Wei Wuhou

Chapter 790

In April of the sixth year of Marquis Wei, news spread that the King of Song had an audience with Marquis Wei.

Although the government of the Song Dynasty was unwilling to accept the fact that the Song Dynasty was dying, and had the intention to prevent the monarch from implementing this policy, they were still persuaded by Song Xiang in the end.

In the face of the general trend, the Song State has no ability to resist, and going upstream will only destroy the ship and kill people. This is a fact that the Song people cannot change.

Since the Song Kingdom is destined to be destroyed by a big country, why not take the initiative to attach itself to the big country and get the same treatment as Xiao Guo's office?
As long as the interests of people in the office can be guaranteed, then in the face of a cruel environment, rational people will make choices based on their own interests.

After convincing the public office, what Song Xiang still needs to convince is the courtiers, and this is actually the easiest.

The State of Song has been a vassal of the State of Wei for many years, and all the families in the country have their hearts attached to the State of Wei. If the dispute is ended without a fight, it is also a good way for them to preserve their family.

So, at the beginning of April, Song Xiang embarked on a trip to the state of Wei, and he had to go to Wu'an in person to discuss with Marquis Wei.

Song Xiang is very confident in the success of his trip, Wei Guo has no reason to reject him, this is a win-win situation for both Wei and Song.

On the thirteenth day of April, Song Xiang and his party arrived in Wu'an and were welcomed into the residence of Da Honglu.

The news of Song Xiang's meeting with the Marquis of Wei spread in Wu'an City a few days ago, so the people in the city were not surprised by Song Xiang's arrival, they were just curious about Song Bo's purpose in coming to court.

But in fact, not many people know about Uncle Song's intentions, and only those great figures in Wu'an have a half-knowledge.

On April [-]th, that is, two days after Uncle Song was in Wu'an, Wei Wuji summoned Uncle Song at the Great Court Meeting.

At the Great Court Meeting, under the watchful eyes of the courtiers of Wei State, Song Xiang formally expressed Song State's intention to attach Wei State.

Wei Wuji was not surprised, he put Song Xiang at the court meeting, just to let the courtiers hear about it.

After repeated "rejections", Wei Wuji announced on the spot at the Dachao meeting that he accepted the request of the Song State Office and accepted the land of the Song State as Weitu.

Then the Great Court ended successfully, Song Xiang was also left behind by Wei Wuji, and invited to the Yongming Palace where he usually governs.

Together with Song Xiang, several important ministers of the Wei State were left behind, and what they had to discuss next was the specific implementation plan attached to the Song Dynasty.

In the Yongming Palace, the distinction between monarch and minister has been established. At this time, Song Xiang is no longer the monarch of the Song Kingdom, and has officially become a subject of the Wei Kingdom.

So at this time Song Xiang took off the crown of his own monarch to show his intention of being a minister.

In order to show his great love for Song Xiang, Wei Wuji also specially asked Yu Zhong to move a stool for him in the hall, which made Song Xiang very panicked.

"Song Qing, sit down, you should accept the gift of the widow!" Wei Wuji said calmly.

Wei Wuji had already spoken, and at this time Song Xiang couldn't refuse, and said, "I thank you, Your Majesty!"

Song Xiang was as refined as before, and now he directly called himself a minister and formally entered the role of a minister.

This made Wei Wuji very satisfied, but at the same time, it also made Wei Wuji alert to Song Xiang. This person can be bent and stretched, and he is a hero.

Afterwards, Wei Wuji turned his attention to the other people in the hall, and said: "Since the Song Kingdom is attached to it, how do you think it should be governed?"

In fact, this question is very unnutritious, how could the courtiers not know the king's mind.

But this time, Tingwei Zhao Yu stood up first and said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of my ministers, we should set up prefectures and counties in Song Dynasty and send capable officials to govern them as usual!"

Song Xiang was not surprised by this result, and so was Xiao Guo, who he imitated.

So Wei Wuji asked other important ministers again, but no one raised any objections, and then Wei Wuji asked Song Xiang himself.

Wei Wuji asked Song Xiang's opinion, which was also a test for Song Xiang.

If Song Xiang objected, it would be almost impossible; and if Song Xiang directly agreed, it would be a success in Wei Wuji's heart.

But, Song Xiang is such a delicate person, he also discovered the doorway inside.

So he replied: "Everything is up to the emperor, and the minister will act according to the edict!"

This is so good, Song Xiang really put himself in the position of surrender, and did not express his own opinion on the issue, but handed over the decision-making power to Wei Wuji.

Wei Wuji nodded in satisfaction, Zhao Yu and the others also looked at the former Uncle Song with admiration, at least this Uncle Song could live like Xiao Ziji.

Later, after Wei Wuji encouraged Song Xiang, he let him go out of the palace.

There are still several prime ministers in the Yongming Palace, and Wei Wuji asked them to select the outstanding ones from the county officials all over the country as they did two years ago, and after he selected them, he appointed them as county magistrates and county lieutenants.

However, in Wei Wuji's plan, among the officials of Song County this time, Wei Wuji planned to take one-third of the posts from Song people, so as to win over the hearts of Song people.

As for the county guard and county lieutenant, Wei Wuji also planned to let the courtiers choose them by themselves like last time.

The Xiaochaohui was over, Wei Wuji breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, but when he saw the prime minister who was walking a little tremblingly, his heart became alive again. Is it time to change the prime minister?
To be honest, Wei Wuji and Guo Liangdong got along fairly well in the past few years, but the old prime minister was really old, so Wei Wuji already wanted to let him back down.

Just like Gao Chengde, who is also the general of the Zhu Kingdom, after staying away from the battlefield for the past two years, his health has improved and he has become Wei Wuji's senior staff.

To be honest, Wei Wuji's current military and political officials are all a bit older, which is something Wei Wuji doesn't want to see.

He wants to do great things, so he needs a group of young and vigorous courtiers!

But at this time, there is no rush, so Wei Wuji can only plan it slowly, and the road has to be taken step by step.

Outside the Wei palace, Song Xiang returned to the building arranged for him under the guard of the guards, but at this time his expression was a little dignified.

He could feel Wei Hou's distrust of him, and because of this he was terrified, but fortunately he passed the test just now.

Thinking about these things, Song Xiang walked into the building, and the clansmen and officials who accompanied him on the mission were all waiting for him to return in the room.

"Your Majesty is back!" someone shouted after discovering Empress Song Xiang.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, does Marquis Wei agree?"

For a while, a group of people asked Song Xiang non-stop, which made Song Xiang very irritable, and he didn't want to see these people now.

Under the noisy voices, Song Xiang suddenly broke out: "Shut up..."

Even though Song Xiang decided to surrender to the Wei State, the majesty of the monarch accumulated over the years was still there, and everyone was shocked by this roar.

After scanning the crowd and seeing that they had all shut their mouths, Song Xiang slowed down and said, "Everyone, there is no Song State now, only the Song Commandery of the Great Wei State, so don't say anything about the title of king!"

This is what Song Xiang is most concerned about. If Wei Wuji finds out that he is still called the emperor by his courtiers, it will bring him a lot of trouble.

Being told so solemnly by Song Xiang, although everyone present had expected this, they still found it difficult to accept it for a while.

The status of monarch and minister for many years, but now they are ministers in the same palace?
"Your..."

For a while, everyone didn't know how to address Song Xiang, and of course it was inappropriate to call her by his first name.

"Okay, you go down first, let the old man talk to my nephew!" At this moment, an old voice sounded in the room.

Everyone looked at the sound at this time, but they saw that it was Zongzheng Song Bin.

At this time, the people present were also a little confused. After listening to Song Bin's words, they lost their intentions of staying here. After saluting to Song Xiang, they all retreated from the hall.

After everyone left, before Song Bin opened his mouth to speak, Song Xiang said solemnly: "Third Uncle, Song Kingdom is gone!"

Song Bin was speechless for a while, as members of the Song Dynasty's family, it was difficult for them to be happy in the face of this fact.

Afterwards, Song Bin said: "It's gone... If it's gone, it's gone. As long as my family can inherit it and the sacrifices to our ancestors can't be cut off, we will be worthy of our ancestors!"

At this time, Song Bin, as an elder, is of course qualified to say this, and he also hopes that Song Xiang can cheer up.

After all, the first step in negotiating the attached matter is that the Song State Office requires survival, and there are still many things to be busy in the future, and Song Xiang is inseparable from this.

(End of this chapter)