In order to escape the harassment of "meat porridge", Ji Qi, the grandfather of King Wen of Zhou, led his clansmen to move from Binzhou, Shaanxi to the north of Qishan, and built infrastructure here, building cities and houses, thus laying a solid foundation for the destruction of commerce in the Zhou Dynasty.
It is recorded in the Book of Poetry: "The father of the ancient father, Tao Fu pottery cave, did not have a family. That is to say, before the Zhou people came to Qishan, they lived a relatively primitive life and lived in the crypt. As I have already introduced, meat porridge was a branch of nomadic herding in the north at that time. Because they were often invaded by "meat porridge", the strength of the Zhou people at that time was very weak.
According to historical sources such as Zuo Chuan and Analects, by the time of King Wen of Zhou, the Zhou people already owned two-thirds of the "world" of the Shang Dynasty. How did they grow rapidly in three generations?
After coming to Qishan, Ji Ji encouraged him to make good efforts, set up official ranks, and built a temple, which soon enabled the Zhou people to develop from a primitive "tribal" form to an advanced "state" form. According to the Book of Poetry, by this time the Zhou people had been able to confront the invading northern nomads, and often beat them to the ground. After gaining a certain military strength, the Zhou people began to implement their plan to destroy commerce during this period.
By the time of King Wen of Zhou's father, Ji Li, the Zhou people began to take the initiative to send troops to attack the surrounding Rong and Di tribes. According to the "Bamboo Book Chronicle", in 1113 BC, Ji Li led the Zhou army to "felling the west and capturing twenty Zhai kings". Later, under the leadership of Ji Li, the Zhou people successively defeated the "Yanjing no Rong", "Yu Wu no Rong", "Shihu no Rong", and "Yi Disciple no Rong". There is a similar record in the Book of the Later Han.
At this time, the Zhou people were already able to continuously send troops to fight the enemy, expanding their territory in both east and west directions, and "judging the two races" before. The rapid development and growing of the Zhou people caused concern among Shang Wang Wending. Fearing that the Zhou people would betray him, he imprisoned and killed Ji Li.
After Ji Li's death, Ji Chang became the leader of the Zhou people. Ji Chang buried the murder of his father deep in his heart, and was very deferential to the Shang Dynasty on the surface, carefully doing things for the Shang Dynasty. According to the Spring and Autumn of the Lü Clan, as soon as King Feng was happy, he named Ji Chang "Xibo" and "gave thousands of miles of land". This is a testament to the expansion of the Zhou tribe during the Ji Chang period.
Ji Chang in the history books is shown as a generous and benevolent image, and it is rare to see him using force to conquer the four sides. Is this really the case? In "Xunzi Zhongni", it is said: "King Wen Yi 4, King Wu Yi 2, Duke Zhou Diye". King Ji Fa of Zhou Wu was only a "second emperor", that is, Ji Chang destroyed twice as many enemies as Ji Fa.
The Book of the Later Han also says that after Ji Chang became Xibo, "there was the plague of Kunyi in the west and the plague of the lynx in the north." "Ji Chang was once ordered by the Son of Heaven of the Shang Dynasty to send troops to garrison the border and fight the barbarians. It can be seen that Ji Chang is not only magnanimous and benevolent, and he is also a "capable person" in military affairs. What is even more valuable is that these tribes that he defeated and conquered are also willing to submit to him. The history books also mention that Ji Chang adopted a policy of pacification and softness towards the tribes in the northwest.
The conquest of the western and northern departments can only be regarded as two of the "Four Emperors of Wen", the other two being "Southern Zhou" and "Zhaonan" in the Book of Poetry. According to the "Poetry Spectrum Zhou Nan Zhao Nanpu", King Shun ordered Ji Chang to govern the princely states near the Yangtze River, Han River, and Rushui in the south. Ji Chang spread the "transformation of King Wen" to the southern countries.
"Zuo Chuan" commented on King Wen of Zhou: "Big countries fear their strength, small countries cherish their gains." The "force" here is force. Without using force, how could Ji Chang spread the "Transformation of King Wen"? In the Zhou Yuan oracle bones unearthed in modern times, there are records of "Fa Shu" and "Keshu". When King Wu fell, Shu was already an ally of Zhou, so "felling Shu" was most likely done during the Ji Chang period.
Under the leadership of the three generations of Ji Ling, Ji Li, and Ji Chang's ancestors and grandchildren, the Zhou tribe endured humiliation and burden, painstakingly operated, and obtained most of the land of the Shang Dynasty, so that "there are two parts of the world", so that "King Wu" would be successful.
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