Chapter 103: Xingshi asks for guilt
At this time, he couldn't hold his face, and all the princes in the world were looking at him for jokes, and King Fengyan Wen was no longer effective. If this matter is not done well, not only will Zhou Zhao's face be damaged, but it may also shake the great cause of religion he promotes.
Fortunately, the baby's mother was pitiful, and she died in childbirth. Di Tu hurriedly released his remarks, claiming that King Wen was still punishing Wei Hou, but this time it was the mother who passed the son, and exchanged Dai Fei's life for the child's life. Relying on the propaganda of feudal superstition, Zhou Zhaocai barely stabilized public opinion.
Ji Yang was not only not afraid, but became more and more aggressive, resulting in a very passive diplomatic situation in the country. The domestic resentful faction took the opportunity to rebound and persuaded the monarch to return to Zhongjiang. The Tingjun faction did not show weakness, and fought-for-tat everywhere, forming a stalemate in the court.
Dutu was also angry, and severely reprimanded Dongfang Bo for teaching Wei Hou a lesson, and asked Qi Hou to also go up to help. Lu Gong is such a slippery person, how can he easily be a gunman. First he pushed back, then he was slow to act, and finally he put on a show at the border. Qi Hou saw that Uncle Fang was like this, and he was even more reluctant to come forward, so he sent some supplies to support it.
At this point, he had no choice but to roll up his sleeves and go into battle in person. However, the opposition in the country is not small, and the nobles of the clan always feel that the name of the teacher is not very correct. Although the principle of establishing a successor is good, it is not uncommon for thousands of years to be abolished and replaced. For such a reason, it is still relatively reluctant to fight with the princes with the same surname.
However, the nobles of Zheng Guo had suffered the loss of excavation, and the fate of Lao Situ and Lao Sima after moving eastward was still vivid, so they did not dare to openly disobey. Bofu, Jing Sheng and others reached a tacit understanding, and found all kinds of reasons to delay, trying to drag this matter out.
It has been a long time since the order was issued, and the dispatch of troops has not yet been prepared. If you continue like this, you will have to let the inner court take on the task again. He called Jing Sheng and reprimanded, "Why aren't you ready yet? β
"There are still two batches of grain and grass that have not yet arrived, and the armor and weapons have not yet been completed......"
"Enough!" "Haven't you ever fought as a widow?" β
"The Holy One Calms His Wrath ......"
"You are limited to send troops within ten days, otherwise the widow will take the soldiers and horses of the inner court to the battle."
When Jing Sheng heard this, he was in the middle of it, but before he had time to be happy, the master said fiercely: "When the time comes, don't be this Sima, donate some fields to support the war." β
Situ on the side chuckled in his heart, quickly recalled the story of cleaning up their predecessor under the pretext of Zha Jingtian, and hurriedly signaled Sima to succumb. He rounded up and said, "The minister is urging officials at all levels to ensure that the grain and grass materials are in place in a timely manner.
Jing Sheng was unhappy, but there was no way. The dual system of the outer court and the inner court designed by Dutu made it impossible for him to carry his own troops and have to obey obediently.
Half a month later, the soldiers pressed the border, Chaoge fell into a panic, and even the Qilu coalition army, which had made up the number, did not dare to despise it.
The defenders horrified the scene of the decisive battle of Zhou Zhao a few years ago, and the sense of despair that the Lu and Jin sieges began to spread again. The resentful monarch faction began to criticize those who dragged the country into danger, and although the pro-monarch faction was very unhappy, they could only obediently keep their mouths shut.
Only Ji Yang was like a person who had nothing to do, looking at the messy court without saying a word.
It turned out that the old Situ who followed the ancestor was the most cowardly, and he begged with a crying voice: "The king, the king, for the sake of the society of the country, you should submit to Zhou Zhao." β
"Hmph." Ji Yang sneered, "How can you be soft?" β
"You, you can return to the main room of the harem!"
"Cut, Ji Dutu is in charge of the heavens and the earth, and he is still in charge of the things in Lao Tzu's room? Zhong Jiang can't give birth to a son himself, what's the matter with the widow? β
"But, but you ......" Lao Situ couldn't wait to say that he would let Ji Yang come to Xingzhong Jiang, but in the end he was still embarrassed to speak.
"The king already has a son, just establish the prince, Zhou Zhao has to interfere in the affairs of the country, it is too much!" Tingjun's new Situ couldn't help but mutter.
However, this remark reminded Lao Situ, and he said: "Since Dai Fei has passed away, it is also a practice to pass the son to the queen, so that you can justify the prince and not have to abolish the queen?" β
Xin Situ's eyes lit up: "This plan is wonderful!" In this way, it is the eldest son who is still the eldest son of the emperor, so that the king does not have to be wronged, but also makes that Zhou Zhao have nothing to say! β
Sima, who is also a pro-monarch faction, also praised him, because the military pressure he was under was already the greatest, and he wished there were steps to go down!
For a time, the pro-monarch faction and the resentful faction quickly reconciled, as if there had been no quarrel. Everyone seems to be waiting for a banquet to celebrate the resolution of the crisis.
"Who said that such a widow would not be wronged?" Ji Yang shouted angrily and instantly dispersed the joy in the court, "If you are afraid of death, surrender, Hugh will pull the widow!" β
"Your Majesty!" Old Situ's bright smile just now instantly cried again, "The lives of ministers are small, and the Patriotic Society is big." Are you really not afraid that Zhou Zhao will give away the defense of the country? β
Ji Yang knocked the case to the ground with a bang, turned around and brushed his sleeves away, leaving the ministers stunned.
At this time, the wayward Ji Yang even offended the Tingjun faction, and he really became a loner. The old Situ and the new Situ looked at each other and seemed to have some tacit understanding.
That night, when the sentry had just fallen asleep, the sentry suddenly came to report, and the flames in the song city seemed to be moving.
He was startled, and a grunt rolled over and got out of bed, and hurriedly ran to the front of the battle with Jing Sheng. I saw the city gate slowly open, and a chariot galloped to Zhou Zhao's camp. He pulled the reins and shouted, "Wei Situ asks to see Holy Zhou Zhao." β
Dutu's brows furrowed, feeling cheating. He kept Jing Sheng on guard while raising the tent to ask questions.
"The minister knocks on the Holy Week."
Digging Tu took a look, and it was indeed Wei Guo Situ, who arrogantly received him that day: "You, what do you mean by coming here?" β
"On the orders of the monarch of the country, I have come here to ask for my guilt." With that, he took out the decree from his bosom and carefully presented it.
The excavation was opened and inspected, and the seal regulations were all genuine. The content is naturally to succeed the new son Zhong Jiang and establish him as the eldest son.
Digging Tutu was very unhappy, thinking that at this time, if he wanted to rely on the succession to fool him through, wouldn't it be equivalent to playing him for nothing? So, he threw the edict to the ground and deliberately made a mistake: "With your Weihou temperament, you will actually admit it?" What kind of tricks are you playing, right? β
Wei Situ was shocked, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
It turned out that they really mutinied and held Wei Hou hostage, and this edict was issued against Ji Yang's will. The digging was just a crooked hit, which scared Wei Situ, who had a ghost in his heart.
Suddenly, Jing Sheng stood up unknowingly: "Holy Lord, since the Marquis of Wei has admitted his mistake, he should still value peace." Such a disposition is in line with the etiquette law, which shows that he, as the descendant of King Wen, has returned to the right path of heaven and earth. β
Dutu glared at Sima fiercely, beating him in the heart. As the people on his own side came out to help, wouldn't Zhou Zhao seem very ungraceful if he insisted on asking the guilt? Wei Situ was even more relieved, it seems that the plot of the coup d'Γ©tat has not been leaked.
"Why didn't Wei Hou come to apologize in person?" I still want to find fault. To be honest, he hoped that Ji Yang would make trouble to the end, so that he could try to create an example of the inheritance of the country.
"Wei Hou knows that he is guilty of great sins, and he has accumulated worries and diseases, and the matter of asking for sins can only be done by his ministers."
"Doing it for you?" Di Tu smiled sinisterly, "If the widow splits his car and cooks oil, will you do it for you?" β
Wei Situ gasped, and his heart was full of the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the digging tu. If it weren't for the defense of the country, he, the pro-monarch faction, would not be willing to come and suffer this humiliation! This guy turned his heart sideways, and his tone began to harden: "Wei Hou has had it, but it is not a big crime." In front of the ancestors of the Weiguo Temple, he neither abolished the queen without authorization, nor forcibly established a concubine. As the reincarnation of Zhou Zhao, you should take the way of heaven and earth as justice, and do not punish you indiscriminately because of your personal likes and dislikes! β
"Indiscriminate punishment?" He was very unhappy when he heard it, "He has repeatedly taken Zhou Zhao's will as a deaf ear, this is against heaven and earth!" How could such a man, his fathers and fathers, tolerate him! Don't think that you can fool things by passing it on for a while, the widow knows that Wei Hou doesn't admit his mistake at all. Therefore, the widow wants to punish him in the name of Zhou Zhao, even if it is cooked in oil! β
"There is a system of Zhou etiquette, and the punishment is not a doctor, how can the Holy Zhou Zhao insist on going his own way?"
"Hmph, can't you punish the doctor? Have you forgotten the story of King Zhou Yi's cooking and mourning? β
"As we all know, King Zhou Yi was deaf and listened to Ji Hou's slander before he made this absurd act. Holy Lord, do you want to learn from him? β
"You ......" Digtu choked on his anger and half-got up to hold down his sword, eager to stab this guy to death.