Established a millennium family since King Wu defeated Zhou

Chapter 20 Qi Hou goes west
After Qi Hou left, Luo Su did not deal with government affairs, but sat quietly in front of the desk, shadows fell, and his eyes were a little dark.

Ji Zhao's eyes fell on him, and the black pupils were gradually dyed with gold.

The first generation of aristocrats, who went through all kinds of hardships and overcame thorns and thorns to open up the living space for the ethnic group, have degenerated to this level in less than 100 years.

A prince like Xiong Dun who has made great achievements cannot be treated as a guest by the emperor.

A flattering villain like Yuki was able to enjoy a high position.

Even the city, a symbol of the destiny of the state and Zhou, has become a tool for power struggles.

Luo Su closed his eyes slightly, all the classics that King Su once wrote in his mind. Those words were constantly reorganized and turned into his spiritual food.

"This is what the ancestors said in "Luo's Family Instructions", "The Zeal of a Gentleman, let's kill it for the fifth generation.

The world is difficult, Gu is the queen of King Su, and he is just marching forward bravely, sweeping away the traitors and pacifying the world. "

Luo Su, who had figured out some things, got rid of those complicated thoughts and quickly returned to work. Only Ji Zhao knew how much struggle he went through in a short period of time.

If someone was by his side, he might be heard muttering to himself: "Fortunately, Ji Wan is already dead, otherwise it would take a lot of work to kill him."

Ji Zhao smiled and withdrew his gaze. Now he is more and more satisfied with his junior.

[Luosu:
权斗：95（95）；治国：96（96）；御人：95（95）；统率：42（42）；武力：50（62）；军略：50（50）】

Luo Su's attributes have reached the peak, even in the long history, he is the top prime minister, and now he has broken the ideological steel seal, Ji Zhao is looking forward to his future actions.

……

The next day.

The Regency Council issued an edict to appoint Taibao Qihou as the king envoy of the state affairs of the western and foreign armies of Zhou, who was ordered by the king to be appointed by the king. 2000 people set off.

Since the founding of the state and Zhou Dynasty, other than King Su, the ministers who went on expeditions have obtained the greatest power.

Facing Luo Su, who came to see him off, Qi Hou couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Asu, now your uncle I can be regarded as being roasted on the fire by you. This edict is too outrageous."

Luo Su said with a smile: "Uncle is an outstanding person, how can he be afraid of these rumors? Nephew has to do the same. If you want to deter the princes in the west, you have to do this."

This is Qi Hou. Others would never be willing to do this for Bang Zhou's society, but Jiang Qi is a major shareholder who owns at least a quarter of Bang Zhou's shares.

The Queen Mother is Jiang Qi's direct daughter, and the emperor has half of Jiang Qi's blood.Although there is no prince yet, everyone knows that the next prince's wife is still Jiang Qi's direct daughter.

Such a close interest relationship is the fundamental reason why Luosu trusts Qihou.

Qi Hou shook his head and said domineeringly: "The matter has come to this point, this old man has gone through battles and is not a timid person. If someone dares to slander, there are [-] tigers in Qi's country, who can stop me?"

Luosu laughed and said: "Uncle is domineering. In the past, Taigong wanted to follow King Su on the eastward expedition and made great contributions to the Zhou Dynasty of our country. Today, my uncle is the Zhou Sheji of our country, leading the army to the west. Jiang's surname is Lu, he is really the sea god needle of Zhou Ding in our country. also!"

What Luo Su said about Qi Hou was also full of enthusiasm, and the glorious ancestors are the memories engraved in the blood of every Zhou person.

The two wine lords touched each other and drank it all, and the Marquis of Qi led the army to the west.

……

After sending off Qihou, Luosu began to prepare to deal with the structural problems caused by the princes and nobles in Wang Jin.

The situation of the feudal feudal lords in Bang Zhou is far more complicated than that of the feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal feudal. people of the same race.

However, in the past hundred years, the princes of the Jin Dynasty have intermarryed the princes with different surnames and the royal family with the surname Ji. The alliance formed between the two parties is based on politics. This is a strong and fragile relationship.

Under the dim oil lamp, Luo Su put down a roll of bamboo slips. In his official office, these bamboo slips had been piled up into a mountain. After his sleepless nights, he finally sorted out the intricate relationship.

Today's feudal lords in Ji can be summarized as four surnames and seventeen clans.

Among them, the descendants of Ji surnamed are basically princes who have never been entrusted to the outside world, such as the three eldest sons of King Li, many of whom use Wang as their clan to show their blood.

There is also a family with the Zhou family as the main line, and this family is the descendant of King Su.

The rest are based on the location of the fief. Zhang, Yang, Li, and Sun are the largest, and most of them are descendants of Ji surnamed clans who were not enfeoffed during the two feudal times.

As one of the major shareholders of Bang Zhou, Jiang's surname is still huge in Wang Ji, especially the Ji family, which is the one that Taigong Wang wants to stay in Wang Ji.

The Shen family is also a strong branch of the Jiang surname, but it is not as prominent as the Lu family.

There are also Xu, Xie, and Gao Sanjia, who are already the third generation of Jiang surnames, and their main branch is no longer among Wang Ji.

Among the feudal lords in Ji, the surname Ying is a rather peculiar existence. This is the only surname that has followed the King of Zhou since Qi and Zhou, but did not have any lands outside Ji. They have raised horses for the emperor of Zhou for generations, and belong to Ji One of the great military nobles.

This time, when the Marquis of Qi went west, a large number of Ying clansmen followed. Luo Su circled Ma Zhengshang. This kind of talent should be placed in the northwest and wasted in Wang Ji. The Ying surnames Xu and Jiang , Fei clan are more practical clan.

Si's surnames are Qi, Zeng, and Chen. They are all descendants of Qi's foreign relatives who came to Wangji with the queen and his wife.

Qi State, a descendant of King Yu, was as expensive as Song State when it was a feudal state, but now its national strength is completely different. On the contrary, these descendants of Si surnames who migrated to Wang Ji are very prosperous.

Geographically, they are not as far apart as the feudal lords outside the country. Through intermarriage and marriage, these clans live together with each other. There are even three clans living in a standard mining and town.

Luo Su looked at the Gongqing clan he had sorted out, and began to recall the political inclinations of these people during his many years in power. He was going to talk to the great clan chiefs of these clans.

After judging, Luo Su decided to start with the three clans, Ji surnamed Zhou, Jiang Shen, and Ying Fei. These three are the big clans that are most likely to support him.

Ji surnamed Zhou was considered to be his public clan. Although there was relatively little contact between the two sides, Luohou in all dynasties had been in power in Wangji, and he was still taking care of this clan, and now it was time for them to pay back.

The Jiang surname Shen used to be an important country on the western frontier of the Yin and Shang dynasties. Later, with Ji Jiang, he joined the state and Zhou. Now that the Jiang surname Lu is the most prominent different surnamed princes in the state, the Shen family may not feel so good.

As for the surname Ying, because the number of clans is relatively small and there is more communication, you can just see one.

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After many days of marching, the Duke of Qi finally arrived in Haojing, led by the Duke of Cheng, and the princes in the west respectfully welcomed Wang Qi into the capital.

Qihou stood on the chariot. Although he was an old man, he had the style of his ancestors Taigong.

Looking at the crowded crowd in front of him, Qi Hou took out the decree and said loudly: "The Regent Council will make the order, and the ministers will accept the order."

The Council of Regents has all the powers of the Son of Heaven, and it is normal to issue an edict. Facing the will of this level, all the princes nod their heads, and below the princes, whether they are vassals, ministers, doctors, or elites, they all bow their heads.

"Acting on behalf of the king, the general regent of all the military and state affairs of the state and Zhou states:

The Duke of Qi was appointed by the king to be the king's envoy for military and state affairs in the western part of the state and Zhou, Taibao, the general of the king's expedition to the west, the chief officer of Xia, and the princes of the town on behalf of the west.

The princes of the west, whether they are relatives, nobles, or princes, all obey their orders.

Erqi Qinzai! "

It was neat and neat, in line with Luo Su's usual style of doing things. Everyone was about to get up when they heard Qi Hou slowly and leisurely say: "Don't be in a hurry, gentlemen, there is an edict."

Now even the princes nodded.

"On behalf of the king, the commander-in-chief of the State and Zhou Regents Council issued an edict saying:

Under the whole world, there is no king's land; on the coast of leading the soil, is there no king's ministers.

The princes have been the emperor's fence since the time of King Su. They are descendants of important ministers of the state and Zhou, the princes of Zhenxi, Cheng Houyun, and the ancestors of Er, Cheng Houlin. They are the younger brothers of King Su. King Su called him Neng, and King Kang praised him as a talent of the three princes. .

When King Su was on his eastward expedition, Cheng Hou stayed behind in Haojing, raised food and forage, and taught the Son of Heaven.

The emperor thanked him for his kindness and merits, and gave him two hundred li of land, so that the prosperity of the Cheng Kingdom was achieved.

When he moved eastward, he also handed over the responsibility of guarding the important ancestral temples such as Haojingcheng to the monarch of Chengguo.

I never thought that you are so incompetent that you can cause cholera and cholera, and the capital of the capital cannot be controlled for three hundred miles, so what is the use of you!

The widow really doesn't know how you will face your ancestors a hundred years from now.

There are also you and other western princes, Cheng Hou has the responsibility to control the west, and you and others are all relatives and nobles, enjoying the current high position by blood, don't you have the responsibility to protect the emperor?

The former king once said that the growth of Xirong is like the fire of a prairie prairie, and the emperor should visit Haojing and rebuild his ancestral land.

However, what we can see today is that the western princes are really unbearable. If the widow is lucky to be here, the vassal of you and other vassals are still the same, and Xirong is showing off his power in front of the widow.

Where is the majesty of the Son of Heaven?What is the destiny of Bang Zhou?
The edict is here to see the aftermath. "

This edict can be said to have scolded the entire western princes, especially Cheng Hou, this edict was a scolding by name.

It can also be seen from his sweaty head and face that when he listened to the edict, he should have been quite frightened in his heart, worried that he would become the target of being slaughtered as an example.

But after hearing that, their mood improved. This was the first time in decades that they heard the words about moving the capital back to Haojing at the official level.

Those who still have glory in their hearts, when they heard these words, their faces flushed with embarrassment, and after getting up, they covered their faces with robe sleeves.

As for those shameless people who only know pleasure every day, their attitude is very casual, just scold them, anyway, there is no shortage of meat.

The wise men in the west heard Luo Su's meaning from the edict. This was to tell them that Wang Ji of Luoyi already knew your plan, and now they will stop immediately, it is enough, and they can still retain a decent.

If you don't want to be respectable, the [-]-strong army brought by the Marquis of Qi and the official position of "the chief commander of the military and state affairs in the western part of the state and Zhou Dynasty" is not a vegetarian, but he is responsible for helping those who do not want to be decent.

Cheng Hou, Mao Hou, Tai Hou, and Bi Hou smiled and said to Qi Hou: "Qi Gong, we have already prepared a banquet for you in the capital of Hao, to wash away the dust, and to prepare the wine and food for the soldiers. It's ready."

Reaching out his hand and not hitting the smiling face, Qi Hou doesn't care what these people think in the end, but he just sees the move, and the soldiers come to block the water and cover it up: "I'll take your troubles, please lead the way."

Seeing Qi Hou's attitude is not bad, many people put their hearts in their throats slightly, and since they are still willing to talk, it means that things will turn for the better.

The Duke of Qi speculated based on the performance of these lords and officials that these people were panicked, but they were not afraid.

This attitude shows that they have indeed committed a crime, but it should not reach the level of depriving the country.

That is to say, there is a high probability that this time Xirong violated the border, not that they should cooperate with each other, but they should not be able to get rid of it. The specific situation needs to be known later.

Cheng Hou came to the side of Qi Hou and said with a smile: "Qi Gong, I wonder what the grand master's attitude is when he hears this?"

Although they knew that these two decrees could basically represent the attitude of King Ji of Luoyi, they still wanted to know the attitude of Luosu himself.

Qi Hou glanced at Cheng Hou, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "The Grand Master is of great prestige, and the regent's meeting can be decided in one word. This time, I was only busy with important matters of the state, so I sent Gu to come, if Gu Ruo can't make a difference. , the Grand Master will definitely come in person."

Although Luo Su's power is not yet at this level, Qihou naturally wants to blow it, otherwise he, an outsider, can't scare these old fools just by virtue of his official position.

The Duke of Qi himself is a prince outside the territory of Ji, and he can't understand the psychology of these princes. No matter how strong the state of Qi is, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Luosu was the third prince who often dealt with the princes, and the famous third prince, and since the time of King Su, the monarch of Luo Kingdom has been the third prince for four consecutive generations.

In the foreseeable future, the monarch of Luo Kingdom will still firmly hold the high position of the Three Dukes, and no prince will deliberately offend such an existence.

Cheng Houyun's face was a little embarrassed, and he complimented: "The ancestor of Yun, the hero of the world, Yun is guilty of his ancestors, and he is incompetent to the outside world, which makes Quanrong want to invade Wang Ji.

Fortunately, the Grand Master transferred Duke Qi to the Western Front to preside over important events. Duke Qi was a general of the state and Zhou, and Yun had heard of it in the Western Front. Since Duke Qi came, the Quan Rong would definitely be defeated, and since Duke Qi came, Wang Ji would definitely be at peace. "

Cheng Hou's exaggerated boast made Qi Hou feel uncomfortable.He hurriedly said, "Cheng Hou said too much, a three-hundred-mile country is full of talented people, and it's a mere dog, but let's catch it."

After a round of touts and preliminary conversations, Qi Hou's impression of Cheng Hou is that he is smooth and thick-skinned, so he is not very easy to deal with.

And along the way, no one else came to talk to him, indicating that Chenghou, the lord in the west of the town, still has some prestige.

(End of this chapter)