Does Jiang Ziya really exist in history, or is it just a fairy tale?

Jiang Ziya, surnamed Jiang, was born in Ziya, also known as,, the common name of young people in Jiang Ziya in the Shang Dynasty. According to legend, Jiang Ziya's ancestors were aristocrats who served as officials in Shun Di. They made meritorious military service repeatedly, so they were sealed in Ludi (now Nanyang, Henan), so they were also called Lushang. However, after Jiang Ziya was born, his family had declined and he became an ordinary poor man. Therefore, when Jiang Zi was young, he worked as a butcher who slaughtered cattle and sold meat, and also opened a hotel to sell wine, making up for cooking without rice. However, Jiang Ziya people are not lacking in ambition. Whether slaughtering cattle or doing business, they are always diligent in studying astronomy, geography and military strategies, and studying the way of governing the country and keeping the country safe, hoping to display their talents for the country one day.

Jiang Ziya's life was a period when Shang Dynasty declined, located in the west of Shang Dynasty, and the vassal states gradually rose. When Jiang Ziya heard that zhou bo and Ji Changren were in power, the economy was developed, the politics was clear and the society was stable, so he wanted to make a great contribution to the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty and the destruction of business. At this time, Ji Chang is also recruiting talents for governing the country. So I made up my mind to leave the Shang Dynasty and went to Zhou's site, the Weihe River, to make a living by fishing all day. In fact, he is observing the changes in the world and looking for opportunities to make great achievements. It is said that Jiang Ziya uses direct fishing, but of course he can't catch any fish. Therefore, there is a saying that "Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who wish to take the bait".

Jiang Ziya has been studying hard and exploring tirelessly for decades, which can be said that he knows astronomy above and geography below. In particular, he is very familiar with the study of history and present situation. Now, as a teacher of Jichang, I can say that I have accumulated a lot of money and strategized. He helped Jichang formulate a series of policies to develop the economy, such as: implementing the "91 rent tax system", that is, farmers rent public land and pay only one-ninth of the rent tax; Give officials, big and small, a "field" as a gift for officials, and future generations can inherit it. In this way, farmers are mobilized to work hard on the official land, and officials consciously do a good job in the polarity of their own land production, which greatly promotes the development of productive forces and lays a solid economic foundation for the day. Externally, Jiang Ziya assisted Ji Chang to implement the policy of isolation and disintegration. He showed humility and obedience to Zhou because he was afraid that Zhou would be mistaken for the most reliable vassal state. Ji Chang was a loyal man, but in secret, he used various means to win over other vassal states of the Wang Dynasty, which made the Shang Dynasty more and more isolated. As a result, many vassal States and tribes abandoned Yin and went to Zhou. Later, although Yin Shang was named Emperor, he was actually attached to his vassal state and tribe. In this way, it created favorable external conditions for the final elimination of Zhou Wang.

Unfortunately, Ji Chang failed to realize his wish of genocide, so he gave up and died. After his death, his son Ji Fa succeeded to the throne, that is, Zhou Wuwang (after his death, he was named Zhou Wenwang Ji Fa). He also continued to work hard to prosper the Zhou Dynasty and destroy commerce. He worshipped Jiang Ziya as a Buddhist, called himself Jiang Ziya as a teacher and a father, and continued to fully assist Ji Fa's great cause. One day, Wu asked Jiang Ziya, "I intend to reduce punishment and establish my authority. I will give people less rewards to do good deeds, I will issue fewer laws and regulations, and people will consciously act according to certain norms. Want to ask a teacher to be a father. What can be done to achieve this? " Jiang Ziya said: "Killing one person can make a thousand people afraid and stop committing crimes;" Killing two people can make 10 thousand people afraid and stop committing crimes; If you kill three people, it can boost the military strength of the three armed forces, then you kill them; If you reward one person, make a thousand people happy, reward two people, and reward ten thousand people with three people to make the whole army happy, then you can reward them. " If you can bind a person through laws and regulations and make 1000 people abide by them, then you can bind him with these laws and regulations; If you can stop 10 thousand people from doing it by banning two people's wrong behavior, you can ban it; If you can educate the three armed forces by educating three people, then you should educate them. In short, it is the authority of a wise king and happiness to be able to make an example of others and inspire more people! Ji Fa, the prince of Wu, suddenly spoke and did as Jiang Ziya said. He was always cautious about rewards and punishments, and made every effort to ban them, which made the politics of the Zhou Dynasty more clear. More and more people betrayed Yin Shang and attached themselves to the Zhou Dynasty, and the day of starting a career is just around the corner.

At this time, the Zhou Dynasty was full-fledged, and the country was growing day by day, while the Shang Dynasty was in a state of disintegration. Especially in the ruling group of the Shang Dynasty, there was an escape incident of being killed and imprisoned, and Jiang Ziya assessed the situation in the following week. He thought it was time to cut, so he personally commanded the army, called for hanging the people, and joined forces with the vassal States to send troops to take merchants directly. After Konoha's World War I, the Shang army was defeated, forcing Shang Zhouwang to flee overnight. He and his concubine da ji set themselves on fire in Lutai. At this point, the Shang Dynasty in the history of China was declared extinct, and Jiang Ziya finally completed the great task of helping Zhou destroy the Shang Dynasty.

Because Jiang Ziya made an extraordinary contribution to the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty and the demise of the Shang Dynasty, Ji Fa, the king of Wu, named Jiang Ziya Qi State and became the ancestor of Qi State in the Zhou Dynasty. Jiang Ziya made great efforts to govern Qi, and eventually became one of the powerful countries among the five tyrants and seven heroes in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Sima Qian, the originator of China military strategists, once said that the words of later generations and the yin force of the Zhou Dynasty were all based on the idea of squire. "(Historical Records of Qi Taigong's Family) In China's famous fairy tale, it is said that Jiang Taigong studied Taoism from scratch in Kunlun Mountain, and later went down to assist Zhou Shi. When he began to attack Zhou, it was also through many Taoist priests who fought Zhou's army that he succeeded. This is actually deifying Jiang Taigong, a historical figure.