The Chu family in the Great Xia ended the troubled times. Emperor Gao established titles, rewarded all meritorious officials, and made five princes kings. Their descendants were allowed to continue their inheritance, appoint their own officials, and receive riches. The five kings of Qi, Wu, Zhou, Yan, and Lu spread across the southeast, northwest, and northwest.
, the remaining chaos was frightened and cleared away, the Great Xia Dynasty was impregnable, and the world was finally at peace.
Ten years later, the great ancestor died and the prince ascended the throne. The new emperor discovered that the five feudal kings were extremely powerful. They accounted for more than half of the nine states and hundreds of counties in the world. He could only control twenty counties. If this continues, he wants to give himself
There was no extra space for the sons to divide the feudal land.
When the emperor saw that this was not going to work, he had to re-divide the fiefdoms. The princes and kings came up with imperial edicts, and the senior ones scolded the emperor for violating the ancestral precepts. The younger ones cried that their father died early, argued with the court, and questioned the emperor. The emperor had no choice but to
Give up.
Ten years later, the emperor died, and the princes and princes came to the capital to intervene in the struggle for the throne. Finally, the third prince at the age of fifteen became emperor. Yan and Lu did not worship the new emperor, and secretly kept the second prince who was deposed as a commoner. Qi, Wu and Zhou
The use of troops against Yan and Lu in accordance with the imperial edict was to cause chaos in the Five Kingdoms.
Five years later, Qi, Wu and Zhou were divided into two kingdoms: Yan and Lu. The princes and kings became even more powerful. They frequently refused to accept the imperial edicts, did not go to the capital to pay homage, and expelled the imperial officials.
Twenty years later, Zhou Qing, the imperial censor, asked the emperor to implement the enfeoffment system. The emperor readily agreed and informed the princes and kings that they would no longer take back their fiefdoms and hoped that the sons of the princes and kings would all get their father's fiefdoms.
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The vassal states suddenly fell into chaos, brothers were killed, and even fathers were killed.
Three years later, the princes and kings carried the imperial edict of Emperor Gaozu and led a large army. The Qing monarch attacked Zhou Qing, the imperial censor. Zhou Qing was assassinated and died, and the emperor also suffered an unexpected event. This was due to the Three Kings Rebellion.
I don't know whether it was because the princes were hurt by fighting for the fiefdom, or the emperor was furious because he met the assassin, and asked the princes and kings about the assassination and rebellion, and fought against the princes and kings' soldiers.
Two years later, the kings of Zhou and Wu were executed one after another. The king of Qi sent his son as a hostage and handed over the fiefdom, leaving only Wang Jue to retreat to the north to survive.
The Emperor of Great Xia held in his hands all the 100 prefectures and 1,500 counties in Kyushu, and the world was finally at peace.
