King Shang Zhou is a famous tyrant in Chinese history, but he is also quite capable.
Before the king of Shang Zhou came to power, the Shang Dynasty had actually declined. His dad is Di Yi. After Di Yi came to power, he was attacked by the Zhou tribe. This was a shameless matter. "Historical Records" remembered a sentence: "Emperor Yili, Yin Yi is declining." It was already declining, but now it is even worse.
King Zhou came to power against the background of the decline of the Yin and Shang forces. In a short period of time, he restored the authority of the court and showed extraordinary ability.
The Confucian giant Xunzi once called Shang Zhou "the best in the world". This last emperor is not a mediocre person, but a powerful monarch. He is talented and intelligent, able to argue without hindrance, quick thinking, decisive action, this is the wisdom aspect; as for the military, he is brave and extraordinary, with high martial arts, amazing stamina, and can even fight with beasts with bare hands. These excellent qualities are all from the records of "Historical Records".
The fortune of the Yin and Shang dynasties continued to decay, especially when Shang Zhou's father "Yin Yi wan", then how did Shang Zhou go against the transit trend? What he relies on is his own wisdom and courage.
King Shang Zhou was a force-only man. In order to re-establish the authority of the court, he first attacked the barbarians who often defected. It's no surprise that the barbarians repeatedly, sometimes surrendered, and sometimes defected. King Zhou did not allow anyone to challenge his dignity. In order to bluff the Dongyi tribe, he held a grand military parade to demonstrate his powerful armed forces. Originally, I only wanted to deter the barbarians. I didn't want the barbarians to be inflexible, thinking that Shang Zhou was about to launch a large-scale offensive and simply rebelled. King Zhou was not polite and waved his iron fist to smash the barbarian rebellion.
After suppressing the Dongyi Rebellion, Shang Zhou attacked again, punishing a prince who was not very obedient, and sent troops to defeat the Su clan. Where was the leader of the Su clan as an opponent, he was quickly defeated. The victory of this battle gave King Shang Zhou the daughter of Su clan Daji. Anyone who has read "Fengshen Bang" knows that Daji played a considerable role in the demise of the Shang Dynasty.
It should be said that after King Zhou came to power, the Shang regime was consolidated and the imperial court was restored. King Zhou was also more wise at this time. He knew that his biggest opponent was Xibo Jichang, the leader of the Zhou tribe.
How to subdue Xiba Jichang? He thought of a way and promoted Siber to San Gong. In the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, San Gong was often selected from the princes to serve in the court. This was originally a favor, but for King Zhou, it was a conspiracy. As long as Sibo Jichang is removed from his own territory, he will not be able to make waves.
At this time, Xibo Jichang, who thinks he does not yet have the strength to compete with the King of Shang Zhou, decided to enter the dynasty after weighing the pros and cons. Later, King Zhou found an excuse to lock up Xibo and imprisoned him in Yi (yǒu) (place name) for seven years.
By this time, King Shang Zhou had basically settled down. However, he also started to go downhill. The ruthless rule, the enjoyment of drunken life and death, the wise King Zhou in his early years has completely lost his judgment and enterprising spirit in the face of power and wine, and has become faint and cruel. After his opponent Xibo Jichang escaped from the tiger's mouth, he appointed talents and accumulated strength. When his son Jifa finally overthrew Shang Zhou and ended the history of the Shang Dynasty.
