Is the real Zhou Wang really as fatuous as what is written in the history books? Why did Chairman Mao complain for him?

First of all, the title of "Xin" is a derogatory term for Zhou people and later generations. In fact, his real name is De, and the emperor is. In traditional cognition, Zhou Wang's sins are as follows: First, he lusted after women and prized da ji; Second, torture is abused and loyalty is hurt; Third, oppression of the people, extortion. Next, I will analyze with you whether Zhou Wang's accusation can stand scrutiny. No matter what version, da ji seems to have an unshirkable responsibility for the demise of the Shang Dynasty; But at that time, women's status in society was extremely low, and it was hard to say that a woman could influence the world trend under that social system. Besides, the Shang Dynasty was superstitious about offering sacrifices to divination, and even if the ruler gave the decision to the gods, it was impossible to give it to the concubines. Regarding da ji's cruelty and killing, we will find that the so-called criminal law, such as burning people, was handed down from the Xia Dynasty, but what about the so-called killing loyalty? The most important thing is to do laparotomy and gouge out the heart. Who's that? Big noble represented the interests of the slave class at that time, while Zhou Wang's important innovation at that time was to promote a large number of talents of the slave class, thus limiting big noble's power, which was completely contrary to the interests of the aristocratic class at that time. Sacrifice to the third place, what does it mean to forcibly apportion and extort money? At that time, after Zhou Wang succeeded to the throne, the Shang Dynasty attached importance to agriculture and mulberry, developed social productive forces, and became strong in national strength. He continued to fight against Dongyi, repelled Dongyi's expansion to the Central Plains, and extended the influence of Shang Dynasty to Jianghuai area. Especially the victory of the crusade against Xu Yi expanded the territory of Shang Dynasty to the coastal areas of Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian. Zhou Wang fought in the southeast to protect the security of Shang Dynasty. From this, we can probably sum up several major contributions of Zhou Wang: 1. His exploration of Shandong, the lower reaches of Huaihe River and the Yangtze River valley expanded the territory of Shang Dynasty, promoted the spread of Central Plains civilization, and laid a material foundation for later reunification. He carried out a series of innovative measures, such as opposing theocracy and reforming old customs. Breaking the "hereditary" system of slave owners and nobles, a number of new people were promoted from the middle and lower classes. 3. Attach importance to agricultural development, so as to improve the productivity at that time. Here, the editor has to mention an interesting phenomenon. Zhou Wang's guilt actually increased with history. There were three main charges in the Spring and Autumn Period, but 27 charges were added in the Warring States Period, and 22 charges were added in the Western Han Dynasty, both in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties demonized them, thus forming the evil Shang Zhouwang. We can also better understand why at the first Zhengzhou meeting in June 1958 and 10, * * pointed out that it was wrong to regard Shang Zhouwang, Qin Shihuang and Cao Cao as bad guys. Interested readers can refer to Chapter 19 of The Analects of Confucius, Xun Zi Fei Xiang Pian, Historical Records Yin Benji and Zi Zhangpian. Editors are still short of time. Readers are welcome to discuss and communicate together.