A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 27: Republic in power, the trend of resurgence

King thirty-seven years

Because of Emperor Zhou's tyrannical policies, the people in the capital could no longer bear it, so the people launched a riot. Emperor Zhou was driven to the pigs and never dared to return to the capital.

It wasn't until the people of the country executed the "Prince" that the people of the country came to their senses. So the people of the country immediately dispersed and returned to their homes, pretending that nothing had happened. In less than a moment, Quanqiu, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, calmed down.

But now that the center of the Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Zhou, was exiled by his countrymen, there was a power vacuum in the entire Zhou Dynasty. Duke Zhao and Duke Zhou were discussing what to do when someone came to report that a large number of soldiers and horses appeared outside the capital.

Duke Zhao and Duke Zhou hurriedly sent people to inquire, and soon the troops came to Duke Zhao and Duke Zhou. It turned out that the Marquis of Wei heard about the riot in the capital and immediately came with his own troops to quell the rebellion. However, when they arrived, they found that the rebellion had ended. .

As for when Wei Bo became a marquis, we have to talk about Wei Qinghou's father Wei Qinghou. When King Zhou Yi was on the throne, Wei Qinghou bribed King Zhou Yi with generous gifts, so King Zhou Yi ordered the king of Wei to change his title to a marquis. Wei Qinghou passed away in the twelfth year of his reign, and his son, the current Weihou, became the king of Wei.

Duke Zhao, Duke Zhou, and Marquis Wei quickly gathered together to discuss what to do. At this time Duke Zhou said:

"Since all the Chinese people have gone back, we might as well welcome the emperor back!"

Duke Zhao immediately replied: "No! If the emperor comes back, the people of the country will know the emperor's tyranny and will definitely start another riot to protect their lives."

Then he added: "Actually, to tell you the truth, the prince is not dead. I hid the prince!"

Duke Zhou said in surprise: "What? Wasn't he executed by the people of the country?"

Duke Zhao said sadly: "That's Quanzi. In order to save the prince's life, I had to replace the prince with Quanzi. What the people of the country actually killed was Quanzi."

Duke Zhou looked at Duke Zhao and didn't know what to say, so he could only say: "My condolences, Duke Zhao!"

Duke Zhao was sad for a moment, and then said: "Let's not talk about these things for now. The big things are more important. Let's discuss what to do first. First of all, I think the emperor cannot come back, but I can't tell the world that the emperor has been expelled. We must fight Handle government affairs under the banner of the emperor.

Therefore, I propose that the three of us form a "Three Qing Conference" to discuss and resolve any major issues. After the emperor dies, we will let the prince succeed. I think this way there will be no big problems. ! The most important thing is that the barbarians must not be allowed to know that the emperor has been exiled. "

Duke Zhou and Marquis Wei both said "Agree!"

So Duke Zhao went on to say: "In that case, Duke Zhou and I will be responsible for the specific political affairs, and Marquis Wei will be responsible for the military affairs. Marquis Wei will arrange his own people to take charge of the affairs of the country. You must be prepared to stay in Quanqiu for a long time!" In addition, when he became king, didn’t Zhou Gongdan divide the boundaries of Shaanxi? In this way, Duke Zhou, you will be responsible for the west of Shaanxi, and I will be responsible for the east of Shaanxi.”

Neither Zhou Gong nor Wei Hou had any objections and thought this was very appropriate.

Baiyi, Baifu

"Father, Lord Wei has sent an order asking you to go to Chaoge to assist the Crown Prince in handling military and national affairs of the Kingdom of Wei." Bai Yuan said to the current head of the family, Bai Qi.

After finishing speaking, Bai Yuan curiously said to Bai Qi: "Why did Mr. Wei put my father in charge of military affairs? I have always disliked my Bai family's excessive interference in the military affairs of Wei."

Bai Qi glanced at Bai Yuan and handed a piece of information to Bai Yuan. Bai Yuan looked at it and said with a smile: "What? The emperor has been exiled? Isn't this a joke!"

Looking at his father's serious face, Bai Yuan knew that this was true and couldn't believe it: "It's impossible!"

Bai Qi said: "There is nothing impossible about this. The late master had predicted it when he was still alive, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly! Fortunately, I, the Bai family, have stopped being close to the royal family since Cheng Zuyan, otherwise I still wouldn't know How much loss will my Bai family suffer? It seems that the royal family is getting worse and worse this week!"

Bai Yuan looked at Bai Qi and said, "Then what should I, Bai, do?"

Bai Qi said: "In the future, I, the Bai family, will have less interference with the outside world. I only need to keep the trade routes open. Our Bai family's leather, flowers, medicinal materials, jade, and weapons are all world-renowned products, which are enough to ensure that my Bai family's developed.

By the way, the population that can be accommodated in the Taihang Mountains is limited, so we won’t recruit residents for now. I think the world is in chaos. Now I, the Bai family, will shrink my strength and gradually transfer the industries outside the mountain and the Bai family’s sons to the inside of the mountain. When The world is in chaos, and as long as I, the Bai family, guard the pass, I can protect myself.

And now we need to increase the influence of the Bai family on the Weiguo army, so that we can predict some dangers in advance. "

Bai Yuan said: "My child understands!"

King thirty-seven years

Duke Zhao, Duke Zhou, and Marquis Wei replaced the Emperor of Zhou and jointly ruled in Quanrong, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty. This was called the "Conference of the Three Ministers". The banner of Emperor Zhou was still used externally, but it was actually Duke Zhao, Duke Zhou, and Marquis Wei who held the power. Of the three, Bai Shizi named his reign "Republic". The Fourteenth Year of the Republic (828 BC)
When the three Dukes of Zhao heard that the Emperor of Zhou had passed away, they gave him the posthumous title "Li" and called him King Li of Zhou. They called him Li when he killed innocent people; they called him Li when he was ruthless and rude; he was called Li when he was cruel and arrogant; He was so ruthless that he passed the day and said he was serious.

Duke Zhao, Duke Zhou and others supported Ji Jing, the son of King Zhou Li, as the emperor. The emperor of Zhou asked Duke Zhao, Duke Zhou and Marquis Wei to continue to assist him in governing the country.

After the Emperor of Zhou succeeded to the throne, he ordered the restoration of the palace, the promotion of admonitions, the settlement of the people, the repair of weapons, and the establishment of hunting rituals and music, following the legacy of King Wen, King Wu, King Cheng, and King Kang.

And promptly appointed Zhao Gong, Yin Jifu, Zhongshanfu, Cheng Bo Xiufu, Guo Wengong, Shen Bo, Hanhou, Xianfu, still uncle, Zhang Zhong and other virtuous ministers to assist in the government affairs.

King Zhou Xuan also launched wars against surrounding tribes one after another. The princes once again met the emperor, and the barbarians were convinced.

Wang Sannian

The Emperor of Zhou appointed Qin Zhong as a doctor and ordered him to lead troops to conquer Xirong. At the same time, Bai Yuan was ordered to guard the foothills of the Taihang Mountains and not allow a single Beidi person to be released from the Taihang Mountains.

Wang's fifth year

Qin Zhong was defeated and died. The Emperor of Zhou summoned the five brothers of Qin Zhong, son of Qin Gong, and gave them 7,000 soldiers and ordered them to attack Xirong. Duke Qin defeated Xirong, and the Emperor of Zhou made Duke Qin the official of Xicui (today's Gansu Province), and granted the land of Daluoquanqiu (Li County, Gansu Province).

In June of the same year, the Beidi dynasty attacked the Zhou Dynasty again. The main force was concentrated in Jiaohuo (now northwest of Jingyang, Shaanxi), and the forward troops arrived in Jingyang (now in Jingyang, Shaanxi), directly threatening the security of Fengyi and Pangjing.

Emperor Zhou ordered Yin Jifu to lead his army to counterattack. Yin Jifu took Yuanrong Shicheng as the vanguard and marched thirty miles a day to defeat the yang in Pengya (now northeast of Baishui, Shaanxi), and then pursued to Taiyuan (near today's Pingliang, Gansu). The Emperor of Zhou also sent Nan Zhong to lead troops to Shuofang (the northern border area) to build a city and fortify it, thus alleviating the threat of wolves.

In August of the same year, the state of Chu repeatedly claimed to be king and refused to accept the status of king. The Emperor of Zhou, with the veteran minister Fang Shu as general, led three thousand troops to attack the state of Chu, and won a great victory. Emperor Zhou used as many as 36,000 troops to attack Chu this time.

In the same year, Emperor Zhou ordered Yin Jifu to collect cloth, treasures, grain and labor from Huaiyi, and issued a decree stipulating that Huaiyi must not disrupt local security and market order when doing business.

After the above series of wars, the territory and national reputation of the Zhou Dynasty were greatly expanded. There was actually some resurgence in the Zhou Dynasty, which made Bai Yuan doubt the judgment of the First Lord.

However, Bai Yuan took advantage of the Zhou Dynasty's military peak and decisively led his troops to sweep away the Di tribe in the mountains from the southern foot of Taihang Mountain to the northern foot of Taihang Mountain.

During this year, the Bai family continued to use their own soldiers to sweep away and finally basically controlled the entire Taihang Mountains in their own hands. Then they sent craftsmen to build passes at the entrances and exits of the Taihang Mountains, and also sent people to draw a map of the Taihang Mountains. It can be said that under the Bai family, In my eyes, Taihang Mountain is Baishi Mountain.

King's seventh year

Emperor Zhou ordered the palace to be built, and ordered Zhongshanfu to go to Qi State to build a city and strengthen the defense of the eastern border. In addition, the emperor of Zhou also followed the ancestors' ritual of hunting and hunting, and met with the princes in the eastern capital Luoyi (now Luoyang, Henan).

King's twelfth year
The emperor of Zhou sent Guo Ji Zibai to lead an army to attack the 烃狋. They defeated the 烃狋 on the north bank of Luoshui River, beheading 500 people and capturing 50 others. When Guo Jizibai returned to the court to hold a ceremony to present prisoners, he ordered his subordinates to lead his troops to pursue and defeat the 烋狋 who had retreated to Luoshui, and won the victory.

After this battle, the Zhou Dynasty eliminated the lynx problem. The Emperor Zhou held a grand celebration for Guo Ji Zibai in the Ancestral Temple to commend his achievements. He was rewarded with horses, bows and arrows, arrows and axes, and was given the power to conquer the barbarians.

At the same time, in order to solve the financial problems of the Zhou Dynasty, the Emperor of Zhou implemented the policy of "not owning a thousand acres" and "relying on the people in Taiyuan".

According to Zhou rites, the emperor and the princes need to "repair their registration", that is, the emperor and the princes will hold a ceremony of plowing on the "registration field" before the start of spring plowing every year. The emperor's land will be thousands of acres.

However, after the Emperor of Zhou came to the throne today, he adopted the measure of "not building a family tree on a thousand acres" and categorically abandoned the traditional agricultural economic system of "building a family tree". After hearing this, Duke Guo tried his best to dissuade him, but the Emperor of Zhou did not listen at all.

Emperor Zhou believed that the social prerequisite for the existence of the "revision of records" system, namely the well field system, had undergone unprecedented changes. Therefore, Emperor Zhou abandoned the system of "repairing records".

Because Rong Di was defeated by the army sent by the emperor, "Taiyuan" was owned by the Zhou Dynasty. Then, a large number of civilians gradually fled to "Taiyuan" and engaged in agricultural production.

Since the mine fields had already been privatized at that time, the "people" who escaped from the fetters of the mine fields no longer adopted the mine field system in "Taiyuan", and the Zhou Dynasty failed to promote the mine field system there.

King's fifteenth year
Wei Hou died, and Prince Wei Yu succeeded to the throne.
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Republican administration is a major event in history. The first year of the Republic is the beginning of an accurate chronology of the history of the Republic, which is of great significance. It created an accurate chronology of the history of the Republic. Since then, the historical context of the Republic has been clear, and it has been recorded without interruption until today.

It is this matter that can be traced back thousands of years without getting lost. Before this, the history of the Republic could only be described as legends and semi-beliefs. The time line was very vague and could only be traced through cultural relics and archeology, which was not accurate enough. Therefore, republican administration played a very important milestone role in the history of the republic.

——"The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Annals of the Republic"

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