"Report to ---, king, the royal family has come."

While Yingkang and everyone were talking, the chamberlain trotted all the way to the outside of the main hall and shouted.

The royal family is here?

Prime Minister Ying Zhao looked at Ying Kang and the others when he heard this: "The royal family is here, so the crown prince Ji Yijiu has ascended to the throne of the Son of Heaven?" ”

Yes, if there is no Son of Heaven, where would the royal family come from? If there is no royal family, how can there be a royal family?

Ying Kang nodded slightly and said, "Don't worry about these for now, the royal family is here, and I should go out to greet you." ”

After saying that, Yingkang got up and walked out of the palace with Prime Minister Yingzhao, Sima Boyu and others, and came to the outside of the palace.

"This is the chief chamberlain of the royal family." The domestic attendant pointed to the inner servant beside him and said to Ying Kang, and then said to the chief attendant of the royal family: "This is my king." ”

The two sides have met, and Yingkang said to the palace attendants: "The widow Yingkang has seen the noble envoy. ”

Although he was just a chamberlain, he came out of the palace after all. "The Prime Minister's Seven-Rank Official", the position of the envoy of this palace is of course much higher than that of the Seven-rank Official. So Yingkang, as the monarch of the scattered country, led all the ministers to bow to others.

Seeing this, the palace attendant hurriedly said: "Sanbo, please get up quickly, the slave doesn't dare to be, don't dare to be!" ”

This chamberlain is probably also a novice who has just joined the company, and he has not yet developed the bad habits of the eunuchs who have died since then, and he doesn't know how important his identity is, so he even dragged Ying Kang up.

Ying Kang got up and asked, "I don't know what is the important reason why your envoy came here today?" ”

"Oh--, that's right." Only then did the palace attendant remember his heavy responsibility, and hurriedly said: "The servant has come to convey the edict of the Son of Heaven. ”

The edict of the Son of Heaven?

When Yingkang and the others heard this, they bowed again, "Minister Yingkang led the ministers of the scattered country to receive the edict--"

"The edict of the Son of Heaven, the Qin people Yingkang is practiced, loyal to the royal family, and has outstanding merits, and he is specially named Yingkang as the Marquis of Guanxi, and has jurisdiction over Yucheng, Sancheng, Qianyi, Chenyi and other places, all of which are in Yucheng. Wang Yingkang and other Qin people remembered the king's grace and served the royal family, and this edict --- "The palace attendants read out the royal edict with the unique voice quality of their eunuchs."

"Chen Yingkang thanks my Wang Longen--" Yingkang bowed loudly, "Chen Yingkang received the edict--"

After that, the chamberlain handed over the edict of the Son of Heaven to Yingkang.

Kansai Hou?

Haha---, I'm Yingkang also a Hou Ye.

You must know that among all the titles of the Zhou royal family, the marquis is a very high title.

Among the five titles of duke, marquis, earl, son, and male, the duke is the highest, but they are only given to the descendants of the former emperor and the descendants of the surname Ji. The average vassal state can climb to the marquis, and that is definitely burning high incense.

Now that the Zhou royal family will give such a title as a marquis to Yingkang and other Qin people, it seems that there are few people in the royal family to help at the moment.

"The chamberlain, please sit inside--" After receiving the edict, Yingkang said to the palace attendant.

Presumably, this chief chamberlain also went out for the first time, and when he saw Yingkang being so polite, he followed him to the main hall.

"Your Excellency, please be seated." Ying Kang motioned for the chamberlain to sit down in front of the desk opposite him, and then asked, "I wonder when the king will ascend the throne?" ”

"The king ascended the throne on the fifth day of the first month of this month in Hojing."

The fifth day of the month?

Ying Kang calculated, that is, a few days after he came back from Hojing, Ji Yijiu had already ascended the throne in Hojing.

"Oh--, why so fast?" Ying Kang couldn't help but ask.

It is said that the enthronement of the Son of Heaven is a major event for the whole country, and it is reasonable to summon the vassal states of a little fame throughout the country to help the fun, and a series of procedures such as worshipping the heavens and ancestors before it can be regarded as officially ascending the throne.

But the enthronement ceremony of this son of heaven is too simple. There was almost no movement, and the people had already ascended the throne.

However, the head of the royal family on the other side is also a real person, "The Marquis of Guanxi should know that this is an eventful time, if the Son of Heaven does not ascend the throne in time, who knows what will happen later?" It is better to ascend the throne early to avoid accidents. ”

Look at how real people are, and say the difficulties of the Son of Heaven very straightforwardly.

Ying Kang knew that it was indeed an eventful time for the current royal family, the dogs in the north were eyeing each other, and the Zhuguo in the east were all unpredictable, and there was a prince Yu Chen who was competing with him for the position of the Son of Heaven.

At this time, if Zhou Tianzi did not ascend the throne and claim the king in time, what if he killed an uncle and brother who was called the king again?

As for the etiquette matters, it's not too late to make up for it when the country is firmly seated.

The chamberlain said so, in fact, Zhou Tianzi also thought so at this time.

If you want to be king, I want to be king, and whoever starts quickly will be whoever.

"Oh--, thank you for being so outspoken, and Yingkang is very grateful." Then Yingkang said to the domestic servant: "Prepare a meal quickly, and this marquis must treat the royal envoys well." ”

The palace attendant didn't expect that this errand was really reluctant, not only was he able to eat and drink together, but Yingkang also gave him a lot of good things before leaving.

Hehe--, it seems that the knife on his body was not in vain.

Seeing off the royal servants, Ying Zhao and the others happily said to Ying Kang: "I didn't think that this Shenhou is still a person of credibility, and he really fulfilled the promise he made to our Qin people." ”

"It's good, it's just that I didn't canonize my family as the Marquis of Qin. If you can be canonized as the Marquis of Qin, it will be the most happy ending. Zhao Boyuan was somewhat regretful.

In the opinion of Zhao Boyu and others, if the Qin people can support Ji Yijiu to inherit the throne of the Son of Heaven at a critical moment, the newly established Zhou royal family should canonize the Qin people Yingkang as the Marquis of Qin. This is worthy of Yingkang's contribution to the royal family.

Kansai Hou?

It is the Hou Ye of Guanzhongxi, Zishenhou and others that at this time, Qin Yingkang has already occupied the land in Guanzhong and Western Guanzhong, so it is better to be a favor and canonize the place in Guanzhong and Western to Yingkang by the way.

"Kansai Hou? Hmph, that's a good title! The Marquis of Guanxi is the prince of the western part of Guanxi, and the widow thinks that this name is the best. Ying Kang said happily.

"Don't you want to be the Marquis of Qin?" Prime Minister Yingzhao couldn't help asking.

"The third brother is wrong, of course I don't want to be the Marquis of Qin, you think about the foundation of our Qin people in Inuqiu, Inuqiu is the descendants of the Qin people, although you and I are also descendants, but the young and old are orderly, if we are far away from the descendants of the eldest brother and call ourselves Qin Hou, then what will the brothers of Inuqiu think?"

At this time, the eldest brother Yingqi has passed away, and in order it should be the eldest son Shifu inherited the leader of the Qin people in Inuqiu, but the father thought that his grandfather Qin Zhong was killed by Rong Di in front of him, and before Rong Di was completely eliminated, as the eldest son, he was not worthy of being the leader of the Qin people, so he resolutely resigned from the position of the doctor in the west, and his younger brother Yingkai inherited the position of the leader of the Qin people.

But in any case, the Inuqiu Qin talent is the foundation of the Qin people, and it is also the best candidate to inherit the name of the Qin people.

At present, the title that the royal family canonized to Yingkang and other Guanzhong Qin people is actually the best choice.

The Marquis of Guanxi is equivalent to the monarch of the Guanxi Kingdom.

That's fine!

After listening to Yingkang's words, Yingzhao also felt that in fact, this canonization of the royal family should be good, which not only improved the status of the Qin people in Guanzhong, but also played a role in stabilizing the Qin people and uniting the Qin people, "What the king said is good, and the minister also feels that it is very good for the royal family to be canonized like this." ”

Yingkang, who became the Marquis of Guanxi, knew that from this moment on, he was no longer the Sanbo of the heir to the title of Sanguo, but the Marquis of the newly established Kansai Kingdom.

(End of chapter)