How did the Shang Dynasty perish?

After Wu Ding's death, the peace and prosperity he initiated did not last long. After Zu Geng and Zujia, especially during the period of Di Yi and Di Xin, domestic contradictions were very sharp, and the southeast vassal states rebelled in succession.

Faced with this situation, Di Xin, King of Shang Dynasty, was very brave. He sent people to invade Lion in the east and attack Jiumiao in the south, extending the sphere of influence of Shang Dynasty to the East China Sea and the Yangtze River basin. However, his successive campaigns greatly consumed the national strength, further intensified the domestic contradictions, and the domestic forces were empty, which made his control over the northwest decline and gave Zhou An an opportunity.

When he was here, Zhou began to attack the merchants, and the Shang king took slaves as his army and rushed to fight the Zhou people. As a result, the merchant king's army had no fighting spirit, "the former disciples defected", Konoha World War I and "massive bleeding", and the domestic merchant army was exhausted. Di Xin fled to Lutai and set himself on fire. The Shang Dynasty perished and the Zhou Dynasty was established.

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Shang Zhouwang sheen history:

1, political initiative

After Di Xin succeeded to the throne, he made his capital in Zhi Dou, and later changed it to Zhi Dou (now Qixian County, Henan Province). As early as Diyi, merchants' national strength was in a weak stage. During the reign of Di Xin, there was a rebellion in Dongyi, and the Shang Dynasty sent troops to conquer it. He continued to fight against Dongyi, repelled Dongyi and expanded outward, extending the influence of Shang Dynasty to Jianghuai area, but many rebel armies appeared as a result.

Di Xin's use of troops against Southeast Yi not only failed to safeguard the security of Shang Dynasty, but accelerated the demise of Shang Dynasty. However, after the reunification of the southeast, the advanced production technology and culture of the Central Plains spread to the southeast, which promoted social progress and economic development and promoted national integration.

2. Battle of Mu Ye

Zhou Wuwang succeeded to the throne for four years (BC 1057, BC 1027), and learned that Di Xin's ruling group was falling apart, that the royal etiquette Bi Gan was killed, that Ji Zi was imprisoned, and that the son went out, while the main force of the Shang army went on an expedition to Dongyi and Song Kong, that is, led troops to cut down the merchants. Di Xin was shocked to hear that he was coming, so he had to quickly arm a large number of slaves and prisoners of war, together with the troops guarding the capital, totaling170,000 people, heading for Konoha (now Jixian County, Henan Province) four miles away from Chao Ge.

Unexpectedly, the armies of these foreigners and slaves suddenly mutinied overnight and fled everywhere. As easy as blowing off dust, Zhou led the crowd straight into the city. Di Xin escaped, retreated into the city, boarded the deer platform, put all his jewels on his body, and set himself on fire. After Di Xin's death, Zhou Wuwang symbolically cut off his head with Huang Yue, and da ji was also killed.

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