Chapter 60 Obstacles on the way
After Wei Si visited the palace of the Son of Heaven, he began to go to Chengzhou City, where Zhou Tianzi Ji Ding now lives.
After all, when he came to Zhou Wangji, out of etiquette, as the monarch of the Great Wei State, how could he have to pay a visit to Zhou Tianzi, the nominal co-owner of the world, not to mention that Zhou Tianzi is already sick in bed now?
Under the leadership of the Duke of Western Zhou, Wei Si entered the palace of the Zhou King in Chengzhou City, at this time Zhou Tianzi was already lying on the bed, and his crown prince Ji Yan was also accompanied by him.
Wei Si walked to Zhou Tianzi's bed, and after a simple salute to him, he looked at the prince Ji Yan.
Of course, Wei Si also knew that this prince Ji Yannai was the future king of the Zhou family, King Hao of Zhou, and he was also the son of heaven who lived for more than 100 years and reigned for the longest and longest-lived time.
Ji Yan saw King Wei looking at him like this, and his face showed some fear:
"I don't know why you are looking at Prince Ben like this, Jun Wei?"
Wei Si naturally noticed Ji Yan's expression, and just smiled lightly:
"Prince, you don't have to be afraid, this king doesn't dare to do anything to you, this king is just curious about your appearance, prince!"
Ji Yan's expression returned to normal at this time, after all, since the Spring and Autumn Period, after the Zhou royal family has become weaker and weaker, the successive Zhou Tianzi have seen the princes and strong countries, just like the ordinary small countries see the monarchs of large countries.
And in this Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, just like the kind of big country monarch who gave Zhou Tianzi face, he might be polite when he saw it, if he didn't give Zhou Tianzi face, he directly ridiculed Zhou Tianzi, and Zhou Tianzi didn't dare to make any response.
I only heard that Zhou Tianzi Ji Ding, who was lying on the couch at this time, was very old and weak, and his voice came towards Wei Si:
"Is the new monarch of Wei coming?"
Wei Si hurriedly walked to Zhou Tianzi's bed:
"Yes, I am the new monarch of Wei State, Wei Hei!"
Zhou Tianzi rubbed his eyes, which were already a little unable to open, with his hands, and looked at Wei Si standing in front of him in a blur:
"Yu Yiren has recently heard about Wei Jun's great achievements in the past few years, although Wei Jun, you have only succeeded to the throne for a few years, but in Yu Yiren's heart, he is no longer inferior to his father Wei Huiwang, who dominated the world back then!"
Wei Si replied:
"I am still far from my father, my father Wang was young when he was young, but he commanded the Wei soldiers of our Great Wei State to go east and west, and the countries surrendered one after another, and the current Wei State is long gone!"
Zhou Tianzi said again:
"But when I heard that King Wei, you not only won the victory of the Song Dynasty, but also won a great victory in the four kingdoms of Qi later, and now you have hit the Qin State hard, is your feat not as good as that of King Hui back then?"
Wei Si smiled at Zhou Tianzi:
"Son of Heaven, you praise me too much!"
Zhou Tianzi also looked at Wei Si at this time, and showed a smile:
"If you give one person, you will know that the tiger father is a dog!"
Wei Si took a step closer to Zhou Tianzi's bed, shook hands with Zhou Tianzi, and asked:
"Son of heaven, are you okay?"
Zhou Tianzi replied:
"It's okay, the palace doctor just said that Yu Yiren suffered a little bit of wind chill and had a slight stroke, and Yu Yiren could recover after two months on the couch!"
Wei Si nodded:
"That's fine, it's okay, Son of Heaven, your body is important, you must rest well, you know?"
Zhou Tianzi replied:
"Of course I know!"
Wei Si let go of Zhou Tianzi's old and weak hand and said:
"Okay, then I won't disturb the rest of the Son of Heaven, I still have to hurry to Xinzheng to meet King Han!"
Zhou Tianzi nodded:
"Okay, then Wei Jun, you go, you can't send it to one person like this, let Ji Chao and Yan'er send Wei Jun out of the palace on my behalf!"
So Wei Si was sent off by the Duke of Western Zhou and Ji Yan, all the way out of Chengzhou City, and went to the direction of Xinzheng.
Halfway through, Su Qin came over and asked Wei Si:
"King, you don't seem to have gained anything from this trip to Chengzhou?"
Wei Si smiled at Su Qin:
"Jizi, why do you think that the widow has no gain?"
Su Qin then said:
"Great King, you went to the former capital of the Son of Heaven, met Jiuding, expelled the officials sent by the King of Qin, and then formed an alliance with the Duke of Western Zhou, in fact, these things seem to be things that are not very good for our Wei State on the surface, but Ji Zi feels that the king is far-sighted!"
Wei Si said:
"Then the widow wants to hear from Ji Zi, what kind of foresight does the widow have?"
Su Qin quickly sorted out his thoughts:
"First, the king, you are not afraid of offending the Qin State again, and the expulsion of the officials of the Qin State in Zhou Wangji should be done for the princes and countries to see, so that the princes and countries understand that the king is defending the emperor of Zhou, and the Qin State was newly defeated by Wei, lost important places such as Hangu Pass and Hexi, and now is in a fierce war with the Chu State, at least for a few years, I will not dare to ask the king for you!"
Wei Si looked at Su Qin:
"And what else?"
Su Qin said again:
"King, you look confident when you look at Jiuding today, so Ji Zi, I guess that you must be full of confidence at this time, and you have strengthened your determination to conquer the world!"
Su Qin slowed down for a moment, and then continued:
"Your alliance with the Duke of the Western Zhou this time, although on the surface it is an enemy of the Duke of the Eastern Zhou supported by Han and Zhao, but the little Duke of the Eastern Zhou does not dare to have any complaints against the King, but because he will be afraid of the King of the Western Zhou Dynasty one day to crusade against its Eastern Zhou Kingdom, so after the Duke of the Eastern Zhou gets the news, he will definitely rush to be the first to confront the King, and the Eastern Zhou Kingdom also has a lot of heavy weapons in the Zhou Dynasty, and the benefits you get will definitely not be less!"
Wei Si gave Su Qin a thumbs up:
"Ji Zi, you are really powerful, you can actually think of this, the alliance between the widow and the Duke of the Western Zhou is actually for King Han to see, after all, the widow is about to go to Xinzheng to negotiate with King Han about changing places."
Su Qin asked:
"Great King, do you really plan to exchange Hangu Pass and Shangluo Land with Korea for Shangdang County?"
Wei Si nodded:
"Yes, but what the widow wants to exchange more is the three cities of Yewang, Yidi and Heyang in Korea, because after getting these three cities, there will be no danger for our Wei State from Anyi to Daliang!"
Su Qin couldn't help asking:
"But will King Han agree? If Korea loses these three cities, its influence on the Zhou royal family will be greatly reduced, and the Han capital Xinzheng to Yiyang and Mianchi will only have to rely on the narrow road between Yangcheng and Xincheng in the future, and Shangdang will also become an enclave for it. ”
Wei Si smiled lightly:
"This is exactly what the widow wants, after all, although the land of Shangdang is important, but its land is full of mountains and rivers, even if our Wei State gets it now, it is just a chicken rib, if the widow gets the three cities of Yewang, Yidi and Heyang from King Han, then sooner or later Shangdang is also in the king's pocket?"
Su Qin then said:
"Yes, it's still the king, you are far-sighted!"
At this time, Wei Si's car suddenly stopped, which made Wei Si bump, and Wei Si questioned the driver who was driving:
"Xiao Yong, what's going on? Don't you stop and say hello to the widow? ”
The brave man immediately dismounted and knelt on the ground:
"King, this road is rough, and the little ones don't dare to go any further!"
Wei Si asked curiously:
"Isn't this the road a must for merchants everywhere? Why is it so bumpy? Does anyone want to deliberately embarrass the widow here? ”
At this time, Zi Lian also rode to Wei Si's car:
"King, although Zi Lian went to the road ahead to investigate just now, he found that the road ahead seemed to have been dug a big hole, deliberately destroyed, and he really couldn't walk!"
魏嗣 says:
"Then Zilian, you help the widow get out of the car and see what's going on!"
Together with Su Qin, Zi Lian hurriedly helped Wei Si get out of the car and came to the destroyed road.
I saw that the road ahead was obviously cut off by a huge pit of several feet in length and depth, and the business travelers who came and went only used a few long planks of wood as a passage, and Wei Si's car was too large to pass through this wooden bridge.
Wei Si pointed to the pit and asked Wei Ran:
"Did you know where this is? Who did this to you? ”
Wei Si replied:
"Back to the king, the minister has just inquired, this is the junction of the fief of Zhou Tianzi and the Duke of the Eastern Zhou, I heard that the Duke of the Eastern Zhou ordered someone to dig it, and the other nearby people don't know!"
Wei Si asked the coachman who came over again:
"Isn't there any other way to go?"
Xiao Yong replied:
"King, if you go around now, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up with Xinzheng tomorrow!"
Wei Si looked at the people around him:
"What do you think?"
Tian Wen also came over at this time and said to Wei Si:
"King Wei, Tian Wen I also went to inquire just now, I heard that this place is only a few miles away from Luoshui, why don't we bring Luoshui here and use driftwood as a bridge, then we can cross it?"
Wei Si smiled lightly:
"Tian Wen, I'm afraid this diversion of Luoshui will take more time than a detour, right? Why bother, if you can't get through, then find a place nearby to rest for a night, and find a way to make a detour tomorrow, go to Xinzheng later, King Han will not be angry! ”
Tian Wen immediately said:
"King, I just rode a horse to see the Luoshui Dam over there, as long as the embankment over there is opened, as long as it takes a moment, Luoshui can come to this huge pit, it won't take so much time!"
Wei Si looked at Tian Wen in disbelief:
"Are you telling the truth? You're not fooling the king, are you? ”
Tian Wen replied very confidently:
"How dare I fool you, King Wei? Wei Si, you only need to borrow thirty relatives to Tian Wen now, Tian Wen can open the embankment, let the water come over, then the king you can pass through this pit, if you can't cross the river after more than an hour King Wei, Tian Wen is willing to accept the punishment of King Wei! ”
Zi Lian also said to Wei Si on the side at this time:
"King, let Tian Gongzi try it?"
Wei Si nodded:
"Okay, this king will let you try it, but you must open the embankment to release water, and you must ensure the safety of the lives of the people nearby, you know?"
Tian Wen replied with joy on his face:
"King Wei, Tian Wen I know!"
Wei Si asked Wei Ran to take fifty guards to follow Tian Wen to open the embankment and release water.