Chapter 198: Plum Blossom Banquet
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"The concubine Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose."
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the ministers and edicts came to the palace to congratulate.
The red dragon and the golden phoenix hang high above the Daming Palace. The river is clear and the sea is Yan, and the luck of Kyushu is constantly coming.
This feast was held on the side of the Taiye Pool, and the towers on the pond could be seen in the distance.
Shuiyue Building, also known as Mei Building. Completed last year, the seven-storied tower hangs over the water. This technique is also simple, first insert six pillars in the pool, and then hang the first layer of the pagoda on the lake with iron cables, and lay a wooden plank water platform to set the pile foundation, so as to carry out the construction. A second layer is suspended on top of this. One layer is superimposed on the first layer of the pagoda, and the last seven layers are accumulated, and then the seven layers are combined to be fixed. Finally, the pile foundation and planks were pulled away, and the plum tower was hung on a zhang high.
Each layer is individually chained and fixed to each other. Walking on the ground in the plum building. But if you run, you can still feel the shaking of Mei Lou.
After the completion of the plum building, Situ Yun invited the concubines to hold a banquet. However, everyone was afraid of the danger of Meilou hanging in the air and did not dare to stay here longer. Like Wei Qian, she is the only one who moves to live in Meilou.
Dongfang Wen privately said to Situ Yun: "Meilou stands on the water and does not get wet. Surrounded by water and not looking at it. Suspended in the air and against the sun and moon, the Saturday column should be six poles. It is clearly an excellent place for monasticism. ”
Wei Qian had the heart to give up this body early on, and he deserved to return Situ Yun's cause and effect. But cultivating in the palace has developed a habit. I still habitually exhale and practice qi, although the effect is not as good as before, but it is better than nothing. Under the increase of this kind of wonder, it barely maintains the realm of human immortals.
After Situ Yun knew, he understood that Wei Qian's idea of becoming an immortal was not over. The two barely recovered to a state of respecting each other, and there was no further development.
"Two great events in the old year. On the one hand, I will calm the disease of madder psoriasis, and there will be no threat to the north except for the north. Both, Concubine Mei's suspended building was built, which is a grand view of ancient and modern. ”
When the Manchu Dynasty heard this, they congratulated Situ Yun and Wei Qian.
Situ Yun led the general trend to break the small country of Qianxiang, and his martial arts were outstanding. As for Mei Lou, it didn't actually cost much.
Aerial technology has existed since ancient times, but it is a matter of whether it is important or not. Wei Qian summoned the Ministry of Labor, personally drew the design drawing, from the beginning of the selection of materials, the plum building cost a total of no more than 10,000 taels, and the general tower was built. The decoration was repaired later, and only Wei Qian's daily utensils were moved, and the things that Situ Yun obtained from the treasury of Qianxiang Country were spread here.
One qiē paid money from Wei Qian and Situ Yun's private treasury. The Ministry of Non-Subscribers looks for money from the treasury, and the courtiers don't gossip.
"Besides, now that the treasury is full, even if the two bigwigs spend a little, it's actually nothing." Now that the four seas are leveling, everyone has to be happy and idle, as long as Situ Yun is not idle and has nothing to do to expand the Daming Palace, everyone can tolerate some extravagant moves.
The eldest princess and the marquis of Changping sat down next to them. When the country of Qian Xiang was broken, the two of them contributed a lot. The eldest princess followed her husband and led the army of Wang Jia to behead the third son of the lord of Qianxiang. Standing up as a woman for this military feat, she is really squeezing into the ranks of famous generals. Of course, there is a lot of exaggeration in this. But Wei Qian wants to improve the status of women and help her build momentum behind the scenes. There are widespread rumors among the people that the market is based on the life and deeds of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and her reputation is only under Wei Qian.
Elevate the status of women with the fame of the eldest princess. Then Wei Qian ordered Concubine Wen to set up a women's school, which really allowed women to travel outside and go to school to be officials (female officials). Breaking with the traditional tradition that women cannot read. From the beginning of the female official system, the threshold for aristocratic women was gradually lowered, and girls from good families could enter the palace as long as they passed the women's examination of the guò court.
Being a female official means having a stable income that can supplement the family. Since then, the girl has no longer been a one-shot deal that has always eaten at home and then married an outsider. As long as the daughter can subsidize the family, who is willing to give the chicken to someone else's family?
Of course, as far as the entire era is concerned, being a female official is only a very small part of the people, once every three or four years, there are only a few dozen people at a time, and the probability is smaller than that of the imperial examination. There are very few women who can change their lives through this.
However, imperceptibly, Wei Qian and others sowed the seeds and opened up the initial situation for the future era.
Ning Guifei and the eldest princess have a government and an army, which has attracted the disgust of important ministers of the court, but the favorite concubine and the imperial sister are closer than outsiders no matter what.
Situ Yun didn't speak, and the others were helpless.
"Brother Huang, the ministers of the Meilou are almost never seen. Now at the beginning of the year, can the imperial brother let the ministers in to take a look? ”
Situ Yun happily agreed and let the ministers enter the Mei Building to watch.
There are six white jade pillars on the Taiye Pool, and there is a walkway under the white jade pillars to the plum building. Six passages, forming a hexagonal shape at the edge of the plum building.
Looking at the gatehouse standing in the air, it is a foot above the water. There are withered lotus flowers in the hexagonal pool below the plum building. In summer, the bottom of the plum building is full of pond flowers, and the koi fish swim, which is also a beautiful scenery.
The plum building is hung by one hundred and eight iron cables, and there are six doors on the first floor. The palace people in the plum building fell down the door, and there were steps for the ministers to enter the building.
Walk into the Plum Building. The top three floors are the concubine's bedroom, and the third and fourth floors belong to the inner room, and the ministers retreat one by one after seeing the first and second floors.
The bearing capacity of the plum building is good, but after everyone enters, they are staggering, and many people are worried in their hearts and dare not stay here.
"What's the use of going to the trouble of building such a hanging building?"
"If you live here, you're not afraid that something will happen one day?"
Wei Qian listened to what these people said, laughed and said nothing. The Hanging Mansion has more religious significance than it actually does. Wei Qian lives here, and it has been rumored among the people that she descended to earth as a fairy in the sky.
And Situ Yun is rumored to be the Red Dragon Divine Monarch in the lower realm, and the two continue their frontier in the mortal world, so Princess Jinling was born with a vision.
Of course, this is all Wei Qian and Situ Yun's way of consolidating their rule. If the two of them are regarded as gods descending from heaven, then what they do is providential. Of course, the ministers did not understand this intention of adding mythological colors.
"The king has the way of the king, and the minister has the way of the minister, expect these people to understand? Forget it. "In the New World, Wei Qian was feared as the son of God, and he wantonly restrained the hearts of the people.
Moreover, there are secret passages in the plum building. It seems ordinary, but in fact the defense is extremely high. As long as the six doors are hoisted, outsiders cannot enter from the right way, and can only break the pillars and destroy the building.
But this spectacle, when it is not inevitable, who will take the initiative to destroy it? In Wei Qian's prediction, even if someone breaks through the Daming Palace in the future and reads the spectacle, they will only be stationed around and trap the people inside.
And there is a hidden passage in the lotus pond at the bottom of the plum building. When outsiders break the pillar, they can enter the water from the dark room under the first floor of the Mei Building, and escape to the outside of the palace with the help of a secret passage at the bottom of the Taiye Pool. This can be regarded as a way for Wei Qian to prepare for future generations. It is also the road for the eldest princess of Dongyang to leave the palace in the future.
The ministers returned to the banquet from Meilou and began to send congratulatory gifts to Wei Qian and the others.
Jia Lian sent a "Harvest Map of Five Grains", and glued a map of China with five grain straws.
"This is done by the insiders and Cousin Lin personally, I wish Your Majesty and Niangniang a long life, I am smooth in the wind and rain, and the five grains are prosperous."
Wei Qian was smiling, and now there are seven parts, and the eighth and ninth parts are currently being discussed. The politics of the Nine Ministries is the model prepared by Wei Qian in Southern Qin.
Later archaeology, in the Southern Qin and Situ dynasties, this policy appeared at the same time, which makes people have to wonder whether Concubine Mei's death was a fake death.
The Ministry of Agriculture is related to the people's livelihood, and its status has gradually caught up with and surpassed several other ministries. If the other parts are divided, the status will be higher.
Immediately afterwards, it was a congratulatory gift from Jia Yucun. He carried out a large wooden box, filled with dirt and covered with gauze in the middle.
Situ Yun's expression moved, and he smiled at Wei Qian: "Seeing this, I remembered the scene when you once presented a gift to your father. ”
"When the Japanese palace is not there, I only vaguely hear about it." Wei Qian smiled and looked at the five princes sitting below.
The fifth prince had a gloomy face, it was Wei Qian's action to set up a game back then that made him stay away from the dragon chair step by step.
Jia Yucun personally stepped forward to remove the gauze, revealing a five-colored plum blossom inside. The buds are closed tightly and do not spit fragrance.
"Oh?" Wei Qian moved, and she saw the essence of the plum blossom fairy hidden in the flower: "Lord Jia, what is this flower?" ”
"This is the only remnant of Daming Palace thousands of years ago." Jia Yucun said loudly: "Back then, the Empress Zetian ordered a hundred flowers to bloom in the palace. This plum is one of them. ”
Jia Yucun said this, Wei Qian communicated with the plum blossom fairy, and gradually understood the number of days.
This flower is the body of the plum blossom fairy, and it was ashamed to bloom because of the flower fairy Cheng Wu Cao's imperial decree. So the buds closed and have not bloomed so far.
Jia Yucun said: "This flower is embarrassed and unbearable, and it has not been let go for many years. The flowers and branches are not withering, and they are decorating the plum building with the mother. "Inside the box is the old root, and there is only this five-colored plum on the old root.
"There have been many things in the past. And the plum blossom is proud and known. Why cover it up for years? Wei Qian smiled and said: "Come on, take pen and ink, and let the ministers each mention a poem to praise Mei Jun, so that Mei Jun can blossom as soon as possible." ”
When the ministers heard this, they wrote a poem one by one.
The poems gathered the literary brilliance of the ministers, and Wei Qian asked Situ Yun to write the inscription with the imperial pen, and finally took the "Yumei Concubine Seal" and lightly covered it.
Suddenly, the five-colored flower buds vibrate, and wisps of dragon and phoenix qi converged from Daming Palace.
The plum blossom fairy was blessed with the breath of the dragon and phoenix, and immediately dissolved the karma of the past, and a wisp of five-colored brilliance escaped from the flower bud and slowly bloomed. This flower has not bloomed for many years, and now when it opens, the rich fragrance of flowers fills the whole palace.
Wei Qian's spirits perked up, and she went one step further when she saw that the woman in the flower had won the edict of heaven. Wei Qian was overjoyed and was busy building momentum for his good friend: "Come here, pass on the palace message, build a plum temple in the palace tomorrow, offer this flower, and set up a shrine for Mei Jun." ”
Chrysostom said, and more dragon qi surged in. The implementation of the name of Mei Jun coincided with the departure of the Hundred Flowers Fairy, so the Plum Blossom Fairy naturally defeated another competitor with this luck and became the Lord of the Hundred Flowers.
After that, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu sent a volume of Tiangong Atlas.
"I obey the words of my mother, collect the words of many skilled craftsmen in the land of China, and compile a dictionary to bless me for thousands of years."
On this atlas, Gu Zhenzhen dictated several methods of artillery manufacturing. There are also chapters on construction, water power, agriculture, people's livelihood, firearms, siege and so on. It can be called the crystallization of Shenzhou craftsmanship and the summary of thousands of years of wisdom. There are wisps of merit and luck gathered on it, which can help Shenzhou prosper.
The Ministry of Industry Shangshu sent this thing, just to want to mention the status of the Ministry of Industry.
The Ministry of Rites Shangshu's expression moved, and he was about to open his mouth to stop him, but he was stopped by someone next to him. Zhu Zhiming was unhappy with Wei Qian in his early years, but he did not have a conflict with Wei Qian for half of his life, and An Ansheng helped Wei Qian stabilize the situation. Last year, he was posthumously awarded the title of "Wenzhe" by Wei Qian's suggestion. Now this Ministry of Rites Shangshu surnamed Mei, the head of the Qingliu figures, and the youngest son of a scholar of Mei.
Like his father, he couldn't get used to Wei Qian's actions and regarded Wei Qian as a disaster for Lu Wu. Now I see that the Ministry of Industry has sent such a strange and ingenious skill, and I am about to come forward to advise.
"Don't persuade on today's big day, and wait until you go to court in the future."