In the twenty-sixth year of Huai Wugong's reign, Wang Zhao died in Huai'an.
Wang Li, who had just ascended the throne, summoned ministers to give the late king a posthumous title. The posthumous title is very important to a monarch, which is equivalent to the final word on him.
Therefore, as long as they are not too hated or too incompetent, ministers will usually give a posthumous title. For example, Wang Zhao is definitely a good posthumous title. Many ministers proposed to use the posthumous title of "Wen", just because Zijue's posthumous title was also Wen, so he could only feel aggrieved and gave "Wu" as his posthumous title.
"To expand the land and open a seal is called Wu; to suppress the general's power is called Wu; to calm the people and everyone is called Wu; to conquer the world is called Wu; to be wise and not to kill is called Wu; to defeat the king of assassins, destroy Zhongwu, and recuperate with the people, is called Wu!"
Wang Zhao's death did not cause much disturbance. After all, the Huai Kingdom was located in the southeast and was a barbarian land in the eyes of the states of Bang and Zhou. Like Chu and Wu, it is not valued by other countries in the Central Plains.
The world will not stop because of someone's death.
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When Zijue woke up from his deep sleep again, his originally illusory soul had become very solid, "Has something big happened?"
Zijue's mind moved slightly, and in an instant he went over what had happened in the past few decades from the system.
At this time, more than fifty years had passed since Wang Zhao passed away, and the emperor of Bangzhou had also changed three times. At that time, Ji Man had become King Zhao of Zhou. The emperor reigned for thirty-six years, which was the longest reign of Bang Zhou so far. During his reign, King Zhao attacked Rong and Di, rebuilt the emperor's six armies, restricted the expansion of the great princes, and allowed Bang Zhou to revive.
Of course, it was also King Zhao who stopped many border barbarians from paying tribute to Zhou. At the same time, in order to restrict the growth of Jin, he supported Yu and Guo. In order to restrict Qi, he also supported Ji, which caused Jin and Qi to have conflicts with the royal family. crack. However, in general, Bang Zhou's strength increased, and he regained the ability to subdue the princes of the world.
After the death of King Zhao, King Xiang came to the throne. By the time of King Xiang, after eighty or ninety years of development, there was almost no extra land left in the Kingdom of Zhou Dynasty.
A large amount of land was enfeoffed to ministers. By the time King Xiang came to power, 70% of Wang Ji's land had been enfeoffed. The Zhou royal family had financial problems, and because of the reduction in tribute from the princes, King Xiang had to disband some troops.
In order to increase tax revenue, King Xiang abolished the old system of state-owned land and divided it among vassals, implemented private ownership of land, allowed free buying and selling of land, and the state collected taxes based on the land.
King Xiang's reforms were very effective. According to the original policy, the nobles only paid taxes on a small part of their land, and they did not pay taxes on the land they cultivated privately. After the reform, the land was privatized and private lands must be reported, otherwise they would be Confiscated by the state as unclaimed land, this forced the nobles to report their fields truthfully and then pay taxes, thus increasing the revenue of the state treasury.
However, King Xiang later destroyed the Mi Kingdom because the Mi Kingdom accepted the beauties donated by Jiang Qiang. He felt that it offended the majesty of the emperor and destroyed the Mi Kingdom (only the emperor was qualified to accept tribute, which was a taboo for the Mi Kingdom). , which makes many countries with the surname Ji worried.
At the same time, in order to deal with the dog army and obtain good horses, King Xiang enfeoffed Feizi, who had made great achievements in raising horses, to Qin Yi west of Haojing, and established the Qin State, known as Qin Ying.
King Xiang reigned for 16 years. After King Xiang died, King Zhou Yi came to the throne. King Yi had great ambitions in the early stage. Since King Xiang abolished the Sixth Army of the Emperor, the military force of Zhou Dynasty declined. In the later period of King Xiang, Yi Di invaded the south and harassed Wang Ji.
King Yi was determined to eliminate the evils and revitalize the state, so he prepared his army and prepared to attack Rong and Di. It's just that King Yi is not good at military strategy, and Yi Di's strength has reached its peak after twenty years of recuperation.
As a result, in the first year of King Yi, Yan Rong invaded Wang Ji, and the people of the country suffered greatly.
In the third year of the king's reign, the Western Rong invaded Zhou Dynasty and came to Haojing.
In the fourth year of the king's reign, the king attacked Xirong and was defeated.
In the seventh year of the king's reign, the king defeated the troops in Taiyuan, won a victory, and returned with thousands of horses.
In the twelfth year of his reign, Wang attacked Beizhai and was defeated.
The failure of the foreign war greatly damaged King Yi's confidence, causing his prestige to plummet. He was determined to regulate the government, but his mind was not strong. The aristocratic officials in the country were arrogant and extravagant, oppressing the common people, but King Yi was careless about politics and was greedy for pleasure, and the government became increasingly corrupt. In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Yi, Duke Guo followed the order of King Yi to expedition to the north against the Quanrong army and was severely defeated.
In the forty years since the king's reign, Zhou Zhongxing and Beida had stopped. In the autumn of the king's eighteenth year, the Heavenly Dog eclipsed the sun. In the winter, heavy rain and hail hit the king's territory. The weather was so cold that King Yi died in fear.
King Yi passed away and Ji Lie ascended the throne.
After Ji Lie ascended the throne, Bangzhou's strength did not recover. As for the Eastern States, because of the foreshadowing left by King Zhao, Qi, Lu, and Ji were at war.
The State of Ji was next to the State of Qi, and the State of Qi wanted to expand, but the State of Ji was blocking its side, and because it was not on good terms with the State of Qi, the Marquis of Qi wanted to annex the State of Ji. So Jihou formed an alliance with Lu State to fight against Qi State. At the same time, Emperor Zhou stood aside, resulting in Qi State being unable to annex Ji State.
After Wang Li, the Huai Kingdom was passed on to two more generations. The two heads of the family were no more than middle-aged men, but they were both diligent. The development of the Huai Kingdom slowed down, but no problems occurred.
After more than a hundred years of development, Huaiguo has become a large country with a population of over one million.
Huai Kingdom, royal palace.
In the palace, sixty or seventy people were sitting on their knees. These people are handsome and have solemn expressions. The most important thing is that all of them have a bright red black bird pattern between their eyebrows. These people are the direct descendants of the Wang family.
Duke Huaiqi was leaning on the bed, looking at so many direct descendants in the hall, with a smile on his face. These people are the backbone of the Wang family. Now they have grown stronger, and the number of the public family is even greater.
All members of the Wang clan who lose their black bird patterns will automatically become a public clan.
Huaigong waved, and Prince Shilin quickly stepped forward, took Huaigong's old big hand and said, "Father, my son and I are here!"
"I am seriously ill, and there is no medicine to save me. I am going to see King Wen this time. I am dull and my talents are not as good as those of others. Fortunately, thanks to the help of all the ministers, the Huai Kingdom has not declined in the hands of my ancestor. However, the strategy of our ancestor King Wen has failed." Loneliness is over." Wang Qi spoke of his son with pride on his face, and a look of relief on his old face.
"My son is talented, intelligent and heroic. He is far better than an orphan. He will definitely be able to revive the Huai Kingdom and restart the strategy of his ancestor King Wen. He will defeat the princes in the north and pacify the barbarians in the south."
"Now there is a rift between the royal family of Zhou Dynasty and the princes. This is an opportunity for our Huai State to grow stronger. The three kingdoms of Qi, Ji, and Lu are fighting each other. There is also information from the Irregular Platform. I am stupid and stupid. I have not dared to slack off for decades, but I am unable to make Huai If the country takes another step forward, it will now depend on you!"
"Today I will hand over the position of Duke Huai to you!"
"Son, although the Huai Kingdom is big, there are wolves outside. We must be brave enough to forge ahead in the future. Our ancestor King Wen is watching us in the sky!"
In the main hall, everyone cried one after another: "Your Majesty is merciful. The growth and prosperity of our country of Huai is the result of Your Majesty. There is no need to belittle ourselves."
Wang Lin held his father's hand tightly and said sadly: "Don't worry, father. The child will definitely live up to his father's teachings. On the day of success, he will definitely go to the ancestral temple to repay his kindness."
At the same time, a burst of cranes sounded, and two cranes were seen descending from the sky and dancing in the hall. Wang Zhao watched his son pass away in silence, and then asked Yun He to go and pick him up.
Since the death of Wang Zhao, every generation of family head has passed away, and there will be two cloud cranes coming. The cloud cranes dance sadly and lead the deceased away.
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King Zhao was revived, King Xiang was innovative, King Yi's army was weak, the royal power was weak, and the Zhou Dynasty declined. ——"Historical Records·Zhou Benji"
