Although Jiang Ziya's descendants have boundless scenery, he actually suffered all his life. At the end of Shang Dynasty in Jiang Ziya, he was a master in the East China Sea. His surname was Jiang, Lu and flying bear, also known as Lu Shang. Because his great-grandfather once counted on Jiang Ziya to help Zhou, Jiang Ziya, also known as King Taigong, is the most popular and famous name. According to historical records, Jiang Ziya is a descendant of Shennong, and his ancestor Boyi was promoted to "Four Mountains" by Shun for helping Dayu to control water. But when Jiang Ziya was born, his family had declined, so when he was young, Jiang Ziya became a butcher and sold wine for a living. "Heroes don't ask the source." Although down and out, Jiang Ziya people are not poor. They always tirelessly study astronomy, geography and military strategy, and study the way of governing the country and ensuring peace. They also wrote a book, Liu Tao, but their talents have been buried for a long time.
In, there was another saying that Jiang Ziya used to work under Shang Zhouwang, but later he left because Zhou Wang could not persuade the vassals, but he "met nothing". Therefore, Jiang Ziya's unique fishing method is probably a political strategy that he deliberately planned in order to attract Zhou Wenwang's attention. Jiang Ziya hasn't caught any fish for three years. Someone laughed and said, "Stop it!" But he smiled and said, "This is beyond your understanding." Later, it was said that Jiang Ziya caught a big carp with a book Historical Records in its belly.
Jiang Ziya is seventy years old. At this time, he is already a dying man. At the age of 7, the future "warrior sage" began his brilliant life. As for the age when Jiang Ziya came out of the mountain, Bing Zhong said: "Lv Wang is 5 years old and sells vegetables in Jin Meng; Seventy-year-old, slaughtering cattle and chanting; At the age of 9, if you are the teacher of the son of heaven, you will meet King Wen. " When I first met Zhou Wenwang, Taigong said, "My wife is seventy-two years old, but she has lost all her teeth.". It's not about age, no matter how old Jiang Ziya was. Just as Confucius said in the collection of words, "Lu merchants make the old people awake", he became a living example of "feeling active in his later years" It is a miracle that Jiang Ziya lived to be about 1 years old in that era when the average life expectancy was very short.
Is it true that Zhou Wenwang dreamed of Jiang Taigong in history? Maybe, maybe not. Just like Wu Ding's dream of Fu Shuo, maybe it's just Zhou Wenwang's superb political skills. From 755 to 79, Li said, "King Wen wanted to give him power, but he was afraid of the welfare of his ministers and brothers." Afraid of using those without merit immediately, which will cause unnecessary troubles, and "want to finally get rid of it, but can't bear the lawlessness of the people", I made a plan of "saving the country by curve": Then I said to the doctor, "I dreamed of a lover with a black beard, riding a horse to Zhu's hoof and calling,' You are in Zang's hands. The doctors suddenly said, "You are the first king." Wang Wen said, "But what?" The doctors said, "The king ordered you first, but if you don't have it, what's going on?" So the government gave him Zang's mother-in-law.
In the morning, Zhou Wenwang said to the doctors, "I dreamed of a good man with a black face and a long beard. Let me give you a good assistant, so that the people will have a big savior." When the doctors heard this, they all said that the good man was Zhou Wenwang's great-grandfather. Zhou Wenwang said playing hard to get, you need divination to be sure, and doctors who believe in dreams said that this was the order of their ancestors, and they don't need to take it anymore. In this way, Zhou Wenwang naturally appointed Jiang Ziya as a surname.
Zhou Wenwang was lucky enough to know Jiang Ziya and entrusted him with state affairs. Jiang Ziya is also committed to governing the country, and will not change laws and regulations or issue biased decrees. Three years later, when Zhou Wenwang visited the whole country, he saw that all power groups were scattered, leaders at all levels no longer boasted about their achievements, and all kinds of welcome guests were no longer used in customs, so the whole country was under great rule. In addition to assisting Zhou Wenwang in governing the country, it is said that Jiang Ziya once saved Zhou Wenwang's life: Zhou Wenwang was imprisoned in Bali for seven years by Shang Zhouwang, who is known as the "wine pool and meat forest", because of the secret report of Chonghou Hu. Zhou's courtiers were all in a hurry. Zhou Wenwang heard Jiang Ziya's name, so he sent Sanyisheng and Yao Hong to recruit Jiang Ziya. Jiang Ziya asked Sanyisheng, Yao Hong, etc. Take a thousand taels of gold, find the beauty of the Xin family, Li Rong's, bears and other rare things, and give them to my favorite. Shang Zhouwang couldn't help saying, "As long as there is one of them, Xibo can be released, not to mention so many treasures?" So he let Zhou Wenwang leave easily. After Zhou Wenwang was released from prison, he listened to Jiang Ziya's suggestion and offered Shang Zhouwang the land of Luoxi, requesting to be exempted from the punishment of firing. Shang Zhouwang not only agreed to Zhou Wenwang's request, but also appointed him Xibo, and gave him a bow, an arrow and an axe for him to conquer everywhere. Zhou Wenwang took this opportunity to develop its own strength. Shang Zhouwang got nothing but useless things, while Zhou Wenwang got popular support.
Shang Zhouwang, which has lost popular support, is still stubborn. It is governed by Fei Zhong, who is good at flattery and mercenary, and the state affairs are out of control. On the other hand, Zhou Wenwang did good deeds and gathered strength to buy people's hearts. Zhou Wenwang also quietly contacted various governors, successively crusaded against the tribes such as Rong, Mi Shu and Chonghou, and cut off Shang Zhouwang's wings. Subsequently, Zhou Wenwang moved the capital to Fengyi. At this time, the world has two weeks, and there is a tendency to take the Shang Dynasty as the Zhou Dynasty.
Zhou Wenwang once dreamed that "the sun and the moon were on him". It is a symbol of the sun and the moon. This dream is obviously to say that Zhou Wenwang is an order from heaven. This statement of "being ordered by heaven" is also a deliberate imitation of those who want to dominate the world in future generations. However, Zhou Wenwang didn't get the blessing of the son of heaven. He died the year after he moved to the capital, and Zhou Wuwang acceded to the throne. After Zhou Wuwang acceded to the throne, he relied heavily on Jiang Ziya and addressed him as "the teacher before his father". The monarch and his subjects plan day and night, with the elimination of business and peace as the primary task.
In order to reflect the "political correctness" of anti-business and avoid the notoriety of insurrection, Zhou Wuwang not only accused Shang Zhouwang of various crimes to occupy the high ground of public opinion, but Jiang Ziya also made a plan: he gave a child Dan medicine to make him whole body pure red, and taught the child to say "Yin Wu" when he grew up. This is a successful psychological war in ancient times. When Yin Min saw the child as red as "Hong Haier", he thought he was a god. When he said "Yin Wu", he thought it was the end of business.
shortly after he ascended the throne, Zhou Wuwang took Jiang Ziya as his surname, Zhou Gongdan as Zaifu, and attacked Jin Meng together with Zhao Gong and Bi Gong. This is a military exercise initiated by Zhou Wuwang, to test whether the vassals are new. As many as 8 people met unexpectedly this time, and everyone thought that violence could be conquered. But in the end, Zhou Wuwang felt that the time was not yet ripe, because "I dreamed that I was divined and attacked Xiang Xiu and Shang Rong's bike" and "you know your destiny, but you can't do it", so I retired after the military parade.
around 146 BC, Zhou Wuwang heard that Shang Zhouwang was in a state of fatuity and tyranny, and even killed his uncle Beagan and imprisoned Ji Zi. Seeing that he had left home, he told the generals, "Yin is a terrible crime, so we must fight." When the army is about to leave, people are used to divining the omen of turtles. Unexpectedly, not only unlucky, but also storms and lightning followed. Even Zhou Wuwang's horse was killed by lightning, and everyone was
Jiang Ziya believed that "the invincible is not in the sky" and urged the public to say, "What can you do if you accept your virtue?" His decisive action greatly enhanced Zhou Wuwang's confidence. So Zhou Wuwang personally led three hundred chariots, three thousand warriors and forty-five thousand horses to attack Zhou Wang. Jiang Ziya also ordered Zhou Jun to burn all the bridges he crossed, so he was dead. It seems that "cross the rubicon" was not initiated by Xiang Yu, but by Jiang Ziya.
Although Zhou Jun advanced smoothly as planned, Zhou Wuwang was still nervous. One day, Zhou Wuwang said to Duke Zhou, "Alas, please be free! Today, I have a business surprise. If there is nothing to ask for, it is useless to attack it, and the king is insufficient. If you don't quit, you worry! " King Wu said that he dreamed that the plan to kill the merchants was leaked, and the merchants themselves were alarmed. There is no good way to obey, but he wants to attack and is afraid of failure, and the conditions for succeeding him as king are not mature. He felt that Shang Zhouwang might not be defeated in this war, so he was very worried. Duke of Zhou relieved Zhou Wuwang that it was God who reminded Zhou people not to expect smooth sailing to win, so he was warned by a dream that Zhou Jun must guard against arrogance and rashness in order to win. After listening to the duke of Zhou's remarks, Zhou Wuwang's heart hanging in mid-air was barely put down.
in February 146 BC, Zhou Wuwang called together generals and leaders of all ethnic groups, made an oath of Zhuangzi Tianzifang, accused Shang Zhouwang of being fatuous and violent, and only listened to his favorite concubine da ji, calling on Qi Xin to work together to destroy the tyrant. At this time, the governors * * * used 4 vehicles, and the anti-business alliance was huge. I heard that Zhou Wuwang personally led an army to meet him, and he had arranged 7, troops to meet him. Although there were many teachers, the soldiers were dissatisfied with Shang Zhouwang's cruel rule, and most of them defected. It took only one day for Zhou Jun to win a decisive victory without any suspense, and he soon made a eulogy. This is the famous "Makino Battle".
Seeing that the tide was gone, Shang Zhouwang had to flee to Lutai and set himself on fire. Zhou Wuwang chased Lutai, and Huang Yue cut off the head of the widowed thief Shang Zhouwang and hung it under the banner of Dabai, while da ji's head was also cut off and hung under the banner of Xiaobai. More than 1 men were captured alive, while Jiang Ziya led the army to continue attacking Shang's troops, and achieved the final victory of destroying Shang, and held a captive ceremony. The next day, Zhou Wuwang announced that he was the master of the world.
After the victory of the war, Zhou Wuwang asked Jiang Ziya how to keep the world forever. Jiang Ziya said, "Your Majesty, good question! If the king wants to live a long life, he must cherish the people and fight side by side with them. " I think Zhou Wuwang is right. Next, Jiang Ziya and Duke Zhou helped Zhou Wuwang to rectify Zhou Zheng, which created a new era that Confucius yearned for. Jiang Ziya was the first hero to destroy the business, so he was named "Qi Huangong", ranking ahead of Duke Zhou and Lu. Its fief is located in the northeast of Shandong Province, facing the sea, with the benefit of salt and iron. When Jiang Ziya came to seal the country, it was "simple and courteous because of its vulgarity", and the commerce and trade industry brought great benefits to the people. Therefore, people gathered together, and Qi gradually became the most powerful sealed country. When he arrived and took charge of Cai's insurrection, the royal family ordered Jiang Ziya to "have five princes and nine uncles, which is actually a levy". As a result, Qi gained the power of conquest and further became a political power.