Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 526 The Weight of the Nine Cauldrons

In the main hall, Qingji had a chat with Zhou Tianzi Ji Gai, and was about to say goodbye and leave.

At this time, an eunuch came in and said: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Jin is asking to see you!"

"Hurry up!"

"promise!"

Jin Hou Jiwu begged to see Zhou Tianzi?
This surprised Qingji a little.

Ji Wu came to see Ji Gai, why?
I saw that Ji Wu, accompanied by Zhao Yang and Shi Yang, bowed to the emperor of Zhou and said: "I, Marquis Wu of Jin, see the emperor! The emperor is ten thousand years!"

"The Marquis of Jin doesn't need to be too polite."

Just like how he treated Qingji, Ji Gai treated Ji Wu with a smile on his face.

After all, Ji Gai couldn't afford to offend these two people.

Everyone has the surname Ji. However, after so many years, they have long been said to be distant relatives who cannot be reached.

"I don't know why the Marquis of Jin is here?"

Hearing this, Ji Wu glanced at Qingji beside him, chuckled lightly and said, "Marquis Wu is here too? Just right."

"Son of Heaven, I heard that the nine tripods cast by Dayu in the past have been passed down from generation to generation and stored in the Chengzhou Ancestral Temple."

"I have long been yearning for Jiuding. I don't know if the emperor can let me and Marquis of Wu have a look at it, so as to fulfill my wish?"

"This……"

Ji Gai couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Marquis of Jin, Ji Wu, dare to be so rebellious and want to pay respects to Jiuding?
In other words, as the Son of Zhou, Ji Gai couldn't refuse such a thing.

Jiuding is an artifact of the world, a symbol of the supremacy of the kingship and the unity and prosperity of the country.

Ji Wu proposed to pay homage to Jiuding, what should Ji Gairu do?

Regarding Jiuding, Qingji was also moved, so he followed up and said: "What the Marquis of Jin said is very true. The emperor and the minister also have the heart to look up to the Jiuding. I wonder if the emperor can fulfill the long-cherished wish of the minister and the Marquis of Jin?"

"..."

This time, Ji Wu didn't dare to reply.

……

Jiuding was placed in the Ming Hall of the Taimiao by the Zhou royal family.

Although the various palaces of Zhou Palace are dilapidated, only this Taimiao still has a certain atmosphere.

Here the incense is at its peak, the palaces are lined up, and the momentum is majestic.

Zhou Tianzi Ji Gai led Wu Hou Qingji, Jin Hou Ji Wu and a group of high officials to the bright hall of the Zhou royal family.

I saw there were nine large cauldrons full of solemnity.

Each big tripod is made of bronze and has a different shape.

The body of the tripod is either square, round, three-legged or four-legged.

Around the body of the tripod, there are also various mountains, rivers and swamps engraved, strangely shaped things, full of an intriguing sense of mystery.

The color of each tripod is also different.

There is a touch of red, there is a touch of cyan, there is a touch of brown...

There are so many different things.

The top of the Jiuding is nothing more than animal face, dragon and phoenix, animal, cloud and thunder, fire, geometry and so on.

Jiuding also symbolizes "Kyushu", so each big bronze tripod has a clear logo——

Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou.

"This is Jiuding? It's really amazing."

When Jin Hou Jiwu saw these nine great tripods, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It is said that after Dayu established the Xia Dynasty, he cast the nine tripods with copper tribute from the world's nine animal husbandry, symbolizing the Kyushu."

"This Jiuding is the world?"

There is no careerist who can't help but be moved when he sees Jiuding.

Qing Ji is no exception.

Regarding the legend about the casting of Jiuding, one says it is Dayu, and the other says it is Xia Qi.

In the early years of the Xia Dynasty, Dayu designated the world as Kyushu, and the prefectures were established as prefectures.Later Xia Qi ordered Jiuzhou Mu to contribute bronze and cast Jiuding.

Xia Qi sent people to draw pictures of famous mountains and rivers, places of great beauty, and strange things in every state in the country in advance, and then sent selected famous craftsmen to imitate these paintings on the body of Jiuding, symbolizing a state with a tripod.

The engraved graphics also reflect the state's mountains and rivers.

Jiuding symbolizes Kyushu, reflecting the unity of the country and the high concentration of royal power, showing that King Xia has become the co-lord of the world and complies with the "mandate of heaven".

After Shang Tang expelled Xia Jie, he moved Jiuding to his capital.

After Pan Geng established his capital in Yin, Jiuding moved here.

After Zhou Wuwang destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he publicly displayed Jiuding.

After King Cheng of Zhou came to the throne, Duke Zhou built Luoyi and moved Jiuding to the city. According to King Wu's wish, Luoyi was designated as Dingding.

After the beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty declined, and the princes began to covet the royal power.

During the reign of King Zhou Ding, King Zhuang of Chu "asked for the importance of the crown" for the first time, but was dismissed by Zhou doctor Wang Sunman.

Later, King Ling of Chu was also tempted to win the championship, but because of the rebellion in the country, he failed...

It can be said that as soon as Jiuding was born, it was covered with a layer of mystery.

In fact, it is not difficult to see its political value through mythological factors.

Ding, originally a noble thing.

In the Shang Dynasty, there were strict regulations on the tripods that indicated the status of the royal family and nobles: scholars used one tripod or three tripods, doctors used five tripods, princes used seven tripods, and only nine tripods were used by the emperor.

When offering sacrifices to the ancestors of heaven and earth, the Jiuding ceremony is performed.

Therefore, "Ding" has naturally become a symbol of the country's political power, and then a national treasure.

Later emperors attached great importance to the power symbol and meaning of Jiuding.

It has also recast Jiuding many times, and Wu Zetian and Song Huizong also cast Jiuding.

At this time, when Zhou Tianzi Ji Gai heard Jin Hou Ji Wu's question, his face was already sullen, but he didn't dare to attack.

Qingji who was at the side laughed lightly and said, "Marquis Jin, Jiuding symbolizes the world, but it is not equal to the world."

"The world is the world, and the nine tripods are the nine tripods. They should not be confused."

Qingji stepped forward, pointed to the "Yangzhou Ding" next to him, and said loudly: "The world is so big, and the Jiuding is only in this square inch, how can it be compared?"

Hearing this, Ji Wu nodded slightly and said, "What Marquis Wu said is absolutely true."

He looked around Jiuding again and was amazed.

In the end, Ji Wu pointed to a tripod with the characters of Ji, and sighed to Emperor Zhou: "Son, this tripod of Jizhou is also the tripod of Jin. Can I bring it back to the capital of Jin?"

Ji Gai held his temper and replied under control of his anger: "This King Wu has fixed the tripod here, and it has never been moved. Each tripod weighs a thousand ton, and no one can lift it."

"I don't know the size of the tripod and its weight?"

Ji Wu is so rude!
Dare to imitate the King of Chuzhuang back then?

Zhou Tianzi heard the implication, and replied: "The size and importance of the Jiuding depends on the presence or absence of virtue and righteousness, not on the tripod itself."

"Even though Zhou De has declined, the destiny has not changed. The weight of the tripod is indisputable!"

But Jin Hou Ji Wu got involved with the nonsense, and said with a sneer, "Son of Heaven, if I must move this Jizhou tripod, what should I do?"

"If the Marquis of Jin wants it, he can take it himself. In the past, Yu took the gold from Jiu Mu and cast the Jiu Ding. They all tasted the gods and ghosts of the gods. If they were saints, they would prosper, and the tripods were moved to Xia and Shang."

Zhou Tianzi shook his head and said: "It has been more than [-] years since King Wu defeated Zhou and established the Central Plains. If the Marquis of Jin has the ability, he can move Jiuding away."

"However, I want to remind the Marquis of Jin that there are nine tripods and nine tripods, one of which requires [-] people, and ninety-nine and eighty-one million people can take them all away."

"..."

It takes [-] people to take away a tripod?

Of course, this was an exaggerated statement by Zhou Tianzi Ji Gai, and he wanted Ji Wu to back down.

In fact, although Jinhou Jiwu coveted Jiuding, he didn't dare to take it for himself.

Ji Wu was afraid that he would become a public enemy of the world!
He just wanted to take this opportunity to promote the hegemony of his Jin country.

"Emperor, I just said this as a joke, please don't blame the emperor."

Ji Wu smiled awkwardly.

"It's okay."

(End of this chapter)