Spring and Autumn I Am King

The long-closed windows were opened one by one, Zhao Wuxi was escorted by fully-armed guards, and stepped into the bright hall of the palace's great temple. Huge and hideous.

The old lady Fu of the Zhou family led the way, with a sad expression on her face.

The so-called Mingtang is the ancestral temple of the ancestors of the dynasty. It was called the "shishi" in the Xia Dynasty, the "Chongwu" in the Yin and Shang times, and the "Mingtang" in the Zhou Dynasty.

This is a Hongda building complex with three gates and three halls. Originally, this was a forbidden place that outsiders could not step into except for the descendants of the Zhou family. However, after Zhao Wuxi was successfully regent and he took the emperor to make the princes, he did not give up, and proposed to take a look at the nine cauldrons in the Mingtang.

This is an extremely rude request, and everyone in the Zhou family, from the weak emperor to the old lady, is shocked. But seeing that Liu and Shan Ergong, the only ones who could be relied on by the royal family, have also been bought by Zhao with a lot of money.

The gate of Mingtang has been closed since the collapse of King Zhou Jing, and it is only today that the sun can be seen again. The long-awaited sunlight shines on the hardwood floor under the feet, and pairs of beam pillars appear on the left and right. The beam pillars are carved with dragons, Kui and other auspices The beast has been extended to the distant space.

Zhao Wuxi walked among the souls of the previous kings of the Zhou Dynasty, and the footsteps echoed in the huge hall. He glanced at the bright hall, but saw that the building was outdated, the red lacquer on the pillars fell off, and even the flags appeared to be faded. , couldn't help thinking: "Zhou Shi's arrogance is about to be exhausted, and it can be seen from this bright hall that has not been repaired for a long time."

Soon, the second gate of the Second Hall had passed, and when entering the spacious high platform that was only one step away from the Temple of Wenwu, the old lady stopped.

I don't know if it's because I've been walking for too long or I'm haggard. It is in stark contrast to Zhao Wuxi, who is burly and majestic behind him, with a more energetic look.

He looked at the big temple above where King Wen and King Wu were enshrined, and felt ashamed.

And on the steps leading to where, there is an old man who seems to be a palace servant dozing off...

Taifu couldn't count on anyone, so he could only turn his head reluctantly: "Uncle... Jiuding, it's here..."

Zhao Wuxi looked around, and sure enough, on the high platform, there were nine bronze tripods of different shapes and sizes...

"This is Jiuding..." Zhao Wuxi felt lucky when he saw the real thing.

In the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties of the pre-Qin period, they paid attention to "the important affairs of the country are in the sacrifice and the Rong". The most important things in the country are sacrifices and wars, and the most important ritual vessel in sacrifices is the tripod. According to the etiquette system, the number of tripods used by people of different levels is strictly limited, otherwise it is an arrogance. "Nine cauldrons for the emperor, seven princes, five doctors, and three Yuanshi", only the emperor deserves to enjoy the "nine cauldrons"!

According to legend, the first person to cast and own the nine tripods was Xia Yu. He leveled the waters, determined the land, and divided the entire world into nine states, namely Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Yongzhou, and Liangzhou. . After the settlement of Kyushu, Yu collected the bronze tributes from the various tribes of Kyushu and made them into nine tripods. In advance, they sent people to draw the famous mountains, great rivers, places of beauty, and strange things in each state in the country into an atlas, and then sent craftsmen to imitate these paintings on the nine tripods, symbolizing a state with one tripod. Since then, Jiuding has become a symbol of the supremacy of kingship, and has become a national treasure passed down from generation to generation in Xia, Shang and Zhou.

After approaching, Zhao Wuxi could clearly see the age-old blue spots on the Jiuding, and he could see that it had been weathered for a long time. Also, "Xia De declined, Ding moved to Yin; Yin De declined, Ding moved to Zhou." It has been passed down to the present, at least for more than 1,500 years.

In the original history, after this, Zhou Ding would be captured by Qin, but after Qin, Jiuding suddenly disappeared. Although the later Han Dynasty once obtained a large ding by chance, and was so happy that Emperor Wu of the Han changed the Yuan "Yuan ding", but it was forged...

Today, Zhao Wuxi is really lucky to see this treasure of the town that was buried in the Surabaya in the later generations.

He thought that the nine cauldrons must be old and decayed things after thousands of years, but he never imagined that after getting close, they would be so beautiful. There are a total of nine tripods, one in eight directions, one large and eight small, but the small ones are taller than people, weighing at least seven or eight hundred pounds. Although there are some blue spots on it, most of the places are still smooth and shiny, and it seems to sparkle in the sunlight.

"This is Yongzhou Ding, also known as Longwen Chi Ding..." Pointing to a four-legged square Ding with a slightly red color and a dragon pattern on the mountain, the old lady introduced it.

Then there are Yanzhou Ding, Qingzhou Ding, Xuzhou Ding, Yangzhou Ding, Jingzhou Ding, Yuzhou Ding and Liangzhou Ding. mystery. Some are auspicious beasts such as turtles and snakes, vermilion birds, green dragons, and white tigers, while others are monsters of the Mountains and Seas scriptures whose faces are so ferocious that they cannot be named.

But they are all the same as Yongzhou tripods. They are quadruped tripods. Although the patterns are different, the styles are the same, as if they were cast in a mold.

However, the tripod in the middle is different.

This is a three-legged round tripod that is twice the size of the other eight tripods. The color is black and bright. The four-sided reliefs on the tripod are surrounded by Jingwei, Xuanniao, Fengniao, etc. for hundreds of years. The main body tells an ancient story: the Yellow Emperor The battle with Chiyou: In the wild of Jizhou, Yinglong, animals and water, Fengbo Yushi, and the wind and rain. The Yellow Emperor was the daughter of the goddess, and the rain stopped, so he killed Chiyou...

"This is Jizhou Ding, also known as Fengwen Xuan Ding."

Standing in front of this cauldron, Zhao Wuxi was so shocked that he was speechless. This head has far surpassed Simu Wu. Can Xia Dai really have such a skill? Or as later generations said, Jiuding is actually a creation of Yin and Zhou?

But in any case, at least what he saw in front of him was a fake Jiuding.

"Why is the largest one in the middle is Jizhou Ding instead of Yuzhou Ding?" Zhao Wuxi asked the old lady.

"Among the nine states in Yugong, Jizhou was the head of the nine states, and it was also the middle land of the world at that time. Pingyang, the capital of Tang and Yao, Puban, the capital of Yu and Shun, and Anyi, the capital of Xia Yu, were all in the territory of ancient Jizhou, so they were the top of the nine states. The Jizhou tripod should be the first."

"I see!"

I really fell asleep on the pillow. This is something that can be used to make a big fuss. Zhao Wuxi was overjoyed. He looked around the huge Jizhou Ding and even reached out to touch it. This cauldron of Jizhou, the few people want to move it to Yecheng, to town the north, is it okay?”

...

"What! Move the tripod to Yecheng!"

The old lady was so shocked that she couldn't even say it. This exclamation even woke up the dozing old palace servant on the steps, and yawned.

It has been 600 years since King Wu of Zhou moved Jiuding from Chaoge to Luoyi. In the first three hundred years, Jiuding was stable, but in the last three hundred years, it was often coveted by others.

The most serious one was more than 100 years ago, when the overlord of the generation, King Zhuang of Chu, attacked the Rong of Lu Hun in the north, marched on the border of the Zhou Dynasty, and watched the soldiers in the suburbs to show his force. King Ding of Zhou sent a doctor, Wang Sunman, to work on the army. King Zhuang of Chu asked Wang Sunman about the size and weight of the nine tripods. That means, there is a great meaning to take Zhou Ding and replace it.

At that time, the wise Wangsun Man knew that his heart was ill-conceived, and replied **** for tat: "The rise and fall of a country depends on virtue, not on the cauldron. Although the Zhou royal family declined, the destiny has not changed. The importance of the Jiuding cannot be questioned!"

This sentence blocked King Zhuang of Chu's unreasonable desires. After all, the state of Jin, Qi, and Qin were still powerful at that time, and the state of Chu was not powerful enough to command the world, so he could only return in a huff, just before leaving. Put down the harsh words: There is nothing unusual about Jiuding, there is enough copper, anyone can cast it, and all kinds of weapons captured by Chu State on the battlefield are enough to cast nine hundred cauldrons. "

But after all, the Chu state was only partial to the south, arrogantly claiming to be the king, and there was no way to really cast the nine tripods and expand its rule to the north.

Now that more than a hundred years have passed, the Zhou family is even more exhausted than at that time, the death of the princesses, the death of death, no princes can come to defend the Zhou family and fight for them...

Zhao Wuxi took this opportunity to propose to move the cauldron, which is an arrogant move far exceeding that of King Zhuang of Chu!

The person in front of him is high-sounding, named Uncle, and named Regent, but he is actually Zhou's biggest enemy, a thief who steals the world!

Zhou Taifu was indignant, he stood up in front of Ding with a straight waist, and firmly refused: "Uncle, what you said is bad! Just as the poem "Poem" said: 'Haotian has a fate, and the second queen will accept it' , King Wen was ordered, King Wu attacked Zhou, and had great merit in Haotian, so the tripod was set in Luoyi, it was destiny! Now the uncle plans to move the tripod. Never lift it!"

"Destiny?"

However, Zhao Wuxi sneered: "My knowledge is shallow, and I don't know as much about ancient things as Taifu, but I know that there are two sentences in the book."

"Only the heavens have no relatives, but respect and respect relatives; the people are always cherished, and they are cherished by benevolence!"

"The emperor has no relatives, only virtue is the auxiliary; the people's hearts are impermanent, but only the heart of benevolence."

The meaning of these two sentences is that God has no fixed relatives, but is close to those who respect him; the people have no objects to cherish, but only cherish those who have benevolence. The emperor has no fixed relatives, but is close to the virtuous; the hearts of the people are changeable, but they will remember those who have given them favors...

"Xia Yu and Shang Tang, didn't they get the mandate of Heaven to build temples at first? But Xia Jie was chaotic and immoral, and Jiuding moved to Yin for six hundred years. Shang Zhou was brutal, and Jiuding moved to Luoyi for six hundred years. From this, it can be seen that the Sheji is impermanent, and even if Tianzuo is known to King Wen and King Wu, there is an end in the end.”

Zhao Wuxi finished speaking, pointed at the Jizhou Ding and said, "If Zhou's virtue is as bright as before, even though the Jiuding is small, it will be so heavy that an army of 30,000 cannot be moved. , No matter how big the Jiuding is, it is so light that more than a dozen Wu Ben can move it... The tripod of Jizhou, regardless of Xia and Shang, is guarded in Jizhou, and now the widow just puts it on its own, the second and third sons, what are you still doing? Relocate!"

"No, no, no!"

The old lady tried to stop it with tears in her eyes, but was pulled aside by the guards. She could only watch as hundreds of Zhao craftsmen, Wu Ben, filed in from Mingtang. , very skillfully put the Jizhou Ding on a large carriage and began to slowly push it out.

The old lady's eyes were about to bulge out. Seeing that he couldn't stop it, he simply moved towards the steps in the hall and slammed into it, preparing to die in the line of duty.

Seeing that his brain was about to burst, the old man on the steps leading from the high platform to the Temple of Civil and Martial Arts stepped down a few steps and stopped the grand master in front of the steps.

"The way of heaven is to benefit without harm; the way of man is to do things without fighting. If Zhou's destiny is there, even if Jizhou Ding is moved, it will not affect its society and grain; if Zhou's destiny is not there, even if you commit suicide here, you will It can't stop the building from collapsing, why is it so, Taifu?"

Zhao Wuxi originally thought that the old man was the servant of the temple in the palace, so he ignored him. Unexpectedly, after saying something quite philosophical, the old lady of the Zhou family grabbed the old man and cried, "Master, Having said that, but Zhao Houchun uses force, and he has no virtue in the world, how can Jiuding let the unvirtuous people get it!?"

"Master?"

Zhao Wuxi turned around~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and took a closer look at the old man's appearance. He was unremarkable. Even though he had amazing wisdom, he was restrained by his old face. This old lady at least served the Zhou royal family. Forty years, who is older than him and more knowledgeable, who is he?

As soon as he raised his hand, Zhao Wuxi stopped everyone from moving the cauldron, and instead saluted the old man and said, "Could this be the master who persuaded Prince Ren to 'no competition but no special', I don't know what to call him?"

The old man also politely said, "I'm only a vulgar person in the countryside, how dare I ask the prince to ask?" After speaking, he turned around and left.

Zhao Wuxi had a vague guess in his heart, how could he let him go, chase after him, and say: "Please, Weng, please tell the boy's name!"

Zhao Jun Hu Ben blocked the way, the old man smiled helplessly, turned his head from the steps, the wind blew his hair in a messy bun like snow, and brushed over the simple Ge Ma clothes. He bundled his hands, faced the cauldron of Kyushu, turned his back to the temple of civil and military affairs, and the layers of clouds, and said calmly: "Ashamed, I am the history of the Zhou Shou Tibetan Chamber forty years ago, Lao Dan..."

ps: I didn’t write the positive Lao Tzu before because I couldn’t start. After so long of preparation, I feel like I can give it a try.