Speaking of the historical stories of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the first thing I think of is Jiang Taigong fishing. There is no doubt that the protagonist of Jiang Taigong fishing is Jiang Taigong. Jiang Taigong’s original name was Jiang Mingshang, also known as Lu Shang, but you Do you know how the story about Jiang Taigong’s fishermen taking the bait happened? Under what historical background did Jiang Taigong's fishing take place? Please come with me. > Jiang Taigong fishing is a historical legend that happened in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Like Xia Jie, Zhou only cared about his own enjoyment and did not care about the life and death of his people. He built palaces endlessly. He built a magnificent "Lutai" in his other capital, Chaoge (now Qixian County, Henan), and stored all the gold and silver treasures he collected in it; he built another Huge warehouses, called "Juqiao", piled up the exploited grain. He poured wine into the pool and hung the meat like a forest. He and his concubine Daji (Dayin dá) lived a life of luxury and lust. He also used various cruel punishments to suppress the people. Whenever the princes rebelled against him or the people opposed him, he would capture them and roast them to death on red-hot bronze pillars. This is called the punishment of "Paolao" (sound luò). > Zhou's brutal behavior accelerated the demise of the Shang Dynasty. At this time, a tribe in the west was becoming more and more prosperous day by day. This was Zhou. Zhouben is an ancient tribe. In the late Xia Dynasty, this tribe was active in what is now Shaanxi and Gansu. By the time Ji Chang (later known as King Wen of Zhou), the grandson of Gu Gong Danfu, succeeded to the throne, the Zhou tribe was already very powerful. The Zhou tribe became stronger and posed a great threat to the Shang Dynasty. King Zhou issued an order to capture King Wen of Zhou and imprison him in Youli (in today's Tangyin County, Henan Province, Youyin: You). After King Wen of Zhou gained his freedom, he determined to govern his country well in order to find opportunities to overthrow the Shang Dynasty and avenge the Shang Dynasty. He saw that although he had many civil servants and generals under his command, he still lacked a person who was versatile in cultural relics and could coordinate the overall situation and help him plan the plan to destroy Shang. Therefore, he often looked for such great sages. > At this time, Jiang Taigong appeared. Taigong's surname was Jiang Mingshang, also known as Lu Shang. He was a hero who assisted King Wen and King Wu of Zhou to destroy the Shang Dynasty. When he was not reused by King Wen, he lived in seclusion in a place by the Wei River in Shaanxi. That was the area ruled by Ji Chang (King Wen of Zhou), the leader of the Zhou clan. He hoped to attract Ji Chang's attention to himself and establish his merits. Grandfather often hangs bells by the stream of Fan. Most people use curved hooks with scented bait on them when fishing, and then sink them in the water to trick fish into taking the bait. But Taigong's fishing hook is straight, with no bait hanging on it, and it does not sink into the water, and it is three feet above the water. While raising the fishing rod high, he said to himself: "You fish that don't want to live, if you are willing, just take the bait yourself!" > One day, a firewood collector came to the stream and saw that Taigong was not using it. The baited hook was fishing on the water, so he said to him: "Old sir, if you fish like this, you will never catch a fish in a hundred years!" The grandfather raised the fishing rod and said: "I'll be honest with you! 'I'm not here to catch fish, but to catch kings and marquises!" > Taigong's peculiar fishing method finally reached Ji Chang. When Ji Chang found out, he sent a soldier to call him. But the Taigong ignored the soldier and just fished by himself, saying to himself: "Fishing, fishing, the fish don't take the bait, the shrimps come and make trouble!" > After hearing the soldier's report, Ji Chang sent a group of An official went to invite the Grand Duke. But Taigong still ignored him and said while fishing: "Fishing, fishing, big fish don't take the bait, small fish don't mess around!" > Ji Chang then realized that this fisherman must be a talented person, and he had to go and invite him in person. He is right. So he went on a vegetarian diet for three days, took a bath, changed his clothes, and went to Fanxi to hire the Grand Duke with generous gifts. When Taigong saw that he was sincere in hiring him, he agreed to work for him. > Jiang Taigong was indeed a pillar of talent. He became King Wen of Zhou's state, helping King Wen of Zhou to rectify the political and military affairs, develop production internally, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment; externally, he conquered tribes, opened up territories, and weakened the power of the Shang Dynasty. With the assistance of Jiang Shang, King Wen of Zhou defeated the Dayong and Misude tribes successively, conquered small countries such as Xi, Ge, etc., and annexed Chongguo, which was subordinate to the Shang Dynasty, and built a Fengcheng city on the territory of Chongguo. , moved the capital from Zhouyuan south of Qishan Mountain to Fengcheng.

In the later years of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, Zhou's territory expanded greatly. In the west, he regained Zhou's ancestor's hometown, which is now Shaanxi and Gansu. In the northeast, it advanced to the vicinity of Licheng in Shanxi, and in the east it reached Qinyang, Henan, approaching the Yin Dynasty. The king's capital was Chaoge, and his power in the south expanded to the Yangtze River, Han River, and Ru River basins. It is said that King Wen of Zhou already controlled two-thirds of the world at that time, laying a solid foundation for the destruction of Shang. >