After completing the deal with Bangzhou, Wang Zhao led the army and began to return to the Huai Kingdom. In this war, the Huai Kingdom gained a lot, and the Zhongwu Kingdom was annexed. He needed to go back and distribute the results with the Xu Kingdom.

The Zhongwu Kingdom's territory was quite large, so Wang Zhao decided to divide it into two parts, with the eastern part going to the Huai Kingdom and the west to the Xu Kingdom. After annexing Zhongwu's land, the Huai Kingdom directly expanded its territory by one-third. The original territory of the Zhongwu Kingdom

The capital city of Siwu became the front line used by the Huai Kingdom to defend against the Shandong princes in the north.

Although the State of Huai was canonized by Bang Zhou and became a duchy, the attitude of the states of Bang and Zhou towards Huai did not change. Especially after the state of Huai and Xu formed an alliance to defeat Bang Zhou and annexed Zhong Wu, the states of Shandong

He was very wary of the Huai and Xu countries.

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The sudden system prompt woke Zijue up. After seeing Emperor Zhou holding his nose and sending the golden book of canonization to the Huai Kingdom, Zijue nodded slightly. This canonization could be regarded as a supplement to the hasty founding of the country in Huaisi.

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After Wang Zhao and Xu Gong distributed the spoils, they returned with the army. At the same time, Bang Zhou also started a series of adjustments. To be more precise, they divided up the rights.

The Emperor of Zhou passed away, his six armies suffered heavy losses, and the Crown Prince came to the throne. It can be said that there was a big reshuffle of the rights of Zhou and Wangji.

The Marquis of Jin was given the position of Taibao and Spring Official Zongbo. Zongbo was a ceremonial official, responsible for managing the emperor. The princes' decrees, inheritances, sacrifices, and the princes surnamed Ji were all subject to his control.

The Marquis of Qi obtained the position of Grand Master, and also commanded Xia Guan and Sima, commanding the emperor's six armies. The Marquis of Shen was the Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister of the Tianguan Tomb, in charge of the governance of Wang Ji, and was the head of the hundred officials.

The local official is held by a vassal, and is responsible for the taxation of the royal territory. The daughter of the vassal is the emperor and the queen. Letting him serve as a local official also allows the emperor to control money and food.

As for the autumn and winter offices, they were also held by princes respectively, and Wang Ji's power was quickly distributed.

Naturally, the division of rights will not satisfy everyone, but as long as most people agree, this rights structure can operate. Bangzhou suffered heavy losses this time, and the next step is to recuperate.

The politics of Zhou Dynasty seemed to be stable, but it could not change the situation where the princes were strong and the emperor was weak.

Fortunately, after negotiating peace with the Huai State and conferring it as a dukedom, the Huai State began to release prisoners one after another. The return of more than 30,000 prisoners also allowed a large number of experienced soldiers to be included in the Sixth Army of the Emperor, which improved the Sixth Army of the Emperor.

The strength of the army.

Huai State.

After the great victory, the Huai State began to digest the spoils obtained this time. The land of Zhongwu needed to be constructed. At the same time, the army also needed to be recruited.

This battle hurt Bang Zhou. For at least ten or twenty years, Bang Zhou would not dare to deal with Huai State again. Huai State's next policy was to strengthen the defense of Zhong Wu State and continue to develop towards the south.

Compared with the northern countries, the strength of the Huaiyi tribe in the south is low, which can continuously improve the strength of the Huai Kingdom. Wang Zhao is not a fatuous monarch. On the contrary, under Zijue's education, he knows his position very well.

During the fifty years of Zijue's reign, the Huai Kingdom experienced great development and the population multiplied. Fifty years was enough for people to reproduce for two to three generations. And because of the improvements in sanitation and medical treatment, the population of the Huai Kingdom's capital had exceeded

One hundred thousand people.

The last time Bang Zhou attacked Huai'an, part of the population was moved to other cities.

In this era, the land had no fertilizers or good seeds. Maintaining such a large city for a long time put great pressure on the land. Therefore, Wang Zhao began to take advantage of this opportunity to move the Chinese people out of Huai'an City.

Of course, what Wang Zhao adopted was not enfeoffment, but fiefdom.

Part of these fiefs were arranged in the land from Zhongwu State to the north bank of Huai River, and the other part was arranged in the south. On the one hand, it was to strengthen the defense of the north, and on the other hand, it was to open up the south.

As time went by, the Huai State continued to prosper under Wang Zhao's rule. In the blink of an eye, four years passed. Emperor Bang Zhou became an adult and crowned, and then began to officially rule.

It's just that the transfer of power is not very smooth. After all, not everyone is Zhou Gongdan, who can assist the emperor and return the power when the emperor comes of age. The terrible erosion of power has appeared countless times in history.

Although Ji Man finally took back his power, the rift between the Zhou royal family and the princes had already appeared.

The battles between the Zhou royal family and the princes did not affect the Huai Kingdom. The Huai Kingdom was still growing under Wang Zhao's governance. In the next ten years, the Zhou emperor tried to revive the reputation of the royal family and weaken the growing prosperity.

of the Quanrong. The Emperor Zhou launched two wars to conquer the Quanrong.

The first expedition against the Quan Rong was due to the dissuasion of ministers to prevent the recurrence of the old incident of "killing the king and conquering the south". Moreover, the Quan Rong had always submitted to the Zhou Dynasty and was not easy to use force. They used the policy of showing virtue and not watching the troops to frighten the Quan Rong.

It's just that the words of the minister's father-in-law, "The assassination of Wang Nanzheng will never come again" touched the sensitive nerves of the emperor.

Ji Man strongly rejected his father's strategy and insisted on the Western Expedition. Ji Man learned from his father's lesson. Although he won the Western Expedition, the results were not many. It was just that the consequences of this war were somewhat serious, leading to border wars.

The Di tribe no longer worshiped Bang Zhou.

The border barbarians did not go to court, which aggravated the conflict between the Zhou Dynasty and the border barbarians, so Ji Man launched another westward expedition against the Quan Rong. In this battle, the Zhou Dynasty won a great victory, defeated the Quan Rong, and forcibly relocated some of the Rong people.

Ji Man's conquest of Rong and Di demonstrated Wang Ji's strength, boasted of his martial arts, and shocked the princes. This also wiped away the decadence of the royal family since the assassination of the king, and the Zhou royal family experienced a renaissance.

Because Ji Man had some power struggles with the auxiliary ministers, there were some cracks in the relationship with Jin and Qi. In order to beat the Marquis of Qi, Ji Man appointed the Marquis of Ji as one of the three princes, and on the other hand, he appointed Guo

Hou and Yuhou served as ministers of Wang Ji.

Ji Man used this political method to weaken the influence of Qi and Jin. To maintain the balance among the princes, this was right for the royal family, but in the eyes of the princes, this approach was betrayal.

However, the butt determines the head, and Ji Man's approach was more in line with the interests of the Zhou royal family. Ji Man's rule allowed the Zhou Dynasty to enter the resurgence.

The feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty allowed the Western Zhou Dynasty to grow rapidly in the early days of the dynasty. The policies of the Xia kings and barbarians brought the Zhou royal family to its peak. However, as time went by, the gradual expansion of the feudal princes also created a situation where the leader, the weak minister, and the strong tail could not be replaced. As the Zhou Dynasty

With the decline of the royal family and the reduction of tribute from the princes, the Zhou royal family gradually became a symbol. - "Cambridge History of China·Western Zhou Dynasty Volume 3"
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