After King You of Zhou was "whitewashed" by his powerful father-in-law, Zhou's land in the west was lost after natural disasters and wars.

With the support of his powerful grandfather Shenhou and Xu, Lu and other princes, the deposed prince Yijiu ascended the throne in Xishen and became King Ping of Zhou.

After several generations of unremitting efforts, the Zhou Dynasty finally had no troops and strength, and no longer dared to compete with the nomadic barbarians such as Quan Rong for the territory of their ancestors.

King Zhou Ping is a realistic person, and his policy line is also very realistic: Laozi’s, strong man, if we can’t afford to offend him, why can’t we hide from him? Thirty-six strategies, let’s go as far as possible.

As a result, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty moved from Haojingdong to Luoyi. This is the famous "Ping Wang eastward migration" in history. To save some face for King Zhou Ping, to put it nicely, it is called moving the capital, to put it worse, it is pure escape. These descendants of King Wu of Zhou are becoming more and more bloodless as they live longer. They are really worthless.

Let’s take a look at the performance of the Qin people during the same period. Qin Xianggong was a master of political speculation. When King Ping of Zhou moved eastward, he took the initiative to become a shareholder and asked to participate in the escort event for King Zhou to bid farewell to the old capital. King Zhou Ping was moved. After all, there were still people who regarded him as a master. However, he really had no land to reward him with, so he issued a short-term invoice:

"Brother Xiang Gong, the emperor has recently acquired It’s a bit tight, let’s do this. Wherever your brother Xianggong attacks the Haojing and Qishan areas captured by the Rong people, all the territory there belongs to you.” , took this white note from Emperor Zhou, and went to grab the territory. It was such a happy life. King Zhou Ping, King Zhou Ping, land is the foundation of a country, don’t you understand? How can you write such a bad promise? If the meat is rotten, it may not be all in the pot, but in someone else's bowl.

Sigh, sigh, sigh!

King Zhou Ping has been on the throne for 51 years. In this high-risk industry, nothing happened for 51 years. His skills in self-cultivation are indeed first-rate. It can be said that when a monk hits the clock one day, his performance is basically zero.

During his reign, there were only two things that were barely worth talking about.

The first thing is that when King Ping of Zhou came to the throne, the princes Guo Gonghan and Rong Di supported the prince Yuchen of Zhou, who was the brother of King Zhou Ping, and established a puppet government. Be the king of Zhou. Suddenly, there are two bosses in the world. Who will listen to them? Obviously, King Ping of Zhou was not Hou Yi. He did not have the courage and ability to shoot the sun. It was not until more than ten years later that with the help of powerful foreign aid Jin Wenhou, the matter of "two days in the sky" was finally settled.

So Brother Qian said in "Historical Records", "The Zhou Dynasty declined during the reign of King Ping." Indeed, the internal strife in one's own family required outsiders to help resolve and mediate. The cowardice and decline of King Ping of Zhou were really It has declined enough to shame his family's ancestors to death.

The second thing is that during the reign of King Ping of Zhou Dynasty, Duke Zhuang of Zheng was appointed as a minister of the imperial court. Since the state of Zheng was powerful at that time, in fact, Zheng Zhuanggong was just a pen and had the final say on all major and minor matters in the court.

As for King Zhou Ping, I don’t know whether it’s because he drank too much wine or because he was stiff. Anyway, his emperor consciousness is awakening, and he feels that being a puppet or a supporting role is very, very depressing. , I also want to be the leading male figure of Zhou Kingdom, Zheng Zhuanggong, okay, please don’t dominate the screen all the time.

Okay, the opportunity came as soon as it came. Taking advantage of the troubled state of Zheng at that time, Duke Zhuang of Zheng did not go to court. King Ping of Zhou made a stroke of his pen: He was absent from work for three days and removed Duke Zhuang from his position as a minister. This is my opinion.

Mr. Zheng Zhuang is not someone who is easy to mess with. He doesn’t report or sign. What’s wrong? They are all people playing within the system. Is the WHO afraid of the WHO? There was a diplomatic intimidation in three days and a military exercise in seven days. The gangsters increased their sticks and exerted waves of black pressure on King Zhou Ping.

Finally, King Ping of Zhou gave in and sent his crown prince Ji Hu to Zheng as a hostage. As for Zheng Zhuanggong, he was also a veteran in politics. The emperor gave him face, so he sent his son Hu to Luoyi as a hostage. This is the famous "Zhou Zheng cross-examination" in history.

Look, the prestige of the Emperor Zhou actually depends on the faces of the vassal states. His second uncle, what kind of Zhoudao is this? There is no Zhou method?

Wang Ping of Zhou was very good at maintaining his health. He lived a damn long time and had to endure the death of his own crown prince Ji Hu (the little brother who was the hostage of Zheng State, and was called the father-in-law in historical records, which actually refers to one person). His grandson Ji Lin succeeded to the throne and became King Huan of Zhou.

As for King Huan of Zhou, like his father, he must have his grandson. He has been in power for 23 years and has made little achievements. He only spends his time living in bloom.

Look at what Brother Qian said in "Historical Records" and you will know. "In the third year of King Huan, during the dynasty of Duke Zheng and Zhuang, King Huan was rude." Which one is this from? The whole story is as follows:

In other words, after King Huan of Zhou succeeded to the throne, the power of the Zhou Dynasty was still controlled by powerful ministers like Zheng Zhuanggong and Uncle Zheng. King Huan of Zhou was just like his grandfather, King Zhou Ping. I feel that Uncle Zheng is too submissive when he always plays the male lead. No, he needs to be bombarded. What to do? After all, his father, King Zhou Ping, had suffered a lot under this guy. He could no longer follow the old simple and crude path. He had to do some tricks and think of tricks.

What trick did King Huan of Zhou, Mr. Zhou, use? If he is so angry that his father will not break the law, then he will do two things.

The first move, Uncle Zheng, aren’t you very awesome? I don't want to play head-to-head with you, but I will appoint another person, Guo Gong Lin Fu, to divide your power and let you two fight. I will sit on the wall and watch. When it comes to theater, I come first.

The second move is, Uncle Zheng, I have divided your power and you have lost your temper. Haha, okay, beat the lost dog and revoke all your powers.

What the hell, it’s just the second best thing to King Zhou Ping, it’s a brainless thing. Of course, Uncle Zheng would not be convinced by Mr. Zhou's childishness. I haven't used my power yet. Boy, you are still a bit immature.

Uncle Zheng also responded with two moves.

The first move is to send troops to cut the wheat in Wendi of the Zhou royal family and the rice in Luoyi. Hum, you will have no food to eat. This is a slap in the face of Emperor Zhou. Boy, I'm so crazy, what's wrong?

The second move is to trade the special field "Xutian" used by the King of Zhou to worship Mount Tai with the State of Lu, leaving you with no land to farm.

Mr. Zhou is playing imaginary, while Mr. Zheng is playing real. The minister is strong and the king is weak. If Mr. Zhou wants to make a beautiful comeback, that would be a mystery.

King Huan of Zhou was extremely angry. This is not what the history books say, "In the 13th year of his campaign against Zheng, Zheng shot and wounded King Huan." This is the famous "Battle of Yi Ge" in history.

However, the result of the war did not give Mr. Zhou the "Emperor's special skills". Zhu Dan, the general of the State of Zheng, saw King Huan of Zhou from a distance. He shot Zhou Xiaoye in the left shoulder with an arrow. Emperor Zhou was injured, and the morale of the originally ragtag coalition army was instantly low. Soon, the so-called emperor's army was defeated by Zheng's army and had to leave in defeat.

This arrow caused the Emperor of Zhou to lose all his face and seriously damaged the authority of the Zhou royal family. From then on, the Zhou Dynasty's right to conquer rituals and music existed in name only, and the Emperor Zhou's position as the ruler of the world was just a decoration. Alas, Mr. Zhou, wake up. An era in which the emperor is weak and the ministers are strong has arrived. It is now the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Stop dreaming about your dream of the Western Zhou Dynasty.