Volume 2 Plane Rivalry Chapter 216 The Ancient Kingdom of Misu
So Ji Chang was locked up, but the final conclusion was that the relevant news could not be released, because it would confuse the people, if the people once they thought that they could also hold the heavens, then the emperor's authority would not be shaken, and the entire regime would fall!
Xibohou Ji Chang was arrested, and those who participated in the discussion of state affairs were forbidden to tell the truth, and the family surnamed Ji did not dare to tell the truth! Because at that time, it seemed that their research and development was a typical act of disrespecting ghosts and gods, so this matter was suppressed in this way.
After the Zhou Dynasty, they used the meaning of divination ghosts and gods less and less to determine good fortune and evil! Because they knew very well that this could be done, and slowly, people called this method of divination and measurement, instead of asking ghosts and gods, became the main way to sense the will of heaven.
After King Wen of Zhou was imprisoned, he also practiced the method of eight winds and eight directions, which became the prototype of Yi. And for King Zhou, King Wen of Zhou couldn't let go, and he couldn't kill him, it almost became a heart disease, and later he came up with a good way to kill King Wen of Zhou. This method is related to the "King of Secret Beard" of the "Secret Beard Ancient Country".
After King Wen of Zhou was imprisoned for seven years, he finally decided to release King Wen of Zhou, and the reason for letting King Wen of Zhou go was said to be because the Ji family opened up the relationship, and sent Lirong's Wen Horse, Xiong's Nine Horses, and countless rare treasures to Chaoge, and offered the beautiful women and famous horses one by one through Fei Zhong.
The king was overjoyed and said, "It is rare that Xibohou is loyal." He said, "This is enough to relieve Sebeth, and more than that."
King Xuan can risk falling out with the powerful dynasty surnamed Ji, and King Guan Wen has been in the seventh year, how can he let it go in vain because of this, and return the power that Xibohou has never had. If the king is really lustful, what kind of beauty will not be seen, and if he is really greedy for treasures, what kind of treasures are not.
Not only that, but the king also gave Xibohou a bow and arrow, and allowed Xibohou to conquer other princes who did not obey orders. In the minds of King Wen of Zhou and Lu Shang, the biggest worry of the family surnamed Ji is the "Misu Ancient Kingdom" in the north.
The ancient kingdom of Misu, in Lingtai County, Gansu Province, Huanyu Huaxia, is called the country of Misu because it is located in Mishan, and it is powerful in the Shang Dynasty and has become the most trusted foreign country in the Yin Shang Dynasty. Although nominally a foreign country, the Secret Nation has a stronger degree of loyalty than an internal service. In essence, he was completely subordinate to the Shang king, and he was very powerful.
All the countries where it was inconvenient for the Shang king to directly send troops to recruit and punish them were secretly ordered by the Misu Ancient Kingdom to come forward and teach them a lesson.
In order to facilitate the discussion of affairs with the ancient kingdom of Misu, King Yin even opened up a part of the ancient kingdom of Misu into a hunting area, and made a special trip to the ancient country of Misu to hunt, called hunting, which is actually to arrange and implement various work plans, and the degree of intimacy is beyond ordinary people's imagination.
In the period of King Xu, although the status of the ancient kingdom of Misu was still not high, it could already command the surrounding vassal states such as Yu, Lu, Gong, Yu, Rui, and other vassal states on behalf of Yin Shang. Therefore, the ancient kingdom of Misu is the great trouble of Xiqi!
The ancient kingdom of Misu is too close to the land of the people, and the land is not only the sphere of influence of the family surnamed Ji, but because this land has fled here when the family surnamed Ji faced the catastrophe twice, not only avoiding the disaster, but also more prosperous!
This land, for the family surnamed Ji, was a blessed land to suffer, and when the whole country moved, it also came here, so as to become more powerful, and then moved to Qishan). In front of the blessed land, there can be no strong enemies, this is the most important place where the Zhou people cannot tolerate the Misu Ancient Kingdom.
And the advantage here is that the Misu Ancient Kingdom is only a foreign country, and even if it is attacked, it will be a war between tribes, and it will not bear the infamy of anti-Shang. However, not long after the Emperor extended the power of Xibohou, the King of the Emperor secretly gave the Divine Drum that symbolizes the tribes of all the countries in the world to the Ancient Kingdom of Misu, and named the leader of the Kingdom of Misu, who has always been of a low status, as the King of Misu.
The drum, at that time, was regarded as an artifact to order all the countries, seeing the drum is like seeing the king, the king secretly gave this artifact to the ancient kingdom of Misu, is to tell them, you can conquer anyone, if the other party dares to ask the reason, you take out the drum, you can tell them, you are on my behalf to collect, the division is famous, if no one pursues, don't say that I gave you the drum.
The leader of the secret beard was overjoyed, and with the help of a strong military, he immediately attacked Zhou's vassals. And the Ji family also has similar power - to conquer the tribes, and the two of them are next to each other. Anyone who sees this thinks about what the king wants to do.
Let the two military powerhouses fight each other, both lose, and the king will reap the benefits of the fisherman, this is his real purpose. Moreover, the Emperor of Xu's crusade against Dongyi suffered heavy losses and provoked the anger of the heavens and people, and he could just turn people's attention to the Misu Ancient Kingdom and Xibohou, and he could also have a chance to recuperate.
However, there was a little accident in the ancient kingdom of Misu, if it weren't for this little accident, the history of the entire Universal China might be rewritten!
LĂź Shang opened up the relationship between the tribal leaders of the Misu Kingdom, and when the Great War was approaching, he launched an internal mutiny, and captured the Misu King with few casualties. They also got these drums, and the most difficult thing for them was what to do with the few secret drums that symbolized power?
King Wen of Zhou and Lu Shang agreed on a better way. On the shore of the water, they beat the Gao drum in the drum of the secret beard, which is divided into six types, namely the thunder drum, the spirit drum, the road drum, the Ben drum, the Jin drum, and the Gao drum. Among them, the thunder drum is used for worship, the spirit drum is used for community sacrifices, the road drum is used for ghost enjoyment, the Ben drum is used for military affairs, the Gao drum is used for service, and the Jin drum is used for gold play.
The people of the nearby tribes came to hear the sound of drums, and King Wen of Zhou told everyone that the ancient country of Misu had stolen the drum and should be returned to the king of Zhou, but the drum was sacred, and it should not be offended.
King Wen of Zhou built a platform to worship the drum, nominally, the time has not come, can not be returned to the king, in fact, it is to set up another place to worship the heavens, not only to increase the centripetal force of the people, but also King Wen of Zhou's temptation to the king of Zhou, to test the king of Zhou's tolerance to himself, in order to decide the next move.