Chapter 4 The Founding of Shang Tang

readx;? The Xia Empire was overthrown by Tang, the Shang monarch in the east, and the last Xia Wangji was banished to Nanchao after his defeat and became a vassal of the Shang Dynasty, where he died three years later. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 infoAt this time, it was discovered that Chunwei, the son of Ji, had an affair with Ji's concubines. Tang thinks this is an extremely immoral thing, so he deprives Chunwei of his right to inherit his property and intends to punish him further.

Chunwei, also known as Xunyu, is the son of Xia Ji's concubine, and Yuxi is his stepmother.

After Xunyu learned the news, in order to avoid the attack of Shang Tang, he fled to the desert land in the far north with several concubines who were good with him and the remnants of the Xia Hou clan, where he established his own tribe, and gathered with Shanrong, Lynx, and meat porridge, herded herd, multiplied from generation to generation, and soon developed into a barbaric nation - Ghost Fang.

Fuyu is the ancestor of the ghost party. His marriage to his deceased father and widow has since become a traditional custom of this people. Their religious beliefs are similar to those of the Xia Dynasty, such as sacrificing the sun and the moon, killing animals, looking at the stars and divination, etc., but they do not build houses, do not observe etiquette, wear their hair and wear their left hair, live on nomadism, and often go south to plunder the lives and property of agricultural and civilized peoples.

Since then, the Guifang tribe of the descendants of the Xia Hou clan has gradually replaced the meat porridge of the descendants of Emperor Yan to become the new generation of overlords of the northern grasslands, and the name of meat porridge no longer appears in historical records.

Tang first conquered Feng Wei and Gu Liangliang, and then destroyed Kun Wu and Xia Wei. So far, the descendants of Lu Zhong only have the surname Peng, the Zhuji, the Great Peng State and the Su State with the surname of himself.

Tang and Yi Yin led their army back to Bo (Shangqiu, Henan) after the Xia kings sacrificed heaven and earth. During this period, the prestige of Shang had reached all directions, and the princes, uncles, and chiefs of clans and tribes of all over the country brought gifts and tributes to congratulate them, expressing their submission to Tang. Within a few months, there was a meeting of the "Three Thousand Princes" in Bo ("Yi Zhou Shu Yin Zhu"). Actual vassal dynasty of 1,800 kingdoms (1800).

After conquest and war, Tang finally destroyed the Xia Dynasty, unified the Central Plains that had been chaotic since the end of the Xia Dynasty, and controlled the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and its influence far exceeded that of the Xia Dynasty. After Tang destroyed Xia, he laid the foundation of the Shang Dynasty's territory. Because Shang Tang destroyed Xia by force and broke the statement of king Yongding, since then all Chinese dynasties have changed in this way, so it is known as the "Shang Tang Revolution" in history.

More than 400 years ago, when Xia Yu founded the country, when he was in the Tushan Assembly, "the one who holds the jade silk is all countries". After more than 400 years of development, these tens of thousands of "princes" due to mergers and integration, by the time of Tang Jianguo, there were only 1,800 princes. But at this time, the territory ruled by Shang Tang was far larger than that of Xia Yu.

Tang treated the princes who came to congratulate him with courtesy, and Tang himself only occupied the position of princes, showing humility. Three lets. Then he became the Son of Heaven. "So the princes were subdued, and Tang Naijian was the son of heaven" ("Historical Records: Yin Benji"). That is, under the support of the "Three Thousand Princes" (actually 1800 Princes), Tang became the Son of Heaven, sacrificed to the heavens, and announced the establishment of the Shang Dynasty.

In 1737, Tang ascended to the throne of the Son of Heaven, replaced the Xia Dynasty, and led the world, at this time Tang had been the Marquis of Shang for 17 years. According to the practice of previous dynasties, Tang sealed the descendants of Xia as a prince (斟Xunguo, surrounded by heavy guards). The Shang Dynasty was established, and in order to prevent the resurgence of Xia's power, Tang chose Xi'an (Henan Yanshi) as his capital. The current site of Yanshi Mall is the former site of Xihao, the new capital established by Shangtang.

The four concubines of the Gao Xin clan were called Jian Di as the ancestors. Emperor Yu is a distant ancestor. The deed is the beginning of the feudal country, the long is Yao Situ, the success of the people, and the seal of business. After XIII. Born Lord. The concubine of the lord said to help the capital, and the soup was made on the second day.

Shang Tang learned the lessons of the fall of the Xia Dynasty and wrote "Tang He", requiring his subordinates to "contribute to the people, and diligence is a matter", otherwise they would "punish you greatly". For those Xia people who died in the country, the "Xia Society" was still retained, and their descendants were sealed.

Shang Tang established a monistic system of religion that was different from later generations, and was a development of primitive polytheism, with ancestor worship as the core.

That is, the first king (ancestor) and the "emperor" (the current king) are unified in the worship of the ancestral gods, so the spokesmen of the ancestral gods in the present world will also be promoted to gods in the future, and the current kings are connected with the ancestral gods through the priestly class, and the unity of government and religion is realized, and this system established by Shang Tang makes the situation of the Shang Dynasty similar to that of ancient Egypt.

In 1736, there was a great drought in the Central Plains.

Tang paid attention to "governing the people with leniency", so during his reign, the class contradictions were relatively relaxed, the political power was relatively stable, and the national strength became stronger and stronger. Internally, it reduced the conquest, encouraged production, and appeased the people, thus expanding the ruling area, and influencing as far as the upper reaches of the Yellow River, where the Di and Qiang tribes all came to pay tribute and submit, and they all said that Shang Tang was their monarch. "Poetry, Shang Song, Yin Wu" said: "In the past, there was a soup, since the other side of the Qiang, don't dare not come to enjoy, don't dare not come to the king, said Shang is constant." "Di Qiang came to worship.

In 1735 BC, Xia Wei died of grief and illness in Tingshan, and before he died, he said to people: "I regret that I did not simply kill the soup in Xiatai, so that I ended up in this fate." "There was still a severe drought this year. Tang ordered a ban on singing and dancing as a sign of mourning.

In 1734 BC, there was a great drought. Tang ordered the minting of gold coins (which should be copper coins, gold refers to metal). This is the earliest record of the use of copper coins.

In 1733 BC, there was a great drought.

In 1732 BC, there was a great drought.

In 1731 BC, there was a great drought. The soup prays for rain from heaven in the mulberry forest. The rain is really coming.

In 1730 BC, Tang composed the Great Joy. The first hunting place. An order was given to pay tribute.

In 1728, Tang ordered Jiuding to be moved to the capital city of Xi'an (Henan Yanshi).

In 1726, Tang died of illness, claiming that the king reigned for 12 years, and the temple name was Shang Taizu, because his eldest son Taiding died early, and was succeeded by the second son Wai Bing. Buried in Xihao (Henan Yanshi).

Taiding - died early, although he was listed, he was not actually king.

Taiding (year of birth and death unknown), also known as Da Ding, surname, name Ding, a name to fall, is the first prince of the Shang Dynasty in China, is the son of the founding monarch of the Shang Dynasty.

There are many anecdotes about Taiding, so some archaeologists believe that he assisted the Shang king Chengtang in presiding over the military.

Chengtang had three sons, Taiding, Wai Bing, and Zhongren, and Taiding was made the crown prince as the eldest son, so he was included in the Yin Zhou sacrifice, but Taiding died first and never became king. However, there are still people who list him as the monarch of the Shang Dynasty.

"Historical Records" "Tang collapsed, the prince Taiding died before he was established, so he was the younger brother of Taiding, and he was the emperor and the emperor. According to the records of the "Historical Records", Taiding died before he could succeed to the throne, so Taiding's brother Wai Bing succeeded to the throne. Taiding's consort, Yan Wu, was also sacrificed by the Yin people.

Wai C, reigned 1725-1724 BC.

In 1725, after the death of Cheng Tang, Taiding's younger brother Wai Bing succeeded to the throne as the monarch of the Shang Dynasty, with Xihao (Henan Yanshi) as the capital.

Wai C, the surname of the child, the famous place, the first as Bu Bing, the second son of Tang.

After Wai C ascended the throne, the two prime ministers Zhong Yu and Yi Yin continued to assist the government to govern the people with leniency. Wai Bingzun Shang Tang is "Zong Tang", and a grand sacrifice is given. "The Book of Rites and Rituals" says: "The merchant ancestor deed and made soup. ”

There are many records of sacrifices to Taiding in the oracle bone inscriptions, because Taiding was the eldest son of Shang Tang, and although he did not succeed to the throne, he was still enshrined in the ancestral temple as one of the direct kings.

After only two years in power, he died of illness and passed on to his younger brother Zhongren. After his death, Wai Bing was nicknamed King Shang Ai. At the beginning of the Shang Dynasty, the system of brother to brother and brother was implemented, that is, it began with them.