A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 29 Alternation of Kingship
In the 26th year of Duke Huaiwu, Wang Zhao died in Huai'an.

Wang Li, who had just ascended the throne, summoned ministers to give the posthumous title to the late king.The posthumous title is very important for a monarch, which is equivalent to the conclusion of his coffin.

Therefore, as long as they are not too hated or too incompetent, ministers will usually give a posthumous title, such as Wang Zhao, which must be a beautiful posthumous title. Many ministers proposed the posthumous title of "Wen", just because Zijue's posthumous title was also Wen, so he could only be wronged and gave "Wu" as his posthumous title.

"To open up the land is called Wu; to su general Tianwei is called Wu; to secure the people and the people is called Wu; to control the world is called Wu; to be wise and not kill is called Wu; the former king defeated the king, destroyed Zhongwu, and rested with the people, and renamed Wu!"

Wang Zhao's death did not cause much disturbance. After all, Huai State is located in the southeast, and in the eyes of Bangzhou and Zhou countries, it is a land of barbarians.Like Chu and Wu, it is not valued by the Central Plains countries.

The world does not stand still because of someone's death.

When Zijue woke up from a deep sleep again, his originally illusory soul had become very solid, "Is there something big going on?"

Zijue's mind moved slightly, and in an instant, he went through the things that happened in the past few decades from the system.

At this time, more than 36 years have passed since Wang Zhao passed away, and the emperor of Bangzhou has changed three times.Ji Man back then has become King Zhao of Zhou.The emperor reigned for [-] years, which is the longest reign of Bangzhou so far. During King Zhao's reign, he attacked Rong and Di, rebuilt the emperor's six armies, restricted the expansion of the big princes, and allowed Bangzhou to rejuvenate.

Of course, it was also King Zhao who made many border barbarians no longer pay tribute to Zhou. At the same time, in order to restrict the growth of Jin, he supported Yu and Guo, and in order to restrict Qi, he also supported Ji. crack.But on the whole, Bangzhou's strength has increased, and he has regained the ability to subdue the princes of the world.

After the death of King Zhao, King Xiang came to the throne. In the period of King Xiang, after 90 or [-] years of development, King Bang and Zhou had almost no extra land.

A large amount of land was entrusted to ministers, and by the time of King Xiang, [-]% of Wang Ji's land had been entrusted.There was a problem with the finances of the Zhou royal family, and because of the reduction in the offerings of the princes, King Xiang had to abolish some troops.

In order to increase tax revenue, King Xiang abolished the old system of state ownership of land and distribution of vassals, implemented private ownership of land, allowed land to be bought and sold freely, and the state collected taxes according to the land.

King Xiang's reform was very effective. According to the original policy, the nobles only paid taxes on a small part of their land, and they did not pay taxes on the land they reclaimed privately. After the reform, the land was privatized, and the private land had to be reported, otherwise it would be taxed. It was confiscated by the country as unclaimed land, which forced the nobles to report the land truthfully and then pay taxes, thereby increasing the revenue of the treasury.

It’s just that King Xiang felt that Mi Kingdom accepted the beauties offered by Jiang Qiang, and felt that it offended the majesty of the emperor, so he destroyed Mi Kingdom (only the emperor is eligible to accept tribute, and Mi Kingdom committed a taboo), and Mi Kingdom is a country with the surname Ji , which worried many countries surnamed Ji.

At the same time, in order to deal with the dog army and obtain good horses, King Xiang entrusted Feizi, who had made great contributions to raising horses, to Qinyi, west of Haojing, and established the State of Qin, known as Qin Ying.

King Xiang reigned for 16 years. After the death of King Xiang, King Zhou Yi came to the throne. King Yi had great ambitions at the beginning.

King Yi was determined to eradicate the ills and revitalize the country, so he prepared his army and prepared to attack Rongdi.It's just that King Yi is not good at military strategy, and Yidi's strength has reached its peak after 20 years of recuperation.

As a result, in the first year of King Yi, Yan Rong invaded Wang Ji, and the people of the country suffered greatly from it.

In the third year of Wang's reign, Xi Rong invaded the state of Zhou, and soldiers came to Haojing.

In the fourth year of Wang Wang's attack on Xirong, he was defeated.

In the seventh year of Wang Wang's attack on the Rong in Taiyuan, he was victorious and returned with a thousand horses.

In the 12th year of the king, the king attacked Beidi and was defeated.

The failure of the foreign war has greatly affected King Yi's confidence, causing his prestige to plummet. He intends to rectify the government, but his mind is not strong.The aristocratic officials in the country are arrogant and extravagant, oppressing the common people, but King Yi is careless about politics, greedy for pleasure, and the government is becoming increasingly corrupt.In the 18th year of Wang Wang, Duke Guo was ordered by King Yi to make a northern expedition to Quanrong, which was defeated.

In the past 40 years, Zhou Zhongxing and Bei Daduan, in the autumn of Wang 18, the dog eclipsed the sun, and in winter, heavy rain and hail hit Wang Ji. The weather was so cold that King Yi died in fear.

King Yi passed away, and Ji Lie came to the throne.

After Ji Lie ascended the throne, Bang Zhou's strength did not recover.As for the Eastern States, because of the foreshadowing left by King Zhao, Qi, Lu, and Ji fought against each other.

The State of Ji is next to the State of Qi, and the State of Qi wants to expand, but the State of Ji is at its side, and the Marquis of Qi wants to annex the State of Ji because of discord with the State of Qi.So Ji Hou formed an alliance with the State of Lu to fight against the State of Qi.At the same time, Zhou Tianzi pulled aside, making it impossible for Qi to annex Ji.

After Wang Li passed through Huai Country, it passed on for two more generations. The two Patriarchs were no more than mediocre people, but they were also considered diligent. The development of Huai Country slowed down, but there were no problems.

After more than a hundred years of development, the Huai Kingdom has become a large country with a population of over one million.

Huai country, the royal palace.

In the palace room, there were six to seventy people kneeling and sitting.These people are handsome, with solemn expressions, and most importantly, all of them have a bright red black bird pattern between their eyebrows.These people are the direct descendants of the Wang family.

Duke Huai leaned on the bed, looked at so many direct descendants in the hall, with a smile on his face.These people are the backbone of the Wang clan, and now they have grown, and the number of the Gong clan is even greater.

All members of the Wang clan who lost the black bird pattern will automatically become the male clan.

Duke Huai beckoned, Shi Zilin hurried forward, held Duke Huai's big old hand and said: "Father, my son is here!"

"Gu is seriously ill, and there is no cure for medicine and stone. This trip is going to see King Wen. Gu's aptitude is dull, and his talent is no better than a middleman. Fortunately, thanks to the help of Zhu Qing, the Huai country has not declined in Gu's hands, but the strategy of the ancestor King Wen is still there. Lonely break." Wang Qi said about his son, with a proud face, and a look of relief on his old face.

"My son is talented, intelligent, heroic, and far better than a lonely man. He will surely rejuvenate the Huai Kingdom, restart the strategy of our ancestor King Wen, defeat the princes in the north, and flatten the barbarians in the south."

"Nowadays there is a gap between the royal family of Bangzhou and the princes. This is an opportunity for our Huai country to grow stronger. The three kingdoms of Qi, Ji, and Lu are fighting each other. There is also news from the Fengwentai. If the country goes one step further, it will depend on you now!"

"Today, Gu will hand over the Duke Huai position to you!"

"Son, although the Huai Kingdom is big, there are wolves outside. We must forge ahead bravely in the future. Our ancestor King Wen is watching us from the sky!"

In the main hall, everyone cried one after another: "Your Majesty is merciful, my Huai Country is strong and prosperous, it is the merit of your Majesty, so don't underestimate yourself."

Wang Lin held his father's hand tightly, and said sadly: "Father, don't worry, the child will definitely live up to his father's teachings, and when he succeeds, he will definitely go to the ancestral temple to repay him."

At the same time, there was a sound of cranes, and two cranes descended from the sky and danced in the hall. Zijue silently watched his son pass away, and then asked Yunhe to go to pick him up.

Since the death of Wang Zhaoxie, every generation of patriarchs passed away, two cloud cranes would come, and the cloud cranes danced mournfully to pick up and lead the deceased away.

King Zhao was revived, King Xiang was reformed, King Yi's soldiers were weak, the royal power was weak, and the Zhou Dynasty declined. ——"Historical Records Zhou Benji"

(End of this chapter)