China has a history of more than 5,000 years, in which countless historical celebrities, such as Yue Fei, Yu Qian, etc., are heroes and heroes. The man we are talking about today is also a loyal minister in history, and he is Bigan. Bi Gan was a loyal vassal during the Shang Dynasty, and it is far from now, but he was the first loyal vassal in history to die, and his story has been praised until now.
Bikan grew up to be excellent, and his family environment is inseparable. Bigan was born in a famous nobleman, and his father was the grandfather of the King of Shang, which means that the King of Shang was his nephew. With this relationship, coupled with the fact that Hikan himself has been diligent and studious since childhood, he is gifted, and it is not surprising that he will become a big person when he grows up. Bi Gan was well educated because of family reasons, and his development was perfect in all aspects, and at the age of 20, he had become a master among the officials of the Shang Dynasty, a position that was absolutely out of reach of others.
After Bi Gan became a Taishi, he began to do his best to assist his brother Emperor Yi of Shang, making Emperor Yi of Shang a generation of Ming Emperors. After Emperor Yi's death, Bi Gan did not withdraw from the government, but became a minister of the Orphan and began to assist his nephew King Shang. Those who know the King of Shang yi know that he is a famous tyrant in history, who disregards the people of the world for his own selfish desires, and is also a very heartfelt minister in the list of gods, but in the end he was dug into his heart.
At first, the King of Shang was still concerned about the major affairs of the country, until the appearance of Dai Ji, so that the King of Shang Ji became tyrannical and faint, and he did everything just for Himself to laugh, these things made the Shang Dynasty precarious. In folklore, the King of Shang was a faint and incompetent king who cared only for his own and his own joys, completely disregarded the lives and deaths of the people, and even set up such a harsh punishment as "cannon branding". However, there is no exact historical data on these things, but it is undeniable that the King of Shang is indeed not a Ming King, he must be a conceited king, and he is so happy that the final demise of the Shang Dynasty is not surprising and not deplorable.
At that time, the King of Shang was constantly launching wars against neighboring countries, resulting in the national treasury becoming more and more empty, and he had always dreamed of unifying the world, only thinking of conquering the four sides, seemingly ignoring his own strength. At this time, Bi Gan knew in his heart that if the King of Shang continued to fight in this way, it would definitely bring irreversible harm to the Shang Dynasty. Therefore, Bi Gan suggested at that time that the King of Shang should stick to the brother of the Dynasty, which was the correct approach, after all, it was necessary to let the Shang Dynasty preserve its strength and not be affected by the situation of major losses, in order to avoid the destruction of the country and the death of the family.
However, the king of Shangxi, who had always been conceited, did not listen to persuasion at all, believing that Bi Gan looked down on him and was insulting him, and the king of Shangxi, who did not listen to advice, insisted on sending troops to fight. Because the King of Shang was bent on going his own way, Bigan risked his life to make a statement, that is, the "Emperor with Death" that has been passed down to the present. However, this provoked the anger of the King of Shang, who directly executed his uncle Bigan, and then immediately led his soldiers to attack Western Zhou, and finally captured the rebels, and the King of Shangyi also died in this battle.
When Bigan was executed by the King of Shang, Bigan's wife Chen Shi was pregnant, and she was extremely sad to hear that her husband had been killed. In order to preserve the only bloodline of Bi Gan in his belly, Chen Shi, who was pregnant with Liujia, opened the way to escape with his maid, and finally ran to a forest and gave birth to Bi Gan's widow. The Chen clan could not let the imperial court know of the existence of this son, because it would definitely lead to the disaster of killing, in order to keep the son from being affected, the Chen clan took the lin zi that gave birth to him as his surname and named it "Lin Jian". After King Wu of Zhou ascended the throne, Bigan's reputation was restored and he was given the surname "Lin", and since then, nan has had the "Lin" family, and now, the "Lin" surname is already one of the four major surnames in the south.