In the morning, outside Anlu, flags were waving and people were silhouetted. A hunt was underway. Emperor Yuwen Gankeng, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was wearing military uniforms, armed barges, rode a white-maned horse, galloped in the wild field, bent his bow and arrow to chase a running wild deer in front of him.

The wild deer was naturally driven by the soldiers, and was exclusively for the emperor to hunt. The panicked wild deer jumped left and right, increasing the difficulty of aiming. However, this did not defeat Yuwen Gankeng. He calmed his breath and stared at the target for a moment to release the bowstring.

A "swoosh" sound passed by, accompanied by a whine, the wild deer fell to the ground by arrows. Yu Wenming and other officials in military uniforms cheered when they saw the emperor shooting their prey.

A guard rode his horse to pick up prey, and Yuwen Gankeng rode his horse to continue looking for prey, while the accompanying officials followed closely.

In the Zhou Dynasty, if the emperor and the princes had nothing to do, they would perform the ceremony of hunting for the seedlings, which is the so-called "searching for the seedlings in the summer in the spring, and hunting for the autumn in the winter". This is the name of hunting for the four seasons. In the Zhou Dynasty of Yuwen, the emperor naturally had to act according to the ancient Zhou Dynasty.

Of course, hunting is not a pure entertainment activity, but also has a strong military color. The emperor hunting in all seasons (field hunting) is the best opportunity to organize military activities.

In the mid-spring, the brigade was promoted, the team was rectified, the soldiers were trained in the mid-summer teaching house, the army was organized to eliminate weeds and camp in the wild; in the mid-autumn, the soldiers were organized to practice various skills; in the mid-winter, the emperor must review the army on a large scale.

It is mid-autumn now, and winter is coming, but that doesn't matter. Yuwen Gankeng held a hunting in Anlu, which was mostly symbolic.

The autumn harvest has passed. The marching of Jiangnan West Road, which was set out at the end of last year, and the marching soldiers of Lingnan Road have returned to their hometowns to rest. A new round of war is about to begin. Yuwen Gankeng wants to inspect the army as a genuine emperor and take advantage of the opportunity of hunting to boost morale.

The emperor hunted four seasons and needed the Grand Sima to be responsible for specific affairs. However, after Yuwen Gankeng escaped from Yecheng, he headed south all the way, and no minister followed him. After arriving in Anlu, his court was empty.

Among the six officials, except for the Heavenly Official, Dazhong Priest, the other officials with the five senses were vacant, and the position of Grand Sima was not settled.

Xia official, Grand Sima Qing, was the highest military position in charge of military affairs. When there was no powerful minister who "governed the military affairs of China and abroad", Grand Sima was in charge of foreign military affairs. Of course, Yuwen Gankeng had to let his clan relatives take on such an important position.

The first choice in his mind was the King Yuwen of Xiyang who had outstanding military achievements, but Yuwen Wen was in Xuanhu and was surrounded by the army led by the treacherous prime minister Yuchi Dun, and he was unable to perform his duties even after being appointed.

The King of Qi Yuwen Liang, who was in charge of Guanzhong, was the Grand Tuanzhu of the Heavenly Official. It would be better to be the title of "General of the Military of China and Foreign Countries". However, in this way, it would be a taboo - King of Qi's uncle, Yuwen Hu, Duke of Jin Dang, was the official group back then.

Should I add another "President of the Five Prefectures Yu Tianguan" then? Isn't this allusion to King Qi, who is the nephew, follow the old path of uncle Yuwen Hu?

Therefore, Yuwen Gankeng felt that it was more appropriate for Yu Wenming, the Grand Secretary of the Shannan Road, to serve as the Grand Sima, the Prince of Qi, to serve as the Grand Sima, but Yu Wenming refused and finally accepted the "Master Sima", which means to serve as the Grand Sima for the time being.

Yu Wenming believed that important officials must be convened for major matters in the court, and decisions cannot be made in such hasty ways. So the question is: What are the important officials and where are they?

This problem is actually not a problem. The so-called important officials are of course loyal and righteous people who are devoted to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Now they are all looking forward to it in Guanzhong.

In other words, the important positions of the imperial court reorganized by the emperor were the best bargaining chips to win people's hearts, and should be used to call on the old ministers of the Zhou Kingdom and powerful families in the Guanlong area, and those who are interested in this should come to Anlu to participate in state affairs immediately.

In other words, express your attitude quickly and take action to the king.

Because Yuwen Gankeng was stimulated by the pseudo-imperial emperor's personal expedition, he was eager to prove his orthodox status. After arriving in Anlu, he was anxious to rebuild the court. Yu Wenming's persuasion made him calm down.

Yuwen Gankeng was not sure whether Yu Wenming really didn't expect it or pretended not to want to get a seat and seize power. Since the other party didn't have such a meaning, he happened to take the opportunity to win people's hearts, but this matter was not urgent. The first priority was to win the battle.

The army is about to set off, and Yuwen Gankeng wants to take advantage of Qiu Feng's opportunity to show his face in front of the soldiers to boost morale, and at the same time, he will meet with envoys from various countries.

The so-called "countries" actually have only two countries, namely Liang and Chen. After a while, the envoy of Liang came to pay homage to the Emperor of the Great Zhou.

In the camp, Yu Wen Gankeng sat upright on the bed of the headhu, and Liu Jushi, Yu Wenwen and others were behind him, while in front of the emperor, the main civil and military officials headed by Yu Wenming were sitting.

Among them, there were two "white bodies" without official positions.

Yu Wenli, the son of Yu Wenming, was a few years younger than the emperor, but his seniority was two generations lower. Yu Wenli had no actual job and participated in Qiuli as a clan. The other one was "white-body" and was a classmate who was studying in Huangzhou Prefecture - Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu did not participate in Qiu Sheng as a classmate Yuwen Li. Although he had no official position and title in Zhou State, he had another noble identity: the younger brother of the monarch of Liang State, the royal family, and the prince of Xin'an County.

Zhou State is the sect leader of Liang State, and the Great Zhou Emperor is in Anlu, so Xiao Yu, a member of the Liang State nearby, would of course come to meet the sect leader.

However, although he was a member of the Liang Kingdom, he did not have a formal official identity when he participated in Qiu Yu. The envoy of Liang Kingdom that Yuwen Gankeng was going to meet today was Xiao Yu's half-brother, Xiao Yan, the king of Yixing, Liang Kingdom.

Yuwen Wen met the Emperor in Xuanhu and would move to Anlu soon. This news not only reached Chang'an, but also to Jiangling. After discussing with the ministers, Xiao Cong, the monarch of Liang, discussed with the ministers, decided to send an envoy with the King of Yixing Xiao Yan as the envoy to Anlu to meet the Emperor Zhou.

The reason why Xiao Yan was appointed as the envoy (the envoy) was that Xiao Cong originally planned to go to Anlu in person, but the threat from the upstream Shu area has always existed. The threat faced by Jiangling has not been lifted. As the lord of a country, he could not leave easily, so he appointed his younger brother Xiao Yan as the envoy and meet the lord on his behalf.

Secondly, Xiao Yan had previously rushed to Yecheng as an envoy and met the emperor Yuwen Gankeng. In other words, Xiao Yan had met Yuwen Gankeng himself and could determine whether the other party was real.

This is also the hint given by the envoy sent by Yu Wenming to Jiangling to the monarch and ministers of Liang State, requiring that someone among the envoys of Liang State had seen Yu Wen Gankeng so that after Anlu had walked around, he still couldn't figure out whether it was true or false.

The Liang State envoy arrived in Anlu a few days ago, and Yuwen Gankeng summoned the main members of the other party. Therefore, today Xiao Yan and others participated in Qiu Yu, which was a complete polite formality, and they were close to the emperor to fulfill their obligations in the vassal state.

Xiao Yan, dressed in military uniform, led the delegation members to salute Yuwen Gankeng, and then sat down one by one after another, but his position was similar to that of his younger brother Xiao Yu.

When brothers meet, they naturally have to exchange greetings, and then there is nothing else.

Xiao Yan is ranked third in the family, 20 years old this year, and is half-brother with Xiao Yu, who is ranked seventh. Now the two brothers are sitting very close but have nothing to say, so there is naturally a reason behind it.

First, the relationship between the two is normal, and second, Xiao Yan thinks that Xiao Yu's personal sister and his half-sister Xiao Jiuniang are insulting the family tradition, and they are despised and dislike Xiao Yu.

Apart from the name of the Liang royal family, the Xiao family of Lanling was the county that Xiao Yan was proud of. However, the ninth princess Xiao Jiuniang, who was born by Empress Dowager Zhang, dared to run away with others without his orders from Ye Niang, and he was the concubine of that person.

To be a concubine with someone is extremely unfamiliar. If it were another family, they would have long since disregarded such a bastard!

However, Xiao Jiuniang was the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty. The Duke of Xiyang County was now the King of Xiyang. The late emperor and the queen mother dared not break off relations with Xiao Jiuniang at that time, so they pinched their noses and agreed. Xiao Yan was unhappy and disdainful, but they could not show it to their face.

Xiao Yan didn't like his half-sister Xiao Jiuniang, and he didn't like his brother Xiao Yu. He thought it was fake to go to Xiyang to study, and it was real to use his sister's nepotism to be a concubine.
Chapter completed!