Zhou Wuwang asked the reason for the demise of Ji Zi's stock dynasty, but Ji Zi ignored him. Seeing Ji Zi's mood, King Wu changed the question and asked how to make people live and work in peace and contentment. Ji Zi said: "In the past, when there was a big flood in the world, Gun used the method of silting up to control the water. The Emperor of Heaven blamed him for violating the laws of heaven, earth and five elements. When Yu was in charge of water control, the Emperor of Heaven taught him nine kinds of "Hong Fan" for governing the country.
King Wu asked what these nine laws were, and Ji Zi said: "These nine basic laws are: five elements, namely, the rational use of five basic substances: gold, wood, water, fire and earth; Five things, that is, pay attention to attitude, speech, observation, hearing and thinking; Eight policies, namely, do a good job in agriculture, commerce, sacrifice, housing, education, judicial hospitality, and military affairs; Five disciplines, that is, the correct use of five timing methods of year, month, day and star: line and solar terms; Huang Ji, that is, the king should establish the highest principle of benefiting the people; Three virtues, that is, three methods of governing the people: morality, rigidity and softness; Inquire about doubts, that is, clarify the methods to solve problems; Ordinary symptoms, that is, carefully examine the various symptoms that appear; Five Blessingg and Liu Ji, that is, make the people do good with five blessings of longevity, wealth, corning, good hope and good death, and punish the wicked with six punishments of premature death, disease, trouble, poverty, ugliness and infirmity. "
Duke Zhou's admonition:
King Wu asked how to arrange shareholders. Jiang Taigong said, "Generally speaking, they are our enemies. We should kill all the Yin people so as not to leave future trouble. " Featuring shook his head. Zhao Gong said: "We should kill the guilty and leave the innocent." King Wu is not satisfied either. Duke Zhou said: "What Yin people fear most now is our hatred and abuse of them, which is not conducive to stabilizing the situation. Shareholders should be allowed to own their own fields and houses, and notices should be issued saying that we regard all ethnic groups as brothers. As long as we sincerely join, we will treat them equally. " King Wu said happily, "This is a good way to solve the world!" Thinking of the fate of Yinzhou, King Wu feared that his son of heaven would be attacked by princes one day, so he wanted to build his capital on the dangerous Taihang Mountain.
Hearing this idea, Duke Zhou said with a smile, "Taihang Mountain is steep, but if all the princes come to pay tribute because of the virtue of our country, they are bound to take a difficult mountain road." Moreover, if there is chaos in the world, although it is not easy to attack the mountains, it is difficult to supply materials. "featuring dismissed this stupid idea.