During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the feudal princes were originally peaceful, why did Zheng start th

At this time, I was actually able to realize the concept that things must be reversed, although the time of Zheng Guo's founding was relatively late compared with other vassal states. But at the beginning, King Zheng Wu was very loyal to the Zhou royal family, and even when the Zhou royal family was attacked by the dogs, he was still loyal.

It is precisely because of Zheng Guo's loyalty, and because Zheng Guo made great contributions to the re-establishment of the Zhou regime, that Zheng Wugong and Zheng Zhuang Gong were successively appointed as the secretaries of the Zhou Dynasty, and the position of secretary was at the top of the power in the Zhou royal family and vassal states at that time.

Zheng Zhuanggong, who has reached the top of power, will certainly not be satisfied with his current status, because no matter how high his status is now, he is only a vassal state, not the kingdom of the Son of Heaven, and Zheng Zhuanggong, who is located in the position of a vassal state, actually has the determination to dominate the princes in his heart. So he took the highest power in his hand and began to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

At this time, King Zhou Ping naturally would not let Zheng Zhuanggong's behavior succeed, and the best way to solve this matter was to replace this secretary, so King Zhou Ping restricted Zheng Zhuanggong's rights and enabled Xiyu Gong.

Zheng Zhuanggong, who was robbed of power, was naturally very dissatisfied, but after all, his identity was there, and he could only ask for the exchange of protons, but there was no other way.

If the matter had ended here, I don't think the incident of Zheng Guo taking the lead against the Son of Heaven would have happened.

It stands to reason that the Zhou royal family should not be sold if it is cheap, but who would have thought that King Zhou Heng would use fraud to exchange the territory of Zheng Guo with territory that does not belong to his own country.

At this time, Zheng Guo really couldn't bear it, so there was a later story.

Originally, the abilities of all the princes in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were the same, but Zheng Guo secretly looked for opportunities to develop his national strength. Zheng Guo is getting stronger and stronger. He was no longer satisfied with the position of a prince, so he wanted to establish himself as king. As a result, Zheng Guo started the Spring and Autumn War.

If the princes have held the territory for too long, it is deeply entrenched and the development is getting better and better, the princes will become more and more dissatisfied with the princes, and the emperor will definitely suppress them when he sees this.

As Zheng became more and more powerful, he plundered the land with the title of reverence for kings. King Zhou Huan deliberately insulted Zheng Zhuang Gong, and announced in public that the land of Zheng Guo would be returned to the command of **, and later King Zhou Huan personally conquest Zheng Guo, but he was defeated and returned, and there was no majesty again. So the Spring and Autumn War began.

The Zhou royal family is in decline, and the strength of the various princely kingdoms is already strong enough. Zhou Tianzi has been formed to preside over the overall situation by force, and the situation of the princes vying for hegemony is about to take shape.

Through his own efforts, Zheng Guo's national strength is extremely strong, and at this time, only war can meet the needs of the rulers and people, attack other countries, and make himself the second overlord of the Central Plains.

The main reason is that after a long period of hard struggle, Zheng Guo's comprehensive national strength has reached a level that other vassal states cannot match, so they are no longer satisfied with the status of a small vassal state, and naturally want to expand their territory through war.

As time passed, Zheng became more and more powerful, and then, not satisfied with the status of just a vassal state, began to expand its territory, which eventually led to the Spring and Autumn War.

Zheng Guo has worked hard for a long time, and his national capacity is very strong. It is no longer just satisfied with the status of a vassal state, but also wants to expand its territory and strengthen the country through war.

Because he has made great achievements and is at the very top of power. But he was not satisfied with his current status, and began to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes with the highest power in his hand.

Since King Zhou Ping moved east to Luoyi, the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period officially began. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Duke of Qi Huan was recognized as the head of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. However, strictly speaking, the precedent of the Spring and Autumn Period for hegemony was created by Zheng Zhuang publicly.

In the early days of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Zheng Zhuang Gong era Zheng Guo purged the internal unstable factors, external defeat of the Song State, and his subordinates also shot Zhou Tianzi Huan Wang in the shoulder, was the most powerful country at that time, known as "Zheng Zhuang Gong Xiaoba" in history. But why did Zheng Guo decline after the death of Zheng Zhuanggong?

One. First of all, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the rise and fall of a country was inseparable from the monarch. Among them, the Qin State in the middle and late Warring States period was prosperous, although it was due to the system, but the stability of the monarch and rule were also important factors.

For Zheng Guo, after the death of Zheng Zhuanggong, the repeated competition between Zheng Zhaogong and Zheng Ligong for the position of monarch not only made Zheng Guo lose his hegemony, but also plunged Zheng Guo into long-term civil strife. For a small country like Zheng Guo, the strength is not absolutely strong, and in the event of civil strife, the national strength can be imagined to decline.

Two. Secondly, in the author's opinion, Zheng Zhuanggong can take the lead in hegemony, but in fact, there is a time difference, that is, under the premise that the big countries such as Qi, Jin, and Chu are not yet strong. At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, large countries such as the Jin State did not start with a vast territory and a large population, but continued to expand their land and population by constantly eliminating the surrounding small states, including the conquest of border peoples.

However, it is difficult for Zheng State, which is deep in the world, to expand its territory like the four corner countries such as Jin, Qin, and Chu. In particular, Zheng Guo was under the nose of the Zhou royal family, and although he defeated the army of King Zhou Huan, he did not dare to go too far in some things. As a result, after the big countries on the four sides became stronger, Zheng Guo, who was almost standing still, was weakened in disguise.

Three. Moreover, Zheng Guo has few villains, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the terrain is flat and flat, except for the Tiger Prison Pass, there is almost no danger to defend, surrounded by strong neighbors, and the abdomen and back are controlled. In particular, the Jin and Chu hegemony that lasted for more than a hundred years during the Spring and Autumn Period turned Zheng into a core area of war and hegemony, which was also directly weakening Zheng Guo's national strength.

Just imagine, a small country is sandwiched between two big countries, and these two countries are still at war all day long, how do you say this small country can develop its economy and revitalize its national strength?

Four. Finally, in general, the geographical location of the land of the four wars, especially the fact that it was surrounded by countries such as the Song State and the Wei Kingdom, which already had strong backgrounds and were not inferior to themselves, made it impossible for Zheng to annex them at all, so as to become a big country. However, at the beginning, the land area may not be as large as that of Zheng's Jin and Chu, but because of the two remote areas in the north and south, they were able to gradually encroach on the surrounding small countries and accumulate into large countries over time.

As a result, the four great powers of the Spring and Autumn Period - Jin, Chu, Qi and Qin were located in the four corners of the world at that time, and there were obviously geographical factors.

Because Zheng Guo developed too well at that time, Zhou Tianzi felt threatened, so he wanted to cancel the title of Zheng Zhuang Gong's royal family secretary, and Zheng Zhuang Gong could only challenge Zhou Tianzi in order to keep his title.

Because the regular monarch Zheng Zhuang Gong was the first overlord to dominate the princes, and the authority of Zhou Tianzi had been weakened day by day, the Zhou Wang clan had already existed in name only.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the first prince to openly challenge Zhou Tianzi was Zheng Guo, because he was arrogant, relying on himself as a side branch of the Zhou Wang clan, and was dissatisfied with the current fief