Chapter 4: Iyin Maxia
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Since then, under Yi Yin's planning, Tang has actively prepared to destroy Xia.
They were all very talented, and when they saw the tyranny of the Xu, the cruelty of the people, and the fact that they did not care about production, they only knew about sexual pleasure, which caused the curses of the people and the rebellion of the princes, and they knew that the end of the Xia Dynasty was not far off. They wanted to relieve the suffering of the people, and they could only do it by supporting a powerful prince and overthrowing the rule of the people. They saw that Shang's power was the most powerful among the vassal states in the East, and they thought that Shang Tang was an ideal prince, so they came to Shang Tang through different channels.
Tang is a gentleman who knows talents, and appoints two people as the left and right ministers. With the assistance of Zhong Yu and Yi Yin, Shang Tang first managed the interior and encouraged the people in the Shang-ruled area to farm and raise livestock with peace of mind. At the same time, unite the princes and Fang countries that are friendly with business. Under the benevolence and righteousness of Shang Tang and the instigation of Zhong Yu and Yi Yin, some princes rebelled against Xia and returned to Shang, and the number of princes who returned to Shang soon increased to forty, and Shang Tang's power became bigger and bigger.
Politically, Shang Tang first adopted a policy of winning over the people and the country, and launched a political offensive to expose the crimes of tyranny and government, laying a political foundation for the victory of the war.
Yi Yin suggested to Tang: "Xia Ziyu has been founded for more than 400 years, and King Xia is the revered co-lord of the world - the Son of Heaven. Although he was tyrannical and unreasonable, and the people were resentful, he still had prestige among the princes, so he could not be cut down quickly, and he could only wait for the opportunity to act again. "It's just that we can't rush to send troops to attack Xu, but we must accumulate more strength, continue to weaken the forces that support the Xia Dynasty, and wait for the opportunity. Tang accepted Yi Yin's proposal, and in terms of military strategy, with the strong assistance of the virtuous ministers Yi Yin and Zhong Yu, he skillfully planned, "first for the invincible", and adopted the strategic policy of cutting off the wings of the Xuqi one by one and isolating the Xia Hou clan.
Originally, Shang had been granted the power of "special expedition" by the Xia Dynasty, and he wanted to conquer who could send troops without the approval of the Xia king. But what Tang was preparing to conquer was not an ordinary Hou, but the Xia Dynasty, which ruled the whole country. In order to weaken the power of the Xia Dynasty, remove the obstacles to the destruction of Xia, and win more princes to oppose Xia, he first started with Ge, a neighbor of Shang.
Ge Guo (Ningling County, Shangqiu, Henan) is a Fang country in the west of Bo, which is not large in the Fang State to which the Xia Dynasty belongs, and is the territory of the son of Boyi, which is enshrined in the incense of Ge Tian, one of the ruling tribes of the Fuxi clan in ancient times. Ge Bo was faithful to the Followers and was the eyes and ears of the Followers in the vassal states of the East. Tang was afraid that Ge Bo would hinder him from destroying Xia and reported his activities to Xu, so he wanted to win for Ge Bo to stop working for Xuqi and help Shang destroy Xia. Ge Bo is a lazy person, and he is unwilling to carry out even the sacrifices to the gods and ghosts of heaven and earth, which are regarded as major national events. When Tang learned that Gerber had not held a sacrifice for a long time, he sent messengers to inquire why. Ge Bo was very cunning, and knew that Shang's animal husbandry was well developed, and there were a large number of cattle and sheep, so he said: "It's not that we don't understand the importance of sacrifice, but we have to use many cattle and sheep for each sacrifice.
When Tang heard the messenger report that the reason why Ge Bo did not hold the sacrifice was that there were no livestock, he sent a group of fat cattle and sheep to send to Ge Bo. When Ge Bo saw that Shang Tang believed his lies, he actually got a lot of cattle and sheep, so he killed all the cattle and sheep and ate them, but still did not sacrifice.
When Tang learned that Ge Bo had no sacrifice, he sent a messenger to Ge again to ask why he didn't make a sacrifice? Ge Bo said: "We can't grow grain in our fields, and we don't have wine and rice to pay tribute, so of course we can't hold a sacrifice." When Tang learned that Ge Bo was a person who did not care about the people's production and only knew pleasure, he sent people from Bodi (Suiyang District, Shangqiu, Henan) to Gedi to help grow crops.
Under the rule of Ge Bo, the faint king, the people of Ge were living in great misery, and they could not be self-sufficient in food and clothing, and of course they could not provide food for the people. The people from the Tang Pai Shang border sent wine and rice to the Gedi to feed the people who helped with farming.
The people who delivered the wine and food were all old and weak and children. Every time Ge Bo sent people to wait for the people who brought the wine and food in Gedi, he snatched the wine and food, and threatened to kill him if he didn't give it. Once, when a child went to deliver food and drink, he was killed by Gerber's men for resisting the robbery.
Tang saw that Ge Bo was desperate and an enemy of Shang, and he could no longer use the method of help to fight for it. So he led his troops to Ge and killed Ge Bo. Because Ge Bo was unkind, the people of Ge had long been resentful, and when they saw that Tang had killed Ge Bo, they expressed their willingness to return to Shang. Tang took possession of all the land, people, and materials of Gedi, and organized the people of Gedi to engage in agriculture and develop production.
Tang exterminated Ge's action, not only did no one oppose it among the princes, but also accused Ge Bo of being unkind, and he was killed at his own expense. Some princes and the people of Fang State resented Xia Wei's tyranny, and also hoped that Shang Tang would go to conquer, and were willing to free themselves from the rule of the Xia Dynasty and return to Shang Tang. There were also some princes and Fang Guo who voluntarily submitted to Tang, and Tang gave the princes and Fang Guo jade strings and jade gui with jade beads as crowns respectively. Apparently in the position of a vassal alliance and exercising the power of the king. In this way, Shang Tang started from the country of Ge and gradually removed Xia's wings and weakened Xia's power, so there is a saying that "nine expeditions and the world is invincible".
In 1692, Yi Yin made a plan to Tang, and he personally went to the Xia royal capital to live for a period of time to observe the situation of the Xia Dynasty. Tang prepared Fangwu (local products) and tribute, and sent Yi Yin as an envoy to pay tribute to the Xia king's capital. Yi Yin came to the Xia royal capital with his entourage, driving a carriage, carrying things, and tribute.
Meixi's has always been resentful of being snubbed, and Yiyin took the opportunity to associate with him and gain Meixi's trust. Yi Yin joins the side of the Meixi clan and guides the Meixi clan to adopt the method of seducing the king and doing what he likes, so that the Meixi clan regains the trust of the Fulfillment. Since then, in order to gain favor, the three princesses have competed with each other to offer the methods of poverty and luxury.
His rule was thus even more precarious.
One day in 1689 BC, Meixi said to Yi Yin that he had a dream in which he dreamed that two days in the sky were rising together, fighting each other, winning one day and not winning the other. Yi Yin thought that the time had come to destroy Xia, so he quickly returned to Shangdu and told Shang Tang. Ancient witchcraft divination and dream revelation are considered major events, "only Rong and ritual", military and sacrifice are the two major events of the country, and the pre-military divination is even more essential. SenseTime stepped up its expansion.