< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > primer</h1>
Whether it is the main history, wild history, novels, or film and television works, Zhou Wu Wang Ji Fa is a wise and divine martial positive role, recently tasted "Zhou Benji", found the three dark sides of Ji Fa you, share with everyone, of course, there is no meaning of reversing history, it is considered to be a bone in the egg.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01: reckless</h1>
In the ninth year of King Wu of Zhou, after Ji Fa sacrificed his ancestors, in the name of the crown prince, carrying his father's spirit card, he led a large army to Mengjin and prepared to fight against the King of Shang. When crossing the Yellow River, a white fish jumped to the side of the boat, and the entourage caught it and used it to sacrifice to the heavens, and the brigade was full of excitement and thought that this was a very auspicious thing; when resting on the other side and preparing to reorganize the team, a very bad phenomenon appeared -- a crow went around his tent and kept barking. Ji Fa listened to the advice of his subordinates, thinking that it was very unlucky, so he went back to his hometown.
The later Battle of Makino tells us that Zhou was able to defeat Yin Shang, not that Yin Shang was unable to use force, but that king Huan absorbed a lot of foreigners, and before he could digest it, coupled with many internal opponents, king Huan's army turned against him, and Zhou finally won.
In other words, with the military strength of the Zhou Dynasty at that time, in the hard-hitting confrontation, the certainty of victory was not great. Obviously, this time, Ji Fa was too anxious and rash. Of course, his timely return is enough to prove that he is a great man, and that indiscretion is only a small flaw.
Obviously, his strength was not good, so why did Ji Fa force his way out? I think there are three main reasons:
First of all, Zhou's hatred with Shang was too great. Ji Fa's grandfather Ji Li was a leader with very outstanding military talent, and he repeatedly won battles against rong di in various parties, and the Yin Shang monarch Wen Ding (the grandfather of king Huan) was very jealous, summoned him to Shangdu in the name of reward, and then imprisoned him and killed him; by the time ji Fa's father, King Wen of Zhou, the Shang Dynasty used the same trick, but fortunately Hong Yu used the beauty plan to save him. How can such a great hatred not be in a hurry?
Secondly, Ji Fa is old and his life is not long. Two years later, the Battle of Makino broke out, and Zhou gained the world; two or three years later, Ji Fa, the king of Zhou Wu, died. King Wen of Zhou reigned for 50 years, and under normal circumstances, Ji Fa's age when he succeeded to the throne should not be small, coupled with his poor health, it was reasonable to be anxious to cut down business.
Finally, test the reactions of the princes. At the time of king Wu, two-thirds of the princes in the world had already surrendered to The Zhou, and it was one thing to surrender, it was another thing to be able to confront Yin Shang with real swords and guns, and this action was a good opportunity to test the loyalty of the princes.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >02: Cruelty</h1>
After the success of King Wu's cutting, King Wu of Zhou treated King Shang himself and his wives and concubines with extreme cruelty.
First of all, how he handled the King of Shang.
After the defeat of the Shang Dynasty army, king Huan, knowing that the general trend was gone, jumped into the fire and committed suicide. The next act was very bloody:
King Wu of Zhou took matters into his own hands and shot three arrows at the corpse of King Huan;
Pull the ejaculated corpse to his side and stab it with a sword;
The head of the King of Lu was cut off with the yellow uncle and hung on the great white flag for public display.
Let's see how he deals with the favored concubines of the King of Sui.
One of the three declarations of the King of Wu was that the King of Shangyi over-favored and listened to the beautiful women, so after seeing the suicide of the two favored concubines of the King of Shang, he was not at all polite to their corpses, and the bloody picture appeared again:
Shoot arrows at corpses;
Stab with a sword;
The head was cut off and hung on a small white flag.
I don't know if this was the common practice at that time, or whether the psychology of the Wu King was too dark, in short, the practice of insulting corpses was too bloody.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >03: Nepotism</h1>
King Wu of Zhou's father, King Wen of Zhou, was a person who attached great importance to talents and courtesy corporals.
King Wen of Xi Bo, who obeyed the work of Hou Ji and Gong Liu, then the law of the ancient gong and gong ji, the benevolence, respect for the elderly, and the kindness of the young. The sages do not have time to eat during the day to wait for the soldiers, and the soldiers return to them. (Zhou Benji)
In order to receive talents from all over the world, King Wen of Zhou often did not care about eating. This move of King Wen of Zhou has achieved very good results, talents from all over the world have come to this side of Zhou, and a large number of outstanding talents have gathered around King Wen of Zhou, such as Tai Qian, Hong Yao, San Yisheng, Man Xiong, Dr. Xin Jia, etc., of course, there is also The Jiang Ziya Lu Shang that we are familiar with.
On the other hand, the strategists around King Wu of Zhou were basically his own family, and his father-in-law, uncles and younger brothers, such as taiqian, HongYao, and Sanyisheng, did not pay much attention to these old people.
Let's look at the people king Wu relied on before and after the cutting.
King Wu ascended the throne, Taigong Wang as his teacher, Zhou Gongdan as his assistant, Zhao Gong and Bi Gong's disciples left and right, and Shi Xiuwen Wang Xuye.
After King Wu of Zhou ascended the throne, with TaigongWang as his master and Zhou Gongdan as his assistant, He summoned Gonggong, Bigong, and others to assist and help King Wu and inherit King Wen's cause. These are all his own family, Taigong Wang, that is, Jiang Ziya, is his father-in-law, Zhou Gongdan is his younger brother, and Zhao Gong and Bi Gong are also his brothers.
King Wu's younger brother Zhen Duo served Chen Changche, Zhou Gongdan took the big cymbal, and Bi Gong took the small cymbal to clamp the king of Wu. San yisheng, Tai Qian, and Hong Yu all held swords to defend the King of Wu. Both enter, standing on the left side of the Shenan pawn, the right Bi Cong. Uncle Mao Zheng Fengmingshui, Uncle Wei Kang Fengbuzi, Summoning Gong Yi Zancai, And Shi Shang's father led the animals.
After the victory of Makino, King Wu of Zhou held a sacrifice ceremony, and we look at the people around him:
Shu Zhenduo: Younger brother of King Wu, who later sealed the Kingdom of Cao;
Zhou Gongdan: This is familiar to everyone, and later sealed to the State of Lu;
Bi Gong: Younger brother of King Wu, who later enfeoffed the State of Bi, which was destroyed in the early Spring and Autumn Period;
San yisheng, taiqian, hongyao: these are a few old ministers, and later the fiefdom is unknown, it is likely that there is not;
Uncle Mao Zheng: Younger brother of King Wu, who later became the state of Mao;
Uncle Wei Kang: Younger brother of King Wu, who was later enfeoffed to Wei Guo;
Zhao Gongyi: A contemporary of King Wu, who should be a cousin, was sealed in the Yan Kingdom;
Shi Shang's father: Jiang Ziya, the hopeless father-in-law, was sealed in the State of Qi.
See, in the inner circle of the Wu King, it is basically his own younger brother, and the old ministers like San Yisheng, Tai Qian, and Hong Yao have not been reused much, and there are no foreign newcomers. King Wu used his own people, and it was not an exaggeration to say that nepotism was true, of course, his younger brothers could also do it.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > conclusion</h1>
King Ji Fa of Zhou Wu did not reign for a long time, and the Battle of Makino fully demonstrated his leadership and military talents, and he was a very good politician. But people are not sages, who can be infallible, the King of Wu is not a perfect person, his actions are too rash, there is a cruel side of human nature, and nepotism in the use of people is a few small flaws.