Chapter 40: A New Thing in the Song of the Dynasty
"Drive! Drive! Drive! ”
"Yin is ruined, how many days are there to go to Chaoge?"
"Your Highness, you have passed Caozhou, and there should be ten days to go."
"It's too slow, change my horse, regardless of horsepower, day and night, I must return to Chaoge within five days."
"No!"
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Far away in the court of Chaoge, Bigan knelt in front of the spirit of the king of Shang with red and swollen eyes, he was the younger brother of the prince of Shang, his eldest brother died, how could he not be sad?
It is also ironic to say that since ancient times, the family of princes and generals must be indispensable to deceit and cannibalism, and the drama of cannibalism and cannibalism has been indispensable since the Wuguan Rebellion during the Xia Dynasty, and the brothers fought for the right to inherit the father's throne, which occupies a huge space in the picture scroll of history.
The Shang Dynasty took this chaos to the extreme, the young and the young were disorderly, and the capable took office, but who was the capable? Paranoid people have long been there, the definition of excellence has always been the winner and the loser, kill you, can you prove that I am better than you.
It was not until the early Western Zhou Dynasty that the Duke of Zhou established the system of primogeniture inheritance with Zhou rites, which alleviated the matter of killing his father and killing his brother.
But it was only a relief, and the successors to the throne of Zhou Tianzi had descendants who overthrew this system, not to mention the many princes, as well as the various great unified dynasties in later generations.
In this regard, a certain Ming Jun of the Tang Dynasty and the fourth elder of the Ming Dynasty can be used as an example.
In such a chaotic history of succession in the Shang Dynasty, Bi Gan, as the younger brother of Di Yi, not only was not suspected, but was in the position of prime minister, and the appearance of Wenchen was enough to prove Di Yi's love and trust for this younger brother.
He is a person who is loyal and upright, pure-hearted, straightforward and selfless for the great businessman, which can be called a model of virtue, otherwise he would not describe having a seven-trick exquisite heart, that is, the heart of a child.
Most of the benevolent policies in the Emperor Yi period, such as agricultural mulberry and tax reduction, were formulated by Emperor Yi and handed over to Bigan to implement, the advantage is that he is really for the common people in the world, for the sake of Chengtang Sheji, and selflessly dedicates himself to implement these political propositions.
There are also disadvantages, for example, now, Huang Feihu said dry mouth next to him, persuading Bigan to poison the two brothers Ziqi and Zhongyan, but Bigan is honest and kind, and he is unwilling to kill his fellow clansmen.
This is his nephew, the eldest and youngest son of the dear eldest brother, they did not rebel, but they wanted to kill them, and neither an uncle nor a minister should do such a thing.
Huang Feihu was so angry that he jumped to his feet, and he wanted to immediately draw his sword and rush into the royal court and stab the two princes to death directly.
They have not rebelled yet, but Zi Qi contacted Tong Guan to guard the general to abandon King Guan Qin, Zhong Yan also exudes Zi Qi's wisdom and wisdom among the people, and can inherit the benevolence of Emperor Yi very well.
If Shang Rong hadn't noticed the abnormality and warned Huang Feihu in advance to take more precautions, at this time, the Tong guard would have killed Yin Tong to the west gate of Chaoge, and forced the palace to change the edict surrounded by many bewitched people.
Is that someone didn't do it? It didn't work out.
The old prime minister is very helpless on this point, too benevolent.
Seeing Shang Rong comparing the number "four" under the main hall, shaking his head slightly, Huang Feihu patted his head and finally remembered.
I was angry for a while, but I forgot Dr. Shang Rong's instructions.
"Prime Minister, since you don't kill these two sons, then I will send Zhou Ji and Longhuan to keep an eye on Ziqi, Huang Ming and Wu Qian to watch Zhong Yan, confined to the palace, and not to contact the outside world, so good?"
"Do you really not kill?"
"The first king has an edict on his deathbed, the Taishi has not returned, you are responsible for all the affairs, you have not given an order, I will not kill you."
"But, after all, they are two princes, so the four generals must not be rude, and they need to be treated as princes."
Seeing that Uncle Wang, who finished speaking, was about to cry in front of the first king's spirit again, Huang Feihu hurriedly grabbed Bigan: "The prime minister is more than sad, there is one more thing, the first king issued an edict before his death, let Xibohou Jichang, Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu support his spirit, Beibohou Chonghou Hu, and Nanbohou Echongyu to pay tribute to the new king, this is the princes' diplomatic relations, you have to do it immediately, it is to kill, it is a prisoner, it is a tribute, draw up a charter, and we can prepare in advance." ”
Hearing this, Bigan stopped crying, this is a big deal, not to be slack, immediately got up and beckoned the ministers under the hall to come forward, and was called to supervise in front of the coffin of the former king.
"The first king has an order, Nanbohou E Chongyu has not done his best to subdue Jiuli, and after the southern capital, the number of people and livestock will increase by 5,000, do you have any objections?"
Shang Rong immediately stepped forward: "The new king needs to establish prestige when he ascends the throne, and if he fails to do his job in southern Xinjiang, he should be punished, in previous years, the four great uncles all paid tribute to 5,000 people and animals in the autumn of Liqiu, which ...... It is equivalent to the fact that the tribute of the Marquis of Southern Hubei has directly doubled this year, is it a bit too much. ”
The ministers discussed and finally set the charter, and the punishment must be punished, otherwise the prestige of the new king will not be demonstrated, and the weak Nandu will not dare to disobey, and the identity is enough, just to show the princes of the Quartet, the new king succeeds to the throne, and the strength of the four princes is still strong.
"Dongbohou Jiang Huan Chu, the Eastern Expedition to the Yi clan has meritorious, although there are flaws, it is really a matter for a reason, the first king also let him help the spirit shovel soil, I propose, above the banquet, reward three gold, drive five cars, enjoy three animals, do you have any objections?"
This crowd will not refuse, the relationship between the new king and Jiang Hou's husband-in-law, the new king succeeds to the throne, Jiang is the queen, and Donglu is the biggest supporter of Chaoge in the future, even if this support is not so powerful, it is often overwhelmed by Dongyi, not more comfortable than E Chongyu, but with that relationship, Jiang Hou will sit back and relax in the future.
Besides, I will reward some small things and give enough face, but the actual benefits are not big, but small things.
"Beibohou Chonghou Hu, alas, Beibohou has lost troops and generals, and there is a rebellion in Beihai under his rule, the first king wants Binzhou Hou to take over Beijiang, but recently the Taishi sent a letter, the matter of Beihai is very big, but it can be regarded as pushing him to some responsibility, this matter, you can discuss it."
Northern Xinjiang is not easy to deal with, as an important barrier to isolate the Western Zhou Dynasty, Chonghou Hu failed once, but most of them still dutifully completed this task.
Now that the northern Xinjiang is eroding, it has gradually changed from a barrier to rely on to a drag oil bottle that is holding the central government, which makes all the ministers keep silent and dare not speak.
If you don't consider the reality, simply based on military strength, let southern Xinjiang and northern Xinjiang cross thousands of miles to fight, E Chongyu has to move the capital to 100,000 mountains to be a prince.
"Put it aside for the time being, wait for the Taishi class to return to the court, and the Taishi will order Chonghou Hu to come back and punish him personally." Huang Feihu saw that everyone was silent, so he opened his mouth to suggest.
"What the general said is extremely true, let's wait for the Taishi to come back and deal with it." The ministers seconded the proposal.
It's good, don't offend the Northern Bohou, and don't offend the Taishi, in case you give Chonghou Hu a knight and replace him with the Marquis of Binzhou, the war on the northern front is affected, who will take this responsibility, if a guy accidentally forces Chonghou Hu, the family will have to be used by the king to make sacrificial supplies, high-level human sacrifices.
"Xibohou...... The first king proposed to give Ji Chang the golden festival and the western expedition to the dog to strengthen the prestige of the business. Who's going to do this? ”
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Everyone was silent, this job is not easy to take, Ji Chang is a person who can speak well, the last time the doctor Du Zhu sent an envoy to the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was also ordered by the king to send troops to the Western Zhou Dynasty, but Ji Chang said "Sixty-three, Fu Yi: chastity, don't use it for ten years, no profit." "It's blocked.
Du Zhu didn't understand the meaning of this sentence until he died, and was dragged out by Di Yi in a daze to worship the autumn god.
Later, Taizhu pondered it like gossip divination, and after consulting Fuxi's gossip, he understood what Xi Bohou meant.
This is unlucky, don't mention it to me again for ten years, or the war won't go well.' ‘
It's very annoying to deal with the gods, and the gods are chattering every day, if you don't follow along to learn some Yili and Fuxi gossip, you really don't understand what he's expressing.
Western Zhou had the confidence to do this, fooled the messenger, and showed off his 'talent' in front of Di Yi.
Although the Taishi was beaten up in the back, the matter of going out to fight for the dog Rong was stopped. It's better to lose a battle than to take revenge on a cautious barbarian every year.
"Huh? Is there no one to take this to it? What are you afraid of? ”
Bigan can understand their concerns, but he doesn't accept it, we are invincible big merchants, what is the Western Zhou Dynasty, you people who are in high positions in big merchants, why are you so afraid of a bohou?
"Prime Minister, after Xibohou entered the court, he was willing to lobby." A young official stood up and said respectfully to Bigan.
"Very good, very good, who are you? Where do you live temporarily? ”
The young man bowed his body and said loudly: "Your subordinate Fei Zhong, for the time being, I will be a junior minister, a non-commissioned officer, and organize the history of my great business." ”
There have always been two sets of systems for the official positions of big businessmen, and the foreign affairs officials and princes customize their own appointments, highlighting a 'democracy and freedom', and never interfering;
The officials of the inner court are divided into fields (agriculture), history, ritual and music sacrifices, li (people), cities, and Rong (soldiers), and their ranks are also different from minor ministers (affairs officials, officials), lower doctors, and upper doctors.
"Doctor Xinjia, this person is your subordinate, if you order him to do this, can you do it?"
"Fei Zhong is smart, eloquent, and the son of a son and a princess, so he can be entrusted with this position."
"Very well, then I'll leave this matter to you!"
"No, the subordinates will do their best."
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Just when the Great Shang was in full swing to deal with many matters after the death of the first king, at the border of Beihai Taicheng, in the plain of the wild suburbs, Meng Wei found a valley that could avoid the wind and snow and hid in it with his army.
"What happened?" Seeing that the bonfire for cooking to ward off the cold had not been lit for a long time, Meng Wei walked over and asked.
"General, the wind and snow are too great for the flint to burn the hay." The soldier trembled his hands, and he didn't see any sparks for a long time.
Meng Wei pulled up the soldier, pulled out the long sword in his hand, and the burning was opened, and suddenly the sword body that was given high temperature ignited the hay, and the excited soldier shouted, "The general has divine powers." ”
Skills are small tricks, you can't use them often, otherwise you will die of anemia in the snow before you reach Beihai City.
The bonfire was lit, and the soldiers took the ignited firewood back to the fire pit where they were sitting to make a fire.
It is not wise to enjoy such warm and hot food only in a world that is empty and dark during the day and at night, and to light such a conspicuous fire.
Unless, find a good place to be protected from the wind on all sides, but this is a plain, and there is a small hill that everyone is already very content.
"General, the next step is the outskirts where Bi Fang is, what are we going to do?" Bian Ji asked with a bowl of hot soup in his hand and a shivering mouth.
This kid saw Meng Wei go on the expedition, without saying a word, he immediately followed with his armor and blade, according to his words, his father is the deputy general of Lintong Official, he is also a guest general, the guest will not go with the guest general, who else can he go with, look at the eye, go crazy together, isn't it happy?
Meng Wei looked at Bian Ji and his heart warmed, he was a little impulsive at that time, and he really couldn't think of any good way.
Just thinking about killing one more is one, you can reduce the burden on the northern frontier in the territory behind the enemy, and you can also find some opponents who can match to upgrade your skills and shorten your skill growth time.
The turtle is shrinking in Yancheng, with this little force, he is really waiting for death.
Moreover, he has a gut feeling.
If he leaves, the Taishi, who is accustomed to taking care of the overall situation, will definitely stay in Yancheng for a period of time, waiting for Chonghou Hu to lead people to change guards.
The withdrawal of the army is also to try to ensure the stability of the northern Xinjiang to withdraw the army, and directly give up an empty dangerous city, which is not the style of the Taishi.
It's a pity that I have suffered my brothers, and I don't know how far I can go.
"Bypass it, this strange beast is not something we can solve at the moment, let the detective ride go to explore the vicinity of Dirt City tomorrow, if you are lucky, we will spend the winter in Dirt City."
Dirt City, one of the princes of the Seventy-two Roads of Beihai, the lord is Wu Qi, the guard of Dirt City.
This was written down by Meng Wei on the complete map of the Beihai Sea when the vanguard army was discussing the attack on Daizong, and this map in his mind was an opportunity for them to settle down in this demon-infested territory.
At the same time, Dirt City is also an important starting point for him to realize his conjecture.