Twenty-five histories of Wu Ding Fu said

Wu Ding, the twenty-second son of the Shang Dynasty, was the nephew of Pan Geng. Wu Ding grew up in the countryside and had an understanding of the reality of society, the sufferings of the people, and the hardships of harvesting. After becoming crown prince, he worshipped the sage Gan Pan as his teacher (Gan Pan: a famous person in the Wuding period, the ancestor of the Gan surname). Not only did I learn knowledge, but I also learned that no matter how noble a person is, he must be cautious and pay attention to the truth of virtue.

Although the Shang Dynasty has developed politically, economically, and culturally since Pan Geng moved to Yin, there are still profound contradictions in society. After Wu Ding succeeded to the throne, he took Ganpan as Tsukasa Zai, (Tsukasa Zai was an official name, that is, Dazai, who was ranked as the third duke and was the head of the Six Qings.) Dazai was originally the official in charge of the royal family's finances and affairs in the palace. He hoped that Ganpan would assist him in reforming politics and reviving the dynasty.

Ganpan is old, has limited energy, and lacks courage, and can only be a shoucheng phase. But What Wu Ding wanted was an ideal minister, but he couldn't. Therefore, he entrusted political affairs to Ganpan and went on a tour of the country himself to observe the people's customs and visit the sages.

The ministers wrote one after another, saying, "The Son of Heaven is the lord of the country, and the hundred officials must act according to the instructions of the king." Now the king does not speak, and tells us how to do it? Wu Ding said: "I feel that my virtue is not enough, so I dare not ask the people of the world to do what I say." Or let me visit the people's customs and cultivate virtue. The affairs of the country are still handled by you! ”

Wu Ding had extensive contacts with various people in the folk and looked for talents. Finally, I finally met Fu Yan at Fu Yan. After an in-depth conversation, I was overjoyed and decided to hire a heavy responsibility. Fu said that it was a rammed slave, at that time Fu Yan was a traffic point, but the road was often washed away by streams, Fu said that it was here that the slaves who used wooden planks to cover the road with earth rammed roads.

Fu said that as a slave, wu ding did not have a surname, so Wu Ding gave him the surname Fu in the place of his residence. It is said that even the name "said" by Fu was also named by Wu Ding. "Speaking" means joy, expressing the understanding that Wu Ding felt that this sage could make the people of the world happy.

However, Fu said that he was a slave. In the hierarchical Shang Dynasty, Shi Qing Shilu, it was even more difficult to raise a slave from the lowest level to the position below ten thousand people than to ascend to heaven. Wu Ding knew that people were superstitious about Providence, so he devised an ingenious idea.

One morning, Wu Ding made an exception and went to the temple to accept the courtiers. He said to the courtiers, "I had a dream at night that God had sent me a virtuous assistant named Shu. God says He can help me run the country. "When he had finished, he asked the ministers to come forward one by one to see who was the auxiliary minister sent by God. However, the ministers were not the assistants in Wu Ding's dream.

Therefore, Wu Ding asked the painter to paint multiple portraits of the people he dreamed of, and sent emissaries to the people to search widely. The emissary found the slave Fu Yan at Fu Yan and sent him to the capital Yinyi. Wu Ding immediately received him, and after careful examination, he said, "He is the saint sent by God that I saw in my dream!" When the courtiers saw this, they all knelt down on the ground and cried out, "Long live!" And said congratulations to the king for his sages.

Wu Ding immediately appointed Fu Shuo as minister of state to assist in state affairs. Wu Ding said to Fu, "You will command the hundred officials and give me advice at any time." I'm like a copper knife, and you're a grindstone. I seem to be the one crossing the river, and you are the ferry. I seem to be in a big drought, and you are just raining in time. You must be like a medicine stone, open my heart, water my heart, and make me awake forever. I will follow the way of the kings and make all the people healthy and happy. ”

With the assistance of Liang Xiang, Wu Ding sent troops many times, pacified the ghost side, attacked several other tribes, and established some military strongholds in the northwest, ensuring the safety of production and life of the people in the western border areas, and extending the rule of the Shang Dynasty to the Xianggan area.

Wu Ding and Fu were sages and sages rooted in the people, and their experiences and origins gave them both qualities that were lacking in ordinary monarchs. Wu Ding asked Fu Shuo to consult at any time, and Fu Said regarded it as his duty to keep the king's clear mind.

It seems that our ancestors have already concluded more than three thousand years ago that the way to maintain political clarity lies in the fact that the supreme ruler can be humble and tolerant. Of course, this understanding is too backward for today. However, at the time, it was very valuable.

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