The Zhou Dynasty was a dynasty with many rules and regulations, even the following vassal states. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, from the emperor's army to the vassal's army, the system of "China people are soldiers, but savages can't be soldiers" was always adhered to. There is a historical background to mention here: it was a very glorious thing to join the army in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Sometimes even the people in the capital can't fight, only the nobles can. In the Spring and Autumn Period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, this system gradually decayed and withdrew from the historical stage.

Part of it is the progress of social productive forces, part of it is the development of social economy, part of it is the need of war, and part of it is ideology and culture. War is no longer as sacred as before, and nobles are no longer so willing to join the army. Set off a craze for savage soldiers.

Here is the difference between a China man and a savage, and how to distinguish them. Outside the city is called the suburb, the suburb is called the wild, the wild is called the forest, and the forest is called the outside. There are villages in the suburbs and wilderness outside the suburbs, so are China people and savage people, which is equivalent to China people's urban hukou and savage people's rural hukou. China people enjoy all kinds of political rights in China, and they can also receive formal and systematic education. At the same time, it is their unshirkable obligation and responsibility to "protect their homes by war".

In the Western Zhou Dynasty and the early Spring and Autumn Period, the number of China people was an important criterion to measure the strength of a country, and it was also the cornerstone of a country. At that time, the savages in the slave countries were actually neutral zones, primitive tribes, and many conquerors and prisoners of war. The distinction between the country and the wild is found all over the world, and so are Zhou, Zhou and vassal States.

The social composition of the army.

However, in the early Spring and Autumn Period, Niu Geng and other means to promote social productivity appeared, the traditional mining field system was destroyed, and the military system closely related to the mining field system was also reformed.

For example, Lu realized the "initial tax mu" and the military system was "mound-building". The state of Jin also carried out reforms, but they did so because their monarch was captured and their prestige plummeted. The former expanded the cultivated land area and grain output, while the latter made it necessary for savages who did not need military service to do military service and fight for the country. This move injected new blood into Jin Jun and laid a material foundation for Jin Guo to become strong again.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the army was divided into army, division, brigade, pawn, second, fifth, sixth and so on, and so was the State of Jin. Where the army is built, there are 2,500 people as the army, including Wang Liujun, one country and three armies, two countries and two armies, and one small country and one army. There are 500 teachers in 2,000, and Shi Shuai is Dr. China; 500 people are tourists, and tourists are doctors; Hundreds of people are chess pieces, and all the chess pieces are staff sergeant; Twenty-five people are two, and Sima Jun is a soldier; Five people are friends, and they are all good.

The social elements that constitute the army are: Qing, doctor, scholar, industry and commerce, minister, official and official. One of them is a criminal in prison. Qing, doctor and scholar are officers and ordinary soldiers. Workers, businessmen, ministers, officials and officials are all public servants who solve chores for the army. Jin army follows the crowd, divided into chariot and infantry, and its tactics are also divided into infantry, chariot and bicycle coordinated warfare.

The three parts of the army make up the strength.

The 8 Jin Army consists of three parts, one part is the regular army collected from the area controlled by the monarch, the other part is the private armed forces of Dr. Qing, who collected the soldiers from the fiefs under his control. The regular army is the main force of the national army, which is directly mobilized by the monarch and has absolute command. A considerable number of them work for agriculture in peacetime and for the army in wartime, while others are the most elite and are responsible for protecting the Jin government all the year round.

The soldiers in the fief are the personnel carriers collected from the fief under the fief system. The fief was given to Dr. Qing, who provided the country with chariots, horses, hay, armored soldiers and so on. Feudals are not controlled by the monarch, but indirectly controlled by the monarch through ministers. The monarch is only the nominal monarch of the fief people and the minister who really manages them.

After the war broke out, the soldiers of the fief listened to the call of the monarch to Dr. Qing to take part in the battle, and the actual command was mainly their fief master Dr. Qing. To some extent, fief is a country, China, separatist forces, or the kind that can be justified and hereditary.

Doctor Qing's private armed forces, similar to the regular army, mainly protect Doctor Qing and his family. They have a plenty of QingDaFu people, some domestic slaves, some domestic servants, and so on. Basically, as long as there is a war and only Dr. Qing participates, this army will follow him to the battlefield, and as a national army, it will obey the command of the monarch. Moreover, the strength of this army is good, which is very important to the national war and the national army.

8 jin j is composed of these three forces. With the development of time, its role and influence are different, and the proportion of its three forces in the national army is also changing. Finally, the situation that officials are stronger than monarchs is formed. "Historical Records Zhao Shijia": "Liu Qingzi is a doctor, and the advantages are weak, and the six Qing are all big."

This trend and situation exists in every vassal state, some survived, some did not survive, the Jin state did not survive, and Qin, Chu, Yan and Qi all survived.

References: Historical Records, Warring States Policy, Research on Military System in Pre-Qin Dynasty.