Chapter 236 236
King Wu of Wei and King Huai of Chu saw that many people were looking at them, and the two of them realized that they were a little embarrassed, snorted at each other, and continued to look ahead.
In addition to the episodes of the two kings, the funeral went relatively smoothly, followed by the burial of Emperor Zhou Ren.
The mausoleum of Emperor Zhou Ren is in the imperial mausoleum outside Luoyang.
Although the imperial family declined, its cemetery was still relatively luxurious, arguably the most luxurious in the empire.
The princes had to go to the cemetery together and watch the coffin of Emperor Zhou Ren be buried, so that the funeral could be completely ended.
After the funeral, the day after tomorrow is the coronation ceremony of the new emperor Zhou Shengdi.
In the process of sending off the funeral, everyone should have walked, but King Wei Wu said, how tiring is it to walk such a long distance? The times are advancing, and these things must also be progressing, so he made a whole horse.
King Wu of Wei made a start, how could this King of Chu Huai watch himself walking, and King Wu of Wei riding a horse? He also had his men bring him in horseback.
King Chu Huai's horse is the king of horses, the white horse 'chasing the wind' It is said that this horse is fast for thousands of miles, and it is also very strong, very brave, and difficult to tame, but after being tamed by King Chu Huai, he has been following King Chu Huai to fight on the battlefield for many years.
King Chu Huai and King Wei Wu rode on their horses, and Qi Xiaobai and other princes also rode on horses, after all, the distance was too far, and they could only reach the mausoleum by walking until night.
So there was another strange scene in this funeral, with the emperor walking below in front and the princes riding horses behind......
Originally, the eunuch wanted to give Emperor Zhou a horse, but Emperor Zhou was a woman, and she had been learning embroidery or something in the deep palace, and she had not learned any art of war, politics or anything, let alone any equestrian skills, and she became the emperor because none of his brothers wanted to be it, so she couldn't ride a horse.
At this time, the eunuch suggested getting a carriage, but Emperor Zhou insisted on the Zhou rite system, as a woman, Emperor Zhou was still relatively filial, and his father died, and his heart was more or less sad, although her relationship with her father was very shallow.
And she also feels that she is in her position, she must seek her position, and she does not think that she is backward, but thinks that she is a model of morality, and she feels that these princes ignore Zhou Li at all, and they are simply immoral people, and they are not worthy of being princes.
According to the previous words of the empire, the princes should be virtuous and talented people, first virtuous, and then talented, but none of these princes of Ji Mingyuejue are virtuous people, they are all bandits who deceive the king.
But because of her mother Xiao Shu's stopping, Ji Mingyue could only endure the anger in her heart.
Halfway through, I started to eat, in the etiquette of the empire, the emperor's funeral was to eat vegetarian food, but how could King Chu Huai eat vegetarian food, light things?
He asked his subordinates to bring two bottles of good wine, a leg of mutton and a few meatballs, and ate them with his brother Qi Xiaobai.
And King Wei Wu saw that King Chu Huai didn't eat vegetarian food, and he did, wouldn't that be very out of gear? He also opted for a lavish feast.
None of the princes ate vegetarian food, and even Qin Zhaogong went to Song Kanggong's place to eat.
After all, when he came to Luoyang City, Qin Zhaogong had been eating country dishes and wanted to eat something good, so at the funeral, he was letting him eat vegetarian, how could he be willing, but he didn't want to spend money, so he took people to Song Kanggong's place to eat.
Song Kanggong is not easy to refuse this Qin Zhaogong, after all, everyone is a prince, and Qin Zhaogong came to have a meal, which is nothing to the relatively wealthy Song Kanggong.
Although Song Kanggong is an empty shelf in the Song Kingdom, his life is still good, after all, businessmen often send Song Kanggong something, send a little money, although he does not have the power of his monarch, but his life is considered superior in the monarch, at least much better than Qin Zhaogong.
And in front, Emperor Zhou Sheng was very angry: "Mother, they are too ignorant of the royal family, although our royal family no longer has much power, but we are still their nominal leaders." ”
"Emperor, don't be too angry, one day I will make these princes bow down to you!" A man said in front of Ji Mingyue.
This man is Yan Dan, the prince of Yan Kingdom, since he was defeated by Qi Xiaobai, he fled to Luoyang City with his mother Ji Li.
After all, his mother was a member of the royal family, and after his mother and daughter arrived in Luoyang City, Yan Dan became the minister of the empire.
Although this minister cannot be compared with the ministers of the vassal states, he is also a person with status and status in Luoyang City.
Zhou Dan on the side said: "Yan Dan, you still have to see the reality clearly, since you lost to Qi Xiaobai in Yan Kingdom, you will honestly be an official in Luoyang City and enjoy life!" ”
Zhou Dan didn't want this Yan Dan to incite the young Zhou Shengdi to be enemies of the princes of the empire.
Although this royal family has a little money and can maintain a little army, but you are an enemy of the imperial princes, and you are simply blocking the car with a mantis arm and killing yourself.
Back then, he didn't want to take the royal family, restore the royal family, make a name for himself in the empire, and become the first minister under the emperor, but in the end he was knocked down by reality.
If this Yan Dan instigated the young emperor to be enemies with the princes, it was very likely that the princes would not care about this morality and directly attack Luoyang City.
Maybe a prince attacking Luoyang City is easy to cause a group to attack it, but if a group of princes attack, it will ......
"Zhou Dan, although our empire has no money and no soldiers, but the princes of the empire are not in agreement, we can let them fight each other, weaken them, and make a profit!" Yan Dan said to Zhou Dan.
"Weakened?" Zhou Dan was stunned and looked at Yan Dan.
Yan Dan actually wanted to weaken the Qi State, after all, he had an enmity with the Qi State, but during his time in Luoyang City, he also analyzed the situation in the world and had to give up his hatred for a short time.
"The biggest power of the empire now is Wei and Chu, Han Zhao is the head of Wei, Qi follows Chu, Qin and Wei are in a war, half-dead, if we can't be strong, we can weaken them!" Yan Dan said to Zhou Dan.
"What do you mean?" Zhou Dan looked at Yan Dan and asked.
"Stir up a war between the two camps of Chu and Wei, and it is rumored that Zhao and Wei are at odds, we can help Zhao and Chu suppress Wei, so as to seize some of Wei's territory and let us grow stronger!" Yan Dan said to Zhou Dan.
And Ji Mingyue on the side nodded when she heard this: "This is indeed a good way, we will unite the Zhao State and the Chu State to suppress the Wei State together!" ”
Zhou Dan shook his head and said, "The State of Chu and the State of Zhao just listen to you like that, in order to suppress the State of Wei with you?" ”
"The State of Chu has always wanted to settle in the Central Plains, if we nominally support the State of Chu, the State of Chu will definitely be happy, because they can justifiably attack the Central Plains, and now that Wei and Zhao are at odds, we have to provoke it and make it turn its face!" Yan Dan said to Zhou Dan.