Chapter 945 Ancestors
The emperor of Dayan had just finished a set of Tai Chi, sat cross-legged and practiced breathing for a while, and then went to take a bath feeling refreshed.
Since the "treatment" five years ago, the emperor has cherished his body very much.
Of course, with the final official purge five years ago and the smooth operation of the cabinet system, Ji Laoliu can be said to have completed the harmony between "receipt of power" and "delegation of power."
State affairs are left to the cabinet to free themselves from busy paperwork as much as possible, but the authority that belongs to the emperor is still firmly in his hands.
The emperor walked into the cabinet at dusk, and the plaque on the outside read "Qingzheng Hall".
All the pavilion elders stood up and saluted the emperor. The emperor nodded slightly and motioned for everyone to sit down, and then signaled Wei Zhonghe to order a group of young eunuchs to deliver the white fungus soup to all the pavilion elders.
The first seat of the Qingzheng Palace is a dragon chair, which can only be sat on when the emperor comes. At this time, the prince is sitting at a table under the dragon chair.
The emperor's obvious "health preservation and decentralization of power", compared with the diligence and hard work of the late emperor when he was in power, and even compared with the emperor's conscientiousness in the two or three years when he first ascended the throne, there is really too much "disengagement" ;
It stands to reason that all the ministers should have a lot of complaints about this. At the very least, they have to give advice and advice. Your Majesty, we can’t be so idle.
Although the emperor has always taken the lead in controlling the general direction and new policies, and the annual results submitted by the Ministry of Household Affairs every year are in line with the expected increase, he will only exceed the target and never fall short;
But , you are doing some face-saving work, do you still want to leave a good reputation for diligence in the history books?
The most important thing is that the emperor is far superior to ordinary ministers in terms of governing the country, especially in terms of people's livelihood and economy. The Minister of Household Affairs in front of the emperor is like a new clerk in a goods store facing an old shopkeeper, so , if the emperor becomes the "mascot", it will undoubtedly make everyone's work become much more complicated and cumbersome.
However, the emperor also had great experience in how to deal with these ministers. He knew what these ministers wanted;
Rebellion... they really didn’t have this intention;
Having reached this point in becoming an official, what I want is to leave my name in history. The best thing is to be able to enjoy the Ancestral Temple with me.
So, the emperor placed his eldest son, the current prince, in the Qingzheng Palace.
The prince is here, doing the same job as a "little eunuch" at first, serving tea and water;
But you can always ask, the big guy in disguise has become the emperor's master , and the one who trained and trained him was the future emperor of Dayan;
Just like the Sword Master gave Long Yuan to the eldest princess of the Regent Palace without hesitation, the Jianghu people attach great importance to inheritance, and so do the elders. .
They hope that their political philosophy can be instilled in the prince, so that their thoughts can continue to illuminate the entire Dayan in the future.
For this reason,
the emperor was "slacking" in government affairs, and the elders tolerated it because the emperor threw the prince over.
Seeing his father coming,
The prince had to bear the "heavy burden" because he was too sensible since he was a child,
I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
He organized some of the papers on hand and took the initiative to walk towards his father.
The emperor sat down and began to review the excerpts.
The atmosphere in Qingzheng Hall returned to solemnity again.
About half an hour later, the emperor "cleaned up" the folds in front of him and motioned to the prince to take them and distribute them.
Rubbing his wrist, the emperor subconsciously wanted to yawn. Then he looked at the elders sitting below, and he slightly covered it with his hands.
Many times, people will deliberately tighten their strings to be busy, not because they like the tight feeling, but because they know in their hearts that once they relax, they will just keep making excuses for themselves, and then A thousand miles away.
At this moment, the emperor already felt tired.
The cabinet initially consisted of five people, but it was expanded again and again. Today, there are nearly fifteen cabinet elders sitting in the Qingzheng Hall. However, the inner circle is the ones who make up their minds and sit on the pear wood Taishi chair. There are only five of them, and the other ten are actually more like the masters of the cabinet, but no matter what, they have joined the cabinet;
Take it slow, mix slowly, and you can always hope to get a chair. .
There is another very important reason for the expansion. Government affairs are too tiring, and the elders are often overloaded with work. Therefore, it is easy to fall ill. Some of them can recover quickly after taking a rest. If you continue to work for Dayan, some... may never get up again after falling ill;
Therefore, the number of people in the cabinet must be large so that it can be easily filled.
Power is a poison. It not only makes the emperor work hard, but also makes the courtiers continue to be happy with this state while their eyes are red.
"Everyone, you can take a rest. Come with me to the banquet later."
Today, the banquet held in the palace was as big as when the regent was appointed five years ago.
The elders knew the priority of the matter, and no one had any objections. They stood up and went to the eunuch responsible for serving them to wash their faces and change their robes.
There are separate bedrooms on both sides of the Qingzheng Palace, so that the elders can take a rest and continue working, and save the trouble of going back and forth from the palace. Many elders only leave the palace and return to the palace once every half a month;
There is a saying outside, that is, look at this Even if the adults who join the cabinet are generally quite young, they still think that Yao Zizhan of Qianguo will continue to give birth to a son and a daughter. However, Dayan, an elder who joins the cabinet, once he joins the cabinet, his family will There will be no more children, and there is no time to suppress the begonias under a pear tree.
The eunuchs fetched formal clothes for the elders from the dormitory. After everyone had finished dressing, the emperor walked in front, the prince followed, and behind him, there were a total of fifteen elders in three rows. .
Leaving aside the palace in eastern Jin Dynasty,
This team
has been regarded as the real core team of power in Dayan.
The banquet was very grand, not only the royal nobles of the Yan Kingdom, but also the protons of the Thirteenth Desert Department...or, the young prince.
If the entire desert is cut into half, the desert in the east is actually the one that has close contact with the Yan Kingdom, while the desert in the west has a closer connection with the west.
In comparison, the desert in the east has the largest population, many tribes, and stronger strength. The royal court of the barbarians was also established in this area.
Since the two kings of the north and the south crushed the royal court together, the desert barbarians began to divide. In the past few years, it can be said that their brains have been knocked out.
The Emperor of Dayan even canonized thirteen tribes as "kings" in one breath. The title was a favor without any expense, which is directly reminiscent of the time when the eldest prince took the carrot seal to "official prostitution" in the snowy field.
The decline of the barbarians and the rise of the Yan Kingdom have become an irreversible trend. In addition, the emperor learned from the methods used by the Pingxi Palace to treat the snowy fields and made improvements based on local conditions. This intensified the differentiation of desert tribes. , and also strengthened Yan's penetration there.
Thirteen barbarian "little princes" congratulated the Emperor of Dayan and sent their blessings.
The theme of today’s banquet is a festival for the royal family of the Yan Kingdom. When the emperor passed away, it should be the emperor who took the royal family to remember the bitterness and sweetness. The most typical one was to make the princes sit there and eat hard to swallow. The Wo Wo Tou;
But this time, the emperor took care of it in a big way.
The emperor stood up, stood at the top of the banquet, and had a drink with them.
After sitting down, the emperor was adjusting his cuffs while thinking about the letter he had received from Eastern Jin a while ago. The letter expressed concerns about Yan State's current desert control policy.
Once the barrier between Yan and barbarians is gradually broken as the barbarians completely become dogs, in the future, in the future generations, it is likely that the barbarians will resort to another method, and even use the identity of the Yan people to conquer the Yan people. A re-emergence within the borders of the country...a return to the ancestors.
Looking at the barbarian princes who were dancing for him,
The emperor smiled slightly,
This reminder was not something he had not thought of before, but it was still the same thing he had talked about with the man named Zheng.
If future generations fail to live up to expectations, even if they don’t cause trouble with the barbarians, they will cause trouble in other aspects. I can’t get rid of all the current cats and dogs in advance, right?
Even if you are clean and tidy, after waiting for a month, won’t the spring breeze blow again?
After the dance of the little barbarian princes, all parties in the Yan Kingdom came up to send blessings. In fact, the Yan people themselves did not understand why this festival that was supposed to be a "clan" should be celebrated together, let alone congratulations. What, but it is always right to praise the greatness of His Majesty the Emperor and the prosperity of Dayan.
Next,
envoys from Qian State, Chu State, Prince Cheng's Mansion, Prince Jin's Mansion, etc., as well as envoys from various small Xia kingdoms, sent congratulatory messages one after another.
The emperor was very considerate. Although he did not end up being "friendly to the people", he still raised his glass in response.
Over there where the envoys of the Qian Kingdom were sitting, there was a young man named Shi Mingkai. He was shaking the wine bottle on his desk. An official of the mission beside him asked with a smile:
“How can the wine of Yan State be as delicious as my Dagan Peach Blossom Brew to soothe your throat?”
Shi Kai shook his head and said: "Have you not noticed? This wine is only less than half a jug."
Although this kind of banquet held in the palace mainly focuses on political themes, eating and drinking are just It makes sense, but even the wine jug on the envoy's table is only half full, which makes people feel strange.
“Hey, Yan people are always picky and picky, it’s a barbarian habit.”
Shi Kai pursed his lips and said:
“Before returning home, I need to check the price of drinks in Yanrenfang.”
"Well, why?"
Shi Kai poured the remaining wine in the jug into the wine glass,
then slowly put down the jug in front of him:
"For a banquet of this size, the wine jugs for the guests are only half full, and the dignity of a country can be ignored..."
Shi Kai drank the wine in the glass in one gulp,
said;
"I guess the Yan people may have banned alcohol."
......
During the second half of the banquet, the emperor left early.
Wei Zhonghe helped the emperor walk to the harem. The emperor's harem still only has one queen and one concubine.
During these five years, the queen gave birth to another son for the emperor, and the imperial concubine gave birth to a princess.
The harmony in the harem left the courtiers speechless.
What a conscientious queen. What she likes to do every day is growing vegetables, spinning and weaving in the palace. By the way, Dayan gave birth to three princes;
How polite. Countless concubines and queens have always given birth to princesses, but not even a prince.
Three princes, two princesses, and heirs are actually too few for the emperor, but... they are enough.
Especially since the foundation of the country has been established long ago, the elders are not willing to use this to persuade the emperor;
They will naturally support the crown prince, just like when the late emperor was there, they would not care. No matter how strong the Liuye Party is, there is always no shortage of supporters around the prince;
Because many ministers do not think about Conglong and Xingjin, and they are not even familiar with the prince. What they protect is this kind of stability system.
If you really want to advise the draft to recruit people into the harem, if some charming woman enters and triggers a drama in the harem, why bother?
Wei Zhonghe knew that His Majesty had drunk too much and was really drunk, so he planned to send the Emperor to the Empress.
Under normal circumstances, the queen would also call the concubine over, and the two of them would serve the hungover emperor together.
But the emperor suddenly said:
"Go to the Ancestral Temple."
"Here."
Wei Zhonghe immediately waved his hand, and the eunuchs behind him immediately The chariot was lifted up and the emperor sat on it.
Immediately,
The group of people went to the Ancestral Temple in the middle of the night.
The Imperial Ancestral Temple is a place of worship, solemn and sacred. Even when the emperor needs to hold any activities here, he must bathe, change clothes and fast in advance.
But if the emperor wanted to come here on a whim, no one would dare to stop him.
Wei Zhonghe helped the emperor up the steps of the Ancestral Temple. Then, the emperor stretched out his hand and pushed Wei Zhonghe away. He opened the gate of the Ancestral Temple with his hands, staggering a little, and stepped into it with some staggering.
The ever-burning lamp in the Ancestral Temple will not be extinguished. There is an offering table in the middle and candles are brightly lit on both sides.
Wei Zhonghe stood at the door, hesitated for a moment, then closed the gate of the Ancestral Temple, turned around, and faced outside.
Inside,
the emperor began to move away step by step along one edge.
In front of him were portraits of ancestors of the Ji family from past dynasties.
The portrait of the first Marquis of Yan is the simplest, because he is not wearing a dragon robe, but the official uniform of Daxia. He is riding a brave horse, carrying a bow and arrow, and holding a long knife. He is extremely heroic.
He is the founder of Yan land and the leader of Yan people.
The old Yan people are indeed bachelors in some matters. For example, the "emperor" of the Ji family in the next few portraits does not wear a dragon robe because he had not yet proclaimed himself an emperor and established a country.
But it is said that in the ancestral temple of Emperor Zhao of Qianren, all generations of ancestors from Emperor Taizu of Qian Dynasty to above have been granted imperial titles, and the portraits hung in them are all in dragon robes;
< br>In Ganren's narrative, their ancestor of the Zhao Guan family was one of the four princes.
Perhaps, it is precisely because of the unfairness of the country that they feel more guilty and need these things to decorate themselves. On the other hand, the Ji family, who relied on their ancestors to fight for the country with swords and guns, has nothing to be taboo and cover up;
The appearance of our ancestors back then is the best proof of the hardships of starting a business, and it is also the glory of the Ji family.
After the founding of the country, the next portraits of the emperor were all wearing dragon robes.
During this period, there was a long series of portraits of emperors who were very young, which means that these emperors died much younger and did not live to old age to leave behind the images of their old age.
Portrait of a deceased person is naturally what he looked like during the last healthy period of his life. It is impossible for you to live to be sixty or seventy years old and end up with a so-called handsome picture of you when you were twenty years old and hang it up.
This period was also the period when the Yan people and the barbarians fought the most fiercely, and many of the emperor's chariots died on the battlefield in person.
Ji Chengjue continued to walk inside, and then he saw his grandfather.
He actually has a very limited impression of his grandfather, it can even be said that he has almost no impression.
But he still stopped in front of his grandfather's portrait for a long time.
It was not because he wanted to see his grandfather a few more times, but simply because he wanted to look at the man below later.
However,
so many ancestors have seen it, they cannot leave him behind;
Ji Chengjue finally moved and stood in front of the last portrait.
This portrait is very new, and the person in the painting is also very vivid. The most important thing is that you are too familiar with him, so when you see his portrait, you will make up your own. its image.
In the painting, he is sitting on a dragon chair, wearing a black dragon robe, and his eyes still seem to have that look of disdain.
Many times, Ji Chengjue felt that his father was not a human being, but a Pixiu. In the true sense, Pixiu wore the skin of a mythical beast, but was actually a ferocious beast.
Ji Chengjue leaned back, chose a support point in front of the table, and just stared at his father.
"Hiccup..."
The emperor burped.
After so many years, no matter how much you hate him, you really don’t feel much about him now, but the so-called image of a loving father is naturally impossible to have.
Ji Chengjue tilted his head,
reached out,
pointed at the late emperor in the portrait,
smiled:
"You, this All my life, I want to be famous as an emperor for eternity, but it’s a pity, you have no chance, no chance.
The roast duck in Quandelou Roast Duck Restaurant has always been famous.
But what the diners praise is the skill of the roast duck chef. Who would praise the duck purchasing guy when they are idle?
This dish,
you have prepared the ingredients,
I will cook;
In this world,
you have not unified it,
I will do it!
Thousands of years later,
The only emperor in the history of Huanghuang will be me, it will be me... Ji Chengjue.
Because you are too close to me,
you will be blocked by me;
You have never been a father in a serious manner in your life,
Then I will let you be read about in history books,
let them have only one thought in their minds,
Ji Runhao?
Emperor Yanwu?
Who is he?
Oh,
He is my...father.
Hahahahaha..."
The emperor laughed,
He pointed in all directions,
shouted:
"When I live here At that time, I made all of you... dim! ”
Drunk and tired from traveling all the way to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the emperor's body sank lower and lower. Finally, he leaned on the edge of the table, fell asleep, and snored.
I don’t know where the wind blew in;
The candlestick,
swayed slightly.
The portrait of the late emperor directly in front fell off at this time, slowly swinging...
Covered the emperor.
Hangover dreams,
always involve dizziness and retching, are also chaotic and illogical, and may even appear absurd;
just For example,
Ji Chengjue was in a dream,
It seemed that he was surrounded by people,
One of the familiar voices sounded from his side:
“Haha,
How about it?
Look Have you arrived?
This is the emperor I chose for Dayan!
This,
is my Ji Runhao’s,
son! "(End of this chapter)