Chapter 888: Character Determines Destiny
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I didn't see the birds singing but saw the drizzle, the attic was higher, looking down at the Yuyu Tower, the Taoist Court was deep in the green shade, and the palace maids and guards were busy shuttling back and forth.
Fusu had been standing on the balcony of the pavilion for a moment looking down at the scenery, waiting for his sister Yangzi and nephew Lu Shao. From his position, he could see that a meal was already going on in a pavilion in the distance, if he was not mistaken, it should be Zhao Xie and his daughter Zhao Xin and niece Lu Ying.
Before coming here, Fusu was taking the same route as Wei Qi, and when Wei Qi was greeted by his daughter Wei Shuang on the way, and now Zhao Xie also started to dine with his daughter and niece, but Yang Zi and Lu Shao have not come over after a while.
The old countries are no longer independent ~ kingdoms, and the only countries that retain the name of the country are the Qin State and the Wei State, although Zhao Xie still has the title of Zhao Wangzun, but there is only a city in New Handan, and the city is only now starting to build a base, and it is still not a city.
Zhao Xie was able to keep the title of Wang for a reason, before Lu Zhe annexed Zhao State, Zhao State still had several counties in hand, and the Zhao army in several directions did not collapse. Zhao Xie had several counties and hundreds of thousands of troops, and accepted the peaceful annexation, and Lu Zhe naturally wanted to give preferential treatment in some aspects, such as Xiong Xin, Han Cheng, Ji Xia and other old kings of the world did not have such qualifications.
Xiongxin's Chu State was captured by Lu Zhe's army, and the army had already driven to Wu County, the state of Chu at that time, and the two sides began negotiations. As a result of the negotiations, the state of Chu gave up resistance, Xiong Xin became a marquis under the rule of Lu Zhe, and in the future, the heir born to Xiong Xin's daughter would inherit the title of Chu and have a feudal state.
According to the information that Fusu knew, the empire was also discussing the matter of Chu Fengguo recently, but there was no follow-up after only the beginning. There is gossip that Lu Zhe thinks Lu Shao is too young. The child himself does not have enough ability to establish his own feudal state, and everything will not be carried out until after Lu Shao's crown ceremony. There is also information that the fief that the empire is looking for for Lü Shao already has, and it seems to be somewhere in the Wa Islands? However, no one is sure of the accuracy of the news until it is actually canonized.
At the time of the great chaos in the world, Han Cheng initially re-established Korea in Korea. But as soon as it was reinstated, Xu Yan led the army to break through, Han Cheng felt that he could not compete with the Qin army, so he led people to run before Xu Yan led the army to suppress the border, they initially wanted to go north to seek Zhao Xie's help, but at that time the route to the north was cut off by the Qin army, and they had to go south.
Han Cheng's original intention of leading people south was to seek help from the Chu State, and on the way, he encountered Wei Ji, who also led people to escape, and the two sides merged and went south. Almost when they arrived at the boundary of Nanyang County, Han Cheng and Wei Ji received a shocking news at the same time, and the state of Chu started a war against Lü Zhe, who was entrenched in Nanjun, Hengshan County, and Qianzhong County. In the early days, the Chu army successfully invaded Lujiang and seized most of the land of Lujiang County from Huan Chu, but after Lü Zhe led the army eastward, the Chu army was first blocked on the Fanyang line, and then Lü Zhe led the army to attack Huizhang County by the Yangtze River waterway, forcing Xiang Liang to lead the army to retreat.
Knowing that the state of Chu itself was difficult to protect, Han Cheng and Wei Ji's mood can be imagined, at that time behind them was the menacing Qin State Xu Yan's department, and in front of them was the area controlled by Lu Zhe, who did not know whether to be friendly or hostile. In desperation, he had to temporarily nest in the boundary of Nanyang County.
The next situation was a bit of a twist and turn, and I don't know why. Lü Zhe, who had successfully attacked, led his army to retreat, and Chu got a chance to breathe and contacted Han Cheng and Wei Ji, and proposed to temporarily borrow the southern part of Surabaya County to Korea and Wei. Later, Lu Zhe also sheltered Korea and Wei, and the two countries were able to settle down.
There was a reality that had deprived Korea and Wei of a good opportunity to develop, the part of Nanyang County that they controlled and the southern part of Surabaya County, which they had borrowed from Chu. The two places were basically poisoned by the war and tea, and the population was very sparse because of the war. Without an economic foundation and population, Korea and Wei can only exist in a posture of surviving, and it is difficult to have any impact on the general trend of the world.
What happened next was even simpler, Lü Zhe attacked and destroyed the state of Chu. Korea and Wei also completely became Lü Zhe's vassal states, and it was not until Lü Zhe led his army north to the Central Plains that Korea and Wei took the initiative to accept peaceful annexation.
After Korea was peacefully annexed by Lü Zhe, Han Cheng became a fourth-class marquis.
Wei Qi's Wei State was peacefully annexed by Lu Zhe, and at that time, Wei Qi's title was only a fourth-class marquis, and it was a recent occurrence whether he would become a feudal king.
"Brother." Yang Zi was delayed for nearly half an hour before he appeared: "It's raining outside, and there will be wind blowing rain from the balcony, your body has not been tough since you were a child, come in quickly." ”
Fusu turned around and saw that there were only two people in the inner room, one was naturally his sister Yangzi, and the other looked like a five or six-year-old boy who should be his nephew Lu Shao.
Lu Shao is Lu Zhe's second son, who is five years old this year. He saw Fusu looking at him, and the little adult seemed to salute, and exclaimed, "Shao, I've seen my uncle." ”
Fu Su Le smiled, he had heard some news, Lu Shao, a five-year-old child, was quite intelligent, and he was very favored by Lu Zhe. There is another news that I don't know if it's true or not, saying that Lu Shao will also become a king after the crown ceremony, and the title is in Qindi, maybe it is from Beidi County, or it may be sealed somewhere in Longxi County.
Regarding the family of the ruler of the country, there is more or less a news that I don't know if it is true or not, after all, the family of the ruler is the family at the top of the pyramid. Lu Zhe actually does not make every heir a king, everything still depends on the intention and ability of each heir, if the prince has the ability, he will naturally have a feudal country, and the prince is mainly excellent and marries a good husband, and the king can also have a fiefdom.
That's right, since ancient times, the prince and the prince have been feudals, and the princess is a fiefdom, and the name of the fief is destined to its nature. One thing is certain, no matter how Lu Zhe arranges the fiefdom or fiefdom of his heirs, it will not be in the so-called "homeland", but "extraterritorial".
"When I was about to come, some things were delayed, so my brother waited for a long time." Yang Zi said that, there was no apology in his tone, and there was no embarrassment on his face.
Fusu didn't say much, this sister has been a little cold since she was a child, and the first emperor has many heirs, and not all brothers and sisters have a very good relationship. As the eldest prince (prince), he received the most education, and it was difficult for him to have too much contact with his brothers and sisters, but Yang Zi was more emotionally better with Ying Gao and Ying Jianglu.
Of course, Yang Zi didn't deliberately take care of or look down on the down-and-out Fusu. It's really because of its cold temperament. She looked inside the attic, saw that there was only fruit on the desk, and there was no one waiting around, so she turned her head to look at the personal maid standing by the door: "Go and see." ”
The maid squatted down and saluted, and her mouth should be "No! ", departed.
"Is someone deliberately snubbing my brother?" Yang Zi spoke. His hand was directed at Lu Shao, and he asked Lu Shao to sit on the edge of a desk, and then looked at Fusu.
"It was the Lone King who made the people in the room stand down." Fusu didn't mind his sister's coldness at all, he looked at Lu Shao with a smile, and took out a jade pendant and a pearl from his new sleeve: "Come, when we meet for the first time, my uncle has nothing to give, these two gadgets are for you as gifts." ”
Lu Shao looked at his mother, and only then got up and walked over. I took the gift and thanked him, but I didn't know why I ran out.
"Okay, what do you have to ask, brother?" Yang Zi was not wearing a dress, but a very light silk dress, holding her hips and slowly kneeling.
"The king is sealed," Fu Su also slowly knelt down on his knees, with an unusually serious expression on his face: "Is it temptation or truth?" ”
In fact, Fusu is not the only one who has such questions or worries about the matter of the outer seal. Many people can't be sure if it was a ploy by Lu Zhe, a conspiracy specially arranged against some people. In particular, Fusu, who had experienced the centralization of power, had to make a determination about such a matter.
As the matter of the outer seal is about to be crowned, the talk and discussion are more boiling, but there are not too many people who are really preparing for the outer seal to leave, and there are quite a few people who regard the outer seal as Lu Zhe's temptation, trying to find out how many people are unwilling to accept the rule. Then give a clearing.
"King Wei, he is already preparing relevant materials and manpower, and the expected 30,000 people are armed, and about 20,000 have received weapons and armor. Most of the more than 100,000 people who will accompany them are also moving towards Lingnan. Yang Zi looked at Fusu: "The support given by the ruling government." The grain has been transported to the border. ”
There was no direct answer, but the meaning of the words was very clear, and the corners of Yang Zi's mouth slowly hooked up as he spoke: "A few days ago, there was a third-class baron named Liu Bang, who jumped up and down to contact people, and teamed up with the Jiujiang Shu clan and the Changsha Yong clan first, and they were also preparing materials, and the materials purchased from the market were also being transported to Lingnan. ”
Originally, Fusu had some understanding, but when he heard it, he was stunned: "Liu Bang? It's that Peixian Liu Ji who is constantly looking for investment in contacts, he is not ......"
Be! Liu Bang stopped in the middle of his busy work, and all the clues pointed to Lu Zhe's interference, and then Liu Bang not only stopped cooking immediately, but also seemed to have almost made a big deal. In fact, Fusu would think that it was definitely related to Liu Bang's incident, and he was also making a lot of preparations, but as soon as he learned that Liu Bang was interfered with by Lu Zhe, some preparations stopped.
This time when I came to Nanling, Fusu came with a nervous mood, the Central Plains and Yandi were already under the control of Lu Zhe, and Qin Di also accepted Lu Zhe's rule under a fairly smooth situation, and everything seemed to have no waves. It is also because some areas are easily included in the scope of Lu Zhe's rule, Fusu will be worried, after all, the areas that should be controlled have already been started, who knows if Lu Zhe will keep his promise?
The emperor has never had much credibility to speak of, and everything is done with the intention of consolidating his dominance, so it is not surprising that the previous promises are forgotten, or even forgotten and bloodily purged, to be carried out.
Even now, Fusu is still worried in his heart, he is deeply afraid that something will happen to Nanling this time, and it will be a good end to be confined at that time, and it will not be uncommon for the world to suddenly evaporate one day, and when the time comes, as long as Lu Zhe gives any reason, who will say anything?
"Brother thinks a lot," Yang Zi raised his head slightly, with a proud and proud expression and tone: "Yang Zi married her husband out of political considerations, but Yang Zi really married an amazing man." His heart is far bigger than the sea, and he is not a man who goes back on his word. ”
Fusu gave a reluctant smile: "That Liu Bang? ”
"Liu Bang is too close to Wei Bao, the king's arrangement of Wei Fengguo is related to the future strategy of the empire, and there is no room for the slightest surprise that Wei Wang Ji has a foothold in South Asia," Yang Zi said and slowly stood up: "Liu Bang has a bad reputation, but that's not the point, it is Liu Bang who has clearly shown his intention to rely on Wei Bao to gain a foothold on Sha Ying's side, and the king thinks that it will hinder Wei Wang's development of the land named Siam." In addition......"
"Also?" Fusu listened quite attentively, and when he saw his sister stop in the middle of speaking, he immediately spoke, and waited for him to say only to find that someone had entered the room with a plate, and he couldn't help but be quiet.
Many women in palace clothes carried plates, and on the plates were dishes with lids, waiting to be placed on the table, and when the lid was lifted, there was a burst of aroma.
The food culture of the empire has been progressing, from what was once just boiling any kind of food to the emergence of stir-fried dishes, and then the emergence of various cooking methods such as stewing, steaming, and stewing.
Along with the progress of food culture, various types of liquor appeared, and there were many turbid liquors and fruit liquors that existed in China in the past, and then various types of liquor that appeared in contact with the Western Regions and Central Asia, and the types of liquor began to become diverse.
"Five cups of grapes." Yang Zi immediately liked this sweet and sour low-alcohol wine since he drank the wine, approached the desk and poured himself a glass with the wine cup, picked up the colorful glass and took a small sip, and then gestured to Fusu: "There is a poem 'Grape Wine Luminous Cup', which is a poem by Wang Shang with good wine." ”
Fusu also poured a glass, but it didn't taste right. He was very interested in the glass in his hand: "The things in the king's workshop are very novel. "The color of the glass is a little cloudy and messy, and I don't know if it was made like this. He put down his glass: "The windows of Miyagi are all transparent glass, and I heard that there is a mirror that can clearly reflect the real thing?" ”
"Hmm. One of the strange things called mirrors, one of which was the height of a man, was bought by a merchant from Parthia for ten thousand gold. "Yang Zi said something three days ago.
Of course, Fusu knew about that matter, and used a hesitant tone: "Is that kind of strange thing called a mirror producing?" ”
Yang Zi smiled, she was laughing at her brother's personality is still the same, he is too difficult and indecisive, and it is very easy to hesitate left and right, if there is no effective courtier to assist, it is really difficult to achieve anything, and she can't help but sigh in her heart: "I really don't know if my brother's choice of external sealing is a good thing or a bad thing......" (to be continued......