Spring and Autumn I Am King

"Why is the city wall not as good as Ye City's style..."

"yes……"

Although he is a puppet in the deep lock palace, Wei Hou Luhou is better than those in the robbery army. They are worried that the territory of Zheng Kingdom, which has just ended the war, is not safe enough. This time, they will detour to Yecheng. It came from Zhao's territory. Therefore, after seeing the newly built high wall in Ye City and comparing it with Cheng Zhou, I was a little disappointed.

How do they know that the inner city wall of Yecheng was designed and supervised by Lu Ban himself. Although it is not long, it is the first brick-clad city wall in this era, and there are designs beyond the times such as Wengcheng. It was built by craftsmanship 20 years ago. Rammed earth walls are naturally incomparable...

"The road is not as wide as the city of Ye, isn't it that Zhou Dao is as straight as an arrow?"

"Although the paint on the door is freshly painted, it is not in good condition. How can the dignified emperor use such inferior products to decorate the facade?"

"I see that the soldiers who greeted us along the way were wearing new armor on the outside, holding their heads high, but wearing tattered brown clothes on the inside. This is too shabby..."

"There are also a lot of people with disheveled faces. I think coming to the city is not as prosperous as Ye and Chaoge."

When they approached the city gate, the two held the leather silk for meeting, and whispered there as they walked.

As an elder, Zheng Bosheng, who was walking in front of them, turned his head and glared at the two of them.

"What do you think Zhou is like?"

As the closest country to Zhou, Zheng knows this "eldest brother" best.

Since the attack on King Huan of Zhou, the Zhou royal family has been short of money and food, no soldiers and no generals. Even the city has only more than 20 seats around Luoyi, and many of them have been occupied by officials of Zheng and Jin and barbarians. It is said that compared with the large vassal states like Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu, it is not as good as the middle states like Lu, Zheng, Song Wei.

It is said that the people under Zhou Tianzi's rule are less than 300,000, and they are divided into layers. There are not many left in the Sixth Division of the Son of Heaven. There are 15,000 people, but in fact there are only more than 6,000 people, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. The weapons and armor are in disrepair for a long time. Painted junk.

As for the city wall and the like, the Chengzhou City in front of them was originally rebuilt after the rebellion of the Prince Dynasty. At that time, the Zhou royal family could not get a piece of silk to repair. The dignitaries of Jin State came forward to call on the princes of the world to raise donations...

The princes are of course unwilling. In the end, you brought thousands of stone meters, and I sent a few people to move some bricks and wood here. Only by piecing things together was the city of Zhou. During the construction period, there were several stoppages. If you are careful I can even find that the city wall is not square, but slanted, because it was originally planned to be built very large, but in the end, the circle became smaller and smaller, and the wall became shorter and shorter. It's taller, but it can't compare to Yecheng.

Maybe in the future, Zhao's Yecheng will be the center of the world?

Zheng Bosheng chased away this idea. Back then, when he prevaricates Xiuzhu Chengzhou, his father Zheng Dinggong also has a share, and Wei and Lu are also indispensable. Today, he feels that Chengzhou is not high enough to bring down the face of Ji's surname. Isn't this self-defeating?

Brothers are separated from the wall and defend against their insults. At this moment, Zheng Bo discovered that Zhou and Zheng really had a relationship of prosperity and loss. If the branches were dead, how long would the leaves be able to struggle? He regrets it very much now, why did his father support the rebels of Zhou for a mere amount of land, but in the final analysis, it was the time when Duke Zheng Zhuang shot the king's shoulder with an arrow, setting a precedent for the princes to rebel against Zhou...

But what's the use of regret? So Uncle Zheng could only persuade the two juniors: "Be careful, save a little face for the emperor and the two countries of Wei and Lu!"

Wei Hou and Lu Hou blushed, and they also remembered their mission, so they could only walk towards the city gate dejectedly, where Duke Shan had been ordered by the Son of Heaven to come to greet him, and he was still complacent about his temporary pomp. I don't know that two of the three princes have a heart of light Zhou...

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After the incident when they entered the city, the interest of Weihou and Luhou was gone. They just wanted to finish their work early and return to the country early, hide in the deep palace to warm themselves, and don’t have to be bound by the heinous red tape of Chengzhou. But not yet.

"The winter solstice is the end of the year in the Zhou calendar, and this is the right day to meet the emperor." Duke Shan Liu had already set the date with the king of Zhou, and there are still a few days left. Stay in the dormitory.

Chengzhou is an administrative city full of temples, and the temple of King Wen and King Wu is undoubtedly the top priority. During this period, there were countless ceremonies to be performed by the three monarchs one by one, just wearing various clothes and seeing each other. The ancestors of the kings and ancestors made them tired enough.

Left and right, finally came the winter solstice. Early in the morning, the three princes of Zheng Luwei wore robes and crowns, and went to the Mi Temple to drop gifts. .

The palace is more like Wei and Lu, and because the Zhao family's palace in Yecheng is under construction, the two Lords of Wei and Lu have not made a comparison.

As soon as I entered the palace gate, it was a long corridor. After passing the corridor, there was an open square in front of me. The floor paved with bluestone was swept spotlessly, and all the snow was removed. On the edge of the square was a row of palace rooms with dark red walls. The body, the brown roof, and the neat beasts on the eaves.

However, although it is magnificent and magnificent, it only lacks a bit of spiritual energy, and it is more old-fashioned and outdated, resting on its laurels...

The Lord of Lu Wei, who was used to the new layout of Qufu and Diqiu, even Zheng Bo felt an uncomfortable feeling of depression.

Before they could think about it, they were greeted by Duke Shan again in the main hall where King Zhou was sitting.

In the vast hall, the crows were crowded with people, but there was no noise at all. Shan Gong, who led the way, was relieved. These days, the three princes have been waiting outside the palace. They have not been idle, and have been busy rehearsing etiquette. Woolen cloth!

I am ashamed to say it. After the rebellion of the prince's dynasty, many officials of etiquette and historians ran after him, and they also ran with him with various books and books. Even how to receive has to check now.

Fortunately, the chief director of this matter, Zhao Qing, also took this into consideration, and sent Gong Xichi, who is proficient in ceremonies, to assist, which allowed Cheng Zhou to clarify the order of etiquette. However, it took a lot of effort to find someone to join the scene, because more than half of the nobles in the Zhou family were cleaned up twenty years ago, especially the young and strong doctors who ran away from the party. Old or too immature. In addition, King Zhou did not want to manage the government, and the court meeting had been idle for a long time. This hall had been neglected for many years. Most of the officials should not say that they participated in such a grand event, even the small court meeting. The market finally took shape under the guidance of Gong Xichi.

This made Liu Dan Ergong very ashamed, and now Zhou is also disrespectful, and the courtesy is in Lu?

No, no, the current rites and music in the state of Lu are not very good. The people in the world who are most familiar with Zhou Li are Confucius and his disciples.

In any case, this winter solstice hajj can finally be opened.

In the voice of "Zai Jian Zai Jian", "Zai Jian Pi Wang, said Qiu Jue Zhang. Longqi Yangyang, and Ling Yangyang." In the sound of "Zi Jian Zai Jian", Zheng Weilu Sanjun held a Guiyu with a silk cushion in his hand and followed Duke Shan , walked through the hall where the Zhou family and ministers were intertwined, and walked towards the nominal ruler of the whole world, Zhou Tianzi.

Entering the hall is the first worship. Under the direction of the li, the three of them said in unison: "Chen Zheng Sheng, Lu Jiang, Wei Yu...I see the King of Heaven!"

After a while, a middle-aged male voice who was trying to make himself appear strong and powerful came: "Three uncles are here, and one person will be honored. If the uncle enters, one person will accept it."

After the three monarchs thanked the emperor, they slowly got up and took another ten steps to see the appearance of Zhou Tianzi:

He looked to be in his fifties, wearing a black tunic embroidered with thirteen chapters, wearing a royal crown, black on the outside and scarlet on the inside, like a pearl and jade curtain hanging down in front of his forehead, covering those deep Deep wrinkles, but can't hide gray hair and dry beard...

There is a screen embroidered with an ax-shaped pattern on the hall. The jade table is on the left and right of the screen, and the emperor stands with his back to the screen.

King Zhou was also a hard worker. He was the son of King Zhou Jing, the younger brother of Wang Zichao and King Zhou Miao. Originally, the throne had nothing to do with him. However, after the death of King Zhou Jing, Wang Zichao and King Zhou Miao both claimed that they were the orthodox, and the Zhou family was divided. Not long after King Zhou Miao was killed, Shan and Liu Ershi supported the prince and relied on the support of Jin to fight. After winning the civil war, he became an uninteresting emperor on the ruined Chengzhou. During this period, he fled for a while due to domestic chaos, and the princes basically ignored his existence.

This time, Sanjun Chaozhou was probably the most important thing he encountered after returning to Chengzhou.

However, as for the real reason why the three princes came to meet at court, the timid King Zhou was actually quite uneasy.

Fortunately, the bottom line is about to come out.

After the three princes performed the second worship, they had to take the first ten steps to offer the silk and jade that they were holding, together with the tribute lists of their respective states, which were actually some local specialties. The Rong Shu and Lu Zong of Lu State, the silk bamboo and fur clothing of Wei State, and the painted pottery of Zheng State are basically symbolic.

But for the King of Zhou, this was an unprecedented honor. He stroked the jade silk according to the etiquette, and said with red light: "Give it to one person and receive it."

At this point, the audience ceremony has come to an end~www.readwn.com~ The three monarchs are standing on the right side of the palace head, facing the north.

It was at this time that the scene fell into a small embarrassment.

Wei Hou Lu Hou looked at each other and looked at the older Zheng Uncle together. Zheng Uncle was helpless, his face was red and white, then he sighed, and took two juniors, holding the Gui Gui, walking, bowing, like Reciting the lines as usual, they said in unison:

"China lost its uncle, and treacherous evils flourished. First, the three Huans of Lu State disrupted the government, Jin Qingzhi, Fan, and Zhongxing disrupted the country. Later, Qi and Wei colluded with Wu and Chu, disrupted the world, and were fierce and coveted, splitting the Xia. Lu Wei led the land. The guests, who are competing for exile, the people of the Qin Dynasty of the Zheng country, have no choice but to follow the thieves... At this time when my summer is inexhaustible, fortunately, there is Zhao Qing of the Jin country who rose up in Ji soil, protected my surname Ji, and helped us in the difficult times. The officials and others did not perish in the ugliness of Qi and Wei, and did not fall into the brutality of Wu and Chu, but it was also due to the virtue of Zhao Qing..."

"In the past, Duke Xiang of Qin had great merit in protecting King Dongqian, and his descendants regained the land of Qishan, so he became a prince. Today, Zhao Qing's exploits are huge in China, far superior to Qin Xiang, Zhou Shuyun, ministers who have merit, Shejue, Cexun, etiquette. Also, the ministers dare to invite the Heavenly King to make the Zhao clan a vassal!"

(To be continued.)