A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 14
Zijue found that the life after death was not as boring as he imagined, but very interesting.After remodeling the Paradise of the Heavenly Paradise, he soon discovered a problem.That is, his soul is not inexhaustible.After transforming Dongtian Paradise, he will feel sleepy and want to rest.

In Dongtian Paradise, his soul will grow slowly, and of course it will grow faster when he is asleep.And after he left Dongtian Paradise, his soul began to weaken. Although it was very slow, Zijue could clearly feel it. Of course, he could also use luck to strengthen his soul.

After discovering this situation, Zijue seldom went out, but slept in the paradise, only when some major events happened or the family changed.

Since his death, Huai country has continued to develop along the path he set. After 50 years in power, there has been inertia, and the national strength of the Huai country is still steadily improving.

His death had a great impact, among which the eastern vassal states and the royal family of Zhou were the most influential.Especially for some vassal states in the east, the continuous failure made them fear Zijue, and the growth of Huai country's strength over the years also made them breathless.

Now that Zijue passed away, the eastern countries immediately breathed a sigh of relief.Bangzhou's third emperor also passed away shortly afterwards. Although the emperor failed to launch the Eastern Expedition, he did well in other aspects. Bangzhou was very prosperous under the management of two generations of emperors.

It is not uncommon for a dynasty to have three Mingjuns in a row, and the Zhou Dynasty has produced four Mingjuns counting from King Wen, and the chance of continuing to produce Mingjuns is very low.After Kang Wang's son came to the throne, the Zhou emperor was ambitious and wanted to do some big things.

Then what can boast of martial arts more than to expand the territory and break through the enemy's country?The Emperor Zhou quickly set his sights on Dongfang Huaiguo.

He knew that his father, King Kang, had suffered a defeat against Huaiguo, but for a rebellious emperor who wanted to prove that he was better than his father, what better way to prove that he was better than his father than directly defeating Huaiguo?

So Ji Bi, who had just ascended the throne, ordered to prepare to conquer Huai country again.It was just that after a failure, the ministers of the Zhou royal family did not agree, especially the prince surnamed Ji who served as the third prince did not support his decision, which made Ji Bi very dissatisfied.

It's just that he has just ascended the throne, and he doesn't have enough prestige to forcefully promote this war. At the same time, the Shandong princes don't want to provoke the Huai country.So this matter is deadlocked here.

If Ji Bi devoted himself to governing the country, accumulated fame, and ordered the princes to put down non-subjects, and had been in power for ten years in a stable manner, with enough political prestige, it would be logical to promote the conquest of Huai country without subjects.

It's a pity that Ji Bi doesn't understand this kind of political game, or he thinks it's too slow to follow this method, so he has an unpleasant quarrel with San Gong.

In the fourth year of Ji Bi, a vision fell from the sky, the earth shook in Haojing, the river, well, and spring water swelled and overflowed at the same time, the birds and beasts panicked, the snakes and ants fled, and at night, the light of the earth penetrated directly into the crape myrtle. It is blue and red, but the stars are not visible.

The star official of the observatory came to report that the evil light obstructed the Lord and blocked the universe, but there were treacherous ministers who deceived the emperor.Ever since Ji Bi ascended the throne, she has been constrained by the Sangong. When she met this opportunity, she fell asleep and touched the pillow. She immediately dismissed the Sangong with an ominous astronomical phenomenon, and the Sangong left in anger.

Since then, Ji Bi Qiangang has been arbitrary and has no constraints.

Without Sangong's dissuasion, Ji Bi could flex his muscles from now on.Under his order, Wang Ji began to raise food and grass. At the same time, he issued an edict to the kingdoms of Shandong to summon the princes to join forces.

When the kingdoms of Shandong learned that Ji Bi had ordered an allied force to attack Huai, they were not willing to join.After all, after three consecutive fiascos, the countries lost a lot.And now that the Huai country is powerful, it is not willing to send troops.

But just when the princes of Shandong wanted to continue to prevaricate, a major event happened in the State of Lu.

Duke You's younger brother Ji Fei staged a coup d'état, killed Duke You, and proclaimed himself Duke of Lu.You must know that the State of Lu is a feudal state of Zhou Gongdan. Zhou Gongdan established the Zhou Rites, which restrained the princes to act according to the rituals. Can obey orders obediently.

Any prince who dared to violate Zhou etiquette would be punished, and in severe cases, he would even be expelled from the country.Regicide is arguably the worst felony.

After launching a coup to seize the throne of Duke Lu, the Duke of Lu, Ji Fei, sent people to Wang Jihaojing immediately, expressing his willingness to obey Ji Bi's edict, and summoned the army to obey Ji Bi's order, and punish the disobedient officials.

Ji Bi, who was being prevaricated by the Shandong vassal states, was overjoyed when she learned that Duke Lu was willing to send troops.Instead of punishing Duke Lu and Ji Fei for his regicide, he ordered her to prepare for war.Neither troops were sent to punish them, nor were they sent to question the crimes. This kind of behavior that seriously undermined the system was just let go.

As a big country among Shandong princes, the State of Lu has a high status among the Shandong states.Lu Guo surrendered to Ji Bi, which directly caused the Shandong princes to obey Ji Bi's order and start preparing for war.

When he learned that Ji Bi was preparing an army to march east again, Marquis Shen and Marquis Sui, who had already been removed from the position of Sangong, came to stop him again.

In the Haojing Palace, just after discussing with several ministers about the expedition, they saw Marquis Shen and Marquis Sui barging in.

"Shenhou Suihou, you are so brave, dare to trespass in the palace!" Jihou next to him reprimanded loudly.

Shenhou and Suihou didn't even look at Jihou, they went forward to salute Ji Bi, and then said: "Your Majesty wants to march eastward, but the old ministers can't stop him, but your Majesty, Marquis Lu was murdered, and Ji Fei's subordinates committed crimes." , the crime cannot be punished, why didn't the king punish and inquire about the crime? Instead, let him call the army?"

"The Marquis of Shen followed the Marquis, and the Marquis of Lu died of illness and his younger brother ascended the throne. This was also elected by the Dukes of Lu, so it's not good for me to interfere in this matter!" Ji Bi argued.

"Your Majesty, this Ji Fei is trampling on the etiquette and system of our country's Zhou, committing crimes against his superiors and killing the monarch. This is a great treason. If he is not punished severely, he may be followed by others in the future. This is the foundation of our country's Zhou. Deal with it!" Sui Hou tried hard to persuade.

"That's right, Your Majesty, the rituals of Zhou are the foundation of our country. If you trample on it like this, I fear that the country will fail in the future! Please also ask the king to issue an edict to punish Ji Fei!"

"Enough!" Ji Bi waved his hand abruptly, and said to the two of them sternly: "Shenhou Suihouer and others are no longer three princes, and have no right to intervene in state affairs. Such state affairs will be dealt with alone. You should go back to the fiefdom." !"

Marquis Shen and Marquis Sui stood on the spot blankly, and after a while, they walked out of the hall with distraught faces, and left Haojing accompanied by guards.

Shen Hou Sui Hou looked at Hao Jing who was gradually going away behind him, and said angrily: "Cheng Zhou's great cause is ruined here!"

After the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty, under the rule of the two kings of Cheng and Kang, the Zhou Dynasty entered its apex, and the authority of the emperor reached its peak. However, when it came to the time of the assassination of the king of Zhou, after Duke Lu You was killed and seized power by Duke Wei of Lu, the emperor of Zhou did not punish him and did not send troops to conquer He did not ask the teacher to ask the crime, but instead recognized his position, which caused the phenomenon of bullying the weak in the world to occur frequently, and the court was thus deflected. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Zhou Dynasty: The Destruction of Zhou Rites"

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