Chapter 268: The Destruction of the Shang Dynasty
So Ji Fa returned to the city, remembering the battle of Makino a few days ago, and when he closed his eyes, everything seemed to be still vivid.
It was about the dawn of Jiazi Day in February, Ji Fa came to the land of Muye very early, and there was the army of Zhou behind him, because Taigongwang said that he was about to enter the Chaoge City, and everything needed to be solemn and ** ceremony, so as to inform the world, so that the people could rest assured, this is the division is famous, this is the division of justice, and then Ji Fa held a big axe in his hand.
"This ritual ... Is it really a pledge? How do you feel that there is something weird. Ji Fa muttered in his heart.
Then Ji Fa, the king of Zhou Wu, held a yellow axe in his left hand and a white flag made of oxtail in his right hand, which was used as the commander of the oath master.
Ji Fa thought to himself, although it was a swearing-in ceremony, it was basically his own Yin Eighth Army, Wang Liushi's team, and the kings of those vassal states, who led their troops, and they all came to Makino.
Ji Fa took the article that Taigongwang had written for himself, cleared his throat, and attached his aura, so he read in a huge voice: "Ah! Thank you for your hard work, the soldiers from the west, the monarchs of various countries, Situ, Sima, Sikong, Yalu, Shishi, Qianmu, Centurion, and the soldiers and people of Yong, Shu, Qiang, Mao, Wei, Lu, Peng, and Pu, now raise the weapons in your hands, take the shields in your hands, and put up the guns in your hands, and now I will take an oath. ”
"My mother, the word Taigong is really speechless." Ji Fa complained in his heart, it was too embarrassing.
However, when he looked at such a solemn and solemn occasion around him, he immediately retracted his thoughts, and continued seriously: "The ancestors had a saying that the hen did not crow, and once the hen crowed, the family would surely be destroyed. ”
"Oh my mom, that's what I said..." Ji Fa suddenly thought of some organizations, if they were allowed to hear it, maybe something bad would happen.
"The current king of Shang listened to Daji's words, he lost the sacrifice of the ancestors of the Shang country, he did not want to repay the ancestors, but mediocre put aside the clan and the country, and abandoned the brothers of the same clan, but gathered many criminal fugitives, the king of Shang raised them to respect them, and trusted and reused them, indulged them to oppress the people, and did evil in the Shang country, now I Ji Fa respectfully executes the punishment of heaven, today's battle must solve this group of unrighteous divisions, pause and tidy up the team, work hard all soldiers, I hope you are brave and tenacious, majestic and brave. ”
Ji Fa paused and said: "Everyone is as swift as a tiger, as majestic as a bear, as brave as a jackal, and as active as a dragon, don't block and kill those who flee and surrender here in Makino, let them serve us, fight hard, soldiers, if you don't fight yourself, you will be killed by the enemy!" ”
Then the oath ceremony ended, after the oath was completed, the various princes and state soldiers who came to meet had a total of nearly 4,000 military vehicles, and then according to the arrangement of Ji Fa, they set up a formation in Makino, and all of them launched an attack with the merchant army, and Ji Fa also ordered that all the troops attack the merchant army, and soon the merchant army was defeated on all fronts.
Whenever Ji Fa thinks about these, he feels very comfortable, the situation at that time was that the king heard that the Zhou army was coming, so that all the slave soldiers came over, and he sent Taigong to challenge the Zhou army, and then led hundreds of chariots, tens of thousands of soldiers, and the large army directly attacked the Shang army, these slave soldiers had no intention of fighting at all, they had long been looking forward to the king of Wu coming, they turned against each other, and turned to attack the Shang army, so Ji Fa made a lead.
Ji Fa sighed: "The unpopularity of the Shang King has reached such a point. ”
The next day the king of Zhou ordered to clear the road, Ji Fa with the generals of the ministers, entered the city of Chaoge, Ji Fa came to the place of Di Xin **, the king of martial arts Ji Fa came here, he pulled up the bow and arrow to shoot the body of the king of Zhou, he shot three arrows at the body of the king of Zhou, and then the soldiers found the body of the king of Zhou, Ji Fa looked at his miserable state, and then he thought about what should be done, so he took out his sword and stabbed the body of the king directly, and finally Ji Fa used the yellow axe to cut off the head of the king, Then Ji Fa hung his head on a large white flag, and finally Ji Fa came to Daji's residence, and the soldiers had already found Daji's body, Ji Fa took a bow and aimed at their corpse, and shot three more arrows.
"Why do you want to do all these things? I feel so strange, but it was made by the ministers through consultation, and I just did it, and it won't damage the reputation of the virtuous in any way. Ji Fa pondered.
He found that Daji was already dead, so he took his sword and stabbed him a few times at Daji's body, and then he found the black axe, and finally cut off their heads, and then hung them on the small white flag, and Ji Fa had done all these things before he left the palace.
Then Ji Fa spoke: "Immediately renovate the place of sacrifice, as well as the place of the altar." ”
Immediately after the start of construction, Yang Jian transferred a hundred elite soldiers, all of whom walked at the forefront of the banner to open the way for Zhou Wu Wang Ji Fa in front, and at this time Zhao Gong prepared the regular car, Zhou Gong also came, he held a big ax in his hand, Bi Gong held a small axe in his hand, so they stood on both sides of themselves left and right.
"Hahaha left and right protectors, my face is big enough, hahaha spread the word that Zhou Gong gave me the protector of the Dharma, it was always stimulated hahaha." There was a burst of ecstasy in Ji Fa's heart, and a sense of honor arose spontaneously at this moment, this feeling was really amazing.
Then Yang Jian, Li Along, Nezha and many generals, all with swords in their hands to guard Ji Fa, so the people in the song, scattered on both sides of the road, cheered and waved to welcome the Zhou army into the city, after entering the city, Ji Fa felt that he should stand on the left side of the altar, so that the ministers could just follow behind, at this time, Zhao Gong held the nectar water, Nezha laid out the woven mat, Zhao Gong offered dew and colored silk, at this time, Li Ah Long brought the sacrificial livestock, and then Wen Chen began to read the blessings.
"The last descendants of the Shang kingdom discarded the virtues of the previous kings, defiled and despised the gods, did not sacrifice to them, and abused the people in the mall, and the gods of heaven knew these facts."
Ji Fa bowed twice to the surroundings, then kowtowed and thought about the previous lines and said: "I can only bear the order of God, remove the power of Shang, and then accept the will of God." ”
He went on to prostrate and withdrew.
Ji Fa then began to divide the feudals, and finally Ji Fa handed over the people left behind by the Shang State to the sons of Shang in exile, and then because the Shang State had just been pacified, it could be said that it was in ruins, and Ji Fa transferred Li Ah Long to assist Shang Zhou's son in governance.
He then ordered people to go to the prison to release the king, and he ordered Yang Jian to release the people imprisoned by the king of Zhou, and to commend the ministers who were imprisoned by the king for their advice, so as to praise their virtue.
Immediately afterwards, Ji Fa ordered Nezha and Taigongwang to distribute all the money accumulated in Lutai to the people in Chaoge City, and then Ji Fa ordered to open the granary and distribute the grain in it to the people, and then used these people to help all the poor people around Chaoge City.
"Then Ji Fa ordered Zhou Gong to show the treasure of the country, the Jiuding artifact and the treasure jade of Shang."
Immediately after that, he ordered the other generals to repair and build a monument to Bigan's tomb, and at the same time ordered the officials in charge of the sacrifice to pay tribute to the souls of the fallen soldiers in the army.
At this time, King Wu of Zhou began to inspect the various vassal states, and then recorded all the things he saw and heard, and then announced that the destruction of the Shang Dynasty had been completed, and then divided the sacrificial utensils of the princes' temples, and finally Ji Fa remembered the ancient wise king, and divided some land for the descendants of the previous saints.
"It's time to start rewarding meritorious deeds and dividing meritorious heroes." Ji Fa thought to himself.
Then Ji Fa was ready to take advantage of today to reward some of his heroes, to say that they have been following him, it can be said that he has made great contributions.
"If you don't divide them, it doesn't seem to be reasonable, and it's not interesting enough."
So Ji Fa's first reward was Taigong Wang, Feng Taigong Wang in Yingqiu, the country name was Qi, and then he sealed Zhou Gong in Lu State, followed by Feng Zhao Gong in Yan State, and then Feng Bi Gong in the land of Guancai.
"Then he sealed Yang Jian in charge of the land, Shu Xian assisted him, rewarded Nezha in Cai Di, and let Yu assist him."
The other ministers and generals, including the vassal states, were all rewarded according to their merits, which can be said to be very complete.
After Ji Fa did all this, he lay on the bed and thought quietly, he was enjoying the silence of the night in the Shang King's Palace, the palace maids and subordinates used by the Shang King before, he all disbanded and went back, using the people in his own palace, Ji Fa suddenly felt very relaxed, this is because the big thing has been completed, and his mission seems to be coming to an end.
"Today, I have rewarded a bunch of warriors and heroes, I hope they can be satisfied, but it's a pity that there are such brave and tenacious soldiers, who can't wait until today, and all of them died on the battlefield." Ji Fa felt very sorry.
Of course, Ji Fa did not treat their families badly, he ordered that the families of all the fallen soldiers do not have to pay taxes and serve in conscription for life, and can continue for three generations, so as to ensure their survival, and then there will be food subsidies sent to them, and Ji Fa also specially left some fields to reward the families of these fallen soldiers, so that they do not have to worry about their future survival.
"In this way, I will be relieved, and those merchant soldiers who defected to our country before the battle, they will be exempted from their crimes, and let them fend for themselves, so that they will not be at fault, and for the soldiers who surrendered, they will be ordered to reclaim the wasteland, and they will not return to the town for three years, and their families can visit each other." Ji Fa thought to himself that he was also very merciful.
Ji Fa is indeed very benevolent and righteous in this era, in the era of the Zhou State, if it is a soldier of the enemy country, after the war, it is basically executed, in order to punish the opponent, and Ji Fa is also famous for doing so, and many people have praised Ji Fa's virtue after hearing it.
"King Wu of Zhou is really merciful, if it is replaced by King Zhou, maybe three generations of the families of these soldiers will be wiped out, King Zhou is so virtuous and open-minded, if he goes to serve him, there will definitely be good results, you can rest assured."
Soon, the people of the world have a good impression of Ji Fa again.