It's just the beginning, just the beginning.
Qin people more than two thousand years ago, although they got the "fief" from Zhou Wang, were no longer as weak and useless as before. They are growing, but they are still in a precarious situation.
At the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Youwang, a lovely monarch who praised Princess Bo 'ai for her smile, angered the vassal states by repeatedly performing the vassal farce in the bonfire drama.
One day in 77 1 BC, ethnic minorities attacked Haojing, the capital of Zhou. Zhou Youwang was so frightened that he lit a bonfire and informed the governor. Although the smoke was everywhere, the governors who had been teased many times never paid attention to him. Of course, no one sent troops to save him. Haojiang, the capital city, was easily breached by dogs, and Zhou Youwang gave thanks and fled. At the foot of Mount Li, he was killed by Rong people, and praise became the product of Rong people. ...
The prosperous Haojiang River was destroyed by the burning, killing and looting of the Rong people. A large number of treasures once amassed by the Zhou Dynasty were also swept away by Rong people. ...
This event is not only a historic turning point in the Zhou Dynasty, but also a historic turning point in the development history of the Qin Dynasty.
After learning of the fall of Haojing and the murder of Youwang, the governors of various countries sent troops to rescue them. However, when all the troops arrived at Dahao Well, all they saw was a dead city that was burned and looted. When the governors of various countries saw that they were dead, they made Prince Ijiu the son of the Zhou Dynasty. This is Zhou Pingwang.
At that time, Qin Xianggong, the grandson of Qin Zhong, was the leader of the Qin Dynasty. He led his troops to save Zhou with all his might, and he was extremely brave, which made great contributions to it.
After Zhou Pingwang succeeded to the throne, he saw that Rongren could make a comeback at any time, and Haojing was in ruins. So in 770 BC, he moved the capital to Luoyang under the escort of governors from various countries. Historically, we called it the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
In Wang Zizhong, where Zhou Pingwang was escorted, there was an ambitious Qin Xianggong. Zhou Pingwang saw that Qin Xianggong had played a great role in the Guards, so he was promoted from a "doctor" to a "vassal" and distributed a large area of land to the west of Qishan to A Qin. Since then, Qin officially became a vassal state, and finally it can be on an equal footing with other vassal States.
Occupy Guanzhong plain
Qin people got a good opportunity to develop freely in Guanzhong area, and they were very excited: Guanzhong was once the center of Zhou royal family and should be a treasure trove of geomantic omen. The seal of this treasure to Qin seems to show the strength of Qin and its ultimate unity. But in addition to excitement, Qin people are facing a severe test of whether they can survive.
This is a serious fact revealed by Zhou Pingwang in his letter to Qin Xianggong: although Xirong withdrew from Haojiang, it "belonged to the area between Jingwei and controlled the rich land". Therefore, when King Ping awarded Xiang Duke the title, he not only made it clear that the territory of Qin was "the land divided to the west", but also promised Xiang Gong that "if he could attack and chase Rong, he would have his land", that is, he was required to undertake the arduous task of expelling the two Rong from the "land with rich points". Therefore, although Qin people can develop freely in Guanzhong area, they must struggle with Rong and Di for a long time, constantly expand themselves and expand their territory.
The struggle in the first few years ended in the failure of Qin. The rulers of the state of Qin did not want to see that the land given to them could not be obtained, so they attacked Rongdi year after year. Qin Xianggong once led troops to his fief Qishan, but failed to gain a foothold, so he had to return to his hometown "Xichuang".
"Preface to filial piety" says: "The public is also prepared for honor. Although Xiqiao is strong, the war is endless. " After several years of struggle, the rear is stable, only moving eastward to reduce glory. Unfortunately, he "conquered Rong in the twelfth year (766 BC) and died of divergence", with no result. It was not until the fourth year after Qin Wengong ascended the throne (762 BC) that Qin talents occupied Qishan, and they obtained the fief granted by the Zhou Emperor. Qin people began to settle in Guanzhong Plain, the hometown of Zhou people.
The fertile Guanzhong Plain has nurtured brave Qin people. The thick yellow land is still silent, and the hurried Weihe River has gone through many cycles. What can they tell us?
self-discipline
The Euphrates and Tigris rivers created rich civilizations in the Mesopotamian plain. The two mother rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, have created a splendid Chinese civilization. Their source comes from a high mountain called Nyainqentanglha. Qin people began to build houses here and thrive.
Nowadays, the lands that left the footprints of Qin people are still peaceful in the face of modern noise, even though they saw the lonely wasteland, the war in Ma Si and all the fleeting miracles that people turned a blind eye to.
A master said that people's lives disappear hour by hour, but the land under their feet can remember all this. Many years later, the former people no longer exist, but they, the former witnesses, will still be there. The glory of the past, the vicissitudes of the Millennium, set foot on this land, history seems to be far away from us, but the reality is far away from us step by step …
It is still possible to build a thousand buildings, but family reproduction is immortal, but it is often beyond the reach of human beings. We should see that the inheritance of the family itself is a life process of continuous division, alienation and self-reliance, so it is difficult for militant descendants to accept a tough instruction that requires investment and live in this place with trepidation. But this fertile soil makes them seem reluctant to put down their hoes, and they are in full swing: the fields are busy farming, weapons are burning in the fire, and they are sweating, flickering, and modern civilization seems to be at arm's length here. ...
Geographical Records of Hanshu records the superior geographical position of Qin State, in which it is recorded that Qin State "prospered in Kyushu, spanning Yong and Liang ...". Sima Qian made this statement more vivid. "Guanzhong's land accounts for one-third of the world and its population is only three, so it is rich and ranks sixth."
We can see that Qin, which has just started, has incomparable geographical advantages and economic resources compared with other vassal States. Qin's territory is mainly located in the Weihe River basin, and most of it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, while Hangu Pass has become the throat of Qin, which can be attacked and retreated. In fact, Qin has stood on the most favorable heritage in the world, and its south is a relatively rich Bashu land. Because "* * * people are upright and honest", there is no territorial ambition to expand outward. Qin was rich and occupied the grain-producing plain.
From the perspective of combat readiness, the Qin people first replaced bronze weapons with iron weapons, and later replaced chariots with cavalry. These measures have greatly enhanced Qin Jun's combat effectiveness. With its innate advantages and subsequent preparations, the delicate relationship between Qin and other countries in China at that time was just like that between Macedon and Greek city-states. Although Qin was in the east, it was the most closely connected with the west among the vassal States in the late Zhou Dynasty.
Really rise
Looking back at history, starting from a tribe named Won in the area of (present-day Zhang Yongchuan, Gansu), Qin, a fine horse on the northwest land, galloped all the way to the East with literature, peace, martial arts, morality and propaganda. They were ambitious, and by the time Qin Mugong ascended the throne, most of Guanzhong had been included in their pockets, and the national situation became stronger and stronger.
Qin Xiaogong (38 BC1-338 BC) is another ancestor of the Qin people worth mentioning. It was under his leadership that the State of Qin carried out the famous Shang Yang reform in history.
After several years of political and economic reform, "Qin has endless roads, there are no thieves in the mountains, the people are brave in public war, and they are not afraid of private disputes, and the villages and cities are governed together", becoming the strongest among the princes. In the pen of Jia Yi, a great talent in the Han Dynasty, "the evidence is reliable, the land of Yongzhou is held, the monarch and his subjects stick to it, and they peep into the Zhou room, which has swept the world, embraced the world and swallowed up the heart of eight shortages ..."
Qin Xiaogong and Shang Yang, an ambitious wise master and talented counselor, staged a reform drama in Qin State. 19 years later, Qin finally ascended the throne of a superpower.