On the first day of the Lunar New Year, this era is not called the Spring Festival, but also called New Year's Day, New Year's Day or Yuanzheng, but like modern times, it is the most solemn and lively festival of the year!

On this day of Yuan Zheng, the Zhou court will hold a grand Yuan Day court meeting in the Taiji Hall in the palace! The palace was already lit with candles on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve until dawn, and the officials of the Zhou State, large and small, at dawn, had also lined up according to the rank of their official positions, lined up in a square formation and waited in front of the Taiji Hall, and the Taiji Hall was furnished with rare treasures such as ceremonial music, treasures and jades of the past dynasties, and chariots, and even a few glass treasures made by the Xiao family iron workshop and paid tribute to the Zhou State, in order to show the national prestige of the Great Zhou State to the hundred officials and the clan kings from all over the country!

The scene of the entire Yuan Day Dynasty meeting was very solemn!

As soon as the sun came out, the emperor of the Zhou State, Yu Wenyong, was already wearing a luxurious dress and crown, and came to the Taiji Hall with a majestic face, sitting in the center of the main hall, the thirteen-year-old prince Yu Wenbin was wearing a gorgeous and noble dress, followed by Yu Wenhu, who was also wearing a gorgeous court dress, they took the civil and military officials, lined up, after the worship ceremony began, they would enter the Taiji Hall one after another, salute His Majesty, and say all kinds of auspicious words in their mouths!

In ancient times, there were a lot of red tape, so the whole New Year was basically a holiday all the time, first from the 27th day of the lunar month to the third day of the Lunar New Year, and then to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, as well as the Shangyuan Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and finally according to the usual practice, officials and their subordinates have a day off every ten days!

Throughout the New Year, the young officials in the court of the Zhou State were intoxicated in the lively and festive atmosphere of the New Year, so during the entire New Year, the Jin State Mansion held a banquet almost every day, and invited the leading figures in the Zhou State political arena, and Yuwenhu's purpose was one, that is, to ask them to support his son Yuwenzhi to become the general of the Zhu State!

At the lively banquet, Yuwenhu, who had drunk a lot of wine and was already a little high-minded, was blushing and making impassioned speeches, while these old foxes sitting on the wine table in the political arena had different expressions: some of them straightened up their waists and sat there motionless, listening to Yuwenhu's speech with full attention; Some picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then shook their heads, the corners of their mouths turned up, revealing a disdainful smile; Others look at each other coldly, looking like they dare to be angry but dare not speak!

But at the whole banquet, he didn't dare to say a word, and everyone didn't dare to show any objection, after all, Yuwenhu is still the big mound of the Zhou State, and he holds the military and political power of the Zhou State in his hands!

The self-confident Yuwenhu looked at the group of ministers below with a submissive look, and was very happy in his heart, and under the influence of alcohol, he was paralyzed and careless, and hastily thought that these ministers had agreed to his request, and would agree and support his son Yuwen Zhijin to be named the general of the Zhu Kingdom.

At the end of the first month, when the court of Zhou reopened the court, everyone had already packed up their mood, adjusted their state, and re-engaged in work from the festive atmosphere of the New Year, and the decisive battle between Yuwenhu and Yuwenyong was approaching.

On this day, the weather is still gloomy, the cold north wind is still blowing, and the palace in the palace is full of civil and military officials, but now it is silent, a little embarrassing, and even a little scary!

Because just now Yuwenhu personally opened his mouth and asked Emperor Yuwenyong to entitle his son Yuwenzhi as the general of the Zhu State, which made the Jin State Mansion have two high-powered Zhu State generals at the same time, this situation, in the Zhou State of Zhou, which governs the country with force, what a glory!

However, when Yuwenhu finished saying this request, the entire Tingzheng Hall fell into a strange silence, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty neither approved nor opposed, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to look at His Majesty and Yuwenhu! However, the faces of the other seven pillar generals were frowning and gloomy.

And Emperor Yu Wenyong still pretended to have nothing to do with himself, an outsider's expression, looked at the Manchu Dynasty Minister of Civil and Military Affairs with a blank face, and then looked at each other with Yu Wenhu, as if asking for his opinion: Now everyone is silent, it seems that they are opposing, do I want to agree to your request and make your son the general of the Zhu State?

Yuwenhu probably didn't expect such a result, and his face was also gloomy, just like the temperature outside, the whole aura was cold, the expression on his face was embarrassed and a little angry, and then there was a trace of murder in his resentful eyes, and he was staring at the few generals of the Zhu Kingdom who didn't speak.

Yuwenhu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and secretly thought: Okay! None of you spoke, so it seems that you mean to object to my proposal!

After Yu Wenyong saw the silent protest of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers, he also forcibly suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and still asked casually: "Zhong Aiqing, you are talking, do you want to agree to Otsuka Zai's proposal?" Do you have any advice for me? ”

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty still did not speak, and some even bent their heads lower, for fear that His Majesty would see him and call him by name, so that he would stand up and say his opinion!

Seeing this scene, Yuwenhu's face became even colder, but he knew that at this time he would never be able to forcefully ask Yuwenyong to agree to his request, and the previous defeat in the war with Qi had already made these ministers very dissatisfied with him, and now the ministers were silent, that is, to tell him that they did not agree to this proposal, if Yuwenhu used his power today to forcibly pass his proposal to ask for officials for his son, it would be tantamount to a complete breakdown of the relationship between Yuwenhu and these ministers, So as to go to the opposite and push the ministers to the side of Yuwenyong!

So Yuwenhu didn't speak anymore, just looked at everyone with angry eyes!

In the end, in order not to be cold, Yu Wenyong shirked and said that the matter needed to be discussed again, and then announced the dissolution of the dynasty and left the Tingzheng Palace! And Yuwenhu also flicked his sleeves fiercely, and walked out of this place that made him both embarrassed and angry. 88

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Returning to the Jin State Mansion, Yuwenhu, who was still angry, scolded Yuan Xin, Wang Xiong and others: "Are you all dumb? Why didn't you speak just now! The old man's personal request, the entire court, no one responded, which made the old man lose face! ”

"Otsuka Jae, it's not that we don't speak, it's that we don't dare to speak! Those ministers were silent just now, which shows that they are against Gongzi becoming the general of the Zhuguo, and the entire court knows that we are Otsuka Zai's henchmen, if we still speak out rashly just now, wouldn't it be to tear their faces with these ministers and push them all to His Majesty's side? Yuan Xin said helplessly.

To be honest, when Yuwenhu personally proposed to make his son the general of the Zhu State just now, Yuan Xin and the others were taken aback! Although it is the suggestion of these henchmen to push Yuwenzhi to the position of the general of the Zhu Kingdom, they never dreamed that Yuwenhu would personally ask for it, if it is reasonable to ask for an official for others, but Yuwenzhi is your own son, you are a dignified Otsuka Zai, but you are asking for an official for your son, this is too ugly!

And why don't you notify us first, and then let us speak out for you, and test the tone of those wall grasses, but you suddenly brought it up without warning, do you still think that you Yuwenhu is still the powerful and opposition-leaning Otsuka Zai back then, and no one dared to oppose it!

Although Yuan Xin and Wang Xiong were very dissatisfied with Yuwenhu's arbitrariness this time, they didn't dare to show it, because now they are in the same boat with Yuwenhu, tying their lives and political future to Yuwenhu, if Yuwenhu capsizes, they will definitely die, and now so many people in the DPRK and China are dissatisfied with Yuwenhu, they must also unite internally to deal with this difficulty together, and they must not fight among themselves first!

"Otsuka Zai, it seems that the situation is very critical now! The ministers of the court are no longer obedient to Otsuka Jae as in the past, and they even dare to openly express their dissatisfaction with Otsuka Jae! We must stop this unhealthy trend in the court from continuing to develop, so we must act, we must use thunderous means to let these wall grasses know that the most powerful and majestic in this Great Zhou is still Otsuka Zai! Yuan Xin said instigatingly.

This time, Yuwenhu didn't immediately object, because he still remembered the faces of the ministers in the government hall just now! Who is Yubunto? He is an absolute hero who single-handedly established the Zhou State and has been in power in the Zhou court for sixteen years, when has he been so humiliated, his words will be ignored or even opposed!

So Yuwenhu was angry and a little flustered, because he felt that the power that he had firmly held in his hands for sixteen years seemed to be about to be snatched back, and the days of commanding the world and not daring to obey were coming to an end! Whenever he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a trace of fear, so he gritted his teeth and made a decision in an instant: this kind of thing must not be allowed to happen!

"Are you sure about this?" Yubunhu, who had already made up his mind, asked in a cold tone.

"Although we have now suffered a crushing defeat in the battle with the Qi State, the generals in the army still look forward to the head of the horse with Otsuka, and I believe that after we get into trouble, the army will continue to support Otsuka, and there will be no chaos!" Yuan Xin is the general of the Zhu State, and he knows the importance of mastering military power, as long as the army continues to support Yuwenhu, then Yuwenhu will launch a coup d'état, abolish the emperor and stand on his own, and after becoming the emperor, the country will be stable and prosperous as always.

"We don't need to worry about the loyalty of the army, our biggest trouble is that now in Chang'an City, those high-ranking officials and dignitaries, family members and their captive private soldiers, dead soldiers, these people are they continue to recruit experienced veterans from the army, used to act as family soldiers or guards within the family, as few as a few hundred, as many as a thousand, if they unite to resist, it will be difficult for us to deal with it at that time! And our army is now being led by the Duke of Qi and stationed in Datong, if we rashly mobilize them to return to Chang'an in case of accidents, it will inevitably attract the attention of others, and may make them take precautions! Wang Xiong analyzed.

"Haha, did General Wang forget, the former Weiguo Gongyu Wenzhi happened to lead 30,000 reserve troops back to Chang'an City, and now they are stationed on the Bahe camp, when the time comes, if those people dare to resist, as long as Otsuka Zai gives an order, these 30,000 troops can enter Chang'an City at any time to eliminate thieves!" Yuan Xin said with a smile.

"But this Duke Wei Guo is His Majesty's younger brother of the same mother, will he defect and stand on His Majesty's side?" Wang Xiong said worriedly.

"General Wang is too worried, not to mention that this Wei Guogong has always been looking forward to the head of the horse with Otsuka, and even in order to please Otsuka Zai, he also put down his uncle's generation to please the princess of Henan, although he is the same brother as His Majesty, but the relationship with His Majesty is very estranged! Moreover, in this uprising, we are only using the banner of eliminating those ministers who oppose us in the DPRK, just like dealing with Hou Mo Chen Chong, the general of the Zhu State back then, not to disadvantage His Majesty, so Wei Guogong will definitely not defect! It's just that after we solve all the ministers who stand on our side, then Your Majesty naturally has no helpers, and the overall situation has been decided, and when the time comes, how we want to deal with Your Majesty, there will be no objection from anyone! General Liu Yong said.

"And when we start to act, we will first ask Your Majesty to give us a holy decree, and then we will be ordered to arrest, with Your Majesty's banner, arrest those ministers, we will be more justified! In this way, we can easily arrest all the ministers who oppose us in the court, and then kill a group of prestige and influence first, and when the rest of the people are afraid of us, we will take the opportunity to abolish the emperor and stand on our own feet, and support Otsuka Zai's ascension to the throne of God, at that time, the net worth and lives of these people are in our hands, even if they want to oppose it, it is too late! Yuan Xin added.

"Then if we suddenly launch a forced palace, but it causes the Zhou Kingdom to fall into chaos, will the surrounding countries take the opportunity to launch an attack on our Zhou Kingdom? When the time comes, we will not succeed in a big event, but we will suffer from external troubles, which will outweigh the losses! "Yuwenhu thought about diplomacy, because although he wanted to be emperor, he was still very loyal to his country!

"This Otsuka doesn't have to worry! First of all, the Qi State in the east, although in the Yiyang War, they defeated us, but they also killed a thousand enemies and lost 800 themselves, plus over the years, the emperor of Qi was mediocre, the national politics were chaotic, and the national strength was declining, and they were no longer able to take the initiative to attack our Great Zhou! And in the south of the Chen State, we don't have to worry, among the three kingdoms, the weakest national strength is already very satisfied that they have captured the Huainan area, and they have also lost that genius warrior Xiao Shilang, and their morale has been hit, so it will definitely not be unfavorable to our Great Zhou! As for the Turks in the northwest, they have always been vacillating between the two countries of Zhou and Qi, in fact, they just want to get more benefits, so as long as we send envoys to the Turks and give them some benefits, I believe they will also support Otsuka Zai to ascend to the throne! Liu Yong analyzed.

"Good! Sure enough, God help me! Since the will of heaven is like this, the old man must not go against the sky! Moreover, under the governance of the old man in the past ten years, the national strength of the Great Zhou has become stronger and stronger, which shows that the old man is indeed a wise ruler of the country, so he will govern the Great Zhou justifiably in the future! Chen Guo has always been in alliance with us, and they have just made a northern expedition and consumed a lot of troops, so we don't need to be too wary of them! On the side of the Qi State, the old man sent Sibin Li to send an envoy to the Qi State in the name of peace between the two sides, and by the way, to inquire about the situation on their side. As for the Turks, we will send the old man's second son, Yu Wenshen, to personally send an envoy there, as long as they support the old man to ascend the throne of God at that time, we will give them more benefits! And everyone here is loyal to the old man, and after the success, the old man will definitely reward you! Yuwenhu said domineeringly.

"We will fully support Otsuka Jae and support Otsuka Zai's ascension to the throne! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! The crowd was also excited, and immediately knelt down and bowed!