The matter of the mausoleum is handled by Mei Wu, and the funeral ritual vessel is mainly composed of four medium-sized bronze tripods, which are placed in a quadripartite pattern, and the funeral objects are placed with sixteen lords, horns, urns, kettles, mustaches, goblets, jars and other utensils, with reference to the rites of the Bohou.

The tombs of the Shang Dynasty are very interesting, the coffins are not placed horizontally, but with straight limbs on their backs, mainly rectangular earthen pit tombs, two concubines and vice pits, seventeen personal soldiers and soldiers accompany the burial of the main pit, and other slaves are buried in various other burial chambers.

The main room is also accompanied by copper ge, copper qi and jade Yue, jade ge, which are the ceremonial vessels that the princes are qualified to accompany into the tomb.

Meng Wei didn't talk about the funeral this time, he could pry the customs and etiquette of the little nobles, but he couldn't influence the martyrdom of the Chonghou, the sacrifice can also use foreign races as human animals, and the people who were buried have strict identity regulations, a little move, it is really self-isolating from the world, and the name of Meng Xubo is not far from him.

The reading of the prayer was supposed to be recited by Emperor Xin, and then it was displayed in front of Chonghou's coffin, but at this time it was replaced by Meng Wei, and when all the ritual things were done, the sky was close to sunset, and Meng Wei shovel was the first handful of soil, and the other servants covered it up one after another.

After the funeral is over, everyone returns to the city, and each returns to his own residence, the matter is over, and it is not suitable to talk about the matter of attacking the lord and asking the new marquis today, and the matter of the great urgency must be determined until tomorrow after playing against the king and the ministers.

After all, the old uncle has just entered the ground, so he has to avoid respecting one or two.

Tonight's night is shrouded in black clouds, and there is only the sound of the north wind howling outside the house.

Countless people are sleepless tonight, thinking of the hot-tempered but never over-the-top Chonghou, and also lamenting how difficult the future will be.

No matter how people try to avoid problems, a new day will eventually come, and sooner or later they will be faced.

Tomorrow's events have become inevitable, Chonghou's death has disrupted many of his plans, and the burden will only get heavier and heavier in the future, after all, except for him, there is almost no prince in the north who can fight. Whether it is to help the big merchants as a strategic buffer or to defend against foreign races, Meng Jiguo will inevitably stand in front of the stage instead of Chongguo.

Meng Wei, who got up early in the morning, told Wei Hu to take the children to freshen up, and then walk around, even if he went to see the tomb of Chonghou ten miles away in Xicheng, and did not approach the Hou Mansion at will today.

Immediately, Meng Wei washed his hair with warm water and soaphorn, re-pulled up the red agate hair crown, put on the earl's dress that he had not worn for a long time, and wore a gold and jade belt around his waist, and the outermost robe was embroidered with the most noble black silk Xuanyao pattern on a white background, and the Xuanniao's side had the embroidered patterns of rice, millet, millet, wheat, and mushroom.

After dressing himself up, Meng Wei took out a golden axe symbolizing the title of the marquis from the beast bag, rode on a pure white horse, and walked slowly towards the marquis's mansion.

The golden axe is a gift from Chaoge when the harvest is abundant, but it will not seem to be overstepping, and today's northern Xinjiang is particularly ironic, the three marquises, Jizhou Hou Suhu was imprisoned in Chaoge's prison, ready to be imprisoned to death; Binzhou Hou has been, and now the new Binzhou Hou is still cleaning up the tail of Hexi's hand, after two blows, the huge Binzhou Hou Liantai Port is not as good; As for Beihai Hou, don't mention it.

The three marquis who once dominated the northern Xinjiang and dealt with the alien races like drinking water basically disappeared, and the Chongguo also entered a period of decline, and I don't know whether the northern Xinjiang will recover first or the Rong people will go south first.

Meng Wei traveled all the way, and the people who got up early on the road bowed down one after another, until Meng Wei walked to the end of the street and disappeared into the heavy snow, they slowly got up, with expectation in their eyes, and quietly watched their children of Chongcheng step into the swamp of power.

In the early morning, the Hou Mansion was already full of princes and uncles, quietly waiting for the king's summons.

When Meng Wei first arrived, everyone gave up their positions and retreated behind him, only a few arrogant earls closed their eyes and pretended not to see.

Meng Wei raised his eyebrows and looked at it, he didn't know him very well, but he didn't take it seriously, he wasn't a knife coin or gold, and he couldn't make everyone like him.

Half an hour later, Mei Wu arrived late and called the people standing in the snow into the inner room to meet the king.

Di Xin didn't procrastinate, he directly put down the Chonghou handbook in his hand, and silently watched everyone stand still.

"There are many people who are widows who know each other, such as Uncle Yu and Uncle Sui, these are all old generals who have followed the widow and Chonghou to fight the ghost side. There are also many rising stars, similar to Meng Jibo, Taibo, and Yanbo, all of whom are upstarts who have been killed step by step by relying on military exploits in my northern Xinjiang, and of course, there are also many people who attack the lord. ”

"The country cannot be left without an owner for a day, the northern frontier and the Chongguo need the people in charge, the kings, what do you think and teach and widows?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on Meng Wei, silently waiting for this pair of 'virtuous monarchs and good ministers' who had become famous throughout the four frontiers to play the pair.

"The king, Chongying Biao's wisdom is not enough to Anbang, he is good at martial arts and bullying, he is evil and has no self-knowledge, and he is not enough to attack the lord, the minister implores him to restrain him, temporarily retain the position of marquis, and the three elders of Chongguo Mei, Fang, and Wu will temporarily manage state affairs, and when Chongying Biao will wake up, and then return to him."

The Bang Bo in Northern Xinjiang raised their eyebrows, staring at Meng Wei with a complicated face, is this to learn from Yi Yin and recreate the three-year covenant?

"I know what you mean, if Ying Biao has been obsessed, what will you do?"

Meng Wei smiled, revealing his white front teeth, looking a little honest: "Then let him cultivate his self-cultivation, and have a lot of ancestors from the Chong family, as long as there are many children, there will always be one or two good heirs." ”

“……”

Fortunately, Chongying Biao was not at the scene, otherwise he would have to fight with Meng Jibo when he drew his sword high and low, which is simply too insulting, isn't this raising people as stallions?

Di Xin only hesitated for a moment and put the matter aside, he had just come back from Hexi, and he was holding back the fire in his heart, whether he could cut Chongying Biao with a knife, even if it was a kind of remembrance and respect for Chonghou.

"Northern Xinjiang can't be dominated by one day, and someone needs to be in charge of many matters, do you have any recommended candidates?"

The highlight came, only to see Uncle Yu, Uncle Sui glanced at each other, and then the older Uncle Yu said: "If the position of Chonghou is vacant, and the minister thinks that there is only one marquis in Northern Xinjiang today, that is the Marquis of Binzhou Tao Lin is qualified to inherit the position of the marquis." ”

As soon as Uncle Yu's words fell, Di Xin casually grabbed the wine lord on several cases and smashed it on Uncle Yu's head, and suddenly the Earl of Qiuguo, who was over half a hundred years old and adjacent to Caozhou, split his forehead, and his face was bloody.

"Your Majesty, what did the minister say wrong? Why the beaters? ”

Di Xin showed a disdainful gaze, looked at the old man angrily, and said disdainfully: "Don't you know that I just came back from Binzhou? Did the Tao family do a good job or did he defend the land? The territory of the entire Binzhou has become the size of a projectile, and most of the west of the river has been mourned, and the widow has not been given a great gift except for his lordship, and you still dare to recommend him? I think that since you are already dizzy, it is better to abdicate early and let the wise people in the clan succeed to the throne, so as not to let the kingdom of Yu also be defeated by you! ”

Di Xin's words were extremely heavy, which made Uncle Yu's face red, and he hurriedly wanted to step forward to explain, but Uncle Yu grabbed him, kept shaking his head, and whispered in a low voice.

"My good big brother, don't rush to die, doesn't it seem that the king is waiting for someone to nominate Meng Jibo? People want to play three resignations and three concessions, build momentum for Meng Jibo, don't be impulsive, go to others as a stepping stone. ”

There was some silence in the hall, and countless people secretly watched Meng Jibo, and they could be regarded as tasting the taste, Uncle Yu, Uncle Sui was unwilling, but he didn't dare to recommend himself because of his own strength, obviously the king was waiting for Meng Jibo to take the initiative to ask for the position of Bohou, or someone stood up to make a recommendation.

Now that Northern Xinjiang is in such a bad situation, except for Meng Jibo who can stand up and take over the burden, whoever else is on the throne can't suppress other princes of the same level.

Meng Wei sighed in his heart, he really didn't want to be a tinker, Chongguo's strength was strong enough, he pressed down the gourd and floated the scoop, he has been fighting for the past few years, either fighting the Rong clan or fighting with the rebellious princes, he also wants to develop quietly, and wait until the population rises, step by step to encroach on the countries around Meng Ji, and steadily and effectively advance his territory.

Bearing the responsibility of Bohou, it seems that the scenery is infinite, and the responsibility is a bit of Meng Ji's heritage, helping the entire northern Xinjiang forward, but he is not willing to let others take over the position of Bohou, not because of jealousy, he simply feels that these people may not even be able to defend their own land, and they do not have the strength to pull out the height, so they can only take everyone into the deeper abyss and never return.

Feeling Di Xin's straight eyes, Meng Wei didn't understand what the king meant, so he also made a list of resignations: "The king, the minister is young and not qualified enough, so he doesn't dare to take on this big responsibility." ”

"You are Meng Jibo of the Great Merchants, naturally you have to forge ahead, if even you don't dare to take this position, who else in the entire Northern Xinjiang can serve the public?"

Meng Wei shook his head and resigned again: "The minister doesn't dare to get this praise, there are still a lot of talents in Northern Xinjiang, this burden is really heavy, and the minister is afraid that he will not be able to handle it, and he will miss the Northern Xinjiang and the king's major affairs." ”

Uncle Yu wiped the blood on his face, the sweat and blood were mixed and flowed continuously, and he kept exclaiming in his heart: 'You don't want it, give it to me, I'm willing!' ’

But he didn't dare to speak, the king liked this young man, behind Meng Jibo there were still Taibo and Yan Bo, strictly speaking, there are also generals of Meng Jiguo active in Liaodong and Hexi today, and the 350,000 soldiers of the State of Qiu are far from enough for Meng Jiguo to plug his teeth.

It's one thing to not be able to get it, it's another thing to want to take it or not, Uncle Yu has anger in his eyes, and he can only stare angrily at Uncle Yu, who is holding on to himself, as if he is blaming his teammates for not giving strength, and they don't know how to assist.

At this time, the atmosphere was a little delicate, and Taiyu stepped forward to play a round and said to Meng Wei: "Why does Meng Jibo have to carry all the burdens on his shoulders? Northern Xinjiang is prosperous, and everything is lost, if you become a marquis, we will all obey your call, how can you let Meng Jibo bear everything alone? ”

After saying that, Tai Yu bowed down in front of Di Xin and sang loudly: "Tai Tai Gang is willing to respect Meng Jibo as the Marquis of the North!" I am willing to advance and retreat with Meng Jiguo! ”

"Yancheng is willing to respect Meng Jibo as the Marquis of the North!"

"Liaodong is willing to respect Meng Jibo as the Northern Prince!"

“……”

The singing of one after another resounded throughout the Hou Mansion, Mei Wu looked at the young man in front of him, and his heart was full of emotion, and then after glancing at the Fang clan and the Wu clan, he got up and went out of the ranks.

"Chongguo is willing to respect Meng Jibo as the Northern Uncle!"

The rest of the princes are awe-inspiring, and the former big brother has fallen down, what else can they hold onto?

As a result, the rest of the people followed and bowed down: "May I respect Meng Jibo as the Marquis of the North." ”

Even Uncle Yu and Uncle Sui, who have always been unwilling to give in, are a little lamenting at the moment, although they did not speak, their bodies honestly bowed down with them, and they didn't want to be prominent among themselves.

Looking at the group of princes who worshipped, Meng Wei couldn't help but caress his face a little helplessly, the general trend is inevitable, maybe the development of Meng Ji in the future can no longer be in a safe corner, and his many plans can't withstand the changes of time, I just hope that these people can really cooperate with him to fulfill his promise to sincerely develop Northern Xinjiang.

"Great King, if the minister accepts the position of the Northern Prince, what should I do with the identity of Chaoge Nong Yin? What about the unfinished Dongyi Expedition? ”

"If there is something to do, the widow will recruit you into the court song, you can set the goal higher and farther, didn't the ancestors of the old women also rule the northern frontier, can they still fight Dongyi and Jingchu for the king?"

Chen Tangguan stayed awake that night, in addition to remembering the old man and remembering Chonghou, he also kept thinking about these things.

Nowadays, many of the previous layouts have to be recounted and re-planned, and the increase in rights means the increase in responsibilities.

In fact, now that the Xiongnu army has been transferred to Liaodong, Zhao Bing and Deng Zhizhong have also been transferred to Hexi, it doesn't matter if he does this Northern Bohou or not, he is already performing the duties of the Bohou, just like a little overlord in Northern Xinjiang.

I hope that Jiang Ziya, who is in Mengji, can withstand these pressures, and while supporting the situation, don't forget to develop the economy and agriculture.

"Thanks to the king's refusal to give up, the trust of the predecessors in Northern Xinjiang, Meng Wei is willing to be the Northern Bohou, and I hope that in the future, Chongguo will be safe, Northern Xinjiang will be unharmed, and Dashang will be unharmed!"

Di Xin nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand to let the waiter present the Bohou seal letter, and said gently: "Good, you can be regarded as not in vain Chonghu's hard work, Chonghu has left a letter, and has already designated you to inherit Chongguo and inherit the position of Bohou, but I can't give it to you Chongguo." ”

"In the future, we will guard the northern frontier for the widows and let the northern frontier prosper again!"

"Oh, by the way, Chonghu's letter mentions that if you are willing to take over the position of Bei Bohou, he left a legacy for you, and later, you can go to the ancestral temple of the Chong family, where there is a gift from Chonghu to you at the end!"

(End of chapter)