However, the experiences of Yang Di and Emperor Chongzhen, who were called heartless and heartless by the usurper, were dwarfed by Shang Zhouwang's demonization by Zhou Wuwang and some trumped-up charges.
Historically, Shang Zhouwang was not only a handsome guy with infinite strength, but also a wise son of heaven with extraordinary talent and martial arts. According to "Historical Records Yin Benji", people are quick to argue, have a keen sense of smell, have a keen vision, are brilliant, powerful and arrogant.
In other historical materials, there are also descriptions of handsome appearance and Di Xin's virtue, which have the power to shake the beam and shift the column. As the monarch of the world's superpower at that time, Shang Zhouwang, like the emperors of past dynasties, certainly had his own side of arrogance, extravagance, arrogance, refusal to remonstrate and extortion, but these so-called faults could not hide the mainstream aspects of his brilliant and wise SHEN WOO.
After Shang Zhouwang ascended the throne, it can be said that he made great efforts for the prosperity of the country. In view of the fact that the Dongyi tribe often invaded the country and harassed and plundered the people, Shang Zhouwang personally wiped it out, which solved the long-standing problem that the kings of past dynasties were helpless. He led the troops to crusade in the east and fight in the west, attacking from all sides and making alliances in all directions, thus expanding the territory of the Shang Dynasty. While conquering, he also lost no time to spread the culture of the Central Plains to the whole world, further consolidating the rule of the dynasty. There is still a folk proverb in Qixian County, northern Henan Province: Di Xin's mountains and rivers are like iron drums.
Then, why did the Shang dynasty, which was as strong as an iron bucket, suddenly collapse like a building and suddenly perish? Why did the wise SHEN WOO Shang Zhouwang suffer the fate of destruction? This is inseparable from Zhou Wenwang's painstaking usurpation of power and Zhou Wuwang's deliberate public opinion offensive and slander.
If the battle of Makino is the decisive battle for Zhou Wuwang to overthrow the Shang Dynasty; Then the pledge of allegiance before the war is the horn of Shang Zhouwang's destruction. It is impolite to solve the problem of usurpation by attacking the monarch with ministers. Zhou Wuwang, who has worked so hard, has repeatedly made irresponsible remarks and slandered Shang Zhouwang out of thin air, thus discrediting Shang Zhouwang.
After joining hands with various governors, he solemnly swore an oath and issued a counter-campaign, recounting all kinds of misdeeds and sins that he had died since he came to power, such as using women's words, leaving Wang's parents and brothers, and abandoning the joy of his ancestors. Zhou Wuwang's action is undoubtedly evil, but it does work. His provocative speech, full of anger and fierce indignation, suddenly turned the following rebel war into a just act of helping more and losing less.
In order to make Shang Zhouwang a target of public criticism, Zhou Wuwang took advantage of the last gap before the Mu Ye War to mobilize before the war, read the pastoral oath, reiterated Shang Zhouwang's evil, and aroused millions of workers and peasants. After two solemn oaths before the war, not only did the image of Shang Zhouwang's decadent, brutal and unscrupulous ruler get deep into people's hearts, but also the whole team was United and high-spirited. Theoretically, a people's liberation war started, and the foundation of the Shang Dynasty for 600 years collapsed. However, Shang Zhouwang chose not to drag out an ignoble existence, but to die for his country. After being burned by fire, he is still made of iron.
Building a palace, building a wine pool, spoiling women, imprisoning sages, torturing people, and hurting the virtue of loyalty and righteousness are Zhou Wuwang's main misdeeds against Luo Zhi and Shang Zhouwang, and they are also important crimes for the destruction and downfall of Shang Zhouwang. Is that really the case? As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Zi Gong, a proud disciple of Confucius, once said: Too good is not as bad as bad, because the evil of a gentleman lives in a dirty place, and all the evil in the world belongs to him.
Shang Zhouwang is bad, but he has never suffered like the legend. The reason why he has a bad reputation is that people blame him for all the evil in the world.
Zhou Wang was framed, not only Zi Gong was outraged, but also the scholar Robbie of Song Dynasty had something to say. Robbie pointed out in his theory that many unruly things are untrue: Di Xin's sins, such as building a palace, building a wine pool and a meat forest, cherishing women's love, imprisoning sages and hurting loyalty, are just like Xia Jie's sins. Any unruly crime is an unruly crime, and it is all out of imitation.
Robbie said it was well founded. For example, branding, a heinous torture, was originally Jay's invention patent, but it was put on his head.
Meat Mountain, Wine Sea, Qiongshi and Yaotai are the necessities of Xia Jie's luxurious life, but Zhou Wuwang mercilessly buckled these toilets on Zhou Wang's head. If you really want to add to the crime, why not stick to it! With the demise of the Shang Dynasty and the martyrdom of Zhou Wang, his great contribution to the development of the Chinese nation was almost completely banned by historians since the Zhou Dynasty. Even Sima Qian, who was revered as Shi Sheng by later generations, did not record Shang Zhouwang's great achievements in Historical Records, but he had a lot of good wine and lewd pleasures. He wooed women with gold and silver from Lutai and paid heavy taxes. As a giant bridge millet, he was slower than ghosts and gods, taking wine as a pool and meat as a forest, and imposed heavy penalties. If Zhou Wuwang is the chief culprit of Shang Zhouwang's demise, then Sima Qian is one of his loyal accomplices.
However, what really pushed Shang Zhouwang into the abyss of evil and beyond redemption was the popular fictional plot in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which vilified and vilified the emperor with absurd contents, echoed feudal superstitions and fooled the working people. In this mythical novel, the author does not hesitate to distort history and human nature, while beautifying Zhou Wuwang, he despises Shang Zhouwang crazily, and his cruel, heartless and heinous image is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
After Shang Zhouwang's death, he was vilified by the Zhou Dynasty, and the historical books of past dynasties were also indiscriminate, which made him suffer thousands of years of injustice. Shang Zhouwang is worthy of being a tragic hero in the history of China. His great and immortal contribution to the expansion of Chinese territory and the spread of civilization will go down in history forever, which no dynasty or anyone can rewrite or erase at will. Mao Zedong and Guo Moruo, a famous archaeologist, both overturned Shang Zhouwang's statement and considered him a talented person.
As the saying goes: real gold is not afraid of fire! Why are heroes afraid of infamy? !