After completing the transaction with Bangzhou, Wang Zhao led the army and began to return to Huai Kingdom. Huai State gained a lot from this war, Zhong Wu State was annexed, and he needed to go back and distribute the results with Xu State.
The territory of Zhongwu State was not small, so Wang Zhao decided to divide it into two parts, with the eastern part going to Huai State and the west part to Xu State. After annexing Zhongwu's land, Huai Kingdom directly expanded its territory by one-third. Siwucheng, originally the capital of the Zhongwu Kingdom, became the front line used by the Huai Kingdom to defend against the Shandong princes in the north.
Although the Huai Kingdom was canonized by Bang Zhou and became a duchy, the attitude of the states of Bang Zhou towards the Huai Kingdom did not change. Especially after the Huai Kingdom and the Xu Kingdom formed an alliance to defeat the Zhou Dynasty and annexed Zhong Wu, the Shandong states were very wary of the Huai Xu Kingdom.
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The sudden system prompt woke Zijue up. After seeing Emperor Zhou holding his nose and sending the golden book of canonization to the Huai Kingdom, Zijue nodded slightly. This canonization could be regarded as a supplement to the hasty founding of the country in Huaisi. .
After Wang Zhao and Xu Gong distributed the spoils, they returned with the army. At the same time, Bangzhou also started a series of adjustments. To be more precise, it means dividing the rights.
The emperor of Zhou passed away, and the emperor's six armies suffered heavy losses. When the prince came to the throne, the power of Zhou Wangji can be said to be a big reshuffle.
The Marquis of Jin was given the position of Taibao and Spring Official Zongbo. Zongbo was a ceremonial official, responsible for managing the ultimatum, inheritance, and sacrifices of the emperor and princes. All princes named Ji were under his control.
The Marquis of Qi obtained the position of Grand Master, and also commanded Xia Guan Sima, commanding the Emperor's Sixth Army. Shenhou was the Taifu and the Prime Minister of Tianguan Tomb. He was in charge of the governance of Wangji and was the head of the hundred officials.
The local official was held by the vassal and was responsible for the taxation of the royal territory. The daughter of the vassal was the emperor and the queen. Letting him serve as the local official also allowed the emperor to control money and food.
As for the autumn and winter offices, they were also held by princes respectively, and Wang Ji's power was quickly distributed.
Naturally, the division of rights will not satisfy everyone, but as long as most people agree, this rights structure can operate. Bangzhou suffered heavy losses this time, and the next step was to recuperate.
The politics of Zhou Dynasty seemed to be stable, but it could not change the situation where the princes were strong and the emperor was weak.
Fortunately, after negotiating peace with the Huai State and conferring it as a dukedom, the Huai State began to release prisoners one after another. The return of more than 30,000 prisoners also gave the Emperor's Sixth Army a large number of experienced soldiers, which improved the strength of the Emperor's Sixth Army.
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Huai State.
After the great victory, Huai State began to digest the spoils obtained this time, and Zhongwu's land needed construction. At the same time the army also needs recruitment.
This battle hurt Bangzhou. For at least ten or twenty years, Bangzhou would not dare to deal with Huai again. The next policy of Huai State is to strengthen the defense of Zhongwu State and continue to develop towards the south.
Compared with the northern countries, the strength of the Huaiyi tribe in the south is low, which can continuously improve the strength of the Huai Kingdom. Wang Zhao was not a mediocre monarch. On the contrary, under Zi Jue's education, he knew his position very well.
During the fifty years of Zijue's reign, the Huai State experienced great development and its population multiplied. Fifty years is enough time for a person to reproduce for two to three generations, and due to improvements in hygiene and medical care, the population of the capital of Huai State has exceeded 100,000.
The last time Bang Zhou attacked Huai'an, part of the population was moved to other cities.
In this era, there are no fertilizers or improved seeds on the land. Maintaining such a large city for a long time puts great pressure on the land. Therefore, Wang Zhao began to take advantage of the opportunity of this reward to move the Chinese in Huai'an City out.
Of course, what Wang Zhao adopted was not enfeoffment, but fiefdom.
Some of these fiefs were arranged on the land from Zhongwu State to the north bank of Huai River, and the other part were arranged to the south. On the one hand, this is to strengthen the defense of the north, and on the other hand, it is to open up the south.
As time went by, the Huai State continued to prosper under Wang Zhao's rule. In the blink of an eye, four years passed. Emperor Bangzhou was crowned as an adult and began to officially rule.
It's just that the transfer of power is not very smooth. After all, not everyone is Zhou Gongdan, who can assist the emperor and return the power when the emperor comes of age. How terrible the erosion of power is has appeared countless times in history.
Although Ji Man finally took back his power, the rift between the Zhou royal family and the princes had also appeared.
The battles between the Zhou royal family and the princes did not affect the Huai Kingdom, which was still growing under Wang Zhao's governance. In the next dozen years, the Zhou emperor tried to restore the reputation of the royal family and weaken the increasingly prosperous Quan Rong. Emperor Zhou launched two wars against the Dog and Rong armies.
The first time the Quan Rong was conquered, because some ministers dissuaded it, in order to prevent the recurrence of the old thing of "killing the king and conquering the south". Moreover, the Quan Rong had always surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty and was not easy to use force. They used the policy of showing virtue and not watching the troops to frighten the Quan Rong. It's just that the words of the minister's father-in-law, "The assassination of Wang Nanzheng will never happen again" touched the emperor's sensitive nerves.
Ji Man firmly rejected the strategy of seeking his father and insisted on marching westward. Ji Man learned from his father's lesson. Although the Western Expedition was successful, the results were not many. It's just that the consequences of this war were somewhat serious, causing the border Rongdi tribes to no longer worship Bangzhou.
The border barbarians did not go to court, which aggravated the conflict between the Zhou Dynasty and the border barbarians, so Ji Man once again launched the Western Expedition against the Quan Rong. In this battle, Zhou won a great victory, defeated the Quan Rong, and forcibly relocated some of the Rong people.
Ji Man conquered Rong and Di, demonstrated Wang Ji's strength, showed off his martial arts, and shocked the princes. This also wiped away the decadence of the royal family since the assassination of the king, and the Zhou royal family experienced a renaissance.
Because Ji Man had some power struggles with the auxiliary ministers, there were also some cracks in the relationship with Jin and Qi. In order to defeat Qi Hou, Ji Man appointed Ji Hou as one of the three princes, and on the other hand, he appointed Guo Hou and Yu Hou as ministers of Wang Ji.
Ji Man used this political method to weaken the influence of Qi and Jin. It was right for the royal family to maintain a balance among the princes, but in the eyes of the princes, this approach was betrayal.
But the butt determines the head, and Ji Man's approach is more in line with the interests of the Zhou royal family. Ji Man's reign brought the Zhou Dynasty into the state of ZTE.
The enfeoffment system of the Western Zhou Dynasty allowed the Western Zhou Dynasty to grow rapidly in the early days of the dynasty. The policies of the Xia monarchs and barbarians brought the Zhou royal family to its peak. However, as time went by, the gradual enlargement of the enfeoffed princes also created a situation where the leader, the weak minister, and the strong tail could not be replaced. As the Zhou Dynasty With the decline of the royal family and the reduction of tribute from the princes, the Zhou royal family gradually became a symbol. ——"Cambridge History of China·Western Zhou Dynasty Volume 3"
