Chapter 337: Offering a Birthday Gift
After the first glass of wine, everyone sat down. Zhao Gao stood not far from Ying Zheng's side and slapped his palm, and then music sounded in the hall, and more than a dozen pretty women with good posture and dancing clothes came in from the door, walked to the center of the hall and began to dance.
After three rounds of drinking, after three rounds of drinking, Ying Zheng stood up from the high throne that belonged to him alone, looked at the palace full of ministers of civil and military affairs of the Qin State, relatives of the emperor, and smiled. Ying Zheng opened his mouth and said: "Today is my birthday, and it coincides with the completion of the Afang Palace. All the secretaries here today can have a good drink, and it will be canceled tomorrow morning. ”
His Majesty the Emperor has spoken, and many of the ministers below, under the leadership of Prime Minister Li Si, bowed to Yingzheng together: "Thank you, Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live forever, long live!"
"Hahaha, okay, come on, come on, I will drink this cup with Zhongqing again. ”
As Ying Zheng raised his glass, everyone raised their glasses, and then drank the wine in the cup.
In the main hall, a song and dance were dispersed, the music was not dispersed, the dancers did not retreat, and Hu Hai, who was sitting on the right side of Yingzheng, stood up. He looked at his father and said respectfully: "Today is my father's birthday, my son wishes my father and emperor good health, and may the Great Qin last for a hundred generations!"
As soon as Hu Hai finished speaking, Li Si, who was sitting below, spoke: "Prince Hu Hai's filial piety to His Majesty touched heaven and earth, and the ministers admired him. ”
Li Si opened his mouth, and the officials who followed Li Si also praised in unison: "The ministers admire." "Although they don't know what they should admire about this son who is famous for his prostitution in Xianyang City, but the Prime Minister said that he admires it, then we will follow the Prime Minister and be done.
Meng Tian, who was sitting opposite Li Si, and Fusu, who was sitting opposite Hu Hai, and the military generals above the court of the Qin State all felt inexplicable, and Hu Hai blessed His Majesty the Emperor and didn't feel so clever in the few words he said, why did these people open their mouths and admire it.
Li Si stood up, bent down to Yingzheng and said, "Your Majesty, the minister specially prepared a birthday gift for Your Majesty's birthday, and dedicated it to Your Majesty." ”
"I am very interested in the prime minister's birthday gift, so I quickly present it to me and watch it, so that everyone knows that the prime minister has collected those treasures and presented them to me. "For receiving gifts, even an emperor like Yingzheng can't avoid it, and he also wants to know what the treasures in this world that he hasn't seen look like.
Li Si clapped his hands and said, "Go and bring the gift I prepared for Your Majesty." ”
"No. A young eunuch replied, and then walked out of the main hall. After a short time, he returned to the main hall, but when he returned, he had a wooden box carved with exquisite patterns.
The little eunuch knelt on the ground and raised the wooden box in his hand above his head.
Li Si walked to the little eunuch's side and opened the wooden box, which contained a piece of jade, which was carved into the shape of a coiling dragon, and there was still a square jade underneath the coiling dragon.
"Your Majesty, this is the birthday gift prepared by the minister for Your Majesty, please smile at Your Majesty. Li Si pointed to the jade in the wooden box and said to Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng stretched his neck to look at the contents of the wooden box, he didn't know what it was, so he asked, "Prime Minister, what treasure are you presenting? Why have I never seen it?"
Everyone was curious about the treasure that Li Si offered, it looked like a seal, but the seal was a treasure in ordinary people's homes. But when it comes to the palace, or just the eunuch's house, it seems a little unremarkable.
Instead, Fusu stood up, looked at the treasure offered by Li Si and said, "Prime Minister, why does this treasure of yours Fusu look a little like the Heshi Bi of the Chu State?"
Li Si applauded and smiled: "Childe has good eyesight, yes, this is indeed the harmony of the Chu State, but it is not." ”
"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Fusu asked.
Li Si said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, this is indeed He's Bi, but this is only a part of He's Bi. He Shibi was once fallen, and there were flaws on the jade. Now although it is the treasure of my Qin country, it is just a plaything that can only be admired. On a whim, the minister carved it into this seal, called the jade seal, which was engraved with the words "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity", symbolizing that His Majesty is appointed by the gods and is in charge of the will of the world, and it is also the intention of hoping that the fortunes of the Great Qin will last forever. ”
"Okay!" Ying Zheng nodded and smiled, "This treasure of the prime minister is very impressive, with this jade seal, all my edicts in the future must be stamped with this seal before it takes effect, this seal is a symbol of imperial power, whether it is me, or my descendants, it cannot be changed." ”
"No. ”
Zhao Gao stepped forward to take the jade seal into his hand, he was the order of the CRRC government, and every will under Yingzheng was conveyed from his hands, and the jade seal was suitable in his hands.
With Li Si's jade seal in front, other people's birthday gifts will be more or less discolored. So when Li Si returned to his seat after offering the jade seal, the second person who entered the birthday gift did not move for a long time.
Meng Tian sat in his seat, he also prepared a birthday gift, and more than one, although it may not be as eye-catching as Li Si's jade seal, but he believed that his gift would be more practical than the jade seal.
Meng Yi sat next to Li Si and saw that the eldest brother at the same level as Li Si did not make any moves, thinking that the eldest brother was also shocked by Li Si's jade seal, so he took the lead in standing up and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, since the Prime Minister has already presented a birthday gift to Your Majesty, then the birthday gift prepared by the minister for Your Majesty is a little out of hand, but the minister is also willing to be the one who throws bricks and leads the jade, and presents the gift prepared by the minister to Your Majesty." ”
After Li Si offered his gift, everyone thought that it would be Meng Tian next, but they didn't expect Meng Tian to react, but Meng Yi stood up first.
Meng Yi stood up and let Ying Zheng be a little different, he knew that Meng Tian had prepared a birthday gift for him, and he was also waiting for Meng Tian to surprise him. Since Meng Yi opened his mouth first, Ying Zheng also had some expectations, "Okay, Meng Qing, let me quietly love what kind of gift I prepared for me?"
Meng Yi bent down and said: "Your Majesty, there is the jade seal of the Prime Minister, I believe that the gifts of all the adults here may be a little overshadowed, and so are the gifts of the ministers, but since they have been prepared, they will naturally be dedicated to Your Majesty." ”
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, come on, bring in the gift that Meng Yi gave me." ”
Two eunuchs came in from outside the main hall and brought Meng Yi's gift in. Meng Yi's gift was covered with a red cloth, and the gift was covered tightly, and I don't know what was covered underneath.
Seeing the two eunuchs panting and placing Meng Yi's birthday gift in the middle of the hall, Ying Zheng looked at Meng Yi and asked, "Meng Aiqing, what kind of gift is this?"
Meng Yi smiled slightly, stepped forward and lifted the red cloth, revealing the gift below, which turned out to be a stone tablet with words engraved on it.
"Your Majesty, this is a stone tablet excavated in the soil when the minister built the imperial tomb for His Majesty in Lishan, and some ancient characters are engraved on it. However, after the minister found many people, he finally translated all the words on the stele. There was no answer.
"Dare to ask Lord Meng, the words on this are ancient texts created by the word saint Cangjie when he created the characters in ancient times?" After seeing the words on the stone tablet clearly, Li Si stood up and said in surprise. Legend has it that Cangjie was ordered by the Yellow Emperor to create a text to make the world change color, the ghost cried and howled, and then Cangjie engraved the word he made on a stone tablet and buried it in the ground, which stopped the change of heaven and earth.
Meng Yi looked at Li Si and said with admiration: "The Prime Minister is really knowledgeable, yes, this is indeed the stone tablet of words at the time of Cangjie's character creation." ”
There was an uproar in the hall, I didn't think that something left over from ancient times was dug up in Lishan, although it was a stone tablet, but the words on it were from the hand of the word Shengcangjie after all, no matter what the words were written on it, its value was incalculable. With this stele in hand, compared with Li Si's jade seal, it is actually not much worse.
Ying Zheng was also a little surprised, what came from the hand of the word saint, he had already begun to wonder what was written on the stele.
Li Si asked what everyone in the hall wanted to ask: "So, do you know what the words engraved on the stone tablet mean?"
Meng Yi opened his mouth and said: "That's natural, otherwise how dare I dedicate this thing to Your Majesty, and still offer it as a birthday gift to Your Majesty?"
Meng Yi finished answering Li Si's words, and then looked at Ying Zheng. "Your Majesty, the words engraved on this stone tablet have been asked by the minister. ”
"Meng Qing, come on, what is the meaning engraved on this stone tablet?" Ying Zheng became more and more curious.
Meng Yi pointed to the stele and said, "Your Majesty, what is said above is just two words, and the word 'eternity' is engraved on this stele. ”
"'Eternity'?" asked Yingzheng.
Meng Yi nodded, "Yes, it is indeed the word eternal." The minister thought, since this stele was found in Lishan and was also discovered when the imperial tomb was built for His Majesty, isn't this exactly the meaning of His Majesty's eternity? So the minister wanted to present this stele to His Majesty as a birthday gift, hoping that His Majesty would like it. ”
Eternity, what a desirable existence, who doesn't want to be able to exist forever in this world? Not to mention a natural king like Yingzheng and the master of a powerful empire.
"Of course I like it, I also hope that it can be eternal, so that my Great Qin can be strong forever, and I hope that I can trust this stone tablet of Aiqing to achieve eternity. "Meng Yi's birthday gift Ying Zheng likes it very much, but this makes Ying Zheng have other thoughts, he hopes in his heart that he can really exist forever, immortal.
Meng Yi also offered his own gifts, and when Meng Yi sat back in his seat, everyone's eyes looked at Meng Tian, who was sitting at the head of the generals. The Prime Minister and Meng Yi have already offered their gifts to His Majesty the Emperor, is it time for the powerful general to take action?
Meng Tian didn't need to look to know that everyone was looking at him, he turned his head to look at Meng Tianci who was sitting beside him, Meng Tianci saw his father turn his head to look at him, and nodded to his father.
Meng Tian hummed softly, then got up calmly, walked to the center of the hall, bent down to Ying Zheng and said: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and the ministers have already taken out the birthday gifts they have prepared, and the gifts prepared by the ministers for Your Majesty may not be as meaningful as those of the Prime Minister and the ministers, in contrast, the ministers feel that the gifts of the ministers are more practical, so if they do not meet Your Majesty's expectations, please do not be disappointed." ”
Ying Zheng opened his mouth and said to Meng Tian: "What did Meng Qing say, you fought for Daqin, the wounds on your body are the best gift to me and Daqin, even if you don't prepare any gifts, I won't blame you." ”
Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty, do you still remember that two years ago, the minister asked His Majesty for an order to send a large army to the grassland where the Huns are located to help the Xiongnu princess quell the chaos? Now that the grassland has been pacified, the minister will hand over the decree to His Majesty today, and in addition, there are gifts prepared by the minister for Your Majesty. ”
"Where's the gift?"
"Please ask Your Majesty to go to the palace of Tuqin of the Mengjia army, and the minister's gift is in his hand. ”
Ying Zheng looked at Wang Shun beside him. Wang Shun understood, walked quickly to the door of the main hall, and shouted loudly: "His Majesty the Emperor has a decree, Xuanmeng's army will go to the palace!"
Tu Qin wore armor and stepped into the main hall. Walked behind Meng Tian and stood still, kneeling on the ground. "Tu Qin greets Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live. ”
Ying Zheng has some impressions of this Tu Qin, Tu Qin, as a disciple of Meng Tian, is a brother with Fusu, and often enters the palace with Meng Tianci when he is in Xianyang City, and practices swordsmanship with Fusu. Compared with Meng Tianci and Fusulai, Tu Qin's swordsmanship is much higher than the two of them, and it is also a test for Meng Tian to Tu Qin to lead his troops to the grassland.
"Tu Qin, hurry up. I haven't seen you for two years, but you're a lot taller, well, your body is also strong, but people are also a lot darker, it seems that you kid has suffered a lot on the grassland in the past two years. Ying Zheng looked at Tu Qin standing behind Meng Tian, although he hadn't seen Tu Qin many times, Ying Zheng was still quite impressed by this young man.
Tu Qin bent down and clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty Xie is worried about it, the minister has indeed suffered a lot in the past two years, but he has also grown a lot. ”
Ying Zheng looked at Meng Tian and said with a smile: "Meng Qing, you have taught a good disciple." In my opinion, Tu Qin's kid is much stronger than Fusu. ”
Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty, Tu Qin is a general, and Gongzi is the future prince of Great Qin, the two have different identities, how can Your Majesty compare Gongzi with Tu Qin? Besides, Tu Qin has been by the minister's side for many years, and he has been personally trained by the minister, and this child's talent is also good, so he will make such rapid progress." ”
"By the way, you said that the gift you gave me was in Tu Qin's hand, why didn't I see Tu Qin holding something in his hand?"
Tu Qin opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, the general's gift to Your Majesty is here. With that, Tu Qin took out a roll of parchment from his bosom and raised his hands.
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