xymnovel Chapter 13 Time Flies Like a Galloping Horse
Chapter 13 Time Flies Like a Galloping Horse
When Zhang Chengsi returned, the entire Liang Kingdom was draped in mourning.
Zhang Zhao, meanwhile, witnessed his own funeral in the void.
The emperor bestowed upon Zhang Zhao a coffin with yellow lacquer, the three dukes carried the coffin, dukes and marquises cleared the way, and the emperor's six armies escorted it, burying Zhang Zhao in Biyuan, next to Ji Dan.
King Cheng addressed his ministers, saying, "The late king entrusted his affairs to my uncle and Duke Zhao on his deathbed. For over twenty years, Duke Zhao devoted himself wholeheartedly to me and the Zhou dynasty. He didn't even have time to visit the state of Liang. He died today because of the Zhou dynasty. How dare I treat him as a mere subject?"
"Duke Zhao was renowned for his wisdom and virtue, and was posthumously honored with the title 'Zhao'. However, he also possessed extraordinary abilities, so he was further honored with the title 'Wen'. Therefore, his posthumous title is 'Wen Zhao'."
[Huangchang Ticou, posthumous title Wenzhao, clan reputation +1000, you have obtained the Xuan-rank item - Spring Breeze Blows Again]
Mystic Rank - Spring Breeze Blows Again: When your family's descendants suffer a devastating massacre, there will always be unexpected descendants who escape death and rebuild the family's strength.
The panel reappeared, and the clan reputation and acquired items were distributed one by one. Zhang Jianyue opened the clan information details and found that there had been significant changes.
Family: Zhang
Ancestor: Zhang Zhao (surname Ji)
Clan Chief: Zhang Chengsi
Title: Marquis (King)
State: Bangzhou, Liang
Class: Nobility
Clan members: 152
Distinguished Scholars: 3
Clan Reputation: 17000
Heritage: Family and clan legacy, family achievements, strategist's wisdom in warfare.
props:
① Celestial Rank Celestial Phenomenon Card: After use, it can trigger various celestial phenomena at random times. The time spent each time will vary depending on the effect, and the specific effects are uncertain (e.g., meteorite fall, earth dragon overturning, celestial dog eating the sun, etc.).
② Earth Rank · Shaole Palace: The clan unlocks Confucian culture, and there is a 3% chance that the culture of the clan disciples will change to Confucian culture.
③ Earthly Rank: Complete Works of Master Xiangshan: After use, one member of the clan can be designated to wholeheartedly read this book and understand, deeply comprehend, and clearly comprehend its truths. The time required for each reading and comprehension varies depending on the individual's aptitude, and the specific results are uncertain.
④ Mystic Rank Family Culture Card: A one-time use item that can change the family's mainstream culture once, such as changing Confucianism to military strategy.
⑤ Mysterious Rank - Spring Breeze Blows Again: When your family's descendants suffer a devastating massacre, there will always be unexpected descendants who escape death and revitalize the family.
Dream Quest: 3/3 (Unlocked)
This is what he earned over a lifetime.
It was hard-won, truly hard-won!
Perhaps due to the interface, Zhang Zhao was completely unaware of the passage of time.
Moreover, after his death, not only was the ability to communicate through dreams unlocked, but also the ability to deduce.
The simulation allows him to have a god-like perspective, overlooking everything that happens across the entire land of Kyushu, just like playing a game.
Once the simulation was started, decades passed in the blink of an eye.
The panel sends out annual government reports, which are divided into internal and external information, allowing him to understand everything that happens in the world in detail.
For decades, Zhang Zhao only used the dream-inducing technique once—to have Zhang Chengsi build the Shaole Palace.
Then he closed his eyes and began to sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Zhao felt a sense of unease and slowly awoke from the darkness, beginning to examine the major events that had occurred over the years.
In the nineteenth year of King Cheng's reign, he enfeoffed the feudal lords and bestowed great rewards upon them; in the twenty-fifth year of his reign, he toured the four directions, and all the feudal lords paid homage to him; in the twenty-seventh year of his reign, the Zhou Dynasty enjoyed peace and prosperity, and the people lived in harmony and good governance.
He watched as those familiar names disappeared one by one from the official gazette—Shao Gongshi died, Bi Gonggao died, Nangong Shi also died, and Si Hao also passed away the year after his death.
These old folks from the old era all stayed in the old world.
Occasionally, one would see the words "Liang State" in the official gazette—"Marquis Chengsi of Liang paid homage to the Emperor," "The people of Liang presented a white pheasant to the royal court," "Rong people invaded from the western border of Liang State, and Chengsi repelled them."
He looked at the words, his heart filled with mixed emotions. Chengsi had governed Liang very well, even better than he had expected.
Later, Cheng Si passed the title of Marquis of Liang to Buyi, and then devoted himself to studying a book—the *Shangzhu*.
Under the influence of Shaole Palace, many members of the Zhang clan began to realize the birth of a new idea.
But time and the tides of history will not allow them to know the truth so easily.
Later, King Cheng died and his son, Prince Zhao, ascended the throne as King Kang. After his accession, the Zhou dynasty did not use punishments for more than forty years. He quelled the rebellion of the Eastern Yi, launched northern expeditions, and conquered the Gui Fang in the west. Together with King Cheng, he created the "Rule of Cheng and Kang".
What happened next was largely in line with historical trends.
After King Kang died, King Zhao ascended the throne. Later, King Zhao led a southern expedition against Jingchu, but his entire army was wiped out, and he himself was easily dissolved in water.
This campaign not only resulted in the complete annihilation of the emperor's six armies and the beginning of the decline of the Zhou dynasty, but also led to the downfall of Zhang Zhao's most promising descendant.
Bitter!
After King Zhao died, his son, Crown Prince Man, ascended the throne as King Mu.
During his fifty-five-year reign, he enjoyed traveling extensively, which led to lax governance and eventually caused the Zhou dynasty to show signs of decline.
After King Mu came King Gong, who contributed the story of "three beautiful women offering themselves to Duke Mi Kang".
After King Gong came King Yi. Since King Zhao, the Zhou dynasty's emperors have become increasingly inferior with each generation.
Zhang Zhao even suspected that his descendants might have been influenced by the royal family. After Zhang Buyi's death, their fortunes began to decline rapidly, until King Yi stripped them of their fiefdom and title, demoting them from marquis to earl.
After King Gong died, King Xiao ascended the throne and enfeoffed Qin Feizi in the Qin region.
The historical trajectory was roughly the same: after Xiao was King Yi, and after King Yi was King Li, who triggered the "National Uprising".
Then came King Xuan, who briefly brought a resurgence to the Zhou dynasty. Unfortunately, in his later years, King Xuan suffered setbacks in his military campaigns and indiscriminately killed his ministers.
Ultimately, the Zhou dynasty met its last emperor. King You's decision to depose the legitimate heir and install a son of a concubine led to the Marquis of Shen's alliance with the Quanrong to attack and capture Haojing, thus ending the Zhou dynasty.
……
An army of armored soldiers, armed with spears, drove chariots, escorting a magnificent six-horse carriage towards Luoyi.
The army was led by the tenth Liang Bo, Zhang Quzhuo. When he was born, Zhang Zhao had been awakened and he was the successor personally chosen by Zhang Zhao.
Zhang Quzhuo was the fourth son of the previous Liang Bo. Why did Zhang Zhao appear in his dream once, affecting the inheritance of the Liang state's ancestral temple?
Zhang Quzhuo's talent and potential are truly outstanding. With the upgraded panel, he can see the six dimensions of his descendants.
Zhang Quzhuo's six attributes are: [Strategy: 95, Politics: 94, Military: 103, Charisma: 104, Command: 100].
Total score: 586 (ss)
The story of Li Shimin of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
Since Zhang Quzhuo ascended the throne, he finally halted the decline of the Liang Kingdom.
Zhang Quzhuo spent three years subjugating more than a dozen Rong tribes in the western border of Liang. Those who resisted were wiped out; those who submitted were relocated to Liang. Those Rong people became the most valiant warriors in Liang and his vanguard in his southward march to Hanzhong.
A year ago, the Liang Kingdom began constructing roads southward. From Sanguan to Hanzhong, the mountain roads were treacherous, and the Liang soldiers carved through mountains and built bridges over rivers, a project that took a full eight months to complete.
Six months ago, the Liang Kingdom launched a military campaign against the Bao Kingdom, citing the Bao Kingdom's refusal to pay tribute.
Eight thousand elite troops and clan soldiers were mobilized. Haojing did not stop them, because the emperor was busy fleeing to Luoyi and could not attend to Hanzhong. Thus, Zhang Quzhuo crossed the Han River.
A month later, the capital of Bao fell, the king was captured, the ancestral temples were destroyed, and the altars of the state were razed to the ground.
The Liang Kingdom incorporated Hanzhong, relocated Liang people to populate it, and brought both banks of the Han River into its territory. The Liang Kingdom's territory finally expanded to its original boundaries.
The reason Zhang Quzhuo wanted to conquer Hanzhong was simply because the official positions of Bang Zhou had changed.
After King You ascended the throne, he destroyed the system left by Ji Dan and Zhang Zhao, but did not create a new system to replace it.
As a result, the state of Bangzhou was in constant turmoil. The Liang state had a long history of serving as the Left Supervisor, and since Zhang Zhao had previously served as Grand Tutor, Zhang Quzhuo also inherited this position.
Since assuming the position of Grand Tutor, Zhang Quzhuo has devoted himself wholeheartedly to maintaining the operation of the state, hoping to help the Ji family regain the fiery spirit of the Zhou sun.
However, King You was a man who changed his orders from morning to evening and was also addicted to wine and women.
Seeing that he could not advise the emperor, Zhang Quzhuo resigned from his post and returned to the Liang Kingdom.
He foresaw that the state of Zhou was about to fall into chaos, and for the sake of the state of Liang, he decided to launch a campaign against the state of Bao.
As expected, after Marquis Shen and the Quanrong attacked and captured Haojing, and King Ping moved the capital eastward, Zhang Quzhuo repelled the Quanrong and escorted King Ping to Luoyi.