1. Shenguo is located in the west of the Zhou royal family and is an important force restricting the Dogong tribe in the northwest.
Shenguo is located in the west and belongs to a tribe of Xirong. Its earliest date can be traced back to the period of King Wu's defeat of Zhou. According to historical records, King Wu of Zhou joined Qiang, Ba, Shu, Yong, Tiao, Peng and other tribes for the rule of Shang Emperor Xin (King Zhou) to jointly defeat Emperor Xin (King Zhou) of the Shang Dynasty. And Shen Rong’s tribe should be one of the many tribes that the King Wu killed Qian, because its tribe is too weak compared with the tribes of Qiang, Ba, Shu, Yong, Tiao, and Peng, so it is not recorded in history books.
Although Shen Guo has little information in the historical records of the early Western Zhou Dynasty, its status is actually very high. There is a paragraph in "Historical Records of Qin Benji" that records the dialogue between Shen Hou and Zhou Xiao, where Shen's monarch appears as a marquis. We all know that the enfeoffment system of the Western Zhou Dynasty divided the ranks of the princes into five The Duke is the first class, the Marquis is the second class, and so on. Since the king of Wu cut down and divided the princes, only the seven princes of Song, Qi, Zhu, Jiao, Ji, Chen, and Guo can be named dukes, and the rest are made marquis. Or the following. Shen Guoneng was named a Marquis, which shows that his contribution to the Western Zhou Dynasty at that time was still important.
According to the "Shanhaijing·Xishanjing" recorded the location of Shenshan "three hundred miles west, there is a Shenshou Mountain", probably from Zhongwei in Ningxia to Mizhi, Shaanxi, this should be the scope of the country at that time. Combined with the map, we can see that Shen Guo is between the Zhou royal family and Inu Rong, and its importance at the time is self-evident, and it is an important barrier to the west of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In order for Inu Rong to attack the hinterland of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he must first cross the Shen State. Therefore, the geographical position of the Shen State is very important. In history, Inu Rong did effectively resist the invasion of the Zhou Dynasty.
2. Marriage is an important means for Shenhou to maintain peace in the surrounding area and maintain close relations with the Zhou royal family
Marriage is a means of strengthening the connection between tribes or nations in ancient society to achieve peace or some kind of benefit through marriage relations. This method has proved very effective before the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the feudal society, the way of marriage to achieve the goal of friendship or peace between the two countries has been recorded in various periods. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the Qin and Jin Dynasties, the Han Dynasty Wang Zhaojun went out of the fortress, the Tang Dynasty Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, and the Qing Dynasty Man and Mongolia married. All these prove that the way of marriage can achieve the purpose of peace.
A. At the same time, Shen Guo maintained a marriage relationship with the Royal Family of Xi Rong and Zhou.
Shen Guo, who was between Inu Rong and Zhou Emperor, as a monarch, Shen Hou naturally attached importance to marriage. According to a record in "Historical Records·Qin Benji", Shen Hou said in his words to Zhou Xiaowang that Shen Guo was a barrier to the west of Zhou Tianzi. On the one hand, it was because Shen Guo and Xi Rong maintained an intermarriage relationship. The daughter of Xianli Mountain, the wife of Rong Xuxuan, she was born and returned to Zhou on the basis of her family’s past, and Xichui was back to the Zhou Dynasty.” , and Shen Guo also used to “return to the past due to family” . Peace to the west of Zhou Tianzi.
It can be seen from here that Shen Guo was not only married to the Zhou royal family, but also with the tribes around Shen Guo. From this, it can be inferred that Shenhou maintained peace in the region through marriages with the surrounding areas and the Zhou royal family.
Shenhou Naiyan filial piety said: "In the past, I was the daughter of Lishan, Rong Xuxuan’s wife, and she was born in the middle of her life. Fit for a son. Shenluo has bigamy, Xirong both serve, so he is the king. Wang Qituzhi.” So Wang Qituzhi.” So the king of filial piety said: “In the past, Boyi was the master of Shun, and the animals were multi-breeding, so he had soil and gave him the surname. I am dying of horses, and I divide the land into vassals." The Qin of the city renewed the sacrifice of the Ying clan, and the name was Qin Ying. It is also not abolished that the woman of Shenhou is the one of Luo Shi, and Xi Rong. "Historical Records of Qin Benji"
B. Shen Guo played an important role on the political stage of the late Western Zhou Dynasty through his marriage with the Zhou royal family.
had records in the Zhou Xiaowang period to prove the marriage relationship between Shen Guo and Zhou Tianzi, and the marriage relationship between Shen Guo and Zhou Tianzi There have been several emperors in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. For example, the queen of King Zhou Li and the queen of King Zhou You are both Shen Jiang. Shen Guo also obtained Zhou Tianzi's trust through this marriage relationship with the Zhou royal family, and played an important role in the political arena of the late Western Zhou Dynasty.
There is such a record in the unearthed inscription on the Dake Ding from the period of King Xiao Zhou. "Wang Caizong Zhou, Dan, Wang Gemu Temple, Li, Shen Ji You Shan Fu Ke, Entrance, Li Zhong Ting, North Direction, Wang Hu The Yin clan ordered Shan Fu Ke." This is a record of Zhou Xiao Wang's canonization of Ke. Ke belonged to the "dinner" in Zhou's court at that time. In ancient times, the right was respected. Shen Ji stood on the right side of Ke, which shows that his position was very noble, and he belonged to the important minister of Zhou Tianzi at that time.
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was in decline due to the status of the Zhou royal family during the Zhou Li period. At that time, the princes and some surrounding tribes did not listen to the order of the Emperor Zhou. Later, Zhou Li's tyranny resulted in the expulsion of Zhou's emperor, which made the Zhou royal family's status plummet.
King Zhou Xuan came to the throne after the death of King Zhou Li. In order to promote the status of the royal family, King Xuan relied on the power of his uncle Shenhou to reform and move the capital. At the same time, he decisively took war against the disobedient princes. The effect of all this is that the status of the Zhou royal family has been improved, and the influence of the royal family has begun to increase among the princes. It is called "Xuanwang Zhongxing" in history. Of course, this was in the early stage of Xuanwang's governance.
It was precisely because Shen Guo played an important role during King Zhou Xuan's reign that King Zhou Xuan annihilated a small tribe of princes in the south and awarded its land to his uncle. This is recorded in the "Book of Songs•Songgao" that the King Zhou Xuan rewarded his uncle Shen Bo. In the "Book of Songs•Songgao", the King Zhou Xuan encouraged Shen Bo to continue the tradition of assisting the King of Zhou and go to the old Xie country. To establish a new capital and become a barrier to the south of the Zhou Dynasty.
Wang Mingshen Bo, the style is Lampang. Because it is to thank people, to be you. Wang ordered to call uncle, thoroughly Shen Bo Tutian. Wang Ming Fu Yu, moved his private. "The Book of Songs•Song Gao"
This is the country of Nan Shen in history. Why did King Zhou Xuan split up Shen Bo and re-appoint a country to him? The most likely reason is that the original Shen country was already relatively strong at that time, and the importance of Shen country became more and more obvious after King Zhou Xuan moved the capital. The power of the vassal country will naturally cause the unrest of the Zhou royal family, in order to be able to divide the Shen country well. That's why the forces awarded the land in the south to his uncle Shen Bo.
3. The king of Zhou You favored him and set up another prince, which caused Shen Guo to lose the political support of the Zhou royal family, so Shen Hou must do his best to support his nephew.
As mentioned above, Shen Guo uses marriage to maintain its surroundings. The relationship between the tribe and the Zhou royal family. However, this kind of in-law relationship became more subtle by the time of King Zhou You. Although King Zhou You's queen was also from the Shen Jiang clan, he also appointed Yi Jiu, Jiang's son, as the prince. However, the appearance of Bao Si made Jiang’s position in the harem no longer stable. As Bao Si’s son Bo Fu grew up day by day, Bao Si also wanted King Zhou You to change his son Bo Fu. Prince. So there was a scene in the Zhou royal family where the queen was abandoned and the prince was established. The original queen Jiang was knocked down by King Zhou You to Lenggong, and Prince Yijiu fled to the grandfather's Shenhou because he was afraid that he would be persecuted.
At this time, Shenhou knew that Jiang was left out and his grandson was abandoned, so he was naturally very anxious. Because Shen Guoneng has always occupied an important position in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, on the one hand, his original strength, on the other hand, was also appreciated and trusted by Prince Zhou through this relationship. Therefore, Shen Guo has always held important positions next to Zhou Tianzi in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. Once this relationship of in-laws is shattered, Shen Guo will inevitably be squeezed out by other princes and Zhou Tianzi’s suspicion, then Shen Guo may be destroyed. Disaster of the country.
Therefore, facing the abolition of his grandson Yijiu and the neglect of the queen Jiang, the first thing Shen Hou thought was to be ignorant of King Zhou You. When King Zhou You heard this, he was furious, and coupled with the instigation of Father Guo Shi by his side, that Shen Hou was not there.What's the credit is that it is because of the queen that she has today's title. Now the queen prince has been abolished, and it is also because of the deprivation of the title of Marquis Shen. After hearing this, King Zhou You felt very reasonable, so he ordered Father Guo Shi to prepare his army to attack Shen Guo.
Faced with Zhou Tianzi’s army, Shenhou knew that it was difficult to win by his own strength, and if Zhou You stayed in power, maybe his little vassal kingdom might be destroyed, after all, without the support of the Zhou royal family. The dog in the north and other vassal kingdoms in the surrounding area are eye-catching. It is very difficult to survive. There can only be one long-term strategy to ensure that his grandson Yijiu is the heir to the throne, so that Shen Guo can regain the support of the Zhou royal family.
Faced with all this, Shen Hou could only choose to unite with external forces, that is, Dog Rong, to overthrow the rule of King Zhou You, and then give Dog Rong certain material benefits. King Zhou You’s army naturally failed in the face of the front and back flanking attacks. King Zhou You’s capital, Haojing, was also broken by Inu Rong. King Zhou You died in the chaos army, and the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed. Shenhou supported his nephew Yijiu as the throne, and this is the king of Zhou Ping in history.
In the era of enfeoffment, the vassal state can only maintain a stable rule of the country by ensuring a close relationship with the suzerain. As a prince of the Zhou Dynasty, Shen Guo, while acting as a barrier to Zhou's emperor, has also been using marriage to maintain Shen Guo's position in the hearts of the Zhou royal family. And when this way of marriage is destroyed, the country is naturally faced with a crisis. In order to prevent one's own country from being destroyed, only support new forces to come to power to ensure their status. This is why Shen Hou chose to unite with Dog Rong to deal with King Zhou You and support his grandson Yijiu.
