This can be regarded as the most glorious moment for Yang Sheng since he became the emperor in these years. It is also the moment when Yang Sheng has the highest sense of self-identity in his heart. This moment makes Yang Sheng feel that it is extremely valuable to be a good emperor and a king who has contributed to the society and benefited the future. Something that gives a sense of accomplishment.
The entire driving team passed Liebeng City all the way. They did not stop in Liebeng City, but passed directly through the city. During this period, some people even followed the imperial convoy. However, after passing through the city, Fengchan's team moved much faster. , and finally the people returned home under the persuasion of some officials.
But after welcoming the Emperor's carriage and seeing the majestic Emperor Dazhen at close range, all the people in Liebeng City were very excited.
The king of a country stood outside his chariot in the cold wind, braving the cold wind for more than ten miles, just to let his people see him. This move was not only among the people of Dazhen, but also in the hearts of the civil and military officials who accompanied Dazhen. It also enhances the image even more.
One early morning at the end of the first lunar month, the Fengchan team that had calculated the time had arrived at the foot of Tingqiu Mountain. The strange thing was that Tingqiu Mountain was covered with ice and snow, but there was no ice or snow at all in the direction in which the Fengchan team was heading.
Originally, there were officials accompanying Feng Chan who wanted to praise the officials responsible for clearing the road, but the officials hesitated and did not dare to fully accept the credit. They just told the truth, explaining that as early as a few days ago, this road required almost no human effort. After cleaning, even the middle section of the road, which was barely suitable for large vehicles, actually became smooth.
When this information reached the emperor, it was naturally understood as a good omen.
The convoy went deep into Tingqiu Mountain and actually stopped at the foot of the highest peak of Tingqiu Mountain. The formation of such a long road was definitely the work of the mountain god of Tingqiu Mountain. After all, Dazhen did not use excessive manpower and material resources to cultivate the mountain road. , at most it is to build a Zen platform on the top of the mountain.
"Your Majesty, please get out of the car!"
Yin Zhong, who was dressed neatly in silver armor, dismounted and made his invitation in the emperor's chariot. All the civil and military officials had already dismounted or dismounted from their horses and lined up neatly on both sides.
After the palace maid opened the curtain, Yang Sheng walked out of the car step by step with his head held high, stepped out of the car, stood firmly on the mountain road, and looked up at the peak of Tingqiu Mountain. The entire upper half of the mountain was covered in clouds and mist. I couldn't see where the top was, and there were already Imperial Guards standing on both sides of the winding mountain road.
"Yin Zhong, how high is this mountain peak?"
Yin Zhong raised his head and glanced at the top of the mountain, then answered.
"Back to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry records that the vertical height of Tingqiu Peak is 612 feet."
"Okay, six hundred feet!"
Yang Sheng nodded and saw that there were already people carrying the sedan ready beside him. He just smiled, waved his hand to let the sedan go down, and then shouted an order.
"Let's go up the mountain!"
Seeing that the emperor was not sitting in the sedan chair, the eunuch immediately wanted to help Yang Sheng, but Yang Sheng raised his hand to stop him.
"Gu's body is not so weak!"
After speaking, Yang Sheng took the lead and walked directly up the mountain.
Yin Zhong on one side kept bowing, and after the emperor stepped up the mountain, he immediately followed him. The civil and military officials behind looked at each other, some swallowed their saliva and looked at the towering mountain, and then looked at the side with nostalgia. Get on the prepared sedan chair.
"Xiang Yin, the emperor has gone up the mountain, we..."
An official hesitated to speak next to Yin Zhaoxian, and the latter looked back at him and then at the officials around him.
"The emperor doesn't even sit in a sedan chair. As ministers, why don't we still want to enjoy the blessings? Go up the mountain!"
Yin Zhaoxian also stepped up together, while Yin Qing saluted the ministers at the rear and expressed relief.
"Everyone, you must go up the mountain in person. If you really can't hold on, the Imperial Guards on the side won't let you get into trouble, and there are also heavenly masters. Let's go up the mountain quickly."
After hearing Yin Qing's words, many officials, especially civil servants, felt at ease and followed him up the mountain one after another.
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When the Dazhen Fengchan team slowly climbed up the mountain, the entire Tingqiu Mountain was not as quiet as it seemed.
In fact, in addition to Ji Yuan and Tingqiu Mountain God Hong Shengting, many immortal cultivators from Yuhuai Mountain were present. There was also no shortage of immortal cultivators from Qianyuan Sect. The two true dragons from Tongtian Jianglong Palace were all present. There was also no shortage of ghost cultivators in the netherworld. There are also some local ghosts and gods who left their jurisdiction and made a special trip to Tingqiu Mountain. There are also some loose cultivators in the mountains and aristocratic cultivators in the world, not to mention the spirits.
The highest peak of Tingqiu Mountain is six hundred feet high in a straight line. In addition, it winds upward on the broad mountain. Even if there are steps "growing" in many places, the difficulty of climbing is still at a high level.
Although Yang Sheng once had good martial arts skills, as the emperor, he had neglected to exercise over the years and was no longer what he used to be. He couldn't help but start to breathe when he reached the middle of the mountain. But his foundation was still there. After all, he was much better than most people. , those who are really suffering are the veteran civilian officials in the rear.
When we reached the middle of the mountain, the surroundings were already surrounded by deep clouds and fog. A glance from the mountain road to the outside would be enough to scare a normal person to the point of weakening his legs.
Yin Zhaoxian and the officials around him followed the emperor closely. Yin Zhaoxian, who was already approaching his eighty-year-old age, had sweat dripping from his face and his feet felt like lead. However, every step he took was still very steady, and he gritted his teeth without missing a step.
The officials on the entire mountain road began to become scattered, and veterans kept stopping to rest, as if the mountain road would never be completed.
"Ho... ho... ho... this, the mountain... hasn't reached the top yet... ah..."
"Sir, be careful!"
An old minister was out of breath, and his feet were unsteady and he almost fell down. Fortunately, a forbidden soldier next to him had quick eyesight and quick hands, and held him up, preventing him from rolling down the mountain.
"Thank you, thank you sergeant!"
"Master Li, you can take a break, I, I can't hold it anymore!"
Another veteran came over and looked up at the top of the mountain, but he still couldn't see the end.
"Here, this 600-foot mountain doesn't even have an end?"
There are quite a few people in such a state as the two of them, but although they are exhausted, basically no one gives up. Firstly, it is a matter of reputation, and secondly, it is also a matter of future.
But what the civil and military officials and the emperor didn't know was that the feeling in some people's hearts was actually not wrong. Although six hundred feet was very high, it had actually been reached long ago, but the top of the mountain was still in sight.
All this is just because the mountain peak is no longer 600 feet long. On the eve of the arrival of the Dazhen Zen Zen team, the mountain peak was like bamboo shoots emerging from the ground, quietly growing upward for several hundred feet. It was already over a thousand feet in size. Peak.
Some heavenly masters had vague feelings at this time, but Du Changsheng and others did not say anything about it, and they also felt that the mountain seemed to be growing continuously. Fortunately, the growth started from the bottom and had already gone up the mountain. People will not increase their itinerary.
The sky seems clear but not clear, and there are always clouds and mist surrounding it. Even the Celestial Masters at the Celestial Master's Office cannot completely disperse the clouds and mist today. They can only ensure that the mountain road can be seen clearly, but they know that there is no danger, because They have felt the existence of many fairy lights and divine lights, all seeming to be watching them.
According to the original plan, it should take less than an hour for the emperor and the civil and military officials to reach the top of the mountain. However, it was not until noon that Emperor Dazhen Yang Sheng at the front finally saw the top of Tingqiu Peak through the thin clouds and mist.
"Your Majesty, we are reaching the top of the mountain soon!"
"Um!"
Yang Sheng was panting and insisted not to be helped by Yin Zhong. He looked back and saw that his teacher Yin Zhaoxian was pale and sweating, but he still followed closely. Yin Qing on the side was also sweating but did not miss a step. Behind him were about ten people. The same is true for a few officials, but they are more sparse from behind.
But Yang Sheng was not annoyed at all. As a former martial arts master, how could he not feel that the mountain had changed.
"My dear friends, follow me to the top!"
"Follow...the decree..."
When Yang Sheng and some ministers stepped onto the top of the mountain and looked around, everyone was shocked.
The entire Tingqiu Mountain was covered under the sea of clouds. Only one peak at the foot broke through the clouds and stood tall, as if it was only a short distance away from the zenith.
And on the clouds outside the top of the mountain, there are actually many people standing, some near and some far away, some fat and some thin, some with brilliance behind them, and some plain and simple, but everyone is stepping on the clouds, everyone is watching. The top of Tingqiu Peak.
At the moment when Yang Sheng and the civil and military officials stood on the ceremony platform, Ji Yuan, Hong Shengting, and even many of the forefathers who came to watch the ceremony bowed their hands in that direction.
"Your Majesty, it's exactly noon!"
Yin Qing hadn't calmed down from his breath, but he had already handed a roll of yellow silk to Yang Sheng. The latter had calmed down and slowly unfolded the yellow silk himself in excitement.
At this moment, the howling wind seemed to have stopped, the severe cold seemed to have gone away, the sun was no longer dazzling, and the zenith seemed to be pulled closer. Yang Sheng felt a trance and dizziness, and the strong beating of his own heart became louder. Very obvious.
In this short moment, my consciousness was like a bystander, arriving at the top of the sky. I passed by many immortals, saw the courtiers trying their best to climb the mountain, and scanned thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and thousands of people, and even saw people who had crossed the mountain. The far reaches of the ocean…
After this momentary change, his consciousness returned to the Fengchan platform, and the first words Yang Sheng uttered began with changing his self-identity.
"I, Yang Sheng, the king of Dazhen, declare to heaven and earth—"
"The boundless heaven and earth nurture all living beings, and all the people in the world should respect the heaven and the earth. Today, I, the righteous way of the world, worship the heaven and earth here, express my thousands of wishes, and pray for eternal blessings... To determine my humane and cultural destiny, I established a Confucian temple... To determine my humanistic and martial destiny, I established a martial temple... It represents the benevolent gods and the wandering gods in the human world. It represents the protection of one place... It represents the main hall of the ghost road, which is regarded as the emperor of the underworld... It represents a mountain in the country as Tingshan, and the mountain god considers it as the respect of the mountain... It represents... "
The name of Tingqiu Mountain was changed to Tingshan in the Fengchan list, but Hong Shengting had already expected that in many humanistic views, the mountain was honored with the same name, which was destined in the Fengchan list.
"From today onwards, I will change the name of my country to Jianchang and pray to heaven and earth -"
Rumble, rumble…
The heaven and earth seemed to be shaking vaguely, but there was no wind or thunder. There seemed to be color changes in the nine heavens, but there was no light or illusion.
Yang Sheng raised his own energy and read each word loudly, but he did not need to use any force afterward. The voice naturally became louder and louder, and even the team at the foot of the mountain could hear it clearly, and even faintly spread farther away.