But with the eastward movement, this means that the area centered on Chang 'an is no longer controlled by the Zhou royal family. As a result, the strength of the Zhou royal family was naturally greatly reduced.
But "a thin camel is bigger than a horse". If Zhou Pingwang and his successors work hard, they may be able to regain their former glory.
From an optimistic point of view, this speculation is feasible.
First, Zhou is the master of the world.
No matter how you view and treat Zhou, you can't change this objective fact.
Think about Qi Huangong. He was able to become the hegemon because he was awarded the power of attorney by the Zhou Emperor, which also made him the undisputed first hegemon in the Spring and Autumn Period.
In the summer of thirty-five years, the vassal was stationed in Kwai Shan. Zhou Wang's emissary gave Huan Gong a civil and military command, a bow and arrow, a road, and refused to worship.
Second, in the early Spring and Autumn Period, there were many governors. Although Zhou's strength is greatly weakened, he still has a strong strength.
There are hundreds of princes in the area centered on Henan Province. In other words, a county boss may have the status of a vassal.
In the face of this mixed situation, it seems that it will not be too difficult for Zhou to clean up the old rivers and mountains.
At the same time, let's look at the situation of governors in other regions.
At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin was still in the relevant areas centered on Tianshui and Baoji, and it was still 108,000 miles away from the grand goal of dominating Guanzhong.
In the early Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin still stayed in the relevant areas centered on Linfen and Yuncheng, and it was still 108,000 miles away from the grand goal of dominating the whole territory of Shanxi.
At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi was still in the relevant areas with Zibo as the center, and it was far from achieving the grand goal of unifying the whole Shandong province.
In the early Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu was still in the relevant area at the junction of Henan and Hubei, and it took more than 70 years before it moved south to Du Ying.
From this point of view, it seems that there is no unstoppable Megatron in the early Spring and Autumn Period, and there is no Big Mac in China.
However, in such an environment that everyone started from the same place, the Zhou royal family has existed for more than 500 years, and more than 20 kings have experienced vicissitudes, but they have never been able to restore their former glory. Why?
The main reason lies in Zhou's geographical location: Henan.
Henan is one of the cradles of ancient civilization in China, also known as "the root of Chinese civilization". The main reason is that Henan is one of the earliest developed areas in China and the oldest and most developed economic zone in China.
But it is precisely because Henan was developed too early that this area developed too well. By the early spring and autumn period, there was no potential for expansion in this area.
When Zhou stood in Luoyang and looked around, he couldn't see any uninhabited land at all. Powerful factions of all sizes surrounded Luoyang.
Compared with Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Hubei and other places have a lot of room for expansion in the early spring and autumn because of their late development.
Qin, Jin, Qi, Chu and other vassal states stood in the capital and looked around. Generally, they could try their best to expand Zhang Zhilu, and then several generations or even a dozen generations worked in the same direction. Naturally, it was easier to produce results.
Although Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu were not giants at that time, they should undoubtedly be regional powers.
With this innate advantage, coupled with the acquired advantage of having a large number of undeveloped land in geography, it is not surprising that Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu have grown into superpowers and giants.
The same is true after that: a hundred years later, Qin dominated Shaanxi, Jin dominated Shanxi, Qi dominated Shandong and Chu dominated Hubei. What about Henan? But you can't decide a real overlord.
Seeing the plight of Henan always reminds me of the plight of Western Europe.
After the Renaissance, Western Europe became the core area of rapid economic development with its unique geographical position, and its influence in the world was increasing day by day.
From Spain and Portugal, to the Netherlands and Britain, to France and Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire ... The famous European powers in history are basically from Western Europe (or southern Europe).
However, with the passage of time, Asia and America began to exert their strength, while Western Europe gradually fell behind in the global competition because it started too early and had no room for development.
The reason is very simple: looking for any country from the relevant areas in Western Europe is a legendary developed country, and it is all mutually restrictive. Who do you think can annex them?
Napoleon thought he was awesome, and Hitler thought he was awesome, but they couldn't handle Britain in front of them or Russia in Eastern Europe.
Many people say: Napoleon and Hitler are old-fashioned. It would be great to concentrate on raiding western Europe. Why do they have to provoke Shigeo?
This statement is like a chess player who has no basic knowledge at all, saying that two nine-segment players lost a game.
It is natural for a nine-player to make mistakes when he loses the game, but it is obviously a little ignorant to say that a player without chess skills is qualified to guide a nine-player to play chess.
The plight of Zhou Pingwang after he moved his capital to Luoyang is somewhat similar to that of Napoleon and Hitler: both want to regain their former glory, or at least want to dominate one side, but they cannot find a way out.
Of course, Zhou Pingwang was by no means a vicious person who deliberately opposed the fate of Napoleon or Hitler, so his choice was slow and steady, but there was no way out.
After Zhou Pingwang's death, Prince Fox, who should have succeeded to the throne, died suddenly, and his successor became Zhou Pingwang's grandson, King Huan of Zhou.
The goal of King Huan of Zhou, like Zhou Pingwang, is to try every means to restore the former glory of the Zhou royal family. However, King Huan of Zhou is likely to be a tough person like Napoleon or Hitler, so he wants to change his slow and steady style and start with Zheng, who is just around the corner.
Huan Wang for three years, Zheng Zhuanggong dynasty, Huan Wang is not polite. In five years, Zheng made an enemy with him. Xu Tian, this son of heaven is too useful.
Why did you take Zheng? In fact, the relationship between the Zhou royal family and has always been subtle.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, many countries were sealed by Zhou Wuwang, the founding monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty, most of whom were people around Zhou Wuwang. For example, the founding monarch of Wei is his younger brother, the founding monarch of Jin is his son, the founding monarch of Lu is his nephew, and the founding monarch of Qi is his teacher. ...
Wei Kangshu's name, and Zhou Wuwang are the same mother and brother.
Jin Tang Shuyu, the son of Zhou Wuwang, became a younger brother.
Duke of Zhou died, and before Zibo's bird seal, he became Duke Lu.
So the prince of Wu has been equal to the merchants and ruled the world. The teacher is still the father of Qi Yingqiu.
But Zheng appeared very late. Their founding monarch Zheng Huangong is the uncle of Zhou Youwang, the last king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and also the uncle of Zhou Pingwang, the founding monarch of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Zheng Huangong's friend, Zhou Liwang's youngest son and Wang Xuan's younger brother. In the twenty-second year of Li, Friends wrote the first letter to Zheng.
From this perspective, King Huan of Zhou and Zheng Zhuanggong belong to relatives who have not left Five Blessingg. Speaking of blood relationship, Zheng Zhuanggong is also the grandfather of King Huan of Zhou.
Because the relationship between the two sides is so close, the relationship between the Zhou royal family and Zheng State has always been very close.
Think that year, died at the foot of Mount Li, and the founding monarch of Zheng followed him to the disaster.
At the age of two, Quan Rong killed you Wang and Huan Gong at the foot of Mount Li.
Later, Zhou Pingwang moved to Luoyang, and Zheng Huangong's successor, Zheng Wugong, gave full support and has been one of Zhou Pingwang's most important partners.
In Wei Xin Yuan, Dong Wang moved to Luoyi, where he was appointed with Wen Xi. Hou Wei Hou, Zheng Bo and Qin Bo of Jin Dynasty followed Qi Weiwang into Chengzhou.
If the situation develops in this friendly way, the Zhou royal family will naturally join hands with Zheng, and the two sides will work together to make a difference in Henan.
This possibility is actually great, because the Zhou royal family is centered on Luoyang and the Zheng state is centered on Xinzheng. The two sides are geographically close, and it is not difficult to work hard at the same time.
But the problem is that the Zhou royal family and he are not really a family. In addition to cooperation, there is also competition between them.
Will the Zhou royal family and Zheng state merge into a big family? Air-to-air, naturally roar!
But the question is: if the Zhou royal family and Zheng state are integrated into a big family, what should be their relationship?
From the point of view of the Zhou royal family, he must still be his own son and a vassal. After restoring his former glory, Zheng is still a courtier.
From Zheng's point of view, I absolutely hope that I can become Cao Cao and Zhou can become Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty. After restoring the glory of the past, the alliance can only be unbreakable if the Zhou royal family is the honorary leader and Zheng is the actual leader.
Of course, Zheng Dangshi certainly didn't know Cao Cao, but they didn't want to be the hardcore younger brother of the Zhou royal family, which should be beyond doubt.
From an objective point of view, Zheng Guo's plan is obviously more reliable.
What is the basis of cooperation between the two sides? It is by no means that one side is strong and the other is weak. That's not cooperation, but support.
Zheng is a nominal courtier of the Zhou royal family. If we can't overwhelm the Zhou royal family in strength, there will be no basis for cooperation between the two sides. It can only be said that the Zhou royal family led the country with Zheng-Zhou royal family was a hunter and Zheng was a hound, that's all.
Therefore, Zheng hopes to change the relationship between hunters and hounds and cooperate in the mode of two hunters hunting together.
From the perspective of the Zhou royal family: You are a vassal, why should you cooperate with me on an equal footing?
In fact, if the strength gap between the Zhou royal family and Zheng State is obvious, then there is no such problem at all: if the weak dare not obey the strong, it is purely suicidal.
But the crux of the problem is that there is no obvious gap between the strength of Zhou royal family and Zheng State.
In this context, Zhou refuses to accept Zheng, and Zheng refuses to accept Zhou. Both sides can only go back to their homes and find their mothers.
Later, due to offending Zheng's monarch, Zhou and Zheng exchanged protons, indicating that they were closely related, which was called "Zhou Zheng's Covenant" in history.
The proton exchanged for Zheng was Prince Fox. It was not until Zhou Pingwang's death that Prince Fox was able to return to China to inherit the throne, but he died before he could.
Wang Er, Zheng Bo hates Wang, and Wang says "nothing". To this end, Zhou and Zheng made an oath. Prince Fox is a quality to Zheng, and Zheng Gongzi is a quality to Zhou. When the king collapsed, the Zhou people were abolished.
In the view of King Huan of Zhou, this is Zheng's unwillingness to abide by the duties of his courtiers, even daring to kick his nose and face and exchange hostages with the Zhou royal family. It also led to the "future king of Zhou" fox prince's sad death because he was away from home for too long and could not wait in front of his father.
For various reasons, King Huan of Zhou began to suppress Zheng.
Why do I always like to mention the history of western Europe when I talk about the history in the early Spring and Autumn Period? Mainly because: these two periods of history are too similar.
Throughout the world history, we can see the relationship between Britain, France and Germany in history. In fact, the relationship between them is not much different from that between the Zhou royal family and Zheng State.
They are usually relatives who beat around the bush and have many intimate moments with each other. But no one can deny that there is an irresistible competitive relationship between Britain, France and Germany, and it is easier to fight at critical moments.
Should Britain, France and Germany merge into a big family? At least in the early days of the industrial revolution, I think they have this idea, because they have seen the changes in the world, and they also know that non-cooperation will only gradually fall behind.
But the question is: who are the parents of this big family after integration?
Napoleon wanted France first, Hitler opposed it, and Britain looked at them with a sneer.
In this way, Britain, France and Germany can only appear in the form of three independent countries, and no one can really "dominate each other."
When the Zhou royal family and Zheng were in such a delicate competition circle that no one could really rise, Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu had opened their mouths and swallowed up the fertile soil around them, greatly enhancing their own strength.
It's like when North America and East Asia rose up with huge volume and endless undeveloped areas after entering the 20th century, Western Europe could only fall into a strange circle of mutual entanglement and containment, and gradually lost its former glory.
When King Huan of Zhou decided to clean up the State of Zheng himself, he was not to be outdone. The two sides began to argue frequently and there were more and more differences.
In the end, the contradiction between the two sides inevitably broke out.
King Huan of Zhou led an army to attack the State of Zheng, trying to show the other side some color. Zheng Zhuanggong immediately took people to give King Huan of Zhou a good meal.
In thirty-seven years, Duke Zhuang did not go to Zhou, and King Huan of Zhou led Chen, Cai, Guo and Wei to defeat Zheng. Zhuang Gong, Ji Zhong and Gao Qiu sent troops to save themselves, and Julian Waghann was defeated.
In this battle, King Huan of Zhou was shot in the shoulder by an arrow and finally fled.
It is said that the general who shot King Huan of Zhou in the shoulder also planned to "chase the poor bandits with the brave", and was finally stopped by Zheng Zhuanggong: After all, that was King Huan of Zhou, and he should not lose his duty as a courtier. At the same time, he also sent etiquette to pay tribute to King Huan of Zhou to express his apologies.
I wish I had shot the king in the arm. I wish I could obey him. Zheng Bo stopped him. He said: "Crime is long and difficult. How dare you kill the son of heaven? " It's a stop. In the evening, I asked Wang about his illness.
Zheng Zhuanggong's words are a bit bureaucratic: You dare to fight Zhou openly, even put an arrow on his shoulder. Why do you think of the duties of a courtier now?
Why didn't Zheng Zhuanggong dare to kill King Huan of Zhou? The reason is also very simple: Zheng Dangshi's scale, he simply can't afford the political consequences of pursuing Zhou.
Zheng's own strength should not be underestimated. If King Huan of Zhou is captured again, or even the Zhou royal family is annexed, it will inevitably cause panic in the whole international community.
The reason is simple: if you dare to annex Zhou's territory, how can the small countries around you feel safe?
At that time, neighboring small countries must have embraced the thighs of Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu to resist or even sanction Zheng.
Zheng's small scale centered on Xinzheng, what can be done to counter this bad international situation?
This is the main reason why the Zhou royal family will not really rise or really perish despite all kinds of constraints.
Luoyang is the center of the world, and which country has merged Luoyang must have great advantages in the hegemony of the Central Plains.
The Zhou royal family is nominally the master of the world. This kind of power occupies Luoyang, and everyone can accept it, because it will not cause the balance of power in Henan Province to be broken.
This is also the main reason why the Zhou royal family can't really defeat Zheng.
At first, everyone supported fighting Zheng, largely because Zheng has always been the king of Henan, and everyone has long been dissatisfied.
But this does not mean that everyone will support Zhou Huan's destruction of Zheng. In that case, wouldn't the Zhou royal family become a more terrible monster than Zheng?
Let them fight, let them fight, but it's best not to say the outcome. Even if the outcome is decided, it's better not to go too far, otherwise we won't promise you!
In the view of King Huan of Zhou, this is tantamount to the joint efforts of the princes and secretly taught him a lesson.
We'll give you face, and we won't promise anyone who dares to provoke you, but you'd better behave yourself and don't provoke other countries everywhere, or General Zheng will hit you on the shoulder for the first time, and the unknown general will hit you in the heart next time!
I used to regard the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period as a large-scale reality show: the early Spring and Autumn Period was the stage of sea election, and I moved from Zhou Pingwang to Qi Huangong for hegemony, which lasted about 100 years.
In this more than one hundred years, the dominant forces in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Hubei and other provinces have been struggling and upgrading, while the dominant forces in Henan have always maintained a balance of power.
After the sea election, Henan became the main venue for wrestling in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and Hubei. No one can really beat each other, so many times they can only start wrestling with Henan as the chessboard.
When the Legend of the Condor Heroes mentions the masters of the world, everyone will say "East Evil, Du Fu, Southern Emperor and Northern Beggar", and above them, there is a Chinese Avatar.
But in the real Spring and Autumn Period, the world was dominated by the Eastern Qi Dynasty, the Western Qin Dynasty, the Southern Chu Dynasty and the Northern Jin Dynasty, but there was no "King of the Middle Zhou Dynasty" or "Duke of the Middle Zheng Dynasty" to suppress it.
Gone with the times, so I came.