In 1046 BC, King Ji of Zhou Wu destroyed the Shang and established the Zhou Dynasty, with the capital city of Ho Jing, historically known as "Western Zhou". King Wu practiced the "sub-feudal system", dividing the land and population to the royal family and meritorious people, for the sake of "princes". The princes had the obligation to defend the territory of Zhou Tianzi, pay tribute, and obey Zhou Tianzi's orders to lead troops to conquest. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhou Tianzi's power declined, but instead he had to rely on powerful princes to maintain his rule, and the princes competed for hegemony, no longer respecting Zhou Tianzi, and no longer went to see Zhou Tianzi on time. The Western Zhou Youwang fainted, the princes of beacon theater, and the Western Zhou dynasty fell in 771 BC. King Ping of Zhou, with the help of the princes, moved the capital to Luoyi for Eastern Zhou.
During the reign of King Yi of Zhou, he killed the Duke of Qi with non-punishment because he listened to rumors; this caused the chills of the princes of the world, and the princes were reluctant to come to the royal family for pilgrimage. When King Li of Zhou was forced to push the "patent" reform, he reformed the sub-feudal system in disguise, which made the princes feel uneasy and unwilling to go to the royal family for hajj. During the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, the reform of "not a thousand acres of land" caused the older generation of feudal landlords to gradually decline in market competition, and also caused the princes to deviate from the royal family,......。 King Yi of Zhou, King Li of Zhou, and King Xuan of Zhou either made mistakes in their administration or violated the interests of the princes in the process of reform, so that the princes were no longer loyal to the Zhou royal family, which was another major reason why the princes were reluctant to meet Zhou Tianzi.
The first is the turf. After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, for the Gongwei Tianzi, the royal family of The Ping Dynasty, armed colonization, shocked the localities, and wantonly divided the princes. However, Zhou Tianzihu occupied Guanzhong and Hanoi, occupying the most dangerous and wealthiest (Hanoi) territory at that time, and its economic strength exceeded that of any single prince. However, after the Inuyasha Rebellion, King Ping moved east, Guanzhong was lost, and coupled with several defeats in the early Eastern Zhou Dynasty and continuous infighting, the Zhou King's Qi continued to shrink, even Zhou Tianzi sent people to the fence, the economic strength no longer existed, and Zhou Tianzi was in debt every time he launched a war. The second is the military. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Tianzi Sixth Division, the three divisions of the princes of the great powers, the two divisions of the princes of the small countries and even one division, after the Zhou Gong's Eastern Expedition, the Western Sixth Division and the Eastern Eighth Division, the military strength can crush any prince. However, the Inuyasha Rebellion wiped out zhou Tianzi's troops, and the Eastern Eighth Division fell apart, was divided up by various princely states, and its military strength was in a slump.
Many people say that there is no nobility in China, because the Zhou royal family is not suitable for the inner pursuit of Chinese. We don't know today what the nobility is for, what are they going to do? In short, the princes' unwillingness to worship Zhou Tianzi was the inevitable result of the federal system itself, and they were not strong, even if they were Tianzi, they were in vain. What do you think about this, welcome to comment, like please like attention, thank you.