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During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Tianzi maintained the authority of the co-lord of the world. 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. At the same time, some ethnic groups known as barbarian Rongdi quickly caught up on the basis of the influence of Central Plains culture or ethnic integration.

Due to the different social and economic conditions of the countries of the Central Plains, a situation of competition for hegemony between major powers has emerged, and the merger and hegemony of various countries have contributed to the unification of various regions.

The nobility at the time of the founding of the Zhou dynasty became the founders of the hereditary ruling family, which became increasingly detached from the shackles of the Zhou rulers as time passed. Especially after the forced migration of Zhou from west to east in 770 BCE, its rulers were finally ignored by its former vassals, and even effectively forgotten. Therefore, the final destruction of Zhou by Qin in 256 BC no longer has great political significance.

Before that time, the vassal states under the leadership of the Zhou Dynasty had already developed into independent states with a common language and culture to varying degrees, but they set up military and checkpoint barriers between each other, and were ready to engage in vertical and horizontal warfare, sometimes at war, sometimes to negotiate peace.

At that time, the king of Zhou did not have the concept of the unification of the later "Legalists".

The establishment of the Zhou Dynasty was actually the result of the support of the "tribal alliance", and although the royal army of the Zhou Dynasty was larger than the armies of any other princes, it had little advantage over the armies of all the princes.

At that time, the "rites" of the Zhou Dynasty did not advocate pure force, and the indiscriminate use of force would provoke serious opposition from the princes. Besides, the vassal states of others have not made mistakes, why should you crusade against others? If you make people anxious, it is the fate of King Zhou Li and King Zhou You.

You can compare the Muromachi Ashikaga shogunate in Japan, in fact, the two are similar in nature, when the leader is very capable, you can control the princes and let everyone support you, but once the leader is not good, you can't control the princes.

At that time, the Zhou Dynasty was also a puppet regime, and who did not want to be the king of those vassal states wanted to be hegemonic, and who would listen to Zhou Tianzi.

The situation of the unification of the Western Zhou Dynasty reached the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and faced a huge dilemma. Specifically, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the vassal states were not completely subordinate to Zhou Tianzi (Zhou Dynasty monarch).

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhou Tianzi was still the nominal co-lord of the world, and the vassal states that were divided into feudal states and the vassal states that arose on their own in the Western Zhou Dynasty were not completely subservient in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (the Eastern Zhou Dynasty included the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period). At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhou Tianzi's strength had tended to decline, and "the Lile conquest from the Son of Heaven" became "the Lile conquest from the princes", and gradually formed a situation in which the heroes rose up one after another, and the countries competed for hegemony, and the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons appeared successively. Of course, during the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemonic Period, Zhou Tianzi could barely maintain the situation, the most typical is that after Qi Huan became the hegemon, he "respected the king", that is, he respected Zhou Tianzi and stabilized the foreign clan.

However, in the Warring States Period, it turned from the war for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period to the annexation war, and the power of Zhou Tianzi became smaller and smaller. In the late Warring States period, the Zhou Dynasty was attacked and destroyed by the Qin Zhaoxiang King of Qin (this happened in 256 BC), the Zhou Dynasty disappeared and was replaced by the Qin State, which made the Qin State a rising superstar at that time, and later in 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang swept Liuhe and dominated the world.

1. Caused by the changes of the times. Spring and Autumn Period: Politically, the vassal states increased in strength and launched annexation wars in order to annex and expand their power; Economically, with the promotion of iron farming tools and ox ploughing, the well field system began to collapse in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and private ownership of land appeared; Culturally, there is a hundred schools of thought.

Warring States Period: Doctor Qing seized the power of the princes, and there was a phenomenon of three families dividing Jin and Tian dynasty Qi; Economically private ownership of land was established; Culturally, hundreds of schools of thought run to promote themselves.

2. Caused by changes in nature. The Spring and Autumn Period was a period of collapse of the slave society, which was manifested in: the destruction of the patriarchal feudal system and the decline of the Zhou royal family; the collapse of the economic well-field system; Culturally, the traditional etiquette of the hierarchical sequence is disregarded.

The Warring States period was the period of the establishment of feudal society, which was manifested in: war was no longer a struggle for hegemony, but for unification; Economically private ownership of land was established; The cultural concept of the legal system was gradually established.

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were just a period, while the Zhou Dynasty was a dynasty. The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were in the Zhou dynasty. The reason for this: the emperor is incompetent, the power of the princes expands, and there is a division.

During the Warring States Period, the credibility of the Zhou royal family had been overdrawn by giving Wei, Han, Zhao, and Qi feudal marquis. In fact, most of the time, the situation of the Zhou State was basically similar to that of a miniature vassal state. However, the location of its capital, Luoyang, is rather delicate.

If one of the countries of Han, Wei, and Chu occupied Luoyang, they would be able to block the Qin State in Hangu Pass. And if Qin occupied Luoyang, the entire territory of Korea would be completely exposed to Qin's attack, and the Wei capital Liang would also be threatened (Qin forced Korea to submit, and then crossed Korea to attack Wei). Therefore, as long as Qin Guo didn't want to tear his face with Han Wei, he couldn't move Luoyang.

And as long as the countries don't want to become the main target of the Qin State, they can't move Luoyang. As for what the Zhou Chamber can do, it is to let the Zongheng family make peace around, and whoever passes by provides grain and grass to whom during the war.

As for the destruction of the Western Zhou State at the end of King Qin Zhaoxiang, it was not that the Qin State was so strong that it could do whatever it wanted at that time - in fact, the Qin State was at a low point at that time - but the Wei State had already entered the period of "soldiers spread all over the world and mighty in the country of crowns and belts", and it didn't matter if he tore his face or not at this time.

Spring and Autumn Warring States ** In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in ancient China, the spring hail season and autumn were the seasons when the princes made the pilgrimage to the royal family. In addition, spring and autumn also represented the four seasons of the year in ancient times. The history secretary has wantonly omitted all the major events that happened in the four seasons of the year, so "Spring and Autumn" is the general term of the history books.

The official name of the history book of the Lu State is "Spring and Autumn". Traditionally, it is believed that "Spring and Autumn" is the work of Confucius, and some people believe that it is the collective work of the historians of the Lu State. According to the explanation of Nan Huaijin, a famous scholar in Taiwan, the Spring and Autumn Period means that spring goes to autumn and comes, and historical facts are recorded in the form of chronicles.

And the ** of the Warring States is "Warring States Policy", which is a history book of the country, and the author is Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty.