Chapter 393 392 Flying Dragon Master
“One is born with two, two begets three, and three begets all things. The human body is hard to come by, and now it is clear. The great road is hard to understand, but now it is clear.
The earth follows the heaven, and the heaven follows the law. Earth, Tao follows nature, desires and values Chinese language in this life ”
Wei Guangde handed in his Qingci and was not in a hurry to leave. He was very free anyway, so he just stood aside and read the Qingci written by others, while he was stunned. Keep your ears open and listen to what others say about your work.
Well, Wei Guangde was a little disappointed.
The overall evaluation is not high, but after reading other Qingci works submitted by the Hanlin Academy, Wei Guangde feels that he is still in the middle, not at the bottom.
At this time, Wei Guangde had forgotten about his guilty conscience on the road.
Only after seeing Yuan Wei's disdainful gaze, he felt that Yuan Wei's evaluation of his Qingci was "nonsense."
The young eunuch collected the Qingci from the Hanlin Academy and left. Wei Guangde had no choice but to stay in the courtyard any longer, so he followed the young eunuch out of the Hanlin Academy.
When Wei Guangde came out, it was almost noon. It should have been the highest temperature of the day, but it was already winter after all. Wei Guangde felt chilly all over while walking outside, and he speeded up his pace unconsciously.
Although the weather is cold, the markets in the capital are as prosperous as ever, and rumors say that official salaries and rewards will be paid out on time this year, which further stimulates the prosperity of the market.
I don’t know if it should be said that thanks to the blessing of Anda Khan, the money confiscated by the Ministry of Revenue from various places was gradually delivered to the capital. The military expenses that were supposed to be used for combat were except for part of them that were used by Jiajing. After the emperor withdrew the money, the rest was enough to supplement the salaries of all the officials in the capital during the New Year.
Wei Guangde has heard that the Ministry of Household Affairs has reserved this year's salary and rewards in advance, so there will be no difficulty like the difficult New Year's Day in previous years.
So, although the news is spread through gossip, sometimes it is extremely true.
Wandering around, Wei Guangde went directly to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
At this time, there was a small mountain at the junction of Zhangzhou, Fujian and Raoping, Guangdong. This place was called Hushan.
Although this Hushan is not a famous mountain or river, it is located at the junction of two provinces, with high mountains and narrow roads, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. It has always been a battleground for military strategists.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhangzhou Prefecture built Baisong Pass on Hushan Mountain, and set up an inspection department to station here, responsible for inspecting pedestrians, cracking down on smuggling, and arresting thieves. This became the southern part of Zhangzhou Prefecture. An important pass to defend against enemies and invaders.
In the Taiping years, merchants came and went here constantly, and the trade routes were also busy. However, in recent years, due to the suppression of Japanese aggression in Jiangnan, merchants were taxed heavily, which reduced the number of caravans here. .
Today, in Xiaoguan City on the mountain, gongs and drums were beating, firecrackers were blasting, and it was very lively.
In Guancheng, dozens of musicians wearing bright red wedding clothes lined up neatly on both sides of a high platform in the city, playing cheerful music. In the distance, a large group of strong men in different colors walked out of the Guancheng official office, surrounded by A middle-aged man wearing a black gauze winged crown and a yellow robe slowly walked towards the high platform.
Wherever the man in yellow passed, people on both sides of the street prostrated themselves on the ground and knelt down in worship.
Among the kneeling crowd, several men kept raising their heads and secretly looking at the group of people passing by. The coiled dragons on the yellow cedar worn by the leader were very eye-catching.
After these people passed by, the crowd did not get up for a long time, and there was still room for them to kneel down. Only those few men kept looking around.
Soon, several eyes converged on a man who looked like a businessman, but the businessman shook his head slightly, then lowered his head and blended into the crowd, and could no longer see the man.
With the businessman's example, other people no longer looked around, and started to imitate that, keeping the same movements as the people around them, and blending into the crowd.
When the man wearing a yellow dragon gown walked under the high platform, the crowd following him stopped, slowly formed an orderly formation, and knelt down behind the Huangshan man.
At this moment, the festive and cheerful music stopped suddenly, all the musicians knelt down on the ground, and everyone in Baisong Pass knelt down towards the high platform.
The man stood under the high platform for a long time, as if he knew that everyone behind him had already knelt down. Then he gently picked up the hem of his gown with his left hand and climbed up the stairs. His movements looked calm and solemn.
When the man stepped onto the high platform, he slowly turned around. At some point, a jade pendant appeared in the man's right hand. He raised his right hand high and shouted to the kneeling crowd below the stage: "Heaven has descended. Give me the responsibility, and I will be the master of Feilong.”
It was a slightly yellow jade pendant. What the man showed to everyone in the audience were the four small characters "Master Feilong" engraved on the jade pendant.
A sharp cry suddenly sounded from the audience: "Long live, long live."
This sharp voice seemed to be a signal, and everyone began to follow, shouting "Long live, long live" in unison.
The man looked at the people in the audience shouting like a tsunami, a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously, and he closed his eyes slightly, seeming to enjoy the atmosphere.
This is him, Zhang Lian's enthronement ceremony. Although it is very simple, he really did it.
From now on, he is the emperor, the emperor of Feilong Kingdom.
For a long time, Zhang Lian seemed to feel that the atmosphere was about to change. He then stretched out his hand and made a downward movement. As he moved, the shouts from the audience gradually decreased until they disappeared.
"From now on, when the Yuan Dynasty is changed to the "Zhao Calendar", I will succeed to the throne as emperor, with the title of "Master Feilong" and the title of the country "Feilong"."
Xiyuan is on duty, and at this time the writing is done There is a table full of Qingci.
In addition to the poems written by the officials on duty in Xiyuan, these poems were also sent by officials from the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Rites to participate in the selection. Ten outstanding ones will be selected to present to Emperor Jiajing in preparation for the poems prepared by Xiyuan tomorrow. Used in fasting rituals.
Seated on the left and right of the duty room were Yan Song and Xu Jie respectively, and below were the ministers Li Chunfang, Yan Ne, Gao Gong and Yan Shifan.
"Let them take care of the task of selecting Qingci. We can take a look at it after a while."
At this time, Xu Jie glanced at the bookcase Dozens of words were piled on top, and he said to Yan Song.
"Okay, you can select ten or twenty outstanding medals, and Shaohu and I will take a look."
Yan Song nodded and replied.
At this time, Yan Song was already in his 70s and 80s. He was low on energy. The main problem was his eyesight. It was very difficult to see. He could no longer read the memorials and had to be read. Fortunately, Yan Shifan helped with the official documents.
Xu Jie is much younger than Yan Song, but he is still in his sixties. I heard that his vision is blurry now.
After the two people spoke, Yan Shifan moved to the desk without hesitation, picked up the Qingci on it and began to read them one by one, and then divided the Qingci he had read into two stacks. Naturally, good and bad are placed separately.
Li Chunfang, Yan Ne and others behind him had no choice but to suppress their dissatisfaction, look around and pretend not to care.
Those Qingci on the desk were pulled in front of him by Yan Shifanhua from the very beginning. He had no intention of letting them see them. The meaning was very clear, that is, he would judge the merits. You guys Just wait and go through the motions at the back.
Gao Gong beside them also frowned slightly, intending to argue, but seeing the behavior of Li Chunfang and Yan Ne, and thinking about the two people sitting above, it was pointless to argue. It is to judge the quality of Qingci. If there are a few people on his side who are good at writing Qingci, they are really not as good as those on the opposite side.
Among the people in Prince Yu's family, Yin Shizhen can write good Qingci, but Chen Yiqin and Wei Guangde cannot. Wei Guangde even said bluntly at the wine table, He can't write that stuff.
There are not many good writers of Qing Ci, so naturally there is no fear that Yan Shifan will deliberately suppress the people of Prince Yu's palace during the selection process.
In fact, the Qingci who were eventually sent to the Yongshou Palace should be those people. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were the imperial poets of Emperor Jiajing.
The Jiajing Dynasty, especially in the middle and late periods, had a very distinctive feature, that is, the term "Qing Ci Prime Minister".
If Qing Ci is written well, it will be easier to be remembered by Emperor Jiajing, and he will naturally be promoted quickly.
Look at the people in the Xiyuan duty room at this time. That person is not the one who once made Emperor Jiajing Long Xin happy because of his beautiful words.
Qing Ci, in the Jiajing Dynasty, was not just about composing, but expressing an attitude to Emperor Jiajing. Actively learning and writing Qing Ci was getting closer to the emperor and expressing to the emperor. own loyalty.
Anyway, this will make Gao Gong figure it out. If Yan Shifan wants to be proud, let him be proud. I believe that Li Chunfang and Yan Ne may not be happy in their hearts.
These two people neither defected to Yan Song nor leaned towards King Yu. They were the centrists with the largest proportion in the court. Yan Shifan's offending them actually seemed to be no harm to him.
It seems really unnecessary to stand out.
At this time, Gao Gong wished in his heart that Yan Shifan would do more.
After a while, Yan Shifan finished reading the pile of Qingci and selected twenty works that he thought were excellent.
Under Gao Gong's eager eyes, Yan Shifan was not as forceful as before. He directly handed over the works he selected for Yan Song and Xu Jie to choose. Instead, he stepped aside to make way for Li Chunfang. , Yan Ne and others made a "please" gesture.
The three of them stood behind the desk and began to look through the Qingci. However, Gao Gong soon found an unsatisfactory piece among the pile of Qingci selected by Yan Shifan. He couldn't help but frown slightly. Look at the signature - Wei Guangde.
At night, in a woods outside Baisongguan City, several strange figures met in a woods.
"My lord, this Lian actually dares to blatantly ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor"
An impatient man has already spoken.
"I know, he is indeed bold enough to punish the nine clans for their sins. Also, I heard that Zhang Lian killed all the Zhang clan leaders when they rebelled. Can this be verified?"
The person who spoke was the man who pretended to be a businessman during the day, and it seemed that he was also the leader of this group of people.
"It is indeed true. I have checked Raoping County government documents before. This Lian is from Xiacang, Wushi Village, Shangrao, Raoping County. He used to be a treasurer in the government, but he colluded with Kapok Village. Bandit, discovered by his family and wanted to take over , so he killed the clan leader and some clan members, ran into the bandits' den and became the second leader."
"The Zhang family still knows what is going on, and the family's life is saved."
The leader just nodded and then Then he asked the person next to him: "Has it been verified that the jade pendant is in Raoping County?" Fished out from a square pond, it was said at the time There were rumors in the city that someone saw a god from the sky throwing an object into the pond. Then many people went to the pond to fish for it because of the rumors. However, in the end, only Zhang Lian fished out the jade pendant from the pond. There were many people present at the time. ”
"Haha. It's just a charlatan's trick to deceive the ignorant people."
The leader sneered.
If you think about this kind of thing, you can understand the inside story. It is simply that this thing was carved by Zhang Lian and was hidden somewhere in the pond. Then the rumor was broadcast, and no one found it in the pond. Later, he showed up and fished it out to confuse the people.
“The Raoping County Magistrate didn’t even notice that he pulled out such a trick. The matter will have to be reported to the Qianhu Office and the county magistrate will be held accountable for dereliction of duty.”
“ Sir, what should I do next? Should I sneak in tonight?”
As he spoke, the man stretched out his hand to wipe his neck.
"I have seen it two days ago. The government office is heavily guarded and it is difficult to attack."
Speaking of this, the leader said with an unlucky look: "Originally, I came here I found out that they were colluding with the Japanese pirates, but I didn't expect to see the thief jump out and become the emperor. If the news spread to the capital, he would inevitably be arrested again. He was scolded for not doing things well, but he didn't find out in advance and sent out an army to suppress them."
"Who knows, this is a poor place."
"No, there have been many rebellions in Fujian in recent years. "Young master, many of Zhang's thieves are from Fujian, and it's the Fuzhou Qianhu Office who are derelict in their duties."
"Yes, it should be the Fujian side."
"Wait a minute, is Baisong Pass under the control of Zhangzhou Prefecture or Chaozhou Prefecture?"
I heard his subordinates talking about those among Zhang's thieves The leaders, many of whom were from Fujian, hurriedly waved their hands to silence their subordinates. Thinking that this place was at the junction of the two provinces, they forgot to first find out which jurisdiction this place was under.
"This should be under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province. I haven't seen any news about banditry in Raoping County. It should be under the jurisdiction of Zhangzhou Prefecture."
"I don't know."
Hearing that his subordinates were starting to talk nonsense again, the leader waved his hand, "Forget it, we have almost gathered the information. It doesn't matter whether Zhang Thief colludes with the Japanese pirates or not. Anyway, he is an anti-bandit. The harm is far away from the Japanese pirates."
Pack up our things and return to Guangzhou overnight. Reporting this matter and not caring about it is something that Qianhu adults should consider.”
By this time, this person probably realized that their target Zhang Lian this time was indeed from Cantonese. The location of Baisongguan seems to be the territory of Fujian Dusi and is not under the jurisdiction of Guangdong.
Although it is said that "the matter has nothing to do with you, just hang it high", but it depends on what it is.
He really didn’t dare to hide this rebellion.
Reporting to the capital was bound to be punished, but whether to report or not was not within the scope of his responsibilities. It was the decision of Lord Qianhu, the Imperial Guard in the capital city.
Immediately, the group of people quickly left the woods and ran down the mountain, thinking about the direction of Raoping County.
(End of this chapter)