The reason is very simple, because they did not expect that the prefect of a county would come at this time. According to common sense, the prefects of each county should stay in their own counties first and protect their own territory first, and wait for the new governor to take office.
, and then try and choose.
But why did Cao Zhi come to the state capital at this time? The news of Cao Zhi's arrival in Liyang and Chen Wen's death spread faster than the plague. I heard that Cao Zhi had brought two thousand iron guards with him.
Only half a day after entering Liyang, various versions of speculation about Cao Zhi's purpose and gossip suddenly filled the entire Liyang officialdom.
Before Chen Wen's death, the most widely circulated story was that Cao Zhi, in order to repay Chen Wen's kindness, knowing that he was in trouble, led his troops to come to his aid. Rumors spread among the people, and some of them saw Cao Zhi.
Zhi's black-armored knight entered the city with great fanfare, and even spread rumors that the new governor of Yangzhou, Chen Yu, had been robbed and killed by Cao Zhi's men on the way and would never come to Liyang again.
Among the officials who have surrendered to Chen Yu, they now believe that the most defensible theory is that Cao Zhi has long coveted the position of Yangzhou governor, and this time he led troops to Liyang for some purpose. Now Chen Wen is dead.
, he even wanted to dominate Liyang before the new governor arrived and proclaim himself the governor.
Therefore, the people who surrendered to Yuan Shu immediately spread the news, hoping that Chen Yu would hurry up and come to Liyang to stop Cao Zhi before he took action.
Cao Zhi actually had so many ideas. When he came to the conference hall again, everything had been arranged. At this time, the conference hall was like mist at night, and white paper-framed lanterns were hung everywhere in the hall. The entire conference hall was filled with a blur.
gloom.
The mourning hall is located in the conference hall. All the tables and chairs in the original conference hall have been moved out. The hall is decorated with white curtains and filled with incense. It is very solemn and solemn. In the middle, there is a memorial tablet of Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou. From the conference hall to the gate
The steps outside were also covered with pristine material. Looking from a distance, it looked like frost and snow. The coffin was placed on the steps at the door of the chamber. All the soldiers on duty were in mourning for Chen Wen, and they were untied.
The left arm is exposed in the top and the head is wrapped with white cloth. This is called "dismissal" and is a unique expression of respect for the deceased commander.
Zhou Cang appeared outside the mourning hall at some unknown time and was giving some instructions to some generals. Seeing Cao Zhi and others appearing, he quickly walked over and stood beside Cao Zhi.
Lu, Zaozhuan's first wife, and Chen Ling had all put on mourning clothes and knelt beside Chen Wen's coffin, sobbing. Even Ren Hongchang, wearing a plain white gauze, accompanied Chen Ling and others to prevent them from fainting suddenly.
thing.
After half a year of seeing each other, Chen Ling has become more mature and knows how to hide her inner feelings. She did not cry like her sister and mother. She just bit her lips, looked in a daze, turned a blind eye to others, and stared into the distance blankly.
. Ren Hongchang was worried about her, and from time to time he leaned over and whispered a few words of comfort to her, but Chen Ling still said nothing.
According to the customs of the time, a funeral was a grand ceremony, and it did not end with a ceremony held by the funeral director like in modern times. The first step of ancient funerals required "restoration" for the deceased, that is, "repair".
A ritual called "spiritual summoning" involves asking a warehouse owner to hold the deceased's coat, climb onto the roof, and shout the deceased's name while facing north.
"Chen Wen, it's time for you to come back!"
He shouted three times and then threw the clothes of the deceased under the house. Someone followed and covered the body of the deceased...
Chen Wen's body had been bathed, and Zao Zhuan, as his son-in-law, the son-in-law of Chuantong in China, then covered Chen Wen with the coat thrown from the roof. Then Zao Zhuan stuffed it with "rice content" ( That is, rice or pearls and jade from the mouth of the deceased).
When Zao Zhuan closed Chen Wen's lips, everyone followed Zao Zhuan to worship Chen Wen, and the funeral began. After that, there were small coffin, big coffin, memorial ceremony, funeral and other procedures.
It was also the first time for Cao Zhi to see an authentic ancient folk funeral. The last time Emperor Ling died, his position was too low and he stayed in the imperial garden to guard it, so he didn't see the grand occasion. But he didn't expect that Chen Wen, the governor, would The funeral could be so complicated, and it took several hours to go through such complicated procedures. This was only the first step of the small coffin, and the big coffin would have to wait three days.
Cao Zhipei stood until his heels were in terrible pain. He finally got to the end step by step, and his legs were almost broken from fatigue.
Chen Wen's family members retreated to the inner hall to rest for a while, as they would continue to keep vigil later. Cao Zhi, Zhou Cang and others returned to the temporary resting place arranged for them by Zaozhuan and had a casual meal with a few familiar soldiers. Fill your stomach, it's almost the third day.
Cao Zhizheng turned around and stretched his waist. After Zhou Cang and several generals looked at each other, they suddenly stood up and knelt at Cao Zhi's feet.
Cao Zhi was shocked by this sudden bow. He suddenly turned his head and saw Zhou Cang and others kneeling behind him in white mourning clothes.
Cao Zhi groaned and quickly went to help Zhou Cang and the others on their shoulders and said, "What are you doing? What are you doing? I'm very tired today, so don't kneel down. Get up and talk. Get up and talk."
Zhou Cang was pulled up hard by Cao Zhi. Seeing Zhou Cang get up, the others also got up. Cao Zhi said with a sad face: "Brothers and I are both officials of the same state. We don't have to be so formal in the future?"
Zhou Cang had prepared what he wanted to say while kneeling, but before he could say it, he was pulled up by Cao Zhi. He was really a little uneasy, but Cao Zhi's hand was still on his shoulder, and he wasn't feeling well either. Break away.
But the words had to be said, so Zhou Cang mustered up the courage and said: "The general has just taken the time to inspect the generals of each battalion, Grand Administrator Cao, now you are our lord, and it is time to change your title, so I will still need this gift from now on."
Cao Zhi understood that Zhou Cang had carried out his last orders to Chen Wen to the letter. When he disappeared, he must have contacted the current generals of the various battalions in the state capital to explain Chen Wen's final governor's order. .
Zhou Cang understands that the current situation cannot be delayed. The new governor Chen Yu may be arriving soon. Since Chen Wen, as the governor, finally ordered all the people in the state capital to be placed under the command of Cao Zhi, it is a just and logical thing. But it must be implemented immediately, otherwise it will be late. There are changes.
Zhou Cang's operation was successfully completed when the mourning hall was decorated. Cao Zhi originally had a high prestige in the Yangzhou army, and he had a good destiny. As soon as Zhou Cang said, the Yangzhou sergeants expressed their willingness to follow Cao Zhi and serve Lord Cao.
Well! There is a famous saying among Yangzhou soldiers in private: Good iron cannot be nailed, and good men should not be soldiers. If you want to be Cao's soldiers, you should be Cao's soldiers. Needless to say, the soldiers who were originally affiliated with Xiying, the group of Dongying who were originally affiliated with Zaozhuan Bing GeDa had long been envious of the group of officers and soldiers from the Western Camp following Cao Zhi, who were so fat.
(Yifan didn’t expect to be so busy during the Chinese New Year this year. He thought he would be able to work harder after taking a break. But he didn’t expect that this person would come to visit him and he would have to go to a restaurant for dinner. It was actually more tiring than going to work. Yifan could only maintain one routine every day.