When the King of Wu was crusading, it was recorded that there were 3,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry, and 300 chariots. Some people will wonder, although Shang Yi is the end of the strong crossbow, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, how can such a small number of troops destroy Shang? There are many reasons for this.
In fact, at that time, the King of Lu was already a rebel and a relative, although there were many generals, but most of them did not listen to the dispatches of this Emperor, so they could not resist the elite troops of the King of Wu. But a new problem came, even if the Shang were destroyed, the remnants of the Shang Dynasty were still very strong, and with the military strength of King Wu, they could not control the old department of King Huan.
This problem is not out of thin air, as evidenced by the large-scale rebellion launched by Wu Geng, the son of King Huan, shortly after the fall of shang, and the counterinsurgency crusade led by the Duke of Zhou. This problem was very tricky, but Zhou Ren quickly came up with a countermeasure, that is, to divide and rule and contain each other.
One way to do this was to have the shang dynasty's large militarily powerful families migrate far from their homeland, weakening their power and monitoring them at all times. On the other hand, it is to reward meritorious deeds, rewarding a large number of meritorious ministers with the surname of Ji, as well as non-Yin shang relics of foreign-surnamed heroes, so that they can be called princes in their own territory. In this way, each side avoids the dominance of one family, and can also contain and monitor each other.
So how many princes were sealed at that time? There are historical records that there were more than 70 seals in total, and the surname Ji accounted for the majority of them, and there were more than 50. Some scholars have done detailed investigation and research, and there were more than 200 large and small princely states at that time. How to manage so many princely states, how to hand them over, and how to ensure that they can unconditionally accept the jurisdiction of the central government?
In response to these problems, the Zhou people came up with another way: that is, only the eldest son of the concubine could inherit the throne of the king. This was the case with the succession system of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The specific measures were as follows: the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty could only be inherited by the eldest son of the Son of Heaven, and all other sons could only go to their respective fiefdoms to become princes.
The throne of the princes was also inherited by the eldest son, and the other sons were all given the title of qing. Qing was also the eldest son of Concubine, and the other sons were conferred the title of Doctor. The doctor was also the eldest son of the concubine, and the other sons were knights. As soon as this system came out, the original chaotic transition of power became clear and clear.
But new problems have emerged, and to put it bluntly, it is about seniority. As long as the idiot is the eldest son, he can inherit the throne, and the other sons can only stare at each other no matter how powerful they are. This kind of drawback has led to the occurrence of some usurpers and rebellious chaos.
The rebellion of the Jin state is an example. The year 746 BC was the first year of the reign of the Jin monarch. I don't know if I want the new official to take office with three fires, this brother did a stupid thing, that is, to seal the place of Quwo to his uncle Huan. Quwo was a rich and oily place, rich in materials and people, and an important transportation hub, with an excellent geographical location, and was the main commercial and military town of the Jin Dynasty at that time.
Quwo was richer than the capital of Jin at that time, and was the throat of the Jin state. That would be strange, whether the king was stupid or stupid, why should he give good things to others and leave some worse ones behind? In fact, at that time, the monarch of the Jin State also had his own grievances. When the Great King of the Jin Dynasty, Marquis Zhaohou of Jin, ascended the throne, he was very young, and it was difficult to convince the public in terms of management experience and management level, and he really did not have that ability.
The second reason was that the Jin dynasty was at odds with the neighboring princely states, and the neighbors were all eyeing the Jin territory and property. That is to say, it was not that Jin Zhaohou did not want to personally manage Quwo, but he could not manage it, so he simply became a hand-throwing treasurer and let his uncle deal with these troubles.
But where did he know that Uncle Huan's ambitions were very large, and after settling down, he began to plan to usurp the throne and seize power. He instructed his courtiers around the King of Jin to assassinate the King of Jin, but the great nobles of the capital at that time did not support Uncle Huan's seizure of power and established Marquis Zhao's son Ping as the monarch, after which Jin became one country, two systems. In 732, Qu Wo huan's uncle hung up, and his son Zhuang Bo succeeded to the throne, and soon after attacked the Jin capital Yicheng, and killed the Jin king Ping in one fell swoop.
Conclusion: The orthodox forces of the Jin Dynasty also supported Ping's son Qi as king. In the end, Zhuang Bo also died, and his last wish was given to his son Wu Gong. Wu Gong was a wise man who summed up the lessons of his grandfather and father's failures and understood that military strength was not the only way to solve problems. Although his grandfather and father had the ability to defeat the King of jin, the siege of the city was the top of the attack.
They did not win the hearts and minds of the powerful nobles of the Jin Dynasty, and the result was that the bamboo basket was empty. Only by finding a harder backer can he realize the dream of three generations of grandchildren. In the end, Duke Wu bribed Zhou Tianzi at great expense, and finally got his wish with both military strength and Tianzi's power, and became the monarch of the Jin state.