I. Kyushu
It is said that Kyushu was introduced from Hua Xu, so who divided this Kyushu? The answer is Dayu, the man who entered the house three times but didn't enter, and made meritorious contributions to water control. By the way, it is said that Dayu put a 36,500-Jin anchor needle in the East China Sea after the success of water control. This is the origin of the Monkey King's "golden hoop", so all novels are well documented, especially ancient novels. Looking back, Dayu was divided into Kyushu and his son Qi established the Xia Dynasty, so the background of the novel can only be calculated later.
Second, vassal States
Guo Wei, Chen Guo, Zhao Guo and Zheng Guo in the novel are obviously vassal states, not fiefs in the Qin and Han Dynasties. The so-called dynasties all have the shadow of the official heads of state of the Zhou Dynasty. In addition, surnames before the Zhou Dynasty were not so rich. You know, the feudal surnames of the Zhou Dynasty (the names of princes) are the main sources of hundreds of surnames in China. Most surnames, such as Wang, Liu, Zhang, Zheng, Chen, etc., evolved from the surname of Ji in the Zhou Dynasty, and Wang Gangbo in Fu Cha was named Ji. In addition, if the country written in the book is not fabricated, the place to defend the country was originally sealed to Shang Zhouwang's son by the Zhou Dynasty. After his disobedience and rebellion were destroyed by the Duke of Zhou, he divided the land into two parts, one called Weiguo and the other called Song State, which was the place where he lived in the novel. In addition, there are some countries such as Chen and Zheng, but they are all small countries, not comparable to the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period and the seven heroes in the Warring States Period.
3. Western Zhou Dynasty or Eastern Zhou Dynasty?
The Zhou Dynasty was closely related to "dreams". Before the establishment of the dynasty, Zhou Wenwang and Ji Chang calculated the Book of Changes. His fourth son, Zhou Gongdan (whose real name is Ji Dan), who is what we call Duke Zhou today, can interpret dreams. So after the Zhou Dynasty, was it the Western Zhou Dynasty or the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?
First of all, we can rule out the Eastern Zhou and Warring States periods. Why? In the novel, all heads of state call themselves X Gong (such as Wei Gong and Chen Gong), and use the word "Gong" to avoid and respect Zhou (the emperor can only call Gong), but in the Warring States period, the vassal States did not take Zhou seriously at all and began to be kings in succession.
Secondly, all the concubines in the novel are called "Rufu". For example, after entering the palace in March, it was renamed "Mrs. Zi Yue", which is probably the same as the "Mrs. Shi" I just saw. The first time I saw this title was in Zuo Zhuan, a historical book that recorded the Spring and Autumn Period.
This last one is not a reason, but a discussion about the appellation of "prince", "son" and "prince". The sons of emperors and princes are called princes, the other sons are called sons, and the heirs to the throne are called princes. Take Su Yu for example. His mother is not his wife. He is the eldest son, not a son. He should be called the reputation of a son.
To sum up, the author has done enough homework for this aerial novel, and its historical background tends to be in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.