Three hundred and sixty-five a year, the old music gossip about the ancient times, we continue to talk about history in the order of the year, it is time to say that 769 BC, this year does not seem to be very important in history, or the King of Zhou Ping moved east, the Eastern Zhou has just begun, so there seems to be not many major events that can be sorted out, but two seemingly simple events have a very far-reaching impact on history.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >01.Zhengzhou rises</h1>
For the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, historians have a more influential word to call this era, that is, "Spring and Autumn Warring States", and when people mention this concept, the first thing that comes to mind should be the "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons" and "Warring States Seven Heroes", in the process of the rise of so many princes, the first country to dominate is not a powerful country with great influence later, but a seemingly inconspicuous Zheng State. Of course, historians do not very much recognize Zheng Guo's hegemony, so they can only be regarded as Zheng Guo as a "small bully". But zheng guo's hegemony, no matter how big or small, they rose earliest among the princes of Eastern Zhou, and because of their rise, they openly did not give Zhou Tianzi face, and the following crimes were shot and injured the king of Zhou, etc., it is an indisputable fact, it can be said that if Zheng Guo does not rise, the historical trend of Eastern Zhou will certainly be different, and even has nothing to do with whether the Zhou royal family is majestic or not, what does it have to do with it? Or from the reason why Zheng Guo arose to analyze, this is a topic that does not seem to be very big in history, but it is actually not small.
In fact, the State of Zheng in the Zhou Dynasty among the princes, is a relatively late start, their founding ancestor, known as zheng Huan Duke, can basically be considered to be the son of King Li of Zhou, the younger brother of King Xuan of Zhou, before becoming a prince, known as Prince You, King Zhongxing of Zhou, Prince You must also assist his brother to make a lot of efforts, made a lot of merit, so King Zhou Xuan in order to reward his brother, gave him a land, became the monarch of a country, this princely state is Zheng Guo, the title is "Earl", in the Western Friday Lords ranked in the middle, in the Western Friday Lord, Therefore, "Prince You" became "Zheng Boyou". However, King Xuan of Zhou made Zheng Boyou a prince, in addition to rewarding his brother, there was another important reason, that is, he wanted Zheng Guo to guard the northwest frontier for the royal family and resist the invasion of Xi Rong, because at that time there was no qin state or anything, which can also be seen that the zheng state at that time was located in the current Shaanxi province.
It can be seen from this that the establishment of Zheng Guo is not a good errand, but Zheng Huangong, that is, Zheng Boyou, cannot say no to his brother, let alone disobey the will of the Son of Heaven, and he can only guard Gyeonggi conscientiously. However, Zheng Huangong always wanted to change to a better place and find a place conducive to the stable life of his children and grandchildren. After the collapse of King Xuan of Zhou, Tianzi was replaced by King You of Zhou, and Zheng Boyou, who was an uncle, could consult with his nephew, who had already set his sights on the areas around the Eastern and Qi kingdoms, which is now the generation of Henan Province. Therefore, Zheng Huan made an application to king of Zhou You to move east, of course, King You of Zhou did not care about these, he only cared about his beauty, so he did not hesitate to agree to his uncle's request, so zheng guo came from Shaanxi to Henan, it is said that in order to avoid conflict with the local state of Dongyou and the state of Qi, Zheng Huan duke sent a lot of gifts to the monarchs of these two countries. However, before Zheng Huangong officially moved away, Western Zhou was destroyed by Inuyasha, and Zheng Huangong also died heroically in the battle with Inuyasha and was loyal to the country.
In this way, Zheng Huan's son, Zheng Wugong, succeeded to his father's throne, and while helping King Ping move east, he also successfully established the capital of Xinzheng, which is now Zhengzhou, in 769 BC. According to historical records, Zheng Wugong destroyed the defenseless and thought that he had a very good relationship with Zheng Guo in this year, and then established his own capital on the land of Zheng Guo, which became a veritable "new" Zheng, and Zhengzhou rose from then on. This is a rough experience of Zheng Guo from west to east, so where is the so-called far-reaching influence? Since it has nothing to do with whether the Zhou royal family is swept away or not, how did the migration of Zheng Guo affect the direction of history? Very simply, if Zheng Guo did not leave, even if Duke Xiang of Qin was made a prince for his merits, what would he take as his base to expand westward? It is precisely because Zheng Guo left and the northwest region of the Zhou Dynasty left a large vacuum, which allowed the Qin State to have the most basic conditions for the establishment of the country, otherwise, the King of Zhou Ping let Qin Xianggong fight at will, and everywhere that fell to his will, it would really become a "blank check".
Therefore, Zheng Huangong, who wanted to make future generations happy, inadvertently moved his descendants to a place of four wars, surrounded by strong enemies, and Zheng Guo wanted to maintain long-term hegemony, how could it be? Of course, it cannot be said that Zheng Huangong has no vision and wisdom, but only that in the era in which he lives, he has no chance to predict that the world in the next few hundred years will be the princes who rely on the strong and bully the weak, with the appearance of big bullying the small, so he can only think of finding a treasure land with a beautiful environment and suitable for survival for his children and grandchildren. But inadvertently, cheapened the Qin State, facts have proved that the reason why the Qin State can unify the world, and their geographical location is inseparable, after the Qin State grew, there is no strong enemy in the west, north and south directions, as long as it is enough to advance to the east, do not have to worry about the problem of fire in the backyard. Therefore, if Zheng Guo does not move east, it is difficult to say whether the Qin State can grow up around this strong enemy, and whether it will be Zheng Guo who will unify the Warring States hundreds of years later, and who can say for sure?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >02</h1>
The rise of Zheng Guo was like a "butterfly" in the history of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which began to flap its wings for the first time, and then triggered a series of chain reactions, openly damaging the dignity of the Zhou royal family, which led to the Spring and Autumn Chaos. So, how did the word "Spring and Autumn" come about? People with a little historical knowledge understand that this concept originated from the Lu Guo history book "Spring and Autumn", and the "Spring and Autumn" record began with Lu Yingong. What is the relationship between Lu Yingong and Lu Xiaogong? He was the grandson of Duke Xiao of Lu. So from Lu Xiaogong to Lu Yingong, as the normal family inheritance of this princely state, it should be a relatively bland event in history, is there anything far-reaching? Of course, because Lu Xiaogong took the throne, even if it is a historical accident, this does not mean that without Lu Xiaogong, there would be no Lu Yingong, and the other monarchs of the Lu Kingdom just made the chronology of "Spring and Autumn" so simple. Because for Lu Xiaogong, his ascension to the throne means that the great Duke of Zhou and the Lu state established by his descendants began from prosperity to decline, so the significance of Lu Xiaogong to history is very special, naturally, the death of Lu Xiaogong is more worth mentioning.
If the monarchship of the State of Lu was strictly implemented according to the institutional design of the founder of the State of Lu, the Confucian Yuan sheng Zhou Gong, Lu Xiaogong could not have become the monarch of the State of Lu - the person who destroyed the Zhou Gong system was an outstanding descendant of the Zhou Gong, known as the Lord of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Only because when King Xuan of Zhou met with Duke Lu Wu, the then ruler of the state of Lu, Duke Gongzi of Lu was also around, so that King Xuan of Zhou immediately liked this lovely child, so he issued a decree and forcibly ordered Duke Lu Wu to support Gongzi Xi as the crown prince, but the prince of Duke Lu Wu should have been the eldest son Gongzi Kuo. And Gongzi Was the Crown Prince, at that time, it was natural and righteous, not to mention the Lu Kingdom, which was the descendant of the Duke of Zhou? However, King Xuan of Zhou, with no ancestors, forcibly interfered in the issue of the heir of the State of Lu.
In the end, Lu Wugong couldn't do anything, or maybe he wanted to set up a gongzi play, but due to etiquette, it was not easy to say that he could only let King Xuan of Zhou help "carry the pot", but this speculation was limited to the words of the Lao Le family, and there was no evidence. In short, it didn't take long for Lu Wugong to die, and Gongzi Drama smoothly succeeded and became Lu Yigong. However, the prince included the good Crown Prince of Lu, so let King Xuan of Zhou deposed, of course, he could not be happy, but did not dare to know how the Son of Heaven, soon depressed and ended, the specific time of death, there is no clear historical record. However, Gongzi Kuo's son, Bo Yu, was full of hatred for his grandfather, uncle, and Zhou Tianzi's arrangement, so in the ninth year of Duke Lu Yi, Bo Yu attacked and killed the monarch and established himself as a king. Bo Yu was the monarch for eleven years, but he did not completely retain his position, because when King Xuan of Zhou learned that Bo Yu did not take him seriously, he had already rushed to the fury, and after making preparations, the Emperor personally attacked the State of Lu and finally killed Bo Yu.
After Bo Yu's death, it was necessary to establish a new monarch of the State of Lu, because Gongzi Ju was originally the younger of the sons of Duke Wu of Lu, and after he was killed by his nephew Bo Yu, there were no descendants to inherit, so after a tossing and turning, King Xuan of Zhou could only establish Lu Yigong's half-brother, and the prince was called the new King of Lu, and this prince was called Lu Xiaogong, who died in 769 BC. It can be seen from this that if King Xuan of Zhou had not eaten enough to interfere in the family affairs of the State of Lu, Duke Xiao of Lu would not have had the opportunity to become a prince of the state, although this Duke of Lu did not have many deeds in the history books, but after his death, his son Duke Lu Huigong did something even more absurd (more on it in the relevant years later). In other words, if in 769 BC, it is not the death of Lu Xiaogong, but other monarchs of the Lu state, such as Gongzi Kuo or even Bo Yu who have taken the throne, to xiaoli, the beginning of "Spring and Autumn" must be rewritten, and in the big way, the lu state may not necessarily turn from prosperity to decline, if the lu state does not decline, what will the direction of spring and autumn and even history look like?
In summary, although only these two seemingly bland and reluctantly "small events" occurred in 769 BC, these two small events actually had a very far-reaching impact on history.