I was a priest in the city-state era

1594 BC.

April.

Xia Houjie, the former leader of the common people of China mainland, came to Haiyang City with his wives, concubines and children.

Jie is not Xia Hou Jie's destiny.

His surname is Si, his given name is Gui, he is the son of Emperor Fa, and Jie is his posthumous name, so he is called Xia Jie in history.

After the death of Emperor Fa, Jie succeeded to the throne of Xia Dynasty.

He was the first king in history to suffer the fall of his country, and his concubine Mei Xi was also the first queen to suffer the reputation of beauty and disaster.

To say that Xia Jie is a foolish king and that Mei Xi is a beauty is a disaster is of course nonsense.

Xia Jie's crime was that he lost the war with Cheng Tang for hegemony.

As a loser and the former co-owner of the world, if Xia Jie was not a mediocre person with heinous crimes, Cheng Tang would have no legitimate reason to seize hegemony.

After all, Xia Jie is the common master of the world, Chengtang is Xia Jie's vassal, and Chengtang's fight against Xia Jie is a case of inferiority overcoming superiority.

Today Cheng Tang can defeat Xia Jie, and tomorrow the other princes can defeat Cheng Tang and his descendants.

Therefore, in order to have the following legitimacy, Cheng Tang must belittle and discredit Xia Jie so that he can have the legitimacy to replace Xia Jie.

King Zhou became the second king who suffered the subjugation of his country, and Daji became the second queen who suffered from the reputation of beauty and disaster. It was also based on the same reason.

If King Zhou was not stupid and unprincipled, there was no legitimate reason for the Western Zhou Dynasty to restrain its superiors. Other princes could also restrain the emperor of Zhou.

When Jie was in power, the princes no longer came to pay their respects.

The Xia royal family did not repair its internal affairs and suffered from constant foreign aggression.

As the co-owner of the world, Xia Jie had to conquer the princes who opposed him in order to consolidate his authority.

The Mengshan Kingdom with the Shi family was a large tribe that fought against Xia Houjie, and Meixi was the princess with the Shi family.

Xia Jie conquered the Shi clan and not only made the You Shi clan surrender, but also got the You Shi clan's princess Meixi as his concubine.

There are poems praising Yu Xi's beauty - there are poems praising Yu Xi's beautiful features. Dressed in colorful clothes, graceful and graceful. The crystal rain and dew show the pity of people.

Judging from the first half of Xia Jie's life, he was undoubtedly a heroic figure who expanded his territory and brought back beauties.

It is a pity that Xia Jie met Cheng Tang who was more powerful than him in the second half of his life.

While Xia Jie conquered the princes and expanded the territory, Chengtang was also annexing the princes to strengthen itself.

Moreover, Xia Jie was the common ruler of the world. In order to suppress the resistance of the princes, Xia Jie's attitude was naturally hostile to the princes.

Therefore, Cheng Tang could unite with other princes to attack Xia Jie.

In the end, during the Battle of Mingtiao, Xia Jie became a bereaved dog who fled in a hurry, and came to the country of Youchao to live a life of dependence on others.

The temporary palace of Haiyang City.

Athenian style banquet hall.

Roy sat on a wooden throne and summoned Xia Houjie and his family.

Xia Houjie walked into the hall with his group of wives, concubines, and children. Roy's eyes immediately widened in surprise.

Because Xia Houjie who appeared in front of Roy was obviously middle-aged, but his appearance was that of a gray-haired and terminally ill old man.

It looks like the walking dead.

Although Xia Houjie's body was still alive, his heart was dead.

Xia Houjie's wife Meixi lived up to the reputation of beauty as a disaster.

Although she is over thirty years old, she still has the beauty and charm of a peerless beauty.

Xia Houjie's concubines were all rare beauties.

Xia Houjie had more than a dozen children, and the daughter who followed Meixi was the most beautiful. She inherited Meixi's charming figure and face, and was obviously the daughter of Xia Houjie and Meixi.

Seeing that Xia Houjie and his family did not intend to salute him, Roy took the initiative to joke.

"Queen Xia! I am the emperor of the Athenian Empire. Even if you are still the co-lord of the nine states, you are still the leader of a small country in front of me. Now you are neither the co-lord of the world nor have your own territory or subjects. Why are you here? Are you so rude in front of me? Do you still think you are the master of the world?"

Xia Jie looked at Roy on the throne calmly and said.

"Kill if you want."

It's okay to ask for life, but not for etiquette - this is Xia Jie's attitude.

As the co-owner of the world, only others have ever saluted Xia Jie, and Xia Jie has never saluted others.

If Xia Jie was willing to let go of his pride as the leader of the world and surrender to Cheng Tang, he would never end up where he is now.

In the war between Xia Jie and Cheng Tang, Xia Jie also defeated Cheng Tang and imprisoned Cheng Tang in Xiatai.

Cheng Tang swore in front of Xia Jie that he would sincerely repent and swear allegiance to Xia Jie until Xia Jie gave Cheng Tang a chance to start a new life.

With this past incident, as long as Xia Jie surrenders to Chengtang, Chengtang will definitely let Xia Jie sit in the kingdom of vassals to repay Xia Jie's past kindness.

Even if Cheng Tang wanted to kill Xia Jie, he must do it to show to the princes in the world.

After all, if Chengtang didn't even repay Xia Jie for his life-saving grace, he would definitely alienate the princes.

After Xia Jie took his family and fled to Youchao Kingdom, Cheng Tang did not pursue Xia Jie because he did not want to face Xia Jie.

If Cheng Tang wanted to kill them all, Youchao would not have the strength to fight against Cheng Tang, nor would they make a huge sacrifice for Xia Jie.

Of course Roy had no intention of humiliating Xia Jie.

Xia Jie's unwillingness to bow to Roy does not affect Roy's use of Xia Jie.

"Queen Xia! Your Xia Kingdom respects the Earth Goddess, and our Athens Empire also respects the Earth Goddess. This shows that the Athens Empire and the Xia Kingdom have the same ancestors. Now the Shang Kingdom, which worships the sun god, has stolen the power of the common ruler of the world. I want to defeat Shang. The country conquers Kyushu, are you willing to help me? "

help you?

Xia Jie rolled his eyes.

For Xia Jie, he was the common ruler of the world.

Cheng Tang was a traitor who wanted to overthrow his superiors. Roy, who wanted to replace Cheng Tang, was of course also a traitor.

But compared with Cheng Tang, Roy was obviously not Xia Jie's mortal enemy.

If he could use Roy to break Cheng Tang's dream of being the common ruler of the world --

When Xia Jie thought of Cheng Tang losing everything like himself, he felt that he could wake up with a smile in his dreams.

"How do you want me to help you?"

"Cheng Tang has now taken away Dayu's Nine Cauldrons and become the common ruler of the world! If I conquer the Nine Provinces as an alien invader, Cheng Tang can call on the princes to unite against me and increase the casualties of the Athenian soldiers. So in order to weaken Cheng Tang's strength, I plan to use your name as the former common ruler of the world to attack Cheng Tang. This war has become a battle for hegemony between the former and current common rulers of the world, and the princes are definitely unwilling to be involved in this war. After all, whether it is Xia Houjie who becomes the common ruler of the world or Cheng Tang who becomes the common ruler of the world, the power of the common ruler of the world will not fall on other princes."

"You want me to be your puppet--"

Xia Jie suppressed his anger and asked.

"I help you become the common ruler of the world, how do you plan to repay me? My requirements are not high, as long as you can let me restore the Xia Kingdom--"

"No!"

Roy shook his head and said.

"I won't help you restore the Xia Kingdom! Because under the rule of the Athenian Empire, the vassal states and nobles of the Shenzhou Continent will disappear, slavery will be abolished, and everyone will become citizens of the Athenian Empire, enjoying equal status and power."

"How can this be possible?"

Xia Houjie said in disbelief.

"The vassal nobles are all descendants of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Without them to assist you, how can you defeat Cheng Tang and win the hearts of the vassal states?"