Chapter 13 The Princes Pay Tribute and Force the Palace??

Honoring the king was originally a trick for the Qi State to shape its hegemony, but in Jiang Chen's change, the situation was completely different, and the emperor could completely restore the authority of the Son of Heaven again.

Unlike later dynasties, the authority of the Zhou dynasty was established on the approval of the princes.

Now that King Ping has moved eastward, it is extremely difficult for the Son of Heaven to get the approval of the vassal states, or the nobles.

But Jiang Chen's share of the king came out, and the situation can be said to be completely reversed.

This is no less than the Spring and Autumn version of the Tui En Order.

Because in Jiang Chen's plan, the so-called reverence for the king is not a simple external expansion, but any external expansion, with enough merit to be canonized by Zhou Tianzi.

This is undoubtedly extremely tempting.

More than a hundred years later, the Tian family and the three families need to be recognized by Zhou Tianzi before they can be regarded as officially becoming princes, and now Zhou Tianzi still has this face.

Now as long as this policy comes out, it is equivalent to giving all nobles a chance to establish a feudal state, and the sensation caused can be imagined.

In this era, no one could refuse the establishment of a feudal state.

Even the six secretaries of the Jin State are afraid that this is the case.

"I hope you can grasp it!"

Muttering to himself, Jiang Chen's gaze was a little wandering, the effect of this plan is undoubtedly outstanding, but the risk is also very great, whether it can be used well or not, then it can only depend on Ji Jin.

He's done enough to meddle anymore.

In the twenty years of Zhou Murmur, he can give Zhou Mur a chance, but it is only a chance.

If you can't grasp it, no one can blame it.

Thoughts flow.

Meanwhile.

Outside Luoyi, a large number of people came, and a number of cars and horses gathered.

"The Zhou Chamber is really decaying!"

On top of a huge and luxurious carriage, a middle-aged man looked at Luoyi in front of him, which had been corroded by the years, and couldn't help sighing, and spoke with emotion.

And behind his team, there are also teams.

If you look at Luoyi from Shandong, you will find that there are many teams heading towards Luoyi.

According to the regulations, the princes of the vassal states had to meet Zhou Tianzi once every five years.

And now, it is undoubtedly a tributary day every five years.

For example, the authority of today's son is getting weaker and weaker, but after all, it is not a broken sack like in later generations, and anyone can trample on it, and this time I don't know why.

The Jin State, a powerful country in the world, took the lead in sending personnel over, and even the Qin State and the Chu State, which had never been a bird Zhou Tianzi, also sent personnel.

As for Qi Guo, the initiator of the Emperor's Rebellion, he set off early.

At this moment, the whole Luoyi is particularly lively.

And Ji Chuxin, who was originally in the Zhou royal family, couldn't help but stand up excitedly.

"King, the envoy of the Jin Kingdom has entered the city."

"The envoy of the State of Chu has also arrived."

"Hahaha, Jin'er, the State of Chu is also here, it seems that my Zhou room really has a chance for revival."

Ji Chu stood up excitedly, his figure kept pacing, and the joy on his face could not be concealed, now it is not more than a hundred years ago, at that time, Zhou Tianzi could point at Chu State and scold the barbarians, even enough to make Chu State unable to enter the main hall, and now, even if it is just the arrival of Chu State, it is enough to make Ji Chu excited.

"Father, I'm afraid it's not a trivial matter for the princes to come this time."

Ji Jin frowned and spoke, he was not as optimistic as his father.

The countries, especially the Jin State, the Chu State, and the Qin State, did not pay much attention to the existence of their Zhou royal family, and this time they came over jointly, and the situation was obviously not right.

"It's not a trivial matter!"

Ji Chuxin didn't care, but smiled and spoke.

Ji Jin opened his mouth, but finally didn't continue to say anything.

And soon the tributary ceremony began.

With the curtain of some cold etiquette, a minister from various countries gradually entered the main hall and met with Zhou Tianzi.

What three bows and nine kneels are naturally impossible.

Of course, Ji Chu didn't care about this.

But after being brought by an envoy from various countries, Ji Chuxin's face couldn't help but darken.

Under the tributary system, Zhou Tianzi distributed the land, commoners, and slaves to relatives and meritorious officials, and made them princes. The princes must obey the orders of the Son of Zhou, pay tribute to the Son of Heaven, guard the territory in peacetime, and lead troops to fight with the Son of Heaven in wartime.

But now don't say obey the orders of the Son of Heaven, the poor tributes are all more humble than the other, you must know that in order to hold this tribute, Ji Chuxin has exhausted his family funds, and now these princes don't even have a valuable thing.

But fortunately, he was pulled by Ji Jin.

"Your Majesty, now that the four seas are alive, the Marquis of Jin has the merit of pacifying the Central Plains, and he should be sealed to resist Dongyi, Xirong, Nanban, and Beidi alone."

First, the envoy of the Jin State opened his mouth.

"Hmph, the marquis of the Jin State is already too high, and my Qin State and Xirong have opened up territory, so they should be ranked alongside the Jin State!"

Someone in the Qin State also stood up.

As the two spoke, the other nations did the same.

"The Jin State and the Qin State are just like this, the Son of Heaven once said that my Chu State is a barbarian, because there is a king above the prince, and my Chu State is because of the king."

Chu Guo also spoke.

"Arrogance!"

"Nonsense!"

"Your Majesty!"

....

The hall suddenly became extremely noisy, and the authority of the Son of Heaven seemed to be indifferent all of a sudden.

Obviously, the representatives of these princes did not take the Son of Heaven in their eyes at all.

At this time, Ji Chuxin, who saw this scene, was a little panicked, and the previous excitement could be said to have completely disappeared.

The titles of the Zhou Dynasty have always been extremely strict, divided into duke, marquis, earl, son, male and other five lords, all of which are hereditary, and the fiefs are all called the state, and they exercise the right to rule in the feudal country.

Even in today's era, there are only a few countries in the entire history of the Duke, mainly Song State, Yu State, Yu State, etc., and now only the Song State is left, Ji Chuxin never thought that one day, the vassal states would begin to unite to force the palace to promote their titles.

And what is even more exaggerated is that Chu State directly wants him to be crowned king.

Although the state of Chu has long established itself as the king, self-reliance and being sealed are completely different things, once he really agrees, his authority as Zhou Tianzi is basically gone.

can not agree, but the meaning of the princes in front of him is also extremely obvious, Zhou Tianzi does not have any capital that can refuse.

Ji Chuxin's palms were sweating a little.

But at this moment, Ji Jin took a step forward.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you want to go further, it's not impossible!"

The words were clear, and for a while, the entire hall couldn't help but be quiet, and all eyes couldn't help but converge on Ji Jin's body at this moment.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is this agreed?"

The envoy of Chu State couldn't help sneering, originally Chu State didn't plan to come this time, but thinking of what happened back then, Chu State was furious, so he couldn't help but come over and disgust Zhou Tianzi.