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In 1043 BC, King Wu of Zhou passed away, and his son Ji Song, who was only a teenager, ascended the throne and became King Cheng of Zhou. At this time, the person in charge of government affairs was King Wu's younger brother, Duke of Zhou, but Guan Shuxian, Cai Shudu, and Huo Shuchu were unwilling to accept this.

They believed that the position of regent should belong to them, so they joined forces with Wu Geng to launch a rebellion, which is known as the "Rebellion of the Three Supervisors". From 1042 BC to 1040 BC, Duke Zhou of Zhou led an expedition to the east and put down the rebellion of the three supervisors and Wu Geng.

The rebellion ultimately failed, and the "Three Supervisors" were abolished. This was the origin of the State of Song during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In 1036 BC, after arranging all this, Duke Zhou returned the throne to King Cheng and retired. The Zhou Dynasty was handed over to King Cheng and King Kang, father and son.

These two Zhou emperors were diligent rulers of the revival of the Zhou Dynasty, and they left behind the good name of "Cheng Kang's Reign". In 996 BC, King Kang of Zhou passed away, and before his death he handed over a prosperous and strong Zhou Dynasty to his son, who became King Zhao of Zhou.

With the guarantee of national strength, King Zhao of Zhou realized his ambitions. He sent troops to the Dongyi and conquered Jingchu three times, making the Hufang, Sanmiao and other tribes submit to him. The Dongyi moved south, and 26 states came to pay homage to the Zhou Dynasty.

However, on the way back to the capital after defeating Jingchu for the third time, the Zhou army was completely annihilated, and even King Zhao of Zhou was unable to return to the Zhou Dynasty. Some people believe that this was because the Zhou army carried too much spoils of war and collapsed the pontoon bridge, which led to the annihilation of the army.

At this time, the Zhou Dynasty had the "Cheng Kang Reign" before, the country was rich and the people were strong, and later it pacified the four directions and the nine barbarians came to pay tribute. But no one expected that the powerful Zhou Dynasty would eventually fall into debt.

In 977 BC, King Mu of Zhou ascended the throne. Like his father, he was also keen on expanding territory.

During his reign, the territory of the Zhou Dynasty expanded year by year, but its finances shrank year by year. By the time his son, King Gong of Zhou, succeeded him in 922 BC, the Zhou Dynasty's fiscal deficit had become quite serious.

In order to pay off the debt, King Gong of Zhou had to divide the land among princes and ministers. In this way, the debt was paid off, but the area directly ruled by the King of Zhou became smaller and smaller, which planted a time bomb for the future decline of the dynasty.

By 900 BC, when King Yi of Zhou was in power, the Western Zhou Dynasty was no longer as powerful as it once was. Northern enemies and the Western Rong frequently invaded the border. Therefore, King Yi of Zhou decided to send troops to punish them. Although the Northern Expedition was successful, the strength of the Zhou Dynasty itself was greatly damaged.

In 892 BC, King Yi of Zhou died of depression. To make matters worse, at this time, King Yi's uncle Ji Pifang squeezed out the crown prince and ascended the throne himself, becoming King Xiao of Zhou.

In order to revive the Zhou Dynasty, King Xiao of Zhou opened up a pasture on the grassland between the Wei River and recruited a man named Fei Zi to train war horses for him. Fei Zi was the ancestor of the Qin State.

In 886 BC, King Xiao of Zhou, who had unfulfilled his ambitions, passed away first, and the original crown prince took back his throne and became King Yi of Zhou.

Although they were not biological father and son, King Yi of Zhou and King Xiao of Zhou had a common goal - to revive the Zhou Dynasty. So during his reign, the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Rong people in Taiyuan and fought all the way to Yuquan, winning a great victory and seizing a thousand war horses, which was known in history as "King Yi's Conquest of the Rong People".

In 878 BC, King Yi of Zhou died and his son, King Li of Zhou, Ji Hu, ascended the throne. King Li of Zhou nationalized all the mountains, rivers and lakes, and anyone who wanted to fish or hunt had to pay him a tax.

Under such oppression, a riot broke out in the Zhou Dynasty in 841 BC. King Li of Zhou fled in a hurry, and the domestic affairs were handled by two "professional managers" - Duke Mu of Zhao and Duke Ding of Zhou.

In 828 BC, King Li of Zhou died and the crown prince succeeded to the throne, becoming King Xuan of Zhou.

In politics, he appointed wise ministers to assist in government affairs, and in military affairs, he relied on the power of the princes to launch military campaigns against foreign countries many times, which made the Zhou Dynasty present a situation of "peace in all directions and the extinction of the country", which is known in history as "King Xuan's Restoration".

However, in his later years, King Xuan of Zhou became a typical incompetent ruler, and the revival of the Zhou Dynasty was declared a failure.

In 782 BC, King You of Zhou, the last king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, ascended the throne.

King You of Zhou deposed the crown prince and the queen because he favored Bao Si. The queen's father was the king of the State of Shen, and he was deeply dissatisfied with being deposed, so he joined forces with the Quanrong to attack the Zhou Dynasty.

The army of Shen Hou and Quan Rong marched straight to Haojing, and King You of Zhou was captured and killed on Mount Li. Some princes, led by Duke Zhuang of Zheng, had no choice but to support the former crown prince to succeed him, and he became King Ping of Zhou. Since then, the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was established.

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This dynasty was the Eastern Zhou Dynasty - from 770 BC to 256 BC, during a period of 515 years, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty underwent tremendous changes, from commanding the world to being swallowed up and destroyed by the vassal states.

From being a wealthy man to being in debt and unable to pay, the emperor could only live in the vassal states to survive. How did the Eastern Zhou Dynasty ruin such a good hand?

In 779 BC, King You of Zhou, the last emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, deposed the daughter of Marquis Shen, Queen Shen, and also deposed the crown prince Yijiu born to Queen Shen. This action angered the queen's father, Marquis Shen.

In 771 BC, Marquis Shen joined forces with the Quanrong to attack the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Haojing. King You of Zhou was defeated and died, and the Western Zhou Dynasty also breathed its last.

After King You of Zhou died, Marquis Shen quickly supported his grandson and former crown prince Yijiu to the throne, and Yijiu ascended the throne and became King Ping of Zhou.

In 770 BC, in order to stay away from threats, King Ping of Zhou, with the support of Zheng, Qin, Jin and other vassal states, left the ruined Haojing and moved east to Luoyi, thus establishing the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

King Ping of Zhou was not the only emperor of Zhou at that time. After the death of King You of Zhou, another person was also enthroned as the emperor. He was King You of Zhou's younger brother, King Xi of Zhou, Ji Yuchen.

In 750 BC, Marquis Yuan of Jin attacked and killed King Xi of Zhou, thus ending the situation of "two kings coexisting".

During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, although the emperor's power had disappeared, they still fought to the death for the throne, and the story of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty unfolds from this.

After dealing with King Xi of Zhou, King Ping of Zhou discovered a new enemy, Duke Zhuang of Zheng. After the eastward migration, the power of the Zhou emperor was gradually weakened, but the princes under him responded one after another, and Duke Zhuang of Zheng was one of them.

In 720 BC, before the issue of Duke Zhuang of Zheng was resolved, King Ping of Zhou passed away, leaving his grandson King Huan of Zhou to shoulder the burden of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. King Huan of Zhou appointed Duke Jifu of Guo to replace Duke Zhuang of Zheng in the court.

In anger, Duke Zhuang of Zheng refused to attend court, which led to the Zhou Dynasty's attack on Zheng in 707 BC.

In this war, the famous general Zhu Dan of Zheng State shot King Huan of Zhou in the shoulder with an arrow, which made King Huan of Zhou lose face. At this time, less than 70 years after King Ping moved east, the princes began to surpass the emperor.

In 697 BC, King Huan of Zhou died of depression. Before his death, he handed over the throne to his eldest son, King Zhuang of Zhou, and entrusted his most beloved son, Prince Ke, to Duke of Zhou Heijian, which gave Duke of Zhou Heijian an opportunity to seize power.

In 694 BC, Duke of Zhou Heijian planned to kill King Zhuang of Zhou and make Prince Ke the king. However, the plan was exposed and he was executed by King Zhuang of Zhou. Prince Ke also went on the run.

In 682 BC, King Zhuang of Zhou came to the end of his life, and a king who was satirized by Confucius in his poem ascended the throne. He was King Li of Zhou. Confucius criticized him for his extravagance, but in addition to his extravagance, he also lacked foresight.

In 681 BC, in order to dominate, Duke Huan of Qi put forward the slogan of "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians", which is actually equivalent to the Eastern Zhou version of "using the emperor to command the princes". However, King Li of Zhou did not see Duke Huan of Qi's ambition. Instead, he felt that Duke Huan of Qi was respectful and rewarded him greatly.

As a result, Duke Huan of Qi was able to convene a meeting with the princes and became the first of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

King Hui of Zhou, the son of King Li of Zhou, was even more outrageous than his father. He ascended the throne in 676 BC. After he took over the throne, he first occupied the vegetable garden of Wei State and raised wild beasts, and then seized the property of the ministers Bian Bo, Zi Qin, Zhu Gui and Zhan Fu.

The ministers decided to join forces with Zheng to overthrow King Hui of Zhou and enthrone Prince Tui as the emperor, which was known in history as the "Prince Tui Rebellion". With the addition of forces from Zheng and Guo, King Hui of Zhou was defeated and fled to Zheng.

Finally, with the help of Zheng and Guo, King Hui of Zhou was able to return to the capital and regain the throne. Although he returned to the throne, King Hui of Zhou did another stupid thing, which reduced the dignified King of Zhou to the point of borrowing money to make ends meet.

Before King Hui of Zhou passed away, he wanted to make his concubine's son Prince Dai the crown prince, but due to the opposition of the princes, the plan was left unfinished. In 652 BC, King Hui of Zhou passed away, and his son King Xiang of Zhou, Ji Zheng, ascended the throne.

However, Prince Dai was unwilling to give up. He united with other vassal states to attack the Zhou Dynasty several times and finally captured the capital city Luoyi. King Xiang of Zhou fled in panic. Afterwards, King Xiang of Zhou asked for help from various vassal states.

With the help of Duke Wen of Jin, King Xiang of Zhou put down the rebellion of Prince Dai in 635 BC and regained the throne.

In order to express his gratitude to Duke Wen of Jin, he had to give the three lands of Yangfan, Wenyuan and Hurang to Duke Wen of Jin. This further reduced the area of ​​land directly controlled by the Zhou Dynasty, and the financial revenue they obtained from the land was much less than before.

When King Xiang of Zhou died in 619 BC, the entire Zhou Dynasty could not even raise enough money for his funeral. The successor, King Qing of Zhou, Ji Renchen, borrowed money from the State of Lu to bury his father.

King Qing of Zhou and his son King Kuang of Zhou, Ji Ban, did not reign for long, and they did not make any outstanding contributions to the Zhou Dynasty during their reign. In 607 BC, halfway through the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the ninth emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, King Ding of Zhou, Ji Yu, ascended the throne.

The newly rising Chu State dared to ask about the weight of the Nine Cauldrons. In the Zhou Dynasty, the Nine Cauldrons were a symbol of the emperor's power. Asking about the weight of the Nine Cauldrons was tantamount to asking directly "Can I decide on the throne?"

Over the next 100 years, the Zhou Dynasty became weaker and weaker, and the Zhou royal family even staged a farce of changing three emperors in one year.

In 586 BC, King Jian of Zhou died of illness, and King Ling of Zhou, King Jing of Zhou, and King Jing of Zhou successively succeeded to the throne. During their reigns, although the Zhou royal family declined, they still lived a decent life.

By the time the 545th king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, King Jing of Zhou, Ji Gui, ascended the throne in 12 BC, the Zhou Dynasty's finances were stretched to the limit, and even the emperor had to beg for utensils from the princes. However, the Zhou royal family still did not make progress, but instead focused on fighting for the throne.

In 520 BC, after King Jing of Zhou passed away, Crown Prince Meng hurriedly ascended the throne and became King Dao of Zhou. However, his younger brother Prince Chao began to compete with him for the throne.

Before the dispute was resolved, King Zhou Dao died unexpectedly. Another brother of King Zhou Dao, Ji Ji, took over the throne and became King Zhou Jing. After a tug of war, King Zhou Jing finally defeated Prince Chao and took the throne.

King Jing of Zhou died in 476 BC. Because his death happened to be at the junction of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, historians regard 476 BC as the dividing point between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

By this time, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was already halfway through. After King Jing of Zhou died, King Yuan of Zhou and King Zhending of Zhou successively succeeded to the throne.

In 453 BC, during the reign of King Zhending of Zhou, the three ministers of Han, Zhao and Wei seized the real power of Jin State, and the royal family of Jin State existed in name only. At the same time, the Zhou Dynasty was also in crisis.

In 441 BC, King Ai of Zhou inherited the throne. However, in the same year, he was killed by his younger brother Ji Shu, and his uncle ascended the throne as King Si of Zhou.

However, after being the emperor for 5 months, King Si of Zhou was deposed by his younger brother Ji Wei. After sending his brother away, Ji Wei ascended the throne and became King Kao of Zhou.

In order to prevent himself from being harmed by his younger brother, he divided a piece of land from the Zhou Dynasty and gave it to his younger brother Ji Jie, allowing him to become a prince himself. Thus, the Western Zhou Principality was established.

In 426 BC, King Kao of Zhou passed away and King Weilie of Zhou succeeded to the throne. In 403 BC, he formally conferred titles on the three ministers of Han, Zhao and Wei as princes. The second year after the title was conferred, King Weilie of Zhou passed away and his son succeeded to the throne as King An of Zhou.

During the reign of King An of Zhou, Qi's prime minister Tian He also set his sights on the position of king.

In 386 BC, King An of Zhou appointed Tian He as Marquis of Qi, and Qi officially fell into the hands of the Tian family, which is known in history as "Tian replaced Qi." Just as the princes were replaced by their subordinates, there was also the Zhou emperor who was marginalized by the princes.

In 376 BC, King An of Zhou died, and King Lie of Zhou and King Xuan of Zhou successively ascended the throne. During the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, he granted the last piece of land of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to Prince Gen, and the Eastern Zhou Principality came to an end. At this time, only the Zhou Wangji was directly under the jurisdiction of the Zhou emperor.

By the time King Xuan of Zhou died and King Shenjing of Zhou ascended the throne in 321 BC, the seven major powers of the Warring States period had already dominated one side. Because of Shang Yang's reforms, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army continued to increase.

In 315 BC, King Shenjing of Zhou died and King Nan of Zhou ascended the throne, making Qin a major threat to the six states. Moreover, King Wu of Qin proposed to King Nan of Zhou that he wanted to lift the Nine Cauldrons to test their weight, but this request was rejected by King Nan of Zhou.

However, he never expected that he would be driven out of the Zhou palace by Qin and could only live in the Western Zhou Principality. After that, in order to check and balance Qin, Chu asked King Nan of Zhou to call on all vassal states to attack Qin in the name of the emperor.

King Nan of Zhou believed that this was a good opportunity to revive the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so he borrowed food, money and weapons from the wealthy households in the city, while appointing Duke Xi Zhou as the chief general and summoning the princes of the six countries to attack the Qin State.