The story of "King Wu's Harvesting" is believed to be heard by everyone. Whether in the history books or in novels such as "Fengshen Yanyi", Ji Fa, the King of Wu, seems to be the protagonist of the harvest. But what everyone should know is that the first person to raise the banner of cutting was not Ji Fa, but his father, Xi Bohou Ji Chang. Because Ji Chang was diligent in his administration and loved the people in the territory of Zhou, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment, more and more people defected to him, and the power of the Zhou clan became larger and larger. Emperor Xin, the King of Shang, was jealous of the strength of the Zhou clan and summoned Ji Chang to Chaoge under house arrest. Later, the Zhou ministers bribed the king of Shang with money and beautiful women, and Ji Chang was released. After Ji Chang came out, he recruited talents everywhere and raised the banner of anti-business.
In the process of King Wen of Zhou's rebellion against the Shang, his sons played a huge role, especially Ji Fa, the King of Wu. But friends who are familiar with history know that Ji Fa is only the second son, and the eldest son of Xi Bohou is Bo Yi kao. If Bo Yikao had not died early, he would have been the one who would have inherited the throne. Many friends said that Xi Bohou adopted many righteous sons in that year, and there were more than 100 sons alone. Ji Chang and Ji Fa are both surnamed Ji, but Bo Yi kao is surnamed Bo, will he be Ji Chang's adopted son? If that were the case, even if he lived, the throne would be out of touch with him.
If you hold this kind of thinking of friends, Xiaobian can only tell you that you are thinking wrong. Bo Yikao was actually also surnamed Ji, his real name was Ji Kao, and he was the same father and mother as Ji Fa the Prince of Wu, so he was the eldest son of Ji Chang. The reason why it is called "Bo Yi Kao" by the world is because the ancients called the name differently. In ancient times, the ranking between brothers was indicated by the term "Bo Zhong Shu Ji". Bo is the eldest, Zhong is the second, Uncle is the third, and Ji is the youngest. For example, Confucius, the representative figure of Confucianism, is called "Zhongni" because he ranks second. Therefore, the word "Bo" in front of Bo Yi kao's name was only used to indicate that he was the eldest son of Xi Bohou. And "Yi" usually refers to his son's identity, so Ji Kao is called "Bo Yi Kao". Similarly, Xi Bohou's third son, Ji Xian, was also known as "Guan Shu Xian".
How did Bo Yicao die? As we all know, in ancient Chinese society, there was a tradition of exchanging protons between princely states. Especially in some small countries, it is necessary to send their sons to the suzerainty to obtain peace. When King Wen of Zhou was imprisoned, Bo Yikao was holding a hostage to the king of Shangyi. In order to test King Wen of Zhou, King Huan deliberately cooked and killed Boyikao and made him into a meat soup for King Wen of Zhou to eat. King Huan swore an oath and said, "Isn't Ji Chang called a saint by the people?" The saint should not have eaten the meat soup made of his son's meat. If he doesn't eat, then I have a reason to kill him. But in order to avenge his son and overthrow the tyrannical Shang Dynasty King for the people of the world, Ji Chang swallowed the meat soup made of bo yikao's body with humiliation and burden.
Later, Ji Chang raised the banner of rebellion, and many tribes and princes oppressed by the King of Sui responded. After Ji Chang's death, King Ji of Wu inherited his father's business and carried out the anti-business cause to the end. In mythological novels such as "Fengshen Yanyi", Because Bo Yikao was the first victim in the Western Zhou Dynasty's business, Jiang Ziya crowned him as a high-status purple micro star when he presided over the fengshen and was responsible for the number of imperial orders.