(Guys, silence here is not golden, comments go!) )

The time soon entered November, and when Wei Wuji's capital returned to Wu'an, Wei's war in Zheng was never over.

The Qi State did not have the idea of fighting to the death with the Wei army, which made them always timid when fighting, and they could not retreat with all their strength to count the gains and losses.

So the State of Wei and the State of Qi were in a stalemate in Zheng Di, and the biggest victim was undoubtedly Zheng Guo.

Not only did Zheng Guo face the conquest of the Wei army, but the Qi army was not friendly to them, and even the Zheng State Office directly lost control of the rest of the country except for the surrounding capital.

In other words, because of the war between the two great powers of Wei and Qi, the original Zheng State has existed in name only.

This situation is similar to that of the Chen State back then, when the Wei State attacked the Chen State, the Chen State introduced the troops of the Qin State to help. The Qin and Wei raids on the land of Chen directly led to the destruction of the Chen state.

In this era, the survival of small countries depends entirely on relations between large countries. When there is an imbalance of power between the great powers, that is, the time has come for these small countries to die out.

Fortunately, now that the weather is getting colder, the scale of the battle between Wei and Qi in Zhengdi has been relatively reduced. After losing the opponent of Qi State, Zheng Chang, who led the army, harassed Zheng Du.

After Wei Wuji returned to Wu'an, he found that the amount of work he had was terrifying, and he needed to review the handling of major matters for several months.

So Wei Wuji's daily task, in addition to listening to the government in the upper court, is to meet the ministers in the lower court, and the interval time in the middle is to constantly watch the music.

In the recent court discussions, Wei Wuji has focused mainly on the country's finances.

To put it simply, after months of foreign wars, almost all the money that Wei has saved since Wei Wuji succeeded to the throne has been smashed out.

But at this time, no one said that Wei Wuji was not, because the return on investment was also great.

Wei not only took the Tang state of Xiao, but also defeated the Qin state and occupied its two counties.

And this time is different from the land of Qi State, the army of Qin State has suffered heavy losses this time, and has lost the strategic initiative, and will only be passively beaten in the future.

On November 25, Wu'an was covered with snow, a rare sight in the Central Plains.

After the next dynasty, Wei Wuji did not leave the important ministers to continue the deliberations as usual, because today he wanted to give himself a vacation.

Now that most of the things that should be discussed have been discussed, and the arrangements for next year have been roughly understood, and there are no major mistakes in national affairs in general, Wei Wuji dares to rest.

On the way down, Wei Wuji did not use a sedan chair, and walked slowly on the palace road, accompanied by a group of chamberlains.

The coercion accumulated over the years made the attendants and maids along the way kneel on the ground when they saw Wei Wuji from a distance, not daring to be disrespectful in the slightest.

It wasn't until Wei Wuji left that these people dared to get up from the ground and then went about their own business.

Along the way, he encountered such situations, which made Wei Wuji feel very bored, or lonely.

Because it made him feel as if he was alone in the world, and he couldn't even find someone to talk to.

At this time, Yu Zhong, who was following Wei Wuji, said, "Your Majesty, it's freezing outside, you have to take care of yourself!" ”

Someone finally spoke, which woke Wei Wuji out of his loneliness, and the surroundings were a little unfamiliar.

Wei Wuji was walking aimlessly, and no one in the palace could stop him, so he went to a place that he rarely went on weekdays.

So he asked, "Where is this?" ”

Wei Wuji couldn't recognize where this was, but Yu Zhong was very familiar with the palace, so he said, "Your Majesty, this is outside the worship hall!" ”

The shrine hall, as the name suggests, is a place to worship the ancestors of the Wei Kingdom.

Although there is a temple in Wei, it is only when the big sacrifice is made, and this worship hall is set up in the Wei palace for the convenience of worship.

At this time, Yu Zhong continued: "Your Majesty, Madam has just sent someone to invite you over, to go or not to go?" ”

Wei Wuji's harem now also has signs of palace fighting, even if he has the heart to stop it, but the intrigues are still endless

Therefore, Wei Wuji in the harem didn't want to go now, so he listened to him: "Since you have arrived outside the worship hall, let's go in and worship!" ”

Yu Zhong didn't say much, so he followed Wei Wuji and walked towards the gate of the Worship Palace.

Entering the worship gate, the attendants on duty inside lined up in an orderly manner and knelt on both sides of the road.

Passing through the crowd, Wei Wuji slowly walked up the steps, looking at the three big characters "Worship Palace" on the door frame of the main hall in a daze.

Through the door, Wei Wuji could see the flickering candles inside, as well as the throne of the ancestor of Wei enshrined in the eight shrines.

Stepping into the main hall, Wei Wuji stopped Yu Zhong and the others from following, and called out more than a dozen attendants serving in the hall.

So only Wei Wuji was left in the main hall, as well as his eight ancestors in the hall.

The eight shrines are in the middle, and the one dedicated is Wei Dingbo, the founding king of the Wei State, who was also the heroic figure of the Great Zhou Dynasty in those years.

Wei Wuji knelt down on the cushion in front of Wei Dingbo's shrine and bowed three times to the shrine.

Unlike the silence outside, inside this hall, he found that he could feel peace inside.

It is the ancestor of Wei who is enshrined here, and only in front of these people does he have no qualifications for arrogance.

In other words, he is the youngest here, and this experience is completely different from being outside the shrine.

After worshipping Dingbo, Wei Wuji continued to kowtow to the other ancestors until he came to the throne of Zhaohou.

Still kneeling on the cushion, Wei Wuji looked at the divine position on the shrine, and at this time he also felt that the divine position was also looking at him.

Silent, Wei Wuji was also slightly sad in his heart, when Zhaohou was alive, the two of them had almost no chance to be quiet and alone.

After a long time, Wei Wuji suddenly spoke, "Father...... I'm afraid you never thought in your life that your successor would be me! ”

"Before you died, you said to your son...... The person you like the most is the third brother! ”

Speaking of this, Wei Wuji couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then said: "Do you know that this is like a thorn in the eye of your son, and your son is not as good as the third brother in your eyes?" ”

As if knowing Zhaohou's original considerations, Wei Wuji continued: "My son knows that the third brother is close to the world, and I am the opposite of the world, so you just want to inherit the throne and stabilize it!" ”

This is indeed true, at the beginning, Wei Jianlin had an obvious gap with Wei Wuji, and Wei Hou still wanted Wei Jianlin to consider this aspect.

Marquis Zhao did not have the prestige of becoming a marquis, so he could not choose Wei Wuji to succeed him, which would likely lead to an unstable inheritance of the throne and even cause a catastrophe.

There was silence in the main hall, only the eight gods listened to Wei Wuji's story silently, and I am afraid that only here Wei Wuji could confide his heart.

I only heard Wei Wuji continue: "But look at it, after his son succeeds to the throne, does anyone in the clan dare to jump?" ”

The son taught them to be courtiers with a butcher's knife in his hand...... Now my son can rest assured that it was wrong for you to choose the third brother in the first place! ”

Not to mention, when he said this, Wei Wuji was very happy in his heart. His mood at this time is like the feeling of scoring 100 points in his previous life and reporting his results to his parents.

Speaking of this, Wei Wuji continued: "However, your son also has something to fail you, you told your son to take care of your brothers and sisters, but...... Second brother, he's still dead! ”

At the beginning, before Wei Hou took his last breath, the only thing he explained to him was to ask him not to kill his brothers.

Wei Wuji was admitting his mistake, but Wei Hou on the shrine could no longer be angry, and his god position could only watch Wei Wuji quietly.

The so-called confession of mistakes is just Wei Wuji talking to him, so he is not in a mood of remorse or shame at this time, he is just telling a fact.

After being silent in the hall for a long time, Wei Wuji smiled, and then continued: "But in the past four years since my son succeeded to the throne, he has also made great achievements!" ”

Having achieved something, how could he not show off in front of his father, this was Wei Wuji's idea at this time.

I heard Wei Wuji say: "In the north of Wei, the son has completely eliminated the threat of the Hu people, and it is no longer possible for the Eastern Hu and the Xiongnu to be chaotic!"

"To the west of the Wei State, my son even destroyed the Three Kingdoms of Chen, Xiao and Tang, and besieged and killed the main army of the Qin State, so that there is no strong enemy in the west of my Wei State!"

Speaking of this, Wei Wuji said even more confidently: "With such a meritorious service, even if his son is not, presumably his father will forgive his son's mistakes!"

But Wei Wuji couldn't wait for an answer!

Shaking his head, Wei Wuji secretly said that he was talking more and more, but after saying this, the depression and boredom in his heart for the past few days dissipated a lot.

But Wei Wuji didn't plan to say anything more, so he left some words and came back later.

Wei Wuji kowtowed to the Zhaohou Divine Throne on the shrine three times, then stood up and turned to walk outside the main hall.

Compared with before, when he stepped past every Wei Ancestor Divine Throne at this time, Wei Wuji's whole person seemed a lot more confident and sunny.