Chapter 875: Chu State Reform (II)
"I'm watching...... In the past, Jiangcheng was really dyed red with blood and fire. β
When everyone heard this, they were a little dazed, and some of them who knew history were stunned.
"Jiang is red, Xinjiang City is the current national capital, but there is a Jiangcheng in the northernmost part of Chu State, called Jiangcheng, which is the early birthplace of Chu 5,000 years ago, and the picture should refer to this...... Don't you think it's like today?"
Jing Zhuang glanced at everyone, maybe he was a little helpless just now, and then his eyes were a little unusual, and he sighed: "The original sealing of our country was only a hundred miles away, and it was not called Chu State at that time, but Jing State...... The city on the mural is not actually owned by us, and at that time Jingguo was only a private throne of a feudal state in the south. β
Everyone is the head of the chin, and this kind of private feudal princely state has always been an expedient measure for frontier development, which is not recognized by the Middle Earth Dynasty, and the gold content is very low.
"In my early years, I was fortunate to listen to the teachings of the first king, and this mural is the first generation of scenery, for a long time there were only about 1,000 households, and there was not a single county in the mainland, just a township. β
"At this scale, there are barely temple sacrifices. β
Jingzhuang took half a step forward, his eyes fell on the volcano in the center of the mural, it was not the first day he saw this painting before, but the ups and downs of the past three years, it was very emotional to see this painting again.
"I was thinking that if it hadn't been for the misfortune that happened later, this ancestor of ours would have lived to old age safely, and then there would be no future. β
This emotion is not for no reason, the eight wilderness regions are all kinds of unstable due to the new birth, in addition to the wild beasts, barbarians and various natural disasters, which makes the danger of frontier development is nine deaths, many times success or failure depends on luck, once Jinghou's vassal state, it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption...... And that's not even the worst of all.
Jingzhuang crossed the mural, and another painting appeared in front of him.
Or the road of endless heaven, the main family suffered a catastrophe, Jinghou was lucky to survive, clean up the remnants of his family and the main family, and get a glimmer of life.
At that time, Jinghou decided to leave the old garden that had turned into a lava hell, but found something even stricter - the road to the north was blocked, and there was no way to even ask for help from the mainland, because the magma destroyed the Xunpan stations along the road, and Jinghou was not the original king of Chu, and there was no way to worship the heavens.
Of course, it is possible to abandon the 100,000 remnants and go back with the elite over the mountains and mountains, but the lord of the country did not abandon it, he announced to everyone that he would rebuild the state of Chu and would lead the Chu people to the south to cross the mountains, which was intellectually a complete adventure.
The legend began.
Jingzhuang did not stop this time, but walked all the way, watched all the way, and the next murals depicted this great migration.
In the enthusiastic praise and beautiful depictions of the Chu people in the following generations, the first generations of liehou led the people to "blue wisps of the road and enlighten the mountains and forests", and gradually migrated to the south of the 100,000 mountains, and multiplied all the way.
From the scenes in the murals, many different styles of cities can be identified, and the capital has been moved to Dancheng, Chencheng, Youyancheng, and Qidicheng...... Witnessing the migration of generations of Chu people.
It is worth mentioning that because it was too far away from Kyushu and the communication and transportation between the mortal world were cut off, the Chu people never received any substantial support from the Middle Earth Dynasty, which was very rare in the development of feudal states in history, which caused the long and difficult time for the Chu people to open the territory, which had a great impact on the character of the Chu people.
Almost every Chu person, from birth to death, is trying to find a more favorable environment for survival, and does not hesitate to take risks to do so.
But in a sense, it may not be a bad thing, thousands of years of long migration and colonization, adversity and prosperity, a spirit is condensing, and it is in harmony with the original fire and virtue of the Chu State, and countless heroes have emerged to explore, struggle, and change, so that the Chu people and the Chu barbarian tribes of the aborigines of Shannan have been at war endlessly, survived tenaciously, and gradually grew the ethnic group.
The verandahs of the palace complexes turn to a palace near the main hall, and the black and white pictures change to color and come to life.
In the center of the color picture is an altar with many ancient prayers written on it, which attracts the attention of the monarch and his party.
"It's like ......"
Jing Zhuang secretly thought, maybe like today, the Heavenly Court Red Vein back then was so special attention, right?
Unlike the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was established by the last emperor who broke through to the border wasteland, the population growth of most of the feudal states was after a long period of accumulation, and some were lucky enough to take advantage of the troubled times of the Middle Earth Dynasty to absorb displaced people, but at that time, the Chu State was isolated from the world and did not have this condition, and it took thousands of years to accumulate a population of 10 million.
That is, thousands of years ago, the critical threshold of 10 million people was reached, the qualitative change was completed, and the accumulated salary spontaneously combusted.
The ancestors of that generation of Chu Hou were finally able to ascend the altar to worship the heavens and contact the heavenly court, and at that time, the entire red vein was eye-catching, and it is said that the Red Emperor paid direct attention to it, or had been paying attention to it for a long time...... He was rewarded with the Natal Yuanchen Dan, and urged the imperial court at that time to canonize the throne - that is, King Chu Lie, the first king of Chu.
King Chu Lie overrode the public opinion at the southernmost tip of the border at that time to establish Xinjiangcheng, moved the capital to the front line, poured the country "Daqi group barbarians", successively two generations of Chu kings died in the hands of barbarians, to the third generation of Chu Zhao King finally destroyed the two strongest enemies of the barbarian kingdom that killed their ancestors and fathers.
Even so, there were still more enemies, and the danger of subsequent development was endless, and every one or two generations a Chu king would die in battle, which caused the throne to be in turmoil, and the rebellion of the people of the country to overthrow the incompetent monarch was rare in Middle-earth, and there have been four times in the history of the Chu people - five times to this day.
"As I walked all the way, when I saw these murals, I wondered how my ancestors would have viewed today...... Now the intuition has a clear conscience. β
Jing Zhuang narrowed his eyes, suddenly drew his long sword, the sword light flashed, and the head of a real person on his side flew up, blood spurted out, and there was still an incredible gaze in the air, and it rolled to the ground with a 'snap'.
Someone in the back was shocked: "Your Majesty, ...... are you?"
Jing Zhuang put away his sword, searched for a whistleblower letter in the corpse's arms, and showed it to everyone: "This is the spy planted by my side, I can endure it for a long time." β
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and when they heard the "boom" in front, the door of the main hall had been broken, and a shout came from inside: "Come on, save the driver......"
"There's no one left, brother!" Jing Zhuang stepped into the hall, holding a human head in his hand, dripping blood, and threw it at the feet of the King of Chu, dyed the brocade robe red with bright colors: "This is the minions you asked the Cai Dynasty to come, right?"
"You, you are plotting rebellion......" The king of Chu stood on the steps, still angrily reprimanding: "How can you be worthy of this evil seed......"
"Right...... I'm the one who went against the grain. β
Jing Zhuang raised his voice, his eyes burning and pressing: "But the people need a new lord, and they are disgusted with you and have chosen me, so ...... Please abdicate. β
"Please abdicate and make way for Zheng and Zhuang Gongzi!" the general shouted, his eyes blazing.
"Please abdicate the throne and give way!" the civil official bowed down one last time and echoed the petition impassionedly.
"Please abdicate in response to the Mandate of Heaven. The real person Yan said.
Every shout extracted the residual dragon qi, the king of Chu turned pale and retreated half a step, and the last sentence responded to the mandate of heaven, and under the heavy hammer, his whole person withered, a little suddenly, a little resentful: "Although Lone is supported by the Cai Dynasty, and if you don't change your father's government for three years, what's wrong, you want to force me like this one by one!"
"Because this is a world of great contention...... The state of Chu has 30 million direct jurisdictions and 10 million vassal spheres of influence, so that a big country cannot watch from the sidelines in troubled times...... You are cowardly, you dare not face the Cai Dynasty, and you cannot lead your people to obtain a more favorable living environment...... You can't be the king of our Chu people. β
"Abdication, not only can I save my life and enjoy wealth in peace, but also let my Chu country shed less blood - our blood has been shed too much. β
Jingzhuang's words were eloquent, like admonition and pleading. The reverence in the hearts of the ministers arose, and they couldn't help but think, "People say that Zhuang Gongzi is a virtuous king, and he has insight!"
Hearing this, the king of Chu took a few more steps backwards and fell on the throne.
Jingzhuang sighed with some pity: "Sign it!"
At this time, a minister stepped forward with the prepared abdication edict, and when he saw this person, the king of Chu trembled: "Taishi, even you have betrayed Gu ...... Well, what else does the widow have to say? β
As soon as I gritted my teeth, I signed.
Jing Zhuang quickly passed the failed half-brother and sat on the throne himself.
Suddenly the mountains shouted: "Zhuang Gongzi is on the throne ......"
"The new king is on the throne ......"
A voice was heard from the palace, and the crowd outside cheered even more: "The new king is on the throneβ"
"Chitose King of Chuβ"
"Chu State Wansheng-"
The dragon qi flame soared, reunited in all directions, Jing Zhuang - or now called the King of Chu - his body shook, originally only pale yellow, at this time a trace of yellow and green qi poured in, and the dragon qi almost burned the Dao Ji in his body.
But this is not the dragon qi of the dynasty after all, although the strong quickly stopped, the king of Chu looked at himself, and saw that it was only an instant, it was already green and yellow, and it would take some time to turn green.
And most of the spiritual energy in the body was consumed, but the foundation was still preserved, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said to the ministers kneeling below: "Zhuqing is flat, do you have something to play?"
"Your Majesty, the real troupe of the Cai Dynasty fled, whether to pursue or not. "There are real people who report on the military situation.
Cai Chao......
King Chu narrowed his eyes: "Catch up, there is no mercy for killing." β
A group of real people retreated, and another general spoke: "My lord, the top priority is to remove the generals promoted by the Cai Dynasty everywhere - even if they do not defect to the Cai Dynasty, they must be withdrawn first and then screened." β
"Exactly. β
"How to deal with the Cai Dynasty's garrison at the border of our country?"
"These lone soldiers can no longer get the strong support of the mainland of the Cai Dynasty, and they will be expelled from the country immediately, and those who do not obey will be annihilated immediately. β
The ministers were secretly happy when they heard it, and now it is completely certain that the new king has a hostile attitude towards the Cai Dynasty when he comes to power...... That's right, the first kings are still locked up in the imperial capital, this is simply the revenge of killing the father, plus the ups and downs of the three years of seizing the throne, how can you not hate?
Or can these bear back down...... But the Heavenly Court has changed its destiny, and this way of fighting for fortune has always been the strongest of the two families, Tude and Huode, taking advantage of the internal split of the Cai Dynasty, how can the opportunity be tolerated?
There are still a lot of talents in the Chu State who are good at grand strategy, and some ministers thought about it and built a speech: "We were restrained by the Cai Dynasty, and we were defeated only three years ago, but now the shape is different, the princes have obtained the mandate of heaven, and there are also disputes within the Cai Dynasty...... Since the contradiction between our country and the Cai Dynasty is irresolvable, this point cannot be concealed...... Rather than bear the brunt of the Cai Dynasty's blow again, why not spread the alliance and simply seek an alliance with the princes?"
β...... To deter the Cai Dynasty's second crusade?"
The king of Chu thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, you can draw up a list of powerful princes...... It's not necessary to be too weak or too close to the middle and upper reaches, these kinds of things can't be resisted, and they don't dare to compete with the Cai Dynasty...... There is also a note of distance, the powerful princes in the middle and lower reaches of the Lingqing River have built a southeast mutual protection alliance system to balance the Cai Dynasty's direct down the river with the momentum of sparks. β
"The ministers obeyed...... The people in front of the temple may be discouraged. β
Some civilian officials cautiously reminded that the riot scene just now was too shocking, and they were not as calm as the generals and real people.
The sound of the mountain and tsunami is still ringing outside, still expressing the fervent hope for the new king.
The King of Chu was silent for a moment, and got up with a smile: "These are all supporters of the throne of the widow, and they will go to say goodbye in person...... Come back to pay tribute to the list of princes who need the alliance, cast a wide net, and release their momentum, whether they agree or not, the doubts will be spread out and the Cai Dynasty will distract a lot of energy......"
"By the way, there are two families in the north that need extra attention, although the King of Wei and the King of Han are not in our Lingqing River system, one is a big country that can confront the Cai Dynasty head-on, and the other is the first Immortal King at present, all of whom must be on the list of alliances...... I'm sure they'll be interested in sending a trade and intelligence-sharing pact directly to the past, and sharing the stress-relieving things with each other. β
"Yes, Your Majesty. The crowd answered.
Some people want to say that the peace between Cai Chao and Ye Qing is deadlocked, and they have not yet been crowned King of Han, but they can't figure out the temper of the new king, so they haven't brought it up...... After all, even the immortal marquis is second to none, and he has to be wooed.
It should also be able to win over the so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, how can the Cai Dynasty force the middle and lower reaches of various water systems with such a vigorous force, how can it not cause all states to join forces to resist?
This kind of call to overthrow oppression, Chimai is the best at it......