Chapter 18: The Judgment of the King of the Ring

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Father: Diyi

Brothers: Song Weizi, Song Weizhong, Zi Qi

Concubine: Daji (surname, name Da, daughter of the Su family, loved by Di Xin, or killed after Di Xin ****)

Son: Wu Geng (Lu's father)

The tomb of the king of Qi is 8 kilometers east from the county town of Qi, and comes to the embankment of the Qi River in Hekou Village, Xigang Township, Qi County, and the three tombs of the king and his queen and concubines are arranged in a north-south manner. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 There is a huge monument in front of the tomb of the king of the king, and the four big characters of "the tomb of the king of the king" on the tablet were inscribed by the famous historian Zhou Gucheng in 1987.

The king of Shang, or the king of Zhou, is an insulting and contemptuous title for the Zhou people.

Before the destruction of the Shang, Zhou called it "Tianyi Shang", "Tianyi Shang", and "Dayi Shang", and after the destruction of Shang, it was also called "Dabang Shang", "Big Country", and called itself "Xiaobang".

After the king of Zhou destroyed the merchants, because of the large number of Yin merchants, his "three hundred and sixty people were named, and they were neither visible nor destroyed." "And I couldn't sleep all night. In addition to the trauma of war, I am afraid that this worry, depression and irritability are also important reasons.

Therefore, the Zhou people could not and could not exalt their ancestors as the gods of the world. Moreover, the fierce party struggle for theocracy and royal power in the Shang Dynasty also made people doubt the role and effectiveness of the "Shinto teaching" of the ancestral monistic religion of the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou people could neither nor were they willing to deal a heavy blow to such religions, so they could only occupy the position of kings of the princes, not emperors. The king of Zhou called the Son of Heaven is a matter of later generations, at least in the Western Zhou Dynasty there is no such evidence. The Zhou Dynasty's habit of calling the king inherited from the great king's father, Wang Jili, Wen Wangchang, and Zhou Wangfa was unconsciously used on Di Xin's body, so the funny titles of Shang Wang and Di Xin appeared.

If it's just two titles, it's not so solemn. Because the person who holds this title represents a piece of history, a history that has influenced the direction of Chinese culture for thousands of years. The same period of history, written by different people, has different looks and results. Two different titles represent two different ethnic groups with diametrically opposed perceptions of history. In Chinese history, history can be divided into two kinds: one is the official history, which represents the official mainstream ******** and value judgment, and the other is the wild history, which represents the historical identity and judgment of the people.

The appearance of two official histories in the same period of history is the unique existence of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the sequelae brought about by the Zhou Dynasty's small and broad nature, and the result of the equal power of the official ******** and the ******** of the people.

The weakness of the Zhou dynasty as the victor and the intricate power of the merchants as the vanquished. Although the official ******** of the Zhou Dynasty has become the mainstream and the official history for a long time, the history recorded by the merchants has not disappeared under the blockade and encirclement of the Zhou Dynasty, but has tenaciously "left its own imprint" in various historical materials.

Through these sporadic records of slush claws, people can still vaguely glimpse the history recorded by the merchants, which is completely different from the widely circulated records of the Zhou people. Although this is the same as the history of the Zhou people, it inevitably carries its own prejudices, but as another kind of history, it will inevitably help people explore the true face of history, which itself is a part of history and the purpose of studying history.

Di Xin and King Shang are the same person, and they are both the titles of the last monarch of the Shang Dynasty. The difference between these two titles is huge, and they have different meanings for different groups of people.

There are two theories about the defeat of Di Xin

First, it is said that in the later period of his reign, Di Xin was proud of his achievements, spent a huge amount of money to build Lutai, make wine ponds, hang meat for forests, build luxurious palaces and gardens, and lived a life of poverty and luxury, making the treasury empty. He was stubborn and self-serving, unable to listen to correct opinions, formed an opposition at the top, and used torture such as cannon branding (which was invented by Xia Jiji) to suppress the people. Kill Bigan, imprison the basket, fight every year, and lose people's hearts. When he was crusading against Dongyi, he did not pay attention to the precautions against the Western tribes, and he used troops for many years, and his national strength was exhausted, and he had to deal with the burden of how to deal with the large number of prisoners that had accumulated over the years due to his long years of warfare.

Second, the reasons for the loss of the country: first, political erosion, a great schism broke out, and Emperor Yi passed the throne to the second son Shoude but not to the eldest son Wei Ziqi, and the court was divided into two factions. The Wei Zi Kai faction continued to attack Di Xin. They have carried out all sorts of despicable activities. Such as spreading rumors and slandering, launching internal strife, plotting (conspiracy and treacherous conspiracy) to assassinate, betraying the country to seek glory, and so on. And Emperor Xin was too soft on his political opponents, which led to political defeat. Second, during the reign of Emperor Xin, he fought for many years to stabilize his rule, and after he conquered Dongyi, he lost most of his troops, and was attacked by surprise before he could rest and train. Third, the Zhou took the opportunity to raise troops to attack the merchants in order to survive, and this army was prepared for a long time, strong and organized, and had outstanding leadership. Fourth, in the first battle of Makino, the captives defected, the wavering elements dispersed in a hurry, and the opposition forces surrendered the city.

Guo Moruo's poem said: "Don't say that Yin Xin is too tyrannical, and the emancipation of slaves is a pioneer." Yin Xin's merits are Zhou Wu, and Yin Xin's sin is unwarranted. The name of virtue should be restored, and the injustice of Yin Xin should be lifted. ”

Di Xin's crime is the result of "thousands of years of accumulation" and the result of "being selected layer by layer," so people naturally have to ask: Who is smearing Emperor Xin? Who is participating in the "selection and slander" of "thousands of years of destruction"? Carefully analyzing the accumulation process of Emperor Xin's crimes, dissecting the purpose and interest orientation behind them, and combining them with the era of "accumulation of ground," it will be difficult for these people to hide in dark corners, and their identities will be clearly visible.

1. Western Zhou

The first type of main force to discredit Emperor Xin was the Western Zhou Dynasty after the destruction of the Shang Dynasty, which advocated theology, just like the previous dynasties, in order to give their country a slogan that conformed to the will of heaven, so it was natural to discredit the previous generation of countries, so that the people thought that they were doing the right thing for heaven, so that they could achieve the role of consolidating their rule.

2. Enemies

The second main force to discredit Di Xin is naturally the enemy of life and death, the Zhou people. The Zhou people have been expanding the land since the beginning of the season, according to the "Bamboo Book Chronicle", the emperor Wuding four years, the Zhou people cut down the remnants of the Rong, and conquered it. Zhou Wang Ji was appointed as a business priest. Since then, Ji Li has attacked the beginning of the Rong. The Rong of the Bandits, the attack, the attack on the ghost side. The expansion of the Zhou King Ji Li aroused the vigilance of Di Wending, and in the twelfth year of Di Wen Ding, he killed the Zhou King Ji Li. Zhou Houchang, who succeeded Ji Li as the king, that is, the so-called King Wen of Zhou in later generations, intensified, and in the second year of Emperor B, Zhou defeated Emperor B. However, Zhou Wangchang was not reconciled, but accelerated the pace of conquest, conquered Darong, attacked, attacked Chong, and attacked Li, which aroused the vigilance of Emperor Xin and held military exercises for Li Zhisu, and some people believed that Shang and Zhou fought in Li, detained Zhou Houchang, and imprisoned Zhijin (pronounced "have").