warring states careerist

Chapter 219

On the morning of the fourth day when the granary was burned, Uncle Cen Xi excitedly told a group of nobles about the dream he had last night.

"I dreamed that Zitian was lying outside Lumen, with his head facing north and his feet facing south. I turned into a big crow, perched on him, and my tail was facing Tongmen. This is What does that mean?"

Lumen is the east gate of Song City.

In the 26th year of Duke Ai of Lu, when the Song Dynasty was still strong, he left a mark on Zuozhuan, and Lumen was recorded in the history books.

In winter, the people of Song defeated Zheng with the feudal vassals, reporting the war of Song.Burn Qumen, enter, and Dakui.Cut down the eastern suburbs and take the head of the cow.The rafters of the Great Palace are the rafters of the Lumen.

The rafters snatched from the palace of Zheng State are still on the Lumen. Although it has been a long time ago, it has not decayed yet.

Uncle Cen Xi is not the first person to have such a dream. The person who had such a dream back then completed a successful coup.

As for whether Cen Xi really had such a dream, or whether he didn't have this dream and just told it for everyone to hear, the meaning is the same.

Cen Xi may or may not know the meaning of the dream, but the important thing is that someone will stand up and explain the meaning of the dream.

Taizhu knew that it was time for him to take the words, so he congratulated: "This is a good omen. People who are really good at divination may not necessarily need tortoise shells."

"The north head of Zitian is the loss of the country. Jun Meng turned into a crow, headed at Lumen and tailed at Tongmen. This is the omen of the blood of the mysterious bird. Only you can save the Song Dynasty!"

Taizhu explained the meaning of this dream with all the things he knew, and said that Gongzi De also had such a dream back then, which is why the coup d'état many years ago succeeded.

Everyone present has already sworn in blood, and now the stakes are clear, and the opportunity has come, the interpretation of this dream is nothing more than a clarion call to attack.

Everyone no longer had any doubts, and the little Sikou said: "Now the people in the city are on our side. They are already dissatisfied with the defense of the city, and they are afraid that there will be something like breaking their bones and cooking."

"I have also sent people to spread the word that everything is Zitian's fault. The people may not believe us, but they already resent Zitian, so it's time for a new monarch!"

Before the coup several decades ago, the interests of each family were distributed early, and finally an agreement was reached on the co-government of the three surnames.

Because of that agreement, when Song Gong asked the Chu people to set up the office, the nobles of Shangqiu City were extremely dissatisfied.

Now that the distribution of benefits has already been discussed, Zi Cenxi promised that if he becomes the king, he will agree to the requests of the various families, and the nobles also know that Zi Cen Xi is not powerful enough, so they have to do it if they agree, otherwise they will still not be able to sit on the throne of the duke. bit.

Taizhu said again: "In the past, there were hermits like Lao Peng who made a ballad saying: After being cut off, you will be buried at the end. It is not known whether the brother will end up with the younger brother and whether the legitimate son will inherit it."

"My grandfather passed away in his post, and it's not yet time for him to die. Uncle Gong has a dream of Lumen again. This is in accordance with the destiny and the will of heaven!"

"The people are already dissatisfied with Zitian, so we can do it!"

Dayin nodded and said: "Exactly. Now the Chu people are attacking the city fiercely, and the Mohists have no intention of governing the affairs of the city. The emperor's father Yueling personally went to the city to inspect. They knew that if the city was destroyed, the Sicheng emperor's family would surely perish, so they even used My own dead soldiers. This is self-destruction, can't the Chu people break the city, and there will be no accidents in the city?"

Little Si Kou hesitated a little, and asked: "Ke Si City Emperor is on the city now, defending the city with Mo Zhe, I'm afraid Mo Zhe will help him."

Dayin laughed and said: "Whoever guards the city, the Mohists will help them. The problem is, if the city does not need to be guarded, then the people who guard the city will be the original people. Now the imperial father Yueling is the imperial father who guards the city and patrols the city." Yueling, and if the new king decides not to keep it, then the emperor's father, Yueling, is only the son of Emperor Sicheng, so how can Mo Zhe help him?"

These final words answered everyone's last doubts. Dayin made an oath with everyone again, and then said: "It can be launched today!"

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Before noon, private soldiers and soldiers from various noble mansions took to the streets one after another, wearing leather armor and holding spears and daggers, rampant in the city.

The people who had not yet been recruited under the city wall were not panicked when they saw the hundreds of people suddenly appearing.

They have seen a lot of coups, and they have long been used to it. Looking at today's situation, they know that it is another coup.

Since it is a coup, there are still some things to say.

After the soldiers lined up, they showed off their power in the city and took the lead.

The nobles who participated in the coup chose eloquent people and loudly announced various problems in the city.

"Zitian was rude to Chu and second to Jin, which led to the siege of the city by the Chu people. This is all Zitian's crime. This is to make Song State fall into the desperate situation of Chen Cai and other countries, and cut off the sacrifice of ancestors. This is a sin. , is intolerable to the Emperor of Heaven.”

"Emperor Sicheng offered Jiahe to Han, Zhao and Wei, which made the people of Chu furious, so this time, only the rude Zitian and Emperor Sicheng will be punished."

"Are their crimes to make you change your sons and eat them, and break your bones and cook them? This is wrong, so please expel the monarch and form an alliance with the Chu people!"

This kind of announcement will always be heard by many people in the capital.

Nowadays, there are frequent coups in various countries, and the small countries sandwiched between Jin and Chu have experienced countless riots among Chinese people because of the pro-Jin and pro-Chu issues.

Not to mention that Zheng and Wei expelled the monarch because of the issue of being close to Jin and Chu, even if the Zheng people would not be angry with Chu soon, the [-] recruited Zheng people would rather surrender to the Chu people than fight.

The people were already dissatisfied. The people in the city, like the people under the city wall, had listened to the propaganda of the Mohists' Propaganda Department. Under the subtle influence, it was beneficial to defend the city.

Now that the price is even higher, they are full of resentment and do not want to defend the city at all.

The only difference is that the people organized under the city wall were lifted by the Propaganda Department to point the issue at "struggling for interests."

And those people in the city who deliberately didn't publicize it are still at the level of "accepting that the worst result is not the case".

No one told them what to do.

The nobles told first, so they were quickly stirred up.

It sounds like those words make sense.

If the king did not offend the Chu people, why would the Chu people go north to encircle the Song Dynasty?If Emperor Sicheng did not present Jiahe, why would the people of Chu be furious?
No one told them that no matter whether they were angry or not, the people of Chu would go north to fight for hegemony, so the truths preached by the nobles sounded very reasonable.

When the people were in chaos, the dead soldiers who mixed into the crowd shouted loudly: "That's right, why should we have to suffer the suffering of Yi Zi, eating broken bones and cooking because of the king's crime? If the king can't be right The country and the people are beneficial, so the people of the country should replace them!"

The people were originally dissatisfied, but no one wanted to take the lead.

When a dead man yelled like this, the people in the city thought they were ordinary people, and if someone took the lead, they yelled a few words.

But if they are allowed to come forward to besiege the palace, it will not be to that extent for the time being.

Moreover, the nobles have their own private soldiers, and they don't need the participation of the people at all, they just need the people not to object so that the coup can be launched immediately.

Hundreds of soldiers gathered, several nobles drove, guided the soldiers, and headed towards the palace aggressively.

Most of the people following behind did not hold any weapons, and they were more of a mentality of watching the excitement.

People loyal to Song Gong soon returned to the palace to inform Song Gong of the changes that happened in the city.

Several servants were around, and some relatives who were close to Jin Dynasty were also nearby, the one who had met Mo Di hurriedly said: "At this time, the people are raging, Day Yin and others take the opportunity to make trouble, it is impossible not to be wary! "

"Why don't you come forward and tell the people that you are willing to form an alliance with the Chu people, even if you learn how Qihou Luhou drives the king of Yue and let the Chu people eat in Shangqiu, it is better than being expelled by them!"

Zitian, who is in his 20s, full of vigor, and changed Yuan when his father died, snorted, "Being an alliance with the Chu people? It's impossible!"

He has his own flesh and blood, and he also has a dream of restoring the Song Dynasty to the glory of Duke Xiang's hegemony, so he looks down on his father who was in Chaojin and Muchu.

He felt that he was a majestic duke, queen of Xuanniao, descendant of Shang Tang, why should he go to pay homage to a barbarian from Chu?
The pilgrimage to the emperor of Zhou finally had some face. After all, the Zhou people only "helped" the merchants to drive out the unrighteous Shang Zhou, and the Song Dynasty was still the feudal state of the Shang Zhou brothers.

Now that the situation is pressing, he is already stubborn. Looking at the panicked relatives, he said angrily: "I have made an alliance with the people of Chu today, so why won't the people of Jin come to question tomorrow?"

"Could it be that the king of my country drives with Chuzi today and rides with the Marquis of Jin tomorrow, do you ministers have a bright face?"

He doesn't know how to call Chu people king, so he is obviously a viscount, how can he be qualified to be a king?

Although Zitian is proud and ambitious, he is not a fool. He knows that if he forms an alliance with the Chu people today, the Jin people will come to crusade tomorrow.

What is rude to Chu and inferior to Jin? It’s okay to deceive fools. In Song’s position, even if they were married to Jin and Chu back then, wouldn’t they still be conquered?
What he said made everyone blush, and Zitian said again: "If you can keep Shangqiu now, do you know what will happen in the future?"

He stood up, straightened his clothes, held his saber, and said loudly, "As long as Shangqiu is defended, the people of Chu and Jin will know that Song is not easy to attack. We still have the chance that Doctor Hua Yuan urged us to eliminate the military association."

"If you surrender directly to the Chu people, ha! Do you want to surrender when the Jin people come? What face do I have as a monarch? You ministers don't think about the power of the country, but think about how to surrender. It's the reason Song was attacked!"

Many servants drew their swords one after another and said: "The king is humiliated and the subject dies, we will not let the king suffer such humiliation!"

But there were also people who secretly complained, thinking: "Now that the coup d'état is just around the corner and the palace is about to be breached, what's the use of talking about it at this time?"

"Even if you have ambitions, if you are expelled, what is the use of ambition? Besides, is the insult of being expelled stronger than driving the king of Chu?"

(End of this chapter)