After the death of King Wen of Zhou, Jiang Taigong continued to assist King Wu of Zhou, and followed King Wu of Zhou to defeat Zhou and establish the Zhou Dynasty, making many contributions to the development of the Zhou Dynasty. It can be said that Jiang Taigong is definitely th

Jiang Taigong is one of the most legendary figures in history. His life is full of curiosity. At the age of more than 70, this man was appreciated by King Wen of Zhou and came to assist King Wen of Zhou after being invited many times. , with the assistance of Jiang Taigong, King Wen of Zhou laid a solid foundation for the subsequent King Wu of Zhou to conquer Zhou.

After the death of King Wen of Zhou, Jiang Taigong continued to assist King Wu of Zhou, and followed King Wu of Zhou to defeat Zhou and establish the Zhou Dynasty, making many contributions to the development of the Zhou Dynasty. It can be said that Jiang Taigong is definitely the first contributor to the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, but Why did King Wu of Zhou ask Zhou Gong to assist the government when he died, instead of Jiang Taigong?

The famous Duke of Zhou, formerly known as Ji Dan, is the brother of King Wu of Zhou Ji Fa. After King Wu of Zhou became the king, Duke of Zhou has been doing his best to assist his brother. It can be said that in the dynasty of King Wu of Zhou, Duke Zhou's status has always been Above Jiang Taigong, in comparison, Jiang Taigong is equivalent to the national master, while Zhou Gong is the real prime minister second only to King Wu of Zhou.

Whether it was King Wu of Zhou's defeat of Zhou or the various key processes at the beginning of the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, Duke Zhou was King Wu's biggest supporter. Judging from these military exploits, Duke Zhou was fully qualified to serve as an auxiliary minister, not to mention Duke Zhou. He is also the biological brother of King Wu of Zhou. It is obviously safer to let his biological brother assist the government than to let Jiang Taigong, a hero with a foreign surname, assist the government.

Let Duke Zhou assist the government. Even if he takes ten thousand steps back, he really has the ambition to seize the throne from King Wu of Zhou's son. Then the king of Zhou Dynasty still has not changed his surname and is still in the hands of King Wu's clan. But once Jiang Taigong assists, Politics, if Jiang Taigong seizes the throne, King Zhou Wu will have spent his whole life in vain. This truth is relatively clear to anyone. How to choose, in fact, the answer is too obvious.

Some people may think that there is a greater chance that members of the clan will snatch the throne. After all, there are many such things in history. However, based on Zhou Gong’s behavior at the time, King Zhou Wu can be completely relieved. After all, when King Zhou Wu was ill, Duke Zhou wanted to He tried his best to save King Wu of Zhou. In order to improve King Wu's condition, Duke Zhou even burned his fingernails and prayed to God to let him take over King Wu's illness. Anyone would be deeply moved by such scenes and actions, let alone Duke Zhou. He was also the biological brother of King Zhou Wu. As the saying goes, blood is thicker than water, so King Zhou Wu naturally trusted Zhou Gong more.

After analyzing this, some people may still be unconvinced. They think that even if King Wu of Zhou trusts Duke Zhou, it will not affect King Wu of Zhou's trust in Duke Jiang at the same time. It is not impossible for the two to assist the government together. Historically, two, three, and even There are many matters for the eight people to assist the government. Why can't King Wu of Zhou let Jiang Taigong also assist the government? In fact, this idea involves another more complicated reason.

King Zhou Wu actually did not trust Jiang Taigong

Don’t look at it, Jiang Taigong has always been trusted and reused by King Zhou Wen during the period of King Zhou Wen, but during the period of King Zhou Wu, King Zhou Wu still had some distrust of Jiang Taigong deep in his heart. We This truth can be understood more easily when combined with some of King Wu's actions.

Jiang Taigong had been in control of the military power for a long time during the period of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. In the early period of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, such as during the period of conquering Zhou, Jiang Taigong still controlled a large amount of military power. For such a highly respected minister who had long-term control of military power, King Wu of Zhou was naturally very fond of him. He was afraid that Taigong Jiang would have second thoughts about him.

Therefore, after King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou Dynasty, he did two things to Jiang Taigong, hoping to eliminate the possibility of Jiang Taigong's rebellion and take the opportunity to weaken Jiang Taigong's influence in the court. These two things were to marry Jiang Taigong's daughter and make her the queen, and to directly set Jiang Taigong's fiefdom in Qi State . At that time, Qi State was far away from the political center of the Zhou Dynasty. King Wu of Zhou's intention was so obvious. Jiang Taigong himself was also relatively clearly.

We can analyze the deeper meaning of King Wu of Zhou. The first move was to win over Jiang Taigong and stabilize Jiang Taigong through political marriage to prevent Jiang Taigong from affecting his imperial power at the beginning of the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. While wooing Jiang Taigong, King Wu of Zhou took back some military power and asked Duke Zhou to take Jiang Taigong's place. Then he asked Jiang Taigong to go to Qi State away from the political center to completely eliminate possible hidden dangers.

After some operations by King Wu of Zhou, Duke Zhou had established a firm foothold in the court, and Taigong Jiang's power was gradually weakened. It happened that Jiang Taigong also understood what King Wu of Zhou meant, so he was willing to retire in Qi State and never interfered again. More things happened in the Zhou Dynasty. Even when Wu Geng rebelled and many people were suspicious of Duke Zhou, Jiang Taigong did not add insult to injury. Instead, he stood on the side of the interests of Duke Zhou and the Zhou Dynasty, and everyone united to put down Wu. After the Geng rebellion was put down, we discussed settlement methods together. It was with the joint efforts of Jiang Taigong, Zhou Gong and others that we could better stabilize the Zhou Dynasty and promote the rapid prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty.

From this point of view, in fact, although King Zhou Wu did not trust Jiang Taigong, Jiang Taigong understood it and obeyed King Wu of Zhou's arrangements. Otherwise, it might be another story. We have to admire King Wu of Zhou. political methods and Jiang Taigong's political consciousness.

Of course, it is obviously unjustifiable to say that King Wu of Zhou only asked Duke Zhou to assist the government because he did not trust Jiang Taigong. After all, King Wu of Zhou was not a foolish king. He was quite familiar with Jiang Taigong’s abilities and personality. As for It is said that King Wu of Zhou did not appoint Jiang Taigong to assist the government at that time. In my opinion, there is another more important reason, that is, Jiang Taigong was too old

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You must know that when Jiang Taigong came out to assist King Zhou Wen, he was already over seventy years old. Now he assists King Wen of Zhou and helps King Wu of Zhou successfully defeat Zhou. Jiang Taigong is older (over eighty), and King Wu of Zhou If he is allowed to continue to assist the government, what if Jiang Taigong dies soon?

At that time, when Zhou Gong was young and strong, it was obviously more in line with the reality to let him assist the government. In terms of energy and time, it was most appropriate for Zhou Gong to assist the government. Once Jiang Taigong was allowed to assist, He was old and had limited energy. If he died suddenly, it would easily cause political turmoil. King Wu of Zhou must take these long-term things into consideration.