Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 993 Heroes of all schools, feuding the state and founding the country

Forcing the palace is tantamount to committing a crime. If Qingji is offended, the person who forced the palace can be executed at any time.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Kong Qiu couldn't help but sighed quietly and said, "Dazai, why don't you understand?"

"Even if you don't think about the family of Great Wu Wanshi or His Majesty, you should think about yourself and your descendants."

"You are now an official Dazai, with a high position and authority, but this is only the wealth of a generation."

"A hundred years from now, if your descendants don't live up to expectations, they may become civilians. How can you bear it?"

After a pause, Kong Qiu said again: "Your meritorious service is comparable to Jiang Taigong, the founder of Qi State. If Your Majesty entrusts the princes and meritorious officials, you must have a share."

"Isn't it better to be the king of a country than to be a Dazai?"

Hearing that, Wen Zhong was also moved by Kong Qiu's words, and fell into deep thought.

As the Dazai of the Great Wu, Wenzhong has been a lifetime of glory and wealth, and he can't enjoy it endlessly.

However, if future generations do not live up to expectations, what should we do?

Seeing that Wen Zhong seemed to have been convinced by himself, Kong Qiu set his sights on Sun Di and Wu Ming again.

Their fathers are Sun Wu and Wu Zixu, and the father and son made great contributions to the Great Wu's unification war, and their contributions are indispensable.

Relying on such credit, if Qingji implements the enfeoffment system, it is definitely not an exaggeration to let the Sun family and the Wu family establish a state.

The remaining one, Tian Rangju, is still indecisive, just like Wen Zhong.

After all, Shangyi is unpredictable, and they can't figure out Qingji's thoughts.

……

The next day, Wu Ming, who was still practicing martial arts at his own residence, was reprimanded by Wu Zixu.

Wu Zixu looked at Wu Ming with a gloomy face, and asked, "Did you go to Confucius' residence last night?"

"Father...Father, Prime Minister Zuo has a big birthday, so how can the child not go to celebrate his birthday?"

Wu Ming lowered his head tremblingly, not daring to meet Wu Zixu's sharp eyes.

Even though Wu Ming is also a veteran on the battlefield, he has killed countless people on the battlefield and made many contributions to the country of Wu, but in front of Wu Zixu, he dared not take a breath.

This is probably a typical bloodline suppression.

Wu Zixu was so strict in teaching his sons that his two sons, Wu Ming and Wu Liang, were promising. They inherited his demeanor and became famous generals of the younger generation of Wu.

Speaking of the younger generation, Wu Ming and Wu Liang are already in their thirties.

"What did Kong Qiu tell you in private? Don't lie to me!"

"promise."

Wu Ming replied obediently: "Father, Prime Minister Zuo asked the children to persuade you, and jointly signed a letter with them, so that His Majesty can push the boat along the way, and distribute the meritorious officials and princes..."

"Confused!"

Wu Zixu was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and scolded Wu Ming, "How can I, Wu Zixu, have such a worthless son like you?"

"Kong Qiu is pulling you into the fire pit! He wants to drag me into the fire pit together with Mrs. Wu!"

"Wu Ming, you remember, you must remember!"

"Your Majesty is the old man's father, your father, and your son's father!"

"He is the father of all the people in the world, no matter what he does, he is right! How can such a forced palace be done by a minister?"

As he spoke, Wu Zixu, who was so angry that he was so angry, couldn't help but clutched his heart, gasped for breath, staggered, and almost fell to the ground.

"Father, my son made a mistake, and I regret that I should not have attended the banquet. However, my son did not conspire with Confucius..."

Wu Ming rushed forward and helped Wu Zixu, but was pushed away by Wu Zixu who was angry.

"You unfilial son, why don't you understand?"

Wu Zixu's beard and hair were all stretched out, and he said angrily: "Your Majesty says you are an accomplice, you are an accomplice, and says you are a rebel, you are a rebel, how can you refute it?"

"Do you think that since you have made a lot of contributions over the years and are a meritorious official, His Majesty will treat you differently, so that you will be granted a state and a state?"

"Do you dare to think about things that neither the old man nor Sun Changqing dare to hope for?"

"You are wishful thinking!"

Hearing this, Wu Ming knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said regretfully, "Father, the child has been educated!"

"Your lesson is not deep enough! Come! Get the whip!"

Seeing that Wu Zixu was going to beat someone and flog his son, the people around him couldn't persuade him, so they could only let him go.

Logically speaking, the things Wu Ming did can be big or small, after all, he didn't really follow Kong Qiu and others to force the palace, and he didn't take actual actions.

However, Wu Ming's unreasonable thoughts violated both Wu Zixu's taboo and Qing's taboo.

If Wu Zixu just punished Wu Ming slightly, how could it be justified?

……

Just as Wu Zixu guessed, Qingji knew about the fact that Kong Qiu and others planned to jointly write a letter to him to "force the palace".

However, Qingji didn't react at all, instead he was fishing in the pavilion of the Imperial Garden with great interest.

The person who was fishing with Qingji was Prince Heng.

"Father, my son heard that Zuo Cheng and others are planning to write a joint letter to you, Father, to entrust the princes and meritorious officials. They are even building momentum in Jixia Academy and various government schools to create public opinion, trying to make the scholars Write a book together."

Prince Heng asked worriedly: "Father, don't you plan to stop it?"

"Let him go."

Qingji caught a lively carp, put it into the bamboo building, and said with a chuckle, "Wu Heng, there is no one else here, tell me honestly, if it is you, are you willing to make all the princes and heroes feud the country and build the country?" ?”

"..."

Prince Heng was silent.

After a while, Prince Heng said slowly: "Is the father wanting to hear the truth, or a lie?"

"Actually."

"My ministers don't want the princes and heroes to be entrusted, and the borders to be sealed off by all the land."

Prince Heng said solemnly: "Father, the source of the Zhou Dynasty's disasters lies in the emperor's loss of power and the feudal lords' disputes."

"King Wu conquered Zhou, conquered the world on behalf of the Shang, entrusted his sons and heroes to remote places, feudalized the state and established the country, what is the reason?"

"Because King Wu of Zhou took advantage of the main force of the Yin and Shang Dynasties to conquer Dongyi and the domestic defense was empty, so he assembled the princes and succeeded in one blow."

"Actually, the national power of the Zhou Dynasty was not comparable to that of the Shang Dynasty. In order to win the hearts of the people, the Zhou family had to divide up the feudal lords to consolidate their rule."

"My great Wu is different. The great Wu wiped out all the nations and included the universe, so that the destiny lies in Wu, relying on the abundance of martial arts, not the merits of morality and enlightenment."

After a pause, Prince Heng said again: "Furthermore, at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, even a few decades ago, most of the world was still barbaric, and the border people were not civilized enough, unruly, disobedient, and the roads were blocked and difficult to travel. It is difficult to promulgate and implement the decree in a short time."

"Now, my Great Wu has straight roads and galloping roads all over the world, and the transportation is convenient, so that the government's government orders can be unimpeded."

"Where there is a rebellion, troops can be sent from the capital to suppress it quickly. Therefore, the father does not need to consolidate the rule of our great Wu by enfeoffing the princes like in the early Zhou Dynasty."

There was another reason, Prince Heng didn't tell Qingji bluntly.

However, Qingji's heart is like a bright mirror.

what reason?
If Qingji divides up the feudal princes and meritorious officials, and establishes the state, it will inevitably lead to a situation in which the feudal lords grow stronger and the court gradually weakens.

At that time, I am afraid that another killing campaign will be inevitable.

In general, there is really no need for Wu Guo to enfeoff princes...

(End of this chapter)