Chapter 262: The Three Faint Monarchs
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"The first military general in the previous dynasty, the twelfth monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Youwang Ji Gongnie - 52 commanders, 50 forces, 45 intelligence, and 60 politics."
Ji Gongyan was born in the thirty-third year of King Xuan of Zhou, the son of King Ji Jing of Zhou Xuan, and his mother Empress Jiang was the daughter of the monarch of Qi State. During the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, he established his son Ji Gongyan as the crown prince.
In the forty-sixth year of King Xuan of Zhou, King Zhou Xuan, Ji Gongyan's father, died, and Ji Gongyan succeeded to the throne as King Youyou of Zhou. After King Zhou You succeeded to the throne, he made his concubine Empress Shen the queen, and the son of Empress Shen was the crown prince Ji Yijiu.
In the second year of King Youwang of Zhou, a number of serious natural disasters occurred, and an earthquake occurred in Haojing, the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and caused the three rivers of Jing, Wei and Luo to shake. In the same year, the three rivers of Jing, Wei and Luo dried up, and Qishan collapsed.
Later, King You of Zhou appointed his uncle Zheng Huan Gong as the Situ of the Zhou royal family, in charge of the land and household registration of the whole country.
King Zhou You was greedy and corrupt, did not care about political affairs, and appointed Yu Shifu as a secretary to take charge of political affairs. Yu Shi's father was treacherous and well-behaved, good at flattery, and greedy for money, but King Zhou You used him very much, so it caused strong dissatisfaction among the people. In the eighth year of King Zhou You, King Zhou You abolished his heir and deposed Queen Shen and the crown prince Ji Yijiu, and set up the favorite concubine Bao Xi as the queen, and the son Ji Bofu born to Bao Xi was the crown prince, and harmed the prince Ji Yijiu, which made Shenhou's father Shen Hou very angry.
In the eleventh year of King You of Zhou, Shenhou united with the Kingdom of Xuan and Xiyi Dog Rong to attack King You of Zhou, so he killed King You of Zhou at the foot of Lishan Mountain, and the Western Zhou Dynasty perished. After the death of King You of Zhou, the princes and the Marquis of Shen jointly supported the former crown prince Ji Yijiu to succeed him, who was the king of Zhou Ping, known as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history.
As for the absurd things of the princes of the Beacon Fire Theater, there is naturally no need to say much, in general, this person really has nothing to offer, and the four-dimensional attribute also shows this.
"The second military general in the former dynasty, the thirtieth monarch of the Great Shang Emperor Xin Zishou - 90 commanders, 100 armed forces, 85 intelligence, and 56 politics."
The so-called Emperor Xin Zishou is commonly referred to as the King of Shang.
Di Xin, whose real name is Shoude, is called King Xin in later generations, and is the last monarch of the Shang Dynasty. "Lü's Spring and Autumn Meritorious Fame" said: "Note that the cheap people are tired and tired. Also, Cai Yong of the Han Dynasty said in "Arbitrariness": "Residual righteousness harms goodness." In short, 纣 is a notoriety, and it is the title of posterity. In ancient times, the Xia Dynasty was called "Hou", the Shang Dynasty was called "Emperor", and the Zhou Dynasty was called "King". Therefore, the title of "King Su" is definitely not the name of the Shang Dynasty at that time, let alone the name of Di Xin, but the popular name of later generations.
Di Xin is gifted and intelligent, and he is very sensitive; Slightly longer and more powerful, with the power of inverted nine oxen, with the power of soothing beams and pillars, won the favor of Emperor Yi. When Emperor Yi Dumo has been seven out of ten years, Emperor Yi collapsed, and Emperor Xin succeeded to the throne. Emperor Xin, the king of the Shang Dynasty, was the thirtieth monarch of the Shang Dynasty and the deceased monarch of the Shang Dynasty. In addition to being gifted and intelligent, the king of the Xuan is also a rare strong man.
After Di Xin succeeded to the throne, he attached great importance to agriculture and mulberry, the development of social productive forces, and the national strength was strong. He continued to initiate the use of troops against Dongyi, repelled Dongyi's expansion into the Central Plains, and expanded the Shang Dynasty's influence to the Jianghuai region. In particular, the victory of the crusade against Xu Yi expanded the territory of the Shang Dynasty to the coastal areas of Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian. Di Xin's use of troops against the Dongnan Yi protected the security of the Shang Dynasty.
When Taizu commented on Di Xin, he said: "In fact, King Xuan is a very capable, capable of writing and martial arts. He unified the southeast and consolidated the unification of Dongyi and the plains, which was a meritorious work in history. "After the unification of the southeast, the advanced production technology and culture of the Central Plains were disseminated to the southeast, which promoted social progress and economic development and promoted ethnic integration.
Emperor Xin dared to get rid of the old evils of his predecessors and no longer slaughtered slaves and captives. Instead, let them participate in productive labor, replenish the supply of troops, and join the army to fight. He despised stereotypes and did not sacrifice to ghosts and gods; He selects and appoints talents, and only uses talents, regardless of status; Choose a concubine, regardless of whether you are from a high or low background, and set up the daughter of a slave as the queen. Favor times, only words are followed.
However, the results of such restructuring and reform are self-evident. Just like Wang Mang and even Shang Ying or Yang Guang just mentioned, in the face of the counterattack of the old forces, the final result is tragic after all.
Emperor Yi reigned for nine years and collapsed, and his second son Xin ascended the throne. At this time, the reform of the ritual system of Emperor Zujia had gradually achieved orthodox status, and the succession of the throne of the eldest succession system had replaced the elder brother and became the mainstream. Therefore, although Weizi Qi is the eldest son of Di Yi and is born to the same mother as Di Xin, because his mother was still low when he gave birth to Weizi, Weizi is a concubine. And his mother is the queen, and she is hard, so she is a descendant. This is the so-called "son of wife" and "son of concubine" in Taishi. Di Xin's accession to the throne was a blow to Wei Zi Qi, which can be imagined. And Weizi Qi is known as a virtuous person, and his friends are also quite numerous, and he is almost a rival with Di Xincheng. Therefore, in the end of Emperor Xin I, the Weizi faction has always been the most resolute opposition, and they have tried everything to do so. Under the strong suppression of Di Xin, he took risks, collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, colluded with the Zhou people and committed adultery, and subverted the Di Xin regime at all costs.
It was not just the neutrons that were hit by the reform of the Zujia ritual system. Among the royal family, Jizi and Bigan were also staunch opponents of the reform of the ritual system. Because according to the system of brother to brother, they all have a chance to ascend to the throne. And thanks to the inheritance system of the elders, the idea is completely broken. These resentful royal ministers share the same hatred as the Weizi faction in dealing with the reform of the ritual system. Although the purpose may not be the same, it is a perfect match to restrain and weaken and attack Di Xin. These royal nobles and the Weizi faction were divided or united, although they were not like the Weizi faction who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, but they were the real opposition of Di Xin. Although nominally the supreme representative of the royal family, in reality he received very limited support from the royal family.
Another group that seems insignificant now, but in terms of the society at that time, the influence was relatively huge, that is, the god stick. This is the origin of the crimes in the Dixin crimes, such as "fainting and abandoning the sacrifice", "respecting the heavens", "the gods of the Buddha, the ancestors of the temple", "the suburbs do not repair, the temples do not enjoy", "slowly ghosts and gods" and so on. From Emperor Wuyi teasing the gods, "leather bag full of blood" to "shoot the sky", to Emperor Xin, in the fourth world, the struggle between royal power and divine power has intensified. Although after decades of hard work by four generations of Shang emperors, the royal power gained the upper hand and became the dominant force in the reign, the supremacy of the divine power for hundreds of years caused the huge team of gods to be unwilling to fail, and repeatedly contended with the royal power, trying to reproduce the glory of surpassing the royal power in the era of Yi Yin and Wu Xian.
In addition, it is natural that there are other aristocratic groups from all walks of life, which can also be directly called family nobles.
The reform of the ceremonial system of Emperor Zujia not only established the succession system of the elder, but also abolished the system of aristocratic public discussion in the succession to the throne and major state affairs, so that the Shang Dynasty completely wiped out the last remnants of the chiefdom system, completed the transition from the chiefdom system to the state and the empire, and took a big step forward in the form of the state. When Emperor Wuyi single-handedly suppressed the divine power and consolidated the royal power, the Shang Dynasty truly entered the imperial form. The strength of this group of people in the Shang Empire was so great that it was still strong despite repeated suppression, and as a last resort, several generations of emperors of the Shang Dynasty were trying to use various means to establish their own royal power structure. Emperor Wuding, as the emperor of the Shang Dynasty, was still not allowed to use the technique of "the first emperor to support his dream" to hide his true purpose when he wanted to use the name of the ancient minister. By the time of Emperor Xin, the empire had been divided, and many struggles had accumulated between the divine power and the royal power, between the ruling group and the opposition group, and between the imperial power and the aristocracy, and there was no one to use the emperor.
In the face of internal fragmentation, Di Xin fully demonstrated the control of a good politician within the country. On the one hand, Di Xin divided and suppressed the huge internal opposition camp that was divided and divided, and did not hesitate to adopt high-pressure means to kill Bigan, imprison the basket, and chase the micron, and on the other hand, he simply promoted the Fei Lian and the evil from the foreign fugitives as generals and firmly controlled the army. These two also lived up to the high expectations of Emperor Xin, Fei Lian was the commander of the Dongyi War, and after the death of Shang, he still insisted on fighting until he died in battle. And the evil came to die in the battle of Makino. As for internal affairs, Fei Zhong is used to counter the forces of all sides.
The central Shang Dynasty had lost its ability to control the surrounding princes. The princes and uncles rebelled from time to time, harassed and attacked from time to time, especially Dongyi, who was repeatedly coated in Wangji and plundered. Dongyi was originally an ally of the Shang Dynasty, but although there was a discord in the future, it was not a big harm. But since the martial arts of the emperor Wu Ding punished the big Fang Bo Peng. After Fenwei, there was no one to control Dongyi. Although Wu Ding was obedient, it left hidden dangers for later generations of Shang emperors. Emperor Wuding can be said to have destroyed the Great Wall for a moment of anger. Therefore, the six or seven emperors and the southeast are restless. From Emperor Wuding to Emperor Xin, the use of troops against Dongyi has not stopped. In the west, the Zhou people have grown since the time of Emperor Wu Yi. The record of Emperor Wuyi's "hunting in the river and Wei, and the thunder shook to death" in the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" is quite peculiar. Most modern people suspect the true cause of Di Wuyi's death, but it is definitely inseparable from the Zhou people. To Emperor Wending, Zhou Jili continued to be arrogant and arrogant, and was killed by Emperor Wending, and when Emperor Xin, Zhou Houchang intensified and became a major disaster in the West.
As for external troubles, the only way to stabilize the situation, build prestige, and unite people's hearts with military exploits. In the first year of Emperor Xin's accession to the throne, he ordered the Nine Marquis, the Marquis of Yu, and the Marquis of Han - this is fifty years earlier than the history of the Zhou people, and the reason and purpose are different. In the fourth year, a large search for Yu Li, that is, the so-called "rebellion in the east for the sake of Li" in the "Zuo Chuan", held military exercises in the west to deter the western princes, especially the Zhou people. In nine years, there was Su and Daji. In the twenty-second year, he searched Yuwei and imprisoned Xibochang - modern people believe that Di Xin killed Xibochang at this time in order to relieve the threat from the west, rather than being released because of the support of the princes, as the Zhou people said.
After solving the threat from the west, Di Xin turned around and went on a crusade against the Dongyi, which often invaded Wangji, in the hope of eliminating the great troubles of the elbows and armpits that had plagued him for a hundred years. The battle between Shang and Dongyi was a long and costly battle, and it took decades to decide the winner. At this time, all the essence of the Shang Dynasty had been exhausted, and although it was the victor, with countless prisoners and goods, the empire had become an empty shelf. Therefore, with the wisdom and strength of Emperor Xin, he could only turn a blind eye to the Zhou people's expedition in the west, but tried his best to digest the results of the war and strive to heal the wounds of the war in the shortest possible time.
At this time, the opposition, which had been strongly suppressed by Di Xin, dealt a fatal blow to the weak Shang Empire at a critical moment - Dafu Di Jia, Nei Shi Xiang Zhi, and Wei Zi fled to Zhou successively, betraying the truth of the empire that Di Xin tried to conceal to the Zhou people, and guiding the Zhou people to take advantage of the void to enter.
Therefore, the evaluation of the king is mainly lacking in politics, after all, at this time, the combination of rigidity and softness is the king's way, especially when the situation is not prepared by the countries like Shang Ying, and it is the key to deal with it slowly. It's like Fu Jian's rash dispatch of troops if he doesn't take care of the interior.
"The third military general in the previous dynasty, the seventeenth monarch of Great Xia, Xia Wei - 74 commanders, 97 in force, 72 in intelligence, and 46 in politics."
姒履癸, surnamed 姒, name 履癸, also known as 癸, one is 桀. The seventeenth king of the Xia Dynasty in the era of the Chinese royal family. His grandfather was Hi Gao, and his father was Hi Fa. He is a famous tyrannical king in history. Poor and extravagant, tyrannical and murderous, it was finally destroyed by Shang Tang, ending the Xia Dynasty that lasted for nearly 500 years.
He is both civil and military, and he can straighten the iron hook with his bare hands, but he is absurd and tyrannical.
When the Xia Dynasty was in power, the princes of all parties no longer came to congratulate, the Xia royal family politics were not repaired, external troubles continued, class contradictions became increasingly acute, and the Xia Kingdom further declined. At the end of the day, the Xia Dynasty, which lasted for more than 400 years, was even more in decline in morality and politics, and the people were struggling to make a living, and crises were lurking. But Xia Wei didn't think about reform and was arrogant. According to the "Bamboo Book Chronicle", he "built the tilting palace, decorated the Yaotai, made the Qiong room, and set up the jade gate". He also searched for beauties from all over the world, hid in the harem, and drank and had fun with Yuxi and the palace maids day and night. It is said that the wine pond was built very large enough to sail ships, and it often happened that he was drunk and drowned, and the absurd things often made my sister laugh. The people's lives are very difficult, their annual harvest is scarce to have food and clothing, and they have no food for the whole year, and their wives are scattered every time there is a natural disaster. The subjects of the Xia Dynasty pointed to the sun and cursed Xia Wei and said: "Time is mourning, and you will die together." It means that when you perish, I am willing to perish with you. At the same time, the princes of the Quartet also betrayed more, and the Xia Dynasty faced internal and external difficulties.
Emperor Ji sent troops to conquer the Shi family, and the Shi family couldn't resist it, so he paid tribute to a beautiful woman named Yuxi. Ji was very fond of Yu Xi, and specially built a magnificent Qiong room, an elephant corridor, a yaotai and a jade bed for her, and all these burdens fell on the people, who were in great pain and dared not speak out. There is a villain named Zhao Liang, who specializes in throwing himself into favor, teaching him how to have fun, how to extort, and brutalize the people, and he has won the favor of Ji.
Later, Shang Tang under the planning of the famous minister Yi Yin, raised an army to attack the Jie, Tang first defeated the Wei State and Gu State, defeated the Kunwu State, and then approached the important town of Xia.
In the fifty-second year of Xia Wei, Emperor Ji got the news and rushed to Mingtiao with his troops. The two armies fought, and the officers and men of the Xia army were unwilling to sacrifice their lives for the sake of the army, so they took the opportunity to flee one after another. Xia Wei couldn't stop it, so he had to flee into the city in a hurry. The merchant army was in hot pursuit, and Ji hurriedly carried Yuxi and treasures, crossed the river and fled to Nanchao. Later, he was caught up and captured by Cheng Tang and exiled here. Shang Tang nicknamed him 'Ji'. The 500-year-long Xia Dynasty ended.