Ghostly Tomb

Chapter 1676
Bigan, son's surname, Bi's family name, first name, is the second son of Emperor Wending of the Shang Dynasty, the younger brother of Emperor Yi, and the uncle of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty, so he is also called Uncle Wang Bigan.

He was an important minister of the Yin and Shang royal family, and he was entrusted with Guzhong to serve as the assistant emperor Xin.

He has lived through two generations of kings in the Shang Dynasty. It is said that he has an exquisite heart. He is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, pleads for the people, and dares to speak out.

As for the cause of Bigan's death, according to myths and legends, he was hated by the vixen Su Daji because he set fire to the fox cave, and was finally executed by King Zhou to cut out his heart. He was 64 years old.

Since then, out of gratitude for his loyalty, Jiang Ziya did not forget his number in the list of gods, and named him Wenquxing, in charge of Wenyun, to prove his respect for him.

But this is just a folk novel version, not a historical fact, and there is no such number in the list of gods that Chen Zhi knows.

But in the official history, there is a description of the cause of death.

One day, Bigan sighed and said:

"If the Lord does not remonstrate in his faults, he is not loyal. If he is afraid of death and does not speak out, he is not brave. If he is in fault, he will die if he does not remonstrate. Loyalty is the ultimate."

Then I went to the Zhaixing Tower to remonstrate for three days, asking the monarch to meditate on his past and refuse to leave.

Zhou was furious, and asked why he was self-confident.

Bigan said: "We rely on good deeds, benevolence and righteousness, so we rely on ourselves."

Zhou said angrily: "I heard that the heart of a sage has seven orifices, do you believe that there are all kinds?".

Then he killed Bigan to dissect his heart, and he was 64 years old.

Judging from this piece of historical data, Bigan, for some inexplicable reason, said that King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty was an innocent monarch, and he tried to persuade him with death in the Star Picking Tower.

Then he was gouged out by King Zhou and died.

There is no such thing as the nine-tailed celestial fox, and he was not bewitched by others. He just angered King Shang Zhou, so he came to kill him.

But for this historical material, Chen Zhi really thinks that the logic is a bit confusing.

First of all, Di Xin, the king of the first generation, would really want to dig his heart because of his uncle's words?

That proves that Emperor Xin, king of Shang Zhou, is not only fatuous, but also has some mental problems.

Besides, Bigan, even though he was quite dissatisfied with King Zhou of Shang, his behavior at that time was too dreamy, and he was really not very smart, which did not match the description of him by the world.

But in any case, Bigan did die at the time, at the age of 64. At this time, King Shang Zhou was in his prime, and King Wu's battle of Muye had not yet broken out.

How should a person who died before King Zhou of Shang take care of his funeral?
But what happened afterwards is indeed a little incomprehensible...

According to official history records in Xiqi, after the Battle of Muye, the world was pacified, and King Wu of Zhou founded the Zhou Dynasty.

Because of his admiration for Bigan's virtues, he greatly respected him and called him an example of loyal ministers.

When Bigan died, his wife Gui was three months pregnant. Afraid of harming herself, she escaped from Chaoge and hid in the Changlin stone room to give birth to a boy.

After the world was settled, King Wu of Zhou and Jiang Ziya searched for Bigan's descendants everywhere, and learned that his orphan was born in Changlin, so they visited him personally.

He was given the surname Lin and Jian, and a fief of Boling was given to him.

From then on, Bigan was the ancestor of the Lin family...

After all this was done, King Wu of Zhou named Bigan as the God of the country, publicized Bigan's loyalty and courage, built temples, built mausoleums, and went to worship in person.

Since then, Bigan's lineage has been regarded as a glorious one. As a representative of loyal ministers, successive emperors have been granted titles.

Emperor Xiaowen of the Wei Dynasty set up a temple in Yuan Hong, and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty granted him the posthumous title of "Lord Zhonglie".

This kind of glory is unprecedented, and Zhou Wuwang's treatment of a former prime minister is indeed not unreasonable.

Even now, the tomb of Bigan still stands in Weihui, Henan, and the incense burns every year.

However, when Chen Zhi read these historical materials, he felt very strange.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was indeed a wise monarch. He was tolerant and magnanimous, and he respected the prime minister of the previous dynasty regardless of past suspicions.

But as for admiring it to such an extent?
These historical materials clearly record that since the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou and Jiang Ziya have visited Bigan's cemetery many times to worship and meet with the descendants of Bigan.

The number of visits is very frequent, which not only makes people a little suspicious.

Why do they care so much about Bigan?Because of his loyalty?
Isn't it a contradiction in itself for a loyal subject to be admired by a rebellious king?
Moreover, there is another very important point!
Since King Wu of Zhou likes Bigan so much, why didn't he recruit him earlier?
Is Bigan unwilling?
In other words, this loyal minister did not recognize the Zhou Dynasty from beginning to end.

Everything is an illusion created by the Zhou Dynasty later...

Combined with the white animal skin paper, this line is more logical when you think about it.

Those conferring titles and honoring them are all about saving face, and the feudal titles are also a means of winning over.

And King Wu of Zhou and Jiang Ziya went to Bigan's tomb several times in search of Bigan's descendants.

It's not to worship some loyal officials, but they think that Bigan knows where the tomb of King Zhou of Shang is.

They are looking for the whereabouts of King Shang Zhou...

"It's easy to understand the pursuit of the previous king...",
Chen Zhi held the animal skin roll in his hand, closed his eyes and thought,

"The monarch of the previous dynasty must be hunted down absolutely, and he cannot be allowed to make a comeback!
It's such an easy concept to understand!
But if the former monarch is dead, and he just doesn't know where he is buried, is it necessary to go to such a great length to find it?

Is it because of hatred?

Want to drag his corpse out to flog the corpse?

This is too childish!
And judging from what we know now, Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya were not at this level at that time!

So why do you have to find its graveyard?You can't let people know about it, and you should look for it secretly.

Could it be that?
King Zhou of Shang escaped with a secret, which he later took with him to the cemetery.

And this secret is very important, even related to the royal power!
It made Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya think that they must find him..."

(End of this chapter)