As a king, if you want to restore the prestige of the royal family and master the world, you still have to look at strength and appeal. However, since the Zhou Pingwang period in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, this condition no longer exists, and it is getting worse. It turns out that the foundation of the Western Zhou Dynasty is Guanzhong area, which is the most densely populated and economically developed place in the world.
However, during the Zhou Youwang period, Guanzhong was captured and destroyed by Xirong, and the Zhou royal family moved eastward and lost to the Qin people. However, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was surrounded by other vassal states after Chengzhou moved its capital to Luoyang. The Zhou Dynasty implemented the enfeoffment system, and the enfeoffment land was not recovered. And at that time, the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty didn't have that strength, so the territory of Ji Wang in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was very small, and then it became smaller and smaller, and the strength of the Zhou Emperor naturally became stronger and stronger.
Second, the prestige in Zhou disappeared.
In fact, after Zhou Youwang was killed by a dog, there was a problem with the throne of King Zhou, because Zhou Youwang abandoned his long career and became a baby. At that time, the prince was born by a praise son, while the original prince was born after Shen. After Wang You's death, Shen Hou and other joint governors established the original Prince Yi Jiu, that is, but there were also other governors who made their younger brothers king, that is, King Xie Zhou.
Although there were not so many supporters of King Xie Zhou, the coexistence of the two kings undermined the legitimacy of Zhou Pingwang's succession. Shortly after Pingdong moved eastward, a famous oath took place, which humiliated the Zhou royal family. Coupled with Lu Huan's later self-reliance, the ritual and music system of the Zhou Dynasty was almost destroyed by the Zhou royal family itself, and the foundation of the Zhou Dynasty was completely destroyed.
Third, the indoor chaos in Zhou Wang is endless.
During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the vassals merged with each other and became more and more powerful. Moreover, with the strengthening of the vassal's strength, Zhou became weak, and everyone paid less attention to him according to his strength. It rained all night, and the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty experienced many civil strife, the children's chaos in the period of King Xiang of Zhou, the fall of the prince in the period of King Hui of Zhou, and so on. However, the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty could not cope with these chaos at all and could only ask the princes for help.
The emperor asked the princes, but he also paid the price. Ji Wang's small land is constantly being nurtured. At any time, the owner of ZTE must have a certain foundation to make a comeback. A clever woman can't cook without rice, but the strength of the royal family in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is too weak to compete with the princes at all, and it can only decline continuously.
Even if you have a bad deck of cards, as long as you have excellent ability and wisdom, you may still turn defeat into victory. In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou royal family, not to mention bad cards, had almost no cards, no land, no population, and little wealth and troops. The Zhou royal family had no conditions to fight against the princes.
It turns out that the Zhou royal family ruled the world with patriarchal clan system, ritual and music system and enfeoffment system. However, with the development of the times, the economy has developed to a certain extent, the enfeoffment system has been destroyed, and the ritual and music system and patriarchal clan system have also been greatly impacted, which is difficult to maintain. It is almost impossible to have a rejuvenation king in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, because the Zhou royal family has no ability to rejuvenate the Zhou royal family at all, which is also a necessity.