Marshal Deng of the Conferred God

Chapter 95
The next day, all civil and military officials entered the palace one after another, all of them showed anxious faces, and walked in a hurry. When King Zhou ascended to the court, something big must happen. No need to guess, the court must have suffered a defeat in Xiqi. It is undoubtedly worse.

It should be known that the country is in troubled times, King Zhou favors Daji, ignores the government, and the border wars are rampant. Although these princes are kept out of the pass, who can guarantee that they will not break through the pass one day, and the soldiers will direct their troops at Chaoge.

For all civil and military officials, being an official in today's Yin and Shang Dynasties is quite precarious.

All the officials went to the nine halls, the bells and drums rang together, and the majestic atmosphere in the palace made everyone feel tense, and hurriedly waited in the court room.No matter how stupid and ruthless King Zhou was, he was still a high-ranking emperor who had the absolute power of life and death over all officials. Anyone who dared to speak against King Zhou would be dead in the tomb.

The lessons learned from the past, hundreds of officials dare not take it as a warning.

After a while, the maids in the court opened their tails like a peacock, and King Zhou came to the hall, with light steps and sunken eye sockets, as he ascended to his golden throne representing imperial power.

He is a mortal, but he hangs out with the three monsters all day long. Even though he is physically strong and takes tonics every day, his vitality is gradually disappearing. If he doesn't control himself, he may be close to death.

"Order all the ministers to come forward."

Civil and military officials rushed to the front of the imperial court, Zhang Qian came out and said, "Your Majesty, there is an envoy from Xiqi, San Yisheng, who would like to see you."

All the officials were shocked, Xiqi's envoy came to Chaoge, but something serious happened.

King Zhou said, "Bring me to the hall."

Under the leadership of the servant, San Yisheng walked up to the hall calmly, turning a blind eye to the hatred in the eyes of civil and military officials, and went forward to greet him: "Minister San Yisheng, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

King Zhou glanced at him and asked, "San Yisheng, why did you come to the palace?"

San Yisheng said: "Return to Your Majesty, I submit a letter to Your Majesty under the order of our great king, and make peace with the court. Xiqi will always regard His Majesty as your father, and will provide 50 shi of grain, gold and silver to the court every year." Ten thousand taels, a thousand pieces of silk and satin, and a hundred beauties, to show sincerity."

King Zhou sneered and said, "Ji Fa is a big hand, but the imperial court has lost countless money and food in Xiqi. How can these things be written off? The key is that Ji Fa has the heart of disobedience. If she is not arrested and questioned, I and the imperial court will be punished." Where is the majesty!"

San Yisheng explained: "Your Majesty, my king has always been loyal to His Majesty, and never thought of betrayal. I hope His Majesty will learn from you."

"It's a joke, it's really ridiculous. If you are sincere to me, why would you accept traitors privately and oppose the court over and over again? If there are more loyal ministers like this in the world, I'm afraid my country will change hands long ago."

San Yisheng said: "It is not my king who intends to accept traitors and offend the king's face. There is a cause and effect involved in this matter, please allow me to speak slowly." Anyone who is an official in Xiqi knows that King Zhou wants to question the three people who have committed crimes. It was King Wu, Huang Feihu and Jiang Ziya.

King Zhou said in a deep voice: "Speak, I should listen carefully. What Ji Fa did was no different from rebellion. Could it be that they were all forced to do it?" If Zhang Qian hadn't stated his serious relationship to himself, King Zhou would have So people dragged San Yisheng down and cut him down.Even though Ji Fa's subordinates were not traitors, they still had no heart for the imperial court.

"When the old King Wen was alive, every time he came to court to pay tribute, he was mostly taken care of by Huang Feihu. As a son of man, in order to repay his father's kindness in the past, the king of my family had to offend his holy face and accept Huang Feihu just for filial piety."

King Zhou pondered and said, "It's all justified. I don't care about Ji Fa. Then I ask you, why Ji Fa has repeatedly fought against the court, and what is his intention!"

San Yisheng had already thought of a response in his stomach, and he would not lie or rush and said: "Your Majesty, every time the imperial court sends troops and horses, my king sends people to mention the above before the battle, bluntly speaking, the sky can see the heart of your Majesty, the sun and the moon It can be seen that I have never had the heart of disobedience, but I don't know why, and I have been misunderstood all the time. All the soldiers are a bunch of rude people who can't remember the rules. They are not as well-trained as the imperial army. The men and horses started fighting, and the fight was out of control.”

King Zhou didn't speak, but looked at Wen Wu, Wei Zi came out and said: "Your Majesty, what I think this man said is really a mouthful of nonsense, where in the world is there a king who is coerced by his subordinates."

San Yisheng retorted: "His Royal Highness Weizi, did you not hear that the general's orders are not accepted."

Wei Zi was stunned, if he was talking about eloquence, Zhang Qian would probably be the leader of the court.King Zhou glanced at the officials and asked Zhang Qian, "Aiqing, what do you think of what San Yisheng said?"

Zhang Qian sighed in his heart, and said insincerely: "Returning to Your Majesty, I think what San Yisheng said is not unreasonable."

As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of civil and military discussions. King Zhou snorted and said, "San Yisheng, I estimate that I will trust you. I will accept your request. Go back and tell Ji Fa. If you find that he has a different heart for me , will be crusaded with the strength of the whole country, and will never die!"

San Yisheng's heart trembled, and he said hastily: "I take orders."

Although this King Zhou was obsessed with female sex, his majesty was still there. Judging by his aura, he still had the appearance of a king in the world. It seemed that the king asked to surrender, although he was forced to surrender, but he was wise.

King Zhou spoke up, and the prime minister also spoke for San Yisheng. Although all the civil and military officials were full of doubts, they dared not stand up to oppose at this time, for fear of angering King Zhou.Officials, there are a few who are confused, and they will say in unison: "Your Majesty is wise."

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The court meeting dispersed, and all the civil and military personnel withdrew from the Nine Halls. Wei Zi glanced at Zhang Qian, and walked away with a displeased expression.In his opinion, Zhang Qian must have taken San Yisheng's benefits, otherwise he would never speak up for him.

"Prime Minister Zhang, thank you for speaking for me just now."

San Yisheng cupped his hands to express his gratitude, and things went very smoothly. Obviously Zhang Qian went to see King Zhou last night, and he must have spoken well for himself, so King Zhou accepted Xiqi's request to surrender.Just like back then, the reason why King Zhou was willing to let King Wen go was due to Fei You and his two ministers.

Zhang Qian shook his head and said: "I also consider it for the imperial court, so I must not do it."

Last night, in order to deal with King Zhou, I racked my brains. King Zhou only cared about his king's face, and I was thinking of everything for the country, so I agreed to stop the army and make peace.After all, if the fight with Xi Qi continued endlessly, Ji Fa would certainly not be able to bear the loss, nor could the imperial court afford the consumption caused by the war.

If you are not in your position, you will not seek your job.

After taking the position of prime minister, Zhang Qian counted the country's money and food income, and found that the treasury was empty, and it had become a trend to make ends meet. If he did not increase income and reduce expenditure, at most three to five years, the imperial court would not even be able to pay the soldiers' salaries.At that time, the situation will be more dangerous than it is now.

In these years, the country went to war again and again, and King Zhou built a large-scale construction project, built deer terraces, wine pools and meat forests, squandered wantonly, squandered the savings of two generations of kings for decades, and did not care about the consequences.

San Yisheng said: "Prime Minister Zhang, you and I are loyal to our country and our king. I understand your feelings very well." For the favor of the king, his prime minister must have done it very easily, but unfortunately he is not, the difficulty is very great, and if he is a little careless, he will face a catastrophe.

Zhang Qian said coldly: "No need, you go back and tell Ji Fa that it's not that no one will see his strategy of slowing down the army, but it's just that there's no need to make a fuss. If he is still restless and tries to replace him with business, Zhang Qian will not hesitate to die." , I also want to persuade His Majesty to crusade with the whole country!"

These words were extremely blunt, and the meaning of threat was obvious, San Yisheng's face was solemn, he didn't expect Zhang Qian, a mere civil servant, to have such courage and foresight, with him and Deng Jiugong present, it seemed like a huge threat to Xiqi.

(End of this chapter)