Shang Zhouwang's son rose up after Zhou Wuwang died.

how was Shang Zhouwang's son defeated by Jiang Ziya after Zhou Wuwang's death?

The last emperor of Shang Dynasty was named Di Xin, and Di Xin was gifted, sensitive and talented. After he ascended the throne, he attached importance to expanding his territory, sent troops to attack Dongyi tribes, obtained a large number of prisoners, and extended the influence of Shang Dynasty to the Yangtze River basin. Moreover, Shang Zhouwang is still trying to recover power from the major governors. It can be said that if Di Xin succeeds, he will be a great emperor next to Tang, the founding emperor of Shang Dynasty.

But most gifted emperors have a common fault, that is, they are headstrong, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Yangdi. However, due to Di Xin's obstinacy, he didn't handle all aspects of the relationship well, which led to internal contradictions in the ruling group, and the long-term conquest of Dongyi resulted in the emptiness of domestic forces. Xibo Hou Jichang took advantage of the situation and marched eastward. Eventually, in the battle of Makino, Zhou Wuwang led the allied governors to defeat the Shang army. When Di Xin saw that the tide was over, he hid in Lutai and set himself on fire, and the Shang Dynasty perished.

After the demise of the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty was established. In order to stabilize the country and not want to leave the notoriety of seeking the usurper in history, Di Xin was constantly vilified and his posthumous name was Shang Zhouwang. Moreover, in the narrative of traditional historiography, Di Xin is a typical tyrant who indulges in debauchery, belligerence, heavy punishment, and refuses to remonstrate with others, and eventually leads to the betrayal of the public and the death of the country. The related allusions include the wine pool and the meat forest, the punishment of the cannon-branding, and the punishment of the hen.

But is Shang Zhouwang as described in traditional historiography? Because the history is too long, we don't know, but on the other hand, we can see that Shang Zhouwang is obviously not like that. That is Shang Zhouwang's son Wu Geng arise and restore the country; It is strange that both Zhou Wenwang and Zhou Wuwang have many recorded sons, but Shang Zhouwang has only one recorded son, Wu Geng, which doesn't seem to match Shang Zhouwang's lewd title.

After the battle of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Zhou Wuwang announced the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty and prepared to enfeoffment the commercial land. However, on second thought, Zhou was a western vassal of Shang Dynasty, and now it has replaced Zhou Wang's dominant position. Will the adherents of Yin and Shang Dynasties serve Zhou's rule? After convening Jiang Taigong, Zhao Gong and the Duke of Zhou to discuss, at the suggestion of Zhou Gongdan, Zhou Wuwang decided that Wu Geng, the son of Yin Zhou Wang, would rule the remaining people of the Shang Dynasty.

Zhou Wuwang ordered the renovation of Shang Zhou Palace, allowing Wu Geng to live in the Palace and continue to rule the merchants; However, Jiang Ziya also suggested that Zhou Wuwang could not completely let Wu Geng go, so Zhou Wuwang set up three kingdoms: Tai, Yong and Wei around Chaoge, and Zhou Wuwang sealed the town of his younger brother Kang Shu to monitor Wu Geng. However, Wu Geng was also a reluctant man. Shortly after he went to the Chaoge, he not only continued to worship Yin, but also led his ministers to Lutai, where Yumen offered sacrifices to his father's spirit in heaven. At the same time, he gathered the hearts of the adherents of the Shang Dynasty and secretly contacted the tribes of Dongyi Fangguo.

Wu Geng's heart is clear; Jiang Ziya has been paying close attention to all the actions of Wu Geng, because he knew that the adherents of Shang Dynasty were not willing to be ruled by Zhou Dynasty. Although Shang Dynasty was extinct, its appeal was still there. Sure enough, after the death of Zhou Wuwang, Zhou Chengwang, the successor, was young and Zhou Gongdan, Zhou Wuwang's younger brother, was the regent. In this case, the Zhou Dynasty was the most vulnerable time; In this regard, Guan Shu, Cai Shu, and other ministers were extremely dissatisfied, spreading rumors that the Duke of Zhou planned to murder the king and usurp the throne in an attempt to arise and rebel.

Wu Geng took this godsend opportunity to collude with the ministers in the DPRK, and joined forces with the Fang tribes in Dongyi, such as Xu, Yan, Bo Gu, Xiong and Ying, to launch a large-scale war of rebelling against Zhou and restoring Yin, which caused turmoil and anxiety in the western land of Zhou. In order to quell the riot as soon as possible, the Duke of Zhou and Zhao Gong stayed up all night, actively deployed battle plans, and finally, at the initiative of Jiang Ziya, the Duke of Zhou led the army to the East with the order of becoming a king.

Moreover, Jiang Taigong went to the scene to assist the Duke of Zhou, and once again returned to Mu Ye, killing Chao Ge. Wu Geng, who had been prepared, personally took the slave owners and nobles of the Shang Dynasty to fight back crazily. But in the end, because of the help of the Tao, the lack of help. Wu Geng, who lost his morale, could not arouse the morale of the soldiers after all, so his morale was uneven and he collapsed without fighting. Wu Geng and Guan Shu were executed, Cai Shu was exiled, and Huo Shu was disgraced. After the Duke of Zhou put the rebellion to rest, he named Kang Shu as Wei Jun and made his capital sing songs.

Wu Geng has such a great appeal, which shows that during the reign of Shang Zhouwang, people did not live in dire straits as described in the novel. And Wu Geng's rebellion, also give later emperors an experience, that is, if the regime changes, it must be eradicated, at least the direct descendants of the former emperors must be removed; Sure enough, it is the most cruel emperor's house.