The World of Soup

The Shang clan originated in Hebei and rose to prominence in Henan. Under the leadership of Tang, the Shang clan defeated the first empire in Chinese history, established a new Shang Dynasty, and initiated the first revolution of Chinese civilization. However, it was not until Pan Geng moved to Yin that the rule of the Shang Dynasty truly stabilized. Pan Geng's nephew Wu Ding pushed the Shang Dynasty's national power to its peak and brought the Shang Dynasty's social life into a prosperous age. After Wu Ding's death, the peaceful and prosperous era he created did not last long. After Zu Geng and Zu Jia, especially during the period of Emperor Yi and Emperor Xin, domestic conflicts became very acute, and the princes in the southeast began to rebel. Faced with this situation, Emperor Xin sent his subordinates to conquer Lai Yi to the east and attacked Jiu Miao in the south, extending the power of the Shang Dynasty to the East China Sea and the Yangtze River Basin. However, its successive campaigns greatly consumed the national power and further intensified domestic conflicts. The lack of domestic military power reduced its control over the northwest, giving the Zhou people an opportunity to take advantage of. The Zhou people attacked the Shang Dynasty, and Emperor Xin had no choice but to use slaves as an army to resist the Zhou people. As a result, the Shang Dynasty army had no fighting spirit and "the former disciples defected". The battle of Muye was bloody and the domestic merchant army was exhausted. Emperor Xin fled to Lutai and burned himself to death. The Shang Dynasty was destroyed.