Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 224 Jin Wu cut me down, Wei You can fight! (5K2)

In the garden on the outskirts of Diqiu, the officials of the Wei Kingdom gathered together.

Marquis Wei sat on the main seat, and under the witness of the doctors, he slowly took off the jade algae crown on the top of his head and put it on the ground.

The jade beads of Zhu, Bai, and Cang fell to the ground, making a tinkling sound, as if hitting the hearts of everyone present.

Weiguo Shangqing Beigongjie saw this and hurriedly dissuaded him, saying, "Why are you doing this?"

Marquis Wei straightened his body and said slowly to the doctors.

"The widow lacks virtue, but it depends on the preference of the ancestors and the great officials, so he began to sacrifice to the country in the ancestral temple when he was young.

Less than ten years after the widow was born, the first king died of illness. He did not have time to learn the principles of sages from the teacher and protect the gentleman, so he suffered too much blessing.

Because the widow lacks virtue, he cannot save the face of the country in the alliance, shame the country, worry the doctors, and make the people of the country unable to live a stable life.

Since ancient times, there have been no kings who committed such mistakes as widows without being dismissed.There is no country that loses its dignity without being destroyed.

But relying on the blessings of all the doctors, the state of Wei is now able to continue to survive, and the widow has also been able to save his life. I am here to discuss the affairs of the country with you.

But even so, how dare the widow continue to occupy the throne and issue orders to the doctors and the people of the country?
The widow is sorry for the country, please ask the doctors to change someone else as the heir, the widow is willing to obey. "

After finishing speaking, Marquis Wei bowed down to all the officials, expressing his words to make the king's heart unshakable.

Seeing this, the doctors of the Wei Kingdom hurriedly stood up to avoid the direction where Marquis Wei bowed down, and voices of dissuasion were heard endlessly.

Mi Zixia leaned over and begged with an ugly face: "Please take back your order and resignation, please forgive us for not being able to carry it out!"

Shi Yubai said: "It has been 30 years since you took the throne.

Since the rebellion of Duke Xian and Duke Shang, the state of the country has declined, and the country is about to fall. You will inherit the will of the former king, Lord Xiang, to appease the people of the country and revitalize the cause.

Later, when Qibao rebelled, you ordered the Beigong clan to put down the rebellion, and within two days Weiguo was stabilized.

He also pardoned Gongzi Chao's crimes and ordered him to lead troops to save Song Dynasty, stabilize the hearts of the people in the country, and make friends with neighboring states.

Bei Gongxi was dispatched twice to meet with the feudal lords in recognition of Bei Gong's past achievements.

No one understands the implications of rewards and punishments and lenient governance better than you.

Now, how can you abandon your subjects and talk about resigning from the throne? "

Qu Boyu also took off his hat and pleaded guilty to Marquis Wei.

"I've heard that if the king is guilty, it's probably because the ministers who assisted him failed to fulfill their responsibilities. If you must resign from the throne, please also order me to be held accountable for my fault."

Bei Gongjie saw that all the doctors in the Manchu Dynasty were prostrating to the ground, and asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty! Tell us what happened, please!"

Wangsun Jia, who had been sitting next to Marquis Wei, immediately opened his mouth to convey to the doctors what happened at the alliance meeting yesterday.

"what?!"

When Mi Zixia heard the words, her angry face became deformed.

"How dare the Jin people humiliate the king of our country like this!"

When Shi Yu and Yun Boyu heard this, they begged in unison.

"The Jin people are rude. This is the disaster of the Wei country. Where is the fault of the king?"

And Bei Gongjie opened his mouth halfway, as if he wanted to say something, he hesitated for a while, and finally opened his mouth.

"This... Although Jin people are rude, our country is a small country after all. The Jin division is ten times that of mine. It would not be wise to break with them rashly..."

Bei Gongjie's words are not pleasant, but they are all true.

This is also the true thinking of most pro-Jin factions in Weiguo.

Who doesn't know that the state of Jin is arrogant and rude, the six ministers are greedy and vulgar, and they always boss around and order around allies in small states?
But there is no way to do it. It is really possible to be beaten if you don't obey the state of Jin.

No matter how greedy the Six Ministers are, it is impossible to directly embezzle the land of the allies.

No matter how rude the state of Jin is, it's just losing face.

Compared with bereavement and cession of land, it doesn't seem particularly bad to be soft-spoken and pay some money to bribe Liu Qing.

When Marquis Wei heard this, he didn't argue with Bei Gongjie.

Instead, he bowed down and said: "If the Jin people just humiliated the widow, for the sake of the survival of the country, the widow should be able to bear it.

However, the Jin people also said to the widows: "Your son and the doctor's son must be sent to Jin as hostages." '

The widow dare not put the country in danger because of loving his son, but how dare the widow make decisions for the doctors without authorization? "

As soon as Wei Hou said this, the faces of the doctors present all changed.

Even those doctors who were close to the state of Jin couldn't help showing a few traces of anger on their faces.

When Bei Gongjie heard this, he also frowned suddenly.

However, as the Minister of State of Wei, after thinking for a while, he still asked Marquis Wei.

"If doing so is beneficial to the country, you send your son to Jin, how dare the sons of your ministers not follow them with bamboo baskets on their backs and lead the reins?"

As soon as Bei Gongjie said this, many doctors present all looked sideways at him, and the anger in their eyes could almost overflow.

Those present, who didn't know that the people of Jin forcibly detained Le Qi, the chief minister of the Song Dynasty, for three years?
Le Qi, as the Minister of the Song Dynasty and the envoy sent by the allies, the people of Jin can treat him like this.

If they send their son to Jin, is there any chance of him coming back alive?
Marquis Wei was humiliated, at most they were angry, but apart from anger, they were able to 'focus on the overall situation'.

But asking them to send their son to the state of Jin is not a matter of 'the overall situation'.

Because, the doctors present really have sons.

The purpose of "the overall situation is the most important" is to preserve the ancestral land. If the heir is gone, who else can continue the sacrifice?
So when Marquis Wei said this, many doctors of the Wei State who had been swaying jumped back one after another, and even the doctors who supported the State of Jin were no longer as firm as they used to be.

A doctor like Mi Zixia, who was originally firmly on the side of Marquis Wei, expressed it even on the spot.

"If the people of Jin are really so rude, I request your order to stay away from such a morally-lost country."

Marquis Wei sighed: "Your widow... how dare you be an enemy of Jin? Well, since all the officials don't allow me to resign from the throne.

The widow ordered the prince Kuaikui to pack up and prepare to leave for the state of Jin. "

When the doctors heard that Marquis Wei was going to let Prince Kuai Kui go to Jin as a hostage, their faces turned green.

Kuai Kui is the eldest son of Marquis of Wei and the first heir to the throne of Wei.

Now that Marquis Wei sent him to the state of Jin, how could they, these ministers, just find a son to fill in the number?

After finishing speaking, Marquis Wei was about to get up and leave.

And Wangsun Jia, who had been angry with Marquis Wei early in the morning, sighed feignedly, and said to the doctors.

"Then please clean up after you go back. The Jin people are urgent and want us to send them as soon as possible. Three days later, I will wait for you in front of the shrine."

After Wangsun Jia finished speaking, he shook his head and left.

The doctors left behind looked at each other in blank dismay, some of them were furious, some had uncertain faces, while the rest felt in a dilemma.

Those with a more irritable temper pressed Bei Gongjie on the spot.

"Bei Gongzi, you have always been on good terms with the state of Jin. What do Jin people mean by doing this?"

"Insulting my king and holding my son-in-law, is this the attitude of Jin people towards allies!"

"If Jin people don't want to form an alliance with us, then don't send people to make an oath. Even though Jin is a big country, I have never seen any country that can humiliate other countries' monarchs in an alliance meeting. !"

"Our country was established by Kang Shufeng, the younger brother of King Wu, and the state of Jin was established by Tang Shuyu, the son of King Wu. Is this the behavior that scholars and gentlemen should agree with?"

Weihou's words can be said to have aroused everyone's dissatisfaction with Jin over the years.

Even though Bei Gongjie was the Minister of State of Wei, he did not dare to speak well for the State of Jin at this stage.

He had no choice but to reply: "But our country has just sworn an alliance with the Jin Kingdom, and yesterday we swore an oath to the heavens and gods, and now we are planning to betray. I'm afraid this is not in accordance with etiquette?"

Someone heard this and slapped the case angrily.

"Can the gods listen to the oath made under coercion? Besides, the king is a person approved by Uncle Kang. If he decides to betray, the gods will naturally have the first king Uncle Kang to explain it. How can we need this?" What are you worried about?"

It's good that he didn't mention this issue, but when he mentioned this issue, everyone couldn't help but think of Wei Hou's wonderful history of superiority.

The previous monarch of the Wei Kingdom, Duke Wei Xiang, had no sons, only two sons born to his concubine's concubine, and Marquis Wei was the youngest of the sons.

As for why he was able to come to power as the youngest son of a concubine, it had something to do with the dream my concubine had when she gave birth to him.

When my mother-in-law was pregnant, she had a dream. In the dream, someone said to her: "I am Uncle Kang. If you order a son, you must have a guard. The name of the son is 'Yuan'."

After this child was born, he became Wei Houyuan today.

Although some people once speculated that this dream of Miao Miao was purely fabricated by her.

Gong Mengzhen, the eldest son of the uncle, was born lame, not outstanding in appearance, and had a violent temper, which was not liked by others.

She also prefers her younger son Yuan, who is healthy and handsome.

This dream was just a nonsense made up by the mother-in-law in order to help her youngest son get the position.

But no matter what, as long as the mother did not admit that the dream was made up, and Wei Hou succeeded in succeeding to the throne, then everyone will take it as real.

Many doctors recalled this incident, and suddenly felt a lot more confident.

But someone still hesitated and said: "But Uncle Kang just said that the monarch must own the Weiguo, and he didn't say that the monarch can betray the oath!"

"It's not going to be a problem, is it?"

As they spoke, everyone turned their attention to Shi Yu, who was in charge of witchcraft and sacrifices.

Shi Yu just said: "When King Wu defeated Zhou, he used tortoise shells and yarrow for several consecutive divinations, and the divinations were all unlucky.

During the swearing-in in Mengjin, there was a sudden heavy rain and strong winds, so that the trees on both sides of the road fell down.

King Wu wanted to retreat, but Tai Gongwang went directly to the high platform, snatched the tortoise shell and yarrow from Wu Zhu's hand, and threw them to the ground.

Tai Gongwang said: "The tortoise shell is rotten and the bones are dead, and the yarrow leaves are dead. How can they predict good or bad luck?" '

So King Wu ordered an expedition, but when he passed Xingqiu, it rained heavily for three days.

King Wu's horse was frightened by thunder and died on the way.

King Wu's car Shi was also broken by the strong wind and broke into three pieces.

King Wu wanted to return, but Tai Gongwang insisted on saying to him again: "The Luanjia was broken into three, and it was God's indication that we should divide our troops into three groups."The heavy rain fell for three days in a row, implying that we are descending from the sky.The fact that your horse was killed by the shock is a signal from the heavens that we should change to horses and speed up our eastward march. These are all auspicious omens! '

So King Wu continued to march, and finally defeated Yin Zhou's army in Muye, thus winning the world.

It can be seen from this that whether the war can be won does not depend on the good or bad fortune of divination, nor on how the celestial phenomena show, and the will of the gods is not unchangeable.

When it comes to offering sacrifices to gods, no one is more respectful than the Yin people.

But as long as King Wu occupies morality, even if the gods blame him, he still can't stop him from destroying Yin Shang. "

After Shi Yu finished speaking, the doctors present were finally relieved.

"Jin is not Dao, how can the gods help him?"

Bei Gongjie was also a little shaken in his heart. He asked: "But the people of Diqiu don't want to go to war with the Jin country. Without the support of the people of the country, even if we want to fight the Jin country, how can we do it?"

Mi Zixia asked: "Didn't Wang Sunzi take the place of the king and the people of Jin to make an oath yesterday? Why don't you invite him back and ask to see if there is any way to break it."

"I'm going to call Wang and grandson back right now. Everyone wait here first, and I'll come back as soon as I go."

A doctor immediately got up and chased after Wang Sunjia who had just left the house not long ago.

Not long after, Wangsun Jia was invited back.

"Grandson Wang, what did the Jin people say at the alliance meeting yesterday?"

Wangsun Jia replied, "It's just as the king said."

Shi Yu hinted: "Could it be that if there is a disaster in Wei, can the craftsmen and merchants avoid it?"

A gleam flashed in Wang Sunjia's eyes, he was also a smart person, how could he not understand Shi Yu's meaning.

Wang Sunjia said, "In addition to asking the sons of the king and the high officials as hostages, the people of Jin also want to move the craftsmen and merchants from Diqiu to the state of Jin so that they can serve the prince and gentlemen of our country."

When Mi Zixia heard this, she immediately got up and said, "If that's the case, then a great deal will be accomplished."

Shi Yu also got up and said to the doctors present: "Everyone should know what to do by now, right?"

Bei Gongjie hesitated, and finally gritted his teeth and replied: "Since everyone's opinions are the same, how dare Bei Gongjie disobey you? Just do it!"

……

A few days later, in front of the Diqiu Temple, there were crowds of people, crying and screaming.

Prince Wei Kuai Kui stood at the head of the procession, followed by a group of sons of doctors in coarse linen clothes and holding the reins.

And behind them, there is a long line of hundreds of craftsmen and merchants, weeping with their wives and children, lamenting their fate and mourning the long journey away from their hometown.

In the past few days, what the Jin people did at the alliance spread all over the streets and alleys of Diqiu.

Every Wei person knows the tyranny of the Jin people and their behavior of oppressing the Wei country.

Therefore, these craftsmen businessmen and their wives and children also knew that this time they went to Jin, and they might never return.

The people of Zhu Xia have always missed their homeland, and because of this, exile has always been regarded as a felony second only to execution in the etiquette and law.

But now, these craftsmen and merchants who are about to move to the state of Jin are tantamount to being sentenced to exile.

What is the difference between the separation of wives and the death of a family?

Wang Sunjia stood on the high platform of the temple, looked at the chaos below the stage, then raised his eyes to look at the sun in the sky, and suddenly shouted.

"The time has come, ready to go!"

An order was issued, but many people still refused to let go, and the accompanying guards tried to separate the crowd.

But when these people looked up, they were all their neighbors nearby, and some of the manpower that accompanied the team were relatives of the same generation, so after working hard for a while, they couldn't bear to do it anymore.

Seeing this situation, the sons of doctors standing in the front row threw the bamboo baskets on their backs to the ground one by one angrily.

They are all young men in their teens and twenties, just at the age when they are full of vigor and impulsiveness.

Seeing the people of the country fall into such a miserable situation one by one, how can they swallow this breath?
This group of people came to Wangsun Jia and knelt down to petition.

"Doctor! I only sent hostages and donated property after I heard that the war was defeated. Now that the war has not yet been fought, I plan to send hostages to ask the Jin people for peace. Is there such a reason in the world!"

With them taking the lead, those soldiers who had been suffocating their stomachs full of evil fire finally couldn't bear it anymore.

They also came to the high platform to ask for a fight.

"Although Wei is small, Jin is strong. But we would rather die on the battlefield than live and be humiliated!"

The call to fight resounded throughout the audience, and those craftsmen and merchants who were about to set off for Jin also knelt down one after another.

"I don't dare to spare my life, I just want the body to be buried in my homeland."

And those Chinese who stood by the street and watched, saw the suffering of their compatriots, and worried that such a fate would happen to them at some point.

They also shouted loudly: "We will also challenge the doctor! Please pass on our words to the king!"

Seeing this situation, the doctors on the high platform of the temple also nodded to Wang Sunjia.

Wang Sunjia didn't dare to be negligent, he bowed his hands to the people of the country and saluted: "Wang Sun Jia, how dare you refuse to follow the wishes of the people?!"

He turned around and walked towards the temple, and invited Weihou who was praying in mourning at the temple.

When the people saw Marquis Wei walk out, they fell to the ground and petitioned: "Please order the king to start war with Jin!"

Seeing this, Marquis Wei was infected by the atmosphere, and couldn't help feeling a sense of tragedy welling up in his chest.

He asked loudly: "If the state of Wei betrays the state of Jin, and the state of Jin attacks us five times in a row, what should we do?"

The Chinese raised their arms high, and the soldiers beat their chests vigorously.

They replied in unison: "Jin Wu cut me down, Wei You can fight!"

Wang Sunjia stepped forward and asked, "Then you should betray the Jin State first, and then send the hostages if danger arises, isn't it too late?"

Hearing this, Marquis Wei just nodded slightly.

"Take my sword!"

He tore off the mourning clothes on his body, revealing the red lacquer rhinoceros armor hidden under the clothes.

Marquis Wei took the long sword from Wangsun Jia, unsheathed the sword and pointed it straight at the west.

"Betray the alliance, betray Jin!"

……

On the outskirts of Qufu, Zaiyu sat on a swaying chariot, behind him were carts full of grain.

He held two reports from Diqiu and Linzi respectively in his hand.

Zai Yu's eyes swept over the words above, and he clicked his tongue: "Qi and Wei sent troops to jointly attack Jin. The world is not peaceful!"

Zigong sat beside Zaiyu, holding a document in his hand as well.

"Are you still in the mood to laugh? Let's see what this is."

Jae Yu took the document and only glanced at it, almost popping his eyes.

"Is Yang Hu sick?!"

　Readers, will you support me when it comes to selecting the next speaker?
　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)