text: Wen Yu Runhe,
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Western Zhou implemented feudalism, namely feudalism. In the early days of the founding of the Kingdom of China, in order to strengthen the rule, the country was divided into different states of different sizes, and then the great achievements were divided into nobles of the same surname, meritorious officials of different surnames, and nobles of the Shang Dynasty to govern independently. These people were named princes, and these states were vassal states. All vassal states must respect the unified leadership of the King of Zhou, that is, the emperor of Zhou. This is feudalism. The specific method is to dig a trench at the boundary of each state and turn the soil to both sides of the trench, and then plant trees on the soil to form a natural border, which is the sealing of the soil, and the trees above are called sealing of the trees.
In people's consciousness at that time, the sky was round and the earth was square. As the saying goes, the sky was round and the place was the world. Tianpang loved his son the most, that is, the King of Zhou, so he granted the world the king of Zhou, and called the Emperor Zhou. The Kyoto where the Emperor Zhou was located was located in the center of the world, that is, China, which means the most middle country. The Zhou Dynasty implemented a strict system of inheritance of the eldest son, that is, the feudal comprehensive legal system. The Zhou King divided his uncles and brothers (including heroes of different surnames and nobles of the Shang Dynasty) into vassal states of different sizes and lords in the country as kings, i.e. lords, marquis, bons, and men, from high to low. The Zhou King of Wu was first divided into 71 countries. The larger vassal states were about 500 miles in Fangyuan, including Lu, Qi, Yan, Wei, Song, and Jin. Among them, Qi was the vassal state of Jiang Ziya. Each prince had independent power to govern the country. The Zhou emperor would not interfere, but the vassal states must accept the unified leadership of the Zhou emperor. The princes also implemented the system of inheritance of the eldest son, and the princes also divided their vassal states into their brothers, namely, the ministers, and the territory of the doctors was called family. The family also implemented the system of inheritance of the eldest son, and the family no longer had feudal divisions. The sons of the doctor's brothers except the eldest son are scholars. The scholars have no fiefdoms and only have a noble status. The emperor, king, doctor and scholar at that time were four-level nobles of different levels. Although scholars do not have their own fiefdom, they are responsible for cultivating their own character. Scholars can serve the emperor, king, and doctors. A scholar who works as a doctor is called Qi family, and a assistant to a prince is called governing the country. A work as a emperor is called King Zhou is called to pacify the world. A work as a king of Zhou is called to pacify the world. This is the so-called family, governing the country and pacify the world.
Western Zhou Eastern Zhou national governance implements the world, that is, the hereditary system of aristocrats, that is, the aristocrats govern their own country, which can be passed down from generation to generation. Warring States later, after Qin unified the six countries, he established the centralized empire, implemented the county system , and the central government dispatched officials to the county to implement the bureaucratic . Completely break and overthrow the feudal system that lasted for more than 800 years in the 3rd Zhou Dynasty.
