We all know that war is cruel and merciless, and since the formation of human society, from ancient society to today's society, war has never been interrupted for a day.
Simply put, it all happened for the birth of the nation.
However, it is just that the size, region, and scale are different, and wars have occurred in the past, wars have occurred now, and wars will continue to occur in the future. No one or any system can eliminate war, and peace can only be maintained in different regions for a short time.
Although the war is merciless, it is like a forest burning in the sky, which is a process of self-refining, of course, we look forward to world peace, no matter which country or nation of mankind live in harmony. However, throughout the history of world development, some wars have indeed played a role in changing the direction of the world and mankind, some are cosmopolitan, some are regional, and some are about the continuation of a nation's civilization.
For example, today's Jiangyang gu drinkers first talk about the Battle of Makino more than 3,000 years ago.
Friends who have seen the list of gods should know that the history of the Wu King's cutting, put aside the cloak of mythology. The most important stop of the Shang Zhou in those years determined the lifeblood of the Chinese cultural system, and today it seems extremely crucial.
The last king of the Shang Dynasty was called Di Xin, and many people may not know about Di Xin, but the king of Yi understood. As the last monarch of the Shang Dynasty, he was not a mediocre person. On the contrary, the historical record of Di Xin "discerns the disease of shortcuts, and smells very sensitively; Superior material, hand beast. "This is a big,fervent, brave, powerful overlord who will be taken down by him. It is a pity that "good wine and lascivious pleasure, 'bì' for women", which means that the extravagant life and the red face and the water of the water will eventually cause him to perish.
However, before Ji Fa did not cut the silk, Di Xin was "fighting the jackal with his hands, chasing four horses with his feet, and being brave and not micro;a hundred battles and victories, the princes were intimidated, and the power was not light." ”
Di Xin was the younger son of Emperor Yi, and after succeeding to the throne, he built dynastic songs in the interior, increased the endowment, strictly enforced the zhou sacrifice system, changed the employment policy, implemented severe punishment laws, and repeatedly sent troops to attack the Dongyi tribes. Its various measures not only caused contradictions within the ruling clique, but also shook the foundation of the Shang Dynasty's rule.
The Zhou people called him "King Of Qiu", which was a language of great disrespect and contempt. "Yi, the cruelty of righteousness and the loss of goodness also." In the eyes of the Zhou people, he was an absurd and evil king. In the eyes of Yin Ren, he was the beloved Di Xin who had made meritorious contributions to the thousands of years. For the same person, the same history, different ethnic groups have very different and polarized cognitions. History is written by posterity, how in the end? At a time when it is too far away to be far away, myth and reality are intertwined, and we are no longer recognizable.
The justice of the Zhou people came from their oral tradition of what happened to King Wen, and the fearsome Shang Yi was cruel. The Shang Dynasty developed into the era of Di Xin, the head of a country, is working hard to change the national fortunes. However, he unconsciously violated the interests of the internal nobility and let the Zhou people take advantage of the void.
With the abolition of the aristocratic public deliberation system, the aristocratic tycoons who were originally important have lost their influence in state affairs, and they are full of complaints and resentment for a long time. A very strong centrifugal force was formed within the nobility, and Di Xin resisted Dongyi and operated the southeast. The increasingly powerful Dongyi attempted to expand into the Central Plains, and often attacked, seriously threatening the borders of the Shang Dynasty.
Di Xin launched a large-scale counterattack against Dongyi, and after a protracted and arduous war, he repelled Dongyi and defended the Central Plains, but after a long period of military use, the loss was huge, and "Ke Dongyi was killed." The war also brought new burdens, the vast territory needed to be skimmed, and the huge number of prisoners of war needed to be absorbed. Everything takes time to slowly heal the wounds of war.
The western princely states of Zhou began to expand vigorously from the seasonal calendar. Twelve years of DiWending, killing the season calendar. His son Ji Chang the Prince of Wen was ambitious and burdened with a deep vengeance in the Blood Sea, so he made a small ambush on the surface, but in fact accelerated the conquest. After the death of King Wen, Ji Fa, the King of Wu, was even more ambitious, not only preparing for the momentum, but also wantonly creating rumors, slandering Di Xin, launching a public opinion offensive, while linking up with the princes everywhere and forming an alliance of interests.
At this time, Di Xin was painstakingly operating, but he was not strong enough. On the one hand, the internal nobles are alienated from morality, and on the other hand, the external troubles are many, and although the people love the king, they consume their lives in endless conquests and are not recuperated. And those rumors about Di Xin are even more indignant.
In February 1057 BC (the current time is still disputed, this record is used for the time being), Ji Fa, the king of Zhou Wu, led 3,000 huben and 45,000 jiashi in Makino after a day of bloody battle, breaking the "700,000" division of the giant King of Shang, ending the 600-year rule of the Yin Shang Dynasty, establishing the zhou dynasty's ruling order over the Central Plains, opening the way for the full prosperity of the western Zhou slave ritual music civilization, and it was also a ceremony for the rebirth of the Chinese cultural system and the ascension of nirvana.
Since then, the traditional Chinese culture, which has lasted for 3,000 years, is eclectic and still full of vitality, has finally become an indispensable and vital pole in human culture. And paint a magnificent history of supreme glory and tragic suffering.
Of course, there are many reasons why, with small wins, but public opinion is really terrifying, and even beyond the role of sharp weapons. Among the 700,000 people in the merchant army at that time, there were not many real merchants, most of them were captured slaves, who had no sense of belonging and faith, and it was inevitable that they would rise up.
If Di Xin could take over the outside world and the inside, perhaps the direction of history may not be what it is today, and if the Zhou people did not expand at the same time, and at the same time attacked by public opinion, I am afraid that it would not be easy to reverse the situation.
This righteous battle, which was described by later Generations of Confucians as a just battle to hang the people and cut down crimes, also laid the famous example of a war in Chinese history in which the few win more, the weak win the strong, and preemptively attack. It also opened up the road to the comprehensive prosperity of the Lile civilization in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
From the descendants of Yanhuang to the establishment of Chinese civilization, China really has a sense of belonging at this time. Although the future kings still have the guise of divine power, they are far away from the untouchable age of mythology. However, in the end to sum up this battle, Confucianism once said: The Zhou army "sang before and danced after", did not kill a single person, did not shed a drop of blood, the Shang Dynasty collapsed on its own, with the support of the people, the King of Wu ascended to the throne of the Son of Heaven, from then on the sword and gun into the treasury, the horse put the South Mountain, the world is at peace, this is like a myth. This is certainly not credible.
However, after those gunfire, there is no doubt that Chinese civilization has opened a new chapter.