Chapter 39 Jiang Ziya descends the mountain
Youxin beauty is the Youxin family born in the emperor, after being an ancient nobleman, Ji Chang's wife was born in the Youxin family, so Di Xin was very satisfied, saying that only this one gift is enough, and said that he would release Xibohou immediately, in fact, Di Xin just deliberately used greed for women to confuse San Yisheng, and the real reason for releasing Ji Chang was not a beauty at all.
San Yisheng breathed a sigh of relief, the task was finally completed, and he told Di Xin that Bo Yi Kao was missing, hoping that Di Xin would order a search, Di Xin said that Bo Yi Kao had gone to visit Ji Chang, and he must be back soon!
After Ji Chang returned to Chaoge, Di Xin said that Bo Yi Kao was on his way to Yili, and he died of a sudden illness in old age and had been cremated. Although Zhou's subordinates were puzzled, they did not dare to contradict and question Di Xin. Now the focus is on the major event of Ji Chang's return to Zhou.
Bo Yi Kao is 66 years old, according to the "Romance of the Gods", Jiang Ziya with jade void to seal the gods, read his loyalty and filial piety, named the god of the Zhongtian North Pole Ziwei Emperor, the life of the noble god, the life star of the Ziwei star, on behalf of the honor, power, the emperor;
The tomb of Bo Yi Kao, located in the northwest corner of Tangyin Li City in Anyang, Henan, not far from the place where King Wen of Zhou Yan Yi, has a tomb that is not very conspicuous, and the tombstone in front of the tomb reads "The Tomb of Bo Yi Kao".
The local people said that this is a rabbit mound. The rabbit mound is also called "Tu'er mound". It is said that King Wen found a place to spit out the meat soup every time he ate it, and the rabbit mound was the place where King Wen of Zhou spit out the meat soup. Legend has it that at that time, the meat spit out by King Wen of Zhou turned into rabbits, and they all ran away. So now there is a saying among the people near the city: the rabbits in the city can't be beaten. In their eyes, the rabbit is the soul of Bo Yi Kao.
Because of Bo Yikao's sudden "death", in order to comfort Ji Chang, Di Xin ordered to agree to Ji Chang's return to China, of course, there is no pardon, because it has always been only under house arrest, and no crime has been convicted.
Finally, after six years of house arrest, Ji Chang was released and returned to China. It is said that after Ji Chang was released, after getting permission to leave Beijing, he immediately left Chaoge overnight, and Di Xin noticed that something was wrong, and sent guards to chase and kill in disguise, and chased him to the Yellow River, and saw that Ji Chang had reached the boundary of Zhou on the other side of the Yellow River before retreating. Although Di Xin regretted it, he still did not order a crusade against the Zhou State.
When Ji Chang returned to China, all the princes heard that he was coming back and personally went to Zhoujing to greet him, and returned to Cheng (Xianyang, Shaanxi) together.
After Ji Chang returned to China, he hated Di Xin, his father Ji Li died in the hands of Wen Ding, and his son died in the hands of Di Xin. But Ji Chang pretended not to know that his son's death was related to Di Xin, and still made a surrender.
In the spring and March of the thirtieth year of Emperor Xin (BC1072), in order to paralyze Emperor Xin, Xibo Marquis Ji Chang and the princes from all walks of life once again entered the court to sing and offer tribute. This move completely eliminated Di Xin's suspicions, but he felt that with the help of Xibohou, Xirong in the west no longer had to worry, so he began to shift the strategic focus of the imperial court to Dongyi, which was becoming more and more powerful.
Originally, because he was worried about fighting on two fronts, he did not dare to act rashly, but now the West did not have to worry, and Di Xin decided to launch an all-out attack on Dongyi. Zhou got the opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
This battle against Dongyi lasted for decades, from the war between Diyi and Yifang to the war between Dixin and Dongyi.
In the first 30 years of Emperor Xin's reign, Emperor Xin took the defensive, and in the next 20 years, large-scale wars began to unfold until the death of Shang. Therefore, he is basically powerless to deal with Zhou Guo.
In the thirty-first year of Emperor Xin (BC1071), Xibo Hou Jichang gathered his army to Bi (north of Cheng, Xianyang, Shaanxi) to conduct military exercises (hunting), and worshiped Jiang Ziya as the Taishi (the head of a hundred officials, the division of the king), in order to take revenge on the mastermind and military advisor of Shang. At this time, Ji Chang was 81 years old and Jiang Ziya was 80 years old.
Jiang Ziya, Jiang surname, Lu Shi, Mingshang, a Wang, Ziya, or Shan Hu Ya, also known as Lu Shang, alias Feixiong, is known as Jiang Taigong, or Taigong Wang.
It is said that Jiang Ziya's ancestor Boyi (surnamed Jiang), Emperor Zuoyao was in charge of Siyue, and he assisted Dayu to control the water, and became Yu's confidant and important minister, and the fief was Lu (Nanyangxi, Henan), called Lu Hou. The descendants of Boyi are surnamed Jiang, and they also have their fiefdoms as their surnames, so they are the ancestors of the surname Lu. Therefore, Jiang Ziya has both the surname Jiang and the surname Lu, and he can call Lu Shang (Wang) and Jiang Shang (Wang).
In the early years of Jiang Ziya's Western Zhou Dynasty, he was named "Taishi" by King Wen of Zhou, and was respected as "Master Shangfu" by later King Wu. Jiang Ziya was the founder of the Qi State, the chief planner of King Wen of Zhou, the chief planner of King Wu Kexuan, the supreme military commander and the founding father of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the founder of Qi culture, and an outstanding strategist, military strategist and politician with a long influence in ancient China. The classics of the past dynasties have recognized his historical status, and Confucianism, law, soldiers, and vertical and horizontal schools have all pursued him as a figure of his own family, and he is respected as the "master of a hundred schools".
When Jiang Ziya was born, his family was not good, so when Jiang Ziya was young, he worked as a butcher who slaughtered cattle and sold meat, and also opened a hotel to sell wine, and talked about making up for the lack of rice. However, Jiang Ziya is not short of ambition, whether it is slaughtering cattle or doing business, he has always studied astronomy and geography, military strategy, and the way to govern the country and the country, hoping to one day display his talents for the country, but until the age of 70, he still has nothing to do and lives at home.
Jiang Ziya's deeds before worshipping the prime minister are no longer examinable.
The myth of "Fengshen Bang": According to legend, Jiang Ziya was born in a hurry, and at the age of thirty-two, he went to the Yuxu Palace of Kunlun Mountain to follow the sage Yuan Shi Tianzun to learn the Tao, and for 40 years he has carried water on the mountain to water the pine, planted peaches to burn the fire, fanned the furnace for alchemy, and did some servant work. At the age of seventy-two, Yuan Shi Tianzun said to Jiang Ziya: "You were born with a thin life, it is difficult to achieve immortal paths, and you have no relationship with my Qingfu, but you have a share with Hongchen, you might as well go down the mountain to assist Mingjun and start another career." ”
Although Jiang Ziya was unwilling, it was difficult to disobey the teacher's fate, and Ziya knew his confidant and fate, knowing that he was a poor student (relatively speaking), so he had to pack up, bid farewell to his mentor and friends, and go down the mountain to find another way out. On the occasion of leaving, Tianzun sent Jiang Ziya another poem: In the past ten years, the embarrassed township, patience and safety;
By the time Jiang Ziya re-entered the rolling dust, he was already incompatible with the world, and he would not be able to make a living and be self-reliant, and he had no relatives to rely on. It is really a bird that has lost its forest, and there is not a branch to inhabit it; Back to my hometown, the scenery is still the same, the faces are different, the hometown fathers, the old have passed away, the young have become old, and no one knows "where did you come from", it is really a dream for 40 years.
When Jiang Gong was at a loss and at a loss, he thought of Song Yiren, who was a friend in trouble when he was a child, so he hurriedly went to Chaoge to join his righteous brother Song Yiren.