In 1046 BC, King Wu of Zhou united the princes to achieve a decisive victory in Muye, and the last monarch of the Shang Dynasty, King Xu, was defeated, marking the end of the Shang Dynasty.
After the destruction of the Shang Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou did not think that the world had been completely stabilized. In the ruins of the Shang Dynasty, there are still some remnants of the forces, and even the soldiers who have surrendered cannot be sure that they will not rebel.
Therefore, how to deal with the remnants of the Shang Dynasty became an urgent problem to be solved in the early Zhou Dynasty.
In the Great Biography of Shangshu, King Wu of Zhou asked the opinion of the prince Lü Shang.
Taigong said: "I have heard such a saying: If you love someone, you will love his crows; If you don't love someone, you will be disgusted with his shadow. What do you think? ”
This is what we often call "love the house and the wu", which expresses that to love a person is to love all of him, whether it is good or bad.
In the ancient Yin Shang era, King Wu of Zhou faced the old department, and he wanted to do not leave any of them. However, Zhou Gongdan thought that this practice was too cruel, so he asked Zhaogong for advice.
Zhaogong was a member of the Western Zhou clan and was a contemporaneous of King Wu of Zhou. He is well aware of the cruelty of war, but he also understands that he cannot be soft-hearted towards his former enemy. Therefore, he advised King Wu of Zhou to be cautious and not to let go of anyone who might become a hidden danger easily.
Eventually, King Wu of Zhou listened to Zhaogong's advice, but remained wary of the old Yin Shang to ensure his own safety.
As an important ritual instrument, Zhaogong represents the military power and the trust of the Son of Heaven. He held Xiaoyue in his hand and stood beside King Wu, and the particularity of this identity was fully revealed.
Regarding how to deal with the remnants of the Shang Dynasty, Zhao Princess Zhang: "I once heard that the guilty should be punished; The innocent should be forgiven. Therefore, we should kill those who are guilty to prevent them from leaving any room to spare. What do you think of that? ”
King Wu of Zhou realized that his opinion was not perfect enough, so he consulted the Duke of Zhou. The Duke of Zhou advised the king to adopt benevolent government in order to influence the people of the world to return to their hometowns after the war.
February**Dynamic Incentive Plan Zhou Gong's words touched the heartstrings of King Wu, so he appointed Wu Geng, the son of King Shang, to manage the remnants of Yin Shang, hoping to achieve peace in the world.
However, King Wu died soon after, and the young King Cheng ascended to the throne, plunging the Zhou dynasty into turmoil.
Several of King Wu's younger brothers, Uncle Guan, Uncle Cai, and Uncle Huo, were dissatisfied with Duke Zhou's auxiliary government, and they thought that they were also King Wu's brothers, and Duke Zhou should not be so arrogant.
So they joined forces with Wu Geng to launch a rebellion, but Uncle Guan, Uncle Cai and Uncle Huo, who were originally responsible for monitoring the old land of Yin Shang, rebelled at this critical moment. It took great effort for the Duke of Zhou to finally put down the rebellion.
If King Wu had been able to listen to the advice of Jiang Taigong or Zhao Gong and punish all the guilty people, then even if Uncle Guan and others rebelled later, at least the trouble caused by Wu Geng could be avoided.
However, from the perspective of the whole world, the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty required a peaceful and stable social environment at the beginning, and while killing could solve the problem once and for all, it could cause panic.
Even if you want to weaken the power of the remnants of Yin Shang, you need to have a reasonable reason to support it.
When the three eunuchs united with Wu Geng to launch a rebellion, Zhou Gong found an opportunity to pacify. After the pacification of the rebellion of the three eunuchs, the power of the remnants of the Yin Shang was greatly weakened, and the Duke of Zhou appointed Wei Ziqi, the elder brother of the king of Zhou, to establish the Song state in the old land of the Yin Shang, which was governed by the Yin people.
Since then, there have been no rebellions in the old land of Yin Shang.