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Because of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, each small country had different thoughts and ambitions to be kings, and at the same time, the domestic economy and military were developing, and with the ability to be independent, the Zhou royal family gradually declined, and had no ability to control other small countries.

Mainly through the feudal system, their land and population have been greatly reduced, and their strength has become weaker and their influence has been lower.

This is because the development of the Zhou royal family was not particularly good, and then there were internal and external troubles, and there were many wars, so the consumption of the society at that time was very large, so it had begun to decline from that time.

It is because of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the strength of the Zhou royal family declined, and the land, population and military strength of this place have been greatly reduced.

The strength of the Zhou royal family began to weaken, the royal family's population and land strength decreased, and King Ping's eastward migration relied on the power of the princes, and then the royal family's jurisdiction continued to shrink.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the strength of the Zhou royal family itself was seriously weakened. The reduction of the royal family's land, population, and military strength shows that the political, economic, and military strength of the Zhou royal family has been seriously weakened, and after the king of Ping moved eastward, the Zhou family gradually declined, first of all, the grandfather of the king of Ping, Shen Hou, led the dog Rong to attack the Beijing division, killing the king of You, and the Shen Hou supported the king of Ping, so that the king of Ping was suspected of killing his father, so that the prestige of the son of Zhou Tianzi among the princes declined, and the Zhou royal family declined.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the strength of the Zhou royal family itself was seriously weakened.

There was not much land and population left under the direct jurisdiction, and when the Western Zhou Dynasty was strong, the Zhou royal family directly governed the land from Hojing to Luoyi for about a thousand miles. After King Ping moved eastward, the western land was owned by the Qin State, and the land directly under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family was about 600 li of land. Later, due to the encroachment of the princes, the occupation of the Rong tribe and the rewards of the meritorious princes, the land became less and less, and finally there was only about 100 li of land.

As the land decreases, so does the population.

The number of troops has been greatly reduced. Land and population have decreased, and financial, material, and military resources have naturally decreased. When the Western Zhou Dynasty was strong, the army under the direct control of the royal family was as many as 140,000 people. After King Ping moved eastward, there were still 30,000 people. It was gradually reduced to a few thousand people.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, China changed from the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty to a system dominated by foreign countries, and the main factors of this system transformation are as follows:

Weakening of blood ties. At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the important basis of the princes' loyalty to the royal family was blood relations, but as time passed, the blood relationship between the successors of the vassal states and the Western Zhou royal family became more and more distant, so it was difficult to maintain pure blood allegiance.

Hereditary fiefdoms. Initially, the fiefs of the princes were granted by the royal family and belonged to the royal family in nature, but gradually these fiefs became hereditary for the princes"Family business"。This weakened the royal family's control over the princes.

Changes in military power. In the late Spring and Autumn period, the vassal states of Chilu accumulated strong military strength and no longer completely relied on and obeyed the command of the royal family, which made it difficult for the royal family to effectively regulate the behavior of the princes.

The formation of the consciousness of the nations. In the late Spring and Autumn Period, a strong sense of nation was formed among the vassal states, believing that the vassal states were basically equal in status, which further weakened the authority of the Xingxian royal family as the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, it can be said that the root of the political system of the decline of the royal family and the struggle for hegemony of the princes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period lies in the changes in blood, land, military and other factors, which makes the formation of the consciousness of the nations and the challenge to the authority of the royal family. This is an important background for the transition from feudalism to foreign state system in Chinese history.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, all the princes and monarchs were appointed by the king of Zhou, and the princes who were divided into feudal lords were subject to the people and territories according to the principle of respect for relatives, but gradually broke away from the control of the king of Zhou.

After King Ping moved eastward, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty began, and the Zhou Dynasty began to decline, only retaining the name of the co-lord of the world, but not the actual control ability.

The royal power of the Zhou dynasty was declining day by day, and the princes were usurping and killing each other in the country, and annexing each other externally, and foreign races such as Yiman and Rongdi often invaded the Central Plains, and the situation in the country was very disorderly. Some powerful princes not only wanted to annex Xiaoshan, but also wanted to replace the position of the Son of Heaven; However, under the competition of other countries, he could not rule the whole country for a while, so he had to dominate the princes, and became the leader of the Central Plains princes, and was recognized by Zhou Tianzi. In the early years of the Spring and Autumn Period, there were more than 170 countries of large and small vassal states in the scriptures, but among them, the outstanding deeds of the alliance and conquest can be examined, including Qi, Lu, Chu, Qin, Jin, Song, Wei, Yan, Chen, Cao, Cai, Zheng, Wu, Yue and so on.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were five famous princes who participated in the struggle for hegemony, known as the "Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants" in history. The general saying of the five tyrants is the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Wen of Jin, the Duke of Qin Mu, the Duke of Song Xiang, and the King of Chuzhuang. However, Song Xianggong did not dominate, while Qin Mugong only dominated Xirong.

At the same time, the big powers vying for hegemony also include Wu and Vietnam, so they have different opinions on the "five hegemons."

Introduction: Spring and Autumn Warring States ** in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in ancient China, spring and autumn were the seasons when the princes made pilgrimages to the royal family, and the Spring and Autumn Period also represented the four seasons of the year in ancient times. Historical books record the major events that occur in the four seasons of the year, so "Spring and Autumn" is the general term of historical books.

And the Warring States ** in the Western Han Dynasty Liu Xiang's national history book "Warring States Policy". During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the old system and the old ruling order were destroyed, the new system and the new ruling order were established, and the new class forces were growing. Hidden in this process and constituting this social change is the revolution of the productive forces characterized by iron.

The development of the productive forces eventually led to the reform movements of various countries and the establishment of the feudal system, and also led to the prosperity of ideology and culture.