Although King Li of Zhou was very badly recorded in later history books, he appointed Duke Rongyi to implement a "patent", that is, to monopolize mountains, forests, rivers and lakes in the name of the state, and not allow people to enter for hunting and fishing.

In the end, they were rioted by the Chinese and were driven to the land of Hu, and this was how the Zhou Zhao Republic, which is famous in history books, came into existence.

In short, King Zhou Li is a complete villain recorded in the history books.

However, in fact, in the eyes of the Zhou royal family, there was nothing wrong with what King Li did. He only offended the "countrymen", that is, the middle and lower-class aristocrats, and was rioted and ousted from power by the countrymen.

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Because according to the regulations from ancient times, flat land and cultivated land belong to all the emperors, nobles, and even all the people of the country.

However, the mountains, rivers and forests belong to the private property of the emperor!

Institutions such as the Emperor's Shanglin Garden in the Han Dynasty continued this point.

There is a similar system in the West, where all forests belong to the lord. Only with the permission of the lord, civilians can enter for hunting.

However, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were too many mountains, rivers and forests to be guarded at all. The so-called private property owned by the king of Zhou was an empty talk. Countless people and savages had already entered it for hunting and fishing.

During the era of King Li, because most of the land between Zongzhou and Chengzhou had been enfeoffed, it was difficult for the nobility to have land enfeoffed. And because the land was reduced and there were no financial resources, it could only be reiterated that the mountains, rivers and forests were privately owned by the king of Zhou, and the people of the country

You have to pay tax to enter.

In this way, King Li accumulated a large amount of funds and launched several large-scale wars against the barbarians. Especially the conquests against the E Kingdom and Huaiyi were all for the purpose of controlling the copper mines, and were definitely not a simple militancy.

Of course, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. King Li was eventually driven out of power by his countrymen due to military failure. But it was not because of some patent tyranny.

It was in the thirty-seventh year of King Li's reign, that is, after he had been King of Zhou for thirty-seven years, that someone launched a coup, ousted him from power, and sealed the deal.

Therefore, even Zheng Xiaoming, the son of King Li, would never dare to say a good word to King Li at this time.

The biggest reason why King Li was ousted back then was probably because the land he captured in E, the Tonglu Mountain and other copper mines, were eventually taken away by the Chu people.

Hearing this, Qing Lang also smiled and said: "Don't worry, Taishi! Although the Chu people are great at water warfare, they are only average at land warfare. If they dare to attack me, let them have a taste of the power of my chariot!"

In this era when there are no more mobile cavalry, the most powerful weapon in land warfare is the chariot.

What, why are there no cavalry in this era?

Because archaeological discoveries show that horses of this era were very small in carrying capacity.

It will probably take hundreds of thousands of years to develop a rideable war horse.

So in this era, not only were there no war horses, there were no nomads either.

Archaeological findings show that nomadic peoples appeared much later than most people imagined.

The first time the civilization of the Central Plains truly encountered the threat of nomadic civilization would have to wait until the Xiongnu in the middle and late stages of the war!

The reason why the Chu people were finally able to snatch places such as Tonglu Mountain from the Zhou people was that Hubei was too far away from the core areas of the Zhou Dynasty such as Zongzhou and Chengzhou.

Another important factor is that the place is suitable for Chu people's boat divisions and infantry to fight.

On the contrary, it is difficult for Dazhou's chariots to display their combat effectiveness in places with dense water nets!

But things are different now in Xiangshui Zhiyang. If the Chu people dare to invade, let them have a taste of the power of chariots!

And to be honest, this place is not too far away from Chengzhou. In case of crisis, it is easy to wait for the support of Chengzhou Eighth Division.

Under the explanations of Zheng Xiaoming and Qing Lang, the Taishi finally felt relieved and said: "If the Chu people are willing to negotiate, then it is okay for us to give them a little more benefit!"

Zheng Xiaoming shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Chu people are greedy. Once we show weakness here, Chu people will definitely open their mouths!"

It's okay to give benefits to the people of Chu, but you can't give them too much, lest you whet their appetites.

At this time, someone suddenly came to report: "Zeng Bowen sent an envoy to ask for an audience with the king!"

Zheng Xiaoming was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Please!"

When Taishi Boyang heard this, he also laughed and said: "Zeng Guo is a great country in the east of the Han Dynasty and is a descendant of Nangong. I am afraid that I am here to give gifts!"

Zeng Guo was also one of the Concubines of Hanyang, and was one of the so-called Four Friends of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. Later, after assisting King Wu to destroy the Shang Dynasty, she was enfeoffed in Zeng District to protect the most important route of Jin Dao and Xi.

That is to say, the copper ore, tin ore, etc. mined in Tonglushan and other places in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were transported back to Zongzhou and Chengzhou.

Therefore, Zeng State was also one of the most important vassal states in the Zhou Dynasty.

Well, historically this was a country that disappeared and was almost never recorded.

It was not until later excavations that it was discovered that the Zeng State was the country of Eastern Han Dynasty recorded in history books, and the Sui State was the largest Sui State.

Of course, Zheng Xiaoming didn't know history. Well, he had read history books in the late Han Dynasty, but he had not read any records about Zeng Guo.

It wasn't until I came to this period of history that I realized that there was such an important country.

Soon, Mu Zai, the son of Zeng Guo, who can also be called Sui Guo, walked in followed by his servants. After seeing Zheng Xiaoming, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted.

Zheng Xiaoming did not dare to neglect and returned the courtesy.

The young master Mu smiled and said: "I heard that Uncle Zheng is coming, and my father specially sent me to pay a visit. I also gave him a small gift. I hope Uncle Zheng won't dislike it."

He asked someone to bring him a map, but instead he offered two cities.

Although the Zeng State is far away from Zeng, hundreds of miles away from the Sun of Xiangshui, it has developed all the way to a place not far from the Sun of Xiangshui and built several strongholds and cities. At this moment, it was directly given as a gift.

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Not only that, but also a large amount of bronze vessels and bronze ore were sent with the city.

Zeng State was the most important node in the southern part of the Golden Road of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Naturally, there were a large number of bronzes and bronze ores in the country. Moreover, the casting technology of bronzes had reached a place that could be described as miraculous.'

The first is a set of bronze tripods and guis, with a total of seven small bronze tripods and six bronze guis.

It is said that the emperor has nine tripods and eight guis, and the princes have seven tripods and six guis.

This is a set of gifts for princes.

Of course, Uncle Zeng was very wealthy. Once he gave a gift, it would definitely be more than just the Seven Cauldrons and Six Gui. In addition, he also had a complete set of chimes.

The so-called food with bells and cauldrons is nothing more than this.

The tripod and gui are used for eating, while the chimes are of course used for playing music.

This is the treatment that only the top nobles of this era can enjoy.

However, this is not the end. After the tripod and chime bells, the real treasure at the bottom of the box was brought up.

What is put at the end is often the most valuable thing.

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