PS: 5,000 words big chapter......

The large bell tower of the royal city is not in the palace, but in the outer Guo, because the original purpose of this bell is to convene the people of the country to assemble and announce the decree. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

So Zhou Tairen had to board the carriage and rush to the outside of the palace.

According to the etiquette system, the Son of Heaven drives six, the princes drive five, the Qing drives four, the doctor is three, the scholar is two, and the Shuren is one. The capital of the country is dying, and the crown prince doesn't care that he has not officially ascended the throne, so he directly uses his father's chariot and horse.

Six old horses that could still eat food galloped to the south of the city with Prince Ren, his most trusted old lady, and more than a dozen palace armor.

Along the way, they first passed by a government quarter, which was closest to the royal palace and was the residence of the nobles, which seemed to be layered on top of each other, and there were more than 10,000 people living in it.

When King Ping moved eastward, a large number of Western nobles followed, including Zhou, Zhao, Rong, Mao, Yin and other clans; After arriving in Luoyang, the branches were scattered for hundreds of years, and several families such as the Gan family, the Liu family, and the Wang Shu family were produced. These hundreds of families were intertwined and attached to the royal family, they owned large tracts of land and residences, did not farm, and had only to send some chariots to join the Sixth Division during the battle.

In the Zhou Dynasty, it was originally the privilege and pride of the nobility to enlist in the army, but after being protected by the Jin State for more than a hundred years, the meat eaters of the Zhou people became increasingly degenerate and slack.

At the critical moment when the Zhao army was approaching the city, there was also chaos here, and Prince Ziren originally hoped to call on some nobles who had Zhou in mind to arm themselves and defend the city with sharp armor. But when he saw that each of them had closed their doors and was busy hiding the ritual utensils and belongings, he was immediately disappointed.

Taifu watched coldly and said lightly: "As the "Shi of October" said, 'Choose three things, and you will have more treasures. Don't leave an old man behind, and keep my king. Choose a chariot and a horse, and live in the direction. 'The catastrophe is coming, these people have always only cared about the family and do not care about the country, after the disaster of Lishan that year, the nobles of Zong Zhou only cared about themselves to run first, and did not care about the lone army of King Ping in danger. ”

If it weren't for their weakness and selfishness, when the prince brought Rong Di to call two hundred years ago, King Xiang of Zhou would not have to abandon the city and leave.

"If the princess can rely on it, is it necessary for Yu to run out of the palace?" Prince Ren had expected it, he gritted his teeth, and ordered the emperor to continue forward, heading towards the civilian residence of Waiguo.

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The Zhou system stipulates that within 100 miles outside the royal city, it is divided into six townships, and each township has a township doctor to manage government affairs. The inhabitants of Xianglu were basically peasants living according to their clans, and they were related to each other by blood, and they were also the main force of the Zhou Dynasty army.

However, with the changes of the times, the Liuxiang system was also unsustainable, and after the rebellion of the Prince Dynasty, the Liuxiang system of blood ties was completely collapsed, and the large clans were divided and scattered, but there were more and more small families who made a living in the city. The Zhou family was outnumbered, so the people who lived in the city were basically craftsmen or merchants, so later generations would say that "the customs of the Zhou people, governing the industry, the power of industry and commerce, and the tithes and tithes for business".

After the Son of Heaven rushed out of the inner city, the first thing Prince Ren faced was these businessmen who heard that the army was coming to the city and were hurrying to disband the bazaar, preparing to finish their work, pack up their stalls and hurry home.

"The prince has arrived! How dare everyone not salute!? The faithful Emperor said loudly.

The Chinese people, industry and commerce were a little stunned, but they still habitually saluted the prince who wore linen and filial piety.

"The second and third sons are exempt."

Ignoring the etiquette now, the prince stood up so that everyone could see him, and hissed and appealed: "People! The first king has just died, and the Marquis of Zhao is not a minister, and he wants to seek my Zhou room, and now the army is outside the city. Although Lone is young, he is not allowed to commit crimes, and it is necessary to protect the dignity of the royal family. Today, the six divisions are not even, the city is empty, and I hope that the people can pick up the blades, join the soldiers, and help me defend the city! ”

As he spoke, he asked the palace armor behind him to hug down the weapons and armor that were pulled on the auxiliary car, and looked at the people with blazing eyes, hoping that they would pick up arms and follow behind him to defend the country.

However, to the disappointment of the prince, there were thousands of people in this downtown area, but they only looked at the old weapons all over the ground, but no one picked them up and joined the prince's army.

The atmosphere seemed to be frozen, everyone's empty eyes were full of indifference, and Wang Ziren stood on the chariot with a long sword, his face flushed, and he was extremely embarrassed.

After holding it for a long time, he could only threaten loudly: "Could it be that no one is grateful for the six hundred years of kindness of the Zhou Chamber?" Could it be that you will have to wait until the Zhao army breaks the city and slaughters the people, and then regret it!? ”

After half a ring, an old man with a dove staff tremblingly came forward to relieve the prince.

"Prince."

He smiled and said: "In the past five or six years, the army of Zhao State has been adjusted, and there have been no ten times or eight times since Chengzhou passed, and the food, vegetables and fruits needed are also purchased at the same price or even higher than the market price......

This remark aroused a burst of approval, and after the meeting of Huang Chi, the Zhou Chamber almost became a foreign county of Zhao State, and Zhao Jun borrowed it at two ends in three days. At first, the people were afraid, but gradually they became normal. After there was no danger of being slaughtered, everyone at most suspended their business and went home to hide for a few days, and soon life would be as usual, so why bother to follow Taiziren to the city to confront the powerful Zhao army?

As for the "royal dignity" that the crown prince keeps saying, what does it have to do with them?

And the "Six Hundred Years of the Zhou Room" Ende, it's good not to mention this, as soon as it was mentioned, there were peasant women and farmers who came to the market to sell goods and muttered in a low voice:

"What kindness? We did not flee to foreign countries, but stayed in the surrounding land to cultivate the land for the nobles, and we have done our best to do our duty. Although the barn at home is full of grain, thirty percent of it will be given to the royal family, and another thirty percent will be given to the lord of the city, and we have little left. Every year when August arrives, we gather silk and linen to make clothes for the nobles, and we offer our gorgeous clothes, but we have no clothes and no brown, and it is difficult for us to survive the winter......"

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and with this complaint, strange voices came from the people one after another.

"Yes, the weather is cold in November, we have to go up the mountain to hunt raccoon dogs, hunt fox skins, give them to nobles to make leather jackets, hunt big pigs to offer princes, beat small pigs to belong to themselves, otherwise we will break our legs...... In December, when the snow was heavy, the nobles drank warm wine and roasted charcoal in the palace, but we had to continue to go on an adventure, cutting firewood and burning charcoal for the nobles. "It's a hunter gritting his teeth.

"The shuttles on the loom were empty, and we wore kudzu shoes and tied them with thick twine, and my children had to tread the frost barefoot. On the contrary, those frivolous princes and grandsons wore the fine silk shoes we had woven and swaggered along the circumference. The circumference is as flat as a whetstone, and as straight as an arrow. The princes and nobles could stroll on it, but we grass people could only kneel in the dust beside the road and dare not raise their heads. "It's a weaver in tears.

"We serve the royal family, and we never dare to slack off in our duties, but we can only be lowly officials for the rest of our lives, living with buckets of rice, but those children of the ministers, as long as they are from a good background, any official position can be supplemented." Even the scholars and officials of a slightly higher status sighed.

At first, they were very quiet, just talking to themselves or talking to others, but gradually they became louder.

Finally, a plainly dressed businessman stepped forward. Although he was a native of Zhou, he had lived in Taoqiu for a long time, and the merchants, who were deeply affected by the free atmosphere there, stood up, because there were not many people brought by the prince, and he was not afraid, raised his arms, and said loudly:

"For decades, in addition to minting large sums of money to take profits from merchants, the royal family has also increased taxes from time to time, what good things can it do for the people? I only came today to let us thank the royal family for their kindness and go to death with the crown prince......"

"In my opinion, it is not that we should be grateful for the grace of the royal family, but that the royal family should be grateful for the grace of the people!"

At the instigation of the merchant, instead of taking up arms to help him defend the Zhou Chamber, as Prince Ren had hoped, they blamed him for decades of injustice and anger and began to complain loudly.

This is something that Prince Ziren did not expect, he was stunned, and his bold words were choked, and he could no longer speak.

Seeing the surging crowds, the Taifu remembered the riot of the countrymen back then, for fear of hurting the prince, so he asked the emperor to drive away quickly, and the crowd behind him broke out into a burst of victorious cheers, and then packed up their things and went home.

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"Those tax increases and apportionments are not done by Yu......" When the bazaar behind him slowly moved away, Wang Ziren recovered from the shock and said bitterly to the old lady.

"The old minister naturally knows ......"

Taifu sighed, those people's complaints are true, and they are basically the implementation of quick success and quick profit during the reign of King Zhou Jing and King Zhou Jing in order to save the royal family's finances. But the arrogance and depravity of the entire royal family, ignorance of the people's feelings, is from the distant Zong Zhou era has been left over from the maladministration, after the king of Ping moved eastward, not only did not get rid of it, but intensified, today finally caused a bitter fruit, the current Zhou, just like the people who refused to serve in the war of Wei Yigong, unpopular.

As they spoke, they had already driven into the south of the city and arrived at their destination: the Bell Tower.

This is the tallest building in the outer country, and after slowly climbing the second floor, Prince Ziren stood in front of the big clock.

This is a huge bronze bell, some places on it are smooth like a copper jian, some places are carved with a pattern and a cloud pattern, the two sides of the bell body are decorated with 36 pieces of high protruding long milk pattern, extremely gorgeous and eye-catching, there is an inscription of more than 2,000 words, the beginning is ......

"In the twenty-second year, Wang Zi served as a clock......"

This is the largest and most spectacular bell in the world, and it was created in the era of King Zhou Jing. More than 30 years ago, King Zhou Jingwang wanted to cast a big bell on a whim to show his majesty to the people, Shan Mugong and Leguan Lingzhou Dove both admonished him, but King Zhou Jing did not listen to the advice of the contrary ear, insisted on going his own way, looted the people's fat and people's ointment, and spent a huge amount of people's power to cast this bell weighing thousands of catties "no shot".

The next year, the bell was cast and moved to the bell tower for trial ringing, and the musicians reported that the music was harmonious. King Jing was overjoyed, and proudly told the music official Lingzhou: "Didn't you say that after this bell is cast, it will definitely make a discordant sound." ”

At that time, Lingzhou replied: "The time has not yet come for this bell to make a discordant sound, there is a proverb, called 'all hearts become a city, all mouths are gold', the things that the people like, there are few things that are not successful, and what the people do not like, there are few things that are not abandoned." The king's issuance of Daquan (large-denomination copper coins) has made the merchants complain, and now they have spent manpower and financial resources to cast a large clock, and the people are tired, and they all resent this bell for a week, and this resentment is even aimed at the royal family, and the minister thinks that this is a sign of disharmony......"

"The discord that Lingzhou dove said, now it has come true, within the week, it is full of discordant sounds, the hearts of the people have been scattered, it is really difficult to become a city, but the evil government of the Zhou is the gold of the people." Looking at the big bell without shooting, Wang Ziren remembered the complaints of those people and smiled bitterly. It was a root planted by his father and grandfather, and now he wants to taste the consequences.

But he was not reconciled!

The great Zhou, the inheritance of 600 years, the crown of more than 20 former kings, weighed heavily on his head, and those chapters that he had been proud of since childhood appeared in front of him little by little......

"The first born people, Shi Wei Jiang Yan...... Carry life and breeding, time and future. The grandson of Houji, the king of Shiwei. Juqi Zhiyang, the beginning of the scissors business......"

The origin of the surname Ji has a very long history, no less than Yin Shang, although there are many decorations and vague words about the history, but the conscientious work of the farmers in Weishui Zhouyuan has created this endless state!

"King Wen is above, and Yu Zhao is in the sky. Although Zhou is an old state, its life is renewed. The grandson of King Wen, the branch of the hundred generations, all the people of Zhou, do not show the world......"

"Muye Yangyang, Tanche Huanghuang, Don Peng Peng. Master Wei's father, Shi Wei Yingyang, Liang Biwu King. Wanton big business, will be Qingming! ”

King Wen and King Wu, that was the erection period of Zhou, and it was also the most glorious era, but where are the Jiji and many scholars at that time?

"Since he has become healthy, there are four directions, and he is clear. The bells and drums are slamming, and the chime will be, and the blessings will be great! ”

Reading these passionate poems, Wang Ziren laughed out loud.

Chengkang's rule of the world, the division of the princes, created the prototype of the whole world, the culture and tradition of Tang Yu Xia Shang was inherited and abandoned, and the whole world was heavily branded with the mark of Zhou, no matter how much the future generations changed, they could not wash away the imprint!

But now, is Zhou going to perish like this?

Standing on the bell tower, Prince Ziren seemed to see Zhao Jun with bright armor, and saw Zhao Hou Wuxian, who was riding a horse and had coveted Jiuding for a long time, but had not stretched out his hand until now......

"No, never!"

He pushed away the Taifu who wanted to stop him, and said in a hissing voice: "King Cheng is set in Jiajun, the world is thirty, the year is seven hundred, and the destiny of heaven is also." If his life has not changed today, he will never die at the hands of the boy! I don't believe it, if I don't believe in it, there will be no loyal ministers, no people who are interested in the royal family to help me defend against the enemy! ”

Wang Ziren roared, holding the big bell hammer as thick as his waist hanging from the girder with both hands, staring at the "no-shooting" bell that was the size of a room in front of him, took a few steps back, and slammed into it!

"Boom!"

An abrupt and huge trilling sound resounded around the bell tower, startling the six horses tied downstairs to hiss.

"Boom!"

The second bell rang to the deserted market, where only a few wild dogs were left looking for food in the chaotic streets.

"Boom!"

The third sound, the ancient and heavy bell echoed in the sky over Luoyang, although it had been a mile or two, but the city was still clearly audible, but every household realized that the war was coming, and closed the door one after another, closing this appeal full of grief and indignation!

"Boom!"

The fourth sound, with the attenuation of the strength of the bell-striking person, seemed to be a weaker and weaker condemnation, which made Liu Gongshan Gong, who came out of the palace, slightly stunned.

"There's no turning back for us." Shan Gong was ashamed, but Liu Gong had a dark face and gave the order that the Sixth Division would give up resistance and prepare to open the door to meet Zhao Hou.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

However, the bell, which had been weakened, was reinvigorated, once, twice, three times..... Wang Ziren gritted his teeth, like a mad tiger, and he didn't care about the patina that fell from the big bell and the dust raised from the bell tower, and even the blood splashed from the tiger's mouth without knowing it, but kept bumping.

A voice, do not give up; A voice, reluctantly.

It seems to be preserving this ancient dynasty in its twilight, and he seems to be crying out for the shame of not being able to protect his ancestral business as the son of Prince Wen......

I don't know how long it took to hit it, until I was tired, and Wang Ziren was weak in his legs and sat on the bell tower.

However, even though he worked so hard and struggled so much, a huge Chengzhou, hundreds of nobles, and 100,000 residents, no one responded to the bell, came to the bell tower to gather, took up arms, and helped Prince Ren defend Chengzhou......

"Why?"

Prince Ren cried like a child, and for this historic dynasty, he was just a child.

"Why? The protector of the country has a duty and a duty, but if the meat eater has decayed and decayed to the point of resentment and rejection of the people, no one will want to take up arms for the country......"

An old voice sounded, with a hint of melancholy, with a hint of sympathy, but more indifferently.

Wang Ziren looked up with tears streaming down his face, but saw an old man with a crane hair and a childish face standing in front of him with his hands behind his back, this person could not see his age, or sixty or seventy, or eighty or ninety, his appearance was clear, three locks of white beard under his chin floated in the wind, with a trace of pity in his eyes, but his face was a relief that saw through everything.

"You ......"

When the old lady saw the old man, she raised her hand, a little excited, and was about to salute, but was stopped by the old man.

Prince Ziren's eyes were full of confusion, this old man may be the only one who heard the bell and rushed to him, he didn't care who he was, as if grasping a life-saving straw, he raised his head and asked, "Elder, why did I fall to such a state?" ”

"Because Zhou De is declining, ......"

The old man spread his hands and replied as a matter of course: "If things are strong, they will be old, this is the law of nature, and people, all things, families and countries cannot escape this rule......"

"What should the kid do?" Now the ministers are not ministers, the people are not the country, the Zhao army is about to enter the city, and when the time comes, people will be swordsmen and I will be fish and meat, and Prince Ren is at the end of the road.

The old man came over, helped Wang Ziren up, wiped the dust off his body, and smiled at him: "The way of nature cannot be violated, remember my words, the husband is indisputable, so there is no ......."

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Zhong Chen's drums and dusk had stopped, but the heavy echo had not stopped for a long time, and it continued to shake Luoyang. Even Zhao Wuxian, who was surrounded by the army outside the city, waiting for the city gate to be opened slowly by the sheets and the Liu family, also moved his ears and heard this strange echo.

Raising his head, he saw above Chengzhou City in the afterglow, the remnant sun was like blood, and the birds that were startled by the bell were flying in it at a loss, and the purple and red clouds were blown to the vast sky by the wind, and finally there was no trace left, just like this history, no matter how beautiful and moving, it would disappear over time.

"Spring, summer, autumn and winter are at your fingertips, and the bell road dusk rooster announces the dawn."

Zhao Wuxian said a word to himself, sighed again, and said: "Six hundred years, it's not easy, but in this world, there is no immortal dynasty!" ”