Yi Yin put Tai Jia

Text/Little Sage Fish

With Yi Yin's help, Tang overthrew the Xia Dynasty and established the Shang Dynasty. With the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, Shang Tang learned the lessons of the demise of the Xia Dynasty, extensively administered benevolent government, and won the hearts of the people, and the Shang Dynasty regime was initially consolidated. Agriculture and handicrafts in the Shang Dynasty developed rapidly. Grain crops such as millet, millet, rice, and wheat and cash crops such as mulberry, hemp, and melon fruits appeared, economic development accelerated, the private ownership system was further completed, and the Shang Dynasty moved toward an era in which slavery occupied the main position. History refers to this period as the "Shang Tang Revolution". When the Shang Dynasty established its rule, it was in Bo jiandu.

The eldest grandson of Shang Tang, the son of Tai Ding, the nephew of Wai Bing and Zhongren, and the fourth monarch of the Shang Dynasty. At the beginning of his succession, Taijia was ten years old, and he could still listen to Yi Yin's teachings and be cautious in his words and deeds. A few years later, he arbitrarily gave orders, blindly enjoyed himself, abused the people, confused the government, and undermined the laws and regulations formulated by Tang. Although Yi Yin tried his best to persuade him, he could not listen to it, and Yi Yin exiled him to the Tong Palace near the Shangtang cemetery, letting him reflect on himself and become the regent of the country, known in history as "Yi Yin Fang Tai Jia".

Taijia spent three years in Tong palace, repenting of his remorse, and Yi Yin welcomed him back to Bodu (亳都, in modern Shangqiu, Henan Province) and returned him to power. The re-enlisted Taijia was able to cultivate virtue, and all the princes submitted to the Shang king, and the people were at peace.

-20210615 taken from "Five Thousand Years of China"