At the Vassal Meeting in Chaoge City, the Marquis of the East, Jiang Huanchu, the Marquis of the West, Ji Chang, the Marquis of the North, Chong Hu, and the Marquis of the South, E Chongyu, each led 200 vassals to meet Di Xin.
Di Xin was delighted and gave many rewards. He took back the power of the various vassals to attack foreign enemies and gave it to the Fourth Marquis. If the various vassals wanted to send troops to the outside world, they had to first report to the Fourth Marquis and obtain his approval.
Among the four marquises, Ji Chang is known for being virtuous. E Chongyu is highly respected. He is listed as one of the three dukes of the current dynasty and has an extremely high position.
…
Did Di Xin or Wen Zhong come up with this plan?
In the backyard of the Li Residence in Chentang Pass, Li Changshou sat in the shade and drank special herbal tea. He enjoyed the service of two servants fanning him and thought about what had just happened in the Shang Nation's court.
In short, Di Xin's move was brilliant, but it was also rather dangerous.
At that moment, among the 800 vassals, the strongest was Jiang Huanchu. He was also the most senior and had the closest relationship with the Shang Nation.
He was Di Xin's father-in-law.
However, the name of the Three Dukes gave Ji Chang and E Chongyu a hint of killing three men with two peaches.
He divided the 800 vassals into four vassals and strengthened the power of the four marquises. Then, he divided the four marquises and prevented them from joining forces.
If a small vassal rebelled, there would naturally be a large vassal to suppress it. The Shang Nation could save a lot of battle costs and cause the strength of the vassals to deplete each other.
Moreover, the Marquis of the North, Chong Hu, was a general that Di Xin had raised. The risk of the 200 vassals in the north rebelling was the lowest. He could also restrain the 200 vassals in the east and west and achieve the goal of restraining the vassals.
In that case, the first person that Di Xin wanted to deal with would definitely be the Marquis of the South, E Chongyu.
Li Changshou carefully deduced the memories of his previous life. It seemed that E Chongyu had died quite miserably … and he did not have any sense of existence.
Why did he say that this move was rather dangerous to Di Xin?
The reason was simple: nurture a tiger and cause trouble.
The Four Marquises would further become four crocodiles and threaten the stability of the Shang Nation. If one of the Four Marquises rebelled, they would definitely be prepared. The 200 vassals behind them would rebel at the same time.
The fact that Di Xin dared to use this move showed that he was young and arrogant. He was rather confident.
He did not know if Di Xin and Wen Zhong would realize that the focus of the battle between the Shang Nation and the vassal states was to sow discord between the various vassal states and the small and medium-sized vassal states, causing internal strife and preventing them from being united.
Then, he would rope in the smaller ones and encircle and suppress the bigger ones. He would work together to improve the quality of the merchants and strengthen the army of the merchants, completing the further centralization of power.
Suppressing the outside from the inside and suppressing the inside from the outside was the only way for the Shang Nation to solve its current predicament.
Of course, these were only his speculations.
Perhaps Di Xin's thoughts were very simple — he would first set up four targets and let the vassals of the world open their eyes to see how he would overturn the four targets one by one and achieve the goal of killing the monkey to warn the chicken.
Uh, it can't be …
It was impossible that the Human Emperor, who refused to accept the Mandate of Heaven, did he not even have this little bit of political skill?
Li Changshou smiled and listened to the melodious music coming from the attic next to him. He looked at the warm spring breeze and the falling flowers in the courtyard. He was a little lost in thought.
Why didn't he help Di Xin?
The converse of this question was the answer.
Why should I help Di Xin?
Who could say clearly about the matters of the emperors in the human world? There was no need for him to do such a thing. He could just watch from the side.
Li Changshou yawned and said, "Let the zither player put in some effort and make it more cheerful. Is she playing for Madam? She's playing for Third Young Master!
She's so perfunctory. I'll deduct her reward later. "
"Yes." The servant behind him immediately acted as if he had received an arrow from a chicken feather. He arrogantly ran into the attic.
At that moment, two maidservants beside him carried two bowls of soup, one big and one small. Li Changshou naturally picked up the small bowl and tasted it. He nodded and asked them to send it in.
In terms of nurturing the fetus.
Li Jing was busy. As a high-ranking servant and butler, he naturally had to take responsibility for the entire process.
Moreover, the soup and water that were used to nurture the fetus tasted good. That was simply a form of torture. It made him, a paper effigy, suffer.
Li Changshou handed the empty bowl to the maidservant behind him and said calmly, "Inform the kitchen to make a few more servings and add more ice."
"Yes," the maidservant replied gently and lowered her head to leave in a hurry.
Li Changshou placed his feet comfortably on the wooden chair at the side. He felt a little bored like the old Dragon King.
Just yesterday, an old man from the Li Residence stopped Li Jing, who was returning to the residence. He told Li Jing about the domineering side of a certain high-ranking servant. In the end …
The old man received his salary for the next ten years today and was chased out of the Li Residence.
Things were different now. In order to make it easier for Li Changshou to take care of Lady Yin and Ling Zhuzi's reincarnation, he had long revealed his identity to Li Jing and gestured for Li Jing to keep quiet.
In private, Li Jing would address the high-ranking servants as Godfather and Lord Taibai Jinxing. He was very respectful.
Why did Li Changshou take the initiative to expose it?
The mystery was right beneath this pavilion.
Li Changshou had spent a lot of precious materials and Spirit Stones to set up a "Embryo Nurturing" Array. It was also known as the "Yin-Yang Cleansing Evil Spirit Array". It was constantly washing the Spirit Embryo's baneful aura.
Apart from that, Li Changshou had to constantly stabilize the spirit embryo.
Previously, he had told Li Jing to inform Lady Yin to be prepared to be pregnant for more than three years. He had to suppress the baneful aura deeply and minimize the impact of the baneful aura on the spirit embryo.
If a Saint attacked, there would be endless trouble.
To Li Changshou, instead of helping Di Xin continue the Shang Nation's life, he might as well watch from the sidelines and spend his energy nurturing Yang Jian, Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, Wen Zhong, and Li Jing, the future generals of the Celestial Court.
Wen Zhong's name had already appeared on the God roll. The Heavenly Dao's arrangements for Wen Zhong had already been set.
Heavenly Dao.
When fighting with the Heavenly Dao, one could not be greedy. One had to learn to be flexible.
About a year later, a piece of news came from Chaoge City.
"Di Xin took the daughter of the Nine Marquises as his concubine. She hid in the depths of the palace and was rather doted on. Di Xin made the Nine Marquises the Three Dukes, causing many marquises to be dissatisfied. "
It's here, it's here. The script of Di Xin killing the Nine Marquises is here. It depends on when Di Xin will attack.
Li Changshou tried to be cold-blooded. He did not care about the lives of the few of them and looked at the subsequent events.
This attack was considered an opportunity for the Shang Nation. It was also a gamble by Di Xin. He used the Nine Marquises to establish the dignity of the Human Emperor and intimidate the various marquises.
Although the Nine Marquises were also a marquis, they were clearly inferior to the Four Marquises of the North, South, East, and West. Because of their daughters, they were ranked as the Three Dukes. It was difficult for them to convince the masses.
To a certain extent, the Shang Dynasty was already standing at the crossroads of the rise and fall.
Di Xin's subsequent choice was rather important.
According to Li Changshou's impression, he casually found an excuse and used the fact that the daughter of the Nine Marquises did not serve him well. He vented his anger on the Nine Marquises and took the opportunity to kill the Marquis of the South.
There was still a more brilliant solution that made the Marquis of the South suffer but not dare to say anything.
Li Changshou waited.
At such a time, micromanagement was even more important. He hoped that Di Xin and Wen Zhong could understand that logic and not let the Heavenly Dao win too easily.
As for the Li Residence …
Lady Yin had been pregnant for a year and a half, causing a huge uproar in Chentang Pass.
It was unknown where the rumors came from, but it was said that Zongbing Li's wife was pregnant with a demon. Only demons would have such a phenomenon.
Li Changshou smiled calmly and began to personally control the public opinion in Chentang Pass. First, he secretly released a few rumors and fabricated a fable about an immortal descending to the mortal world.
For that, he had specially transferred a few Divine Envoys of the Sea God Sect from the South Ocean to spread the technique of singing on the bamboo board to the East Ocean.
Coupled with the immortal light and immortal clouds that flickered from time to time in the backyard of the Li Residence, the Li Residence became a rather sacred place. Many mortals would come to pay their respects.
Gradually, some demon soldiers appeared outside Chentang Pass to harass the mortal villages.
Li Jing reacted quickly and led the troops to search everywhere. He fought with the demon soldiers in the forest for a few months and chased them away.
However, it was an indisputable fact that the demons, who had been silent for a long time, had spread to the vicinity of Chentang Pass again.
Li Jing became busier.
However, it was fine. Li Changshou had long predicted that. The paper effigy was constantly guarding the Spirit Embryo within a thousand feet of it to prevent it from being schemed against again.
Just like that, Lady Yin was pregnant for more than three years.
During that period of time, there had already been a bloody storm in Chaoge City. Di Xin had assassinated the daughter of the Ninth Marquis. He determined that the Ninth Marquis had disloyal intentions and executed the Ninth Marquis.
The Marquis of the South, E Chongyu, pleaded for mercy for the Ninth Marquis and was sentenced to death by the furious Di Xin.
The Shang Dynasty originally had many torture methods. They used them to deter the slaves and consolidate their rule. There were all kinds of extreme punishments and none of them were the same.
The 200 vassals of the southern road were terrified. The prepared Shang army headed to the South. The new Marquis of the South was quickly established by Di Xin.
The Marquis of the North, Chong Hou Hu, secretly reported that the Marquis of the West, Ji Chang, had privately sighed about the matter of the Ninth Marquis and E Chongyu.
Fei Zhong, who was from a lowly background, took advantage of the Shang Nation's power to ask Di Xin to kill the Marquis of the West, Ji Chang.
Di Xin hesitated for a while. Because the Marquis of the West was rather powerful among the vassals, he was afraid that killing him would cause too many vassals to rebel. He did not agree. He imprisoned Ji Chang in the carriage and ordered Chong Hou Hu to secretly attack the forces of the Zhou Nation and weaken the leaderless Zhou Nation.
Because of that, many of the eight hundred vassals rebelled. Di Xin made the Grand Preceptor Wen Zhong the commander-in-chief and led the Shang army to conquer the east and west. He suppressed the treason and the Shang Nation's destiny became more prosperous.
Those were all important matters of the Shang Nation that could be seen at a glance.
In the gap between these major matters …
Di Xin often held banquets with the merchant, Elder Changshou. During the sacrifices, he ate and enjoyed with the merchants and encouraged the merchants to marry and have children. He sent his trusted old officials to supervise the development of agriculture in the Shang Nation.
He also personally interfered with the dance and sacrifices of the female sacrifices of the Shang Nation, breaking the exclusive right of the female sacrifices to explain the divine authority.
Due to the busy state affairs, Di Xin only had Queen Jiang and a few concubines in the harem. He had two sons with Queen Jiang, Yin Hong and Yin Jiao.
Occasionally, Li Jing and Lady Yin would chat at night and talk about Di Xin.
If Di Xin could suppress the trouble of the eight hundred vassals, he might be the hero of the second revival of the Shang Nation. If he could not withstand the subsequent counterattacks of the vassals, it would be difficult for him to die a good death.
Lady Yin asked Li Jing, "Do you have any ulterior motives towards the King?"
"I'm naturally guarding the borders for the Shang Nation."
Li Jing smiled and said, "We are guarding the border between humans and demons. The power struggle behind us has nothing to do with you and me."
Li Changshou was surprised by Li Jing's realization.
He thought that Li Jing would be a foolishly loyal person.
Clearly, his previous education was very effective.
Recently, Lady Yin had already felt that she was about to collapse. The fetus in her womb had to be born, but she did not say anything. She only endured it silently every day.
Li Changshou secretly cast a spell to relieve some of the pressure on Lady Yin. He was already prepared to welcome Nezha's descent.
While Li Changshou was busy, a piece of news came from Chaoge City that shocked him.
"Half a month later, Di Xin will be paying respects to the Goddess Nuwa Temple."
That day had finally arrived.
Li Changshou had also made some preparations for that, but he would not interfere. He only watched from the side and opened some Shadow-Retaining Balls to record some precious moments.
He wanted to see if the current human emperor's tribulation had arrived or if someone was secretly plotting to speed up the God-Conferment Tribulation.
As long as someone really attacked, Li Changshou had to grab hold of the other party's weakness no matter who it was.
Plotting against the Human Emperor could be a big or small matter. It gave him a chance to make a fuss.
When Li Changshou wanted to temporarily shift his gaze to the Goddess's Temple, a unique aura suddenly appeared in the Qingshui River outside Chentang Pass.
In the night sky, one of Li Changshou's paper effigies flashed into the sky and looked over.
At the riverbank, a little azure dragon quietly swam to the shore and sized up his surroundings curiously. With a shake of his body, he transformed into a young man. He was dressed in a white luxurious robe and a pair of spotless cloud boots. He held a folding fan in his hand.
He naturally had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. He looked a little like Ao Yi, but his face was a little pale.
He sensed carefully …
Hey, the Dragons have an old problem. Their foundation is unstable, and their essence is lacking. At a glance, it's obvious that they are not learning well at a young age. They are fooling around with some maidservants, the Dragon Lady.
The Little Dragon looked at the farmhouse in the distance. He shook his head and recited a poem. He walked with his hands behind his back.
When he passed by a village house, he stopped and hummed softly outside.
"It's difficult to travel at night. I wonder if you can let me stay here for the night? I will definitely give you money. "
The wooden door opened, revealing the graceful figure of a young girl from a fisherman's family. She sized up the handsome young master outside curiously and could not help but blush. She hurriedly turned around and called for her parents.
Li Changshou was confused. He did not know what the Little Dragon was doing.
Thinking that there was still half a month left at the Goddess's Temple, he secretly watched for a few days.
The following situation made Li Changshou feel troubled.
The Little Dragon and the woman from the fisherman's family flirted with each other in the middle of the night. The two of them had already had physical contact and had even agreed to elope. The next morning, he secretly left with the woman from the fisherman's family and really left behind some gold and silver.
Then, there were some indescribable and inappropriate scenes.
What happened next was very "fairytale".
The handsome young man and the woman from the fisherman's family had a few nights of fun. On a starry night, when the woman was sleeping soundly, the young man quietly left the woman's side, leaving only a huge pearl behind.
After the woman woke up, she cried for half a day. She held the pearl and searched everywhere. In the end, she walked back to her home in a daze. She was scolded by her parents and had a bad reputation.
This …
Li Changshou felt a headache coming on.
What is this?
The romantic journey of the Third Prince of the Dragon King of the East Ocean?
Can that gold and silver be exchanged for the feelings and reputation of a good woman?
Although the people at that time were a little open-minded and many men and women had experienced it before marriage, this … Ah, this!
He wanted to beat the Little Dragon up.
Fortunately, the woman was not pregnant. It was a blessing in disguise. However, her heart was already in a daze. All day long, she thought of the heartless person's shadow. She did not want to eat or drink and became thinner.
It was not easy to convict him of this matter.
The two of them were willing. The Dragon Prince did not use any Dharma spells. He only said a few warm words and relied on his outstanding appearance to easily win the woman's heart.
Forget it. I'll ignore this lascivious little azure dragon for now. I'll let Ao Yi discipline him later.
In Chaoge City, Di Xin's carriage had already set off in a mighty manner. The most important scheme of the Great God-Conferment Tribulation was about to happen. He had to pay more attention to the matters here …
Whoosh …
Li Changshou's paper effigy's ears twitched. The Wind Speech Incantation brought about some strange water sounds.
He focused and saw that on a beach a few hundred kilometers away, the little azure dragon swam out of the sea and transformed into a human. It was still dressed in the attire of a mortal girl. It puffed out its chest and raised its head, revealing a humble expression as it walked towards the village not far away.
Not long after, he stood in front of a village house with a purpose and said warmly, "It's difficult to travel at night.
"It's hard to travel at night. I wonder if this place can accommodate me for a night? I will definitely give you money. "
The wooden door opened, and another beautiful woman from a fisherman's family was there.
Li Changshou was rendered speechless.
This Little Dragon!
It's only been half a day!
Are the Sea Clan girls no longer fragrant, or are the Dragons no longer beautiful? Why are you running to the human race every day!?!
Moreover, compared to the last time, he was clearly more experienced this time. He had sweet words at his fingertips, and the woman was quickly bewitched.
He could not blame the woman for that. If the two of them were to shift positions, the beautiful Dragon Lady in the sea, who was wearing an immortal dress, would come to the fisherman's house to stay and even take the initiative to say that she was lonely. The fisherman would not be able to take it.
Isn't that how fables are written?
It's an old tradition of the human race.
Li Changshou suddenly wanted to write a book called "Anatomy of Dragons". It would be used as an introductory reading material for Little Nezha, along with "Don't Be Angry", "Love in the World", and "Good Theory".
Hmph!
I'll go to the Goddess's Temple to watch the show first. It won't be too late to deal with it later.
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