As we said before, Di Xin was the human emperor when he was elected by the Gu clan. Unfortunately, Di Xin did not marry the saint of the Gu clan at that time. After all, in his view, everyone is equal. He doesn't like that. Now he is the Human Emperor. Even if he is not the Human Emperor, no one can force him to do things he doesn't like to do. Therefore, "human sacrifice" was abolished during Emperor Xin's reign. However, after Emperor Zhou succeeded to the throne, he restored "rituals" and "human sacrifice". Isn’t this kind of thing nonsense?
Because in the previous era, Emperor Xin was the Emperor of Humans, on par with the Emperor of Heaven. King Wu had the support of Heaven in conquering Zhou, so after the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, he claimed to be the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, and accepted the Heavenly Emperor's orders to control the people. The title of emperor began in the Zhou Dynasty, which means the eldest son of heaven. The king of Zhou did not call himself emperor, but offered sacrifices to heaven, which was the heavenly right of the king. This is the end of the human emperor era. From the Yin Shang Emperor Xin Zishou onwards, the human emperors completely lost their status as equal to heaven.
In fact, Di Xin was not as bad as written in the history books. In today's terms, he was hacked.
So let’s talk about the worst points about Di Xin being hacked.
The first point is cruelty. One thing to say is that Di Xin was indeed cruel to the royal family who made mistakes and the nobles who betrayed them. He not only killed people in fancy ways but was also good at killing people's hearts. I remember that Ji Chang had learned this lesson when he was still "bringing dungeons" in the Zhou tribe, and his son was made into meat patties and given back. Compared to the royal family and important ministers, the common people and slaves lived very well under Emperor Xin. The main reason is that Emperor Xin abolished "human sacrifice". Those nobles and ministers used civilians and slaves for sacrifices, so during the Emperor Xin period, the common people and slaves could live normally like human beings. This kind of behavior should be included in online articles. It is the behavior of Guang Weizheng, the male protagonist of the cool novel. Unfortunately, in history, it has been turned into the behavior of a tyrant.
The reason why this happens is because you who can record history must be able to write. Maybe you will say that even fools know this kind of thing. Yes, so those historians for thousands of years are all fools? Sima Qian is also a fool
What Di Xin did caused him to harm the interests of the upper-class nobility, so Di Xin's reputation among the upper-class nobility was very bad. Literacy is basically the privilege of the upper class nobles, and ordinary people have no chance to be literate, so the writing and recording of history are in the hands of those nobles. Do you think they will say good things about Di Xin? Is it you, can you write?
By the way, Confucius, the saint, was also born into a noble family in the Zhou Dynasty. He was not born into a common people. You see, Confucius was a saint. Did he have a good opinion of Di Xin? Saints are not exempt from vulgarity, let alone those secular nobles
The second point is alcoholism. The technical level of the Shang Dynasty at that time could not brew high-quality wine. At that time, people were most likely to drink to the point of being drunk, and rarely to get drunk. However, neither official nor unofficial history records any bad behavior of Emperor Xin after drinking. Compared with those emperors of later generations, this is not even the slightest bit better. His most famous crime is Wine Pool Meat Forest. In current parlance, if a person holds a party in his own villa, he will be considered a sin. Isn’t it a bit too much?
This is not to ask the ancients based on the three views of a modern person, but to have a minimum of tolerance as a person. As long as I don't affect you or others, what do you care about me? Isn't it a bit too much to keep your eyes on other people's private lives? Isn’t it a bit like today’s star-chasing paparazzi? As an emperor, Di Xin had to lead by example, so don't today's celebrities also have to lead by example as public figures? Otherwise, I think you are unhappy, can you disappear from this world for me? You will definitely say why! Yes, Di Xin said the same thing, why?
Point three. Lustful. The history of Emperor Xin records that there was only one wife, Daji. Look at how many wives Ji Chang had, and there were more than 100 sons alone. Do you think Ji Chang was born to one wife? Do you still have sons?
The fourth point is that one is ignorant and has no way to govern the country. In real history, God Xin is a person with both abilities and ideas. During his time as Emperor Xin, there were both nobles, common people and even slaves serving as officials under him. At that time, this kind of thing was simply treasonous and outrageous to both humans and gods. Yes, there is nothing wrong with being angry with both humans and gods, because at that time, common people and slaves were not worthy of being "human beings", and only nobles could be human beings. do you understand? I would like to call him "the first person to oppose workplace discrimination"
Di Xin's greatest achievement was to solve the Dongyi problem. During Emperor Xin's reign, he continued to expand his territory. This is something that every aspiring emperor would do. If this is considered to be dirt on Emperor Xin, it would really be a boomerang slap in the face.
So to sum up, why was Di Xin so hacked?
I remember that Ji Fa was King Wu of Zhou. When he launched the Battle of Muye, he wanted to take advantage of Emperor Xin's soldiers to "steal the tower". Before the war started, he held a mobilization meeting and wrote a short essay, listing Emperor Xin's six Major crime. After successfully stealing the tower, the Zhou Dynasty tried its best to publicize the six crimes. How to prove one's "whiteness" without discrediting the Shang Dynasty?
For this reason, Emperor Xin was given a nickname. "King Zhou" was the posthumous title given to Emperor Xin after his death. "Zhou" means cruelty. Emperor Xin didn't even know he had this name during his lifetime. It can be seen that the power of idols is powerful and can make ignorant people numb. Didn’t the Kunkun chicken shed collapse?
If you look at what Di Xin did, he suppressed the nobles, reused the common people as slaves, and tried to elevate the common people to the same status as the nobles. Such behavior is indeed outrageous to both humans and gods. So many dynasties in history, including the "prosperous times", did not treat the common people as human beings. In dynasties in history, the most miserable people are always the common people. However, the emperor can only be a noble, and the upper class should manage the people. The monarch's power is inherited by nature, and the people should honestly realize their humble status, so they should not give the people any possibility of fantasy. Especially since things happened so long ago, they cannot be allowed to know how high the status of the common people was in the past. The common people can only know that although you are not human beings now, the common people in the past were even less human. Otherwise, how can you rule the country if you are not as good as before? Therefore, "Black Emperor Xin" in all dynasties is politically correct. Each piece of dirty information is more outrageous than the last. In the Ming Dynasty, a book called "The Romance of the Gods" made Di Xin a popular villain.
But in my opinion, the biggest mistake Di Xin made was "he lost." So he can't change anything.
When reading history, you must remember that you only need to read the historical facts according to the time. You do not need to read the comments of historians. Use your own brain to judge. At the same time, we must learn to compare, horizontally compare, compare several history books, and read official and unofficial histories together to determine the authenticity of historical facts. When evaluating a character, you must learn to compare vertically. After all, a dwarf can become the tallest, as long as others are shorter, right?
