In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

Father Zhao Zhi was in power for the overlord country, so his funeral was cumbersome and complicated in accordance with the etiquette, from summoning the soul, reporting the funeral, bathing, including meals, raiding the corpse, small collection, large funeral, laying a memorial ceremony, etc., all of which were complicated, not to mention It is said that the king of the state of Jin offered condolences in person, and the courtiers and envoys of the princes of the state of Jin came to express their condolences.

For such a big event, it is naturally impossible for Zhao Wuxie or even the Zhao family to be busy. According to the "Zhou Rituals", there are many parts of this funeral that require the assistance of retainers, such as body washing, which is to be carried out by Zhao's retainers in Taizhu. All activities carried out under the guidance, including small collection and large burial into coffins, must have the participation of trusted retainers.

If talking about the number one retainer of the Zhao family, of course it is Yin Ze. Before Yin Ze, the head of the Zhao family's retainers was Dong Anyu. But at that time, the Zhao family was in a political dispute with the Fan family, and Zhao Zhifu was suppressed by Fan Yang. Fan Yang knew that Dong An was in charge of politics, so he forced Zhao Zhifu to kill Dong Anyu. Powerless to protect Dong Anyu, he watched Dong Anyu being forced to commit suicide.

Since Dong Anyu, Yin Ze should have become the head of the Zhao family's retainers. Although Yang Hu later divided power, compared with Yang Hu, a rebellious minister who repeatedly rebelled against his lord, the Zhao family naturally trusted the consistent and steady Yin Ze.

There are so many things to do about the funeral, Zhao Wuxie is too busy to do it all, so it is impossible to take care of it all. Many things are also handed over to Yin Ze, a retainer who is trusted by both generations of the Zhao family.

At the time of the funeral, a team of people who traveled day and night arrived and handed over a package with soil to Yin Ze, and the package was buried in the coffin with Zhao Zhifu in the hands of Yin Ze.

Yin Ze didn't deliberately avoid many people. Kong Wei, who was attending the funeral together, was thoughtful, but didn't say much.

After the funeral, on the way back, Kong Wei and Yin Zede had a free chat, and Kong Wei asked Yin Ze: "Then...that's what it means to be in power?"

Yin Ze was silent for a while, and finally heaved a long sigh, recalling that Zhao Zhifu had been in a coma for a long time before waking up. After seeing Yang Hu, he summoned his retainers and solemnly entrusted Zhao Wuxie to Zhao's retainers. After all these were done, at the end, Zhao Zhifu sent everyone away, leaving only Yin Ze.

Yin Ze will always remember that Zhao Zhifu, who had lost his sanity, held his hand and squeezed out two words with almost all his strength: "Ah..."

Yin Ze has been a retainer of the Zhao family for dozens of years. He knows most of Zhao Zhifu's affairs, and naturally he also knows all kinds of things between Zhao Zhifu and Kui. Letting go, how could Yin Ze not know what he wanted.

Finally Yin Ze said softly: "I will bring him back and bury him with the ruler."

Hearing Yin Ze's words, Zhao Zhifu heaved a sigh of relief, closed his eyes and passed away.

Yin Ze recalled the smile that finally froze at the corner of Zhao Zhifu's mouth after Zhao Zhifu got his promise. Zhao Zhifu, who had been as hard as a rock all his life, finally left with a smile. Yin Ze's eyes were a little sour, and he replied to Kong Wei: " My lord... naturally means what my lord means, you can't stay together in life, but you can share the same acupuncture point in death."

Kong Wei has also been a retainer of the Zhao family for nearly twenty years, and he also fought side by side with Kuai, when he heard Yin Ze's words, he sighed and said, "Why bother?"

Yin Ze smiled wryly, and said: "In life, if you can see through it, if you understand it, why bother to ask these two questions, will there be any kind of shortcomings, in life, how many people can live without regrets."

Hearing Yin Ze's words, Kong Wei also let out a long sigh and said nothing more.

After Zhao Zhifu's funeral, Zhao Wuxie formally took over as the head of the family within a few days, and Zhiyao came to the door in person. At this time, Zhiyao had already obtained the ruling position from the monarch in accordance with the century-old tradition of the Jin Kingdom, and his status was different from the past.

Although Zhao Wuxie was filial piety at this time, but in the Spring and Autumn Period, filial piety was not strictly followed by the so-called three-year period, especially in the state of Jin. Change also means the beginning of a new power struggle. Under the tragic pressure of extermination of the whole family if there is a slight misstep, people will always be more flexible. The first thing his family is busy with is how to successfully inherit the family power and court power, because these are the guarantees for a family to seamlessly integrate and run normally as soon as possible.

Therefore, Zhao Wuxie did not refuse to see Zhiyao because of the funeral. After all, as the ruler of the Jin Kingdom at this time came to the door in person, Zhao Wuxie categorically refused, which was indeed a bit too much.

Zhiyao has never been a person who should be a person in a false story. At this time, when he visited Zhao Wuxie, he did not go around in circles. In reality, Yili expressed his condolences for the death of Zhao Zhifu. Zhao Wuxie thanked the visitor for his concern. Reflecting on Zhao Zhifu's achievements to Jin, Zhao Wuxie humbled himself, saying that it is what the Zhao family should do.

After going through this basic etiquette process, Zhiyao said directly: "Chidi is going south, and the country of Yan will not be able to hold on."

The Zhao family's fief is close to the northern grasslands, and Zhao Wuxie has also heard the news that Chi Di went south to loot the Yan Kingdom. At this time, he was not surprised when Zhiyao mentioned this matter, and said: "Wuxie has heard a little bit."

Zhiyao said: "If it's just the Qi country, the Yan country may still have the strength to defend. Adding Chidi, the Yan country will definitely not be able to hold on."

Zhao Wuxie was slightly silent, and then said: "What is the purpose of ruling?"

Zhiyao looked at Zhao Wuxie, spoke for a while, and said, "Xia Yu said on the Qiqi platform that once Zhao Jianzi left, Jin's hegemony would inevitably collapse, and he would even be dismembered again. If you want me to say, then Xia Yu is I underestimate my descendants of the Jin Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom has been the overlord for a hundred years, the Jin State was the overlord in the hands of the former ruler, but in the hands of Zhiyao, the Jin State is still the overlord."

Zhiyao's words are a bit arrogant. Although he is in power at this time and is actually the person in power of the Jin Kingdom, he is still a subject of the Jin Kingdom's monarch after all. He said what is going on with the Jin Kingdom in his hands. To be the master of the state of Jin is not arrogance.

But Zhao Wuxie didn't say anything more to Zhiyao's slightly arrogant attitude.

On the other hand, Zhiyao looked at Zhao Wuxie with sharp eyes and said, "We can't just sit and watch Qi State garrison Yan State. If Qi State really annexes Yan State, the expansion of the country will more than double, and our Jin State will be in danger."

Zhao Wuxie still had a dull face, looked at Zhiyao and said, "What do you mean by being in power?"

Zhiyao said: "We want to send troops immediately to attack Weiguo."

Zhao Wuxie was taken aback for a moment. His father, Zhao Zhifu, had always kept Weiguo in his heart. He always wanted to bring down Weiguo and make him completely attached to Jin. The state of Qi has the upper hand in the battle, but Zhao Zhifu, who has been on the battlefield all his life, has not been able to completely conquer the state of Wei in the end. At this time, Zhao Wuxie was stunned when he heard Zhiyao mentioning attacking the state of Wei again. Then he blurted out: "Why don't you attack Qi State first?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Wuxie consciously made a slip of the tongue, and there was a slight look of annoyance in his eyes, which made Zhiyao burst into laughter. When Zhiyao finished laughing, he sighed and said, "Fight Qi? Who will go? You? Me? Or Wei's and Han's?"

Zhao Wuxie's slip of the tongue just now made Zhiyao see through that he was not completely in mourning and ignored court affairs, so he simply stopped pretending and said directly: "Whatever the ruling party means, you may as well say it bluntly."

Zhiyao clapped the table and said: "Okay, I have something to say, the army of Qi State is going north, but Tian Xiang is not confused, I found out the news a few days ago, Tian Xiang also mobilized his subordinates at the border between Qi State and Jin State With few troops, be prepared for our Jin State to take advantage of the emptiness of Qi to attack."

Zhao Wuxie frowned slightly, and said: "Linqiu is no longer in our hands. In terms of the Qi-Jin border situation, Linqiu is not in our hands. It is a great disadvantage. If Linqiu is really stationed with a heavy army, we will directly attack Qi. I'm afraid I will lose a lot."

Zhiyao said: "That's true. Originally, if my country of Jin could mobilize the power of at least two or three ministers to attack, even if Linqiu was heavily guarded, it would not be impossible to take it down. It's just that my Yao Chu came out to be in power, and a prestige Insufficient, I am afraid that it will be difficult to control the three ministers to fight against the enemy, and secondly, the matter of staying behind in the country is also complicated and unspeakable, and it is not easy to make a decision."

Zhao Wuxie listened to Zhiyao's words. Although he didn't say it bluntly, he also understood the meaning behind his words. After all, the four ministers of the Jin Kingdom did not trust each other. Let's go out to fight together. Although Zhiyao is in power, he has just succeeded. Insufficient prestige makes it difficult to rule, and it is also difficult to decide on the candidate for the Jin State Shangqing who stays in the country to look after the house.

Zhao Wuxie was silent for a while, and then said: "If you have something to say in power, you might as well speak it out."

Zhiyao sighed, and said: "Your mourning is over, and you return to the court to lead the army. Whether it is to fight Qi or Wei, we don't have time. We must make a decision as soon as possible, and then raise troops immediately."

Zhao Wuxie said: "I'm still mourning for my father..."

Zhiyao waved her hand, and said impatiently: "Don't talk about such nonsense, my country of Jin's mourning has never necessarily taken such a long time, and there are many ways to deal with it. I have already reported to the king, and the king will be in charge soon." I order you to return to court."

Hearing this, Zhao Wuxie saluted at last, saying: "No, Wuxie will obey the king's orders."

"The state of Jin will soon enter an era in which the Zhao family and the Zhi family will compete for power." Shen Zili analyzed the current political situation of the Jin state to Weiss with a smile, and said, "Zhao Zhifu has been in power for more than [-] years. The family expanded extremely rapidly under his hands, and the vastness of his fief was the first among the four ministers of Jin, and Zhiyao was ambitious. Once Zhao Zhifu left, Mount Tai, which was pressing on his head, was removed. Do everything possible for the expansion of the Zhi Clan, one is the former ruling family, the other is the current ruling family, two tigers in the mountains, how can they not fight each other."

Shen Zili talked eloquently, Wei Si looked thoughtful, listened quietly, and then said: "Then how should I, Wei Shi, deal with myself?"

Shen Zili smiled slightly and said, "Get out of the way."

Weiss frowned slightly and said, "What do you mean?"

Shen Zili said with a smile: "When two giant beasts fight, what should a person with insufficient strength do? Naturally, they should avoid them, so as not to harm the innocent, and let them fight. In the end, both losers, it is Wei's luck."

Weiss talked with Shen Zili for a long time, and when it was getting dark, when Shen Zili resigned, he watched Shen Zili retreat led by his servants. After a long time, Weiss said to Li Kui who had been watching: "Teacher, I don't want to I like this Shen Zili."

Li Kui said very calmly: "You don't need to like him, you just need to know that he is useful. People like Shen Zili are useful to you, that's enough."