and died under Mount Li. However, Xianggong still fought hard and repelled the soldiers and horses of Xi Rong and Inu Rong.
In this way, the Yiusu in the city was rescued. Later, with the support of Xianggong and others, Yi Usu succeeded to the throne as the future King of Zhouping.
Photo: Zhou Youwang and Bao Ji stills
However, at this time, the capital city of Hojing had been destroyed beyond recognition, and the previous majestic atmosphere had been swept away, leaving only a pile of ruins. In addition, if the pickaxe is rebuilt, then the combined army of Xijung and Inuyasha is likely to attack again.
For the sake of safety, King Ping of Zhou decided to move the capital to Luoyi. Since the capital was moved, the prestige of the Zhou royal family has not been as good as a day, and many princes have no longer taken Zhou Tianzi in their eyes. However, Xianggong did his best to protect King Zhou Ping, and paid for and helped to escort King Zhou Ping to Luoyi safely.
Because of the merits of the escort, Xianggong also received a heavy reward. It is reasonable to say that the King of Zhou Ping should divide some land to the Xianggong, but now the land of the Zhou royal family is not as good as before, and it is no longer possible to squeeze out the land to reward the Xianggong.
Image from the internet: Pickaxe Kyo
So King Ping of Zhou came up with a solution, and he said to Xianggong:
"Xi Rong was too arrogant and took away my Qishan. If you can lead your army to retake the land that has been occupied by XiJong, those lands will be your reward. ”
Xiang Gong naturally agreed, since it is profitable, why not enjoy it? Moreover, Xianggong and Xirong fought many times, and they were able to return victoriously, and naturally they were not afraid of Xirong. In this way, in the battle, the Qin state won a complete victory and regained many lost lands.
As a result, the status of the Qin state increased day by day, from a vassal state to a large country with independent power, and its status was equal to that of Qi, Lu and other countries. However, at this time, Qilu and other countries looked down on the Qin State, believing that the Qin State was located in the western frontier, and the cultural and economic backwardness was really not worth mentioning.
The image comes from the Internet: The State of Qin, located in the borderlands
However, what is surprising is that the Qin state has experienced the efforts of several generations of monarchs, and during the reign of Qin Mugong, it employed people as wise and actively expanded its territory.
In the end, with continuous efforts, the Qin state achieved a "qualitative" leap. The State of Qin grew from scratch, from weak to strong, relying on down-to-earth step-by-step efforts!
The state of Qin, a small frontier state, eventually rose to become a "superpower" and eventually unified the world.
Article author: Dahui
The whole graphic was originally produced by the team of the big coffee storytelling studio!