Chapter 7 6. Seven wolves appear in turn

According to records, in 403 BC, that is, the 23rd year of King Zhou Weilie, a major event happened. King Zhou Weilie conferred Han Qian, Zhao Ji, and Wei Si, the officials of the Jin State, as Marquis Han, Marquis Zhao, and Marquis Wei, commonly known as the division of Jin.Coincidentally, the Tian family, the doctor of the Qi State, also abolished the Jiang family and replaced it as a prince. The three families were divided into Jin and the Tian family replaced Qi, which gradually formed a pattern of seven heroes competing for hegemony in the Warring States period in the Central Plains. It can be seen from this change that the enfeoffment system played a big role.The method of implementing the enfeoffment system in the Zhou Dynasty was: the emperor enfeoffed the land to the feudal princes, the feudal lords enfeoffed to the high officials, the high officials enfeoffed to the high officials, and the high officials enfeoffed to the scholars.Therefore, the emperor can be evacuated by the princes later, and the princes can be evacuated by the doctors in their own country.Because this is determined by its level of productivity. Basically, the upper level only manages around the capital, and the lower level is all enfeoffed. As the local power gradually grows, it is tantamount to the decline of centralization.So take the state of Jin as an example. At that time, there were six families of officials with considerable power in the state of Jin. In addition to the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei, there were also the Zhi family, the Zhongxing family, and the Fan family. The Zhonghang family and the Fan family were soon destroyed. Han, Zhao, and Wei united to destroy the Zhi family. In the end, these three families simply abolished the monarch of Jin and became princes themselves.Zhou Tianzi saw that the good guy was too lawless, but I had no choice but to admit that the three families were canonized as princes, so Jin was divided into three, and South Korea, Zhao, and Wei were born.

Sima Guang, who smashed vats with bricks when he was a child, said that the duty of the emperor is greater than courtesy, courtesy is greater than division, and division is greater than fame.Zhou Feng Sanjin this useless matter completely collapsed the position of the emperor, the ritual system is the discipline on which the country depends, and the Sanjin actually threatened the Zhou emperor to enshrine them as princes, and the Zhou emperor had to admit that this discipline is chaotic. The end of the Zhou Dynasty is approaching. The original monarch of Qi State should be surnamed Jiang. For example, Duke Huan of Qi, whose name was Jiang Xiaobai, was not very particular about naming at that time.As a result, after the doctor Tian's family became strong and abolished Jiang's family, he became a prince himself, and Qi changed his surname to Tian.Therefore, the three families were divided into Jin, and the Tian family replaced Qi, forming a situation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.

The Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period were not just these 7 countries at the beginning. At that time, more than 20 countries coveted their supremacy. Chu, Qin, Zhao, Wei, Han, 7 players continued to fight. From the evolution of the Five Hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period to the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period, it can be seen that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the main contradiction in the Central Plains was the North-South contradiction, which was reflected in the hegemony between Jin and Chu. Jin was in the north and Chu was in the south.By the time of the Warring States period, the main contradiction was the contradiction between east and west, and the specific manifestation was the contradiction between Qin State and the six countries of Kanto.Because the six countries of Kanto are located east of Hangu Pass in Xiaoshan Mountain, they pose a certain threat to Qin State.Especially at the end of the Warring States period, the Qin Dynasty wanted to unify the six countries, which further intensified the contradictions between them.