Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 191 Disputes and Allies

There was an altar near Tongtian Lake. After all the princes arrived, Emperor Xin led a group of princes to offer sacrifices to the ancestors of heaven and earth and the gods of the four directions.

After the sacrifice was over, the meeting of princes began. Emperor Xin sat on the main seat, and the ministers and princes of the Shang Dynasty sat on both sides of him according to their status.

Ao Bing's position was very close to the front, on the same list as the three dukes and nine ministers, standing opposite the four great marquises.

At this moment, Ao Bing suddenly thought of the Su State and looked around. The result was not beyond his expectation, he did not find the figure of Su Hou among the princes.

The State of Su did not attend this meeting of princes!

First it refused to pay tribute, and now it refuses to participate in the alliance of princes. For the State of Su, this is no longer a provocation to the Shang Dynasty, but a de facto rebellion.

Although many of the princes in the world were unwilling to obey the Shang Dynasty, Yousu was the first one to dare to rebel openly. If nothing unexpected happened, Yousu would suffer a miserable fate and would be destroyed by the Shang Dynasty with lightning speed.

Ao Bing is not the only one who has discovered that there are princes from the State of Su who have not arrived. Naturally, they can also see what has happened.

If the Shang Dynasty does not use thunder-like means to destroy this kind of leader, it will severely intimidate the other princes who have rebellious intentions.

I'm afraid it won't be long before the world is in chaos. I wonder how many princes will follow the example of the Su State and rebel against the Shang Dynasty.

If the Shang Dynasty could replace the Xia Dynasty, they could naturally replace the Shang Dynasty as well. When Cheng Tang rebelled and seized the world of the Xia Dynasty, the seeds of ambition had already been planted in the hearts of the princes of the world.

"Since our ancestors started the war and established the Shang Dynasty..."

After the meeting of princes began, Emperor Xin praised the merits of his ancestors and remembered the difficulties of his ancestors as usual. After that, he got to the point, and the princes spoke one after another, telling the king about the changes in the princely states over the past thousand years.

This session lasted for several months, during which Ao Bing had been listening silently. This gave him a clear understanding of the current situation in Jiuzhou.

What these princes said might not be entirely true, but at least most of it was true. The Nine Cauldrons suppressed the destiny of the Nine Provinces, and could clearly show the strength of the national destiny of the major princes.

The Great Shang held the Nine Cauldrons, and by analyzing the fortunes of these vassal states, it could roughly guess their true situation.

If the national fortune is prosperous, it means that the country is in a rising period. If the national fortune is unstable, it means that there may be problems within the vassal state.

Everything else can be faked except national destiny. Combining what the princes said, just compare it with their national destiny and it will be clear whether they are lying or not.

Therefore, when these princes reported the situation of their respective countries to Emperor Xin, even if they did not report truthfully, what they said would not be too different from the actual situation, so as to avoid inconsistency with the national destiny presented by the Nine Cauldrons.

The Nine Cauldrons are not just a symbol as a sacred artifact of the country. In addition to having the power to suppress heaven and earth, they also have many wonderful uses, such as monitoring fortune, searching for natural treasures, exploring dragon veins, etc.

These are all extremely practical functions that can assist the king in governing the Nine Provinces better. From this, we can see that Emperor Yu was really worried about future generations.

But unfortunately, the descendants are unfilial. They own the sacred artifacts of the country like the Nine Cauldrons, but they still lose the world. Their incompetence is speechless...

After all the princes had finished speaking, the meeting entered into the next phase, which was the focus of the meeting, the deliberation phase.

The King and the princes discuss the affairs of the world!
The princes spoke freely and discussed major internal and external affairs. Internally, they redistributed the territory according to their strength to resolve conflicts among the princes. Externally, they attacked the disobedient people and the barbarians in all directions to plunder resources.

Although the Shang Dynasty was the orthodox human race, it was not without enemies, and there were quite a few of them. The Dongyi, Nanman, Xirong, and Beidi were scattered throughout the four corners of the Nine Provinces and were the common enemies of the princes, and they often fought wars with them.

The barbarians in all directions have their own abilities, but the Dongyi are the most respected. Like the princes of the Nine Provinces, they are all descendants of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

Dayi's reincarnation, Youqiong clan's Lord Yi, was the leader of the Dongyi people. He once exiled the King of Xia and made himself the king, which is how the name Houyi was passed down through the ages.

Below the Dongyi were the Xirong. Even the powerful Zhou Dynasty was once attacked by the Xirong and had to flee in panic, migrating its entire clan to Xiqi.

Although there are many conflicts among the princes, compared with foreign enemies, these conflicts are nothing.

The so-called alliance of princes, in essence, is that the princes gather together to discuss plans to conquer the barbarians in all directions.

The establishment of the four great marquises, the east, west, south and north marquises, was to target the barbarians in all directions. The four great marquises led the princes in all directions to fight against the barbarians in all directions.

As for the Great Shang, they were not idle either. As the ruler of the world, the enemies of the Great Shang would only become stronger. Although they would not attack the barbarians in all directions, they would attack foreign races.

Such as the remnants of the demon clan, the alien races in the North Sea and so on.

Wen Zhong, the Grand Master of the Shang Dynasty, led his army to the north and has not returned yet, all for the purpose of conquering the North Sea tribe. The North Sea tribe may not sound well-known, but they are actually very powerful.

To the human race, the North Sea aliens are the remnants of the demon race and must be conquered. To the demon race, the North Sea aliens are traitors and enemies who will never give up.

Yes, the so-called alien race in the North Sea was originally the demon army under the command of the demon master Kunpeng. Since the ancient times, they have ruled the North Sea and become the overlord of the world.

During the period of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the foreign tribes in the North Sea were very honest and never set foot outside the North Sea.

But since the Xia Dynasty, the human race has lost its emperor. The alien races in the North Sea may have felt that their opportunity had come, so they walked out of the North Sea and established the North Sea Kingdom on the shore, trying to challenge the human race's position as the overlord of the world.

In response, the King of Xia was furious and sent a large army to attack. He won a great victory and drove the enemy back to the North Sea.

After this battle, the foreign tribes in the North Sea behaved themselves for a while, until the Nine Generations Rebellion broke out in the Shang Dynasty, which weakened the country and caused the princes to stop coming to pay homage.

The North Sea aliens seized the opportunity, went ashore again, and re-established the North Sea Kingdom.

This time, the weakened Shang Dynasty failed to drive it back to the North Sea like the Xia Dynasty did. Instead, it was caught in a tug-of-war with it. Until today, it has not been able to resolve this hidden danger.

Since they couldn’t even pacify the North Sea, it’s no wonder that many of the princes were dissatisfied with the Shang Dynasty.

Indeed, it is not possible!

……

After entering the meeting, Emperor Xin did not disappoint Ao Bing. Without waiting for the princes to speak, he took the lead in stating Ao Bing's two proposals, namely, compiling history and building a void channel, and asked the princes to discuss.

As expected, no one opposed the compilation of history and it was unanimously agreed upon by the princes.

After all, compiling history is in the best interests of the princes, as it allows them to go down in history, be admired by future generations, and even gain the favor of the human race.

If you have no problem with your brain, you should not oppose this kind of good thing, because the revision of history involves not the interests of one family, but the interests of everyone.

Whoever opposes will become the enemy of everyone, and his end will be extremely miserable.

The revision of history was in the interests of the princes, so no one objected. The construction of the void channel was also in the interests of the princes, so no one objected.

They agreed, but they could not give up the ownership of the void passage. For this reason, the princes and Ao Bing quarreled fiercely. "We definitely support Long Bo's plan to build a void passage, but Long Bo also needs to consider us."

"As the saying goes, how can we allow others to snore beside our bed? There is a void passage in the country that is beyond our control. From now on, who can sleep peacefully?"

"It's not that we doubt Long Bo's intentions, it's just that this matter is too dangerous. It's unreasonable to entrust our own safety to outsiders."

"I still say that, Uncle Long can build a void channel, but he must hand over the control of the channel. If Uncle Long feels that he has suffered a loss, then we will be responsible for the materials needed to build the void channel."

Due to Ao Bing's status, the princes of small countries did not dare to speak, but those of big countries did not have so many concerns and directly stated their bottom line.

You can repair the void channel, but you must give up control. I will never give in on this point!
"I understand that you are all worried about the safety of the country. But your safety is important, so is the safety of Longzhou unimportant?"

"If the control of the void passage is given to you, doesn't that mean that the princes of the world can send troops to attack Longzhou at any time if they want?"

The princes have their concerns, and Ao Bing also has his own concerns.

If the control of the void passage is held in the hands, Longzhou will threaten the princes of the world. But if the control of the void passage is handed over, then the princes of the world will threaten Longzhou.

How could Ao Bing agree to such a thing? No matter how much he said, Honghuang was a place where fists were the only way to speak. How many saints among the princes wanted Ao Bing to give in?
Moreover, if he retreats when facing the princes today, then will he also have to give in when facing all the races and the many powerful sects tomorrow?
The scope of Ao Bing's construction of the void channel is not only the Nine Provinces, but the entire prehistoric world. There are many forces that he has to face that are stronger than the princes.

Therefore, he must not retreat. Once he retreats, he will only retreat more and more.

On the contrary, if he can stick to his bottom line today and never back down, he will undoubtedly be more confident when negotiating with other forces in the future. The human race didn't make me give in, are you more powerful than the human race?
"If Uncle Long is worried about Longzhou's safety, just change the center. Everyone happens to be here, so just choose a place that everyone can accept."

One of the princes replied that in his opinion, Ao Bing's worry was completely groundless. If he was afraid that the princes of the world would besiege Longzhou, all he had to do was change the center. It was very simple.

"Can't change!"

Ao Bing heard this and said in a firm tone. Then, fearing that everyone might not understand, he explained:

"I didn't choose Longzhou on purpose, but the center can only be located in Longzhou. As you all know, the formation that opened up the void passage was created by me, Jiejiao."

"And Longzhou's void passage is the first void passage opened up by this formation. Therefore, this passage is blessed by luck, has growth potential, and can be extended infinitely."

"This means that building a new void passage with this void passage as the core is much simpler than opening up a new void passage. It can save at least a thousand times the resources."

"At the same time, the void channel extended in this way is not only more stable and safer, but can also continue to extend and connect to more places."

"Use a point to break the surface. Once the void channel is built, you only need to invest a small amount of resources to divert it and extend it to other cities, connecting the entire country."

Ao Bing patiently analyzed the pros and cons for them, and told them the advantages of using Longzhou as the center, which could save a lot of resources and accomplish great things with little money.

Of course, if you want to save money, there is a price to pay. Being restricted by Longzhou is inevitable.

"I see. That Longzhou really cannot be exchanged."

The princes nodded when they heard this. Resources were something everyone needed, so if they could save, they would. However, they still couldn't accept the fact that they were restricted by Longzhou.

But the benefits of building a void channel were so great that they simply could not refuse. According to Ao Bing, the purpose of building a void channel was to make it easier for immortals to sort out the earth veins.

Isn't this a good thing for the princes? It's as if the earth veins in the princes' fiefdoms are not blocked.

Someone was helping them sort out the earth's veins for free, they were so happy that they couldn't even wait to refuse.

Moreover, after the void passage was built, the convenience it brought to them was more than that. For one thing, with the void passage, the speed at which reinforcements arrived would undoubtedly be faster.

Even a big country like Zhou was conquered by barbarians, let alone those small countries.

If the reinforcements arrive in time, then perhaps the country can be saved, but if they arrive too late, then the country will probably be destroyed.

Therefore, small countries do not really care about the hidden dangers of the void channel. Compared with the threat from Longzhou, the threat from the barbarians is undoubtedly greater.

Those who really bargained with Ao Bing were the big countries that were not afraid of the barbarians.

……

Ao Bing argued with the princes for a long time over the control of the void channel, but still no one could convince anyone else.

At this time, Ao Bing felt that the situation was about right, so he softened his attitude and gave in appropriately:

"What you are worried about is nothing more than worrying that the Human Dragon Nation will use the void channel to attack you. Here, I make a promise that the Human Dragon Nation will never take action first."

"So, what do you think?"

When saying this, Ao Bing really felt that he was sincere enough. If the princes still didn't appreciate his kindness, then he would have to resort to force.

"If so, I have the consent of the Shen family."

After all, Ao Bing was not disappointed. Finally, some princes bowed their heads and agreed.

"Youshen clan!"

Hearing the name, Ao Bing subconsciously looked up and looked over.

What he saw was a handsome middle-aged man. When he noticed Ao Bing's gaze, he smiled and nodded to show his goodwill.

bona fide……

At this time, Ao Bing suddenly realized that he also had allies among the princes, and Youshen clan was his most steadfast ally.

The origin of Youshen clan is very ancient, and they are the maternal clan of Emperor Yu.

Later, when the Xia Dynasty was established, the Youshen clan was dissatisfied with Xia Qi's usurpation of the throne and split into two. One part joined the Dongyi, and the other part submitted to the Xia Dynasty and was ruled by Xia Qi's son.

The Youshen clan in front of Ao Bing was the one that submitted to the Xia Dynasty. Now, they were not only the descendants of Queen Yu, but also the wife clan of Cheng Tang. In the future, they would become the mother clan of the Zhou Dynasty.

Cheng Tang's wife was the daughter of Youshen clan, and his prime minister Yi Yin was also from Youshen clan. Well, Xibohou's wife was also the daughter of Youshen clan.

What beauties in this clan!
(End of this chapter)