Seeing Jiang Ziya's hesitation, Ma snatched the letter of resignation and turned his head to leave. Jiang Ziya sighed, said goodbye to Song Yiren with tears, and went to Xiqi.

It is said that Ma finally heard that Jiang Ziya was going to enter the prime minister, the lord of power, a very popular minister, rich and noble, rare in ancient and modern times.

His wife Ma saw that his status and wealth were very good, so he wanted to reunite with Jiang Ziya, but Jiang Ziya had already seen through Ma's character, so he poured a pot of water on the ground for Ma to pick it up, and Ma could only take back the silt, Jiang Ziya said: "If the words are more consistent, it will be difficult to collect the water." This is the allusion to the fact that it is difficult to recover. It has also been compiled into an opera story about splashing water in front of the horse.

Ma was extremely remorseful and ashamed, and finally committed suicide by hanging himself. After her death, Ma was still pestering Jiang Ziya, and he had to seal her a god position, but at that time, all the god positions were sealed, and there was no place, so Jiang Ziya had no choice but to give her a broom star for favoritism, and be the evil god of the five dippers.

However, some people believe that Jiang Ziya is showing favoritism on the surface, but Ma's life is the reincarnation of the declining star (broom star), so Jiang Ziya was not happy when he was with her before, and eight years after the divorce, Jiang Ziya soared. Jiang Ziya's god of the Ma clan has actually been doomed.

Ma has a laughing name through the ages, but in fact he is the first master of Jiang Gong's sociology, forcing Jiang Gong to learn to operate independently and sharpen Jiang Gong's heart, which can be said to be kind to Jiang Gong and meritorious to the Zhou Dynasty Sheji, so he can get the opportunity to become a god, although he is an evil god.

And Daji, Enzhou was killed, the ghost was slim, he never enjoyed a meal in the palace, he never received the love of the king, but he was infamous through the ages, and the three religions were widely sealed and the stars were listed, and they were still nameless.

The above story is the description of Jiang Ziya's life in "Fengshen List". But if the story is true, Jiang Ziya only married a wife at the age of 72, and he has no fertility at all, and it is impossible to leave children. In history, Jiang Ziya had a total of 15 sons and 1 daughter, all of whom were born to his wife, so Jiang Ziya did not get married at the age of 72 at all.

If the time when the male surname basically lost his fertility, Jiang Ziya's last child may be 50 years old, and if the efficiency of giving birth to a child in at least one year is concerned, Jiang Ziya's marriage age is not less than 34 years old, but in fact it is almost impossible to have a child a year, and it is normal to have a child in two years on average, then the age of marriage can be estimated to be 18 years old. In other words, Jiang Ziya's age of marriage is quite normal, not as exaggerated as "Fengshen List".

The real Jiang Ziya's wife recorded in actual history is named Shen Jiang, and it can be known from the surname Shen that she and Jiang Ziya are both descendants of the surname Jiang, and the two more famous feudal states of the descendants of the surname Jiang are one for the country of Lu and one for the country of Shen, and the descendants take the country as the surname.

Family members

wife

Shen Jiang

children

(1) Sons: Ding, Ren, Nian, Qi, Fang, Shao, Luo, Ming, Qing, Yi, Shang, Qi, Zuo

(2) Daughter: Yi Jiang, the princess of King Ji Fa of Zhou Wu

Shen Jiang, nicknamed "Peach Blossom Girl", was born at the age of 16, gave birth to Yi Jiang at the age of 16, gave birth to Lu Ling at the age of 19, and gave birth to Fu at the age of 96 (there is doubt here, 96 years old is too exaggerated, in terms of physiological common sense, the average elderly woman is less than 50 years old, perhaps it is a clerical error).

Shen Jiang and Taigong had 1 daughter and 15 sons at the age of 101.

Shen Jiang is not her real name, and most of the ancient women's names are hidden in the history books and referred to by their surnames. Shin refers to the clan, which is her father's surname, and Kang refers to her origin, the surname of the clan (some believe that it is the surname of her husband).

Jiang Ziya's story after the age of 72 is basically true.

Jiang Ziya may have been doing odd jobs here and there, and the story of his apprenticeship suggests that he may have also been an apprentice to the witchcraft priests, who still occupied a very important position in political life at that time, although they had been decoupled from the royal power after Wu Yi's reforms. After the age of 72, Jiang Ziya rose to prominence and became the Shang Dynasty's official in charge of Feng Shui (Qin Tianjian), the highest position available to the priestly class. Jiang Ziya's skills are somewhat similar to Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng in the Tang Dynasty.

He was even favored by Di Xin for a time, and wanted to replace Fei Zhong as the superintendent of Lutai, which was a lucrative position, but Jiang Ziya didn't want to oppress the people, and built a building with little practical value and only for pleasure. So I couldn't help but admonish Di Xin, but I annoyed Di Xin.

Fei Zhong was originally jealous that Jiang Ziya was valued by Di Xin, and took the opportunity to slander Di Xin, Di Xin decided to punish Jiang Ziya, but the punishment measures had not yet been introduced, Jiang Ziya got the news, hurriedly returned home, abandoned the official and ran away with his wife and children.

After Jiang Ziya came to Guanzhong, he lived in seclusion in Panxi Gorge (Chencang District, Baoji, Shaanxi) on the bank of Weishui, and went fishing by the Ciquan with a long rod, a short line, a straight hook, and a wonderful way of fishing with his back. In fact, it means that although his name is fishing, his intention is not to fish, but to use this peculiar behavior to spread his reputation to Ji Chang's ears and attract Ji Chang's attention. Here, it is just to keep the green clouds and get the way, and the dust will rise into the sky. This is Jiang Taigong's fishing: rather take it in the straight and not ask for it in the song, not for the brocade scales, only for the king and the marquis.

A year later, Ji Chang divined a hexagram, and the hexagram said: "Not a dragon or a man, not a tiger or a bear; Ji Chang asked the ministers to visit the talents everywhere. This visit is seven years.

In BC1071, Ji Chang finally visited Jiang Ziya, personally came to Panxi Gorge, saw Jiang Taigong fishing with a hookless fishing rod by the stream, saw this situation and asked Jiang Ziya, Jiang Ziya said such a sentence: no hook fishing three inches from the water, those who wish to take the bait, those who do not want to turn back, which reflects Jiang Ziya after eight years of waiting, the state of mind is not at all the situation when the song was originally sung, completely to achieve the state of not be surprised everywhere, to respond to all changes in the realm, although Ji Chang has always been the master he wants to go to, but Jiang Ziya is not timid at all.

His Majesty bowed and said, "In the seventh year of Wanggong, I have seen the situation in Si today." Shang Li changed his name and replied: "I hope to catch Yuhuang, and his text should say: 'Ji was ordered, Chang came to mention, and wrote Erluo to report to Qi. Therefore, Jiang Ziya is called "Taigongwang". Later generations respectfully called Jiang Ziya Jiang Taigong and Taigongwang.

Ji Chang was overjoyed after talking with Jiang Ziya, saying: "Since my country's ancestor Taigong (that is, Gu Gong, Ji Chang's grandfather) said: 'There will be a saint to come to Zhou, and Zhou will prosper because of it. 'That's you, right?'

When he went back, Jiang Ziya asked Ji Chang to carry him on his back, although Ji Chang was strange, he thought that the behavior of strange people was so strange, so despite the fact that he was 68 years old, he still carried the 80-year-old Jiang Ziya forward, walked 48 steps, and he couldn't carry it.

Jiang Ziya said: "You can't carry me, I'm still in the car, don't use a horse, let your sons pull it, Ji Chang's sons looked at each other, but Ji Chang nodded in agreement, and in desperation, the sons put on the reins, pulled the car, and walked 808 steps, so they complained about not falling, sat on the ground and panted, and refused to pull the car anymore, Ji Chang was also very dissatisfied.