History live broadcast: My audience is the ancestors

Chapter 225 The eighteenth live broadcast begins

"Hello everyone! Your dear anchor Yueyue is now on the air!"

Su Yue's energetic voice came, and everyone was used to looking at the sky.

I didn’t think about the online name, so let’s use this one first: Yueyue Good afternoon!

My charming and short-lived ancestor: Good afternoon!
He kicked the lame man's good leg wildly: Yueyue, good afternoon, what are we going to say today? curious!
Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book: plus one for curiosity
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The barrage kept refreshing, and Su Yue also started today's live broadcast: "Good noon, what are you talking about today? Let's talk about those famous businessmen today!"

I can't sleep at night (Guan): A businessman? In ancient times, the status was quite low.

My charming and short-lived ancestor: But now there are many ethnic entrepreneurs and famous businessmen who are very popular!
Kick the lame man's good leg wildly: For example, Daddy Ma!
I send my thoughts to the bright moon: Indeed, whoever comes now has a relative at home who is the boss of a group and is also one of the capitals for bragging.

Fuling (Manager): Moreover, college students now also promote entrepreneurship and innovation among college students. They are no longer scholars, farmers, industry and commerce in ancient times.
I didn’t think about using this online name first: Businessmen in ancient times couldn’t even wear fancy clothes, and they were of low status and couldn’t enjoy it, alas.

Don’t allow the world to grow old: Yes, this started with Lord Shang, right? Shang Jun's policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce lasted for thousands of years.
Yun Xi: Agreed!
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Su Yue also opened the PPT and said: "Let's talk about the first businessman first. Although many people don't know him, he is really awesome! He is Wang Hai!"

Wang Hai, surnamed Wang, Hai, a native of Shangqiu (now Shangqiu, Henan), was the seventh king of the Shang tribe in the Xia Dynasty.

Wang Hai is the sixth generation grandson of Yan Bo, the founder of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and the eldest son of Ming.

Wang Hai trained cattle and horses in Shangqiu to develop production, which promoted the rapid development of agriculture.

They used oxcarts to pull goods and went to other tribes to conduct transactions, which made the merchant tribe strong.

Wang Hai pioneered commercial trade. Over time, people called the Shang tribe people engaged in trading activities "merchants", the items used for exchange as "commodities", and the occupations of merchants as "commerce". These became the terms used in today's commerce. The origin of the word.

Later, Mianchen, the leader of the Yi tribe, became malicious when he saw Cai and killed Wang Hai.

After the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, the temple title of Wang Hai was honored as "Shang Gaozu", and the oracle bone inscriptions in the Yin Ruins were called "Shang Gaozu Wang Hai" and "Gaozu Wang Hai".

People respect Wang Hai as "the ancestor of Chinese businessmen" and "Zhongbin God of Wealth".

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My charming and short-lived ancestor: I’ll go! Is this the ancestor of merchants?
Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book: Probably, I always thought it was Fan Li.
I can’t sleep at night (Guan): Plus one! No wonder Yue Yue said he is not famous, he is really far away from us!
I didn’t think about using this as my online name first: seconded!
I send my love to the bright moon: And to be honest, his original identity is already very impressive.

The pig came to the bowl quickly: Agreed! So under such circumstances, he still conducts trade, which is very impressive.
Kick the lame man's good leg wildly: And I never thought that the merchant's Shang Dynasty was actually related!

Pay attention, this woman’s name is Xiaomei: I can only say that she has gained more knowledge!
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Looking at the heated discussion about Wang Hai in the comment area, Su Yue continued: "Then let's take a look at some things about him!"

Early experiences
Wang Hai was from Shangqiu (now Shangqiu, Henan). In the eleventh year of Xia Shaokang, Wang Hai's father was ordered by the Xia monarch to deal with the problem of the Yellow River. At that time, Wang Hai began to assist his father.

However, in the thirteenth year of Xia Zhu's reign, Wang Hai's father died due to flood control in the Yellow River.

The Shang tribe was fixed on the winter solstice to worship Ming in order to praise his merits.

Wang Hai became the seventh king of the Shang Dynasty. After taking the throne, he trained cattle and horses and invented the oxcart as a means of transportation.

This allowed tribal agriculture to develop rapidly while also developing trade, effectively alleviating the surplus of agricultural and animal husbandry products.

Victims of trade
In the twelfth year of Xia Xie, in order to solve the problem of surplus cattle and sheep, Wang Hai discussed with his brother Wang Heng how to exchange goods with other countries.

After making the decision, he and Wang Heng selected some energetic people to personally deliver these animals to the Youyi tribe (located in today's Yi County, Hebei Province).

According to the "Bamboo Book Chronicles", the emperor said that "in the twelfth year of the reign of Emperor Yin, the marquis of Yin, Haibin, came to Youyi, and he killed and released Yiyi." In the twelfth year of Emperor Xie's reign, Wang Hai and his younger brother Wang Heng set out from Shangqiu together, carrying goods and driving cattle and sheep, and traveled a long distance to Youyi in Hebei.

Mianchen, the leader of the Yi clan, became malicious when he saw the wealth. He killed Wang Hai, drove away Wang Hai's entourage, and took away the goods, cattle and sheep.

His younger brother Wang Heng fled back to Shangqiu.

There is also a theory that Mianchen's wife fell in love with Wang Hai, which aroused Wang Heng's jealousy.

So Wang Heng united with a guard and prepared to assassinate Wang Hai.

One day, Wang Hai went back to his room to sleep drunk.

The assassin took the opportunity to sneak into Wang Hai's room through the back door with an axe, and finally cut his body into eight pieces.

Not long after, the assassin was discovered by a palace maid.

Then the soldiers inside caught him and gave him to Youyi Jun.

When Mianchen learned about the cause of Wang Hai's death, he decided to take all the shepherds and animals brought by Wang Hai to himself, and then drove his body and Wang Heng out of Youyi State.

However, according to the oracle bone inscriptions discovered later, Wang Hai was killed by You Yijun, and Wang Hai's son Shangjiawei killed Youyi Jun in revenge. It can be seen that this legend is not true, but a fabrication by later generations.

After the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, in order to commemorate the merits of their ancestors, successive monarchs were very cautious about the sacrifices of Wang Hai and his son Shangjiawei, and honored Wang Hai's temple name as Gaozu (some say Gaozu was Chengtang).

Strengthen agricultural and livestock
With the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, merchants quickly became stronger and the things they produced became surplus. So Wang Hai and his fellow tribesmen used ox carts to pull goods and drove cattle and sheep to other tribes to conduct transactions. The tribesmen call them "merchants".

The term "merchant" comes from this.

Therefore, Wang Hai became the ancestor of the "merchants" who did business, and has been regarded as a god by merchants for thousands of years.

The last time Wang Hai did business was with the Yi family.

According to the "Bamboo Chronicles": "In the twelfth year of Emperor Xie's reign, Wang Hai's younger brother Wang Heng fled back to Shangqiu day and night.

Wang Hai's son Shang Jiawei was very sad and angry and wanted to avenge Wang Hai.

However, due to many reasons, troops could not be sent out immediately. Four years later, in the 4th year of Emperor Xie's reign and 1806 BC, with the help of Hebo's army, the Youyi family was destroyed, Mianchen was killed, and his father, Wang Hai, was crowned king. Revenge was taken.

The famous historian Mr. Guo Moruo wrote in "Manuscripts of Chinese History": "It is said that Xiangtu was used to ride horses and Wang Hai was used to tame cattle, which was to tame cattle and horses as tools for transportation.

This resulted in the development of agricultural production and an economy that combined agriculture and animal husbandry, and the tribe quickly prospered."

The development of agriculture promoted the division of labor in agriculture and animal husbandry, and the division of labor in agriculture and handicrafts also expanded accordingly.

Therefore, exchanges between the Shang clan and other tribes are also relatively active.

During the reign of Mingzi Wang Hai, cattle began to be used as load-bearing tools to conduct trade among various tribes.

The Yi family seized Wang Hai's cattle and killed Wang Hai, causing a conflict between the two sides.

Wang Haizi Shangjiawei relied on He Bo's force to defeat the Youyi clan and killed Mianchen, the king of the Youyi clan, further expanding his power.

Wang Hai is called Gao Zu Hai in the oracle bone inscriptions, and Shangjia Wei was also solemnly worshiped. "

In January 1980, Mr. Zhou Fei, the author of "Historical Stories of the Shang Dynasty" published by Hebei People's Publishing House, vividly wrote about Ming Zhishui and Wang Hai's business and trade, and mentioned many times that the story took place in Shangqiu, Henan .

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