I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 14 Ji's Lost the First Round

In the summer of the 31st year of Duke Xiang of Lu, on the official road between Jin State and Lu State, galloping horses with scrolls of letters that determine the fate of Lu State stirred up smoke and dust there.

Just as the Ji family was waiting to give them the tripod, a vessel for offering sacrifices to heaven, and daydreaming about offering sacrifices to the heavens on behalf of the prince, a letter was sent to Ji's home.

"The Marquis of Jin is furious and blames the Ji family for being domineering and innocent, and he will surely bring disaster upon him!"

Ji's embarrassment this time!Throw it to the state of Jin and go to the capital.

The so-called good reincarnation in the way of heaven is not not retribution, the time has not yet come.

Ji Sunsu never expected that his act of asking the state of Jin for sacrificial vessels would cause the Marquis of Jin to be so furious.

There have been rumors in the market that the current Marquis of Jin is quite dissolute and has ignored political affairs for many years.Hasn't the interior of Jin State been controlled by the Six Ministers already?Why did Marquis Jin run into this incident?
What made him even more unexpected was that following the fury of the Jin State, the doctor Qing, who had been friends with the Ji family in the court of the Lu State, immediately misfired, and some even directly defected, condemning Ji's act of usurping the monarchy .

Naturally, the ruling and opposition parties in the Lu Kingdom were also extremely shocked. Coupled with Uncle Sunbao's yelling secretly, almost everyone in the entire Lu Kingdom, except for the Meng family, kept scolding the Ji family.

Even though the Ji family is so powerful, it can't stop the beleaguered public opinion attack, which made Ji's face ashamed and embarrassed for a while.

Ji Sunsu, who was originally complacent, suddenly felt as if he had been hit with a sap, and the dumb man couldn't tell if he was suffering from Coptis chinensis.

Within two days, there was another news from Palace Lu:
"Dr. Ji Sun has an emergency, so the matter of offering sacrifices to the heavens on behalf of the emperor is postponed. In the future, after the crown prince's enthronement ceremony, the prince will personally sacrifice to the heavens to show courtesy and joy to the emperor."

Hearing that someone from the palace had sent a message, Shusun Bao stomped his feet in joy.

"Hehe, Ji Sunsu's old man probably never thought that he would stumble at such a time in his life. The Ji family's reputation in Lu State will be greatly reduced now."

Uncle Sunbao let out a bad breath, not to mention how happy he was, when he spoke, his whole spirit seemed to be different, his eyes were high, his momentum was majestic, his back was strong, and he looked mighty and domineering.

Prince Ye was naturally very happy:

"Thanks to Ziming's advice on this matter, we have achieved today's happy situation for us! Thank you Ziming!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Prince Ye wanted to bow his head to Li Ran.

Li Ran couldn't accept it. After all, he was a prince, and his ID card was clearly written on it. If he worshiped him, he might be called that in the future.

"The prince's words are out of the question, but he is respected by the prince and the grand uncle, and he should serve him."

After helping Prince Ye up, the three entered the main hall and sat down.

The success of Li Ran's strategy is largely due to his understanding of the Zhou ritual system and the state of Jin.And this defeat of Ji's plot also explained Li Ran's ability to a large extent.Prince Ye and Uncle Sun Bao naturally respected Li Ran more.

In this era when rites and music are about to collapse, all great talents, no matter in front of princes or high officials, are the objects that people strive to strive for, especially for strategists like Li Ran, who can defeat an army by one person, and are deeply rooted. Deserves the attention of those in power.

Strategists have always been a must for the powerful.

"After Ye Ye ascended the throne, I must entrust brother Ziming to the post of doctor of the Lu Kingdom, so that in the future, brother Ziming can go to the front of the stage and shine in the court without being bound by the royal family of that week."

As Prince Ye spoke, the excitement on his face and the tentativeness in his eyes slowly revealed. Although it was extremely faint, it might not be able to escape Li Ran's gaze.

Li Ran thought for a while, but frowned and shook his head:

"No."

The other two were taken aback and asked why.

Just listen to Li Ran said:
"However, it is hidden in the dark, and any strategy can be implemented. But once you enter the court and become an official, you will inevitably compete with the Ji family and the Meng family. Even if you have a strategy, I am afraid that you will not be able to escape the two. The family's eyeliner. In this way, there are fewer things to do."

Although he lives in Uncle Sunbao's house at the moment, he is just a student on the surface, and will not attract the attention of countless people in the ruling and opposition parties of Lu State.

He basically never showed his face except at the township assembly.Therefore, even if the Ji family intends to target him, it is not easy to choose the time and method. After all, in Qufu, Shu Sunbao's power is not just a display.

Uncle Sun Bao thought Li Ran's words were reasonable, so he said wildly to the prince:
"Ziming's hiding in the dark is indeed more beneficial to us. The matter of becoming an official can be discussed later."

He reminded Prince Ye that the Ji clan has the final say in the current state of Lu, and even if Prince Ye has this heart after he ascends the throne, he may not necessarily have the ability.On the contrary, it would put Li Ran in a very dangerous position, which was inappropriate, very inappropriate.

"Listening to my brother's words, Ye Ye seemed to be enlightened. Ye Ye was so confused that he didn't think of this episode."

Prince Ye suddenly nodded, then changed the topic, wondering:
"Since this is the case, how should the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven be arranged?"

Although the candidate for offering sacrifices to heaven finally fell on his head, the time has not yet been set, and the specific agenda has not yet been implemented.Obviously, Ji's seems to have not completely given up, and still wants to struggle.

In this regard, Li Ran's attitude is quite clear.

"The sooner the better!"

With a trace of caution on his face, he said:

"The Ji family has suffered from being dumb, and will definitely find out that there are traces of our actions, so the crown prince's accession to the throne must be done as soon as possible! First, we can use this opportunity to quickly reverse the image of the prince in the court and the public. Second, it can completely Drowning this matter will make the Ji family helpless."

As one of the three Huans, Shusun Bao arranged the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, and his shadow was naturally indispensable for the crown prince's enthronement, so he immediately agreed.

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On the other side, in Ji's mansion.

"I think we should have arranged it long ago. The official letter for obtaining the sacrificial vessel should only fall into Han Qi's hands. Why did the Marquis of Jin see it? It's so strange..."

Ji Sunsu, who has always been strategizing, was also stunned this time. After all, it happened so suddenly and the impact was so severe that he couldn't sleep or eat in the past few days.

Today's Marquis of Jin is called Jin Pinggong by later generations.

Although the government of Jin State is controlled by the Six Ministers.But he is also the son of a generation of overlord Jin Daogong, who can really disobey his will?

In front of the behemoth of the state of Jin, the Ji family is really not enough. Even though he is the third Huan of the Lu state, even though he has power in the Lu state, under the wrath of the Marquis of Jin, the Ji family can only put his tail between his legs .

At this moment, I saw an attendant hastily entered the palace and whispered a few times in Ji Sun Yiru's ear.

It turned out that Ji Sun Yiru had just received the news, and a stern look suddenly flashed in Ji Sun Yiru's rather gloomy eyes, and said in a deep voice to his grandfather:
"Behind this matter, I am afraid that Shusun Bao and the others are behind it!"

"They?... But what about the old man?"

It is reasonable for Ji Sunsu to have such doubts.After all, with his Ji family status, unless he went abroad to visit in the name of Dai Guojun, even if he went to Jin country, he might not be able to meet the Marquis of Jin.Not to mention Uncle Sun Bao?

Furthermore, even if Shusun Bao wants to tell the Marquis of Jin about this matter, Han Qi must agree to it. After all, Han Qi is now the actual person in power of the Jin State. Something to tell Marquis Jin?
"It was Han Qi who he contacted, and asked Han Qi to deliver our official letter to Marquis Jin!"

The answer was instantly clear.

It turned out that it was Han Qi who stabbed them in the back, not only did he not allow to deliver the heaven-sacrificing tripod.

Instead, he brought this matter to the Marquis of Jin.How can the Marquis of Jin, who is the king of Jin, have no reason not to be angry when he sees this kind of thing?
Today, your Ji family can sacrifice to the heavens on behalf of the prince of the Lu Kingdom, so tomorrow, can the six officials of the Jin Kingdom sacrifice to the heavens on behalf of me, the king of the Jin Kingdom?Is this okay?

"This Han Qi at both ends of the head! It's really hateful!"

Angry Ji Sunsu slapped all the bamboo slips on the case table.

He thought that since they often made friends and bribed Han Qi in private, and since Han Qi was also a Doctor Qing, he would naturally help him.But the fact is unexpected, Han Qi not only did not help him, but went to help Uncle Sun Bao, Ji Sun Su can swallow this bad breath?

"Grandfather, what shall we do now?"

There is no hope of offering sacrifices to the heavens on behalf of the crown prince. If you want to completely control the office, you can't use this method anymore. If the Ji family wants to make further progress, they can only find another way.

Ji Sunsu suddenly stood up, paced back and forth in the hall, and stopped after a long time:

"Since Prince Ye and Uncle Sun Bao are fighting together, it seems that this prince cannot be established!"

"what?"

No matter how courageous Ji Sun Yiru was, he couldn't help being taken aback.

"Grandfather Means"

"good."

Ji Sunsu's eyes froze, and he said with murderous intent:

"It's not that the prince is the only one in the office, the prince's position is replaced by someone else, and he will sit in the same position!"

Completely controlling the office is the most important task of the Ji family now. Anyone who stands in front of the Ji family can only become a corpse, even Prince Ye!
If Prince Ye is killed and another person becomes the prince, the State of Lu will completely fall into the hands of the Ji family.

"Who in the public office can become the crown prince?"

"Needless to say? Naturally, our foolish son is thick!"

As Ji Sunsu's voice fell again, Ji Sun Yiru's eyebrows trembled, it really was him!

He actually expected from the beginning that his grandfather would choose son Chou to take over the position of Prince Ye, otherwise why would his grandfather have asked him to investigate son Chou?
But what he was very puzzled about was that young master Chou was just a fool, could such a person become Ji's puppet?

You must know that to be in charge of a country is not as simple as playing around casually. Once the young master Chou is stupid and doesn't understand the situation, won't it delay Ji's many things?After all, even if it is a puppet, it needs to be aware of current affairs. How does a fool know the word "current affairs"?
"It seems better to be stupid."

Ji Sunsu sat down, and said indifferently as if nothing had happened:

"Since he is a puppet, there is no need for him to talk too much, as long as he sits quietly. Whoever sits in the seat is the same."

(End of this chapter)