After Qi Hou left, Luo Su did not deal with government affairs, but sat quietly in front of the table, the shadows cast, and his eyes were a little dark.

Ji Zhao's gaze fell on him, and his black pupils gradually became golden.

The first generation of aristocrats, who had been on the road and overcoming obstacles to open up living space for the ethnic group, had fallen to this extent in less than a hundred years.

Xiong Dun, a prince who has made great contributions, cannot be regarded as a guest by the Son of Heaven.

A flattering villain like Yuki was able to enjoy a high position.

Even Duyi, a symbol of the Mandate of Heaven of Bang Zhou, has become a tool for power and profit.

Luo Su closed his eyes slightly, his mind was full of the classics that King Su had written, and those words were constantly reorganized and turned into his spiritual food.

"This is what the ancestors said in the "Luo's Family Motto", the gentleman's Ze, the fifth generation and beheaded.

The world is difficult, and after the king of Su, he is moving forward bravely, sweeping away the traitors and calming the world. ”

Luo Su, who had figured out something, got rid of those complicated thoughts and quickly threw himself into work again, only Ji Zhao knew how much struggle he had experienced in his heart in a short period of time.

If someone is around him, you may be able to hear him muttering to himself: "Fortunately, Ji Wan is dead, otherwise it will take a lot of effort to kill him." ”

Ji Zhao smiled at the corner of his mouth and retracted his gaze, he was now more and more satisfied with his junior.

【Luosu:

Power Fight: 95 (95); Governance: 96 (96); Yuren: 95 (95); Command: 42 (42); Force: 50 (62); Military Strategy: 50 (50)】

Luo Su's attributes have reached their peak, even in the long river of history, he is also the top prime minister, and now he has broken the steel seal on his thoughts, Ji Zhao is looking forward to what he will do in the future.

……

Following.

The Regency Council issued an edict appointing the Taibao Qi Marquis as the king's envoy to the military and state affairs of the western part of Zhou, and still added the title of the third prince Taibao, the chief of Xia, and the temporary princes of Zhenxi, so that the king was ordered to lead 12,000 people to the west.

This is the greatest power obtained by the ministers who went out to fight since the founding of the Bang Zhou Dynasty, except for King Su, and the ministers of the entire Wangji can't help but look sideways.

Facing Luo Su, who came to see him off, Qi Hou couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Asu, now your uncle and I can be regarded as being roasted by you on the fire, this edict is too outrageous." ”

Luo Su smiled: "Uncle is a supernatural person, how can he be afraid of these gossips? The nephew also had to do this, if he wanted to deter the western princes, he had to do so. ”

This is Qi Hou, others would never be willing to do such a thing for Bang Zhou's social organization, but Jiang Qi is a major shareholder who owns at least a quarter of Bang Zhou's shares.

The Queen Mother is Jiang Qi's concubine, and the Son of Heaven has half of Jiang Qi's blood. Although there is no prince yet, everyone knows that the next prince's wife is still Jiang Qi's daughter-in-law.

Such a close relationship of interests is the fundamental reason why Luo Su trusts Qi Hou.

Qi Hou shook his head and said domineeringly: "The matter has come to this, the old man has been through the battle array, he is not a timid person, if someone dares to slander, he has 30,000 tigers in the Qi country, who can stop me?" ”

Luo Su laughed and said: "Uncle is domineering, in the past, Taigong Wang followed King Su to the east, and made great contributions to my state Zhou, and today my uncle is my state Zhou Sheji, leading the army to the west, Jiang's surname is Lu, it is really my state Zhou Dinghaishen needle is also!" ”

Qi Hou who said Luo Su's words was also full of enthusiasm, and the glorious ancestor was the memory engraved in the blood of every Zhou person.

As soon as the two of them touched each other and drank it all, the Marquis of Qi led his army west.

……

Sending off the Marquis of Qi, Luo Su began to prepare to deal with the structural problems caused by the nobles of the princes in Wangji.

The situation of the princes of Bangzhou was far more complicated than that of the princes outside of Jin, and the princes outside of Jinai were mainly allies like Qi Luosong, which were linked by blood, and a large number of relatives with the same surname lived together, and even in an army, all of them were people of the same race.

However, for a hundred years, the princes of Jinai intermarried with the royal family surnamed Ji, and the alliance formed between the two sides was linked by politics, which was a relationship that was both strong and fragile.

Under the dim oil lamp, Luo Su put down a roll of bamboo slips, which had been piled up into a mountain in his official office, and after his long-awaited sleep, he finally sorted out the intricate relationships a little.

Today's Kinai princes can be summarized into four surnames and seventeen clans.

Among them, the descendants of the surname Ji are basically princes who have not been divided into foreign feudal titles, such as the three eldest sons of King Li, many of whom take the king as their clan to show their bloodline.

There is also a family with the Zhou family as the main lineage, and this branch is the descendant of King Su.

The rest are based on the location of the caiyi, and the four families of Zhang, Yang, Li, and Sun are the largest, and most of them are the descendants of the Ji surname clan who were not divided during the two great feudal periods.

As one of the major shareholders of Bang Zhou, the power of the surname Jiang is still huge in Wangji, especially the Ji family, which is one of the branches that Taigong hopes to stay in Wangji.

The Shen family is also a strong branch of the Jiang surname, but it is not as prominent as the Lu family.

There are also Xu, Xie, and Gao, who are already the third generation of the Jiang surname, and their main branch is no longer in Wangji.

Among the princes of Jinnei, the surname Ying is a more peculiar existence, this is the only one who has followed the king of Zhou since the time of Qi Zhou, but there is no big surname of the fief outside Qi, they have raised horses for Zhou Tianzi for generations, and they are one of the military nobles in Jinai.

This time, Qi Hou went westward, and there were a large number of people surnamed Ying to follow, Luo Su circled Ma Zheng, this kind of talent should be placed in the northwest kind of place, put in Wang Ji waste, Ying surnamed Xu, Jiang, Fei are more practical clans.

The surnames are Qi, Zeng, and Chen, all of whom are descendants of relatives from outside Qiqi who came to Wangji with the queen and his wife.

The Qi country of the descendants of King Yu, when it was feudal in Daxing, was as expensive as the Song State, but now the national strength is completely different, but the descendants of these migrated to Wang Ji are very prosperous.

Since the geography is not as far apart as the princes of the outer provinces, through intermarriage, these clans live together with each other, and even people with three surnames live in a standard mining and eup.

Luo Su looked at the Gongqing clan that he had sorted out, and began to think back to the political tendencies of these people during his years of rule, and he was ready to talk to the patriarchs of these clans.

After judging, Luo Su decided to start with the three branches of Ji's surname Zhou, Jiang's surname Shen, and Ying's surname Fei, which were the three clans that were most likely to support him.

Ji's surname Zhou is his clan, although the two sides have less contacts, but the successive Luohou have been in power in Wangji, and they have taken care of this clan, and now is the time for them to repay.

Jiang's surname Shen used to be an important country in the west of Yin Shang, and later with the confluence of Ji and Jiang, he joined the Bang Zhou, and now Jiang surnamed Lu is the most prominent prince with a different surname in the Bang Zhou, and Shen is afraid that it will not be so good.

As for the surname Ying, because the number of clans is relatively small, there are more exchanges, so you can just see one.

……

After many days of marching, the Marquis of Qi finally arrived in Haojing, led by Cheng Hou, and the princes in the west respectfully welcomed Wang Qi into Beijing.

Qi Hou stood on top of the chariot, although he was an old man, but he had the style of the ancestor Taigong, covered in armor, and he looked like a battlefield general.

Looking at the oppressive crowd in front of him, Qi Hou took out the edict and said loudly: "The regent council makes an order, and the secretaries receive the order." ”

The Regency Council has all the powers of the Son of Heaven, and it is naturally normal for the regency to issue edicts, and in the face of the will of this hierarchy, the princes are all bowed, and the princes and below, regardless of vassals, ministers, doctors, and scholars, are all bowed.

"The Regency Council for all military and state affairs of the Acting King and the Governor of the Regent Zhou said:

The Marquis of Qi was ordered by the king to be the general envoy of the military and state affairs inside and outside the western part of Zhou, the Taibao, and the king was ordered to conquer the general of the west, the chief of Xia, and the princes of the west of the town.

The princes of the west, regardless of their relatives and relatives, and the princes and princes, were all under his orders.

Erqi Qin! ”

Crisp and neat, in line with Luo Su's usual style of doing things, everyone was about to get up, when they heard Qi Hou say slowly and leisurely: "Don't worry, there is an edict." ”

At this time, even the princes paused their heads.

"Acting for the king, the Regency Council of the General Regent Zhou for all military and state affairs said:

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister.

Zhu Gong since the time of King Su is the Son of Heaven Fence, is the descendant of the State Zhou Heavy Ministers, the Zhenxi Princes Cheng Hou Yun, the ancestor Cheng Hou Lin, is the younger brother of King Su, King Su called it energy, King Kang praised the talent of the three princes, can be a great responsibility.

During King Su's crusade to the east, Cheng Hou stayed in Haojing, raised grain and grass, and taught the Son of Heaven, how high-spirited he was.

The Son of Heaven thanked him for his kindness and merits, and gave him two hundred miles of land, so that Cheng Guo flourished.

When he moved eastward, he also handed over the burden of guarding the heavy places of the temple such as Ho Jingcheng to the monarch of Cheng State.

I never thought that you were so incompetent, causing the dog to cholera and pickaxe Jingwangji, and the land of three hundred miles could not be controlled, what use do you want!

I really don't know how you will face your ancestors after a hundred years.

There are also you and other western princes, Cheng Hou has the responsibility of Zhenxi, and you and others are all clan relatives and nobles, and they enjoy today's high position by blood, don't you have the responsibility to be the Son of Heaven?

The first king once said that the growth of Xirong is like a fire in the prairie fire, and the Son of Heaven should come to Xinghao Beijing to rebuild the ancestral land.

However, as we see now, the western princes are really unbearable, if the widows are fortunate to be here, you and other vassals are still like this, and Xirong shows off his might in front of the widows.

Where is the majesty of the Son of Heaven? What is the destiny of Bang Zhou?

The edict is here, to see the after-effects. ”

This edict can be said to have scolded the entire western princes, especially Cheng Hou, this edict refers to the scolding of the surname.

It can also be seen from his sweaty head and face that when he listened to the edict, he should have been quite frightened in his heart, worried that he would become the target of being killed and set an example for monkeys.

However, when they heard the back, their mood improved, and this was the first time in decades that they had heard words about moving the capital back to Hojing at the official level.

Those who still had glory in their hearts blushed when they heard these words, and when they got up, they covered their faces with the sleeves of their robes.

As for those shameless people who only know pleasure every day, their attitude is very casual, just scold, anyway, a piece of meat is indispensable.

The wise men in the west heard what Luo Su meant from the edict, which was to tell them that Luoyi Wangji had already known your plan, and now stop it immediately, and it would be enough to keep a decent place.

If he is not willing to ask for this dignity, the 10,000 troops brought by the Marquis of Qi and the official position of "the military and state envoy of the western part of the Zhou Dynasty" are not vegetarians, he is responsible for helping those who are not willing to be decent.

Cheng Hou, Mao Hou, Tai Hou, and Bi Hou said to Qi Hou with a smile: "Duke Qi, we have prepared a banquet for you in the pickaxe capital, and the wine and food prepared for the soldiers have also been prepared. ”

Stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling face, Qi Hou didn't care what these people thought in their hearts, but they just saw the move, and the soldiers came to block the water and cover the earth: "I'm tired of the princess, lead the way." ”

Seeing that Qi Hou's attitude was not bad, many people's hearts in their throats lowered slightly, since they were still willing to talk, it meant that things still had a turn for the better.

Qi Hou speculated based on the performance of these princes and doctors that these people were panicked, but they were not afraid.

This attitude shows that they have indeed committed crimes, but they should not reach the level of taking the title and removing the country.

In other words, there is a high probability that this time Xirong's offense is not something they should cooperate with, but it should not be able to get out of it, and the specific situation needs to be understood later.

Cheng Hou leaned next to Qi Hou and said with a smile: "Duke Qi, I don't know what the Taishi's attitude is when he hears about this?" ”

Although they knew that these two decrees could basically represent the attitude of Luoyi Wangji, they still wanted to know the attitude of Luosu himself.

Qi Hou glanced at Cheng Hou, patted him on the shoulder and said, "The Taishi has outstanding prestige, and the regent meeting will be decided in one word." This time, he was only busy with the important affairs of the state and the country, so he sent Gu to come, if Gu couldn't make a difference, the Taishi would definitely come in person. ”

Although Luo Su's power has not reached this level, Qi Hou naturally wants to blow it, otherwise he, an outsider, will not be able to scare these old oilmen just by virtue of his official position.

The Marquis of Qi himself is the princes of Qiwai, and he understands the psychology of these princes, no matter how strong the Qi country is, the emperor is far away.

Luo Su is a famous third duke who often deals with the princes, and since the time of King Su, the monarch of Luo has been four consecutive generations of three dukes.

In the foreseeable future, the monarch of Luo will still firmly hold the high position of the three dukes, and no prince will deliberately offend such an existence.

Cheng Houyun was a little embarrassed on his face, and complimented: "The ancestor of the clouds, the handsome man of the world, the ancestors of the clouds, are incompetent to the outside world, which makes the dog Rong invade Wang Ji's heart."

Fortunately, the Taishi transferred Qi Gong to the west to preside over major affairs, Qi Gong is the general of Bang Zhou, and Yun has also heard of it in the west, Qi Gong is coming, Dog Rong will definitely be defeated, Qi Gong is coming, Wang Ji is definitely peaceful. ”

Cheng Hou's exaggerated praise made Qi Hou feel uncomfortable. Hurriedly said: "Cheng Hou has said it, three hundred miles away, there are many talents, and there are only dogs, but you can catch it." ”

After a round of praise and preliminary conversations, Qi Hou's impression of Cheng Hou was that he was sleek and thick-skinned, and he was not very easy to deal with.

And along the way, no one else came to talk, indicating that Cheng Hou, the prince of Zhenxi, still has some prestige.