The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong.

The autumn festival symbolizes the harvest, and it is also the time when the princes offer a year's harvest to their ancestors, and whenever the autumn festival comes, it is the time when every city-state is lively.

There is not only the bustle of the nobles pushing the cups and changing the lamps, sacrificing the ancestors and gods, but also the "bustle" of the miserable wails of slaves and captives.

This year's autumn festival is not the first sacrifice in the first year of Emperor Xin, but it is the most lively.

Yin Shang experienced a cold winter and many counterinsurgency battles, this year's bumper harvest made the people of Dashang breathe a sigh of relief, and also made the king who had been stumbling for most of the year a rare raise his eyebrows, and finally could live a life less tightly, and he had to listen to the prime minister in his ear every day to talk about benevolence and benevolence, and his ears were tired.

At this time, in the Chaoge City, the busiest is Si Tianjian, Du Yuanmian is so busy at the moment that he can't touch the ground, and he has been accepting tribute from all the princes on behalf of the royal court.

At this moment, in the royal court, the courtiers of the great merchants are rushing to the palace for a rare court meeting.

"Doctor Fei Lian, in this recent situation, I feel that something is wrong with the king!"

At this moment, Fei Lian, who was walking on the avenue of the palace, listened to the inquiry around him and looked sideways, it was You Cang, who was the same doctor as himself.

"What advice does Dr. You have?"

You Cang tilted his head and looked around, and then stepped forward to whisper to Fei Lian, but he didn't think about it, Fei Lian directly stopped and distanced himself: "What can't be said in public?" ”

"Ouch, my Fei Lian doctor, what are you hiding from me, naturally there is something important at stake."

You Cang grabbed Fei Lian's sleeve, but he didn't get closer to his ear, but just lowered his voice and said, "Doctor Fei Lian, don't you think that the king has been a little slacking off in the past few days?" ”

"Recently, many of the ministers have been complaining, saying that they have been slow to approve important matters, and many reports such as levying conscription and increasing the tribute of the princes have been shelved, of course I know that this is the benevolent government advocated by the prime minister, but there should not only be mercy in this royal court, but there should also be the authority of the emperor, what do you think? Dr. Fei Lian? ”

Fei Lian looked at You Cang silently, this is an old minister who followed Emperor Yi to ascend the throne, the traces of time have turned a man who once personally drove a chariot for Emperor Yi into an old man with gray temples, Fei Lian still wondered, when the first king of Emperor Yi was in power, these radicals such as You Cang did not take the lead much, but the new king first ascended the throne for less than a year, why these people are so eager to compete for merit.

Without conscription, it would be difficult to carry out many political affairs, such as the canals of Chaoge City, the palaces of many royal courts, and the repair of city walls and the reinforcement of river embankments.

But now that the natural disaster has just passed, Beihai and Dongyi are in the process of pacification, Fei Lian doesn't understand, even if he wants to do great political achievements, can't he wait for the war to subside before doing it? Do we have to levy a large number of conscripts in one or two years for some projects that have lasted for many years to pursue merit?

"Doctor You Cang, why do you bother to tell me these things to a person like me who is in charge of the internal affairs of the royal court, haven't you already mentioned this to many ministers? How? It's not enough to have them, but you have to bring the old man with you? ”

Seeing that Fei Lian wanted to leave, You Cang was a little annoyed, but his face was still enthusiastic: "Since Doctor Fei Lian doesn't like to listen to this, Cang won't say it, so as not to pollute your ears with white and dislike people in vain." ”

"It's just that there is one more thing, I need the help of Dr. Fei Lian, I have a son-in-law, named You Hun, Dr. Fei Lian, you also know, I have no chance with my son in my life, and I have two daughters, among which this little son-in-law You Hun is quite talented, and I have been an internal service secretary for a year, which is really a waste of talent."

"You Cang is brave and recommends his son-in-law You Hun, who is the king's servant, and Dr. Wangfei Lian agrees."

Fei Lian is in charge of the internal affairs of the royal court, and the appointment and supervision of the internal officials of the royal court belong to him, You Cang has no way, he is in charge of the internal service of the big business, similar to the chief official of the minister, it is really not good to meddle in the affairs of the royal court, but when I think of my son-in-law, he is quite able to observe words and feelings, and his words are extremely profound, and he can live in harmony with his colleagues in the minister's office.

You Cang loves him very much, this person is a person who can achieve great things, if he can enter the palace and always accompany the king, he will not be a writer and much stronger? Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so humble to Fei Lian of the same level.

Now that the king has been in charge for more than half a year, the appointment and dismissal inside and outside the royal court have been basically finalized, except for the official positions of the two internal chamberlains, countless ministers are staring at it, who can be close to the king by three points, whether it is the future ruler, or listen to the king's voice, they can benefit a lot.

Looking at You Cang with a flattering smile on his face, Fei Lian was a little disdainful, he was different from these ministers of internal service, he was the "chief administrator" of the royal family, and the doctor of internal service could not control his royal court.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard You Cang's voice coming: "I heard that the son of Dr. Fei Lian is evil, bravely crowned the three armies, and now he is a small guard in front of the king, alas, it is a pity to be a talent." You Cang is not talented, and he is willing to recommend the evil to be the general in front of the palace, what does Doctor Fei Lian think? ”

“……”

"You Hun's name will be noted for the time being, after tomorrow, Doctor You will let him come to the king's drive, let me see it first!"

"Thank you, Dr. Fei Lian."

After some conversation, the two quickly separated, each stopped talking, silently followed the ministers, and entered the royal court.

Now that the Lord is sitting on the throne, Di Xin has precipitated a lot more than when he first ascended the throne, and he has the mind of talking less and listening more and not being scolded, and the whole person is a little more majestic, but with a pair of eyes as sharp as an eagle falcon, when he keeps staring at someone, there will still be a great murderous aura revealed.

The court meeting begins.

Di Xin looked at the ministers in the palace, his heart was a little tired, in the past, he was mostly in the military array, he thought that complicated military affairs were already the most troublesome thing in the world, but every time he sat on the throne of the royal court, he felt that the time in the army was his most relaxed and pleasant day.

"Dr. Du Yuanmi."

"Your Majesty is here!"

Di Xin's voice became a little low, like a tiger roaring, not angry and arrogant.

"The princes will report the matter of the courtesy to the ministers!"

"No!"

This matter has always been a charter before the autumn festival, and Du Yuanmi asked people to carry a large box of bamboo slips and began to sing praises.

"Dongbohou Jiang Huan Chu, 3,000 people and animals, six chiefs of the Dongyi tribe, 400 prisoners of soldiers and soldiers, and two white jade glass cups ......"

"Xibohou Jichang, 3,000 people and animals, four descendants of the dog Rong royal family, 800 elite Rong cavalry prisoners, ......30 Kunlun yam plants"

"Beibohou Chonghou Hu, 2,000 people and animals, another Binzhou Hou second son Tao Ping, Binzhou A soldier captured 300, 100 horses of the earth...... country"

Hearing this, all the ministers discussed a lot, and Di Xin was also frowning, the number of sacrifices was standardized, and the four sides had the most marquis, and the rest of the marquis, uncles, men, Wei, and Bang Bo were not equal to the actual tribute.

"Doctor Du, what is the level of Chonghou Hu's human sacrifice? What does Tao Ping, the son of Binzhou Hou, mean? "Cheng compared to the column to interrupt the roll call.

The Marquis of Binzhou is one of the four marquis of Northern Xinjiang, and has always been the main preparation of the warring states for the conquest of Rong, Yi, Guifang and Yiqu.

"Prime Minister, people and animals are captives and slaves in Binzhou, Tao Ping refused to obey discipline, and after the mediation of Chonghou, he fought with his brother to fight for the throne, and Chonghou returned to annihilate him."

"Alas, it's an eventful time in Northern Xinjiang! Tao Hou is a loyal and brave minister of my great business, and he has fought heroically against foreign races for generations, how can he be so ignorant of things in this generation? ”

Compared with what he could say, the other ministers didn't dare to pick it up, especially when they saw Di Xin's angry appearance.

Di Xin stopped, resisted the boredom in his heart, and motioned for Du Yuanmi to continue reading.

"Nanbohou Echongyu, 2,000 people and animals, three chiefs of the Shanyi tribe, 500 Jingzhuang Yi tribes, 30 Shenyin wood......"

“……”

Then came the gifts of the major princes, from morning to noon, but Di Xin and the ministers were tireless, this line is the life of life, but also the prestige of the great merchants.

All the princes were subservient to the Great Shang, and the new king ascended the throne, even if the snow disaster last year did not reduce the princes' reverence for the Great Shang, Di Xin was very satisfied, and most of the courtiers were also very satisfied.

Only the always benevolent Cheng Gan looked sad, and it seemed that only he and Shang Rong, who was in charge of etiquette, still had pity on these animals and slaves in their hearts, which was a little out of place with most people.

But fortunately, everyone is used to it, and if he is not merciful, then he is not a better person.

"Dirt City Wei Meng, sacrifice 1,000 people and animals, and offer two people from Beihai Licheng and Qicheng Bangbo, sacrifice a number of beasts, one for each Shengyu, and a hundred Ran relics."

"A thousand animals? Who is he, and how has he never heard of him? Dirt Castle Guard? How could a little Weijue sacrifice a thousand people? ”

The ministers were in an uproar, obviously a little incredible, if the marquis or even the earl gave such a gift, they would not be so surprised, Lord Wei, how could a city state be so rich.

Di Xin also asked with interest: "The widow remembers him, the last time General Kong Xuan returned to the court, he specially asked for credit for this person, and the widow also gave him the title of General Dangwei." Doctor Du, but this person? ”

Du Yuan pursed his somewhat dry lips and replied in a low voice: "The king, it is this person, in addition to the king's reward, the Chonghou was also promoted to the rank of knight and gave him the Outer Beihai Realm Dirt City. ”

"Aren't the princes of the North Sea greatly demoralized? Where did he get a thousand men and animals? ”

"Hui Yu Wang, this 1,000 people and livestock were bought by Meng Yanwei from the hands of the merchants, all of them were captured by the defeated army of the Yi tribe, and the sources are all over the world, but the minister took the initiative to check the source, the consignee is Lu Jia, a merchant in the northern Xinjiang, this dirt city guard is also quite interesting, the strange beasts killed on the front line are all looking for Lu Jia to exchange for money, so there is a thousand gold to buy human animals."

Di Xin was obviously more interested, his eyes were shining, and he hurriedly asked, "The alien beast actually makes money like this?" ”

Hearing this, Bi Gan chuckled in his heart, and the secret way was not good, so he hurriedly came out and explained: "King, Wen Taishi is still fighting in Beihai, although there are miraculous things about the food of strange beasts, but most of the army's daily use still depends on Chaoge to send thousands of miles away, Taishi's reply letter has mentioned that although the strange beasts are expensive, they are far less than the use of the army to levy. ”

Since the accession to the throne, the king of Emperor Xin has always been diligent in political affairs, that is, he has always had a special fondness for the affairs of the royal conquest, and he has advised the king more than once to suppress the strength of the emperor when he is recuperating.

Seeing that his careful thoughts were punctured by Bigan, Di Xin was not interested, and asked casually: "Then how much profit did he make?" How much money do people and animals use? ”

"According to the merchants, Meng Jiwei has made a total profit of 3,000 gold since the battle in Yancheng, and not only used all of it when buying people and livestock, but also owed 1,000 gold to the merchants, which will be slowly repaid in the future."

"Oh? This kid is funny, hahahaha! It seems that Lone is not wrong, he is a loyal and diligent person. ”

"I heard that Meng Wei is an extraordinary person? Haha, maybe, with our benevolent Prime Minister Bigan, I am afraid that the widow will not have the opportunity to fight again in the future, where does the evil come from? ”

Under the royal palace, a strong man who looked like a hill and was seven feet six inches tall immediately came out to answer the promise.

"Go and take the cast iron halberd used when he was alone under the Taishi's account, hand it over to Doctor Du, and give it back to the Dirt City Guard, which can be regarded as a sign of his loyalty, and in addition, Doctor Shangrong should spread this matter to the countries of the four frontiers, so that people can know what it means to be a good minister loyal to the Great Shang."

"No!"

With the good mood of Di Xin and the ministers, Du Yuanmi continued to sing the rest of the list of gifts, but after the terrifying list of the Dirt City Guards in front of him, the gifts of the other Wei Jue and Bang Bo seemed to have become like chewing wax.

It wasn't until Du Yuan's singing was over that Di Xin asked with a smile: "Doctor Du, is there a state of disobedience this time?" ”

Du Yuanmi pondered for a while, hesitated a little, and gritted his teeth after thinking for a while.

"King, except for the chaotic Beihai, Jizhou Hou Suhu has never paid tribute!"

"Huh? Why did Su Hu pay tribute in the future? ”

"This ...... Yesterday, Su Quanyi, the son of Su Hu, died violently outside the Chaoge City, according to the pedestrians and businessmen, Su Quanyi recited the words before he died. ”

"Emperor Xin has no virtue, and the way of heaven is clear. Jizhou Su Hu, never go to business. ”

"Bang!" With a loud bang, a thick wooden table was kicked by Emperor Xin like a piece of paper, flying out of the gate of the palace, and all the ministers dodged one after another, lest they fall on themselves.

"Hahaha, a good Su Hu, a good Jizhou, widowed and unvirtuous? The widow has gotten up to read the newspaper before the rooster crows every day, and the moon is still busy with political affairs, and the widow has no virtue? ”

"Nai Weng's Su Hu, where is Huang Feihu? Gather the army of the king division for me, the widow wants to drive the expedition in person, ask him Su Hu the whole clan, the soldiers of my great business warriors, and whether his army in Jizhou dares to stop it! ”

The ministers were shocked, and just as they were about to step forward to admonish, they suddenly heard a rumor from outside the palace.

"The king, Jizhou Hou Su encountered a natural disaster on the way to protect the tribute, and specially sent his son Su Quanxiao into the court song as a hostage, and re-offered the tribute needed by the great dynasty!"

"If it is a natural disaster, it is excusable, and the king is angry!"

Di Xin's heart was even more annoyed, it seemed that he could only sit on this throne, he couldn't go anywhere, he couldn't dance the halberd, and he couldn't get into the battle array.

It's time to find some new hobbies, or it will really suffocate you if you hold it any longer.

Thanks to the author of "Luoyin War and the Song of the Crossing God": Midwinter Frost Moon Looking at the Sun, drawing pictures overnight to provide a map of the princes of Beihai Seventy-two Road, thank you!!

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