After Ji Chang returned to Xiqi, he made great efforts to rectify the military and government, and the name of benevolence spread more and more, and the people of the world and the displaced people went to Xiqi one after another, and among the Kyushu, the princes were mostly attached to Xiqi, Xiqi sat on the Yongzhou of the human race Kyushu, and the princes who were attached to Xiqi had the people of the four states, and Xiqi seemed to have become the most powerful force except for the Shang Dynasty.

In contrast, the Shang Dynasty is declining, the king of the Zhou is mediocre, Da Ji troubled the government, with a plan to dig out the heart of the dry and died, after the king of Wucheng defected to Xiqi, the traitor in the court, the hundred officials Ming Zhe to protect his life, although there is Wen Taishi back to the court, directly see the king of Zhou, a little effective, but later because of the rebellion of the princes, Wen Taishi only went out to fight, the government was abandoned by the king again, the national strength of the great Shang is lower than one day.

Under this situation, many people have seen the momentum, and many ministers of the Shang Dynasty have made statements to the king of Zhou, saying that Xiqi is dangerous, and even Fei Zhong and You Hun also saw that the momentum is not right, and also made suggestions to the king of Zhou, after the king heard this, he listened to the opinions of the ministers, began to suppress Xiqi, and summoned Xibohou Jichang to come to the court again.

In Xiqi City, after receiving the will of the king of Xi, Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, immediately summoned the Chinese military officials to come to the meeting, and above the main hall, Ji Chang sat on the high stairs, at this time Ji Chang was over ninety years old, with gray hair and an old appearance.

I saw Ji Chang sitting high on the palace, looking down on the civil and military officials in the court, and now the king of Xuan has obviously been jealous of Xiqi, otherwise he would not have recruited him to go to the court again at this time, after Ji Chang received the edict, he calculated a hexagram for himself, the hexagram was shown as a hexagram, ten deaths, Ji Chang is nearly 100 years old, and has already seen through life and death, but he is afraid that after his death, Xiqi will be in chaos, so he does not dare to move.

Therefore, today summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss this matter together, and on the main hall, Ji Chang held the edict of the king of Xu, and said,

"Ladies and gentlemen, I summoned you today because Benhou received an edict from Chaoge, ordering me to go to the court to see the king. ”

As soon as Ji Chang said this, the ministers talked about it, and Ji Fa was the first to stand up and admonish,

"Father, the king of the king suddenly called, must have bad intentions, the last time he summoned his father, causing the father to be trapped in the palace for seven years, now the king of the king is mediocre, Yin Shang has been declining, the princes of the world rebel many, and I Xiqi is growing stronger and stronger under the governance of my father, at this time the king summoned my father, obviously afraid of the strength of my Xiqi, and wants to take my father as a hostage, so that my Xiqi is a mouse, and my father can not go. ”

Ji Chang naturally understands the key, but the king is the king, and if the king does not obey the king's order, he is a rebel, Ji Chang has been a minister of the great merchant since the father of the king, Di Yi, is alive, but if he wants to rebel against the businessman, he is really a little resistant in his heart, so although he understands the key, he is still difficult to choose, so he convened the ministers to discuss to see if there can be the best of both worlds.

On the side, Jiang Ziya was already in the Xiqi court, since the pipa essence, Jiang Ziya fled to Xiqi, after Ji Chang returned to Xiqi, praised his power, and worshiped him as a phase.

Jiang Ziya saw the hesitation in Ji Chang's expression, and after a little thought, he naturally understood the key, so he came out and said,

"Hou Ye, as Gongzi said, the king is now brutal and unkind, Hou Ye will go at this time, he will have to worry about his life, Hou Ye can see through life and death, and it doesn't hurt to go to the court, Hou Ye is afraid that he is thinking at this time, it is also worth exchanging his own body for Xiqi peace. ”

When Ji Chang heard Jiang Ziya's words, his expression changed, obviously he was in the middle of the story, but Jiang Ziya changed his words and continued,

"But has the Hou Ye ever thought that the king of the Hou is afraid of Xiqi, not just the fear of the Hou Ye, I am afraid that it is more of a fear of the wealth and strength of Xiqi, even if the Hou Ye is willing to sacrifice, I am afraid that the king of the Hou may not let go of Xiqi, and then take the Hou Ye as a hostage, the army of the King of Zhou will attack Xiqi, and the people of Xiqi will be devastated, and please consider more for the people of Xiqi and think twice!"

After Ji Chang heard this, his face changed greatly, if he followed the possibility that Jiang Ziya said, then Xiqi would inevitably be destroyed, Ji Chang looked at Jiang Ziya, and asked a little eagerly,

"Prime Minister, the king's order has arrived, if I don't go, it will inevitably attract the army of the king to crusade, and the world will be in turmoil at that time, and Xiqi will suffer. ”

After Jiang Ziya heard this, he sighed in his heart, although Ji Chang is proficient in Zhou Yi gossip, but after all, he is still a mortal, such as the catastrophe has started today, although it is a dynasty hegemony on the surface, but in fact it is a clash of many forces, even if the strength of the Shang Dynasty is still higher than that of Xiqi now, but Xiqi has the backing of the teachings, and it is not far off, if it really fights, Xiqi may not suffer.

In fact, Jiang Ziya can also see that it is not that Ji Chang is afraid of King Zhou, but that he doesn't want to rebel, but unfortunately the things in the world are not something he can get rid of if he doesn't want to, he doesn't want to rebel, so let King Xuan force him to rebel, Jiang Ziya had no choice but to say,

"Hou Ye only needs to reply to the king, saying that he is seriously ill and can't travel tiringly, and he can go to see him in the Chaoge Dynasty when he is well. ”

After Ji Chang heard it, he felt that it was also a good way, so he replied to King Su according to Jiang Ziya's words, but unfortunately the matter was not resolved as he imagined, a few months later, Ji Chang received the edict of the King of Zhou's crusade, and the King of Zhou directly declared him Ji Chang a traitor, and sent a large army to crusade against Xiqi.

Ji Chang worked for the great merchants, but at this age, he was regarded as a traitor by the king of Zhou, how could he feel good in his heart, but now that the matter has come to this, it is useless to be sad, the top priority is how to deal with the crusade of the king of Zhou, Ji Chang can only temporarily hold back the sorrow in his heart, and convene hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss how to protect Xiqi.

In the main hall, Ji Chang looked at the people standing below with a look of loss, and said,

"Ladies and gentlemen, because the king of Zhou is angry that I did not go to the court, he has already announced that my Xiqi has rebelled, and sent a large army under his command to crusade against my Xiqi, and it will arrive soon, and the king of Zhou is menacing, I don't know what good strategy you can have to deal with the enemy?"

Seeing this, Ji Fa opened his mouth and said, "Father, the king of Zhou is mediocre, listens to slander, and cuts me Xiqi, such as the people today are also complaining about him, my father can comply with the mandate of heaven, respect the heavens and call the king, with the power of my Xiqi, unite the princes of the world, and jointly suppress Yin Shang, the child is not talented, and he is willing to lead the army for his father and meet the army of the king of Zhou." ”

As soon as Ji said this, Ji Chang's face changed greatly, and now it was only King Xuan who announced that he was a traitor, if he called Wang Fa Shang, wouldn't it be a solid name of rebellion, and how could Ji Chang agree

"My son, how can such a great rebellious remark be said nonsense, as a father is a minister in the Great Shang Dynasty, how can such a great rebellious act be done. ”

"The king has no way, the people are in trouble, the child implores his father to worship the heavens and be the king, and crusade against Yin Shang!"

However, when Ji Fa heard this, he suddenly stepped forward and knelt on the hall, shouting, and the ministers also knelt down to support the proposal when they saw this.

Ji Chang saw that the ministers were the same, so he became even more embarrassed, what Ji Fa said was not unreasonable, and he understood it, but the hurdle in his heart could not be overcome.

Jiang Ziya saw Ji Chang hesitating, so he stepped forward and said bluntly,

"Hou Ye, what the second son said is reasonable, when the poor road left Kunlun Mountain, the teacher once said that the heavens, the business destroyed Zhou Xing, and the sky has a bright lord to come to the world, and now the king is mediocre, the world is in chaos, Hou Ye is a rare master in the world, and respecting the king is also the destiny of heaven, and please Hou Ye for the sake of the common people in the world, and return the world to a peace!"

Ji Chang saw that his son and ministers were like this, and even Prime Minister Jiang Ziya also strongly supported it, and bluntly said that the destiny of heaven was like this, Ji Chang's face was a little heavy, he sighed in his heart, and said,

"In this case, according to what the secretary said, respect the heavens and be the king!"

A few days later, under Jiang Ziya's planning, Ji Chang ascended to the high platform and sacrificed to the sky and became the king. Ji Chang is the king, and there will be an endless war with the king of Zhou, the dynasty is easier, starting from humanity, and the biggest catastrophe in the history of the flood has begun.