Chapter 2 Prestige in the court
Seeing that everyone in the audience was focusing on themselves again, Zhou Bian adjusted his mentality and said loudly,
"Ladies and gentlemen, the widow is the first to ascend to the throne today," After a pause, Zhou Bian suddenly felt that it was awkward to call himself a widow, and it seemed that he would change it to me if he had the opportunity in the future. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" There are many things that are unknown, I hope you will not hesitate to give advice. ”
Taishi and the others hurriedly said that they didn't dare, and Zhou Bian saw that everyone was still reacting, so he strengthened his courage, and continued, "What is the big court meeting held today?" ”
The Taishi replied below, "Your Majesty, today is the day when the king ascends the throne as king, and the south is called Lonely, in order to show grandeur and comfort the previous kings, a special court meeting is also held." ”
"In that case, when should the Great Pilgrimage begin?"
"At the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Gongdan set it, and it was three minutes long."
"Since the master is clear, are you doctors clear?"
"Back to the king, my royal courtiers naturally know about it, and the old man sent someone to inform them one by one the day before yesterday."
"Then why didn't you wait until the end of the hour to start today?"
I didn't expect the king's question to be so sharp, the Taishi was stunned for a while, and he was speechless, but he heard another person open his mouth first, and everyone saw that it was the last young master to arrive.
"The king, after all the ministers or important ministers of the country, or after the meritorious service, it is now the cold season, and the birds and beasts are not foraging, so the king does not need to be harsh." This young master is relying on the old and selling the old, and he is one of the three orphans and three young people with a prominent status, so if he replies, he is openly bullying Zhou Bian when he is young. Suddenly attracted the attention of everyone in the hall, looking at the young master, and then at Zhou Bian, I don't know how this young king will respond.
Who will not be angry when they hear this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but scold in his heart, but after all, he has lived for more than 20 years from the next generation, and the city government still has a little bit, so he will not fight against him on the spot. So after thinking about it, Zhou Bian asked, "Then according to the young master's opinion, when to go to the court, when to do anything, you must report to you for permission before proceeding?" ”
"What the king said is exact, this is a wise move, now the king is young, not enough to preside over the overall situation, in the future, just wait in the palace, everything to the ministers."
This young master is really cunning, what he said still sounds a little reasonable, Zhou Bian couldn't help sneering in his heart, but said in his mouth, "If it is according to what the young master said, the young master can let me rejuvenate the Great Zhou and restore the rule of civil and military, will the princes of the Quartet come to the court?" ”
The young master smiled and said, "For hundreds of years, many previous kings of my dynasty can't, why is the king so harsh on the old ministers?" ”
"Will that make my royal family no longer weak, and not invaded by the princes?"
The young master shook his head again.
"Can I stop my royal family from being poor and return to the royal city of Luoyang?"
The young master simply shook his head.
"Can I become a Zhou citizen, with food and clothing, and no worries about life?"
The young master opened his mouth this time, "King, I and other monarchs and ministers have no worries about their lives for the time being, so why do we need to care about those lowly people? ”
"Well, the king's clothes are old, not enough to show the king's prestige, and this hall is so dim, can you order a few more oil lamps?" Saying that, Zhou Bian raised two huge sleeves, in fact, this dress is indeed new, but the material is old, the royal family has not produced this kind of high-end silk for many years, and has been saving inventory, so it looks old.
This time, the Taishi finally took the lead, "King, my royal family can't have meat for three meals a day, why is there a lamp to light up?" "In this era, the oil lamps lit at night are much more expensive than meat, and with the respect of the royal family, they can't afford to consume it, but the Taishi told the truth.
Hearing this, Zhou Bian couldn't help blushing, and when he looked down, several young men were ashamed, but their faces changed like young masters, and they seemed to be a little angry.
Zhou Bian said loudly, "In this case, you can neither revitalize my Zhou family, nor can you follow the rules of the previous kings to make the dynasty on time, so what can you do?" ”
The young master finally moved, "The king is only eight years old, and he hasn't read Zhou Li yet, what do you know?" Don't insult the old minister like this. You need to know that even if we and other old ministers can't revive the royal family, the king can't be a child. ”
Hearing this, Zhou Bian was also angry, "Although this king is only eight years old, he still knows how to work hard, take the revitalization of my Zhou room as his own responsibility, abide by the courtesy of the first Zhou Gong, dare not disrespect the ancestors and ancestors, and abide by the rules set by my previous king." Although this king has not yet read all the rituals, he also knows the rituals, and the top and bottom are different, and the dignity and humility are orderly. King Cheng was called king at the age of thirteen, and the princes did not dare to be disrespectful. Shall this king, who is a few years younger, allow you to cry out from above the temple? ”
When the young master heard this, he was immediately angry, coughed a few times, and pointed his finger at Zhou Bian, but he couldn't say anything after calling you a few times. Seeing this, Zhou Bian was even more disgusted, shouted a guard, and immediately ran in from outside the hall, Zhou Bian saw that it was Zhang Hu and Li Yuan, which had been arranged a long time ago, after all, it was still his own people to rest assured. When the two men entered the palace, they both knelt down and called themselves kings. Zhou Bian waved his hand and said, "The young master is old, the snoring sound in the palace just now, and the widow is looking for the young master, so the two of you will invite the young master out of the palace and send him home, so that the young master can make up for sleep, lest anyone want to say that this king does not respect the elderly." ”
Zhang Hu was busy claiming that it was, so he turned to the young master with Li Yuan. There was an uproar in the hall, no one thought that Zhou Bian really dared to make a move, and he rushed to the young master who was one of the three young masters, and his eyes couldn't help but change a little when he looked at Zhou Bian. In fact, Zhou Bian was trying to kill the chicken to show the monkey, but the young master jumped out and shot the first bird, not killing him to kill anyone, besides, although the young master is old and high, he is responsible for the people's life and tax collection, but now he is too lazy to come forward, but he has thrown many things to the prison armor to do, and there is no military power at hand, if Sima Tu is a man who is used to looking at people's faces and sycophants, he has to weigh whether he can move, but he is in control of the palace guards.
I saw that Li Yuan stretched out his hand to the young master and said please, but the young master snorted heavily, shook his sleeves vigorously, and didn't want others to help, he swaggered out of the hall, his steps were as brisk as a young man, and he didn't show a trace of old age. When he was about to walk out of the main hall, he turned around and spat on the ground, which showed the anger in his heart.
Zhou Bian didn't care about him, as long as he was careful, he didn't expect to be able to make big waves. After a while, the hall quieted down, Zhou Bian only felt that everyone's eyes on him had changed, and he tried his best to calm down and calm down, which calmed down a little, after all, he didn't speak loudly in front of so many people in his previous life, but fortunately, the ministers still sold a little face, otherwise, if it was like some emperors in later generations who were bullied by their subordinates, I was afraid that he would be pulled out and wiped off before he could speak cruelly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my Zhou room has declined to this point, the so-called one is prosperous, one is lost, as the direct courtiers of my Zhou family, if the Great Zhou is weak, you will not have a good time, right?"
With the example of the young master's disrespect to the king just now, this time everyone was obedient, and Qi claimed that it was.
"If the building will fall, only the wood is difficult to support, when my Zhou room is declining, only everyone is united, work together, can be saved in case, this royal family can not be separated from this king, but also inseparable from your common struggle, you say yes?"
Everyone replied yes, but some people just agreed, and some people wanted to come, and people with lofty ideals such as Taishi nodded heartily for Zhou Bian's words.
"That being the case, I hope that you will work with this king to fight for the revitalization of my Great Zhou." After that, he turned to Taishi, "Master Taishi, is there anything that hasn't been held in this court?" ”
Taishi raised the bamboo slip in his hand, "The edict has not been read out yet." ”
Zhou Bian couldn't help frowning, it was really endless. "If you look at it, you don't have to continue, anyway, not many people listened to what I read just now, does the master think it's okay?"
Taishi thought about it and finally nodded, it seems that he is not an old stubborn, Zhou Bian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the widow thinks that today's Great Dynasty Meeting has two main purposes. First of all, let Zhong Aiqing recognize this king, understand this king, you have just seen, although this king is young but not easy to bully, in addition, this king has also read the scriptures, know that that day Xingjian, the gentleman to self-improvement, this king will take this as a standard to demand himself, but also send this sentence to you, I hope you will also take this as an encouragement. ”
Taishi and the others hurriedly bowed down and said, "Be taught." ”
"The second thing is that I hope you can abide by your duties and work together for my Great Zhou. Today's court meeting, the widow is eight years old, and as a king, he actually waited here for a few Qing families for an hour. Thinking of the first offense, the widow will not be investigated, but I hope that such a thing will not happen in the future, the major affairs of the family and the country, do my best to you, if I can prosper in the Great Zhou, it is indispensable to your benefits. However, today's first ascension to the throne is a great joy, although our royal family is not able to reward you, but in order to commend the advanced, this king will pay tribute to the first king's flesh early in the morning and give a few ministers who attend the court meeting on time, one for each person. This matter is the responsibility of the superintendent. "Earlier, Zhou Bian asked Jian Jia to write down the name of the person, just because he had this intention at that time.
The meat is the meat used to sacrifice the ancestors, and it has always only been rewarded to important ministers or high-ranking nobles, but at this time, it can be obtained only because they get up an hour early, and those few people are naturally excited and can't help but thank them. In fact, in ancient times, the Son of Heaven attached great importance to the gloss meat, so much so that Sima Qian's historical records are specially recorded, for example, in a certain year, the king gave the gizzard meat to a certain marquis.
After finishing speaking, Zhou Bian couldn't help but smile at Taishi and the others, there is so much meat, although the young master will definitely not reward it, but he will reward a few more people, so the original reward to the Taishi and others will naturally be less, it is really Zhou Bian can't think of what to reward for a while, in the final analysis, the royal family is too poor.
There was a commotion in the hall, and the rest of the people were indignant, some were deeply regretful, and some even expressed their dissatisfaction softly, until the Taishi shouted and did not quiet down. Zhou Bian looked at it in his heart one by one, and it seemed that he would have to implement the reward and punishment system in the future, and the personnel relationship would be the most difficult.