Photo reference: imgcld.yimg/8/n/ha00782940/o/7011800 4301387 3458490 The essence of the Western Zhou Dynasty's enfeoffment system is to expand its power to the east. Using the redistribution of land to establish a top-down relationship between China and local governments, so as to ensure the long-term stability of the whole regime; It does have the significance of expanding its power eastward. The feudalism in the Western Zhou Dynasty was actually a kind of armed immigration and military occupation. The Western Zhou Dynasty was originally a farming tribe. Since it is only in the abundant Weihe River basin, how to effectively extend its influence to the old land of Yin and the East after obtaining Yin is an important issue. Therefore, Zhou sent his close relatives to the east in batches, selected traffic and military priorities, and contained each other, completing a huge transportation network including the Yellow River, Huaishui and the north bank of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the feudalism in the Zhou Dynasty was a scale of founding the country that was in harmony with the military politics at that time and could be continuously expanded outward. The second feudalism is that King Yin Ke died two years later, and the heir became a young king. Taking his brother as the regent, his uncle Cai was dissatisfied, spreading rumors that were not conducive to the Duke of Zhou's being king, and encouraging Wu Geng to unite with the vassal states and the lower reaches of Huaihe River to rebel against other nationalities. It took Duke Zhou three years to quell the chaos. Duke Zhou readjusted the feudal order in the East. The main reason for the failure of the first enfeoffment system was the profound background and deep-rooted social and economic strength of the Shang nationality in its original place of residence. Duke Zhou adopted the policy of divide and rule and armed migration (the strategy for business was to divide the aristocratic forces that were United in business, and then move them away from their original places, so that they lost their original support; As for the Zhou people's intervention in the commercial land, Zhou forces invaded the commercial land and adopted the armed immigration law to enfeoffment the princes again. The enfeoffment includes the following steps: in view of the fact that the East is beyond reach, but the ancestral temple is in the west, the Duke of Zhou thought it was his ancestor, and built the East Capital in Luoyi, also known as "Chengzhou", as the center to control the East, and moved a large number of "stubborn people" to Luoyi, making them leave their original places and do nothing. Hebei base area ruled by Yin people was ruled by Zhou people only after Yin land and its adherents were given the titles of Kang Shu, the brother of Wei and Yin people. At that time, there were two main allies who helped the Shang rebellion: Yanhe (both in Shandong). Duke Zhou built Lu in Yan State, sealed his eldest son here, and ruled the "merchants elected by the people" and the "six Yin families" by force. The hometown of Guo Pu was built in Qi State, and the greatest hero Lu (Lu Ji) was named here. The influence of Zhou people began to grow stronger and stronger, reaching the east coast. In addition, he was named Wang Di and Tang Shu in Jin Dynasty. This is the person who communicated with Zhou directly from the north bank of the Yellow River to Yin Ruins. In order to show that Zhou people had no intention of destroying Yin, they also adopted the policy of appeasement. Wei was a sage of the Yin royal family in the Song Dynasty, and then a number of new Ji surnames appeared, such as Cai, Teng, Jiang and so on. The relationship between feudalism and the expansion of Zhou power. Due to the limited strength, feudalism in the early Zhou Dynasty could only extend to the south of Luoyi, which was the center, and the influence of Yin people in the Shang Dynasty could not be completely eliminated. Therefore, the enfeoffment countries include Qihe, most of which are concentrated near Luoyang on the south bank of the Yellow River, and only Zero on the north bank of the Yellow River, which is the place where the Yin people's power is concentrated. In addition, Qin Jing, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, was located in the west, so it was difficult for the central ruling power to reach the east. But there is no doubt that this seal laid the foundation for Zhou's outward expansion. By the second feudalism of the Duke of Zhou, the ruling power of Zhou people was greatly strengthened and extended to every place. For example, the establishment of Qilu and Qilu enabled people to surpass Yin and reach the seaside in the East. Feudal countries are scattered all over the country, on the one hand, they contain each other, on the other hand, they engage in infiltration and expansion, and expand their territory. In order to strengthen the control of the East, the feudal cause of this week was basically completed by building the East Capital in Luoyi. Starting from Haojing, Zhou people spread their arms from the northeast and southeast to monitor Yin and Song dynasties, and their influence extended to the eastern seashore. Hao Jing echoes Luoyi from afar, and all anti-Zhou forces can no longer rise. Since then, he claimed to be the king and Kang Wang, and constantly enfeoffed his brothers, sons and nephews, in-laws and heroes to establish a new country. These new countries are likely to replace the old princes or open up uncultivated land. The establishment of every feudal country is the outward migration and power expansion of Zhou people. Zhou's twice feudalism made Zhou's power develop from the upper reaches of the water to the east, and finally to the whole Yellow River basin, controlling the whole Central Plains and becoming the Lord of * * *. To sum up, Zhou practiced feudalism, enfeoffed the same surname and heroes to various places, and established the country by using the original clan tribes in various places. Since then, the relationship between the central and local governments has been re-established, with power from top to bottom. Zhou Tianzi officially became the master of the world, and the national strength of Zhou Dynasty was strengthened and expanded through feudalism. Therefore, the feudal system is actually an effective ruling system that adapts to the times and enables Zhou to enjoy the country for 800 years. The so-called "China" before Zhou Dynasty generally does not exist in Shandong, Henan, Hebei and Shanxi today. In these areas, there are many tribes with low culture. After the implementation of feudalism, not only the phenomenon of primitive small countries appeared, but also the situation of fragmented, forming a relatively close and orderly country. At the same time, due to the expansion of the scope of the enfeoffment system, the territory of the Zhou Dynasty was much larger than that of the Shang Dynasty, and the influence of the Chinese nation continued to expand eastward. From a political point of view, the feudalism in the early Zhou Dynasty contained the meaning of "ruling the world on one side", that is, "Under the world, is it the land of the king, the guest of the land and the minister of the king?" "Open a precedent for the unification of China. The Zhou Dynasty was feudal and extensive, spreading the same spirit and organization to all parts of the country, and all countries developed freely because of their environment, making China culture more spectacular and splendid. Moreover, China's advanced culture spread far away because of feudalism. Due to pilgrimage and hunting patrol, many heterogeneous cultures are alcoholized in high culture and form a great national consciousness. Although the emperor enfeoffed the princes, it played a role in shielding the royal family and expanding the territory, but it was easy for the princes to go their own way and attack each other. Feudalism lasted for a long time, and the blood relationship and in-laws relationship between emperors and princes became increasingly alienated. After the formation of the trend of strength and weakness, the princes no longer respected the king, and the princes attacked each other. So in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there was a hegemony game in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
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The primary purpose is to remove the threat of the remnants of Shang dynasty to Zhou, and the expansion of power is only the result of convenience. China10k/trad/history/114/14c014c010/the Duke of Zhou was re-sealed in the Zhou Dynasty. Because he was young, he was regent by his uncle Zhou Gongdan. Guan Shu Xian and Cai Shu were very dissatisfied with this, so they made a rumor that "Duke Zhou was not good to obedient children". At that time, Wu Geng was trying to rebel against Zhou Zionism, so he colluded with Guan and Cai, and joined forces with Xu, Xuan, Xiong, Ying and other eastern ministries to launch a large-scale anti-Zhou rebellion. In order to quell the rebellion, the Duke of Zhou and Zhao Gong "kissed their brothers and sisters at home and caressed the princes outside", and then the Duke of Zhou personally led an army to make a massive crusade. After three years of brutal war, Fang Ping settled the rebellion, overthrew Wu Genghe, released Cai Shu and conquered more than 50 countries including Xu, Xuan and Xiong. The Zhou Dynasty wiped out the old forces of Yin and Shang dynasties through the eastward expedition, and the rule of the Western Zhou Dynasty extended to the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River basin for the first time. On the occasion of the victory of the rebellion in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in order to strengthen the control of the old land of Yin, the Duke of Zhou built another capital, Luoyi (now Luoyang, Henan Province), as the political and military center for ruling the East, and moved some Yin people here, and sent eight divisions (one division with 2,500 people) to guard it. Since then, there have been two capitals in the Western Zhou Dynasty: Haojing, the capital, also known as Xidu or Zhou Zong; Luoyi, the capital, is the eastern capital or Chengzhou. At the same time, Duke Zhou moved closer to feudalism so that the vassal states could defend Zhou. In view of the lessons of Wu Geng's rebellion, after the Crusade, although the Song Dynasty still sealed the Yin imperial clan, another Wang Di Kang Shu was sealed near the Yin capital to defend the country. In addition, Zhao Gong's son Yu Yan, Wu Wang's younger brother, was called Wang Di in the Tang Dynasty (later called? Countries), sealing the son of the duke of zhou in lu, sealing the son in qi. Later, feudal countries such as Wu, Chu and Qin were also established in the Yangtze River basin and western countries.