Bang Zhou fell so fast that it was beyond everyone's expectation. When Ji Gongyang ascended the throne, the talent he displayed did not seem to be that of a mediocre ruler. Even many princes who paid attention to Bang Zhou felt that Bang Zhou would prosper again this time.
But before they could react, Ji Gongyang fell at an alarming speed. The Emperor of Zhou was even more mediocre than his father, King Xuan of Zhou, in his later years.
Seeing that the emperor was so stupid, other princes no longer paid attention to him. After all, now that the Zhou Dynasty was declining, those great princes no longer took Zhou Tianzai into their eyes.
In the eighth year of his reign, the emperor regarded Empress Shen as the daughter of a Rongren, abolished Empress Shen's position as queen, and appointed Bao Si as queen. At the same time, he abolished Ji Yijiu's position as crown prince and replaced her with Bao Si's son Ji Bofu. For the prince.
It is a taboo to destroy the Zhou rites by abolishing the direct descendants and establishing concubines, not to mention that Queen Shen is the daughter of Marquis Shen of Shen Kingdom. The State of Shen was an important barrier to the west of Wang Ji. This is very important to Wang Ji.
Since the time of King Yi and the expansion of Rong and Di, King Ji of Zhou Dynasty has been frequently harassed. In the two hundred years since the establishment of Zhou Dynasty, other vassal states have developed in two hundred years, and most of them have driven away or strangled the Yi Di, which is no longer the case. However, the situation in Wang Ji is exactly the opposite.
Xirong gradually prospered and moved to Wang Ji, and the pressure on Hao Jing increased. During the period of King Yi, Haojing needed to rely on the power of Shen State to block Rong Di.
This is why King Xuan of Zhou arranged for his son Ji Gongyang to be Queen Shen. With Shen as the queen and Qi as her mother clan, it can be said that Ji Gongyan's throne is as secure as Mount Tai. However, after Ji Gongyang got the favor, she didn't like the Shen family at all, and not only deposed the queen, but also deposed the prince.
This can be said to be a slap in the face to Marquis Shen.
The Marquis of Shen is also a big country, how could he be bullied by everyone? Even Zhou Emperor Ji Gongyang sent someone to ask Shen Hou to hand over Ji Yijiu and send him back to Wang Ji to kill him.
What Ji Gongnie did completely angered Shenhou, who directly ordered the messenger to be killed and his head sent back.
Marquis Shen's actions directly angered Ji Gongyuan, who was furious and immediately summoned an army to prepare for the conquest of Shen.
When Marquis Shen learned that Ji Gongni was coming to attack, he was not afraid at all. Since the State of Shen was sealed in the west of Haojing, it has been fighting with the Xirong for two hundred years, and it has developed from a small country with a place of one hundred miles to a large country with a place of five hundred miles. Shen Guo can be said to have experienced hundreds of battles.
What's more, He Shenhou hated Ji Gongyang deeply this time and directly invited Xirong. Xirong originally coveted the land of Bangzhou Wangji. In the past, because of the resistance of Shen Kingdom, they fought against Bangzhou several times but failed to win. Now Shen Hou actually contacted Xirong, which made Xirong very happy and agreed immediately.
When Ji Gongyang led the army to come, the two sides fought. As a result, Bangzhou's army was defeated, and Ji Gongman fled in a panic and returned to Haojing. However, Xirong did not want Fang Guo to kill him, so the army chased him and killed him in Lishan Mountain. He and Baosi's son Ji Bofu were also killed.
The Xirong people attacked Haojing and looted it. Haojing was destroyed, and Bangzhou was shocked. Because Ji Gongyang was defeated so quickly, even the surrounding princely states did not react, and Haojing had already been breached.
Several vassal states came with the army of King Qin, and then defeated Quanrong and recovered Haojing. Marquis Shen also led an army to escort Ji Yijiu back to Haojing.
After some deliberations, the princes jointly supported the former crown prince Ji Yijiu to ascend the throne.
At the same time, after some discussion, the posthumous title "You" was given to the deceased Ji Gongyan and he was called King You of Zhou.
If there is no traffic, it is called You; if there is movement and stillness, it is called You; if there is a person who is alone early, it is called You; if there is a person who falls early, it is called You; if there is a person who is alone early, it is called You; if one is alone and alone in a bunk, it is called You; if there is violation of etiquette and chaos, it is called You; when a mob destroys righteousness, it is called You; when a person with immoral virtue destroys the country, it is called You. quiet.
Although the princes and ministers said that it was a lonely person who fell from the throne early, it was called You, but that was just a fig leaf. The real meaning was that it was a violation of etiquette and chaos, which was called You; and the obscene virtues that destroyed the country were called You.
After receiving the posthumous title, it can be considered as a final conclusion for Ji Gongyang. What happens next is a little more troublesome.
Since the period of King Zhao, various disasters have begun to occur here in Wangji of Bangzhou. In the period of King You, it became more serious. In addition, Haojing was defeated by the Quan Rong and became dilapidated. Even the Quan Rong were defeated. Defeated, its threat is also extremely high.
If the Emperor of Zhou continues to be placed in Haojing, who knows that when these princes leave, the Quanrong will come back again. It can be said that Haojing is no longer suitable for becoming Wang Ji.
So the princes wanted to move the Zhou royal family to Luoyi, the eastern capital.
It's just that this approach angered the nobles in Wangjin. The nobles and fiefs in these royal territories were all near Haojing. What would they do if the emperor moved away from Luoyi?
You must know that after two hundred years of development, there are already Wangji nobles in Luoyi's 500-mile radius, and there is no place for them and Haojing nobles to gain a foothold.
These royal nobles moved to Luoyi. Without the support of land and fiefs, they would soon decline. Therefore, the nobles of Wang Ji unanimously opposed the move eastward.
However, Haojing was in ruins and the mountains and rivers were cut off. It was not known how long it would take to recover, so they had to move eastward to Luoyi. Moreover, after some turmoil, Wang Ji's nobles were so weak that they were no match for several princes.
The nobles within Wangji basically used political methods to influence the world by controlling the Emperor of Zhou, while the vassal states outside Wangji relied more on force. No matter how unwilling the nobles of Wangji are, there is nothing they can do.
Therefore, under the protection of the princes such as Zheng, Qin and Jin who had just ascended the throne, they moved their capital to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Zheng and Jin encouraged the emperor to move eastward because Haojing was originally too far away from their feudal kingdom. It was inconvenient to control, and after moving to Haojing, Emperor Zhou was basically under their control.
As for the Qin State, it was eager for Emperor Zhou to leave as soon as possible. Since the Qin State was sealed in the Qin Land, it has grown from a small country fifty miles away to a large country in the past hundred years. Because the environment becomes even worse as it develops further west and north, while its development eastward is blocked by the State of Jin.
Therefore, when it was learned that Emperor Zhou was going to move eastward, Qin was the first to respond and cooperated very actively. As long as the Emperor of Zhou is gone, the land of Haojing will belong to Qin.
The arm could not twist the thigh. No matter how unwilling the princes in Wangji were, the Emperor of Zhou set out for Luoyi under the protection of the princes of Zheng, Jin, Qin and so on.
However, the nobles within Haojing were not willing to accept it. They found one of the three princes, Guo Gonghan, and everyone discussed together to support another son of King Xuan, Ji Yuchen, the younger brother of Ji Gongyang, to be the king in Xidi.
Therefore, during this period of time, two Zhou emperors appeared in the Zhou royal family. Coupled with the defeat of Haojing, the prestige of the Zhou royal family has dropped to the lowest.
Guo Shi's father was good at flattery and profit-seeking, and when the king used him, everyone in the country resented him. When the king deposed Queen Shen and left the crown prince, the Marquis of Shen became angry, killed the envoys, and reprimanded King You. King You was furious and raised all his troops to attack Shen. Shen and Rong Di formed an alliance. King You was defeated and fled to Lishan Mountain. The princes jointly established the old prince Yijiu as King Ping to offer sacrifices to Zhou Dynasty. ——"Huaigong Spring and Autumn Period·Zhou Benji·War Overwhelms Zhou Ping and King Ping Moves Eastward"
