Chapter 761 Bai Zhen’s Plot
As the princes expanded their territory, the situation outside the Nine Provinces gradually stabilized, and gradually formed a situation with the four major princes in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest as the main ones, and a group of small princes as the auxiliary ones!
While the princes were fighting in the south and the north, the Shang Dynasty worked hard to govern the country and developed quietly. By the time the situation on the borders of the princes stabilized, the national strength of the Shang Dynasty was such that it could defeat all the princes at the same time, and the princes no longer had any chance of winning!
After realizing this, the princes' original little thoughts were completely gone. However, in order to prevent the King of Shang from demolishing their bridges after crossing the river and slaughtering their entire families, in addition to expressing their submission to the King of Shang on weekdays, the princes secretly formed an alliance.
If the King of Shang uses trumped-up crimes to accomplish his goal of eliminating dissidents, then the members of the alliance must jointly write a petition to plead for the unlucky guy chosen by the King of Shang, and use the united power of all the princes to force the King of Shang not to act recklessly and kill the princes at will!
The King of Shang saw clearly the purpose of the princes' alliance. Although he was nostalgic and turned a blind eye to minor mistakes as long as they did not touch his bottom line, he would not give in if they really touched his bottom line, even if it meant confronting all the princes at the same time!
Although the King of Shang did not think that this so-called alliance was ironclad and everyone had their own little thoughts, as the saying goes, when the rabbit dies, the fox mourns. The King of Shang could not guarantee that if he really touched the bottom line of the princes, would the princes unite and jointly resist him as the King of Shang.
In order to avoid this situation, the King of Shang thought for a long time and finally decided to win over one group, suppress one group, and divide one group. Of course, during this period, it would be great if he could make the princes beat their brains out!
Because the King of Shang was implementing an open conspiracy, even though some princes knew that this was a trap dug by the King of Shang, they had to jump in for their own interests!
It was also under the attack of one conspiracy after another that the princes finally became inconsistent in their hearts. Among them, Dongbo Hou and Beibo Hou became the staunch supporters of the King of Shang and firmly supported his call.
The Marquis of Nanbo and the Marquis of Xibo were in a neutral stance, but any discerning person could see that the Marquis of Nanbo was indeed neutral and did not participate in any fight at all. Although the Marquis of Xibo was respectful to the Shang Dynasty on the surface and could not find any fault with him, everything the successive Marquis of Xibo did was to offend the King of Shang. It was just that the successive Marquis of Xibo were cautious in their actions, so the King of Shang could never find any evidence against the Marquis of Xibo!
However, it was precisely because of the slippery character of the Duke of Xibo that the successive Shang kings were extremely wary of him. Once the Shang king caught any evidence against him, he would suppress the Duke of Xibo as much as possible at the first opportunity and weaken the power of Xiqi, the territory of the Duke of Xibo!
It was the constant suppression by the King of Shang that ultimately made it possible for Xiqi to improve its development as much as possible, but the final result was always unsatisfactory and the development was slow!
However, after so many years of struggle, Xiqi did not gain nothing. In addition to handling Xiqi's internal affairs and quietly accumulating strength in secret, the successive Xibo Hous also spread their wisdom as much as possible, hoping to interfere with the decision-making of the Shang King through public opinion!
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Bai Zhen actually didn't know about the struggle between Xiqi and Shang Dynasty, but when he felt the aura of disaster rising between heaven and earth, he also understood that the Conferred God Tribulation was about to begin. Bai Zhen also planned to use this Conferred God Tribulation to plan some benefits for himself!
After nearly two kalpas of practice, Bai Zhen has now elevated his cultivation and physical body to the twelfth level of the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian realm, and is only one step away from the Heavenly Dao realm!
However, Bai Zhen knew very well in his heart that if he practiced honestly, no one knew how long it would take Bai Zhen to break through to the Heavenly Dao Realm!
As the saying goes, one step and a half, each step is slow. Although Hongjun is now trapped in the Heavenly Dao and has no freedom at all, and his cultivation is stagnant because the heaven and earth have not changed much, his cultivation is at the real Heavenly Dao realm. If a real fight breaks out, Bai Zhen is really no match for Hongjun!
