Zijue discovered that life after death was not as boring as he imagined, but rather interesting. After transforming Dongtian Paradise, he quickly discovered a problem. That is, his soul was not indestructible. After transforming Dongtian Paradise, he

You will feel sleepy and want to rest.

In the Cave Heaven Paradise, his soul will grow slowly, and of course the growth rate will be faster while sleeping. After he leaves the Cave Heaven Paradise, his soul begins to weaken. Although it is very slow, Zijue can clearly feel it.

He can also use his luck points to strengthen his soul.

After discovering this situation, Zijue rarely went out. Instead, he slept in the Paradise of Cave Heaven. He would only appear when some major events happened or there was a change in the family.

Since his death, the Huai State has continued to develop along the path set by him. Fifty years of rule has created inertia, and the Huai State's national strength is still steadily improving.

His death had a great impact, and the greatest impact was on the eastern vassal states and the Zhou royal family. Especially some of the eastern vassal states, their continuous failures made them very afraid of Zi Jue. The strength of Huai State has grown in recent years.

It was so heavy that they couldn't breathe.

Now that Zi Jue passed away, the eastern countries immediately heaved a sigh of relief. Bang Zhou's third emperor also passed away not long after. Although this emperor failed in launching the Eastern Campaign, he did well in other aspects. Bang Zhou's

Under the management of two generations of emperors, it prospered very much.

It is rare for a dynasty to have three Mingjuns in a row. Counting from King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty, there have been four Mingjuns. The chance of having more Mingjuns is very low. After King Kang's son came to the throne, the Zhou Emperor

He is very ambitious and wants to do something big.

What better way to show off your martial arts than to expand your territory and conquer enemy countries? The Emperor of Zhou soon set his sights on the Huai Kingdom in the East.

He knew that his father, King Kang, had been defeated by the Huai Kingdom, but for an emperor who was rebellious and wanted to prove that he was stronger than his father, what better way to prove that he was stronger than his father than by directly defeating the Huai Kingdom?

So Ji Bi, who had just ascended the throne, ordered preparations to conquer the Huai Kingdom again. However, after experiencing a failure, the ministers of the Zhou royal family did not agree. In particular, the Duke surnamed Ji, who served as the third prince, did not support his decision. This made Ji Bi

Bi was very dissatisfied.

However, he had just ascended the throne and did not have enough prestige to push forward the war. At the same time, the Shandong princes did not want to provoke the Huai Kingdom. So the matter was deadlocked here.

If Ji Bi devoted himself to governing the country, accumulated fame, and ordered the princes to pacify Buchen, and had been in power for ten years stably, and had enough political prestige, it would be logical for him to promote the conquest of Huai State and Buchen.

Unfortunately, Ji Bi didn't understand this kind of political game, or he thought it was too slow to follow this method, so he and Sangong were very unhappy.

In the fourth year of Ji Bi, a vision came from the sky, and the earth shook in Haojing. Rivers, wells, and springs swelled and overflowed at the same time. Birds and beasts were frightened, and snakes and ants fled. At night, light from the earth penetrated directly into the crape myrtle, and all the creatures in the world disappeared.

It's blue and red, and there are no stars.

The star official from the observatory came to report that the demonic light was obstructing the Lord and blocking the world. It was because some treacherous ministers were deceiving the emperor. Since Ji Bi came to the throne, she has been hindered by the three princes. When she encountered this opportunity, she felt sleepy and hit the pillow, so she immediately used the ominous celestial phenomena to announce her. The three princes were dismissed and left in anger.

From then on, Ji Biqian acted independently and had no constraints.

Without the dissuasion of the Three Dukes, Ji Bi could flex his muscles from now on. Under his order, Wang Ji began to raise food and grass. At the same time, he issued edicts to the Shandong countries and summoned a coalition of princes.

When the Shandong states learned that Ji Bi had ordered an allied force to attack the Huai Kingdom, they were unwilling to join. After all, they suffered three consecutive defeats, and the states had suffered considerable losses. Moreover, the Huai Kingdom was now strong and unwilling to send troops.

But just when the princes of Shandong wanted to continue their prevarication, a big event happened in the State of Lu.

Ji Fei, the younger brother of Lu Yougong, launched a coup, killed Lu Yougong, and established himself as Lu Gong. You must know that Lu was a feudal state of Zhou Gongdan. Zhou Gongdan established Zhou rites and constrained the princes to act in accordance with the etiquette. Ji Bi Previously, the two emperors Cheng and Kang governed the country according to Zhou Rites. When the emperor issued an edict, most of the princes could only obey the orders obediently.

Any princes who dare to violate the Zhou rites will be punished, and in serious cases they may even be expelled from the country. Regicide can be said to be the most serious felony.

After launching a coup and seizing the throne of Lu Gong, Ji Fei, the Lu Gong, immediately sent people to Wang Jihaojing to express his willingness to obey Ji Bi's edict, summoned an army to obey Ji Bi's order, and conquered Buchen.

Ji Bi, who was being pushed around by the vassal states of Shandong, was overjoyed when he learned that Lu Gong was willing to send troops. Instead of punishing Lu Gong Ji Fei for committing regicide, he ordered him to prepare for war. He neither sent troops to conquer nor raised any troops to hold him accountable. This kind of behavior that seriously undermined the system was let go lightly.

As a major vassal state in Shandong, the State of Lu had a high status among the states in Shandong. The State of Lu surrendered to Ji Bi, which directly resulted in the vassal states in Shandong having no choice but to obey Ji Bi's orders and start preparing for war.

When he learned that Ji Bi was preparing to prepare an army for another eastern expedition, the Marquis of Shen, who had been dismissed from the position of Three Dukes, came to stop him again.

In the Haojing Palace, just after discussing the expedition with several ministers, they saw Shenhou and Suihou barging in.

"Marquis Shen, Suihou, you are so brave, you dare to break into the palace without permission!" Marquis Ji next to him reprimanded loudly.

Marquis Shen and Marquis Sui didn't even look at Marquis Ji. They stepped forward to salute Ji Bi, and then said: "Your Majesty wants to march eastward, and the old ministers can't stop him. However, your Majesty, Marquis Lu was killed, and Ji Fei and others committed the crime." , the crime cannot be punished, why does the king not punish the guilty? Instead, let him summon the army? "

"The Marquis of Shen followed, and the Marquis of Lu died of illness and his younger brother ascended the throne. This was also recommended by the Dukes of Lu, so it is not easy for me to interfere in this matter!" Ji Bi argued.

"Your Majesty, this Ji Fei is trampling on the etiquette of our country and killing the monarch. This is treason and unethical. If we are not severely punished, others may follow suit in the future. This is the foundation of our country and must be avoided. Deal with it!" Sui Hou persuaded him hard.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Zhou rites are the foundation of our country. If we trample on them like this, I fear that the country will be ruined in the future! Please give me an edict to punish Ji Fei!"

"That's enough!" Ji Bi waved his hand suddenly and said sternly to the two of them: "The Marquis of Shen, Suihou and others are no longer the three princes and have no right to interfere in state affairs. Such national affairs will be handled by Gu Zi, so you should go back to your fiefdom.

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Marquis Shen and Marquis Sui stood on the spot, and after a while they walked out of the hall with a look of despair, and left Haojing accompanied by the guards.

The Marquis of Shen looked at Hao Jing who was gradually disappearing behind him, and said angrily: "The great cause of Zhou Dynasty was ruined here!"

After the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty, after the governance of the two kings of Cheng and Kang, the Zhou Dynasty entered its peak, and the authority of the emperor reached its peak. However, when King La was king of Zhou, after Duke You of Lu was killed by Duke of Lu and Wei and seized power, the Emperor of Zhou did not punish him in any way and did not send troops to conquer.

, instead of raising troops to question the culprits, they recognized their position, which caused the phenomenon of bullying of the weak to occur frequently in the world, and the imperial court was thus deflected. - "The Rise and Fall of the Zhou Dynasty: The Destruction of Zhou Rites"
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