warring states careerist

Chapter 92
When Young Master Lian was beaming with joy in Wei Du, in Qi Linzi palace thousands of miles away, Qi Hou Lv Dai, who had just ascended the throne for a year, was also beaming with joy.

He lost his father last year, and this year he is still in the three-year decline period. Normally, he can't drink alcohol, but Qihou Lvdai is drinking very happily, watching the dancers below, praising her.

This year, the country is attacking Qi, the Great Wall of Qi has been destroyed by the Three Jin Dynasties, the country of Yue is as aggressive as a tiger, and the civil strife of the Tian family is fighting each other.

It is said that even if you drink alcohol, you should sigh and cry at the moon.But Qihou Lvdai didn't seem to care about those things at all, he only cared about whether the dancer's dancing steps and movements were wrong.

At least, it seems so.

Tian He asked to see him, Qihou asked Tian He to sit aside and watch, drinking and talking.

Qi Hou picked up an exquisite bronze jue, and did not talk about those state and political affairs, but said: "The fine wine presented by you is really top-grade! It is clear and strong. Those who can drink a stone now only drink three or five cups." You'll be so drunk that you'll be unconscious. These Mozhes can only exchange twenty oxen for a stone of wine, and it's really worth it! Come, come, let me have a few drinks with you!"

Tian He coughed lightly, and the musicians beside him stopped without waiting for Qi Hou's order.

Qi Hou didn't seem to care, just asked: "Why did you stop? I'm about to drink more!"

Tian He casually stood in front of the Marquis of Qi, and said: "The people of Jin sent a silk letter, saying that thirty thousand Qi people died in the battle of Longze. I can't bear that these Qi people can't return home after death, so I would like to return the corpses."

Qi Hou said: "This is a good thing, it should be so. Just do it."

Tian He sighed. "But collecting corpses requires money. Now that the country is in disaster, please stop drinking and enjoying yourself, and save money to collect the corpses of soldiers..."

Qihou seemed to be displeased when he heard that he was not allowed to enjoy himself, and he frowned and said: "This... people are already dead, and it is useless to take back the corpses. Besides, if relatives see these corpses, they will inevitably feel sad... Since it is a waste of money, I don't think it is necessary. This may be a strategy of the Jin people to consume the money of our treasury!"

Tian He took the order: "Since your majesty said so, then do so. There is one more thing. Now that the Jin people have broken the Great Wall, Qi has no danger to defend; the Yue people are attacking fiercely, and Xiang Ziniu's rebellion is difficult to stop... Please also ask the king The king begged for peace with the king of Yue. I am a subject, not a lord, so I am not in harmony with the etiquette. If not, I really can't bear the exhaustion of the king."

Qihou only asked: "How can the Yue people retreat?"

"Your Majesty and the King of Yue will be asked to drive the chariots in order to be convinced. Then cede Jianyang and Juling to the Yue people. These two cities were originally the fiefdoms of the rebel minister Xiang Ziniu. The peasants in Jianyang and Juling are not allowed to migrate. Stay in the area and plant with the King of Yue. In addition, if you want to come to the King of Yue, you will also retreat if you take three thousand Qimin as slaves."

Qi Hou nodded, he seemed to think of something, and quickly asked: "But to drive for the king of Yue, don't you have to leave the palace? I can't bear the bumps along the way. But it would be great if I could bring these dancers along the way. You have to arrange it yourself, and prepare more spirits sold by the Mohist."

Tian He was very satisfied when he saw that Marquis Qi didn't ask about the slaves and the two cities of Jianyang, but how he could not be bored along the way. He said a few more words before backing down.

Qi Hou asked Tian He to accompany him to drink a few more glasses, and called the drums to play together, Tian He refused to leave.

Not long after, the concubine Ji who was most favored by Marquis Qi suddenly said: "Your Majesty loves the sword dance of concubines the most. If there is good wine today, I will dance a song."

The woman who spoke had a gentle but beautiful voice, clear and pleasant, and a charming figure.

This girl is the most favored by the Marquis of Qi. She was originally from Yue, so she was called Yue Nu.

Many women in Yue can dance swords. In the past, Fan Li once said, "I heard that there is a virgin in Yue who came from Nanlin, and people in the country call her good. May the king invite her, and she will see it immediately."The king of Yue hired him with an envoy, and asked him about the skill of sword and halberd.

Qi Hou seemed to have something on his mind. Normally, if a Yue girl danced with a sword, he would appreciate it, but today for some reason, he seemed to be a little absent-minded.

But he raised his head and looked at the servants sent by the Tian family, and immediately concealed the slight dullness on his face, and said with a rough smile, "Okay! Come here, get Xiujian!"

But the Yue girl said: "Foreign enemies attacking, why show off the sword! Just dance with the sword of a soldier!"

After speaking, he turned around and took out a bronze sword from the waist of the soldier beside him.

Yue Nu stands with a sword in her hand, with a graceful figure and a dagger in her hand, she is really heroic and heroic.

She stood there comfortably, when the musician was about to prepare the sword dance song, Yue Nu said: "Today's dance, there is no need for music!"

Qi Hou was startled, but immediately smiled and said: "Okay, it's all up to you!"

The Yue girl glanced at Qihou, flicked her wrist, pulled out the bronze sword, and stabbed at the sky. With a crisp voice without drum accompaniment, she sang: "It's clear that I'm below, but I'm above. It's hard for heaven, it's not easy for King Wei. The position of heaven is suitable, so that it does not force the four directions."

As soon as she opened her mouth, everyone in the palace was startled. This is an elegant poem, and it is not sung unless it is a sacrifice.

But Qihou didn't seem to understand. He saw Yue Nu singing, and the bronze sword stabbed forward.

Mingming is below, and Hehe is above, and the two lines are sung, with a respectful figure and a poetic flavor, which is based on the heart of respecting heaven and earth.

The sky is difficult to Chensi, and the king is not easy to defend. When he sang these two lines, the meaning of the sword was at a loss, as if although the heart of heaven and earth is really difficult to understand, the world is at a loss.

It's not easy to sing Weiwang.The position of heaven is Yin Shi, so when he said not to force Sifang, he changed the blankness just now to be confused, and looked around with a dagger, from the original ignorance of God's will to disbelief in God's will, full of confidence.

The first stanza was sung, and the body danced. Although it was not suitable for the situation and the scene, and it was not the time for sacrifice, it also made the people in the palace secretly admire.

This song and dance used for sacrificial rituals is enough to attract people's attention only by this Yue girl.

When singing "The journey of Yin and Shang, it will be like a forest. The arrow is aimed at Muye, and the Wei is given to Hou Xing. When God comes to a daughter, there is no second heart". Yue Nu's sword dances faster and faster, reminding everyone present The scene of dark clouds pressing down on the city when the storm is about to come in the daytime, it seems that there will be a thunderstorm in the next moment.

Yue Nu's figure became faster and faster, and her voice became louder and louder.

When he sang the lines of Makino Yangyang, Sandalwood Carriage Huanghuang, and Siji Pengpeng, the voice became sharper, and there were a few traces of gold and copper intersecting sounds, and it was like the horn flute played before the war. The hearts of all the people present seemed to tremble It was drawn into a line by the singing.

The dancing posture is not as fast as before, but it is more determined than before, and every move makes people feel as if the mountain is about to fall down.

When everyone was wondering whether the pulled thread in their hearts was about to be broken, Yue Nv sang "Master Wei Shangfu, Shi Wei Ying Yang"!
Some armored soldiers who had climbed Mount Tai, looked at the figure of the Yue girl and listened to the tunes sung, and walked Mount Tai again in their minds.

Originally, there was the last sentence of King Liangbi Wu, wantonly attacking the great merchants, and the court will be clear, but the voice of Yue Nu stopped abruptly.

Everyone's hearts were tugged suddenly, and they suddenly felt that the thread hanging in their hearts had been broken. They didn't want Yue Nu to stop singing the previous sentence, but directly sang the line with the highest tune, "Master Wei Shangfu, Shi Wei Ying Yang ".

Three sentences in a row, three sighs in a row, the short sword in his hand is like the eagle flag on Taigong Wang's car in the past.

After singing the three sentences, Yue Nv Hengjian stopped singing the last stanza, beads of sweat rolled down her face, the bronze sword in her hand was shining, she looked at Qihou who was in a daze, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is the queen of Taigong Wang. ! At the time of defeating Zhou, the Taigong looked forward to riding a chariot and waving the eagle flag. How bold is it?"

"It's said that a husband has a lofty heart in dealing with things, but how can you still have a semblance of grandeur?"

"What flows on your body is the blood of Tai Gongwang who assisted King Wu to stabilize the world; it is the blood of Duke Huan who respected the king and fought against the barbarians in the past; it is the blood of Duke Jing who had Yan Yingwu and Sima Rangju in the past!"

"What do I see now? It's a fool who only knows how to have fun, a coward who doesn't care about the bloodshed of the people of the country, and a fool who is played by the Tian clan!"

"In the past, when you were a son, you still had the arrogance to make me respect and love you, but now? Since you are a prince, why are you not as good as when you were a son?"

"You have changed, and I don't want to see such a husband again! A husband is not as good as a woman in dealing with things! Go! Go! Go! It's better not to see you! It's better not to see you!"

After saying three words in a row, Hengjian stabbed hard at the neck, and the blood immediately left, and the fragrance disappeared.

The faces of the guards all changed.

It wasn't because of seeing blood in the palace, Qi State often had coups, and they had seen a lot of blood.

The reason why they changed their colors was because of the last words the Yue girl said. This is a big event, and everyone in the Tian family must be informed!

This Yue girl is so courageous, she clearly provoked the king to rebel!

Several servants secretly looked at Qihou, only to see Qihou staggered a bit, ran to the side of Yue Nu who had died, and suddenly cried bitterly.

Seeing the pain of Marquis Qi, the attendant was shocked immediately, and said to himself, Your Majesty, you are really rebellious!
Don't want Qihou to cry: "Your sword dance is the best, why did you die like this? Where else will I go to watch this kind of sword dance in the future? I wanted to take you to form an alliance with the King of Yue, but you died all the way Am I not boring? You are a woman, what do you know? The destiny has changed. In the past, the Yellow Emperor defeated Emperor Yan, and King Wu defeated Shang Zhou. This is the destiny."

"The destiny is unpredictable, how can manpower violate it..."

He cried a few more times there, only talking about destiny, and saying that it would be difficult to see such a dance in the future, and it would be very boring. He drank three glasses of strong wine immediately, and seemed to be drunk.

When he was drunk and unconscious, he still said that fate is unpredictable, manpower is hard to break, and it will be rare to see such a sword dance in the future.

My own servants kept these firmly in mind and reported them back to Mrs. Tian.

Qi Hou only said that he wanted to see things and think about others, so he left behind the sword that Yue Nu committed suicide.

At night, the servants reported what happened today to the Tian brothers.

Tian Hao asked Tian He, "What do you think about this matter? Is it true or false that Lu Dai did this?"

Tian He said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. He is afraid that we will be suspicious, or that we will take our anger out on him, so he has already begged us for mercy?"

Tian Hao was puzzled, and Tian He explained: "The Yellow Emperor defeated the Yan Emperor, this is the destiny. The destiny cannot be violated, how can the servants understand? This is for us to hear. Taigong Wang is the successor of Yan Emperor, and you and I are the successors of the Yellow Emperor. It is destiny to replace it."

When Tian He said this, Tian Hao immediately understood what Qihou meant.Regardless of whether it was because Marquis Qi had completely settled down, or because he was trying to cover up his thoughts, or because he was worried about making Tian's displeasure about Yue Nv's affairs, the theory of Emperor Yan of the Yellow Emperor was a really good thing.

At this time, there is no theory of the Five Elements, and no one can fully explain the Mandate of Heaven. What Qihou said is giving Tian an excellent opportunity.

Now it is said that the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei get the three golden harvests and follow the destiny; if someone can find someone to sort out the theory of reincarnation and destiny, Tian's Daiqi can be regarded as a good talk.

Since the three generations have abdicated, it is possible to do the abdication first, and then ask the emperor of Zhou to obey the destiny and enshrine the Tian clan as a marquis.

Jiang Shang is a descendant of Emperor Yan; and the surname Chen is also based on Huangdi.Huangdi defeated Yandi and Chen Daijiang, which is exactly the destiny.

If you search for Confucian scholars and alchemists again, and come up with the theory of reincarnation, destiny, virtue and eternal life, you will have no worries!
As for the matter of conquering Qi from several countries, in the eyes of the Tian brothers, it was a trivial matter. The Three Jins did not have such a big appetite to destroy Qi.

The two brothers agreed on this matter, regardless of whether Qihou's attitude is true or not, since they know the interest, they don't need to think that he wants to rebel, but just think that they also believe his words, and just chop up the nonsense Yue girl into meat paste and feed it to the dogs.

In Qihou's bedroom, Qihou, who seemed to be drunk before, looked soberly at the sword that was still stained with fragrant blood, and murmured: "The thing I hate the most in my life so far is not that Tian's bullying me, but I can't let you know my thoughts before you die."

"The Tian clan is established, the Guo clan, the Gao clan, and the Yan clan are all destroyed. Nine out of ten cities in the Qi state belong to the Tian clan. I am planning to invite the hearts of the people in the fiefdoms and destroy the officials. How can it be?"

"In the past, Mr. Jian was only dissatisfied, and he was chased to death by the Tian family. What can I do? Tian is often buried, accompanied by the nine tripods, and the world knows it. What's the shock? Zhongni is angry, what's the use? Don't Confucian scholars still serve the Tian family?"

"Several countries conquered Qi, but the Sanjin took the opportunity to enshrine the Marquis to find trouble. I, the Marquis of Qi, have to come forward and ask Zhou Tianzi to confer the title of Marquis of the Three Jins to prepare for the Tian clan to replace me and Jiang Qi in the future. The life and death of tens of thousands of people is just a matter of time. Playing, who really cares?"

"Ambition, ambition, how can I still have it? I just hope that this life will pass by like this. In the future, if the Tian family can really take it all together, after all, this is their country, and they will always treat the people well, and will not make me look ugly like they are now. Sending thousands of Qi people as slaves to the King of Yue will not even bury the corpses of the soldiers and take them back just to let the Qi people call me stupid..."

"Collecting corpses, male and female slaves, and driving with the King of Yue... If I don't even understand what this is for, I will live in vain."

"Forget it... since you came from Yuedi, if I am expelled one day in the future, I only ask Mrs. Tian for one thing...don't fight Yue. This is the only thing I can do. I will meet you in Huangquan in the future, and then tell you about me. Thoughts. At that time, how will Taigong, Huangong, Jinggong... thirty generations of ancestors think of me?"

"I will keep this sword, and I will be buried with it when I die... I just don't want to die."

The lonely middle-aged man muttered to himself like this, wiped away his tears, squeezed out a smile, and waited for tomorrow to continue having fun, being a faint master who only knew about peace and happiness and completely forgot about the grandpa's bloodline and the glory of his predecessors.

He no longer dared to dream about those old dreams of his ancestors, only the tears and tears that were hidden from being discovered by others, and the once glorious blood that he always wanted to forget.

The blood that the old aristocrats will shed, and the tears that the old aristocrats shed at this time, are silently declaring a fact: an era full of chaos and change is coming.

The Spring and Autumn Period, when we still talk about etiquette, music and etiquette, will soon come to an end.

　"Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" records that Tian He said that "the former emperor had a decree saying: no attack on Yue".The theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements is about to come out soon, and it first appeared because Tian's Daiqi needed a legal basis.That's why the Huang-Lao school emerged in Qi State, and the five elements inter-generated and restrained each other, until King Qin's water virtues were black, and it all started from this, but before that, there was no system of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.Among Tian's sacrificial vessels, the Yellow Emperor is indeed respected as the ancestor; Jiang Ziya can also be regarded as a descendant of Emperor Yan, and the picture of the Yellow Emperor defeating Emperor Yan proves that Tian Daiqi is in line with the destiny.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)