Chapter 90: The Enthronement Ceremony
The person in this painting is not at all the mature woman style of an ordinary princess, and she clearly has a Lori face. The eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose are even more similar to Zhong Ji.
As soon as his brain was hot, he immediately left the table and rushed to the messenger to grab the scroll: "Who is this?" Where are the people? ”
The envoy looked confused: "This, this, this is Zhong Jiang'a, the second daughter of Qi Hou?" ”
"How is it possible...... "Dutu himself was also a little dizzy, "then why is it so similar to Zhong Ji?" ”
"Who?" The envoy explained, "Lao Chen has watched the princess grow up since he was a child, I'm afraid it's just a coincidence that he is similar to Uncle Zheng's acquaintance, right?" ”
"Show me!" He still wanted to entangle, but Ji Yang interrupted. This guy was originally in a mood, but when he saw that his rival was so interested, he was instantly interested.
He spread the painting on the desk, frowned, studied it carefully for a long time, and suddenly slapped his thigh, shook the long hair on his sideburns, and laughed and said, "Isn't this the little demon girl Zhongji!" ”
"What enchantress?" Qi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the rumors some time ago, and was suddenly shocked, "You mean the sister of Bao Xi!" ”
"Hugh is nonsense!" When he heard the word demon girl, he was anxious.
"Ouch, I poked you in the sore spot." The more Ji Yang looked at the excavation, the more energetic he became, "It seems that I remembered your little liver." ”
"Don't be so frivolous! The widow and the middle concubine, you love me! ”
"What do you want me to do? If it's so good, why bother with life and death? If you are in love, why do you want to marry Ji Jiang? ”
"I ......"
"Ji Jiang was deceived by you, so he believed in you!"
"I, I didn't!" It was rare for Ji Yang to stop him, and he stammered for a while, "I, I'm just, just asking about Zhong Xi's whereabouts." ”
"Okay, then let Ben Gongzi help you!" Ji Yang's impulsive character, as soon as he competed, he ignored it, he turned his head to the envoy and said, "This marriage is very good, and the official will report it to the monarch's father." I want to see if this woman is Zhong Ji or Zhong Jiang! ”
"Childe, this is really the daughter of Qi Hou, how can it be a demon girl......"
"Haha, you don't care about this, don't worry about going back to Qi Hou. When the Zheng and Qi families get married, they will share weal and woe. ”
"That's good, that's good." Qi Envoy completed the task and finally smiled, although the process was a bit inexplicable.
"No way!" Dig and ponder, what if it's really Zhong Xi? He was in a hurry and couldn't help jumping out.
"Ji Ditu! You took me Ji Jiang first, what do you want to do now? This is the territory of the country, don't think I dare not be rude! ”
Qi Envoy also looked unhappy, thinking that Uncle Zheng suspected that the princess was a demon girl first, and he stopped the marriage later, which was too lenient.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the Marquis of Jin hurriedly pulled his sleeves and whispered: "Uncle Zheng, Uncle Zheng, this is your mistake, you have no right to interfere with Wei Qi's marriage!" ”
Xian Ke also came to mutter: "The minister has been visiting for a long time, and there has never been a clue that Zhong Ji went east to the Qi country. I'm afraid it's really just a coincidence. ”
Seeing this, he immediately hesitated. Seeing that he was a little withdrawn, Ji Yang took the opportunity to issue an eviction order: "Situ sends off guests!" I'm going to set up a banquet to entertain all the envoys! ”
The Marquis of Jin and Xian Ke got off the donkey and took the dug away half-pushed and half-framed.
"Uncle Zheng, don't be distracted, the next Zhuji Conference is the most important thing. The widow is still waiting for you to divide the Fang Bo! ”
When he saw the movements of the Marquis of Jin, he remembered that it was time to separate again. He hurriedly returned the salute: "It must be." And personally helped the Marquis of Jin onto the horse. Looking at the distant backs of his comrades-in-arms, he secretly warned himself that he could no longer delay major events for the sake of his children's affection.
But thinking about it, digging this slut, on the way, he still couldn't help but ask Xianke. Xian Ke had no choice but to carefully comb through all the clues about Zhong Ji and Nie Rang, and indeed found no clues involving Qi Guo. That's when the digging stopped.
Just when they had just stepped into the border of Zheng State, Situ sent an envoy to report that Zhou Tianzi had officially convened the Zhuji Conference.
Luoyi is not far from Yicheng, but it is only a few days away, so Zheng Guo is almost the closest prince to participate in the meeting. Since it will take more than a month for the likes of Beiyan to arrive, they have more time to prepare, and they are extremely calm.
When Lu Gongji Fuhuang passed by, he left a heart and let Xian Ke send someone to make secret contact. The envoy brought back a secret letter from Fu Huang, in which he honestly explained the small actions of defending the country. It turned out that Wei Hou was really not at ease with Zheng Bo's visit to Lu, and deliberately sent someone to lobby in secret. Lu Fatzi claimed to be righteous and awe-inspiring and criticized Zheng Bo, and the messenger also heard that Zheng Luzhi would be very unhappy, so he went back to his life with peace of mind.
"Ji Fuhuang seems to be quite trustworthy." Digging Tu said to Xian Ke with a smile.
"Such a villain, how can he be trustworthy? It's just profit-seeking. ”
"Yo, look at the tone, you businessman still look down on profit-seeking, huh?"
Xian Ke was speechless, and his face was red and white.
"Okay, okay, just kidding." Seeing Xianke's embarrassment, he gave him a step down.
"Yes, yes."
"Now that the general trend has been decided, let's go."
So, with a mighty team, he marched to Hojing with great might.
At this time, in order to receive the princes from all walks of life who arrived in batches, Zhou Tianzi had already held rounds of warm-up banquets. Needless to say, the huge material procurement behind this still relied on Zheng Guo, and the businessmen took the opportunity to make a lot of money. Digging Tu sighed, how much financial resources are spent to hold this kind of conference, no wonder Zhou Tianzi in the Spring and Autumn Period frequently cried poor. For example, King Zhou Huan was so poor that he died for seven years before he scraped together enough money to bury him. No matter how big the family is, you can't help the loser to burn it like this! Fortunately, a few days later, the last guest, Yan Hou, finally arrived. The butler of the Son of Heaven breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly entered the enthronement ceremony.
After fasting for ten days, Ji Yijiu changed into a crown dress on the auspicious day calculated by Taibu, and led the hundred officials and princes to hold a grand suburban sacrifice. For the highest standard of the Taigao Sacrifice Ceremony, he offered nine copies at once, and the other small gifts were not counted. After the outskirts, he led everyone to the Taimiao, personally killed nine more prisons, and repeatedly offered wine to his ancestors. In the end, everyone came to Chengzhou Mingtang and made a great gift to serve the Son of Heaven in place, and then the enthronement was completed.
Next, just to enjoy these sacrificial meats, the feast was eaten for three days.
Inadvertently, half a month has passed, and Ji Yijiu has only then been promoted to the court, and finally began to discuss business.
"In the past, the dogs were in turmoil, the first king hunted in the west, and the traitor Ji Yuchen and his party took the opportunity to make trouble. Fortunately, thanks to the reincarnation of Zhou Zhao, King Qin leveled the world, and the widow was able to take the throne. Ji Yijiu first said some good things, and then began to hide the needle, "Now that the royal family has been decided, the world is peaceful, and it seems that some expedient methods in troubled times should be changed back." ”
The Son of Heaven looked to the left, swept to the right, and saw that everyone was silent, so he continued to agitate: "The widow is the first to ascend to the great treasure, and his experience is still shallow, so he will discuss with the secretaries. Know everything, say everything. As soon as the words fell, the dignitaries in the hall finally began to talk to each other.
The seats in this court are actually quite mysterious.
Sitting on the left half are the princes and ministers, many of whom were the princes of the Kinai who had maintained their territories near Hojing, including the previous representatives of the Yu, Zhou, Zhao, Mao, and Shan clans. Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, they have always been the real power faction, taking turns to control the government. However, in the Dog Rong Rebellion, Wangji fell, and the vitality of these old fritters was greatly damaged, and they have been reduced to weakness.
On the right half are the Kwantung princes. Originally, they were just court and political spectators, but after the battle of King Qin, they jumped to the real power faction that controlled the situation in the world in one fell swoop. Of course, there are also three, six, nine and so on. Originally, these princes should be seated in the order of duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male, but Zheng Bo, Wei Hou, and Jin Marquis were so great that they naturally sat in front. On the contrary, it is Lu Gongji Fuhuang, who is reactive and young, and his position is naturally on the side.
The leftists knew that they didn't have enough weight, and they were afraid that the rightists wouldn't even have a chance to speak after they spoke, so they rushed to shout: "Respecting the king is the common credit of all the people in the world, and it is not something that can be taken away by a single Zhou Zhao!" Without Zhou Zhao, will I be doomed from all catastrophes? ”
"That's right! I think the establishment of Zhou Zhao is not for King Qin at all, but with ulterior motives! ”
"King Shengming, you can't let the 'Rebellion of the Three Eunuchs' repeat that ......"
"Hugh is free to exaggerate!" In order not to let the situation get out of control, Ji Yijiu poured a little cold water on it, "It's nothing new for the royal family to seek help from the princes. If you compare the 'rebellion of the three eunuchs', why don't you give the example of 'republican administration'? At the time of the republic, Duke Zhou and Duke Zhao both directly ruled for the Son of Heaven, and after the world was calmed down, didn't they also smoothly return the power to the widowed grandfather Xuan Wang? ”
Ji Yijiu's words are quite clever, on the surface he affirms Zhou Zhao's merits, but the actual focus falls on the final return of power, which is really lightweight. It seems that after several years of training, his political experience has improved by leaps and bounds.
Wei Hou saw that the clowns on the opposite side had been beaten with a stick, so he came out to speak as a saint Zhou Zhao.