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The collapse of patriarchal clan system
The Western Zhou Dynasty took the patriarchal clan system as the core, implemented the enfeoffment system, and treated the world with courtesy. Later, Pingdong moved to the east, and most of the old places in the Western Zhou Dynasty were occupied by dogs. The Zhou dynasty had no time to care about the west, and entrusted all the tasks of resisting the western Rong nationality to the Qin dynasty. The prestige of the Zhou dynasty was greatly reduced, but the vassal States restrained themselves. After all, if they fail to take action, they will be demoted. If they don't take action, they will cut land. If they don't take action, they will be transferred by the sixth division. Until the king of Zhou took a few obedient princes to cut Zheng, was defeated, and was shot by an arrow himself, and returned in a mess. The vassal States also pay lip service but fail to deliver. In fact, the royal family had no prestige last week. Therefore, the ritual and music system promoted by the Zhou Dynasty began to disintegrate, and the Spring and Autumn Rebellion began. And under the banner of respecting the king and resisting foreigners, Zhou royal family had to send representatives to admit its legitimacy. In the past, the titles of male Hou Bozi and male Hou Bozi could not be changed at will, let alone arrogate the title of king. However, the King of Chu dared to take the viscount directly as the king, which not only drowned the king, but also brought King Zhuang to win this drama of openly challenging the kingship. Later, wuyue and China became kings one after another. You can say that this is a savage place, and the ethics are indifferent. But then the Tian family changed ginger, and the Zhou royal family was divided. Later, you're welcome, and you are the king directly. There are more interesting things. At the end of the Warring States Period, Zhou Nanwang listened to the King of Chu and called six countries to attack Qin in the name of Emperor Tiandi. Zhou Nanwang asked the Western Zhou Dynasty to gather thousands of troops to join in the fun. He borrowed money from wealthy businessmen because he had no military expenses. The six-nation alliance has always been at odds, and the failure of cutting Qin is even more common. The money was spent, the battle was lost, and the creditors came to collect debts. Zhou Nanwang. Later, Zhao Haoqi of Qin destroyed the Western Zhou Dynasty and moved to Jiuding (actually lost one). Qin Zhuang destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. At this point, there was no more Zhou in the world.