What does a paradise look like? Some people say it is as magical as Zhuge Liang , some people say it is as Confucius as saving the world, and some people say it is as Jiang Ziya as wise and profound. Perhaps, the aliens in everyone's heart are different.
Regarding Jiang Ziya, many stories and proverbs have been circulated in the world. In folk legends and today's film and television works, Jiang Ziya has become a god-like existence. The reason why Western Zhou survived for 800 years is said to be of great significance to Jiang Ziya. Some people say that King Wen of Zhou Ji Chang walked 800 steps with Jiang Ziya on his back, and the Western Zhou Dynasty was able to survive for 800 years.
When people think of this legend, they can't help but wonder. Why didn’t King Wen of Zhou take a few more steps with his back? It turned out that this was because he made a mistake at that time.
implements benevolent politics and wins people's hearts
Shang and Zhou When dynasties change, the existence of King Wen of Zhou, Ji Chang, is difficult to ignore.
King Wen of Zhou Ji Chang is a king who is diligent and loving the people. He inherited his father's mantra of diligent and loving the people. Ji Chang's father has been in power for many years and has always been on the path of diligent work and loving the people. He did not like King Zhou's tyranny and ruthlessness, and worked diligently in his fiefdom and did practical things for the people. The same is true. Ji Chang's father was deeply loved by the people in his fiefdom.
Later, King Zhou could not stand his power, so he summoned him to the capital to be under house arrest, and later tortured him to death. After his father's death, Ji Chang inherited his father's title. Although Ji Chang was afraid of King Zhou on the surface and surrendered to King Zhou, he did not recognize King Zhou's style of governance from the bottom of his heart. In secret, Ji Chang raised his energy and recruited troops to overthrow King Zhou one day and replace him himself.
Ji Chang's style of governance was deeply influenced by his father. He also knew the truth that "the king is the boat, and the people are the water. Water can carry the boat, but it can also overturn the boat." Therefore, Ji Chang attached great importance to the ruling strategy within the territory. After all, he needs the hearts of the people to support his ambitions and career.
Based on his father, Ji Chang continued and strengthened the concept of "benevolence, respect for the elderly, be kind to the young, and be courteous to the wise." Under the nourishment of this concept, the people under Ji Chang's rule live and work in peace and harmony.
Not only that, in the feudal era where agriculture was first-oriented, Ji Chang also divided the land to farmers for farming and stipulated that they only needed to pay one-ninth of the tax. If a businessman is engaged in business, then no tariffs will be charged.
Ji Chang also likes to treat the virtuous and recruit talents. In every field of society, he will pay attention to those wise men who wander around the world and strive to use them for his own use.
Many people from King Zhou and foreigners came up with the idea of seeking resignation from Ji Chang and planning major events together after hearing Ji Chang's actions. For example, Boyi , Taidian and others later became great heroes of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Among all the talents recruited by Ji Chang, we have to mention Jiang Ziya's name.
The wise man met the wise master
Jiang Ziya was already a gray-haired old man. His real name was Jiang Shang. His ancestors had merits and obtained a fief. Unfortunately, by the time Jiang Ziya's generation, their family had become civilians.
Jiang Ziya was not lucky when she was young. In order to subsidize her family income, Jiang Ziya did a lot of work. Later, Jiang Ziya assisted King Zhou because of his knowledge and knowledge. Seeing King Zhou's incompetence, Jiang Ziya felt deeply saddened, so he resolutely left King Zhou and began to travel around the world.
Jiang Ziya is an idea-worthy person. He is full of talent and desire to serve the country, but he has never found a wise monarch. He would not ask a lord to serve him at will for the sake of the so-called desire for power. He has been waiting for his destined person.
Jiang Ziya has been here for decades. He waited from black hair to gray hair, from young and frivolous to gray hair. Fortunately, God finally let him wait for the wise monarch he ideally had in his heart. The idiom " Jiang Taigong fishing, wishing to take the bait" that has been passed down through the ages comes from the story of his encounter with King Wen of Zhou.
It is said that Jiang Ziya goes to the coast of Weishui every day to fish, but there is no bait on his hook. For example, "The drunkard's intention is not wine", Jiang Taigong's purpose of fishing is not fish.
On the eve of the two meeting, King Wen of Zhou asked someone to divine a divination. The hexagram says that this time he went out to hunt, and his prey would be the minister who could help Ji Chang achieve his great fortune for thousands of years.
Although Ji Chang felt strange, he was still full of expectations. As expected. When Ji Chang walked to the shore of the Wei River, he saw the old man sitting by the river fishing.
Ji Chang came forward to communicate with the old man and found that his thoughts were of great talent. Jiang Ziya also confirmed through communication with Ji Chang that this person was the wise master he had always wanted to seek.
In order to detect Ji Chang's sincerity, Jiang Ziya put forward a request. If Ji Chang could carry himself into the car, then he would do his best to help him. Ji Chang was eager to love, so he immediately put the yoke on his back and squatted down to let Jiang Ziya get on the car.
Ji Chang first walked 300 steps west, and then found that he took the wrong steps, then walked 500 steps east. At this time, Ji Chang was already a little overwhelmed, so Jiang Ziya asked him to let him go. In this way, King Wen of Zhou, Ji Chang, walked 800 steps on Jiang Ziya's back. At that time, Ji Chang didn't know that the mistake he made had its own cause and effect.
that destined mistake
After Ji Chang put down Jiang Ziya, Jiang Ziya said a serious word to him. Jiang Ziya said, "You walked 800 steps on my back. I will bless you for 800 years." Ji Chang was shocked after hearing this.
Jiang Ziya After Ji Chang came to Zhou State, the political situation of Zhou State underwent earth-shaking changes. Jiang Ziya and Ji Chang discussed the right time to destroy King Zhou, and often offered suggestions to help Ji Chang rectify the administration of officials, manage diplomacy, improve the policy of loving the people, and guide and train troops. With Jiang Ziya's dedicated assistance, the Zhou Dynasty's politics was clear and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
After Ji Chang's death, his son Ji Fa inherited his father's career. The long-lived old man Jiang Ziya continued to stay by Ji Fa's side to assist. Later, Ji Fa sent troops to attack Zhou at the suggestion of Jiang Ziya, which is known in history as " Battle of Muye ". After this battle, the Shang Dynasty was destroyed and the Western Zhou Dynasty was established.
Later facts also proved that from the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the demise of Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty did exist for 790 years. The error between these 790 and 800 years is only 10 years.
Ji Chang went in the wrong direction back then, which actually foreshadowed the fate of the Zhou Dynasty to split from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. However, since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty has gradually declined.
Summary:
Jiang Ziya was deified by later generations because his talent and wisdom are far beyond ordinary people, and because his life span is extremely long. Jiang Ziya lived to the age of 139, which was a miracle in the era at that time. Jiang Ziya's mind is rich and extensive theory of governing the country, which makes people sigh at his immortal-like perspective on governing the world.
This old birthday star with outstanding achievements is still a legend.
