Chapter 461: The story of forgetting ones ancestors after reading the classics
A few days later, Baigong and Sikong Yan, escorted by Sun Wu, came to the capital to meet Wang Zichao. Wang Zichao naturally welcomed their arrival and not only arranged a suburban welcome, but also rewarded Sikong heavily.
Yan He Guancong.
And just like this, these hundreds of workers were temporarily settled in Jingyi.
Although these people are not many in number, they can still be regarded as a banner. In addition, after a bloody battle on Sun Wu's side, he actually captured Qianyi from the tiger's mouth, so the countrymen and refugees who were originally unable to live in Wangji Nei, as well as
The wealthy families who are used to being at the mercy of the wind are also flocking to the capital in an endless stream.
Seeing this situation, Li Ran simply set up defense points in Jingyi, Qianyi and Dongyu. On the one hand, he consolidated his own strength, and on the other hand, it was easier to recruit nobles and refugees and recruit troops.
For a time, the momentum of the Prince's Dynasty increased greatly. No one thought that this Prince's Dynasty could actually make a comeback, and it seemed to have the momentum to compete with the Zhou Dynasty.
However, after all, Zhou Wang Meng, who was supported by Shan Banner, was established in front, and he claimed to be the orthodox of the Zhou Dynasty, so the Wang Zi Dynasty was inevitably slightly behind in this aspect. Moreover, in terms of power, it was still far behind.
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Let's talk about Danqi. Although he left Chengzhou Luoyi with Zhou Wang Meng this time, he used the trick of luring the enemy deep into the city and achieved great success. He wiped out nearly ten thousand enemies and burned his general Wei Ge to death. It can be said that the prince Dynasty suffered a painful loss.
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However, in the subsequent battle, the king's army led by Situ Chou was defeated in Qianyi, and another mutiny broke out in Luoyi.
Although there was a win or loss in the two rounds, overall, Danqi seemed to have suffered a big loss.
In order to prevent Wang Zichao and others from actually taking advantage of the situation to attack Luoyi, Shan Qi, Liu Di and others took the Zhou king and returned to Luoyi again.
Although King Meng of Zhou is the king of Zhou, he can't help being so "displaced". As the king of Zhou, he does not have any authority, so he can only obey Shan Qi's orders.
Just let it be.
However, he also knew that he could only rely on Shan and Liu to protect his throne.
His brother, Wang Zichao, has always been eyeing his current throne. Therefore, besides obeying Shan Qi, he seems to have no other choice but to become his puppet willingly.
As King Meng of Zhou entered Luoyi again, tens of thousands of Jin troops followed him.
I saw that Jin's troops were also stationed around Luoyi, and they even brought nearly ten thousand troops from Lu Hun's army.
The Rong of Lu Hun is a branch of the Rong clan, with the surname Yun, also known as the "Rong of Yun". The people of this tribe are extremely warlike, and they were very powerful more than a hundred years ago.
Because they now live in Lu Hun, Zhou people often call them the Rong of Lu Hun. Since they were surrendered by the Jin State, they have been taking orders from the Jin State. They are not many in number, but their combat effectiveness must not be underestimated.
In addition, the defensive divisions originally stationed in Wangji, since they claim to be the king's division, naturally they only obey the orders of Zhou Wang Meng, and Zhou Wang Meng himself is just a puppet, so Danqi naturally has no control over this group.
Master Wang can also be dispatched directly.
On this day, Shan Qi and Liu Di learned that the second minister of the Jin army had arrived, and immediately went out of the city to greet them.
The first person of the Jin army to arrive this time was Xun Shu and Ji Tan from his subordinates.
After Shan and Liu greeted each other, they introduced them directly into the city and went to meet the King of Zhou.
At this time, King Meng of Zhou was already sitting upright in the main hall, preparing to welcome the distinguished guests from the Jin Kingdom.
Xun Shu and Ji Tan entered the palace. Although they were enjoying the ceremony, it seemed extremely perfunctory.
They also knew that the current King of Zhou Meng could not take charge of matters at all. So after the two of them met, they did not want to offer any gifts, let alone exchange more polite greetings with the King of Zhou. After the ceremony, they went straight to
Then he bowed and left the palace.
This kind of behavior obviously does not take the current King of Zhou seriously at all.
At this moment, a person directly came out of the main hall and pointed directly at the two of them and said:
"Wait a minute, you two!"
The conversation between Xun Shu and Ji was stopped by this sound. When he looked up, it turned out that the person who said this was Taishi Changhong!
At this time, Changhong was heard pointing at Lu Hu beside the main hall and asking:
"I would like to ask you two noble envoys. In terms of etiquette, all princes from all over the world must respect the King of Zhou. When envoys enter the palace to pay homage to the King of Zhou, they should also present ritual utensils. I wonder why you, the Jin Kingdom, are the only ones who do not?"
Xun Shu and Ji Tan looked at each other, but couldn't answer for a moment. Knowing that he had indeed been negligent, Xun Shu had no words to reply, so he could only ask the deputy envoy Ji Tan to answer.
As a civil servant, Ji Tan had some sophistry after all. He thought for a moment and then answered directly:
"In the beginning, when the princes were ennobled, they all received the utensils of Mingde from the royal family to pacify the country, so they could pay tribute to the ritual utensils. However, our Jin country is located in the deep mountains and old forests, and we are neighbors with Rong and Di all the year round.
The prestige of the royal family and the emperor cannot reach the Jin Kingdom, and we have been entangled with the Rong people, and there is not enough time, so how can we still donate some kind of ritual vessels?"
What Ji Tan said was obviously out of words. You must know that from the beginning of Duke Wen's alliance to the present day, Jin State has always followed the example of Duke Huan of Qi and maintained its attitude of "respecting the king and repelling the barbarians".
Therefore, what does the so-called "repelling the foreigners" actually have to do with "respecting the king"?
Of course, Ji Tan's words lowered his stance and gave the Zhou royal family some face.
But Changhong was a little unreasonable. Seeing that he still looked indifferent, he took a step forward and said:
"Jitan, have you forgotten that Tang Shuyu, the first king of your Jin Kingdom, and King Cheng were brothers? In this case, how can we say that we did not receive rewards when we were canonized? Mi Xu Drum and Dalu Zhan
The chariot was used by King Wen to review the army. The armor of Quegong was the armor worn by King Wu when he conquered the Shang Dynasty. Tang Shuyu accepted these weapons of Mingde. Later, Jin Wengong accepted the chariot given by King Xiang, as well as axes and axes.
There are countless fragrant wines brewed from black millet, what are these if not rewards?"
"If there are meritorious deeds, they should not be discarded. If there are meritorious deeds, they should be recorded in policy books. Future generations should not forget them. Are these not recorded? Then where did Tang Shuyu's heart go? And don't forget your ancestor Sun Boxi.
It was Si Dian who was in charge of the Jin Dynasty's classics back then! Since you are a descendant of Si Dian and are now able to preside over state affairs as a high official, why have you forgotten these principles?"
Changhong's words made Jitan and Xunshu unable to answer for a while, and the situation was extremely embarrassing.
Shan Qi didn't know what to say and winked at Liu Di.
In the end, Liu Di stood aside and said to Xini:
"The two noble ministers must have come to help in a hurry, and they are concerned about the royal family, so they forgot the etiquette. In this case, it is better to wait until the ceremony tomorrow to make up for the tribute. I wonder what you think?"
Xun Shu and Ji Tan heard this, and although they were extremely angry with Chang Hong, they couldn't afford to get angry on the spot, so they had no choice but to bow and agree.