<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > this issue talks about the "three branches of Jin" in the opening chapter of the "Zizhi Tongjian" "Zhou Ji". </h1>
As mentioned in the previous issue, "three families divided into Jin" refers to the event that in the late Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin state was divided by three forces in its own country, "Han, Zhao, and Wei".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > First of all, let's first talk about what kind of existence the divided Jin state is? </h1>
The Spring and Autumn Period was a period of great social change in China, and the biggest feature of this period was the struggle for hegemony among the princes. In order to compete for hegemony, the numerous princely states constantly fought with each other, fighting endlessly, and fought for more than 200 years. In the long struggle for hegemony, Jin Guo suppressed the crowd and flourished, and became the boss for more than 150 years.
The Jin state occupied the core area of the rich Central Plains, and at its peak the territory included the whole territory of present-day Shanxi, most of Henan, eastern Shaanxi, southern Inner Mongolia, and most of Hebei, and if you add the forces of submission, it can be said that nearly half of the world is in the sphere of influence of the Jin state. The population of the Jin State at that time was about 3 million to 4 million, and the population of the whole country at that time was only more than 10 million, and the Jin State accounted for one-third. The population is large and the number of troops is large, and in the heyday of the Jin State, there were 4500-5500 military vehicles, with a total strength of no less than 200,000 troops, more than other princely states, and among the princely states, the Chu state could barely compete with the Jin state.
When it came to the "three families divided into Jin", although it was divided into three, none of the three families that were divided were weak, and the three warring states seven males were from the Jin state. Zhao Zhi Knight, Han Zhi Jin Crossbow, Wei Zhi Wu Pawn are famous all over the world. If the three families are one, the world is invincible.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > below, tell us how the Jin state was divided among the three families. </h1>
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, a decades-long struggle between the jin state and the Qing dynasty began, and this struggle finally came to fruition due to the death of the Duke of Jin ( 558 BC ) in the fourteenth year of King Ling of Zhou , and the Jin state formed a situation of dictatorship between the six secretaries of Han, Zhao, Wei, Zhi, Fan, and Zhonghang. These six secretaries all have their own spheres of influence, and within their own spheres of influence, they can all act according to their own will, and the power of the Jin monarch is decreasing day by day.
In the struggle against the Jinguo Gongfu, in order to compete with the government for the support of the people, liuqing carried out land reform, adopted the mu system, abolished the well field system, abolished the slave system of labor and exploitation, and at the same time carried out major reforms in the legal system, which fundamentally shook the political and economic foundation of the Jinguo Gongfu's rule as a slave owner.
At first, the six secretaries were evenly matched and were still able to restrain and balance each other, but they all had different hearts, secretly accumulating examples and actively preparing for expansion. In the twenty-third year of King Jing of Zhou (497 BC), the rolling wheel of history finally arrived, and a annexation war broke out between the six secretaries. The zhao, Wei, Han, and Zhi alliances, after eight years of annexation wars, annexed the two major forces of Fan and Zhonghang. After another forty years, the three families of Zhao, Wei, and Han united again to launch a war against the Zhi clan and eliminate them. The situation of "three families dividing the Jin" initially took shape, and these three secretaries became the same political entities as the princes of Qin, Chu, Qi, and Yan, and the Jin state office became the political vassals of the three families.
According to the political system of the Zhou Dynasty at that time, the division of the Three Families of Zhao, Wei, and Han into Jin was a typical crime of rebellion, and Zhou Tianzi should send troops to requisition. However, due to the military and economic strength of the three families, in the twenty-third year of King Weilie of Zhou (403 BC), Zhou Tianzi divided the three families of Zhao, Han, and Wei as princes and knighted them. In this way, the "three branches of promotion" is equivalent to official recognition and legitimacy. After the "three families were divided into Jin", the authority of Zhou Tianzi became weaker and weaker, and the etiquette that was originally created by the Zhou Dynasty was also lost.
Sima Guang commented in the Zizhi Tongjian: "Therefore, the three Jins are listed among the princes, not the bad rites of the Three Jins, but the son of heaven who is bad." It also shows from the side that the Decline of the Zhou Dynasty in the late Spring and Autumn Period, in addition to the general trend of historical development, is also suspected of self-inflicted.
The "Three Houses Divide the Jin" was the dividing point between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, and the Jin State, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, was destroyed, and the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Han were born among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. Thus, the prelude to the annexation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States also began.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > updated every day, please pay attention to, this issue is here, the next issue continues to comb through the "Zhi Bo Sodi" of "Zizhi Tongjian". </h1>