Spring and Autumn I Am King

ps: I recommend a new book "Warring States Dominate the World". It has the same name as the Spring and Autumn Period. It was written by an old author. It happens that the next book in July will also write about the Warring States. If you are interested, you can read it, just take it as a preview. That era haha. The second chapter is in the afternoon or evening.

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This year is a warm winter, just after the second day of January, the weather began to warm up, but the white snow in Chengzhou King City just melted, and the entire city palace was once again covered with plain white.

When the people of the country woke up early in the morning, they learned the news of the death of the emperor. For Zhou people, the inside and outside of the palace walls are completely two worlds. So after learning this bad news, the Chinese people who have been numb to life for a long time just sighed, obeyed the nobleman's order to hang white cloth and black cloth at the door of Lilu, and continued to plunge into the struggle of life without expression, only vaguely able to I heard a low elegy chorus from the palace.

"Nanshan is fierce and strong, and the wind is blowing. The people are not good, and I am the only one who harms me!"

"Nanshan is rhythmic, and the wind is swaying. There are no people who are not good, and I am alone!"

This "Legacy" is used to express the sadness of the death of the parents. The foundation of Zhou is the patriarchal system. The ministers and the small clan all regard the king as a father, and the death of the father of the king is like the collapse of a mountain. A plain white, filial piety cloth on his head, and a guard dressed in Ge Ma stood quietly on the palace wall with a halberd, and inside and outside the hall, hundreds of ministers, royal families, and public officials were weeping at the same time.

However, the sadness of most of them is faked, and the only one who is sad is probably the Prince Ren of Zhou Jingwang.

Tears fell from Prince Ren's eyes in large drops, dripping on the cold floor. Although Zhou Jingwang was mediocre, he was his biological father after all, and now the entire burden of the whole week is on the crown prince. In a few days, he will become the new emperor.

However, before Prince Ren could cry enough, Duke Liu, the ruler of Chengzhou, knelt down and moved in, and said so and so in Prince Ren's ear with a sad expression.

The prince couldn't bear to cry anymore, his eyes widened and he said:

"The 30,000-strong army of the Zhao Kingdom has reached Beimang!?"

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Beimang, also known as Mangshan, is located in the north of Luoyang, hundreds of miles from east to west, and is very famous. Not only is it a natural barrier, but also because of its excellent feng shui, it is an ideal place to bury bones. The hills are lined with trees, green like clouds, and you can see the victory of Yiluo and Erchuan from afar. In the evening, the lights of all houses in Luoyang are like stars in the sky. Therefore, later generations said: "Born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and buried in Beimang", Bai Juyi also sighed in his poem: "The tomb of Beimang is high." This is the burial place of the Zhou kings of successive dynasties since King Ping moved eastward, and even the recently deceased King Jing of Zhou, his mausoleum is also located here.

However, before the emperor had time to go to the funeral, Beimang was dusty, and a large army came from Mengjin, holding the flag of Zhao State, and approached the north gate of Luoyang.

The appearance of the three armies of more than 30,000 people terrified Chengzhou Junchen and his ministers, and Prince Ren couldn't care about the mourning, so he hurriedly summoned the ministers to discuss how to deal with it.

"Liu Gong, Shan Gong, Er Qing think, why did Zhao Jun come here?" Crown Prince Ren was already an adult, but his father Wang had just died, and he encountered such a thing before he could ascend the throne. Last words, I want to get some advice from Liu Gongdan.

"Since the Huangchi meeting, it's not uncommon for Zhao Jun to cross the border from Chengzhou." Shan Gong glanced at the prince and muttered.

"Then why didn't you receive a request to borrow the way beforehand?" Prince Ren didn't believe it, and looked at Liu Cheng. He was the ruler of Cheng Zhou and had dealt with Zhao Guo many times.

Liu Cheng was hesitant, just at this moment a retainer of the Liu family came to whisper to him, Liu Gong turned from worry to joy, and announced to everyone: "The messenger from Zhaohou said that he came here specially when he learned that the emperor had died. Go to mourning."

According to the Zhou Li, when the emperor collapsed, the princes had the obligation to come to the capital for mourning, and they would also provide some burial money and silk to help the royal family get through their urgent needs.

This should be something that should be loved and heard, but Prince Ren did not believe that Zhao Wuxi was a prince who abides by Zhou Li when he was killed, not to mention...

"Father King died yesterday, but Zhao Jun has already crossed Mengjin and Mangshan today, and is approaching for weeks. Tens of thousands of people have assembled and prepared at least half a month ago. If Zhao Hou is going to the funeral, he will bring his A small number of followers is enough, why do you need to bring a large army? If you are crossing the border, but you don’t pass the way in advance, what is the difference between directly declaring war on the Zhou family?”

Prince Ren gritted his teeth: "Zhao Wuxi annexed Lu and Wei, and last year he became king outside the fortress. Everyone knows that he is willing to slaughter the world. There were rumors of Hou Fei Hou Wang Fei Wang at the Huangchi meeting earlier. When Jun Beng passed away, bring a large army, I am afraid that he has the heart of not being a minister!"

Prince Ren's worries are not superfluous, although Chengzhou is still the nominal state of the emperor, but after a series of events such as arrows shooting Wangjian, Zhouxiang's hunting in Heyang, and the chaos of the prince's dynasty, the illustrious Zongzhou of the past. It has long since fallen, the royal family is swept away, lacks money and food, has no soldiers and no generals, and even the site is only a corner of Yiluo, which is two hundred miles away. Not to mention, compared with the big vassal states like Zhao and Chu, it is not as good as the middle states like Song and Yue.

Under the whole world, there will be no more long live mountains, no more countries will come to the DPRK, and even tributes have been interrupted for more than a hundred years.

Fortunately, in the past century of struggle for hegemony, Qi, Chu, Qin, and Jin have also had an unwritten tacit understanding, that is, they generally respect the emperor from a distance, and do not easily offend. The advantages of capturing a corner of Luoyi are not necessarily many, but it may lead to the attack of the great powers. The advantages and disadvantages are clear at a glance.

Therefore, although the state of Jin covets the land of the royal family, it can only steal it little by little by driving Lu Hunrong into Yiluo; Duke Mu of Qin has always longed to go east, but would rather go to Zheng State to take risks than invade Luoyang; King Zhuang of Chu If so, he will give up his offense because of Wang Sunman's words "in virtue is not in the cauldron" after asking for the importance of the crown. After all, they can't ensure that their ability is against the world, and it is better to hold the banner of the king in their own hands.

The Zhou royal family has survived unharmed under the siege of tigers and wolves, thanks to this delicate balance of the four major kingdoms of east, west, north and south.

But now, this balance has been completely broken by the State of Zhao, the name of the State of Qi has disappeared from the map, and the homeland has been divided into three; the State of Qin has been weakened and is still licking its wounds; Business can't get involved. At this time, if Zhao Wuxi was born with wickedness, invaded Luoyang, and perished into Zhou, no one would be able to stop him...

But although Prince Ren was young, he was not afraid of things, and immediately ordered: "Send someone to defend the city. Now that the first king has collapsed, and I have not yet ascended the throne, at such a critical time, if you do not understand the purpose of Zhao Hou, you must not open the door!"

Liu Gong, Shan Gong, was shocked and couldn't even talk. They were not like Crown Prince Ren. Newborn calves were not afraid of tigers.

Prince Ren, who had never left Luoyi, was unwilling and said, "Don't I also have six divisions in Chengzhou!"

"Book · King Kang's Letter": "Zhang Huang's six divisions, there is no harm in my great ancestor's few lives", the sixth division is the division of the six armies under the command of the emperor of Zhou, composed of the people of the six townships of Kyoto, from the beginning of Wuwang's attack on Zhou Dynasty. battle for expansion. Although Yun Liu Shi, in fact, at its peak, there were 70,000 to 80,000 people. They were led by Duke Zhou and Duke Zhao, and together with the Eighth Division of Yin, they fought from the western frontier to the seashore, from Jianghan to Yanhao, and they had almost no opponents.

However, to this day, the Saturday Division, which had repeatedly made military exploits in the past, was just like this dynasty.

Shan Gong said with a bitter face: "After the rebellion of the prince's dynasty, the six townships were destroyed, and even the six divisions could not be recruited. Now there are less than 6,000 people, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. The weapons and armor are in disrepair. Defend Zhao Jun..."

Duke Liu also had the same opinion. They believed that even if the clan soldiers of the Liu Dan family were considered, they could only make up 10,000 people, and they could not resist at all.

The two were persuading earnestly, but Crown Prince Ren was trembling. He had a hunch that if Zhao Wuxi was allowed to enter the city, UU reading www. uukanshu. Even if the Zhou family does not die, it is a catastrophe comparable to that of Mount Li, and I am afraid that I will not be spared.

He paced repeatedly in the hall, suddenly thought of something, and said eagerly: "There are many old armored soldiers in the treasury."

"Chengzhou and Wangcheng have a small population. Together, there are still a population of 100,000! Scholars, nationals, Baigong, farmers, and ministers can all distribute weapons to help the rest and defend the royal family!"

As if he had caught a life-saving straw, he was so excited that he didn't care about Liu Gong's opinion, and summoned his close ministers when he was the prince, and followed him hurriedly to the Temple of Civil and Military Affairs, intending to ring the bell. Summons the people of the city to come to King Qin.

It was not until Prince Ren left the hall that Duke Liu ended his plea, stood up, brushed off his dusty dark clothes, and sighed to Duke Shan: "Shan Gong, the prince has abandoned the ministers and ministers, and wants to rely on him. The demeanor of the common people, the poor and the poor, reminds me of an old friend."

"Who is Duke Liu referring to?" Duke Shan was the head of the family several years ago, much younger than Liu Cheng, but he also vaguely guessed what Liu Cheng was referring to.

Duke Liu seemed to have made up his mind, and said coldly, "He is very much like the prince's dynasty who is the enemy of your father's generation!"