We should thank the 150,000 pieces of oracle bone inscriptions found in the Yin Ruins of Henan Province. It has cleared up many historical fogs and allowed us to see the truth of the 600-year history of the Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago. But how many of the 150,000 oracle bone inscriptions had been understood? How is it preserved? Did you take any photos? They were treasures. Perhaps a piece of oracle bone could tell future generations many historical secrets. Once it was damaged, there was no way to know.
Most of the later generations knew that the last monarch of the Shang Dynasty was called King Zhou. He was the king of a subjugated country. Because of his cruelty, debauchery, and lawlessness, he destroyed the Shang Dynasty. However, according to the oracle bone inscriptions, that was not the case. There was another reason for the demise of the Shang Dynasty.
King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty was surnamed Zi and named Shou. He was born in Moyi (now Qi County, Henan Province). He was the youngest son of Emperor Yi. His mother was the Empress. The oracle bone inscriptions called him Emperor Xin. "Zhou" was the posthumous title given to him by the Zhou Dynasty. It meant "destroying righteousness and damaging good" and "being unkind and unjust."
Di Xin was intelligent and strong. He could fight with wild beasts with his bare hands. He was good at debating and could make ministers speechless. He is familiar with music and can sing and dance. However, he was headstrong. He did not inherit the materialistic dialect of his ancestor, Shang Tang. Instead, he was a metaphysical person. He wanted to do things well, but in fact, he did things wrong, especially things that concerned the future and fate of the Shang Dynasty.
Emperor Xin inherited the throne in his thirties and set his capital in Moyi, which was later renamed Chaoge (now Qi County, Henan Province).
At that time, all the tribes in the world had a lot of autonomy and had armies. There were often incidents of disobedience or rebellion against the Shang Dynasty, and even attempts to seize the Shang Dynasty's political power. In order to conquer those tribes that disobeyed or rebelled against the Shang Dynasty, and to expand their territory, Emperor Xin often led his army to fight.
In the 30th year of Emperor Xin's reign, which was 1047 years ago, he conquered the You Su tribe. The You Su tribe offered cattle, sheep, horses, and beautiful women. Among them was Daji, who was born in the You Su Country (Wen County, Henan Province). Daji was young and beautiful. She was proficient in music and was good at singing and dancing. Emperor Xin regarded her as his confidant and took her in as his princess. At this time, Emperor Xin was already over sixty years old.
Daji was a rare beauty, but she did not have a good fate. Her country was destroyed and her family was destroyed. She was forced to marry an old man in her 60s and was the scapegoat for the fall of the Shang Dynasty for more than 3,000 years.
At that time, Emperor Xin had sent his main forces to the northern region of Liaoning1, the eastern region of the coastal region, and the southern region of the Yangtze River. Zhaoge was empty, and King Wu of Zhou could not take advantage of the situation to lead the Xiqi army to invade. What he did not expect was that Xiqi, through the help of King Wen and King Wu and Jiang Ziya, had hidden its strength and bided its time. With painstaking efforts, the level of science and technology, military construction, economic strength, and political prestige had far surpassed the Shang Dynasty.
During the decisive battle in Muye, the Xiqi army led by King Wu of Zhou had 300 new chariots, 3000 elite Huben soldiers equipped with bronze spears, axes, swords, and other well-equipped weapons, and 45000 infantry of other types. Many of them were equipped with armor made of copper or leather. This Western Zhou style of warfare was very advanced at that time. On the other hand, the 700,000 soldiers that Di Xin had gathered from slaves were mostly armed with stone tools, bone tools, and wooden sticks. They did not have any armor to protect themselves.
King Wu of Zhou not only had an absolute advantage in military affairs, but also in politics and economy. His politics were clear and he won the hearts of the people. His economic strength was strong and he controlled the Yellow River basin.
When Di Xin's 700,000 strong army fought with King Wu's Xiqi army, they were defeated. Blood flowed like a river. Many slaves who had not undergone training and had unstable hearts defected to the Xiqi army. When Emperor Xin saw that the situation was hopeless, he fled to Lutai (now Hebi, Henan Province) and self-immolated. The Shang Dynasty was destroyed.
The demise of the Shang Dynasty had nothing to do with Daji. The real reason was that Emperor Xin did not deal with the military affairs well with the materialist dialect. He did not pay attention to the main contradiction when he thought about problems. Firstly, he did not pay attention to science and technology and military construction, which made his own science and technology and military construction far behind Xiqi. Not to mention that the 700,000 troops he temporarily gathered could not defeat Xiqi's army, even his main force might not be able to defeat Xiqi's army. Second, they did not do a good job in political and economic construction. They were not popular in politics and were poor in economy. Third, they didn't know how to investigate and study the situation. They didn't make a correct judgment of the situation and made mistakes in their decisions. They sent the main forces to the far north, east, and south, leaving Zhaoge empty. They didn't guard against Xiqi, who was scheming to seize the Shang Dynasty. King Wen, King Wu, and Jiang Ziya of Xiqi happened to be skilled in materialist metaphysics. They did the right thing at the right time, occupied the right time, the right place, and the right people, and obtained the world.
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