readx;? After that, Wu Ding began to cultivate political affairs, the implementation of moral politics, diligent in political affairs, in the prisoner Fu Shuo and Ganpan, Zuji and other virtuous people under the auxiliary government, make great efforts, so that the Shang Dynasty political, economic, military, cultural development has been unprecedented, the people of the world are happy and happy, so that the Shang Dynasty flourished again, the history is called "Wu Ding prosperous era". Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

King, Yin Zhi Daren also. Strive to follow the royal road, dare not be wasted, Jiajing Yinbang, as for the small and big, there is no time or resentment. It is the land of the times, the east is not the river, the yellow, the west is not Di, Qiang, the south is not Jingman, the north is not Shuofang, and the ode is made, and the ceremony is abolished and revived.

At that time, the power of the Shang Dynasty did not cross the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in the east, did not cross the Qiang in the west, did not cross Hubei in the south, and did not cross Shuofang in the north, but the praise of the Shang king Wuding had spread outside these areas.

Archaeological data also show that the 59 years of Wu Ding's reign were the most prosperous period of the Shang Dynasty.

Wu Ding's political initiatives include both political and military aspects:

Politics:

1 official

For the new territory, it may be directly given to the generals who are conquering, such as the elephant finch will be named "the bird marquis", or the local subordinate clan leaders will be Hou Bo, Xiang Dog Hou, Zhu Bo, etc. In the oracle bone inscription, there are more than 50 marquis, and nearly 40 bo, which is quite a lot, which can also show how many clans and countries were conquered by Shang. In addition, the clan Fang State that was subject to Shang not only had an obligation to pay tribute to the dynasty, but also was often ordered to conquer, such as Canghou Hu was ordered by the king to cut down Fang, and Hou Xu was also ordered by the king to destroy Fang.

2 marriages

In oracle bone inscriptions, it is common to see the marriage of the Shang royal family with the clan and the Fang State. Generally, the Shang first made them submit through conquest, and then married, or married the daughter of the prince as a concubine, or married the daughter of the royal family to the Hou Bo, etc. This was quite effective in consolidating the relationship between the merchants and the princes and strengthening the unification of the country. Throughout Chinese and foreign history, marriage has been an important means of state-to-state communication.

3. Build a city

The construction of cities in the conquered places, and the possibility of armed colonization later, are often recorded in the oracle bone inscriptions, such as "in the north and east of the foothills", which should be the most direct and effective measure for ruling the new territory. At that time, many of the clans around Shang were still in the primitive and backward stage of nomadic life, and Wu Ding's move was actually to sow the seeds of civilization in these areas.

Military:

The martial arts of the Shang Dynasty were most prosperous in the era of Shang Gaozong Wuding. Wu Ding expanded the territory of the Shang Dynasty several times through a series of wars. In the frequent wars, the Shang Dynasty cultivated and trained a large number of commanders and generals who could conquer and fight habitually, including Wu Ding himself, mainly birds, wangcheng, birds, gean, etc., and also subdued a group of hostile tribal generals who could fight in the war, such as Lan, the leader of the original Lan State. And the chief general who led the troops to the east and west for Wu Ding was his queen wife.

Wu Ding has more than 60 "women" in historical materials, and only three of them have the status of queens, and the status of women is the most important, and it is also the only woman Wu Ding, the king of Zhongxing in the great Shang Dynasty, who has really loved in his life. The woman is the mother of the ancestors. After his death, the temple was called "Xin".

She is the first documented heroine in Chinese history, the first documented female military commander in Chinese history, and an outstanding female politician. The oracle bone inscriptions of Yinxu record that she conquered many surrounding countries, which is rare in history. From the excavation of her tomb, it is inferred that her name should be called "good", and the writing of the divination is either the left son and the right woman, and there is a very complicated way of writing on the artifacts unearthed from the tomb of the woman (such as the goose numbered 827) is a "son" in the middle, and there is a "each (mother)" on the left and right, which should be a complex structure of "good".

When she married Wu Ding and became the king's wife, Wu Ding gave her quite a rich fief and people, and in her fief, she got the name of "Hao", which was called "Nuhao", or "Hou Wo Hao". The woman's nickname is "Xin", and the descendants of the Shang Dynasty respectfully call her "Mother Xin" and "Mother Xin". "Woman" is a kind of kinship title, just like we call someone "eldest sister" today.

Wu Ding was a monarch with a very strong personality, but also very emotional and ambitious. Before marrying Wu Ding, she should be the head of a matrilineal tribe or a princess under the Shang Kingdom or the surrounding tribes, with an extraordinary background and knowledge. The woman is very intelligent, and she also has extraordinary courage and wisdom.

In the great martial arts of the Wuding era, there is a considerable part of the credit of women. The Shang Dynasty had a strong matriarchal clan heritage, and there was no problem at all with these adjectives used on the Shang queen. The woman has excellent arm strength, and one of the weapons she uses weighs nine kilograms, which shows that she is strong. And the weapon is a big axe, which shows her bravery.

In the face of the strong enemies around him, Wu Ding was not afraid of hardships and dangers, rose to the occasion, and established a great cause in the expedition everywhere. The biggest opponent came from the north, and at that time, the earthwork in the north of Shang Wangji and the ghost side in the northwest were the most powerful and the greatest threat to Shang, and they invaded Shang Wangji many times.

In addition, the Hu Fang in the south, the Yi Fang in the east, the Qiang Fang in the west, and the Zhou people all posed a potential threat to the Shang Dynasty.

In the early days of Wu Ding's rule, he was unable to completely eradicate these large forces, so he adopted a compromise foreign policy to paralyze the enemy, and at the same time actively launched annexation wars against the surrounding small states and local forces, so as to strengthen the power of the Shang Dynasty and the space for maneuver in war.

Wu Ding used troops in all directions for many years and actively took the aforementioned political measures, conquering and allied many small states around him. These conquests and wars laid the foundation for the dynasty to form a vast territory of "thousands of miles from Banggi, where the people are stopped, and where the territory is all over the world".

Nu Hao and Wu Ding are a good couple who are truly like-minded. When he first got married, Wu Ding didn't know much about the ability of women to lead troops into battle.

In the summer of a certain year, Wu Ding sent a general to send troops to conquer the Lan State, but because Lan's military talent was not weak at all, the generals sent to the expedition were unable to achieve results for a long time. The woman took the initiative to ask for help and asked to lead the troops to help the battle. Wu Ding was very hesitant about his wife's request, and after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to let the queen go on the expedition through divination. Unexpectedly, as soon as the woman arrived at the front line, she dispatched and commanded well, and took the lead, and quickly defeated the enemy and won the victory.

After the successful conquest of Wu Ding, he cleared the rebel Shang forces and appointed the leader of the Lan State as a general, and the Lan State also became an important pillar in the northwest of the Shang Dynasty and a barrier against threats from the northwest such as the earth and the ghost side.

Wu Ding was impressed by his wife after that, and made her the military commander of the Shang Dynasty and let her command the battle. From then on, Nuhao was able to lead the army to fight and conquer more than a dozen small countries, laying the foundation for the growth of the Shang Dynasty's strength.