The three of them returned to the side palace next to the Ming Hall for lunch, and after eating, the Taishi was still touching his beard, as if he was still thinking about the Jiuding he had worshipped. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info knew that the Taishi must have something to say, so Zhou Bian did not leave, but stayed in the side palace with Bai Gui with the Taishi.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, I only heard the Taishi say leisurely, "King, I just worshiped Jiuding, what do you think?" ”

This tone is really like a parent who led his child to visit the museum in later generations, but Zhou Bian was not annoyed, "Master Taishi, the exquisiteness of this Jiuding is far beyond imagination, and the craftsmanship of King Yu is really not said." Zhou Bian said while taking a look at the Taishi, seeing that the Taishi's face was about to change, he naturally knew that this answer was not satisfactory, so Zhou Bian hurriedly changed his words, "This Jiuding is the treasure of the country, often coveted by the princes and powers, my royal family needs to be self-reliant, otherwise it will be like a five-year-old child walking alone in the downtown with a heavy amount of money, and it will be difficult to protect himself." ”

Taishi nodded, "The king can get this understanding, and it is not in vain that the old man places his hopes on the king." ”

On the side, Bai Gui said, "The king can have this heart, which is the blessing of my Great Zhou." Today, I worshiped this Jiuding, and I also have some feelings. ”

"Please." Zhou Bian couldn't help but be a little curious.

"When King Wu transported back to this Jiuding from the song, it took 90,000 people, every 10,000 people transported a tripod, I used to think that this tripod was too heavy, and today I saw it and deeply felt that this nine tripods are the symbol of Kyushu, naturally heavy, it is 10,000 people to transport a tripod, and I am afraid that there will be fewer people, and I can't carry it."

No matter how heavy the tripod is, it is naturally not comparable to the weight of the land, this analogy is indeed extremely appropriate, but the ancients at this time can say it, and it is still highly regarded.

The Taishi on the side nodded again and again when he heard this, "Indeed, if Jiuding replaces Kyushu, it can't be too grand." ”

"But what the king said is more reasonable, I want the king of Chuzhuang to drink the Yellow River, and win the crown more than the king of my Zhou family, fortunately, Dr. Wang Sun Man replied, the prosperity of a country, in Germany is not in Ding, and although the Zhou room is declining, but the mandate of heaven has not changed, the weight of the Ding, can not be asked, so that the king of Chuzhuang is ashamed to retreat. Think about the decline of my royal family now even more than it was then, and it is not for the self-improvement that the king said, and I cannot protect myself. Baekyu continued.

Hearing this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but think that Wang Sunman beside him was also as eloquent as his ancestors, and his descendants deliberately imitated their ancestors when they named them to express their admiration, but this question could only be asked when they saw Wang Sunman again.

"Well, that's true, if it weren't for the endless wars now, the princes and countries are fighting for territory, I'm afraid that my royal family won't be able to protect it to this day. Fortunately, the king of heaven is wise and wise, and the revival of my Zhou room is now in sight. Now that this afternoon is uneventful, we have discussed the strategy of revival with our monarchs, what does the king think? Taishi suggested.

"I was about to ask the two adults for advice." Zhou Bian naturally would not refuse.

"That being the case, then please ask Doctor Bai to tell me, although the old man is old, but not as intelligent as Doctor Bai, the plan that Doctor Bai said before made the old man marvel for a while. Now that he has returned to Luoyang, let's ask Dr. Bai to talk about his future plans. Taishi said unpretentiously.

Bai Gui was naturally very useful when he heard this, and after pushing for a while, he said, "It just so happened that Bai Mou had something to say to the king, but fortunately, Master Taishi was humble, so he spoke first." Does the king know why my royal family left Luoyang in the first place? ”

Zhou Bian knew a little about this question, but he didn't think too deeply, "At that time, it wasn't the rebellion of the prince's dynasty, and the king came to Chengzhou to avoid chaos." Isn't King Jing used to living in Chengzhou and unwilling to return to Luoyang? ”

Seeing that the Taishi shook his head, obviously he knew, but he never told himself in detail, but at this time, it was obvious that when he knew, sure enough, Bai Gui shook his head and said, "The king only knows one and doesn't know the other, so Bai will solve the king's doubts." At that time, Queen Jing did not have a son-in-law, so there were two nobles Shan and Liu set up Prince Meng as the king, in order to mourn the king, and the prince dynasty claimed to be the eldest son of the concubine, relying on the Yin family to establish himself as the king, the two kings competed, mourning the king defeated Di Quan, which is today's Chengzhou City, and then returned to Luoyang Wangcheng with the help of the Jin State, and the son dynasty was called a minister. After mourning the death of the king, his younger brother Prince Kuo succeeded to the throne as King Jing, but was defeated by the prince and returned to Chengzhou, at this time Zheng Dinggong came forward to ask the Marquis of Jin to come out of the division, which completely defeated the prince Meng, Wang Zimeng and some of his supporters fled to Chu with my royal classics, this is the rebellion of the prince dynasty. ”

I didn't expect that this weak Zhou royal family would also fight with each other, but Zhou Bian still asked strangely, "Didn't King Wen set the rules, there are grandchildren and no grandchildren?" Why would the Marquis of Jin and other princes support King Jing?"

Although it involved his ancestors, Zhou Bian was still very curious about this question, and sure enough, the Taishi's face turned red when he heard it, and he thought about what else had to do with it, but the Taishi didn't speak, but Bai Gui continued, "The king, although the queen of King Jing had no biological son at that time, she adopted Wang Zimeng and Wang Zilu as sons, so from here, King Jing's succession to the throne is ordered by heaven." ”

History is written by the victors, Zhou Bian couldn't help but scoff when he heard it, although he remained skeptical in his heart, but he didn't say it, but obviously Bai Gui talked about this for other purposes, not just to say this history, it is the duty of Taishi to explain the history of the royal family to the king.

Sure enough, after a pause, Bai Gui continued, "Great King, it is said that King Jing will be able to return to the Luoyang Royal City after the defeat and the drive away Wang Zimeng, but he did not do this, but continued to stay in Chengzhou, and asked the Marquis of Jin to help build the royal city in Chengzhou. In fact, this is not because King Jing is reluctant to leave Chengzhou, but because Luoyang at this time is no longer under King Jing's control. ”

"Why is that?" Zhou Bian's curiosity was aroused.

"At the beginning of the rebellion of the Prince Dynasty, it was King Jing's clansmen and his hundreds of workers and courtiers who supported the Prince Dynasty, among which the eight nobles who followed King Ping to move east were the leaders, and the only ones who supported Wang Zimeng were the Queen Mother and Shan Liu. After driving away the prince's court, most of the nobles who supported the prince's dynasty in the city did not leave, and still stayed in Luoyang City, but they still did not accept the rule of King Jing, did not listen to King Jing's orders, and without the support of these nobles, King Jing would not be happy even if he stayed in Luoyang, so he had to retreat to Chengzhou. It was not until King Zhou Kao sealed his younger brother in Luoyang and called him Duke of Zhou that Luoyang was included in the scope of royal rule. ”

After going around in such a big circle, it was actually to talk about the importance of the nobles, Zhou Bian couldn't help but purse his mouth and said, "Doctor Bai is worried that this king will not get the support of the nobles of Luoyang City?" ”

"That's right, I'm Wang Yingming. I Cheng Zhou originally only had two nobles, the Liu family and the Shan family, of which the Liu family had fallen decades ago, and the Shan family also collapsed before the king ascended the throne, so Cheng Zhou actually did not have a big name noble, to say something offended, such as Taishi and others are also dependent on the royal family. Bai Gui turned his head to look at the Taishi, and saw that the latter nodded slightly, so he continued, "Luoyang is different, there are more than a dozen big families with more than a hundred years of number in the city, they all have their own industries or fields, even the Duke of Zhou can't help them, and their power can affect the rule of the Duke of Zhou, for example, the Tian family is the largest nobleman in Luoyang, and there are thousands of warriors and protectors in the family, so the influence of these noble families, the king has to consider it!" ”

"Wait, since the Tianyi family has an armed force of thousands of people, why didn't he make the slightest move when my royal family was in Luoyang?" Zhou Bian couldn't help but rush to the road.

Bai Gui smiled slightly, "This is to know the times and be a handsome." On that day, Tian Yi also led a group of domestic slaves to escort the Zhou family, but before he arrived at the Ming Palace, he met Zhang Hu leading a team to fight with the Zhou Gong's men and horses, Tian Yi watched for a while, and was impressed by the courage of my royal army, so he changed his mind and went home, and then waited for my royal family to successfully enter Luoyang, and then surrendered. ”

It turns out that this is the case, it seems that Zhang Hu has made this contribution, presumably it is the battle formation that brings a great shock to people, I didn't think that the effect of force deterrence is so great. However, although the combat effectiveness of these veterans is strong, they can't withstand the siege of thousands of people, if it weren't for the Tian family's change, he was afraid that he would not be able to sit in this palace at this time, and Zhou Bian couldn't help but be a little afraid. "From this point of view, the expansion of my royal army is imminent, otherwise I really can't suppress this group of Luoyang nobles."

"That's right, but now it's the autumn harvest season, and the recruitment has to wait until after the farming is busy. Besides, the newly recruited soldiers can't quickly form combat power, in fact, what Bai said is that the king still needs to get closer to these nobles and get their support directly. ”

Zhou Bian turned his head, and finally knew what Bai Gui was talking about, "Bai Aiqing, are you talking about the change of the law that Tian Yi asked about during the court meeting yesterday, are you afraid that after the king changes the law in Luoyang and divides the fields, no one is willing to farm for the nobles, which affects the land of these nobles, and leads to not being supported by them?" ”

"That's right, the king is wise. Fang just said that there are no nobles in Chengzhou, so the change is smooth, but Luoyang is not. Do you still remember when Bai first came to Chengzhou to meet the king that day, he said that the change should be slowed down? If Bai saw the king earlier, he naturally wanted to persuade the king not to change the law in a hurry, and now if he continues to change the law in Luoyang, it may affect the support of the nobles, and if the law is not changed, the people in the suburbs of Luoyang may have complaints about the king. Originally, there were Luoyang peasants who fled to Chengzhou to ask for land, but they were rejected by the Taishi, and now they finally look forward to the king returning to Luoyang, but they don't divide the land, I'm afraid that people's hearts are unstable. Now the royal family is in a dilemma. Bai Gui sighed.

Zhou Bian also thought about this problem, so yesterday the court meeting only said that the law would not change within this year, but that would think that the transfer of power should be stable, but he didn't think about Bai Gui so much, and now I heard Bai Gui say it, so I immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, but this problem is difficult to come from Zhou Bian in later generations, Zhou Bian thought about it and said after clarifying his thoughts, "This king did not change the law in Cheng Zhou on a whim, and he did it on a whim, nor did he copy the model of Qi and Wei at will, but it was decided after careful consideration. ”

"I want to hear about it!" Taishi and Bai Gui bowed their hands together, and they also wanted to know what this young emperor was thinking.

"Master Taishi, Doctor Bai, how many civilians are there in Luoyang?" Zhou Bian asked a question first.

Bai Guiwei was slightly puzzled, but quickly said, "Connected with the surrounding villagers, I heard that there are about 300,000. ”

This number made Zhou Bian also startled, it seems that the population of Luoyang is really developed, far beyond his imagination, there are so many people who farm and do business in the city, they are about to catch up with a county in the future, and it is really a big city in this era. "Then may I ask Doctor Bai, how many people are in the noble family of Luoyang Mancheng?"

Bai Gui thought about it for a while and said, "Counting the slaves in the family, there are about more than 10,000 people, well, maybe 20,000." ”

"Is that more than 30 people in support, or 20,000 more support? And the commoners are more likely to be grateful to the royal family and serve the royal family, and the existing royal soldiers recruit more civilians, and they are mostly the ones who kill the enemy without sparing their lives, and to count on the nobles to fight hard for the royal family, this king knows that it is impossible even if he is young. Therefore, the king thought that if the royal family was to be restored, it was only right to have more loyal people. ”

"Although there are many civilians, they are easily satisfied, and loyalty can be won by paying military salaries and military merits, so why divide the land? Although there are few nobles in the city, they are concentrated, if one of them ascends to the heights, and the servants and guards at home are exhausted, I am afraid that my royal family will not be able to stay in Luoyang. ”

"Are you questioning the king's policy of changing the law?" Listening to Bai Gui's defense, Zhou Bian suddenly became a little angry, and couldn't help but tone sternly.

Bai Gui hurriedly got up and knelt down, "Your Majesty, your subordinates don't dare to question the King, they are actually planning for my royal family." ”

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two suddenly became tense, the Taishi hurriedly stood up and played a round, "The king, Lord Bai, it's just that the politics are different, and their hearts are all for the revival of my royal family, so why bother with the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers?" The king, Dr. Bai is also loyal to the country, not to accuse the king of not, and hope that the king will understand. ”

"Don't say more, he's accusing the king of his faults." Zhou Bian didn't seem to appreciate it, the Taishi was stunned when he heard it, and even Bai Gui raised his head, is this still the king who humbly accepts advice?