Historically, Bigan was the son of Shang Wang Wen Ding, an aristocrat of the Shang Dynasty. He was intelligent, diligent and studious at a young age. At the age of 20, he was appointed to the high position of Taishi to assist Emperor Yi, and was entrusted to assist Emperor Xin. Qian has been in politics for more than 40 years, advocating the reduction of taxes and corvee, and encouraging development.
Agricultural and animal husbandry production, promoting smelting and casting, enriching the country and strengthening the army. Emperor Xin (King Zhou) in the late Shang Dynasty was violent and dissolute, imposed excessive taxes, and abused severe punishments. Bigan sighed: "Not admonishing the master for his fault is not loyal, and not speaking out in fear of death is not brave.
, if the admonition is not used, you will die, and you are loyal to the end." Then he went to Zhaixinglou to give admonishment for three days and did not leave. Zhou asked why he relied on himself, Bi Gan said: "I rely on my good deeds, benevolence and righteousness, so I rely on myself." Zhou said angrily: "I heard that the saint
Do you believe that there are seven orifices in the heart?" Then he killed Bigan and dissected his heart, and found that he was 64 years old.
According to the records of later generations, Bigan was a very loyal minister.
Unfortunately, most of the characters and stories were fabricated by later generations, and there is no such record in the oracle bone inscriptions.
In real history, Bigan was not a loyal minister with the world in mind. According to research by archaeologists, the succession to the throne of the Shang Dynasty was a system of "the first brother to the last, the younger brother to the younger brother." Before the death of Emperor Yi of the Shang Dynasty, the main candidates for the throne were
Wei Zi Qi and Emperor Xin. Among them, Wei Zi Qi was the eldest son of a concubine, while Emperor Xin succeeded to the throne successfully by relying on his status as a concubine although he was young.
Therefore, from the early years of Emperor Xin's reign, Wei Ziqi joined forces with brothers such as Jizi and Bigan, and they have been fighting openly and secretly with King Zhou. Even the incident of King Wu's attack on Zhou that led to the demise of the Shang Dynasty was also Wei Ziqi's opportunity to lead the army to attack Dongyi.
At that time, it was implemented together with King Wu of Zhou, both internally and externally.
During the demise of the Shang Dynasty, Bigan acted as a national thief.
Because of his contribution, after King Wu of Zhou succeeded in defeating Zhou, the world was settled and Bigan was canonized in Changlin.
Bigan died in the seventeenth year after King Zhou's death.
In order to discredit King Zhou, later generations had a scene of Bigan's conspiracy. Unfortunately, any fraud will have inconsistencies. Bigan's epitaph clearly records Bigan's birth time, death time, and life span.
These make history falsified and add more flaws.
"If Bi Gan is like this, what about King Zhou, what about King Wen of Zhou, what about King Wu of Zhou?" Liu Xiu sighed.
I originally thought that having a history book was equivalent to having foresight, and that I could look down on everything from God's perspective. But now it seems that this is not the case at all. History is not a history book, and history books cannot truly represent history. The history recorded in history is just that.
Beautified history, vilified history, and adapted history are not the original history, the history that really happened.
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Time passed and Liu Xiu waited.
At this moment, Emperor Xin was out on an expedition, fighting against King Wen of Zhou Dynasty.
Of course, King Wen of Zhou is not called King Wen of Zhou at this moment, but Fangbo of Zhou. Only King Wu of Zhou defeated the Yin Shang Dynasty, and he was posthumously named King Wen of Zhou.
About half a month later, news came that in the battle of Licheng, King Di Xin of Shang fought with King Wen of Zhou, and the Shang army was defeated. The Shang army pursued and killed countless Shang soldiers, among whom King Wen of Zhou was captured alive, and his eldest son Boyi
Kao was also captured alive.
Di Xin can really fight!
Liu Xiu was surprised, but extremely calm.
The merchant army was very capable of fighting and was invincible. They defeated powerful enemies one after another and killed the captives to offer sacrifices to their ancestors or to kill them as burial objects.
King Wen of Zhou's father, Ji Li, once led the Zhou army in a battle with the Shang army. As a result, the Zhou army was defeated. Ji Li was beheaded and became a sacrifice for the merchants to worship their ancestors. Now, King Wen of Zhou was defeated again, which was somewhat unexpected.
, but it is reasonable.
That day, the merchant army came from the city gate and escorted the captives of the merchant army in the car. Among the many prisoners, Liu Xiu saw King Wen of Zhou and Boyikao.
Although King Wen of Zhou Dynasty was named Wen, he was not elegant at all. He was a burly man, about 1.9 meters tall, with strong muscles, as if he saw Yao Ming. Boyikao was also a heroic man, with murderous aura all over his body and unruly eyes.
Only the chains on his body restricted him.
Liu Xiu activated the Eye of Truth, and the data was immediately online.
[Name: Ji Chang]
[Title: Zhou Fangbo, Zhou Wenwang]
[Cultivation: Grandmaster, Heavenly Master]
[Kung Fu: Unknown]
【Weapons; shackles】
Looking at the data, Liu Xiu felt like he had a toothache. King Wen of Zhou was very powerful. He was a Grandmaster in martial arts and a Heavenly Master in Taoism. All the data were extremely outrageous and powerful. But such a powerful person was...
Emperor Xin, the king of Shang, captured him.
Liu Xiu was only in the innate realm, with only a mage cultivation level. If he went to see Emperor Xin now, would he be able to succeed?
The team continued to move forward, and soon after, Di Xin appeared.
[Name: Di Xin]
[Title: King of Shang]
[Cultivation: Martial Saint]
[Kung Fu: Unknown]
[Bloodline; Divine Bloodline (already activated)]
[Weapon: Tomahawk]
Looking at Wu Sheng's words, Liu Xiu was speechless.
Emperor Xin of Shang Dynasty was relatively academic, he only practiced martial arts and not Taoism, but his martial arts skills were extremely terrifying.
Martial Saint!
No wonder King Wen of Zhou was also captured alive by Emperor Xin.
Di Xin, so awesome!
"However, Emperor Xin is powerful in combat, but he does not know Taoism or divination... but there are flaws!" Liu Xiu thought. In this world, martial arts are mostly about fighting, and Taoism is mostly about divination. Every time the Shang Dynasty encountered
Important events require divination.
Divination was also practiced in the Zhou Dynasty.
The only major affairs in the world are war and sacrifice.
Regardless of war or sacrifice, divination is required.
"Zhao" means observation, and "divination" means burning the turtle shell with fire.
Divination means burning the turtle shell, then looking at the cracks on the turtle shell, and deducing the divination result from the cracks.
Fortune-telling is just about seeking personal wealth and luck; divination is about predicting the fate of the country and predicting national events.
Actuating the eye of truth, Liu Xiu peeked at Boyikao, but felt blank.
[The Lord God is reminding me that the Eye of Truth has been used up!]
Some were cheating and some were scolding, but Liu Xiu endured it for a while and could only accept it.
The Eye of Truth is a function given by the Lord God. It can peek into all treasures. Almost everything is invulnerable and there is no need to worry about being discovered. The disadvantage is that it can peek up to three times per month and cannot be accumulated.
Now, three times a month have been used up.
All we can do is activate the Emperor’s Qi Watching Technique and go take a peek, but we can just grit our teeth and forget it!
The level of Tianzi's Qi Watching Technique is limited, and it is easy to be detected by prying eyes. Once detected, there will be big trouble!
The prisoners advanced, and finally they all entered the city.
Not long after, news came.
Emperor Xin of the Shang Dynasty wanted to sacrifice captives in the Ancestral Temple to sacrifice his ancestors and show off his martial arts!