Zhou Wang granted a certain amount of land and population to the descendants of the royal family, heroes and the first generation of nobles, so that they could establish a vassal state, consolidate the frontier and defend the royal family. Governors should obey the orders of the king of Zhou, contribute property to the king of Zhou on schedule, and fight side by side with him. The important vassal states in the early Zhou Dynasty were Lu, Qi, Yan, Wei, Jin and Song.
After the demise of the Shang Dynasty in the Zhou Dynasty, in order to appease the original countries around, Zhou Wang distributed his children, relatives, heroes and descendants of ancient kings to certain areas, and awarded them to a certain range of people to establish a feudal country. * * * After Zhou Wuwang and Duke Zhou were enfeoffed, a situation was formed in which Ji Wang was the center and many vassal states defended the Zhou royal family.
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Anti-feudal relative, Pan Pingzhou. At the same time, it ruled the world and established 7 1 country, which embodied the enfeoffment system in the Western Zhou Dynasty and enabled the Zhou Dynasty to consolidate its rule and expand its territory.
The purpose of the enfeoffment system was to consolidate the slave owners' regime in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The method of enfeoffment: Zhou distributed the land and people to relatives and heroes, made them princes, and established many vassal States.
The relationship between Zhou Tianzi and the vassal: Zhou Tianzi is the supreme ruler, and the vassal must obey Zhou Tianzi's orders, pay tribute to him, lead troops to fight against him, and appear before the court regularly.
The function of enfeoffment system: it strengthened the rule of the Western Zhou Dynasty and made it a vast slave country.