Fan Guo's original army was only eight thousand, but it was attacked by Xi Guo. Three thousand elites from the Huai Kingdom, plus three thousand original soldiers from the Xi Kingdom. Wang Zhong was waiting for work, and took advantage of the Fan army's unsteady footing to attack directly.
Using three thousand elites from the Huai Kingdom as arrowheads, they broke through the battle formations of the Fan Kingdom and won a complete victory. Then take advantage of the situation to capture the capital of Fan Kingdom.
After Wang Zhong conquered Fan State, he handed over Fan State's official residence to Wei Jun and prepared to move Fan State's official residence to Huai State. At the same time, a large number of officials and nobles were also moved away. Wang Zhong did not touch the grassroots level of Fan Kingdom. Just move the vast majority of the meat eaters away.
If he doesn't move these people away, how can he entrust the ministers who follow him?
After annexing Fan State, it was inappropriate to continue to call Xi State, so Wang Zhong planned to change Xi State to Zhong State. Zhong represents the second, Wang Zhong ranks second in the official family, and also means the second Huai Kingdom. Changed Fandu to Zhongdu.
Zhongguo inherited the system of Huaiguo. In order to stabilize Fanguo, Wang Zhong reduced taxes for the people, sent troops to clean up bullies and wild beasts in the countryside, and exchanged the populations of Xiguo and Fanguo. All three thousand elite soldiers were promoted to professional soldiers to defend Zhongdu.
In addition, three thousand Xiguo soldiers were also awarded rewards based on their merits, including land, money or titles. After some governance by Wang Zhong, Zhongguo soon calmed down.
Wei Jun moved all the officials and ministers of Fan State to Huai State. These people lost their bottom population and land. When they arrived in Huai State, they became ordinary Chinese. At most, they were richer than other people. But even so, they wanted to return to Huai State. It is easier to be called a minister than to other people. After all, these nobles have always had their own inheritance.
The establishment of Zhongguo directly controlled the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, while the lower reaches of the Huaihe River were controlled by the Huaiguo. Huaiguo sandwiched Zhoulaiguo from the east and west.
After Zhou Lai learned about the establishment of Zhongguo, he immediately felt a deep malice.
However, neither the Huai State nor the Zhong State has any intention of annexing the state for the time being. After the rapid development during the Wu Zhaogong period, the Huai State destroyed Wu, merged with Zhongli, and annexed the Tan State, doubling its territory. At this time, it was developing vigorously. , lay a solid foundation, and continue to expand even if they occupy land, they will not be able to digest it.
Not to mention Zhongguo, they had just annexed Fanguo and they were unable to expand.
Wei Jun led the army and escorted the officials of Fan State back to Huai State. These people were eventually dispersed to Zhongli, Zhongwu and Tandi.
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Just as the Huai State and the Chu State were fighting, the Jin State in the far north began to rise. As the most important country in the Zhou Dynasty and the most powerful country in the north, the Jin Kingdom seems to have lost its reputation since the death of Marquis Wen of Jin.
In fact, the Jin State has been in civil strife in the past few decades. Although the civil strife in other princely states was also fierce, it did not last long. However, the civil strife in the Jin State lasted for decades.
Internal fighting has almost become Jin's innate skill.
At the beginning, Quwo replaced Yi. The Xiaozong of Jin attacked Dazong and wanted to replace him. However, because the Emperor of Zhou repeatedly helped Dazong, Quwo Xiaozong failed. Later, Quwo Xiaozong bribed Emperor Zhou with a large amount of money, so Emperor Zhou recognized Quwo Xiaozong.
Guo State was resented by Quwo Xiaozong because he commanded the Zhou army to help Jin State's great clan and defeated Quwo Xiaozong. After Quwo Xiaozong took control of Jin State, he sent troops to destroy Guo State. And on the way back to the army, the Yu State who borrowed the way was also wiped out.
The State of Yu and the State of Xi in the south became a joke among the princes for a while.
After the Marquis of Jin completed Xiaozong's replacement of Dazong, the Jin Kingdom's official offices were completely in chaos. Xiaozong could replace Dazong and inherit the position of Jinhou, so why can't they, the young masters of Jin?
After seeing this situation, the Marquis of Jin simply did not stop and directly killed a large number of young men in the Jin Dynasty's official office. The Marquis of Jin thought that in this way, the Jin government office would not be in chaos, but he thought of things too simply.
The prince of Jin was executed, but his own son could not be killed. Generally speaking, these people in high positions will not become wiser in their later years, but will become more and more stupid. This is the case with almost all meat eaters.
This is because decades of holding power have
Their desires have been expanded to the limit. They were not willing to hand over their power. In his later years, the Marquis of Jin doted on Li Ji to the point of being pathological.
He wanted to abolish his eldest son's crown prince position and instead establish Li Ji's son as crown prince. And Li Ji also wanted to make her son the prince so that she could continue to enjoy glory and wealth.
So Li Ji spoke ill of the prince in the ears of the Marquis of Jin, and bribed the surrounding eunuchs to also speak ill of the prince. The Marquis of Jin was already dissatisfied with the Crown Prince, and now a large group of people were speaking ill of him, making the Crown Prince of the Marquis of Jin even more dissatisfied.
Once, the prince led an army to conquer a small country. After returning home, Li Ji secretly sent people to sneak into the crowd to welcome him, and shouted the slogan "The prince will live forever" and the Jin Kingdom will live forever.
The prince's car was entering the city, and a large number of Chinese people gathered on both sides of the street to welcome him. Dozens of people suddenly shouted, which immediately attracted these Chinese people to shout together.
"Prince for ten thousand years!"
"The Kingdom of Jin will last forever!"
Soon the whole country was filled with a roaring sound like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, and even the palaces and halls of the Jin Kingdom could be heard clearly.
Li Ji, who was serving the Marquis of Jin, changed her expression slightly, and the wine vessels she was pouring fell to the ground. The Marquis of Jin quickly asked Li Ji what was wrong.
Li Ji said: "My lord, listen to the shouts outside. The prince's prestige is so high that people in the country only know the prince but not the king. The prince has always hated Yan'er and me. How can we, mother and son, survive in the future!" Why don't my mother and my son commit suicide and be buried in your honor a hundred years after the future monarch!"
At this time, Marquis Jin also heard the roaring sound like a tsunami outside, and his expression suddenly changed. Although the Marquis of Jin is old, his desire for power has not diminished at all.
Now when he heard the roar of the mountains and the tsunami outside, he immediately realized that the prince's power had threatened him.
The Marquis of Jin became wary of the prince. After the prince handed over his military power, the Marquis of Jin sent people to take control of the army, and then asked the prince to return to Quwo to reflect.
Later, he deposed the prince for treason and sent people to escort him back to Jiangdu, the capital of the country. The prince was forced to commit suicide.
The Marquis of Jin then appointed Yan, Li Ji's son, as the crown prince. However, this approach did not convince the other princes, but because of the prince's past experience, these princes did not dare to reveal it.
After the Marquis of Jin established the crown prince, he died in the second year.
After Yan ascended the throne, he immediately sent people to capture several other princes, and these Jin princes had to flee abroad.
Prince Yan came to the throne, but he had no strong maternal clan to rely on and was young. All the ministers in the country did not obey him. Each of the ministers had their own demands. Soon civil strife broke out in Jin. In the end, the young master Yan was killed, and the officials in the country wanted to welcome Chong'er back as king.
But when Chong'er saw that the ministers killed Prince Yan, how could he dare to go back and succeed him as king? On the other hand, the young master Yiwu fled to Qin and gave the treasures he carried to the Marquis of Qin. He also expressed that if the Marquis of Qin could escort him back to the country to succeed him as the Marquis of Jin, he would be willing to give the land east of Hedong to Qin.
When the Marquis of Qin heard this, he immediately decided to send troops to help the Marquis of Jin return to his country and succeed him as king.
