Eastward Flow

Chapter 29

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Everyone knows that the queen's love for her ex-wife can be seen from the fact that the monarch of the subjugated country can reasonably strive to give each other the posthumous title "Zhao". Now you say that Emperor Zhao went to Guixu, how does the Queen feel

What's more, he just said directly in front of the newly appointed Da Si Ming that he was not the supervisor of Tian Si. Although the Superintendent of Heaven was not valued by the Queen in the Qing Dynasty, the Great Si Ming, who worked hard and made great achievements, entered the Kingdom of God not long ago.

Xuan Jingchen looked at the young servants who were among the hundred officials, and thought carefully about the comment Zuo Cheng Xu Mingyi made when he recommended him: "I am familiar with etiquette, upright, and quite old-fashioned." Now, it seems that this etiquette is strictly guarded. old.

It seems that this group of young people who grew up under the dictatorship of the thorn emperor are all pedantic. In the eyes of the world, Emperor Zhao was the monarch who buried the kingdom of Chu. No matter what she did during her lifetime, she would be eclipsed by the title of Lord of the Fallen Kingdom.

If there really is a god, according to the dogma of Taiyimen, a virtuous person like Emperor Zhao will ascend to the kingdom of God instead of going to the ruins.

Seeing His Highness's young man, Xuan Jingchen retorted when Shao Si Ming's words just fell: "The Shao Si Ming's words are wrong. Emperor Zhao is the king of the end of Chu. The people of the ancestral heritage, who have committed a serious crime, how can they go to the kingdom of God? And because of the unjust souls on the banks of the cool water, the people of Yuanzhou have been in panic for many days..."

"Master Jiang..." Before he could finish his words, the servant of the Ministry of Rites was interrupted by the empress sitting in a high position. Xuan Jingchen looked at the young man with a long beard who looked stubborn and serious even though he was only 30 years old, and said warmly. : "When Zuo Cheng recommended you that day, he told me that the adults were familiar with the ceremony and cared for the people. Now it seems very appropriate."

The young man bowed his head and said respectfully, "Your Majesty is wrong."

"No, I'm not complimenting you, I'm just sighing, Zuo Cheng's discerning eyes sometimes misread it." Xuan Jingchen evoked a smile, her tone was still neither slow nor slow. I was too frightened: "I dare to ask your lord, since you talked about the sacrificial ceremony of Taiyi, can you still remember that the king of Chu is the mortal body of the East Emperor, and he will step into the kingdom of God when he returns?"

"Emperor Kezhao..."

"If you say that Emperor Zhao was the one who buried the foundation of his ancestors, I ask you again, is it not the merit of Emperor Zhao that there were heavy snowstorms in the two prefectures in the winter of the second year of Yuanhe, and less than 100 people were killed and injured?"

"I ask you again, in the summer of the third year of Yuanhe, Emperor Zhao issued an edict to sin against himself, and the rebels entered the city without hurting one of the people. Isn't it the work of Emperor Zhao?"

"The pseudo-king entered Yuanzhou, changed the country's name to Yuan, and called himself emperor. I led the army to suppress Lanzhou, resist the barbarians, and drove the barbarians to the northern part of Hanzhou. Only then did I return to Chiyuanzhou and take back my homeland."

"If it wasn't for me...why would Yuanzhou be destroyed?"

"Emperor Zhao was wise and resolute, and ordered me to lead the ten thousand troops to resist the entry of foreign races, and to save the great rivers and mountains of the people of Chu. There was a civil strife, but I couldn't go back in time, which made the capital of the emperor fall, and caused the emperor to die. How many deaths and injuries? How many strains? Isn't it negligible?"

"The recapture of Yuanzhou is a celebration of the world. Emperor Zhao handed over the imperial jade seal to me, and he issued an edict saying that if I recaptured Yuanzhou, I would change the country's name to "Qing". Emperor Zhao said, this should be the country of Daqing in the world, not Zhongli's state of Chu."

The queen looked at the young man standing in front of the hall, and put the majesty of being a monarch of a country on it, and said sharply: "Although the people of Emperor Zhao's achievements are not known to all the people, is it possible that Mr. Jiang is such a person who knows the etiquette and understands the etiquette. Don’t you respect etiquette? It is disrespectful for you to call Emperor Zhao the posthumous title, and it is a great offense to call the emperor’s heroic death as an injustice. Besides, you say that the ruler of my country is a nuisance to the people, and his words can be punished.”

"Is it your courtesy to be so disloyal and disrespectful?"

"Then your gift is enough to punish me."

The Queen's last words fell, and the young man, who was already sweating coldly under her coercion, knelt on the ground with a plop and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty..."

The queen sighed, and Zuo Cheng Xu Mingyi, who was at the head of the hundred officials, stepped out, knelt in front of the hall and said affectionately: "Your Majesty, it's all the fault of the old minister's dim eyes, for recommending such a bastard who disrespects the late emperor, the old minister knows himself..."

The queen glanced at the prime minister who was kneeling in front of the palace in high spirits, and said, "What is Xu Lao doing? Why don't you get up quickly. What's the fault of others, Gan Qing?"

Xuan Jingchen didn't want someone to turn the matter of Zhong Lishuo into a gun in the hands of others, so he said, "I have no intention of blaming Prime Minister for helping Prime Minister Xu up. As for Lord Jiang..."

"So, does Mr. Jiang know how nonsense your words of courtesy just now are? Such a nonsense person. I don't dare to use it."

The monarch sitting in a high position looked at the courtiers who had collapsed on the ground, and said coldly: "Invite Jiang Fangzheng, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, out of the hall, and order his entire family to be Emperor Zhao of Dai Xiao for one year. He will be expelled from Yuanzhou within three years. You are not allowed to step into Yuanzhou for half a step. Those who violate the order will enter Ningzhou to collect military minerals, and the court will never hire them.”

For the courtier's blunders in front of the palace, this is already the most important punishment. This is also the first time that the Queen has spoken such severe words to her courtiers in the palace.

The guards waiting outside the palace dragged the high-ranking aristocratic officials from Chuyuan Prefecture to the palace gate. Immediately, the servants of the Privy Council formulated the emperor's will, sealed it in the court, and quickly sent it to Jiang Fangzheng's house.

This series of things was done by the queen in front of the ministers. All the people in the hall held their breaths, and when the empress covered the jade seal heavily, they didn't dare to take a breath.

Seeing the servant who sent the imperial edict walk out of the palace, the queen lowered her eyes, swept the ministers in the palace one by one, and said word by word: "I, I hope all the ministers will remember, 'Wen Sheng Zhou Da, Zhao Lao You De.' Emperor Zhao of Chu."

It is mine, Prince Zhaoming.

When her voice fell, everyone thought of the fierce speech in front of the palace three years ago. Those ministers who wanted to give Emperor Zhao the posthumous title of "Mourning" couldn't help but crawl to the ground under the increasingly strong dragon power of the Queen. They said in unison, "I keep your Majesty's holy words in mind."

The prime minister knelt down, all the six ministers knelt down, and the servants followed behind the officer and bowed their knees. In just a short moment, all the officials in the hall bowed to the monarch on the throne.

Xuan Jingchen looked at the courtier who had surrendered to her, and the agitation in his heart had never been less. Three years ago, she could argue for the title she deserved for Zhong Lishuo, and three years later, she could justify that title.

Do people all over the world think that her Emperor Zhao is just a useless ruler of a subjugated country

No, not Zhong Lishuo. Zhong Lishuo was a sage prince in the late Chu Dynasty. The people should remember her just as they remember her shakuhachi.

Xuan Jingchen looked at the officials who were crawling on the ground, and said calmly, "Zhu Qing is flat."

All the officials rose, stood with their heads bowed in front of the hall, and waited quietly for the king to issue orders. Looking at the many young faces that appeared in the hall, the queen said, "You have heard Jiang Fangzheng's words earlier, and don't mess with his nonsense. I want to ask the ministers about the appearance of Emperor Zhao's spirit on the shore of Liangshui. Is there anyone? Know?"

His Royal Highness minister whispered, and suddenly someone stood up, the official household servant Xu Renqing. An upright young man stood on the hall, holding a jade slip and said loudly: "I have heard a little. I heard that Emperor Zhao appeared on the bank of cool water and played "Like the Wind" day and night. Only children, old people, and people who love music can do it. hear."

"As for sacrificial sacrifices, most of them are people who admire Emperor Zhao's music, and go to mourn."

As soon as Xu Renqing finished speaking, another adult said: "Your Majesty, this tune was played on the river on the day when the body of Da Siming returned to the kingdom of God, when Cheng Wenle of Hongwenguan said righteously, this is the tune of Emperor Zhao. The minister thought that it must be It was Emperor Zhao's divine spirit who knew that Da Si Ming's soul returned to the kingdom of God, and came to send him a song."

Some ministers spoke one after another, all of them talking about the song on the shore of the cool water that day. Xuan Jingchen thought of the day when he asked Su Yanqing to look for it, but couldn't find anyone, so he had some doubts in his heart.

Could it be that there really are Donghuang and Guixu in this world. Could it be that on that day, the person who played on the shore of the cool water was really the god of Zhong Lishuo.

She remembered the face that appeared in the fog, and it was clearly as if it was real, and suddenly her heart palpitated.

If if...

If if...

Xuan Jingchen suppressed the thoughts that floated in his heart, but at this moment he was thinking of something else. She looked at His Highness's ministers and said in a deep voice, "If that's the case, what do you think I want to sacrifice in Liangshui for Emperor Zhao?"

She wanted to make a big sacrifice and finish all the things she couldn't do before for Zhong Lishuo. She will personally write the best sacrificial text, so that the people of Kyushu will know Zhong Lishuo's achievements, and let future generations mourn the early death of this wise monarch.

Xuan Jingchen, who had already prepared for this, advanced her plan, looked at the faces of the ministers looking at each other, and directly said to the chief minister under the case: "Since the ministers have no objection, then the chief minister, please calculate a good time. On an auspicious day, let the supervisor Tiansi and Taiyiguan prepare for the great sacrifice of Emperor Zhao."

"No." After Emperor Zhao's funeral, Taiyimen finally had a place used by the emperor.

The ministers understood that this matter was imperative, and when there was no way to stop the queen, they bowed their orders one by one.

"The eldest princess, Le Zhengying, the minister of military affairs, Xu Renqing, the minister of the household department, stay, and the rest of the ministers will disperse."

Zuo Cheng Xu Mingyi, who was unclear about people, walked in front, and the audience comforted him, saying that Jiang Fangzheng was not a central official and was too upright and pedantic. He also boasted that the eldest son is deeply favored by the queen, and the tiger father has no dog son.

Suddenly, I heard the passing minister of Rites stroke his long beard and said: "Your Majesty is growing in strength, and even the old man dare not look directly at Tianyan. Alas, the monarch is strong, and the joy of celebrating the country, if you can find a lovely person for your majesty. ."

"I look at that kid from the Lin family. He's very good. He is obedient, sensible, and considerate." Right Cheng Wang Ansu walked side by side with his friend and continued with a smile.

"If you are a good person, your Majesty must be happy."

From what it looks like now, the Empress is afraid that she will still be obsessed with Emperor Zhao.

This emperor has to wait.

The person who was still praising the eldest son Xu Renqing as a good match in front of Zuo Cheng looked a little bad. He carefully glanced at Xu Mingyi, and when he saw that the gentle and elegant Zuo Prime Minister did not respond, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But he didn't know that Xu Mingyi, who never wanted his eldest son to be in the middle palace, heaved a sigh of relief when he heard You Cheng's words.

Walking among the ministers, Le Zhengqin buried his head and listened to the gossip of the ministers, but when he saw the Minister of Rites come over, he said with a smile, "Master Hou, does the Le Zheng Shi Lang have a good target now?"

Well, this is a matchmaker for the Queen, who came to find her daughter.

Le Zhengqin smiled and replied unhurriedly: "How does an old guy know about the children? Yang Shangshu might as well ask A Ying directly."

To talk about matchmaking, go directly to my daughter.

Yang Shangshu smiled and said, "I'm going to ask, if not, I have to say hello to Lord Hou first. I have a nephew in his twenties and sixteen years old, who is a little younger than the waiter Lezheng, but he is a righteous person. Very lively and cute, I wonder if Marquis can let the two of them have a meal together?"

Blind date came.

Le Zhengqin said that again: "You have to ask Aying about this."

In the event of marriage, it is better for the children to call the shots.

The adults outside the hall have their own thoughts, and the queen in the hall hears the words of the three people in the hall, and many thoughts flow.