Chapter 29: Hundred-foot-long sighs of hooking inside and outside (fourteen)
On the fourth morning of the fourth day when the granary was burned, Gongshu Cen happily told a group of nobles about the dream he had last night.
"I dreamed that Zitian was lying outside Lumen, heading to the north and feet towards the south. I turned into a big crow, perched on him, and my tail was facing Tongmen. What does this mean?"
Lumen is the east gate of Songcheng.
In the 26th year of Duke Ai of Lu and when the Song State was still strong, he left a note on Zuo Zhuan, and Lumen was thus recorded in historical books.
In the winter, the Song people attacked Zheng with the princes to report the battle of Song. They burned the Qumen, entered, and went to Dakui. They attacked the eastern suburbs, took the head of the cow. They returned with the rafters of the palace and became the rafters of Lumen.
The rafters that were snatched from the palace of Zheng State are still above the Lumen. Although they have been long, they have not yet decayed.
Gongshu Cen Xi is not the first person to dream like this. The person who dreamed like this completed a successful coup.
As for whether Cen Xi really had such a dream, or had never had this dream just to say it for everyone to listen to it, the meaning is the same.
Cen Xi may know the meaning of this dream, but maybe he doesn't know it, but the important thing is that someone comes forward to explain what this dream means at this time.
Tai Zhu knew that it was his own words, so he congratulated him: "This is a good omen. A truly good at divination may not need tortoise shells."
"Zi Tian's northern head is called losing his country. In his dream, he turned into a crow, his head was at Lumen and his tail was at Tongmen. This is a sign of the blood of the mysterious bird. Only you can save the Song country!"
Tai Zhu used all he knew to explain the meaning of this dream, and said that Gongzi De also had such a dream back then, so the coup that many years ago was successful.
Everyone present had already swore bloody swearing, now that the interests are clear, the opportunity has come, and the analysis of this dream is nothing more than a clarion call for the offensive.
Everyone had no doubts anymore, and Xiao Siko said, "Now the people in the city are all on our side. They are already dissatisfied with defending the city, for fear of breaking their bones and cooking."
"I have also sent people to promote it that everything is Zitian's fault. The people may not believe us, but they have already resented Zitian, so it's time to change a monarch!"
Before that coup decades ago, the interests of each family were distributed early, and finally an agreement was reached for the three surnames to jointly rule.
It was precisely because of that agreement that when Mr. Song asked the Chu people to decide the office, the nobles in Shangqiu City were extremely dissatisfied.
Now that the distribution of interests has been discussed, Zi Cen Xi promised that if he became a monarch, he would agree to the requests of each family. The nobles also knew that Zi Cen Xi was not in sufficient power, so they had to do it if they agreed, otherwise they would still not be able to hold the position of duke.
Tai Zhu said again: "In the past, there were hermits like Lao Peng who wrote a song saying: After the death of the enemy, the burial will be over. It is still unknown whether the brother or the legitimate son will inherit it."
"The old Duke died in Rendi, but it is not enough to be killed in his resignation. Uncle Duke also dreamed of Lumen, which is in line with the will of heaven and in accordance with the will of heaven!"
"The people are no longer satisfied with Zitian, so we can do it!"
Dayin nodded and said, "That's right. Now the Chu people are very fierce in siege, and the Mo people have no intention of governing the affairs of the city. The emperor's father Yue Ling personally went to the city to inspect. They knew that if the city broke into the city, the imperial clan of the city would inevitably perish, so they even used their own deceased soldiers and soldiers. This is to destroy themselves. Could it be that if the Chu people cannot break into the city, there will be no changes in the city?"
Little Siko hesitated a little and asked, "But Sicheng Emperor is now on the city and guarding the city with Mozhe. I am afraid that Mozhe will help him."
Dayin smiled and said, "Whoever guards the city will help him. The problem is that if the city does not need to be guarded, then the person who guards the city will be just the original person. Now the emperor's father Yue Ling is the emperor's father Yue Ling who guards the city, and if the new king decides not to guard it, then the emperor's father Yue Ling is only the son of the Sicheng Emperor, how could Mo Zhu help him?"
The final words answered everyone's final doubts. Da Yin once again swears with everyone, and then said: "It's time to start!"
…………
Before noon arrived, private soldiers and soldiers from various noble houses took to the streets, wearing leather armor, holding spears and swords, and were rampant in the city.
The people who had not yet been summoned under the city wall were not panicked when they looked at the hundreds of people who suddenly emerged.
They have watched a lot of coups and have become accustomed to them. Looking at the situation today, they know that it is another coup.
Since it is a coup, there are some things to be said.
After the soldiers lined up, they showed off their power in the city and made their first choice.
The nobles involved in the coup selected eloquent people and announced various issues loudly in the city.
"Zi Tian was rude to Chu and was ruthless to Jin, which led to the siege of the Chu people this time. This was Zi Tian's sin. This was to put Song State into a desperate situation in Chen Cai and other countries and cut off the sacrifices of his ancestors. This was a sin, which was something that the Emperor of Heaven could not tolerate."
"The Emperor of Sicheng gave Jiahe to Han, Zhao and Wei, which made the Chu people angry, so this time the only thing they had to punish was the rude Zitian and Sicheng Emperor."
"Does their sins make you eat and break your bones? This is wrong, so please expel the king and form an alliance with the Chu people!"
There will always be many people listening to this kind of announcement in the capital.
Nowadays, coups in various countries are frequent, and the small countries sandwiched between Jin and Chu have experienced countless riots by the problems of being close to Jin and Chu.
Not to mention Zheng and Wei drove away the king because of their propriety of Jin and Chu, the Zheng people would not be angry with Chu soon after, because they were unwilling to be angry with Chu. The Zheng people who were summoned for 40,000 would rather surrender to the Chu people than fight.
The people were already dissatisfied. Like the people under the city wall, they all listened to the propaganda of the Xuanyi tribe of the Mozhe. It was originally beneficial to defend the city in a subtle way.
Now that the price is even greater, they are resentful and do not want to defend the city at all.
The only difference is that the people organized under the city wall were unveiled by the Xuanyi Ministry, pointing the problem to "fight for benefits."
Those in the city who are deliberately not promoting are still at the level of "acceptance is not the worst result".
No one told them what to do.
The nobles told them first, so they were quickly incited.
It sounds like those words make sense.
If the king did not anger the Chu people, why would the Chu people go north to besiege Song? If the Sicheng Emperor did not present Jiahe, why would the Chu people be furious?
No one told them that whether they were angry or not, the Chu people would go north to fight for hegemony, so the principles promoted by the nobles sounded very reasonable.
The dead soldiers who were mixed into the crowd shouted loudly in a time of chaos in the people: "Yes, why should we bear the suffering of changing sons and breaking bones because of the sins of the king? If the king cannot benefit the country and the people, then the people should replace them!"
The people were originally dissatisfied, but no one was willing to show up.
When a dead soldier shouted like this, the people in the city just thought they were ordinary people, and some people took the lead, so they shouted a few words.
But if they were asked to come forward to siege the palace, it would be less than that.
Moreover, the nobles have their own private soldiers and do not need the participation of the people at all. They just need to not oppose the people and launch a coup immediately.
Hundreds of soldiers gathered together, and many nobles drove to guide soldiers and drove towards the palace.
The people following behind mostly did not carry any weapons, but were more of a mentality of watching the fun.
The incident happened in the city soon led to a loyal person who was soon loyal to Duke Song to return to the palace and inform Duke Song.
Several nearby servants were nearby, and some relatives of Jin were also nearby. The one who had visited Mo Di hurriedly said: "At this time, the people were in a hurry, and Da Yin and others took the opportunity to make an appointment. This is not unpredictable!"
"Why would you rather come forward and inform the people of being willing to form an alliance with the Chu people. Even if you learn from the Duke of Qi, Lu, to drive for the King of Yue and let the people of Chu enjoy Shangqiu, it would be better than being expelled by them!"
Zitian, who was over 20 years old and had a strong spirit and changed his reign as soon as his father died, snorted: "Entering an alliance with the Chu people? This is impossible!"
He had his own blood and dreams of regaining the glory of Duke Xiang's hegemony, so he looked down on his father in Jin and Muchu.
He felt that he was a dignified Duke, the descendant of Xuanniao, and the descendant of Shang Tang, why did he go to pay homage to a barbarian of Chu?
He finally had some face when observing the Emperor of Zhou. After all, the Zhou people only "helped" the Shang people to drive away the unjust Zhou of Shang, and the Song land was also a feudal state of the Zhou brothers of Shang.
Now that the situation is forcing him, he is already dead. Looking at the panicked relatives of his close servants, he angrily said: "I am an alliance with the Chu people today. Will the Jin people not come to ask for punishment tomorrow?"
"Can you, the king of the country, drive with Chu Zi today and join the King of Jin tomorrow? Are you the ministers' faces brilliant?"
He would not call the Chu people king, so he was obviously a viscount, so how could he be qualified to be king?
Although Zitian was arrogant and ambitious, he was not a fool. He knew that he would form an alliance with the Chu people today, and the Jin people would come to attack tomorrow.
What about being rude to Chu and being ruthless to Jin? It would be fine to deceive fools. With the position of Song State, even if the Jin and Chu were well established back then, wouldn’t it still be conquered?
When he said this, everyone blushed. Zitian said again: "If you can defend Shangqiu now, do you know what the future will be?"
He stood up, dressed and held his sword in his hand, and shouted: "As long as you guard Shangqiu, Chu and Jin people will know that Song State is not easy to attack. We still have the opportunity to promote the military meeting at that time."
"If you surrender directly to the Chu people, ha! Should you surrender when the Jin people come? What kind of face do you do, the king? You subordinates don't think about the prosperity of the country, but think about how to surrender. This is the reason why Song State was attacked!"
Many close servants drew their swords and said, "If the king is humiliated and the minister dies, we will not let the king bear such humiliation!"
But some people complained secretly and said to themselves: "Now the coup is right in front of you, and the palace is about to be broken. What's the use of saying this at this time?"
Chapter completed!