The Maintenance Of Power And Historical Changes Of Ministers Of Zheng During The Spring And Autumn Period

In the Spring and Autumn Period, feudal princes appointed their officers andthen different bureaucrats appeared. Qingzu Politics had become a typical feature ofthis period. The research of historical changes of Qingzu Politics of Zheng Kingdom,which is the fief of royal members and a crucial battle field, is of great significance.Before the appearance of Qimu Shiqing, the dictatorship of different surnames Qingzuhad not been long. But Muzu succeeded being a most typical family of Shiqingthrough suppressing the Royal Clan and seizing the highest power.In Zheng Kingdom’s political circus, different surnames Qingzu, several RoyalClan in the early period and Qimu Shiqing in the late period are most active ones. Thereason why Qimu became Shiqing result in the abdication of Ziliang and hisexpostulation that "Muzu should not disappear". As to the characteristics andmaintenance of rights, Qimu held hereditary position; as to rites, they emphasizedclan and deal with inheritance system with regard to different kingdom’s situation. Asfor the maintenance of Qingzu’s rights, Zheng Kingdom’s clan would be punished as awhole because of one person’s crime. As a result, in the late years of the Spring andAutumn Period, clans of Han and Si became the most powerful and the kingdom’spower fell into Han’s hands. While under the trend of cruel thoughts, in order toprotect the clan, with Zizhan and Zichan in represent, Qingzu of Zheng Kingdombegan to unite Muzu and struggled among kingdoms with rites and receive someresults. However, this strategy did not last long. In the late period of the Spring andAutumn Period, Zheng kingdom resorted to arms too often to keep itself fromdecaying.