Chapter 1303 Cow Three Eggs
"Old Duke Xing, the Qintian Supervisor has calculated the date. On the first day of September, His Majesty will lead hundreds of officials to worship ancestors in the Ancestral Temple. You must be prepared. When the time comes, you will follow His Majesty to the temple to worship, so you have to recharge your batteries. .”
The first day of September is the day after tomorrow. Emperor Jingyuan has already planned the date for the expedition. It can be seen that he is eager to conquer the army and does not want to wait for a moment longer.
Old Duke Xing was overjoyed and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty treats me well, I must keep my spirits up... On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he led his eldest son, second son, and other sons and grandsons in the family to the Ancestral Temple. Follow your Majesty to worship our ancestors."
Then he asked: "Mr. Yingge, can I take my other sons and grandchildren at home?"
Mr. Ying Ge looked at Old Duke Xing's expectant face and said, "Your Majesty did not say this clearly, but the old Duke is a great pillar of Chu. He has made great achievements in war throughout his life. This time he is fighting for the country and bringing his family with him. It should be okay.”
In the sacrificial ceremony, non-officials and non-meritorious people are not allowed to participate in the sacrificial ceremony. This is a rule that everyone knows.
But Mr. Xing didn't understand Mr. Yingge's ambiguous words at all. He still thought that Mr. Yingge was right. Wasn't he just a man of great military exploits in his life?
However, the reason why Old Duke Xing was granted the title of Duke was only due to his military exploits. Most of the reason was because he had saved Emperor Jingwu by blocking the fatal sword with his life.
Duke Xing said happily: "Then I will take my children and grandchildren to the Ancestral Temple to worship their ancestors with His Majesty."
Then he wiped away his tears and said: "I remember how glorious it was when I followed His Majesty to conquer the world and how beautiful it was when I entered the capital. Now that the old Majesty has gone, that boy Jingtai has also gone, and only your Majesty is left, woo woo woo~ "
Mr. Ying Ge's face became a little sad and he hurriedly said goodbye: "Old Duke, it's getting late. I have to go back and prepare for the departure of the army. I'll take my leave now."
Mr. Xing is really a stupid mud-legged person. He dared to call Emperor Jingtai a boy. That was the late emperor... Forget it, they have endured these mud-legged people for decades. Chu Hui's vitality will be severely damaged, and then their family will reach its peak again!
As the founder of the country, Emperor Jingwu did the right thing in killing the aristocratic family. The aristocratic family had been in power for nearly a thousand years and had survived several dynasties without falling. As a result, a lot of power and money were in the hands of the aristocratic family, which made the country so big. The harm must be removed.
But when Emperor Jingwu was in power, most of his subordinates were warriors with a rough background. Chu was just established, and he needed aristocratic families to help him govern the world, so he didn't kill all the aristocratic families.
Emperor Jingtai was kind-hearted and developed feelings for the aristocratic family. He felt that the aristocratic family was not that hateful, so he never raised a sword against the aristocratic family during his reign.
Emperor Jingyuan's ferocity was quite similar to that of Emperor Jingwu, but he was sick... I don't know what happened. After Emperor Jingyuan ascended the throne, he did not continue to attack the aristocratic family. Instead, he began to kill nobles, and the one he killed was Wei Guo, who was the most loyal to Da Chu. Public line.
Really, when the aristocratic family saw the collapse of Wei Guogong's line, they almost laughed to death and wished they could burn incense and tell their ancestors.
Okay, great, the more loyal nobles die, the safer their family will be.
The aristocratic family hated the Dachu royal family. Although they were Dachu officials, they would not really serve Dachu. Therefore, Emperor Jingyuan made many mistakes. The aristocratic family did not try their best to dissuade him. They only tried to persuade him a little, and then let him die.
The three generations of emperors of Da Chu all made a mistake. Since they had raised the butcher's knife against the aristocratic families, they should all be hacked to death instead of reusing them, let alone cut down the power of the nobles who could compete with them.
We should keep the nobles to fight against them, and at the same time recruit the poor men. After three generations, replace 80% of the ministers of the noble families in the court, so as to ensure the stability of the Chu Dynasty.
It's a pity that the current Emperor Jingyuan just wants to destroy Dayong and avenge himself.
"Hey, hey, Mr. Yingge, please go slowly." Old Duke Xing greeted his son: "Boss, second, what are you doing in a daze? Why don't you send this ignorant thing to Mr. Yingge...cough Ahem!”
He yelled too loudly and lost his breath for a moment, coughing to the point where he almost died on the spot.
The reason why Duke Xing always asked his eldest son and his second son to do everything together was because the eldest son and the second son were born from his two wives.
That's right, after Duke Xing became famous, his daughter was given to him by a wealthy family. He didn't refuse, happily went to the wedding hall, got married, and went to bed.
It turned out that his daughter-in-law from the countryside was a fierce woman. After finally finding her way to the capital, she heard that Old Duke Xing had married another beautiful girl, so she set fire to Old Duke Xing's mansion in the capital.
Holding the memorial tablet of Mr. Xing’s parents, he took his two children and sat in front of the burning house, crying and cursing: “Niu Sandan, you heartless bitch, I have worked so hard to farm the land for you. Raise your parents, raise your children, and support your parents until they die. When you become rich, you sleep with the ladies of the world... Damn it, if you sleep well and don't care about me, I will die with you!"
It was such a big fuss that everyone in the capital saw a big joke and knew that Mr. Xing's original name was Niu Sandan.
Fortunately, Mr. Xing was a simple and honest man. Although he married another girl from a noble family, he never thought of abandoning his poor wife. Instead, he welcomed his country daughter-in-law into his home. He followed the example of the rich people in the country and got an average wife with a big head.
This time it became lively. From then on, the entire Xingguo Duke's mansion was not peaceful. There was a big quarrel every day, and the house had to be set on fire every three days.
Mr. Xing's family had to change five residences. There was nothing they could do, the fever was so severe that they would have no place to live if they didn't change.
It was also Xing Laogong's country wife who was so desperate and dared to risk her life so that she and her children could gain a foothold in the house.
After the second lady saw that she couldn't deal with the country shrew, she began to send beauties to old Duke Xing, hoping to use the beauty to pamper her. The country lady immediately learned this trick. The two of them were competing, giving Xing every day. The old man sent the beauty to him, which almost exhausted the old man Xing to death.
As a result, in addition to the eight legitimate children, Duke Xing also had thirty-two concubines, large and small, which was a frightening number.
So many children have given birth to grandchildren, and now the great-grandchildren are about to get married.
With so many descendants, the Duke of Xing's family was so poor that it was now difficult to even raise the betrothal gift for his great-grandson to get married.
Duke Xing knew that he was getting old and that this expedition would be dangerous, but there was nothing he could do about it. His great-grandchildren were all waiting to get wives. If they didn't perform meritorious service in the expedition, where would the rewards be given to them as betrothal gifts?
Ying Ge was always speechless and said hurriedly: "You two stay here, don't send me off, don't see me off, take care of old Duke Xing first."
He hasn't even left for the battle yet, so the coach can't die, otherwise he'll laugh to death.
"Hey, hey, Mr. Ying Ge, please go slowly." said the second son of Old Duke Xing. He quickly supported Old Duke Xing and said to his son: "Quickly go and ask for the doctor."
Not to be outdone, the eldest son of Duke Xing hurriedly said to his son: "What are you doing standing still? Go and call the doctor quickly."
Then he said: "Second brother, what are you taking pictures of? Are you as smooth as you? Look, you almost beat the shit out of dad."
The second son of Duke Xing glanced at his eldest brother with disdain and said: "Boss, don't look for trouble. Why did I slap my father so bad? For the sake of my father's body and bones, I went to follow him specially. Those who have a medical degree know how to take care of dad. Unlike you, who comes from the countryside and doesn’t know anything. He only yells loudly, noisily and vulgarly!"
Then he said: "You are talking about raising pigs and making ham from pig legs to make money. As expected, you are from the countryside. How can you turn pig legs into ham if you don't have a recipe?"