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In the 35th year of Wuyi, Ji Li conquered the Guirong (in the area of present-day Luocheng, Shanxi) and captured twelve Zhai kings (tribal leaders), achieved a brilliant victory, defended the safety of the Zhou State, and ensured the tranquility of the western Shang Dynasty.

Wu Yi, the king of Shang, was very satisfied, believing that there was nothing left to endanger his rule, so he went hunting at the junction of the Yellow River and the Wei River, not wanting to stand in a thunderstorm and be struck by lightning because he was located on the plain. The cause of Wu Yi's death was very special, he was struck by lightning and died, so it was considered his retribution, and it was his cruelty that attracted the punishment of the gods, of course, this is the statement of the priestly class.

After Wu Yi's death, he was succeeded by his son Wen Ding (Tai Ding in the "Historical Records").

Wending, reigned in years.

Wen Ding, surnamed Zi, named Qi, was the twenty-eighth monarch of the Shang Dynasty.

In the year, Wu Yi's son Wen Ding inherited the throne of the Shang Dynasty, with Yin (Anyang, Henan) as the capital.

In the second year of Wending, Zhou Gong Ji Li attacked Yanjing Zhirong (now Fenyang, Shanxi) and failed, which was a rare failed battle in Ji Li.

Wending has been three years, and Huanshui has three unique days a day. This shows that the Shang Dynasty was facing the threat of a major drought at that time.

During the Wending era, natural disasters struck one after another, and the Shang Dynasty's economy and national strength gradually weakened. Someone once made statistics that every time there is a change of dynasty, it is always accompanied by great fluctuations in the climate, either the heat is caused by drought, or the sudden drop in temperature causes the northern nomadic tribes to invade the south in search of food.

In the fourth year of Wending, two years after the defeat of Zhou Gong Jili, he marched into Shanxi again, crusading against and defeating Yu Wuzhirong (now Changzhi, Shanxi). Wen Ding appointed Ji Li as a priest, and the priest had the meaning of a local governor, and he had the right to conquer. Tai Ding hopes that Pastor Ji will help him settle the border.

In the fifth year of Wending, the state of Zhou established a local government in the hometown of Cheng Guo, called Chengyi.

In the seventh year of Wending, Zhou Gong Jili crusaded and defeated Shihu Zhirong (southern Shanxi).

In the eleventh year of Wending, Zhou Gong Jili crusaded against the Rong of the Gang (southern Shanxi) and captured his three major husbands, which greatly boosted his prestige.

Ji Li led the crowd to repel the surrounding nomadic tribes, seized a large amount of property, captured many captives, and became a prominent family, consolidating and developing the rule of the Zhou tribe in the upper reaches of Weishui (Guanzhong), and many princes went to Shun, making Zhou a powerful Fang state in the western Shang region, and its power developed to today's western Henan.

Wen Ding was terrified by this, fearing that the Western princes would become the wings of the Ji Li and pose a threat to the Yin Shang, and resolved to restrain the development of the Zhou.

Wen Ding ordered Ji Li to go to Yin to offer prisoners to report the victory, and Ji Li did not doubt that he had it, and took (Ji) Chang to Yin to report the victory to Wen Ding.

Wen Ding gave Gui Zan and Ji Dagger as a reward, and sealed Ji Li as "Fang Bo", known as "Zhou Xibo", which made Ji Lizhi proud, and Ji Li mistakenly thought that Wen Ding still trusted him like his father Wu Yi.

When Ji Li was about to return to Zhou, Wen Ding suddenly ordered Ji Li to be imprisoned in Seku and (Ji) Chang to be imprisoned in Yumen. Ji Li originally had no idea of rebelling against the merchants, and Ji Li, who was under house arrest, went on a hunger strike in a fit of anger and died of starvation soon after.

In order to vent his frustration, Chang wrote a song, which was widely circulated. As early as the time of Gu Gong's father, there was already the idea of destroying Shang, but because of his marriage with Shang, Ji Li actually had the intention of being loyal to Shang King Wu Yi, and Chang was Wu Yi's grandson, and he was related to the Shang Dynasty, so there was no reason to overthrow Shang. However, Wen Ding's actions strengthened Ji Chang's determination to destroy Shang, and all of Hou Chang's actions were to prepare for his father's revenge and the destruction of Shang. If Ji Li had not been killed, there were two possibilities, one was that Ji Li was anti-Shang and overthrew Shang rule in advance, but from the perspective of Ji Li's loyalty, this possibility is unlikely, and the other possibility is that Zhou would no longer have the determination to oppose Shang and become a loyal supporter of the Shang Dynasty, which is more likely, after all, Ji Chang's mother was a Shang Dynasty royal family.

Ji Li, who had repeatedly performed in war, was executed for no reason, and the princes of all countries felt indignant, and under the strong appeal of the subjects of the Zhou Dynasty, the princes of all countries jointly requested the release of Chang.

Family relationships

Father: Gu Gong's father (King Zhou Taiwang)

Brothers: Wu Taibo, Zhong Yong

Sons: Zhou Wenwang Jichang, Yu Zhong, Uncle Yu

Grandsons: Bo Yi Kao, Zhou Wu Wang Ji Fa, Guan Shuxian, Zhou Gongdan, Cai Shudu, Cao Shu Zhenduo, Yu Shuwu, Huo Shuchu, Kang Shufeng, Ran Jizai, etc

In the twelfth year of Wending (the first year of King Wen of Zhou,), Chang was forty years old at this time, Wending could not withstand the pressure, and Ji Li, who could fight well, had been killed, forgive a Chang who had never been on the battlefield could no longer threaten the foundation of Shang, so Chang was released back to Zhou, and after Chang was released and returned to China, he was soon embraced as the monarch of Zhou, because Ji Li was named Xibo before his death, and Ji Chang also attacked the lord as Xibo, and the Xibo Marquis referred to by later generations was Ji Chang. This year, there is a phoenix singing in Qishan, which seems to indicate that the era of Chang is coming.

In the thirteenth year of Wending, Wending died with a smile after temporarily solving the threat of the Zhou State to the Shang Dynasty.

Wen Ding had two sons, the eldest son Jizi, the second son Diyi, and the third son Bigan.

After Wen Ding's death, he was succeeded by his second son, Di Yi.

Emperor Yi, reigned in years.

Di Yi, surnamed Zi, named Xian, was the twenty-ninth monarch of the Shang Dynasty.

The reason why the merchants called their monarchs emperors, rather than queens like the Xia Dynasty, is related to the Monist Religion, the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty. After the Shang Tang destroyed the Xia and established the Shang Dynasty, it was a combination of royal power and divine power, both a monarch and a priest, and at the time of the destruction of the Xia, according to the "Book of Shang", it was under the banner of the Mandate of Heaven. Why the Mandate of Heaven is on Shang Tang's side, it is a bit laborious to explain. Therefore, since Shang Tang, through unremitting efforts, the original polytheistic religion was finally transformed into the ancestral monistic religion. The merchant respected his ancestor Emperor Yu, and listed the Yellow Emperor, Zhuan Xu, Emperor Yu, Tang Yao, and Yu Shun as the Five Emperors in the "Historical Records: Five Emperors". Since the ancestor was the Emperor of Heaven and was in charge of all the gods, it was only natural to protect the merchants. Moreover, after the death of the Shang kings of all dynasties, they had to return to their ancestors, "around the emperor", and become a bridge and link between the world and God. As a result, future generations will refer to their deceased kings as emperors as they respect their ancestors. Since he is a god and an emperor after death, he is called emperor xx in the world. (Hu Houxuan, Hu Zhenyu: "The History of Yin Shang and the Title of Shang King")

In the year, Wen Ding's son Di Yi inherited the throne of the Shang Dynasty, with Yin (Anyang, Henan) as the capital.

Jizi, the surname of the son, the name Xu Yu, was the official Taishi (prime minister) during the period of Emperor Yi and his son Emperor Xin.

Bigan, surnamed Zi, the younger brother of Emperor Yi, was intelligent and studious at an early age, and assisted Emperor Yi of Shang with a high position as a young master (Yaxiang) when he was young.

Bigan advocated reducing taxes and forced labor, encouraging the development of agricultural and animal husbandry production, advocating smelting and casting, and enriching the country and strengthening the army.