Yi Jiang, daughter of Taigong Jiang and queen consort of King Wu of Zhou. Gentle and virtuous, the harem of the Inner Rule, was one of the heroes who destroyed the Shang Xingzhou. After the early death of King Wu, he assisted the monarchs of the two dynasties, and the country prospered, enabling Western Zhou to reach a period of high prosperity and unification. Located in the southwest of present-day Taiyuan City, Shanxi, there is a Song Dynasty building "Notre Dame Hall" dedicated to the worship of Yi Jiang, which has a history of nearly a thousand years. What kind of legendary life does such a woman have?
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The King of Zhou proposed to his relatives, and Yi Jiang was married
One day, Zhou Wang Jifa accompanied Jiang Taigong to fish by Fengyi Lake, and after fishing, the two people chatted about the day. The King of Zhou asked Jiang Gong for advice on how to govern the country, and Jiang Gong replied one by one and gave the King of Zhou a lot of suggestions.
Ji Fa listened and said, "It turns out that it is so difficult to be a good monarch, I must take the five sentences you just sent me and the precepts of the Five Emperors as my motto." Strive to be a qualified monarch. ”
Jiang Taigong said, "You don't have to worry so much, as long as you go with the flow, everything will be at ease." I see that you are not young, in the past seven years, you have spent all your energy on diligent work, and managed the Prosperity of the Great Zhou Jiangshan left by the previous kings, which is really outstanding. And it's time for you to marry and have children. ”
When Ji Fa heard this, his heart suddenly jumped up, and he didn't expect that he couldn't find an opportunity to mention it, and Jiang Gong actually took the initiative to say it. King Zhou said excitedly, "It's not that I don't want to get married earlier, it's because I didn't see what I liked." Zhou Gong and Zhao Gong did not know how many girls they had listed for me, but they did not like it. I already had a girl in my heart, and I made up my mind that if she refused to marry in this life, I would benefit the people of the world for the rest of my life, and I would never want to marry a wife again. ”
Jiang Taigong was very curious: "Whose girl has no eyesight, and even looks down on the king." How about you say it, and I'll help you get the strings?" Ji Fa hesitated for half a day and said, "It was Jiang Gong and your daughter Jiang Taigong who was shocked at first, stared into the eyes of the King of Zhou, and carefully examined it for a while, as if looking at a stranger: "If it is my daughter, then it should be no problem, I will be in charge." However, my daughter seems to be more than ten years younger than King Zhou. I'm afraid it's not appropriate.
Ji Fa said, "Yi Jiang is not a child, he is almost 20 years old." I begged her to marry me, and she just didn't say yes or no. I think she is waiting for your old man's words. As soon as you agreed, as soon as I saw the voice fall, a young woman's crisp voice came from the distance, beautiful and beautiful: "Father, father, my mother and I have brought fruit to you and Brother Jifa." ”
Jiang Gong looked back and saw Yi Jiang's mother and daughter come over, nodded at her daughter, and then got up and pulled her wife behind the tree, saying, "King Zhou wants to marry Yi Jiang as queen, how do you see?" Ma Shi said I was trying to discuss this with you, I tried Yi Jiang, as long as you agree, she will be fine. Jiang Taigong had a bottom in his heart, and he decided to talk about this matter in front of the two of them in a moment.
At the lakeside, Ji Fa and Yi Jiang stood together, saying something, the voice was very small, and Yi Jiang smiled and bowed his head from time to time. "Yi Jiang, I have discussed with your mother and plan to marry you to the king, but I don't know if you are willing?"
Yi Jiang saw his father coming over, just about to run up to spoil him, when he heard him talk about himself and Ji Fa, he couldn't help but blush with shame, quickly hid behind his mother, and whispered, "I listen to my father." ”
King Zhou saw that Yi Jiang finally agreed, immediately got up, walked to Taigong Jiang and Ma Shi, straightened his clothes, bowed and said: "The son-in-law meets his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and the son-in-law will change his name to Taishi as his father-in-law from today onwards." "Well, you should call the old man Father Shang." It is still my name, so as to distinguish the courtesy of the king. The King of Zhou agreed, and from then on, Father Shang became another name for Jiang Taigong. After Yi Jiang married Ji Fa, the king of Zhou, the two became more and more affectionate. Thirteen years later, Ji Shu succeeded his father Ji Fa the King of Zhou Wu as the second king of the Great Zhou Dynasty, King Zhou Cheng.
Extinction of Shang Xing zhou, female Haojie
Yi Jiang has been influenced by his father since he was a child, and has a political talent that is different from ordinary people. At that time, the Shang Dynasty's Jiangshan was already in danger, and King Ji of Zhou Wu sent troops to destroy him and won a total victory. There must be capable ministers behind the Xianwang, and Ji Fa is no exception, he believes that the world of the Zhou Dynasty was captured and settled with the assistance of ten ministers, and among these ten people, there was Yi Jiang.
Yi Jiang's credit is not to go out to kill the enemy, but to govern internally, she is kind and virtuous, she is clear and upright, leads by example, governs the harem in an orderly manner, and the concubines get along harmoniously, and almost no contradictions occur. And Yi Jiang was also loved by both inside and outside the imperial court, and king Wu was even more caring for her.
Widowed in his early years, he assisted the two dynasties
In the third year of the extinction, King Wu of Zhou died, and Yi Jiang was so sad that he did not sleep for many days. His son Ji Ji succeeded to the throne in order to become king, when he was only thirteen years old. King Xiaocheng's tianzi position is very dangerous, because King Wu of Zhou has many brothers, and there is a saying that "brothers will succeed brothers". The reason why King Cheng was able to sit firmly in the country was because there were many ministers of culture and military affairs left behind by King Wu who were loyal and loyal, and they were able to start a business and make great achievements. In this way, Yi Jiang assisted the king to settle down the Capital Division, so that the Zhou Room world was as stable as a rock.
Unfortunately, King Cheng later died prematurely due to illness. After losing two relatives in succession, Yi Jiang's heart was already fragile to the extreme, and he could no longer support it, and finally, he was seriously ill. After King Cheng's death, his son Ji Zhao succeeded to the throne, also known as King Kang. Because King Kang was too young to govern the government independently, Yi Jiang, who had just recovered from a serious illness, taught King Kang as an old empress, took charge of the affairs of the imperial court, patiently taught King Kang, respected the ministers, governed the country, and loved the people.
From the two generations of King Cheng of Zhou to King Kang of Zhou, about forty-seven years before and after, it was a period of strength and unification of the Zhou Dynasty, and historians said that "when Chengkang was born, the world was peaceful, and the punishment was not used for more than forty years", which was called "the rule of Chengkang" in history. It can be seen that Yi Jiang is indeed a great woman in Chinese history, and she made the Zhou Dynasty quickly move towards a prosperous era.