Chapter 90: The Rebellion of the Sacrifices

"There are so many people on the street, let me go, it's not a life or death."

"I don't care," Gongzi Qi hugged Miss Ling tightly, and Miss Ling slowly stretched out her hands behind Gongzi Qi and hugged Gongzi Qi in the crowd. Gongzi Qi took the beautiful jade from his waist and handed it to Miss Ling's hand, and said warmly: "I said that I would give you a piece of jade, but I haven't forgotten that only you can wear this jade." ”

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the sacrifice was a symbol of royal power, the royal family declined, the power of the princes began to become stronger, and the royal family did not have the ability to grasp the power of the main priest, so that the princes of each prince had usurped it. Spring planting and autumn harvest should be the time to worship the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, the sun, moon and stars, so as to tell heaven and earth their achievements in governing the country, and pray for a good harvest and good weather. Gongzi Qi is a Confucian disciple and a person who abides by the Zhou rites, how can he see that King Tho used the gift of the Son of Heaven to sacrifice heaven and earth? King Tho led the civil and military officials out of the temple, and Gongzi Qi knelt outside the temple. Seeing King Tho walking out of him, he knelt down and stepped forward, and King Tho asked strangely, "Childe, what do you mean by this?" ”

"King, I heard that you use nine tripods and eight guis, sacrificial cattle and other products to go to famous mountains and rivers, and there are twenty and six beans of the Son of Heaven in its ritual vessels, right?" Gongzi Qi looked up at King Tho and said. Miss Ling next to King Tho stepped forward and stood in front of Gongzi Qi and said, "Childe, what are you doing here?" You get up, get up. ”

Gongzi Qi's personality at this time was quite stubborn, and said: "If the king doesn't answer the contemptible person, the contemptible person Qi will kneel to death in front of this palace gate," Miss Ling had no choice at this time, kneeling next to Gongzi Qi and facing her father: "Father." At this time, King Tho took the trouble to say: "Exactly." ”

"This is the gift of the Son of Heaven, the king, Zhou Tianzi is still in the king, isn't this move suspected of trespassing? The princes used the seven tripods and six 簋, 礿 is not 祶, 祶 is not tasted, taste is not 珚, 烝 is not 礤, with fat cattle as sacrifices, its temple system is the temple of two Zhao two Mu and the great ancestor and five. The king, if he observes his etiquette in this way, the society can be guaranteed. ”

"The power of the Son of Heaven is falling, and the widow doesn't want to see the gift of the Son of Heaven wasted and sacrificed on his behalf, is it wrong?"

"Great King, if you do this as the Son of Heaven as if you are winning the world and claiming to be the lord of the world, the vassal states will be angry and attack it, and the country of Tho will be in danger. The king used this to make a mess of the Zhou ceremony, and the Chevalier doctors and the Qing doctors will follow suit, and the Tho country is in turmoil, and the society of the Tho country with internal and external troubles can still be saved? ”

"Childe, there is no need to say much, the widow has his own opinions, step down."

"Great King," King Tho ignored and led the civil and military officials to bypass. Gongzi Qi stood up and looked at King Tho in the distance and said, "Alas! The world is in chaos, and the etiquette is broken! ”

King Tho led the ministers to climb the mountain, looking back at the ancient city of Jiange, which is now the territory of Ba, and did not dare to cross the border, so he could only hold a sacrificial ceremony here. King Tho ascended to the high altar and stood in front of the nine tripods and eight grains, which contained staple foods such as grains, and looked up to the heavens. The sorcerer behind him danced and rotated around the tinder, raised the shaking bone bell, tinkling continuously, and the civil and military officials stood under the altar and knelt down, and then sang "Qing Temple", Guan "Elephant", danced "Dawu", and tasted the food of the Son of Heaven. King Tho walked down the altar and said, "Why don't you see the Su He clan, the Su Ji clan, and the Su Chang clan?" ”

A doctor stepped forward and said, "My lord, these three Su families neither come to pay tribute nor come to participate in the sacrifice, and its opposite is obvious." ”

King Tho was very angry and returned to the capital of the Tho country, Jia Meng, and sat on the top of the main hall. A doctor stepped forward and said, "The Su He clan and the Su Chang clan and the Su Ji clan will play the music of "Da Xia" at the time of the temple sacrifice. King, this is the joy of the Son of Heaven, Su He's family, Su Chang's family, and Su Ji's family are usurping the gift of the Son of Heaven, which is actually the right of the Son of Heaven, this move is a rebellion! Su He also said unashamedly that the founding king of the Tho State was the younger brother of the Shu King Shang Kaiming, and the current king is usurping the power of the Marquis of Tho to do the things of the Son of Heaven, why can't I? ”

"The widow was originally just the prince of the Su State, and then fled around after being destroyed by Yidi, and finally fled to Zhaohua to be taken in by the Marquis of Tho, and warmly treated the first king, the first king was grateful for the grace of the Marquis of Tho, for the country of Tho is to conquer the east and west, and lay down the current territory. Later, the Marquis of Tho was old and frail, and had no heirs, so before his death, he entrusted state affairs to the former king and changed the surname Su to the surname Shang. After the king of Xuzhou, the princes called the king one after another, and the first king was canonized by Zhou Tianzi as the king of Tho at this time, and had his own year name. The widow succeeded to the throne of the previous king, and it is justified. When they opened up the territory and expanded the territory of the Tho country, they made a lot of military exploits for the widows, allowing them to perform the courtesies of the princes, and the good things of the princes, which was already the greatest kindness to them. ”

"King, please think twice, the power of the three Sus is stronger than that of the king, and if you rashly send troops, you will bring humiliation on yourself."

"What do you say about widowhood? It's not like sitting still. ”

The court was lifeless at this time, and no one made a sound, and they all stood on top of the main hall with their heads low. King Tho looked at these courtiers and said, "Don't you usually have a lot of methods? When it came to the critical moment, he was speechless. ”

A doctor stepped forward and said: "King, Gongzi Qi is resourceful, Wen Tao is strategic, even Qin Guo is afraid of him, and he does not dare to use troops against Pakistan rashly, at this time, Gongzi Qi must have a way." ”

"Okay, pass on the son to the palace."

King Tho summoned Gongzi Qi to discuss the matter of the military attack on Sansu, and the eunuchs around him hurriedly walked out of the palace gate to the hotel where Gongzi Qi lived. The eunuch walked into Gongziqi's room, and Gongziqi stepped forward and stood in front of the eunuch and said, "What's going on in the palace?" ”

"No, the king will attack the three Sus, and declare you to enter the palace to discuss this matter."

"Please wait outside the door for a while," the eunuch withdrew from the door and waited, Gongzi Qi changed his clothes inside the door, put a high crown on his head, and put the high crown on his head against the bronze mirror, walked out, and walked with the eunuch in a sedan chair towards the palace hall. Gongzi Qi stood on top of the main hall and knelt down and said, "Great King." ”

"Childe is flat."

Gongzi Qi stood up and looked at King Tho on the top of the main hall, King Tho shifted his gaze to Gongzi Qi and said, "Have you ever heard of the Sansu outside the city?" ”

"The contemptible Qi heard the horse talk about this, the three Su outside the city sit on the three cities, its armor will be tens of thousands, and its city walls exceed the royal city," Gongzi Qi stood on the court and said.

"They don't come to worship and worship, and they use the gift of the Son of Heaven in the courtyard, and the widow suspects that the three Sus are suspected of rebellion, and I don't know what the prince can do to eliminate the worries of the widows and the country."

"Since King Ping moved eastward, the power has fallen, the world is in chaos, the etiquette has collapsed, the mutual conquest has continued, the people are hungry, the fertile land is barren, they have fled, and the people's hearts are fluctuating and unstable, and their country is turbulent, like wind and rain. In each vassal state, there are countless cases of disobedience or impermanence in which a courtier or son kills his king or father, and a king or father kills his own king or father. The various vassal states have usurped, and this ritual and music conquest comes from the doctor, and the Qing doctor has usurped the gifts of the princes or the Son of Heaven, such as the Ji Sun clan of the Lu State will dance the eight uncles in the courtyard, and even the Ji Sun clan, the Meng Sun clan, and the Shusun clan sang the poem "Yong" after the ancestor worship, the gift of the Son of Heaven. With this courage, the contemptible people suggested that the princes should have the courtesy of the princes, and each of them should abide by his own courtesy, so that the world can be stable. ”

"Well, the widow knows."

"Mr. Meng of my family once said that the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light."

"Okay, I heard that Gongzi implemented benevolent government in Pakistan to make the country rich and the people strong, this widow knows, I don't know how to solve the current matter?"

"Sandu."

"How?"

"First of all, we have to judge whether the three Sus have this anti-heart, if they send troops even if they don't rebel, they will be forced to rebel, and the three will work together to attack the capital of our Tho country, and my Tho country is in danger, so please be cautious about the use of troops. But we can't sit still like this, we can call the three Sus into the palace to discuss, saying that the territory of the Shu soldiers urgently needs the three Sus to enter the palace to discuss countermeasures, and then detain them, destroy their city walls, and centralize the power of the three Sus' soldiers and horses in the center. If the three Su come, it means that they have no antipathy for the time being, and if they don't come, it can mean that their antipathy has been achieved, and then they will send troops to fight and become famous. ”

"Childe's plan is very good, I don't know how Childe will crusade against Sansu?"

"The eldest brother Su He is a literati, very scheming, well versed in power and strategy, good at calculation, and a good general. The second brother and the third brother are rectal, they are a martial artist, they have no scheming and calculation, and the eldest brother is face and heart disagreement, we can send people who can speak well to lobby the second brother and the third brother, intensify their contradictions, let them mess up first, attack each other, we can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when the two sides are defeated, the king's army will crusade against it. ”

"Good! That's a great plan! Childe really lives up to his reputation! King Tho sat on the top of the main hall, the doubts in his heart suddenly opened, and he stood up happily, praising Gongzi Qi repeatedly, and it was inevitable that there would be some gaffes about this.

King Tho sat down and calmed down for a while, calmed down his floating heart, and pretended to be serious: "Who can take on this responsibility?" King Tho glanced at the ministers, and no one in the court dared to stand up and speak. Childe Qi looked at these ministers, but these ministers all passed the buck to each other, what were they avoiding?

Gongzi Qi stood in the middle of these people and said: "The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and now when our country and our people need you, you are passing the buck to each other, I don't know what you are afraid of?" ”

"The king, Gongzi Qi has such courage, such a task is none other than Gongzi Qi," an official stood up very obscenely, looking at the king of Tho above the main hall.

"There are so many people in the court, isn't there a capable general who has the courage to take on this task?" King Tho was a little displeased, and sat on the top of the main hall and said very seriously.

"I would like to go," said one of the subordinates in the Upper Doctor's Mansion.