The real Shang Zhouwang in history is not like that in the Romance of Gods. In fact, Shang Zhouwang has been hacked for thousands of years. As it turns out, we all misunderstood Shang Zhouwang.
First, Shang Zhouwang with both civil and military skills.
The real Shang Zhouwang in history, he was handsome and handsome since he was a child, and he loved "dancing and writing" since he was a child, and he was proficient in all 18 weapons. When Shang Zhouwang grew up, he was said to have a strong literary talent, which can be said to be "both civil and military".
The Romance of the Gods is a fairy tale, not a historical romance. Historically, the process of the destruction of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty was very rapid. Except for the war between the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty in Chao Ge, there is no other historical record about the war. As for the Romance of the Gods, the process of destroying the Zhou Dynasty is so tortuous, just to attract readers' attention.
The current historical "law" is that since ancient times, the winner is king and the loser is the enemy. In fact, many successful people are thieves, and many thieves have won in history. However, after thieves became rulers, because history is the history of winners, people thought that winners were good by compiling so-called "national history" and at the same time "discredited" losers. So most of the plots we saw in the Romance of the Gods are not true. King Wu and King Wen are not so good, and Shang Zhouwang is not so bad.
Having said that, we are already very clear. Shang Zhouwang was only blamed by history, and he was really wronged!
Second, inherit the throne of heaven at the time of "internal troubles and foreign invasion"
Shang Zhouwang, namely Di Xin, was the 3rd1generation "Tian Zi" of China in Yin Dynasty, and his father was the 30th generation "Tian Zi" Di Yi. There is also a younger brother named Wei, whose mother's status is very low, so Wei failed to become the "son of heaven" of the Shang Dynasty. After the death of Di Yi, the status of the "Emperor" was naturally inherited by Di Xin, who later became Shang Zhouwang.
Shang Zhouwang has been in power for 30 years, and he never thought that he would become the emperor of this kingdom. When Shang Zhouwang ascended the throne, the Shang Dynasty was already a very weak country, and its domestic political affairs were very chaotic, and the neighboring minority regimes often invaded. The situation at that time can be described as "internal troubles and foreign invasion".
Third, reform at home, open up territory to the outside world, and show your talents.
Even so, Shang Zhouwang tried to "turn the tide" and showed his political and military wisdom. After Shang Zhouwang ascended the throne, he carried out ambitious reform and innovation on slavery and appointed a large number of talents. He promoted and reused officials in an eclectic way and attached importance to talents, so that many people at the bottom of society were promoted and reused. Even those very humble people, as long as they have real talent and practical knowledge, will have the opportunity to become "guests" in Shang Zhouwang.
Through drastic reform, Shang Zhouwang broke the hereditary system, which caused the dissatisfaction of hereditary nobles, so some nobles carried out the so-called "resistance". At the same time, Shang Zhouwang promoted a large number of loyal and talented people, thus consolidating his position and kingship.
Shang Zhouwang also reformed the economic system of slavery, lightened the tax burden, and took measures to develop agricultural production, which made the national strength of Shang Dynasty gradually stronger. Militarily, Shang Zhouwang also conquered some tribes in Dongyi and brought Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, Jiangsu and Fujian into the territory of Shang Dynasty.
As for why Shang Zhouwang became the king of national subjugation, that is another matter. At that time, Shang Zhouwang really didn't look like the image depicted in The Romance of Gods.