Live as the emperor

Chapter 94 Please come down
Chen Guang plans to go to the city to meet Ge Wei, the emperor of Ge Kingdom.

Although he lost a gold medal last time, this time he brought a lot of gifts. After all, he had just plundered the palace of Chen State. There were piles of gold and silverware. He just picked some that were difficult to carry. , the price/performance ratio is not high, just give it to Ge Guo, that’s it.

Therefore, there are many carriages behind him, and these are all packed up as gifts for Ge Wei.

Although he really wanted to take Ge Guo down now, but Hong Jiang would firmly oppose it, so Chen Guang didn't think about it. Let's talk about it later. If he wants to do well in the future, he still has to rely on the Minister of the Ministry of War.

This is a great gift for Ge Guo.

After preparing the gifts and preparing for the capital, Chen Guang heard the bell ringing from inside. He was suddenly surprised. What's the matter?Then he remembered that he had heard this voice in Chen Guo not long ago, and couldn't help being even more surprised.

What the hell is this?
At this moment of surprise, the city gate opened, and the first thing you saw were two canopies. Behind the canopy was a carriage decorated with golden dragons. Next to the carriage was a man in white clothes, holding a box in his hand, with a dead face. Shit expression.

Chen Guang was very puzzled, this is the wrong time for him, just in time for the royal funeral?Are you mistaken, it's so unlucky.

However, the person who was more surprised than him was Hong Jiang next to him. Seeing this scene, Hong Jiang was so surprised that he couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, King Jin, why did they surrender?"

"Surrender? What the hell?" Chen Guang said that he couldn't turn his head around. Is this surrender?
Thinking back to when Chen Guo surrendered, it seemed a bit similar to this one, but that one was much simpler than this one. Looking at the configuration and posture, I thought that someone died in the palace and was going to have a funeral.

However, surrender is tantamount to the subjugation of the country, and the funeral for the country has almost the same meaning.

Well, let's face it, don't know why he surrendered, but it doesn't matter.

The Ge Guo official next to Chen Guang also looked confused. What does this mean?

He saw the waiter not far away and regarded him as an acquaintance, so he ran over and said in a low voice, "What is this for?"

When the guard saw him, he immediately expressed grief and indignation, and said: "This Gan country is really deceiving people too much, we helped them fight Chen Guo, not only did they not appreciate it, but now they want to beat us, it is really infuriating. But our majesty has a kind heart, knowing that the tigers and wolves of Qianguo fight and the people will suffer, so he decided to surrender and save the people."

The official was even more confused, and said: "They stopped by to thank my emperor for lending them the way, and they brought a lot of gifts."

Guard: "...Then is it still too late to tell the emperor?"

"It seems like it's too late."

"Oh."

The two of them watched the surrender ceremony of the overthinking emperor with regret.

Surrender ceremonies in ancient China were not like the current international practice, where a letter of surrender and an agreement of surrender had to be submitted to be considered a formal surrender.Although there were surrender letters in ancient China, such as Sun Haozhi’s surrender letter to Wang Jun, Cheng Han ruler Li Shizhi’s surrender letter to Huanwen, etc., but these can only be written expressions from the loser’s side to the winner’s side.

There must be another set of rituals for formal surrender, which is ridiculous and ridiculous.In addition to this, there is another way of surrender, which is euphemistically called "abdication". This is mostly a way for powerful officials to force their masters to surrender power after their power is extremely inflated. Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty Sima Yan forced King Chenliu of Wei to abdicate.As usual, the old lord issued an edict for the throne of Zen, and after the new lord ascended the throne, he turned the old lord into the Duke of a certain country.Naturally, there is no such thing as a polite form of civilization.

The comical surrender ceremony was founded in [-] BC, when Liu Bang, king of the Han Dynasty, led an insurgent army to enter the pass to destroy Qin Dynasty. According to historical records, the Han army reached the Bashang.Qin Ziying (the third generation) "plain chariot and white horse, tied around the neck to form a group, sealed the emperor's seal and ribbon talisman festival, next to the road of descending." Expressed surrender to the King of Han.At that time, the generals demanded to kill the King of Qin. The King of Han said, "When King Huai sent me to the west, he asked to be tolerant to others. Besides, he has already surrendered, so it would not be auspicious to kill him."So Ziying was handed over to his subordinate officials for custody, and the king of Han only accepted the seal ribbon festival, and the ceremony was over.

Before that, like Shang Tang's attack on Xia, Xia Jie fled to Mingtiao and died in exile.From Xia Jie's point of view, he did not surrender.When King Wu destroyed Zhou, King Zhou went to Lutai to burn himself to death, so naturally there would be no ceremony.During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, the princes annexed and Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, there was no such ceremony.But since Liu Bang destroyed Qin Dynasty, this set of rituals has been going on and on, becoming more and more complicated, more comical and dramatic.

In the peasant war against Wang Mang during the Xinmang period, new content was added, such as Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan's surrender to Liu Penzi, which was "the meat was exposed to the Changle Palace, and the seal was placed on the basin".The red-browed army surrendered to Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu. It was "Pan Chong who surrendered the basin and more than [-] people under the prime minister Xu Xuan, and passed on the seal ribbon of the country, the seven-foot sword of Gengshi, and the jade wall."

During the Three Kingdoms period, when Wei destroyed Shu, Deng Ai and Zhong Hui marched into Chengdu, "Chan led the princes, kings and more than 21 ministers, and surrendered in front of the army.Wu Sun Hao surrendered to Jin general Wang Jun. He was a "white horse with plain chariots, the meat was tied to the face, and the sheep was led by the biscuit. The doctor subdued, and the scholar was a scorpion. He led his false prince Jin, Jin's brother Lu Wangqian and [-] people. It was built in the base. Door".This set of ceremonies is much more grand, and the standard level is also higher.

When Liu Yao of the former Zhao Dynasty fell into Chang'an and captured Sima Ye, Emperor Min of Jin Dynasty, he "led the sheep with his flesh naked, and his wife held the jade in his hand."When Lu Long surrendered to Yao Xing, he was greeted by "plain chariots and white horses by the roadside."Taiyue Liu and Yao are ethnic minorities and do not pay much attention to Han rituals, but are more casual.By the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the level could be said to have reached its peak. Li Jifa and Guo Chongtao of the Tangzhuang sect destroyed the former Shu. Wang Yan, the leader of Shu, "dressed in white, held a bib, led a sheep, had a straw rope lingering on his head, wore a horse and a horse, and cried for his life." .The more you play, the more tricks you play, and you constantly introduce new ones.

Chen Guang watched the convoy that surrendered slowly approaching him. Ever since he learned that they were here to surrender, Chen Guang waited leisurely. Of course he didn't know that Ge Wei had misunderstood, but even if he knew so what?Of course he wouldn't say it, he's not that stupid, he can win a country without bloodshed, why not do it?
Now that he knew it was them who surrendered, Chen Guang was not in a hurry, he just waited for them to arrive, and with Hong Jiang beside him pointing, Chen Guang was very relaxed.

It took almost an hour for a set of procedures to be completed. In the spirit of unity and friendship, Chen Guang humbly accepted Ge Wei's surrender, and said that his spirit is very pure and can continue to be maintained and carried forward.

The two sides are right here outside the city. Although it is already autumn, the weather is still very hot. It has been in the sun for so long, which makes Chen Guang very resentful. Why is the surrender ceremony so complicated.But after all, it was a surrender, so it was impossible for him to interrupt others, and the two sides had never fought before, so they couldn't put on faces like Chen Guo.

This made him keep thinking, which great god came up with such a complicated surrender ceremony.

The general intention of surrendering is to show that the loser side is guilty of a serious crime and deserves to die, admits his crimes, and asks the victor to be willing to bear the blame no matter how he handles it.

From the perspective of the victor, it is necessary to show tolerance and grandeur, to show the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, to eliminate violence for the sky, to forgive the loser, to forgive their sins, and often to untie them personally, burn the tree, invite each other, and give comfort Relief.

The question is who comes up with these new gadgets and tricks.

Chen Guang was thinking that the loser might never sincerely admit that he had such a heinous crime, nor would he express his guilt so heartbrokenly.The reason why he did that humiliating thing so despicably was purely out of helplessness, out of saving his life.

At the same time, when the army is defeated and the city is trapped, when people are in panic and panic, whoever still has the heart to think about the wonderful flower decorations will only imitate cats and tigers when learning from the previous generation.And it is inconvenient for any minister to make such a despicable suggestion.It appears that these masterpieces were conceived by the victors.

In order to exaggerate the military prestige and the husband of merit, the victor must deter the loser and make it completely disintegrated, so he requires insulting etiquette.And only when they are excited and joyful, will they have the thought to reverie.

But no matter what, the surrender ceremony was over, Ge Wei invited Chen Guang into the city, and treated him well.Then the two sides issued an announcement, confirming that Ge Guo would no longer exist from today, and everything in Ge Guo would be controlled by Qian Guo.

At this time, it was not Ge Wei who was most depressed, but the official who knew the truth and the guard with the knife.People originally brought gifts to thank you, but you thought that others were here to beat you, and you voted for it without any resistance, which is very embarrassing.If Ge Wei was told this news, Ge Wei would vomit blood and die.

The next day, Chen Guang left the rest of his troops in Ge Guo, and then set off with only his personal guards.

"I really didn't expect it." Hong Jiang had said these five words dozens of times in the past two days. He really would never have imagined that Ge Guo would choose to surrender without even starting a war.

Although Chen Guang didn't expect it, after thinking about it carefully, he could still deduce Ge Wei's intention of doing this.To be honest, he admired Ge Wei for starting from scratch and building such a country.As we all know, starting a business is not easy.

However, under such a unified situation, such a small country is destined to not survive for long, as if grabbing a job in a state-monopoly industry generally has no good end.

But even so, Chen Guang replied: "I really didn't expect it." I didn't expect it at first. I thought that persuading surrender would require coercion, but in the end, I obediently delivered it to the door without saying a word. I really didn't expect it.

Yes, since Hong Jiang felt that he could not fight, Chen Guang decided to talk Ge Guo into defeat, which is why he wanted to meet Ge Wei.Otherwise, do you really think that you have nothing to do when you are full and walk a few hundred miles to thank you?
Are you fucking kidding me?

(End of this chapter)