Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Five Canonized the King of the County, a Four-Star Treasure
"Dongdongdong", the thick and powerful sound of the imperial bell sounded, and suddenly a flock of birds flew away.
The majestic, dignified and elegant ritual music was slowly played in the palace. Chimes and drums were sung and shouted accordingly. The music was majestic and showed the majesty of the great country. It made people feel solemn and solemn, and they dared not ignore it.
Discourteous.
The master of ceremonies of the imperial court's Ministry of Etiquette stood upright on the jade steps and shouted loudly with a long voice:
"Officials, kneel down to welcome the imperial edict!"
Today's battle was even grander than the previous great court gatherings. On the square in front of the Xuanzheng Hall, all the civil and military officials of the court, as well as clan nobles, whether they were in power or not, were all gathered together at this time. Normally, they would only offer sacrifices to heaven.
New Year's greetings to Your Majesty for being able to have such a posture.
All the officials knelt down on the ground and shouted:
"My ministers, please listen to the holy instructions!"
The great eunuch Feng Bao, holding the imperial edict, slowly stepped forward, raised his voice, and read loudly:
"In accordance with the time and order of heaven, and by the name of this Ming Dynasty, His Majesty Dayun issued an edict:
My heir has a command, a book of words, a great plan, and a grand plan, and I serve Yan Mo. The three spirits care about me, and I will be relied on by all generations. The responsibility of heaven and earth is great. The burden is difficult. The ancestors have no boundaries. The inheritance is the most important.
The emperor's eldest son Xiao Chengze, who lives in the Nanrong family of Zhaoyi, is now named Yongchang County Prince. The emperor's second son Xiao Chengen, who is the daughter of the imperial concubine Yu's family, is granted the title of Jiangyang County Prince, and is awarded a seal, a guard of honor, and a county guard. In memory of the second king
When he was young, he still lived in the palace. When he became an adult, he left the palace and built a palace.
This edict is hereby made clear to the world, and I appreciate it!"
In the Xuanzheng Hall, Xiao Cheng smiled and waved slightly, and there were eunuchs with palm seals and officials from the Ministry of Rites, holding the golden seal of the county king in their hands and writing books, quickly stepped forward.
The two little princes, with their big, round, innocent eyes, were held in the arms of the palace servants and knelt down to receive the order.
As the only two princes in Dayun, His Royal Highnesses have just turned one year old and have been given the title of County King.
Even though he is still at an age where he has not yet remembered anything, his father has already prepared all the royal officials and the large army of royal guards. He can be said to be a typical representative who was born in Rome.
And the titles given by these two people are also quite meaningful.
The eldest son of the emperor was born from Nan Rongshu, and he was of the Ailao clan's bloodline. Yongchang County was where the capital of the Ailao king was in the past. Using this as the king's title showed Xiao Cheng's intention to appease the Ailao clan.
Bian Liuyun gave birth to Xiao Chengen, the second son of the emperor, as Princess Rouning of the Xia Kingdom. It is even more meaningful to use Jiangyang County, the hometown of the Xia Kingdom, as a fiefdom...
At this time, outside the Xuanzheng Hall, the sound of Baiguanshan calling could be heard:
"Congratulations to Dayun, congratulations to Your Majesty! Your Highness the County Prince is a thousand years old!"
In fact, canonizing a prince as a county prince does not mean canonizing a prince. In fact, it does not require such a huge celebration and etiquette.
"The Exotic Land Development of Vegetable-Growing Skeletons"
However, today is not so much the canonization of the prince as it is a banquet held after the officials from the tour returned to the capital.
Firstly, it was to celebrate the victory of Jiangzhou County and to reward and comfort the officials. Secondly, it was also to give a secret warning to the principals of the hundreds of families in Jixia Academy who were invited to the banquet this time.
The people from hundreds of families who had been invited to watch the ceremony were now in the Xuanzheng Hall, and all of them had strange expressions on their faces. From time to time they looked at the Confucian sect leader beside them, the head of the Qufu Academy, Meng Honglang.
You must know that Shi Mingzhe, the contemporary Confucian minister who was just accused, did not intend to take action against the two princes and take the opportunity to cause political turmoil in the Yun Kingdom.
Today's ceremony for the canonization of county kings, and the Confucian people are specially invited to come, which seems to be a bit sarcastic...
After all, he is the head of the Confucian family, the leader among hundreds of schools of thought in the world. At this time, Meng Honglang's expression was calm and calm, showing no signs of anything strange. He even turned a blind eye to the strange looks from the people around him.
After the imperial edict was read out, Meng Honglang walked out of the queue amidst the astonished eyes of everyone, bowed to Xiao Cheng on the dragon chair, and said:
"His Majesty Yun Huang, today is the day when the two princes are enthroned as county kings. I, the hundred families, also have congratulatory gifts to offer!"
Everyone in the Baijia family suddenly looked stunned and seemed a little unresponsive.
It can be seen from everyone's expressions that Meng Honglang said he was offering congratulatory gifts on behalf of the Baijia family, but in fact it was the Confucian family who took the initiative to bleed, and also expressed his apology for involving the Baijia people this time.
Xiao Cheng, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at Meng Honglang who suddenly stood up, his brows moved slightly, and he smiled hypocritically:
"And there are congratulatory gifts? Haha, isn't it? It's too expensive."
Meng Honglang bowed again and said:
"Your Majesty, Emperor Yun, why did you say this?"
While he was talking, the Confucian disciples accompanying Meng Honglang quickly took out two brocade boxes, handed them to the eunuchs on the side, and presented them to Xiao Cheng.
Yu Huatian, who was beside Xiao Cheng, was about to take over the inspection when he was interrupted by Xiao Cheng's wave.
Let’s not talk about what else in the world is worthy of Xiao Cheng’s vigilance and fear. Let’s just say that this place is Dayun Zhongqing City and the Imperial Palace Xuanzheng Hall, which is the symbol of Dayun’s supreme power!
If the head of the Confucian family really had the guts to do something here, he would be setting up an ever-lasting feud with the Yun Kingdom. Presumably Meng Honglang is not that stupid!
Soon, the two brocade boxes were opened and placed in front of Xiao Cheng.
In the brocade box, you can see a jade pen and a jade slip placed respectively. They are all filled with brilliant colors and precious light, which is very magical!
And in the line of sight that only Xiao Cheng could see, a few lines of small words appeared.
[Four-star treasure, Cangtian pen
Introduction: A treasure of Confucianism, self-written without ink, sharp and smooth.
Wearing effect: After wearing, wisdom +15]
[Four-star treasure, Emperor Yu’s jade slips]
Introduction: According to legend, the ancient emperor prayed and offered sacrifices to heaven to communicate with heaven and earth using objects that were miraculous and abnormal.
Wearing effect: After wearing, morality +10, wisdom +10.】
Seeing this, Xiao Cheng couldn't help but look at Meng Honglang again, surprised by this man's generosity and decisiveness.
Don’t think Four Star Treasures are cheap!
Nowadays, the Yun Kingdom dominates the world, but Xiao Chenggui is the emperor of the Great Yun Kingdom. After excluding the six four-star swords obtained from the purple Ceka [Six Swords of King Wu], the remaining four-star treasures in his hands are only six pieces!
Among these six four-star treasures, three were obtained from Buddhism.
They are the four-star treasure [Vajra Zen Staff] which has no other use except that it is solid and cannot be damaged.
The supreme martial arts of Buddhism, the scripture [Big Buddha's Head Stunning Divine Mantra] can instantly improve the martial arts of the user depending on the user's Buddhist cultivation level, up to the ninth level.
And after wearing it, it can increase the probability of obtaining treasures [Multi-treasure and ten-li Buddha beads].
The only thing that is useful to Xiao Cheng is the string of [Many Treasures and Ten Powers Buddha Beads]!
During this parade, Xiao Cheng obtained dozens of second- and third-star treasures, three four-star treasures, and one five-star treasure.
In addition to the plot of Dongting Lake Fairyland and the fact that Yan Song tried his best to collect treasures to please Xiao Cheng, it was also partly due to the fact that Xiao Cheng wore this treasure with him.
The three remaining four-star treasures in Xiao Cheng's hands are the [Blue Water Dragon Pearl] obtained from the Immortal Fate of Dongting Lake; the [Black Jade] used by the Mohist master Shen Qin to drive the machine beast; and the [Black Jade] obtained from Gongsun Ying.
, a Confucian treasure that can hide one's own cultivation, [Tibetan Jade].
Compared with these six four-star treasures that either come with auxiliary skills, cannot be used directly, or are of little use, the two pieces Meng Honglang sent this time are four-star treasures that can directly increase attribute values.
Treasure becomes more straightforward and effective.
Two treasures are given to a courtier at random, and the combined attack will increase the wisdom attribute by 25 points, which is enough to make the person become as smart as those famous civil and military officials who have left their names in history.
Of course, if one has high enough wisdom but does not have the corresponding attributes of force, talent, knowledge, leadership, and politics, it is just a bit of quick wit. After all, he will not be able to rank among the nobles in the court and become an important civil and military minister of a country.
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At this time, Meng Honglang, the head of the Confucian family in the palace, decisively abandoned his second-in-command figure after entering Zhongqing City. The contemporary Confucian master Mingzhe, and even the core Confucian disciples involved in this matter, were not present.
It takes a lot of effort on them.
Instead, he directly gave in and dedicated the secret Confucian classics that he never taught to other than the core disciples, just in exchange for Xiao Cheng releasing hundreds of people who had nothing to do with this matter, so as to restore the reputation of Confucianism while also retaining Confucianism in the clouds.
The last foundation of the country will not be expelled from the Yun Kingdom court.
Assess the situation, make decisions decisively, without hesitation, and never have unrealistic illusions. Just this decisive knowledge, as well as a clear understanding of the situation and his own status, is enough to make Xiao Chenggao take a look!
Xiao Cheng casually closed the two brocade boxes in front of him, looked at Meng Honglang, nodded and said:
"The mountain master is so polite, which makes me a little embarrassed... Come, please put the things away and give them to Prince Yongchang and Prince Jiangyang after they have learned their studies!"
At this time, Xiao Cheng felt that during the Chinese New Year, his parents said they would help you collect the New Year's money and give it to you when you grow up...
Looking at the hundreds of people in the hall, Xiao Cheng chuckled again and said loudly:
"During the chaos in Zhongqing City, I had many misunderstandings with you all. Today's invitation to a banquet can be regarded as a way to put an end to the past. From now on, we should abandon our past misunderstandings. I look forward to seeing you again!"
When everyone from the hundreds of families heard the profound meaning of Xiao Cheng's words, their expressions did not look very good.
What Xiao Cheng said he was looking forward to seeing again was actually a secret jab telling them to get out of here!
Although the Hundred Families were only involved in the chaos in Zhongqing City this time, they, the people in charge of the Hundred Families in Yun Kingdom, chose to stand by and watch while Zhongqing City was in turmoil.
Even though Xiao Cheng couldn't eradicate the influence of hundreds of families at once, in order to frighten everyone from hundreds of families, he couldn't just let it go.
Except for several schools headed by the Yin-Yang family who were completely loyal to the Yun Kingdom court, the principals of the other hundreds of schools were all deprived of their official positions as academicians and expelled from Jixia Academy.
In this regard, various schools of thought have not made any statements.
After all, this time, each family was used as a gunman by Shi Mingzhe, and there was no way to refute them.
Moreover, there are inevitably struggles for power and profit within each family.
The Yun Kingdom also has the power to coerce all the countries in the world. If it really wants to unify the Central Plains and achieve great things, then the leaders of each school in the Yun Kingdom will naturally be able to use their status advantages to place their closest disciples and disciples first.
Above the imperial court of Yun Kingdom, he gained enough voice among various schools of thought.
Therefore, when it comes to Emperor Yun being furious and irritating the heads of various families, among the hundreds of schools and schools, the majority are those who remain silent and secretly go along with the flow...
All the people in the palace were filled with confusion, but they could only sigh softly, salute in unison, and then go to the banquet under the leadership of the palace servants.
After sending away these people from hundreds of families and getting two very useful four-star treasures, Xiao Cheng was in a good mood and actually followed the two princes towards the harem with great interest.
At this time, in the harem, in order to get some luck, a gift to capture Zhou was prepared. At this time, Xiao Cheng also had the idea of going to join in the fun.
But before Xiao Cheng could reach the harem, he received a request from Lu Bing from Shang Yu's preparation office.
Today, the Shangyu Preparatory Office, with the help of the Xia Kingdom's embroidered clothes envoy, has become very prosperous in the Xia Kingdom, and is responsible for Xiao Cheng's overall supervision of the Xia Kingdom's court affairs.
At this time, Xiao Cheng was so hasty in asking for summons that something big must have happened to Xia Guo!
Xiao Cheng immediately stopped heading to the harem, said a few words, and hurried to the Yangxin Hall.
When Xiao Cheng arrived, he happened to meet Lu Bing rushing over.
As soon as he saw Xiao Cheng's face, Lu Bing quickly bowed and said hurriedly:
"Your Majesty! Guo Yiwei sent someone to send a secret report. A few months ago, the Xia State sent troops to the Turks and swept across the grassland. Half a month ago, they defeated the Turks' 400,000-strong army in Zawumend."
"After this battle, the Turks' vitality was severely damaged and they were no longer able to go south to threaten the Xia Kingdom. The pressure on the northern border of the Xia Kingdom dropped sharply, and more than 200,000 troops were very likely to be transferred to the southwest front. I hope that your majesty will be prepared to wait for the fear of war to resume again.
Make a decision!"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he frowned slightly and said in a deep voice:
"This Turk is so unwilling to fight... is there any detailed military report?"
Only a few months after the Xia Kingdom sent troops, the Turks were seriously injured? If there was such a disparity in combat power, why would the Xia Kingdom have spent a lot of manpower and material resources on maintaining the northern defense line for more than a hundred years?
When Lu Bing heard this, he quickly handed over the secret report in his hands and said:
"Your Majesty, please take a look!"
Xiao Cheng asked someone to take it over, and after reading it carefully, a solemn look flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice:
"Marquis Raoyangting, general of the army, Wu Zhengping?"
"Yes! This man is a veteran general in the Northern Territory Army. This man does not rule the roost with bravery, but is good at using strategies and has great military exploits. Since Xia General Qi Mo died in battle and Qiu Tianlu was captured, this man has become the leader of the Northern Territory.
He stood out among the generals and became the commander-in-chief of the Xia army." Lu Bing said quickly.
"Haha, it seems that if it weren't for me, Dayun, Wu Zhengping wouldn't be able to get ahead so easily..." Xiao Cheng chuckled.
"Ask Shang Yu's Preparatory Office to pay attention to collecting intelligence information on this person. I am quite interested in him."
"Yes... But Your Majesty, as a result, our defense line of 300,000 troops on the Dayun front is slightly weak. Do we need to mobilize troops from the country to reinforce the front?"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he shook his head and said:
"No need! Now Xia State's finances cannot support Yu Zhaoling to fight another war. Xia State needs to recuperate and accumulate strength. I, Dayun, also want to completely digest the seven southwest counties. Therefore, in the past two years, the two countries should
Nothing big happened..."
Having said this, Xiao Cheng suddenly curved his lips and sneered:
"But, I can't let Yu Zhaoling relax... Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, and Henghai General Wang Zhi, let them move and help me turn the southeastern coast of Xia Kingdom upside down!"
"Delaying the development of the Xia Kingdom for two years, I, Dayun, will digest all the seven counties. Ashinashe will regroup the tribes of the grassland for my use. By attacking from the north and the south, we can unify the Central Plains and achieve a great cause."