How did the Jin Kingdom change? From a small, remote country to the overlord of the era!

How did the Jin Kingdom change? From a small distant country to the overlord of the era! The editor-in-chief will provide you with detailed relevant content.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin began to rule from Duke Wen of Jin and had a long-term struggle with the State of Chu. He is the well-deserved overlord of the Central Plains. However, at the time of the initial enfeoffment, Jin was still a small and distant country. How did it fight against and surpass the Central Plains princes step by step and become the overlord of the Central Plains? In fact, it has gone through three main stages of development since its establishment.

Small countries will be blocked in the early stage

In fact, Jin State did not have a good time to catch up with the enfeoffment system from the beginning. This is neither the first time that special features have been enfeoffed, nor the second time that Zhou Gongdan has been enfeoffed on a large scale. By the time the Jin State was established, the fertile land in the Central Plains had been divided up. They can only settle in relatively remote places.

The founder of the Jin Kingdom was Tang Shuyu, the youngest son of King Zhou Wu and the younger brother of King Zhou Cheng. Legend has it that when he was a child, King Zhou Cheng and his younger brother Shuyu played together. As a joke, he used a tung leaf as a mark to divide Shu into several vassal states. This was originally a joke, but later the ministers protested that the emperor was not joking, and King Zhou Cheng could only keep his promise and divide his younger brother into princes.

In the eighth year of Jiang Ziya’s reign, his eldest son Ding Qigong destroyed the Tang Dynasty. Two years later, Tang Shuyu was divided into the Tang Dynasty. Later, Tang Shuyu's son moved to Jinjiang, so he changed his name to Jin.

When the Jin State was founded, it was located on the ruins of the Xia people, surrounded by the Rongdi tribe. In addition, the Tang State had just fallen, local conflicts were acute, and the political environment was very complicated and harsh. Compared with the big countries in the Central Plains, life in Jin was relatively difficult.

When Tang Shuyu arrived at the fiefdom. He assessed the situation and adopted the strategy of "establishing the Xia government to seize power in Xinjiang." This policy also had a profound impact on the future development of Jin.

The Jin State used Xia Long's customs and habits to govern the Jin State and implemented a policy of recuperation and recuperation. As a result, he established a firm foothold within a year and escaped the siege of Emperor Rong. At the same time, they also have martial arts traditions and are always ready to fight Hong Rong and protect themselves.

The first step in development, opportunities in crisis

The initial development of the Jin State was accompanied by military expansion, which was closely related to the geographical location of the Jin State.

As mentioned before, there are many small countries and barbarians near Jin. So the political environment here is very complicated and there are many factions. Although this was originally the case, there was no trouble due to the pressure from the Zhou royal family. But something happened to Zhou's royal family as well.

When King Zhou Li came to power, a nationwide uprising broke out. This incident caused the prestige of the Zhou royal family to plummet. Even King Zhou was driven away and the prince was almost killed. Naturally, the local people's hearts changed, and the barbarians from the small countries around Jin began to cause trouble.

Crisis also means opportunity. At first, facing this chaotic situation, Jin had few options. We can only expand our army and prepare for war to guard against enemy attacks, and we will soon have considerable combat effectiveness.

After King Zhou Li died, King Zhou Xuan succeeded to the throne. He is a very promising King of Zhou. He regained the power of King Zhou. He began to attack the rebel princes and barbarians, and the barbarians near Jin became one of King Zhou Xuan's targets.

In fact, in order to regain the emperor's authority, King Xuan of Zhou launched an expedition to the west, Chu State in the south, Huaiyi in the east, and Taiyuan in the north, not to mention the westward expedition. In this process, he relied on the power of Jin many times.

At that time, the king of Jin was ordered to fight against today's barbarians in Shandong. King won the war. With this honor, he was known as the "Old Guard" of the Zhou royal family.

After Hou Jinxian died, his son Jinmuhou was ordered by King Zhou Xuan to attack the barbarians many times. Marquis Mu of Jin was defeated by Tiao Rong and later by Beirong.

The wars during King Zhou Xuan's period cultivated a powerful army for the country

In fact, the rapid expansion of Jin was due to them following in the footsteps of King Zhou Xuan. King Xuan of Zhou had so many enemies that he could not participate in many battles himself. Therefore, he often appointed princes from Jin, Qin, Shen, Zheng and other countries to help him fight. These princes also rose rapidly.

By the time King Xuan of Zhou died, Jin had already saved a large sum of money. But later King Xuan of Zhou began to lose in successive wars, which paved the way for the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty. However, Jin's large-scale expansion came to an end as the pace of King Zhou Xuan's war was blocked.

After the death of King Zhou Xuan, King Zhou You was defeated and killed. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty created a situation where the kings of Zhou Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty coexisted. At first, Jin State and King Tuesday maintained a good relationship.

Between them, Jin once again entered a stage of rapid territorial expansion, especially political influence.

This period lasted for 20 years, and Jin's political status rose rapidly. Especially in the imperial court, Jin and Zheng both controlled the affairs of the Zhou royal family. This also made Jin's sons Muhou and Jin determined to attack Zhou Ctrip, which completely fell on them. So Jin's status reached a peak.

In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty was completely overthrown and almost achieved the highest status. However, the rise of Jin was forced to stop. After the death of Duke Jin, the Jin State began a 68-year civil war. History calls Quwo the Jin Dynasty. The civil strife in the Jin State caused it to lose control of the Zhou royal family, and at the same time, the states of Qi and Chu continued to expand.

The third step of development, crazy expansion

After more than half a century of civil war, the Jin Kingdom was finally unified. At this time, Qi Huangong had already begun to prepare for alliance hegemony. Jin State wasted too much time. After Duke Wen of Jin's father, Duke Xiang of Jin, ascended the throne, he began frantic territorial expansion.

As the Qi Huangong alliance gradually expands, it will use the power of the major princes to fight against the barbarians. Save Wei, save Yan, and serve Chu. However, Duke Xiang of Jin did not attend, so he went alone. As a result, Jin's territory expanded threefold.

In the expansion pack, there is a famous case of using a fake knife to chop Guo. This action eliminated the two divided Qi Huan Gong Yu He in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In particular, Guo is still a traditional military power.

But the Jin State destroyed the Guo State and then the Yu State, which was generally done by barbarians at that time. Compared with the princes of the Central Plains, the Jin State still maintained the pride of its nobility, disdained the use of intrigues, and got rid of such moral constraints. This is related to its unique cultural and political traditions, surrounded by Rongdi. This is one of the important reasons why Jincan has expanded rapidly and stood out.

During the Jin Dynasty, Duke Xiang of Jin came to the throne

[Abstract]

After three steps of expansion, the Jin Dynasty already had the strength that was difficult to dominate. After returning to China, Duke Wen of Jin and Chong'er integrated the internal forces of Jin, defeated the powerful King Chu Cheng, and finally ruled the Central Plains.

In fact, in the development process of Jin, the first military expansion laid the foundation for the subsequent two stages of development. It was this distrust of other authorities that led to strong support for emerging rulers such as Kim. This is an opportunity for Jin's rapid development.

The Kingdom of Jin is located in a remote area and its territorial expansion is very large, reaching 0. After fighting against barbarians who did not respect etiquette and music, he did not pay much attention to rules and had no mental burden for the behavior of destroying the country. In addition, there are no major client countries nearby, so there is no possibility of conflict of interest with major client countries in the early stage. As a result, in the early days, Jin was able to quietly make a fortune.

Later, Jin also relied on its own military power to control the situation where the kings of the East coexisted on Tuesday. Even if the civil war lasts for more than half a century, it is still possible to win without fighting or with less fighting. In the end, it can still defeat its opponents and achieve hegemony with its own military strength.