Spring and Autumn I Am King

The four divisions of the state of Lu belonged directly to the great count, and the count was the next doctor. Jieli Literary Network Shop is the meaning of display. The duty of the teacher is "to assist Zongbo", to display the position of sacrifice and sacrifice, to inspect the displayed dishes, to advise and assist the ministers to perform small rituals of sacrifice, and to punish and neglect the rituals. things people wait.

In November last year, Confucius was promoted to the rank of Si Shi, because he came from a humble background and was not well regarded in the Zongbo Office, which was basically composed of public clans. When there was nothing to do, he took young people in the country to learn etiquette. For this reason, he did not accept fewer disciples. When someone died in the family of a prince and a doctor, he had to go to preside over the funeral. His power and prestige have not improved much.

It was not until a diplomatic enquiry from the neighboring state of Zhu that Confucius became famous!

I heard about Zhao Wuxi when I hired him, and for this reason, people collected a lot of history and information about the state of Zhu. Zhao Wuxi's neighbor.

The state of Zhu was originally the ancient state of Xia and Shang, with the surname of Cao, from the Zhurong tribe in the Central Plains, and the ancestors traced back to the Lu Zhong family. Zhu Rongneng "shows the light of heaven and earth", so his descendants are mostly Roujia talents, and they were very prosperous during the Xia and Shang dynasties. His own surname Kunwu is the Houbo of Xia, and the two countries of Dapeng and Bowei are the Houbo of Yin Shang, which is equivalent to the status of Qi and Lu in the Zhou Dynasty.

However, in the Zhou Dynasty, most of the descendants of the eight surnames Zhu Rong, who were different from the Zhou people's system, weakened and perished. Except for the Chu state with the surname Mi that re-emerged in the south, only two Dongyi surnamed Cao surnamed Zhu and Ji surnamed Ju remained in the north of the Huaihe River. country. In Shandong; they are second only to Qi and Lu, and they are the best among the small countries in Sishang.

The totem of the State of Zhu is a spider, and Duke Wen of Zhu set his capital in Zoucheng, so it is also called the State of Zou.

Zhu and Lu were long-term enemies. Influenced by the culture of the state of Lu, it came to later generations. It even became a circle called "Zou Lu culture", and Mencius was also from Zou.

But in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Zhu State has always been regarded as an alien barbarian. When Duke Huan of Qi was helping Qi in his struggle for hegemony, he was recognized by the Zhou royal family and named "Zhu Zi". Its territory is surrounded by Lu on three sides, east, west, north, and so on, so "the voice of the watchman can be heard from each other". The southern part is adjacent to the State of Xiaozhu and Teng, with a population similar to that of the State of Cao, about 300,000.

Lu Jun often played the role of fish belly among the princes of the Central Plains. However, its national strength is stronger than that of Zhu and Ju, and it is also the head of the Hou kingdoms adhering to the Zhou etiquette, and its international status is higher. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhu Jun went to the state of Lu many times to form an alliance with the court, hoping to make a good relationship with Lu. But these "Dongyi" are precisely the main direction for the Lu people to expand their territory, so they often use the excuse of "cutting the barbarians" to add troops to Zhu. In just over two hundred years, the State of Lu invaded the State of Zhu as many as a dozen times, and successively seized a large amount of land and population of the State of Zhu.

Zhu State's defensive war against Lu was initially divided into winners and losers, and then showed a trend of collapse. As early as the time of Duke Zhu's mourning, there were several incidents in which the doctors of the State of Zhu took their lords to flee to the State of Lu, and the same was true during the time of Duke Zhuzhuang.

The decline of the country's power is even more disparity with the power of Lu. Zhu Jian was unable to defeat the Lu people in a face-to-face battle, so he could only often associate with the powerful countries at that time, such as Jin, Qi, Chu, and Wu, to seek protection. This made it impossible for the State of Lu to easily annex them. For example, more than 20 years ago, at the Pingqiu meeting where the Duke of Jinping called the princes. The state of Zhu once joined the state of Ju to complain: "Lu attacked me in the morning and evening, and I died. I did not pay tribute to the leader of the alliance because of Lu." He complained to the Jin people with snot and tears.

Although the state of Jin intends to maintain the international order, but after all, its hegemony is gradually waning, and it is beyond the reach of the whip. It has imprisoned Shen Ji Pingzi for a while, but it has not had much effect. Therefore, under the constant pressure of Lu, the state of Zhu could only pay tribute to seek peace, so as to survive.

Zhao Wuxi couldn't help laughing after learning about the specific situation. The state of Lu was bullied by Jin, Qi, and Chu all day long, and their sense of superiority was also found in these small states.

So in the spring of this year, the State of Zhu sent another person to the court, and at the same time gave Confucius an opportunity to gain popularity.

The origin of this incident was a mysterious funeral a few years ago. About that incident, the city where Kan Zhi was located was relatively close to the country of Zhu, so he knew it very well. At that time, he held back a smile and told Zhao Wuxi about these "Yi Yi". people" joke.

"Zhu Zhuanggong died a few years ago in a strange way. It is said that once, Zhuanggong had a banquet with Yi Shegu, a doctor of the state of Zhu. During the period, Yishegu came out to have a solution, and the guards at the gate asked him to ask for help. They ate wine and meat, but they were chased and beaten with a small stick by the drunk doctor Yi. After a while, it was Duke Zhu Zhuang’s turn to take a walk in the courtyard to sober up. When the people saw the monarch coming out, they knew that he was impatient. So clean, I deliberately wet the courtyard and told Duke Zhuang that it was 'Yishe Gu Xuanyan'..."

Wu Xie almost spat out the watery laughter in his mouth. What the man said meant that the water stains in the courtyard were stained by the doctor Yi Shi Gu Xiaoxie. This doctor is also unlucky to be detained like this. A black hat.

Kan Zhi said: "Emperor Zhuzhuang is impatient and very clean, how could he tolerate this kind of thing, so he ordered to arrest Yi Shegu, but he didn't catch him for a long time. Duke Zhuzhuang was even more furious, and when he returned to the bedroom, he was heavy on himself. Sitting on the couch, because he sat too hard, maybe he rolled, accidentally fell into the charcoal stove beside the couch and got burned, and soon died because the burnt skin festered. He was buried with barbarian rituals after his death. Buried in a chariot with five carriages, and sacrificed to five people, the Prince of Zhu State, Yi, who was still a boy, was able to succeed to the throne..."

This is actually a national mourning caused by the use of urination and defecation. It seems that Duke Zhuzhuang is a person with a violent temperament and a serious addiction to cleanliness. .

When Zhu Ziyi succeeded to the throne, he was still young and could not even wear the Xuan clothes of the crown ceremony, so he had to be regent by the doctor. Until this spring, Zhu Zi, who is about the size of Wu Xie, was ready to be crowned.

He attached great importance to this, so he sent a doctor to ask Lu Guo, a master of ceremonies, for advice.

At that time, in the office of Zongbo in the Gonggong, Confucius talked freely in front of all the officials of etiquette.

"Zhu Zi's crown ceremony is the same as that of the monarch and crown prince. When crowning, he should stand on the east steps in front of the lobby, and then stand on the guest seat to toast the inferior to show that he has become the monarch in his father's place. The cloth crown , Pibian, and Juebian have been crowned three times. Each time he is more honored, he is encouraged to achieve something. From now on, he can take charge of the government as the crowned person."

First, the people from the state of Zhu nodded their heads, and then all the people in Zongbo's office were also convinced of Confucius. He's really impeccable when it comes to courtesies.

Confucius later commented: "Even the eldest son of the Son of Heaven is no different from the common people in the country in terms of the connotation of the crown ceremony. Because there are no noble people in the world, they are more and more respected in the day after tomorrow. The ceremony must be held in the ancestral temple, and it should be carried out with naked etiquette and restrained by the music of bells and chimes, so that the crowned person can feel his own humbleness and show that he does not dare to violate the ancestral etiquette!"

His last words were bitten so hard that ritual and music collapsed. This is what Confucius decided to correct and make up for after seeing and hearing what he had seen and heard in the past few months as a teacher!

Zhu State's hired doctor was very satisfied, and promised to crown the monarch according to the etiquette taught by Confucius, and invited Confucius himself to Zhu State to preside over the ceremony on his behalf.

Confucius declined because he had official duties, but still sent Yan Hui and Min Ziqian, two disciples who were good at etiquette, to Zhu State to help. Zilu came back from Yangguan as Sima to report on his job, and was also sent by Luhou to **** Zhu's messenger back to the country. This time he made a good reputation of "no promise" in Zhu country. Confucius's success this time will affect the scope taken out of the country.

This incident is enough to make the nobles of Lu State celebrate with each other. On the other hand, I hope that Zhou Li, who I am good at, can influence them. In the past, the results were not great. For example, when Duke Zhu Zhuang died, he used barbarian rituals openly, and he was buried with people, but this time, Zhu Zi, who succeeded the throne, seemed to be very interested in Zhou rituals. This is good news.

In addition, Lu Guo had just recovered from the civil strife, and Yang Hu was still entrenched in Guancheng. Thief Zhi was tossing around in the south of Onozawa, so Sanhuan really didn't want to be an enemy of Zhu. After all, the opponent also has six hundred weapons. The rabbit is in a hurry and still bites people, so let's talk about it instead of pretending to be a snake.

This time Zhu Guo's court appointment. Confucius promoted the reputation of the Duke of Zhou of Lu, and gave the Marquis of Lu a prestige, so he was rewarded by the monarch and promoted him to the position of Xiao Zongbo. Sanhuanzhong, especially the Ji clan, had no objection to this because they were in the honeymoon period with Confucius, but dismissed the plan of the Marquis of Lu to grant Confucius the title of doctor.

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There are generally three small Zongbos in the state of Lu, one is in the sun of Mount Tai, the other is in the public mausoleum of Kancheng, and there is another person who lives in Lucheng and is the deputy of the big Zongbo. The state-owned big ceremony assists the big Zongbo, and the small ceremony is the official in charge of the etiquette, in charge of the establishment of the kingdom of the gods; in charge of the prohibition of the five rituals, as well as the difference between the animals and ritual vessels, the power is slightly greater than that of the Si Shi. The position is already close to that of Zhao Wuxi's Xiao Sikou.

So Confucius' career began to take off. According to the news that Zhao Wuxi received from Feng Rin's secret letter, after the Zhu Guochao engagement incident, the great Zongbo, who was born in a public family and was a vegetarian, began to rely on Confucius for everything.

There are many subordinate officials under Xiao Zongbo, including eight sergeants, sixteen sergeants, and brigade sergeants, Fu, Shi, Xu, Tu and other personnel. Min Ziqian, Ran Yong, Ran Geng and others were also recommended by Liu Xiaji Shangshu, who was in the wild, because of their contributions to the state of Zhu, and they also entered Zongbo's office as grass-roots subordinate officials.

With the help of his disciples, Confucius became more powerful, and with the secret support of Luhou, he became more and more courageous. Many substandard and arrogant etiquettes of Dr. Lu Guoqing's family have been changed, and the blame has gradually been directed at Sanhuan!

For example, in the early summer, the Meng family offered sacrifices to their ancestor Gongsun Ao at the ancestral temple. After removing the sacrifices, he ordered the musicians to sing the poem "Yong".

"If you come to Yongyong, you will be solemn until the end. Xiangwei Pi Gong, the emperor Mumu. Yu Jian Guangmu, and you will worship each other!"

After the vocal music was heard by Confucius, who came to watch the ceremony, he immediately rushed to the hall to disperse the music officials. The ceremony ended. When questioned by the angry Gong Lianyang, Confucius said: "The two lines in the poem "Yong", 'Xiang Lianyang' Duke Wei, Emperor Mu Mu, such words cannot even be used by princes, so how can they be used in the temple of the Qing family?"

He also criticized Mengsun Heji and Nangong Yue, who had been his disciples, for being rude and living up to the expectations of their father, Meng Xizi. In the face of the reasonable and well-founded little Zongbo Confucius, Meng's family wishes were all refuted, and Meng Sun Heji himself had nothing to say. Under the mediation of Zifuhe, Meng's bowed his head and admitted his mistake, canceling these rude and arrogant behaviors.

Ji's schadenfreude ~www.wuxiahere.com~ strongly supported Confucius in this matter, so the arrogance of "eight scorpions dancing in the court" suddenly decreased a lot, and the prestige of Luhou was increased again and again. was promoted in the meeting.

But the Ji family never expected that Confucius, the little Zongbo, was actually right on the wrong side, and the next time he was going to be targeted, it would be the Ji family!

This time, just when Ji Sunsi was unwilling to increase Zhao Wuxi's power in the west of Lu State and confronted him faintly, his heart was stabbed to the point of pain by a letter from Confucius, and he was in a hurry. (To be continued...)

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