Chapter 444: It's time for the prince of the original country to appear
Lu Jun's death in a foreign land with a guest will cause public condemnation in the original country.
This has nothing to do with whether the original country is strong or not, and it has nothing to do with whether the Lu country is weak or not. This is the truth that people agree with.
There are many people clamoring for the Yuan Kingdom to attack the Lu State. It is natural and reasonable for the Yuan Kingdom to only punish the Lu State with small punishments and severe warnings. Implementing annexation will make public opinion even more unfavorable to the Yuan Kingdom.
At present, Lu Jun, who has no home to return to, has died in a foreign land. Improper handling of the original country will determine his reputation in other countries.
In fact, no matter how well the original country handles the situation, some negative comments will still exist.
"Send people from Qufu to welcome Lu Jun back to his palace." Zhiyao said.
Taihu responded: "No!"
The eunuch order currently does not require castration, and even many men who work in the palace do not need to be castrated. Not only the eunuchs (palace guards), but also some waiters do not need to be castrated. Only the inner palace needs eunuchs.
Due to the nature of the Zhou rites, which governs everything and clearly limits the treatment of each class, the number of eunuchs owned by the princes is actually not that many.
Taking the Yuan Kingdom as an example, the number of castrated eunuchs does not exceed fifty. They are responsible for various chores in the palace together with the palace maids. Most of them serve the king's women and heirs, and their opportunities to contact the king are very limited.
As for the fact that the eunuchs who managed the inner palace did not need to be castrated? Until the Qin Empire, many court officials did not need to be castrated, at least the Zhongchefu Ling did not need to be castrated.
"Your Majesty, will the young master be at work tomorrow for the court meeting?" Taihu asked.
Zhiyao's eldest son Zhikai is already twenty years old.
In the past, when Zhishen was still alive, Zhikai was taken care of by Zhishen. Later, Zhishen died of illness and Zhiyao often had to move around. Zhikai who was too young was usually taken care of by Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan. Fen Ying was sure of this.
dissatisfied.
Later, Fen Ying gave birth to another son, named Ke, who is eighteen years old this year.
Zhiyao knew that Zhi was Fen Ying's spiritual sustenance and did not deprive her of her right to raise him, but it gave Fen Ying more comfort.
Twenty years old? You really should learn more from your father, especially as a prince.
Of course, Zhikai does not currently have the title of crown prince, he is only the eldest son of Zhiyao.
Zhiyao turned to look at Taihu and asked, "Who asked this question?"
Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Taihu's forehead, he knelt down and bowed his head, saying: "I... have the guts to ask. I am not under the instigation of others."
Taihu, who had been waiting for a long time, did not see Zhiyao's response. He boldly wanted to take a look at Zhiyao, but found that no one was around.
By 462 BC, Zhiyao was already forty-four years old. He had seventeen sons and eight daughters. The eldest heir was twenty years old, and the youngest heir was four months old. Most of his heirs were between fifteen and twelve years old.
From here, we can also see which years Zhiyao had the most leisure time.
The court meeting mentioned by Taihu is not held at a fixed time, that is, there is no small court meeting once a day and a large court meeting once every few days.
At present, even the Zhou royal family does not hold regular court meetings, let alone many vassal states.
Therefore, the situation of the Zhou royal family and the various vassal states is to work independently and report when necessary. In addition to matters that need to be discussed, they may not necessarily think broadly. The holding of court meetings is more related to etiquette, such as the need to hold sacrifices.
The Zhou royal family, Chu State, and Lu State have not yet officially sent obituaries to the Yuan Kingdom, which means that the Yuan Kingdom has not yet sent corresponding missions.
The next day.
During the court meeting, after all the things that should be discussed were discussed, Zhiyao deliberately suppressed the condolence arrangements and left the penultimate matter for discussion.
"When the emperor passes away, who should you choose as your condolence envoy?" Cheng Xiao currently has no specific official position, and his status seems a bit detached.
It’s really not that Zhiyao didn’t arrange an official position for Cheng Xiao. The main reason is that no matter how he arranged it, he simply used the Zhou royal system to give him the status of a virtual king.
Logically speaking, Cheng Xiao is very suitable to serve as an envoy to the Zhou royal family to express condolences, and he obviously wants to win this job.
Hu You and Zhong Quan looked at each other, and the latter came out and said: "Your Majesty, please give me your orders."
Yuan Guo previously wanted to be recognized by Emperor Zhou as the leader of the princes, but after nearly two years, he still did not receive a formal answer.
Now? Emperor Zhou Ji Ren has passed away, and someone must succeed him. Prince Ji Jie has always had great opinions on Zhi's founding of the country, so Zhong Quan's task seems very heavy.
The war between Yuan and Chu will break out either this year or next year. Becoming the leader of the princes will not change the outcome of the war, but it will give Yuan the greatest advantage in the name of justice.
The fact is that there are not many vassal states that are willing to obey the Zhou royal family. They do not have the strength to influence the outcome of the war between the two powerful countries in the world. Even waving flags and shouting may not be qualified. Being the background wall of the leader of the vassals can play a role in the name of justice.
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Zhiyao had originally intended to send Cheng Xiao, but when he saw Zhong Quan come forward to recommend himself, he could not refuse for the sake of some balance, and said: "In this way, taking power as the official envoy will show that our country respects the royal family."
Zhong Quan bowed and left.
Zhiyao looked at Zhikai, who was standing in the first row, and said, "Kai can be the deputy envoy."
Probably because he didn't expect to have something to do of his own, Zhikai was a little stunned and hurriedly left work to take orders.
The eyes of all the ministers were on Zhikai, and many people got errands because of Zhikai, with joy in their eyes.
Speaking of which, Zhiyao has been helping the family since he was six years old, and at the age of thirteen he was already leading the army to fight against the coalition forces of the princes. As Zhiyao's son, Zhikai was under extraordinary pressure.
If Zhikai doesn't achieve something without taking advantage of the formal ceremony, will anyone say that he is a father-in-law and a son-in-law?
Zhong Quan understood at once that if Zhi Kai can do things, he is called the official, but in fact he is an assistant; if Zhi Kai cannot manage things, Zhong Quan must give enough credit to Zhi Kai to get things done.
Regarding Zhiyao's arrangement, Zhong Quan could only be happy and not unhappy.
Sometimes, a subject can be blamed for taking the blame, or the credit is misappropriated, and the person who does it is the monarch, which is actually a blessing to the subject.
Zhiyao turned his attention to Cheng Xiao and said, "Brother, go to Qufu so that there will be no shortage of Lu Jun's funeral."
Cheng Xiao wanted to point her finger at her nose and ask questions, but was surprised that she had an errand, so she left work to take orders and then went back.
As for the funeral of King Hui of Chu? Zhiyao had already sent people to chase Han Geng and ordered Han Geng to attend Chu's national funeral on behalf of the original country.
If history had not been changed, the state of Lu would have been in a miserable situation in recent years. Not only was the country in chaos due to slave riots, but the court had changed three kings in just four years, and Sanhuan took the opportunity to make a big move.
Gained a lot of weight.
The problem that the State of Lu is facing now is that the prince died of illness not long ago, and the monarch also died in a foreign land. Even if most of the territory has been lost, how should the successor to the throne be selected?
Letting Cheng Xiao help with Lu Juntong's funeral was considered an "overstep of authority", but who made it impossible for Sanhuan to return home and the Lu Kingdom to have no heir apparent?
In this way, the Yuan State sent a sufficient number of people to help the Lu State organize the national funeral. Of course, it was an "overstep of authority" fact. It also gave the Lu State a great deal of face. The remaining question is whether the Lu people are willing to show their gratitude.
Already.
The penultimate thing is done, and all that's left is the last thing for the court meeting.
Hu You left the mission and said: "On the battlefield, blessings and misfortunes are determined by destiny. On the battlefield, everyone has his destiny, and so does the king of a country."
Having said that, there are not many kings of a country who actually died on the battlefield. Even ten fingers may not be able to count them all. The most famous among them are of course the three kings of Wu.
King Zhufan of Wu Shun was killed by an arrow while attacking Chao, a vassal state of Chu. He was forty-eight years old.
When King Yuji of Wu An was fighting against the Yue Kingdom, he was premeditated and assassinated by a prisoner of the Vietnamese army. He was forty-three years old at the time.
In the battle between Wu Dao Wang Helu and the Yue Kingdom, his toes were chopped off by Ling Gufu, the great concubine, and he was seriously injured and died at the age of forty-one.
Of course, these kings' titles are not recognized by other countries. The titles listed are not names, but a kind of "title". Otherwise, Zhu Fan's name is Wei, and Helu's name is Guang.
What Hu You said means the same thing. It is certainly reasonable for the Chu State to send troops in the name of revenge, but it may not be reasonable. It is more or less a kind of petty affair that outweighs morality.
Is the Zhi family involved here? Of course it doesn't matter. The Zhi family of the Jin Dynasty's family has nothing to do with the Zhi family of the original government.
Huyou made a start.
Later, someone came forward and mentioned the speculation that the Chu State would send troops northward, and how the Yuan State should respond to the issue.
Many matters have been decided privately, which means that the more people involved, the more formal it will be.
Therefore, discussions at the court meeting are more used to show attitudes to other countries and are not a serious discussion.
When it comes to the upcoming war with the Chu State, it is indispensable to bring Chu's loyal ally Qin, and when it comes to Qin, it is necessary to bring Dai Guo, who is a bit like Qin's younger brother.
Talking about those things in the North Korea meeting and expressing the attitude of wanting to eliminate the war is naturally not for the purpose of really wanting to eliminate the war. It is just a gesture. To use an idiom, it is called "pretending to be a gesture."
It seems very hypocritical, but the problem is that "pretending" is often necessary. The Chu State can be regarded as the original state's fear of war, and the princes may think that the original state can be reasonable. Regarding matters such as diplomatic relations, perhaps it is
Only with the same civilization can we get the connotation of taste, but if we switch to other civilizations?
If it were other civilizations, Zhu Xia would be weak and they would not bother to think too much.
If Zhuxia were strong enough? This diplomatic gesture might become a means of cultural dissemination.
How to spread? It is so powerful that no one can ignore it. Other civilizations must understand the thinking influenced by Zhu Xia civilization.
The number of troops to be recruited was not mentioned at the court meeting. The conclusion of how many troops to be mobilized has long been concluded privately.
This time, the original Congress assembled about 70,000 troops to deal with the south. The source of the troops was the Zhi family's standing army, plus a full-scale legion and 10,000 cavalry; the Zhong family dispatched a "division" of troops, and the Hu family dispatched about 10,000 troops.
cavalry.
Han family? They are mainly responsible for dealing with Qin.
Considering that the Han clan's combat effectiveness was relatively poor, they needed the Hu clan as an auxiliary, and Zhiyao also asked the Zhongxing clan who was stationed on the Jingshui front line to cooperate. The total number of troops was about 60,000.
As for the north? The Yuan Kingdom has more than 10,000 troops stationed along Juzhu Mountain and Xiawu Mountain. If another five or six thousand cavalry are deployed to patrol the plains west of Juzhu Mountain, the problem should not be big.
Families like the Fan family, the Zhang family, the Gao family, etc. How could Zhiyao let them stay out of the situation? As a family in the original country, it is an obligation and responsibility to pay taxes, but the combat effectiveness of these families is worse than that of the Han family.
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Therefore, Zhiyao recruited those families mainly for the garrison within the original country. Among them, Wei's old land, Qiuyou, Zhongshan, and Qi were also part of their garrison, and they could also be regarded as a kind of reserve force.
"Recruitment from various places will be handled by the general and the state captain." Zhiyao said that in addition to the Zhang family and other families, the original country also needed a reserve force.
Hu You was the first to leave the class, followed closely by Sun Wu, who saluted Zhiyao and accepted his orders.
So in addition to mobilizing field and garrison troops, the original country will also conduct a new round of recruitment. However, if the situation is not urgent enough, the last batch of recruited troops will stay near their hometown for training and will not be mobilized.
The atmosphere in the court became very solemn, and it would be difficult to say how nervous the officials of the original country were.
The Jin people in the past and the Yuan people now are not afraid of war, and to some extent they are eager for war.
Especially those people who have achieved a lot of merit to have a place in the original country, whether they have obtained a title or held an official position, they need more merit to advance to the rank. What they are afraid of is not the outbreak of war, but how to participate in it.
ah!
Zhiyao looked at the ministers with eager expressions and thought: "It is beneficial to be belligerent when developing. Once the national power does not allow continued development, the backlash will come."
However, even if there is a backlash, it will be long-term. The worst is that Zhiyao will imitate Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his later years to cool down the country.
Regarding this point, Zhiyao took advantage of the First Emperor in no small way, and his experience was definitely different from that of the First Emperor. At least Zhiyao would have a queen, and the position of the crown prince would not be inexplicably vacant.
"Father, please."
"Oh, is it open?"
Zhikai walked into the room and greeted him politely.
"This time I'm going to 'Luoyi', listen more and see more." Zhiyao did not put down the pen in her hand, writing something while instructing.
Zhikai replied "No!" first, and after a few breaths of silence, he said: "After returning from 'Luoyi', I want to ask my father for a job."
The mission to "Luoyi" took about two months, including the round trip, which happened to be late spring.
If nothing unexpected happens, after the spring sowing, the Chu State will send troops to the north, and at the same time, the Qin State and the Dai State will also launch their own actions.
Most children's ideals usually start from imitating their fathers.
Zhikai grew up listening to Zhiyao's stories, and was enlightened by Zhishen. Zhiyao was responsible for teaching himself, but most of the time Zhiyao taught by leaving homework.
After hearing so many stories about Zhiyao, Zhikai would inevitably want to pursue a career path. He was often exposed to farming. He also participated in military training every summer and winter. Do you think it's time to have your own achievements?
"To the north?" After hearing Zhikai's request, Zhiyao looked at Zhikai for a long time and asked, "Garrison the two mountains, or command the cavalry?"
To be honest, Zhiyao didn't want Zhikai to face the cavalry led by Zhao Wuxie. If he wanted to say something, his son spoke again.
Zhikai said: "You can also go south with your father."
Zhiyao smiled a little when she heard the change of title, and scolded with a smile: "Slippery."