[Fengshen] Don't call me king

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Unexpectedly, on the second day, the dog emperor was still not in the mood, but the eunuch didn't want to be nice to him, and it started snowing profusely again. Although it wasn't as bad as the snow disaster in the middle of the Yellow River, it was enough to make people shiver from the cold.

With such a heavy snowfall, Nabo Yikao easily suffered from body chills. Emperor Zhou couldn't kick him out of bed, so he had to hold him in his arms, trapping his hands and feet so that the boy would not be kicked off by the quilt again, and called two People catch a cold together.

In the daytime, this guy whose feet are wrapped in layers of gauze cannot be allowed to walk around, but must be guarded by his side until the wound heals.

Bo Yikao, who knew he was wounded, didn't want to have trouble with his own feet just to disobey the Emperor Dog, so he obediently stayed in the dragon chariot and stayed with the Emperor Dog all the time to sort out the account books handed over by Chaoge - before the Yellow River In one catastrophe, Chaoge passed away more than 80 ministers at once. Among them, nearly ten households had to hand over their official positions and fiefdoms to the court for confiscation because there were no males in the clan who could inherit their official positions.

Speaking of these ten families, they are also very pitiful. They are all rich and have many children, but most of them are "noble" children who are upright and love to speak out. Unfortunately, they met Emperor Zhou who loved to kill loyal ministers. The talented dog emperor killed batch after batch of male officials of these big families in just four years (a year has passed), until only the last one was left to take this official position!

It stands to reason that these families have been persecuted like this by Emperor Zhou, and they should understand the disadvantages of honest and direct advice. However, I don’t know when, Chaoge has a new profession-storyteller, who specializes in talking about magical things in restaurants and tea houses. There are many stories about how these "widow wangmen" families were persecuted by the dog emperor, and they praised their loyalty, fear of power, and risking their lives to speak out, making these families deeply loved and praised by the people !

It was because of his reputation that An Neng was able to retreat?All these families have been controlled by the widows in such a situation.It's just that women don't give way to men - the husbands of these women died in vain for the honor and reputation of their families, and they are all strong and strong for the country and the people!Now that they have mastered the power in the family, how can they make the person who inherited their husband's official position be a cowardly coward, so that their husband will die in peace?

And the remaining male will become the last man in the family to be pushed onto the political stage. Naturally, they are people who are not valued at home. , but was pushed into an official position because of the family's bad luck.Although these people are officials, they don't understand the intricate relationships in the court at all. Only the widows in the dependent clan can use the remaining influence of their deceased husbands to integrate into the bureaucratic system. In this way, it is impossible to defy these widows in a short period of time. Instead, their instructions became a prop for them to take revenge—to attack their husband-killing enemy, Emperor Zhou.

Naturally, some people withstood this pressure and did not succumb to the intimidation of the "black widows", but became the target of everyone's reviling without exception.Naturally, these people were not welcomed by the group of loyal ministers, but they did not join the ranks of traitorous ministers. Instead, they united together and became a new force—the centrists. He has played a lot of roles in the promotion of new crops, but has accumulated some reputation among the people.

In this catastrophe on the Yellow River, these newly emerging centrists have always been with Emperor Dog without exception. Even Emperor Dog ordered his ministers to search for supplies on the other side and never left the big ship, so they were lucky to save their lives.

Let's go back and talk about the ten extinct families. Originally, the official positions and land were handed over, and those widows would be forcibly sent home to regain their status as unmarried women. women leave room.Empress Jiang said in the memorial that those ministers unfortunately died in order to prepare supplies for the emperor, which can be regarded as "died in the line of duty", and some women in their clan should be rewarded and granted some land to them, and these lands They can be inherited by those who raised them, so that they can be served wholeheartedly in their later years.

After all, Empress Jiang is the first wife of Emperor Dog, so what she said naturally carries some weight. Emperor Dog graciously agreed, so Bo Yi Kao not only reorganized and checked the land and property reported by the ten families. , according to the instructions of the dog emperor, try to select some fertile land for these widows in the original fief, so that they can live well, eat and wear warm, and have free time to rush around to send "one piece" to their "comrades". The benefits of "family loyalty"-we must give the widows of those families who have not yet died some material motivation to inherit the wishes of their deceased husbands, right?

But he said that Emperor Zhou asked Boyi Kao to clean up the assets of extinct officials for what reason Bo Yikao naturally knew it well, but the relationship between him and Emperor Zhou was quite delicate and tense, and he had accumulated a lot of love for Emperor Dog secretly. Therefore, after some calculations, a large amount of money was indeed deducted from it, but it was not put into Emperor Zhou's private treasury, but sent to the Prince's Mansion of the East Palace with a stroke of a pen.

The Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, Yin Jiao, was worried about not having enough money to spend, and was suddenly notified that such a large amount of money had appeared in the account for no reason, but he was surprised and happy, but he didn't dare to say it to the outside world, only dared to let his own people secretly I went to check, but couldn't find out.Yin Jiao was afraid that others would plant his spoils on him, so he just sealed up the money and dared not use it.It wasn't until Emperor Zhou learned about the situation through the golden armor and specially sent a letter back to tell him to use the money with confidence, that Yin Jiao broke the seal and boldly used the money!

Why do you think Prince Yin Jiao is so short of money?It turned out that he and his younger brother Yin Hong had been away for two years. According to the map given to them by their father, they traveled all the way to the southwest, and they went deep into Burma, Laos, Vietnam and other places in the future. Attracted by gold-rich areas.And just as his father said, although there are humans in these places, and they are all alien tribes, the population of these tribes is very small, as many as a hundred people, as few as a dozen people, and many of them are still hunting around and living without living. Compared with the advanced civilization of the great merchants, the stage of setting up a place is like a pure primitive man who drink blood and drink blood—it’s really abducted!

As the Crown Prince, Yin Jiao, as the most orthodox heir of the Shang Dynasty, was born with the ambition of a businessman to expand the territory and annex the world. Now that he sees these primitive people and the rich land occupied by them, how can he not be tempted?Therefore, when I first came into contact with these people, I started to cast a net, put on a decent and enthusiastic appearance, and taught them the skills of building houses, growing food and raising livestock, which left a very positive and positive impression on the hearts of the aborigines in this area. nice impression.

The two brothers Yin Hong and Yin Jiao traveled around Southeast Asia to collect local specialties, and at the same time, they also vigorously introduced the culture of Dashang to the local area.Those tribes with backward productivity are all full of respect for this great merchant expedition team that is enthusiastic about spreading knowledge, and they also admire the advanced merchant civilization. Some slightly larger tribes even sent their wise men and warriors to follow Yin Hongyin At the same time as a guide for them, they continue to learn the culture and technology of Dashang.Later, when Yin Hong and Yinjiao wanted to go back to Dashang Chaoge, they also followed and became the "special envoys" sent by those tribes to study in Dashang.

Because the two brothers Yin Hong and Yin Jiao had plots, these "special envoys" received a very warm reception, and they were taken to various places by the officials of Chaoge every day to visit. Live in a country where houses are everywhere and everyone wears silk!

But after all, they are the leading warriors and wise men in their tribe. They can be regarded as the aristocratic class of the tribe. They know their importance to the tribe, and they also have pride and love for their tribe.Although they were very envious of the advanced and happy life of the big businessman, they finally decided to leave the big businessman and return to their tribe.

Hearing that they wanted to leave, Yin Jiao was very reluctant, and immediately persuaded them to stay a little longer, at least until he formed another expedition team so that he could escort them back.

Because Yin Jiao has helped their tribe a lot and has long been the object of worship of these tribes, these "special envoys" could not disobey his persuasion, so they had to stay!

Instead, they inadvertently chatted with the young official who was recently sent to greet them—Ji Dan.The "special envoys" were surprised when Ji Dan mentioned that he was not from Chaoge, nor did his family belong to Da Shang, but from another tribe.Waiting for Ji Dan to say that after forming an alliance with the Dashang, his tribe "Zhou" worshiped the Emperor of the Shang and became a subsidiary of the Dashang, thus getting the protection of the Dashang, not only learned advanced technology from the Dashang, The development of the family is like a song of the dynasty, and when they are invaded by foreign countries, the big merchants will send troops to reinforce them to save them from the disaster of genocide. Just like Ji Dan's tribe, let your own tribe become a subsidiary of Dashang, so as to get his protection and help!

But to these people's disappointment, their good friend Prince Yinjiao was very embarrassed by this proposal: on the one hand, he was only the prince of the Shang Kingdom and had no right to form alliances with other clans; on the other hand, the tribes these people belonged to It is too far away from Da Shang's land, but there is a big area in between, where many barbarians live, if they are not sent away, I am afraid it will not be conducive to the alliance between Da Shang and these tribes!

The "special envoys" felt that what Yin Jiao said was indeed reasonable, but they really envied the life of a businessman so much that they couldn't let it go, so they kept pestering Yin Jiao, hoping that he would look to him for the sake of being friends. His father begged for mercy, and let their tribe become a vassal state of the Great Merchant—as for the barbarians, the merchant is so good, he can definitely kill them!

Yin Jiao was so entangled by these people that he had no choice but to reluctantly hand over a memorial to Emperor Zhou who was playing, telling him that the time was ripe and he could invite the king into the urn!

Emperor Zhou understood it, and immediately sent back a memorial, explaining the truth of "56 tribes and 56 flowers", telling Yinjiao that the big merchants are a big garden, and the tribes included in the territory of the big merchants are just flowers, and the merchants Huang is the gardener who cares for the growth of these flowers. He only hopes that there will be more and more flowers, and the flowers will bloom more and more colorfully. What about the ruthless destruction?This is not something a wise monarch should do!

After Yin Jiao got the memorial, Dang even summoned the "special envoys" and read the memorial aloud. The "special envoys" were all very happy when they heard that Emperor Zhou agreed to their request, and they were even more moved when they heard that Emperor Zhou not only did not dislike them, but treated them equally with other princes and tribes, and loved them like flowers. Go back immediately and tell their leader this great news!

Seeing that these "special envoys" fell into his Huairou trap, Yin Jiao was secretly delighted. At the same time, he paid more attention to them and was determined not to let them encounter accidents on the way back, so he stepped up preparations for the second expedition team.

It was the golden armor who found out about this, and came to Yin Jiao instead, so that he didn't have to value the lives of these people. If a few of them died in the barbarian territory, it would kill two birds with one stone. Great fun!