Chapter 353: Stinky Chess
Until now, Ao Bingfang suddenly realized what a stinky move he had made in bringing the Western Sect to Kyushu.
The Western caste system is suitable for all princes, but it is not suitable for big businessmen, because Emperor Xin did a big thing in order to centralize power.
He broke tradition and appointed slaves as officials. Of course, it cannot be said to be breaking tradition, but rather restoring tradition. After all, Yi Yin, the founder of the Great Shang Dynasty, was born a slave.
In short, whether it is restoring tradition or breaking tradition, in this era, by doing this, Di Xin is risking the disapproval of the world.
Today is no different than in ancient times. In ancient times, the land was vast and the people were sparse, and the fiefdoms could be divided however they wanted. Nowadays, there is less land and more people, and fiefdom and power are no longer enough.
Therefore, even many descendants of nobles are not qualified to become officials, and will slowly fall down the class and become powerless citizens.
In this case, Emperor Xin even gave some of his precious official positions to lowly slaves, while ignoring the nobles.
This is not just braving the disdain of the world and offending all the nobles and princes at once. It is no exaggeration to say that this is one of the main reasons if the great merchants are destroyed.
The power of the monarch comes from the support of the domestic nobles. The power of the common master of the world comes from the support of the princes from all directions.
Emperor Xin was lucky. Not long after he ascended the throne, he offended all the nobles in the country and the princes from all over the world. How could the country last long?
The appointment of slaves as officials undoubtedly put Emperor Xin on the opposite side of the princes and nobles.
The foundation of the caste system is that classes cannot be crossed. Nobles will always be nobles, and cows and horses will always be cows and horses.
So, the caste system may be respected by princes from all directions, but it will never be respected by Emperor Xin.
On the contrary, he will also crack down on this system because it is inconsistent with his centralization policy.
According to the caste system, power was dispersed among the nobles and princes.
But what Di Xin wanted was to centralize power, to concentrate all power in his own hands. Nobles and princes should be canonized by him instead of relying on blood inheritance.
Therefore, any ambitious monarch will not implement the caste system.
However, now is the peak of the feudal system. Whether the emperor or the princes, they are just powerful nobles, and they cannot be said to be the same.
In other words, as long as the nobles in the country like the caste system, even if the monarch objects, it will be of no use and cannot be stopped at all.
The princes from all over the world invited Western Christians to preach to them. This may not necessarily be their intention, but more likely the intention of the domestic nobles.
After all, nobles also lack a sense of security and do not want their life, death, honor and disgrace to be tied to the hands of the king.
This is too passive. What if one day the monarch is unhappy and takes back the fiefdoms and official positions given to them?
So, a patch needs to be made at this time so that the monarchs have no power to take back their fiefdoms and power.
The emergence of the caste system solved their needs very well. Identity is determined at birth, and power is given by God. Even if it is a gift from God, the king naturally has no right to take it back.
To be honest, it would be a good thing for Ao Bing if the nobles of the four vassal states really implemented the caste system in the country.
After classes are solidified, no matter how powerful a country is, it will become corrupt and then inevitably decline.
This is undoubtedly a good thing for Ao Bing, who is determined to wipe out all the princes and establish a centralized system. It can save him a lot of energy.
But for Di Xin, this is not a good thing. If the caste system is really accepted by the nobles and implemented in the four vassal states, it will undoubtedly deepen the conflict between Emperor Xin and them.
The local princes wanted to decentralize power, but Emperor Xin wanted to centralize power. The contradiction between the two sides could not be reconciled at all, and the outbreak of conflict was inevitable.
The vassal states in the four directions that have just implemented the caste system are unlikely to weaken immediately. If a conflict breaks out with Dashang at this time, he will definitely be overthrown by him.
Looking at it this way, Ao Bing took the initiative to bring Western teachers into the game, which was not just a bad move.
Instead of easing the conflicts, it intensified the conflicts between Emperor Xin and the princes, which accelerated the destruction of the Great Shang Dynasty.
This is really...
"Sure enough, God wants to destroy the great merchants. If you don't do good things, if you do too much, you will make mistakes."
When he came back to his senses, Ao Bing didn't think he was at fault. As he said, he did his best and lived up to his true intentions. As for the outcome, leave it to fate.
"Since the princes from all directions have agreed, I have nothing to say. I just hope that you will not regret it." Ao Bing said after giving the disciples of the Western Sect a deep look.
They can escape now if they leave. But if you go to the four vassal states to preach, you will have to struggle in the killings and disasters, and you will have to go to the list of gods in the future.
Judging from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before a conflict breaks out between Dashang and the four vassal states. How can Western disciples stay out of the conflict after entering the four vassal states?
You can only fight for the four vassal states and fight with the great merchants on the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Ao Bing's eyes darkened again. He seemed to have made another big mistake, attracting the Western religion into the situation, which not only accelerated the demise of the Great Shang Dynasty, but also attracted a formidable enemy to the Jie Church.
Jie Jiao is trying to protect Dashang. The disciples of Western Jiao stand on the side of the princes from all directions and fight against Dashang. This is not to say that they are fighting against Jie Jiao.
Now that's good, Ao Bing pulled the Western Cult into the game because he wanted to combine the power of the Chan Cult and the Jie Cult, and send the disciples of the Western Cult to the list of gods first to weaken the fate.
But he never expected that just a short time later, things would develop far beyond his expectation. It would go completely the other way, and the Chan Cult and the Western Cult would join forces to jointly deal with the Jie Cult. .
Don't worry about whether they will fight in the future. At least before Dashang is overthrown, they will be allies and fight to the death with Jie Jiao.
Well, after Ao Bing's operation, the direction of the Conferred Gods has indeed changed. It has changed from explaining the teachings to fighting against the intercepting teachings to joining forces with the Western teachings to fight against the intercepting teachings. I don't know whether this is good or bad.
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"As soon as Amitayus Buddha entered Kyushu, life and death have long been ignored, how can we regret it?"
After proclaiming the name of the Buddha, the Western disciples also left . Then, only a group of Jiejiao disciples were left in the same place.
“This is not my fault. I wanted to bring the Western religion into the game, and then combine the power of our two religions to send them to the list first, so as to kill them all.”
"But when things developed to this point, it was completely beyond my expectation. The Western Sect and the Chan Sect joined forces to deal with us."
Now that there are no outsiders around, Ao Bing speaks directly. He said to everyone apologetically.
The Jie Jiao disciples who were in trouble this time were deceived by him. Originally, there was no pressure to deal with the Chan Jiao, but now it is better. They are facing the two sects at the same time, and the pressure suddenly rises.
Don’t underestimate Western teachings, just talk about disciples. Western teachings are not as good as the Jie Jiao, let alone the Jie Jiao. But the most powerful Western sect is never a disciple, but a group of protectors. The protectors of Western teachings are fierce and ruthless people who were personally transformed by the Second Saint of the West. They are either big demons who dominate one side, or they are old demons who are very powerful.
You can imagine the pressure on Jie Jiao's disciples when they confront him. Even if they have magic weapons to protect themselves, they will lose their lives if they are not careful.
"Junior brother, what you said is wrong. On the surface, the two sects have joined forces to deal with me, Jie Jiao. The situation is indeed unfavorable to us."
"But on the other hand, Chan Jiao The number of disciples is limited, even if they are all killed, it will not be enough to eliminate the killing calamity."
" When the time comes, all of Chan’s disciples will be killed, but the killing calamity is not over. What will happen to those who are in the calamity? We can only kill each other until the killing calamity is completed.”
“This is nothing. It's a good thing. The disciples of Jiejiao are as close as brothers. How can we kill each other? "
"Junior brother introduced the Western Sect into the calamity and let them join forces with the Chan Sect to deal with us. Isn't this just a solution to the problem of the insufficient number of Chan Sect disciples?"
"Killing all the Chan Sect disciples may not be enough. To make the killing calamity complete, but with the addition of Western disciples, it will definitely be enough.”
"If the three religions fight to the end, they will definitely fill up the list of gods and successfully end the calamity."
"As for the fellow disciples who unfortunately died, I can only say that they are all going to die anyway, and it is better to die in the hands of the enemy than to die." It’s better to be in the hands of fellow disciples.”
Zhao Gongming took a step forward so that Ao Bing did not need to feel guilty. Because from their point of view, joining forces between Western teaching and Chan teaching is indeed beneficial to them. At least, it can save them from the fate of killing each other.
In the understanding of Jie Jiao disciples, they never thought that they would be defeated by the Chan Jiao disciples. Therefore, since the disaster, they have been worried about what to do if the disciples of Chanjiao have too few people and there is not enough to kill them?
When the manpower is insufficient, we will still have to make up for it from the large number of Jiaojiao. This will force them to kill each other.
It would be funny if he did not die at the hands of a disciple of Chanjiao, but at the hands of his own disciples.
It is with such a mood that after hearing that the Western Sect was in trouble, they would join forces with the Chan Sect to deal with them, so the disciples of the Jie Sect were not surprised but overjoyed.
There is nothing to worry about. I am not afraid that you will have many people, but I am afraid that you will have few people. As Zhao Gongming said, it is better to die in the hands of the enemy than in the hands of one of your own.
"Fellow Taoists think so, then I'm relieved." Seeing this, Ao Bing nodded, and then warned:
"The Chan Sect has broken up with Dashang, and the disciples of the Western Sect have also joined the Quartet. The situation in the vassal states has developed to this point, and a war is imminent. "
"I also ask all fellow Taoists to be prepared and ready for war at all times to avoid being plotted by others."
Currently, with the help of Western teachings, the strength of the teachings can be said to have skyrocketed. If the disciples of the teachings are If you continue to despise them, you will inevitably suffer a big loss. Therefore, Ao Bing specially reminded them to prevent them from underestimating the enemy.
“Don’t worry, junior brother, we are in a catastrophe and we cannot afford to take it lightly.”
Zhao Gongming and others nodded and said, "How dare you take it lightly even though you know that you are in danger of being killed?" Such a person has nothing to say even if he dies in a calamity. He really deserves it.
"Then, fellow princes and fellow Taoists, go and get ready. I have other things to be busy with."
Having said what needed to be said, Ao Bing nodded and left. . He does have something to be busy with, and with the end of the chaos of the four evil gods, it is time for him to reap the rewards.
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Netherworld, Fengdu!
At this time, Fengdu's luck had increased by more than a hundred times compared to when it was first opened.
What a harvest!
After the ghosts and gods from all directions were destroyed, their luck basically flowed into Fengdu. Can their luck not skyrocket?
Now, Fengdu’s luck alone can easily suppress the half-step quasi-sage, which is really a big killer.
The changes in Fengdu are not only about luck, but mainly about the eighteen levels of hell.
The four evil gods were just as Ao Bing thought. They all committed many evil deeds and committed countless crimes, but none of them had the qualifications to be on the list of ghosts and become Yin gods.
Therefore, after they died, their power turned into stars and flew into the starry sky. The Yuan Shen was thrown into the eighteen levels of hell by Ao Bing and became the nourishment for his strength.
With so many evil gods pouring in at once, the origin of the Eighteenth Level Hell couldn't help but surge. Not only did it evolve more tortures to torture the criminals inside, but more innate vitality spewed out from them.
The Eighteen Levels of Hell are not just used to imprison criminals. It extends downward layer by layer. The larger the volume, the closer it is to chaos, and the more power can be transformed from it.
The simplest way to increase the size of the Eighteenth Level Hell is to imprison more murderers with huge karma inside.
Those evil gods from all directions who were killed by Ao Bing obviously fit this requirement. It is precisely because of this that the Eighteen Levels of Hell experienced a surge after suppressing the spirits of these evil gods.
The speed of absorbing vitality from chaos has increased hundreds of times. It was only equivalent to a Daluo Jinxian before, but now it is almost close to a quasi-sage.
Thanks to the blessing of the Eighteenth Level of Hell, just the chaotic energy that spewed out from it turned Fengdu City into a top-notch paradise.
What pure land can be compared to the Holy Land? Not to mention ghosts and gods yearning for this place, even living people want to stay here after seeing it.
“Fengdu City seems to have the atmosphere of a holy land of ghosts, but unfortunately, it is still too small and lacks foundation.”
Entering Fengdu City, Ao Bing sighed.
Speaking of the situation, the situation in the Netherworld is much more complicated than that of Kyushu. Not only are there countless pure lands, but they are also involved with various forces. If you make a little big noise, you may alert those with great supernatural powers.
As a result, Ao Bing kept a very low profile in the Netherworld, and did not dare to develop his power in a big way, for fear of being discovered by the great supernatural powers who were eyeing the Netherworld, and they would kill him.
"In the Netherworld, there is Ancestor Styx and Lord Taishan, who will not allow me to make mistakes. If we want to strengthen Fengdu, we can only start from the human world."
Ao Bing's end was too great. It was too late. The interests of the Netherworld had been almost divided among the big bosses. If he wanted to enter, he had to find another way.
That is to build the City God system in the human world, first accumulate a certain amount of power in the human world, and then forcefully enter the Netherworld to force the other Netherworld overlords to give up their interests.
This is indeed a road, and it is also a road that no one competes with. But if you want to make it happen, you need the support of a large number of Yin gods, that is, the City God’s judge, ghosts and Yin soldiers.
How can the City God system be spread in the human world without enough City God judges and evil soldiers? Ao Bing came to Fengdu just to solve this problem.
In the past, he had no one, but now it is different. The chaos of ghosts and gods has greatly alleviated the pressure of his lack of manpower.
(End of this chapter)