Chong Yingbiao felt very good about himself.
He rode roughshod over the marketplace and abducted women, but he knew he was a good subject.
At first, Chong Yingbiao and his brothers had followed King Zhou's instructions to the letter, spreading word of the Fengshan Sacrifice and his intention to proclaim himself emperor.
But the consequences were serious. The commoners actually dared to criticize him! How could that be tolerated?
After giving it some thought, the Royal Guards decided they must have misunderstood something and failed to grasp His Majesty's true intentions.
Even when Wen Zhong sent men to investigate the rumors and Li Jing sent men to arrest those spreading them, they still had not figured it out.
Fortunately, his father, who was accompanying the royal entourage, was a clever man. Chong Houhu sent a secret letter explaining King Zhou's deeper intentions.
The art of words!
First, let the commoners' cries of resentment fill the roads, then reveal the truth and explain the whole story!
The commoners believed in spirits and gods more than anything else. King Zhou had prayed for rain at Guanjiangkou and stopped the rain at Phoenix Mountain, not to mention the auspicious dragon and phoenix and the phoenix's cry ringing through the nine heavens. How could anyone call him unworthy of his throne?
The Royal Guards sprang into action, spreading out wherever people gathered. First, they brought up the Fengshan Sacrifice and his intention to proclaim himself emperor, drawing dissatisfied comments from the commoners. Then they explained the truth behind it all, pulling off a complete reversal.
The commoners would find themselves thinking, So that's how it was.
That would lead them to overlook some of the initial holes in the story, such as the fact that King Zhou's current achievements really could not be said