With the demise of Donghu and the Xiongnu, Zhao Kuo officially occupied the vast grasslands in the north and became the de facto ruler outside the Great Wall.

With the advent of winter, a heavy snow froze the entire grassland, the merchant army finally ushered in the most peaceful winter, in this winter, Li Mu led his own recruitment of five thousand cavalry to defect, was appointed as a general by Zhao Kuo, got the general Zhao Kuo continued to conquer the territory of Yan State, Shanggu Xiao as a breakthrough, lasted two years to get the whole territory of Yan State, and went north to develop Liaodong, the strength of the Great Shang Dynasty increased greatly, Zhou Tianzi issued an edict in name only, canonized Zhao Kuo as a prince, and the appeal of Zhao Kuo was unparalleled, Talents from all over the country came to vote, and Lian Po, who was driven away by Zhao Dan, the king of Zhao, came to defect with his family, and was appointed as a former general by Zhao Kuo, and his daughter Lian Liru was also included in the harem by Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo, who has the power of a country, is determined to replace Qin Shi Huang to unify China, first take the Qi State to open the knife, Tian Dan surrendered to the Great Shang Dynasty, the Qi army was defeated, the Great Shang Dynasty captured eighty cities in a row, the Qi State perished, Tian Dan was named the King of Qi by Zhao Kuo, in addition to the fictitious title of the prince, Tian Dan became Mao Sui's deputy, managing the internal affairs of the Great Shang Dynasty, and Mao Sui, Li Si and called the founding of the Great Shang Dynasty.

In the spring of the fourth year of the great cause, Zhao Kuo took Feng Zai as the vanguard, Li Mu as the main general, led the army of 100,000 to attack Zhao State, Zhao State after Zhao Kuo left, the national strength declined, known as 200,000 Zhao army elite was destroyed by Li Mu in a war, Zhao subjects also miss Zhao Kuo and his father Zhao Hao's exploits, all over the country announced to take refuge in the Great Shang Dynasty, only Handan is a lonely city, after March, Zhao King Zhao Dan killed Zhao Mu, Guo Kai, self-immolation and death in the palace, Zhao State perished.

Wei and Korea also fell one after another, and after a series of military struggles, a pattern of Shang, Qin, and Chu was formed.

In the eighth year of the great cause, Wu Anjun of Qin died of illness, Zhao Kuo decided to join Chu to attack Qin, Chu State took Chunshenjun Huang Xie as the main general, and marched west along the Yangtze River, Zhao Kuo personally led the main force of the merchant army against the Yellow River, the two armies met outside the Hangu Pass, Lian Po offered a plan, the coalition army burned the Hangu Pass, and the Qin general Zheng Anguo died in battle. In the ninth year of the Great Cause, the Qin State was destroyed, and the Great Shang Dynasty divided the Qin State in the Chu State.

After several years of recuperation, Zhao Kuo launched a war to destroy Chu, at the age of 36 to break through the capital of Chu, Zhao Kuo remembered and accepted the surrender of Xiong Wan and Huang Xie, at the age of 39, unified China, officially crowned emperor, and set the capital of Handan.

In the twentieth year of the great cause, the British king Zhao Qi launched a mutiny to seize the throne, and all the tribes in the northern grasslands responded with troops, known as 200,000 troops, approaching Handan, the capital of the Great Shang Dynasty, Zhao Kuo drove his own expedition, and broke Zhao Qi's 200,000 army with 5,000 iron horses, and Zhao Qi was captured and imprisoned to death.

In the twenty-eighth year of the great cause, Zhao Kuo overrode public opinion, and set up his concubine Zhao Shen as the prince, Zhao Shen was lonely when he was young, and he did not treat Zhao Kuo to see him, and developed a strong and independent character, becoming the most capable of Zhao Kuo's sons.

In the thirtieth year of the Great Cause, Zhao Kuo led an army of 300,000 to the west, and Li Mu, the king of Wu'an, led an army of 300,000 to the north.

In the fifty-fifth year of the Great Cause, Zhao Kuochan let the emperor be located in Zhao Shen, Zhao Shen in view of the Great Shang Dynasty successive years of war, adopted a policy of recuperation and recuperation, encouraged the all-round development of agriculture and industry, and streamlined the administration, reduced taxes, and the national strength of the Great Shang Dynasty increased, praised by the people, was the Shang Rui Emperor, and Han Fei, the prime minister at that time, also became an outstanding prime minister after the founding of the three prime ministers.

The third emperor of the Great Shang Dynasty, Zhao Shen's seventh son Zhao Ke did not have the ability of his father and his ancestors, and the development was insufficient, and the success was not enough, Zhao Kuo's grandson Zhao Du, his father Zhao Xian was born by Zhao Zhen, quite virtuous, and was a very outstanding politician after Zhao Kuo and Zhao Shen.

Zhao Du launched a peaceful coup d'état at the age of thirty-nine, respecting Zhao Ke as the emperor, Zhao Ke reigned for 30 years, maintained the sustainable development of the Great Shang Dynasty, and was respected as the Holy Emperor of Shang by later generations.

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