Under the guidance of the Zhou royal family's Taifu Shan Di and other doctors, Qingji and his party entered the Luoyi Royal City and went all the way in the direction of the palace.

Along the way, Qingji sat on the car, looked around, and saw that on the wide and potholed streets, Li Shu on both sides were looking forward to it, as if he wanted to see Wuhou Qingji's demeanor.

The city wall of Luoyi Wangcheng still retains the most primitive form, which is made of rammed earth, which has been ravaged by wind and frost and years, but the Zhou royal family has not been able to come up with the money to renovate it, which is really very cold.

Most of the houses in the city are in dilapidated condition......

Such a shabby capital, don't say that it is the Jinling City of Wu State, even the old capital of Wu State cannot be compared!

It's really down!

In Qingji's heart, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion for a while.

Zhou Tianzi has fallen to such a point, as the co-master of the world, how can he be embarrassed?

In 770 BC, Yijiu, the king of Zhou Ping, ascended the throne and became the first son of Zhou Tianzi of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

At that time, although the emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty gradually lost real power, because the dynasty had just changed from the Western Zhou Dynasty, the princes between the countries were only in the early stage of development.

Therefore, King Zhou Ping still has a certain amount of financial resources and authority.

Despite this, it is still far from the previous state of more than 10,000 people.

And the speed of the decline of Zhou Tianzi's power is unimaginable for later generations.

In the battle of Xuge, the second son of heaven in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, King Zhou Huan, was also shot in the shoulder by Zheng Guo's Zhu Dan.

The Son of Heaven who was hit by the arrow returned with a feather and lost the battle.

This is an unheard-of scandal for the Zhou royal family.

The generals of the princes shot Zhou Tianzi with arrows, which also symbolized that the countries would no longer obey the orders of the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Dan's arrow can be said to have shot Zhou Tianzi off the altar!

Zhou Tianzi, who was after King Huan, continued to lose his sovereignty over various places under the loss of face.

to the fifth generation of King Zhou Hui of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

After King Hui of Zhou succeeded to the throne, he forcibly seized the minister's garden as a hunting ground and raised wild beasts in the garden.

In the face of the empty name of Zhou Tianzi, these doctors naturally did not buy it.

As a result, the violated doctors jointly elected Wang Zi as the new Son of Heaven and expelled King Zhou Hui.

King Hui of Zhou had no choice but to flee, and although he was later restored by the armies of Yu and Zheng, the price was to divide the few remaining territories of King Zhou.

After such a toss, the Zhou royal family not only had a narrow territory and no majesty, but even had huge financial difficulties.

In 651 BC, King Xiang of Zhou ascended the throne, but he had a half-brother named Wang Zidai, who always wanted to take the throne.

Not only that, but the prince also had an affair with King Xiang's queen Kui.

At the time of the East Window Incident, after King Xiang of Zhou deposed the Kui clan, the prince took the opportunity to invade Gyeonggi.

King Xiang could only flee from Zheng State, and only returned to the capital after the success of King Qin of Jin Wen.

Since there is merit, it is a matter of course to reward meritorious deeds.

But at that time, Zhou Tianzi had nothing to reward Jin Wengong.

The fief that King Xiang of Zhou was able to grant to Duke Wen of Jin was only nominally his territory, but the actual control was not in the hands of the Son of Heaven......

What's even worse is that King Zhou Xiang died, and although King Zhou Qing, who succeeded to the throne, wanted to bury his father well, he really couldn't get any money in the face of the impoverished treasury.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

In other words, the emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty passed from the first generation to the seventh generation, and in just one hundred years, he was already humble to the point of "selling himself to bury his father".

Faced with this embarrassing situation, King Zhou Qing had no choice but to arrange for Mao Bowei to go to Lu to ask for gold to bury his father.

Fortunately, King Xiang of Zhou had some kindness to Duke Lu Wen, otherwise he might not be able to be properly buried......

Although he was the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty could only watch the remains of the former king in the early Spring and Autumn Period and could not be buried, and then humbly sent someone to ask for money to bury his father.

Then the days to come are even more miserable and unimaginable.

As early as the time of King Zhou Huan, the Zhou royal family had no money to bury him according to the specifications of the Son of Heaven!

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The monarchs and ministers of Wu drove all the way to the palace of King Zhou and stopped at the gate of the palace.

What catches your eye is a dilapidated palace.

Like the city wall outside, the palace of the king of Zhou is also in disrepair, whether it is walls, bricks and tiles, or beams and columns, they have all become potholes and have been devastated by the years.

So shabby, is it really where Zhou Tianzi lives?

Wu Zixu, Fan Li and others, who were following Qingji, couldn't help but glance at each other and were speechless.

"Minister, celebrate the Son of Heaven! Ten thousand years of the Son of Heaven! ”

In the empty hall, after Qingji saw Zhou Tianzi sitting on the throne, he led a group of ministers and doctors of Wu State to bow to the Son of Heaven.

A courtesy of a monarch?

Paying homage?

Don't even think about it!

Don't say that it is a great prince like Qingji, even if it is the monarch of Song, Lu, Wei, Zheng and other countries, when he meets Zhou Tianzi, I am afraid that it is impossible to really perform the courtesy of a monarch and a minister.

Seeing this, Ji Kuo, who was sitting on the throne, was also not surprised, and said with a wry smile: "Wu Hou is exempt from courtesy, flat body!" ”

"Thank you!"

Qingji slowly straightened his waist and looked at Ji Kuo.

At this time, Zhou Tianzi Ji Kuo was about forty years old, and he was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

It's just a bitter gourd face, with a short beard, wearing an old crown robe, and wearing a flat crown, and he no longer has much prestige as the co-lord of the world.

It seems that this person should be well controlled and can make a puppet!

In Qingji's heart, such a thought had suddenly born.

Can a widow coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes?

The moment this thought appeared in his mind, he was dispelled by Qingji.

Because at this time, Zhou Tianzi just had the title of "righteousness".

For example, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, why could Cao Mengde coerce the Son of Heaven to order him not to be subordinate?

Because the existence of the Han family is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, with Cao Cao controlling Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the princes of one side did not dare to easily offend the court and claim the king and hegemony.

It's just like Cao Cao's dying sentence-

If there is no loneliness in the world, I don't know how many people will be kings? How many people are emperors?

Judging from the current situation, the Zhou royal family is obviously not comparable to the Han court.

Zhou Tianzi's status cannot be compared with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

However, if Qingji can hold Zhou Tianzi in his hand, it may not be impossible to achieve the same level as Cao Cao.

But does it make sense?

Qingji is still unknown.

"Wu Hou has worked very hard all the way."

"The widow already knows the intention of Wu Hou, this time the kings of the three kingdoms of Wu, Jin and Zheng will meet in Luoyi to discuss the matter of killing the soldiers, and the widow will definitely deal with it impartially and uphold justice for the three kingdoms of you!"

Ji Kuo said with a pleasant face.

"Thank you, Son of God!"

Qingji bowed to Zhou Tianzi Ji Kuo on the throne and said: "Son of Heaven, I really don't hide it, the minister came to Luoyi, in addition to resolving the disputes between Wu, Jin and Zheng, he also came to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven!" ”

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