Chapter 13 1. The rain has come

Duke Zhou came back from the Eastern War Zone. He is very tired.The victorious Duke of Zhou was worried, tired and full of thoughts.What greeted him was not flowers, but challenges. The situation is indeed serious. Duke Zhou clearly remembered how arrogant Wu Geng, Sanshu and Dongyi were in rebellion three years ago, and how strong the opposition was.Those opposition groups within the Zhou family actually ignored the divination oracle, and publicly jumped out to sing the opposite, trying to stop the counter-insurgency and the Eastern Expedition.His own brothers Guan Shu and Cai Shu spread rumors in the capital, saying that Duke Zhou "will not benefit Ruzi (Cheng Wang)".This is really troubled both at home and abroad.

Fortunately, Zhao Gong stood by his side later, and Cheng Wang also dispelled his suspicions, and went to the front line to work in the army.Otherwise, Zhou Gong would really become a "sandwich" on someone else's plate. The war was also very brutal, and even led to the migration of a large number of local elephant herds.Because the troops on the Eastern Expedition had to open roads across the mountains and build bridges when encountering waters, in order to go deep into the barren land. The hardships and hardships can be imagined.On the way back to the court, the soldiers sang like this——

Worn out our hatchets, Exhausted our sappers. The Duke of Zhou led his troops to march eastward, The rebellion was crushed. We wretched people, I hope you will find peace from now on. Duke Zhou, can you bring peace to the world? Yes, but reflect first.Duke Zhou must have thought: Why are the hostile forces so powerful?Why are there so many saboteurs?Why is the new world so unclean?Why is the new regime so restless? In the final analysis, people are still dissatisfied. Not surprising. The "Xiaobangzhou" to replace the "Dayi merchants" was not something that could be settled in a war.What's more, "a centipede is dead but not stiff." The Shang Dynasty, which lasted for six hundred years, was not a "paper tiger."

The strange thing is Dongyi. The so-called "Dongyi" refers to the clans, tribes and tribal countries living in Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong and the northern coastal areas of Jiangsu today.Like the "Xiqiang", they were originally oppressed by Yin merchants.Because of being oppressed, Dongyi repeatedly resisted.Before King Wu defeated Zhou, they fought bloody battles with merchants, and Zhou talents were able to take advantage of it.Looking at it this way, they should be of one mind and one mind with Ji Zhou, just like the Jiang family of Xiqiang.At least, they can stand by and watch like they did during the Battle of Makino. Why should they get involved in the rebellion?

Uncle Guan, Uncle Cai, and Uncle Huo turned against each other even more inconceivably, they are brothers and family members. There are many reasons. For example, the reason for Dongyi's resistance was very complicated.Dongyi is also called "Niaoyi".Like the Shang Dynasty, they are all oriental peoples, and they all use birds as their totems, so they are culturally connected.Therefore, Dongyi and Yin Shang have only conflicts of interest and no cultural conflicts.With Ji Zhou, there is not only a conflict of interest, but also a cultural conflict. Besides, they are also "unconvinced".Yes, why is it your Ji Zhou who destroyed the Shang, not our Dongyi?Therefore, they are likely to be unconvinced like the Chu people when Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms later.What's more, they didn't benefit from Zhou Ge Yin Ming.Now that Yin stubbornly rebelled and the Zhou people were in civil strife, wouldn't it just be a fisherman's profit?

Benefits are the key. As a matter of fact, the three forces opposing Zhou Gong were all driven by interests.The people of Yin wanted to recapture the lost country; Dongyi wanted to take advantage of the opportunity; Uncle Guan was dissatisfied with Zhou Gong's monopoly of power.According to the Yin-Shang tradition of "brother ends with brother", he should be the regent and king, because Wu Wang Jifa is the second child, Duke Zhou Ji Dan is the fourth child, and Guan Shu Jixian is the third child.Duke Zhou is regent, why? In fact, Wu Geng, Sanshu and Dongyi are just "early rafters".There are probably not a few people who whisper in their hearts quietly.Watching the bustle, watching the jokes, watching the wind direction, dormant like a snake, probably there are not a few people who are watching the timing and preparing to make a move.To deal with these people, it is useless to sing high morals, and blindly suppressing them by force is not the answer.At this time of "the rain has come", what is needed is political wisdom.

Duke Zhou, do you have this wisdom? Have.With only one method, he solved all the problems and created a new system. This method is to enfeoff the princes.

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