Wei and Jin cooks

Looking at Zhou Chang's body, the emperor felt very uncomfortable. He said in a low voice: "Find a way to get him a coffin and bury him properly."

They, the prisoners, were all under guard and could move within the range, but not beyond the range.

If a person dies and still has money on him, perhaps his family can bribe the Huns to help assemble a coffin, or else they can roll it up in a mat and throw it into a mass grave.

Here, there are no so-called nobles and noble families, they are all prisoners with no dignity at all.

Zhou Chang had no family, and his servants had been taken to the army as slaves when he was captured. It is not known whether they are dead or alive.

When they were captured, all their money was plundered, and most of them had no money left. Therefore, even if their family had tens of millions of dollars, they still had to scrape together the money for a coffin.

Everyone chipped in, and Zhao Zhongyu also donated a piece of jade, which was one of the few things he had.

When they took the money they collected and went to ask the Huns to help buy a coffin, slowly only the master and the servant were left in the hall.

Zhao Zhongyu asked the emperor, "Your Majesty, are you still unwilling to die?"

The emperor said nothing.

Zhao Zhongyu cried and said: "If your Majesty is not dead, I can only accompany you. Just seeing your Majesty being humiliated, our hearts are cut with a knife, and I'm afraid we won't live long."

Zhao Zhongyu advised: "You should die early, at least you can have more dignity."

The emperor said: "Where can the dignity of a king who has subjugated his country come from?"

He said: "Shang Shu Ling, I... I want to see what will happen to me in the Jin Dynasty. Governor Zhao will probably come to save me, right?"

He looked at Zhao Zhongyu eagerly and said, "Even if it's not for me, but for Ai Qing, she will come, right?"

Zhao Zhongyu said: "Your Majesty, no king who has ever been captured can return alive and inherit the throne. The clan still has King Wu..."

"The King of Wu is dead," the emperor said, "Liu Cong told me that he died at the hands of the rebels when Yuncheng was destroyed. Twenty-eight members of the clan were killed at that time. I saw the list."

It's just that he was sad and worried about the country's subjugation, so he didn't take it to heart.

Zhao Zhongyu was stunned and asked: "What about King Yuzhang, King Qin, and King Xindu?"

Unlike Zhao Hanzhang, Zhao Zhongyu was very familiar with the clan members. There was nothing he could do, the Sima family was too capable of death, and they had to always prepare for the next emperor.

Therefore, there are several children in the clan, how close they are to each other by blood, and their respective characters.

When Yuncheng was destroyed, the prince also died. Zhao Zhongyu carefully calculated that the only remaining members of Emperor Wu of Jin's lineage were King Yuzhang, King Qin and King Xindu.

King Yuzhang is the younger brother of the prince, and the son of King Kang of Qinghe. Oh, the emperor has no sons, and the prince is adopted.

Two years ago, someone had the idea of ​​Zhao Hanzhang entering the palace and becoming the queen. Not long after that, the emperor and the queen adopted King Kang's son Sima Quan as the crown prince.

He is only ten years old.

King Yuzhang is even younger, nine years old this year. Zhao Zhongyu looked at the emperor eagerly.

The emperor said: "He is not on the list. King Qin and King Xindu are also missing and there is no trace."

Zhao Zhongyu breathed a sigh of relief. Both the King of Qin and the King of Xindu were the sons of King Wu, but he adopted a son to King Qin in his early years, so he inherited the title of King Qin at a young age.

At that time, he had many sons, and the King of Wu did not care to give out one or two sons. Anyway, they were all of the blood of the Sima family. It was great that one of his sons could get the title of the Sima family for free.

But now, after several battles, there are only two sons left. Oh, no, there is only one new king in name.

The King of Qin is also young, slightly two months younger than the Prince, and is also ten years old. The King of Xindu is even younger, is he seven or eight years old?

Zhao Zhongyu couldn't remember his birthday.

At such an age, I wonder if they can survive in troubled times, and if they survive, they can find someone. If Yuzhou gets a clan son, they should support one to become the new emperor, right?

Gou Xi and Gou Chun were both captured by Shi Le. Now no one in Jin can be stronger than Zhao Hanzhang. The new emperor she established should be able to convince the public.

Therefore, the existence of the Jin Emperor was not beneficial to Yuzhou and the Jin Dynasty. Being a captive emperor in the enemy camp, apart from being used by the enemy to threaten the Jin Dynasty, what other use could it be?

In the past, Zhao Zhongyu would not have been so direct in admonishing the emperor. He would have to be more skillful in admonishing him. The emperor was his superior, so he still had to be coaxed.

But now, they are all prisoners, and Zhao Zhongyu said bluntly: "Your Majesty, they will establish a new emperor and have new ministers. When the time comes, the old emperor and the old ministers like us will have no choice but to defect to the enemy. It’s a dead end.”

"Death early or late is death. Why suffer humiliation and add another name to the history books before you die?"

Emperor Jin opened his mouth and wanted to speak several times, but couldn't.

Zhao Zhongyu seemed to know what he was thinking, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, are you thinking that if something happens to the three young princes, Jin will perish in your place?"

Emperor Jin sighed and nodded.

"Your Majesty wanted to protect himself as a subjugated king, but he forgot that the Sima family had broken the rules by killing the emperor in the street. And the Huns don't know etiquette and are ambitious. How can they respect the etiquette of us Chinese people?" Zhao Zhongyu urged: "Rather than die in humiliation then, it is better to commit suicide as soon as possible."

If Emperor Jin was a weak person, he might have been persuaded by Zhao Zhongyu long ago, but he was not. He still held a glimmer of hope in his heart. Moreover, even if he wanted to die, he could not do it himself and asked Zhao Zhongyu to do it. He was not happy.

If you can't make a move, just live first.

When Zhao Zhongyu saw this, he couldn't help but feel even more sad. In fact, if Emperor Jin had a chance to survive, he would still be willing to try his best to protect him.

He is a minister and should be the king.

But no matter how he looked at it, it was impossible for the Huns to follow Chinese etiquette and let Emperor Jin live. After what happened today, Zhao Zhongyu became more and more sure.

A king who has lost his country should be treated kindly.

Since the Xia and Shang Dynasties, the Huaxia people have had this tradition. When the country changes, they must treat the emperors and survivors of the previous dynasty well. This is a two-thousand-year tradition.

It has been passed down for two thousand years, but something unexpected happened to the Sima family.

The Sima family stole power and dared to kill the emperor in the street. Even if Zhao Zhongyu was loyal to Jin, he would still despise this in his heart.

It was justifiable for Emperor Wei Wen to replace the Han Dynasty. Regardless of whether Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was forced to abdicate, it was him who abdicated the throne to Emperor Wen of Wei.

Moreover, Emperor Wen only took the throne after resigning three times.

After Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty retired, Emperor Wen of Wei also treated him favorably, allowing him to live for another fourteen years before he died. Oh, as an extra mention, Emperor Wen of Wei died earlier than Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. In the end, Emperor Wen's son, Emperor Ming, sent Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty away. After a person died, he would bring his officials to mourn and offer sacrifices. The funeral and sacrifices were all conducted according to the emperor's standards.

Before the Sima family took over the throne from Emperor Wei Yuan, there was another Wei Emperor whose traces were erased. In the past sixty years, no one dared to mention this person who was killed in the street and deposed as a commoner. , the emperor who had his title deprived of the title of emperor, but among the noble families, who doesn’t know this emperor?

It has been more than fifty years since the Sima family conquered the world, but they still cannot convince people. Isn't it because they broke the alliance, broke the promise, and plotted to usurp the throne?

Now, the Jin Emperor actually wants to use the etiquette tradition that they destroyed to protect himself, and the target is still the Huns. How ridiculous?

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Zhao Zhongyu: I was wronged, I am a loyal minister