Chapter 619: A glass of wine releases military power
People who become officials basically pursue fame or fortune, and they want to gain fame and fortune, and only a very small number of officials are not for fame and fortune, but sorry, this kind of person can't get along in the officialdom.
Fame and fortune are compared, which one is more attractive?
The power of the opposition and the opposition? The power to respond to all calls? This is a good thing, and it is more attractive to people with relatively low official positions. If you're already a high-powered official, you have to think about it in the long run, and that's when the name is more appealing.
Especially the name will remain in history and be remembered for centuries!
No one is unwilling to leave a good name in the history of the Qing Dynasty, to be admired by future generations, to look at the Sage Confucius, to look at those capable military generals in the Qing History, maybe the world does not remember who the emperor was at that time, but to know these heroes, their names and achievements shine in the long river of history.
Now, His Majesty personally supervised the construction of the Lingyun Pavilion by the Ministry of Industry, and will elect the twenty-four heroes of Great Xia, and take advantage of the great achievements of the Great Xia to expand the territory, and hang the portraits of the heroes in Lingyun Pavilion, which is definitely an excellent opportunity to leave a name in the annals of history!
Thousands of years later, when people talk about the twenty-four heroes of the Great Xia Lingyan Pavilion, they will think of them, and they will be admired and worshiped by future generations, and they are excited to think about it.
So when Emperor Xia said this, the military generals of Wenchen suddenly became short of breath, and their eyes looked at Emperor Xia eagerly, and they really wanted to recommend themselves immediately!
Pick me, choose me!
Emperor Xia was very satisfied with the attitude of the officials, and then said: "I just said that the territory of Great Xia can be doubled, and the population can be doubled, and it is not my work, it is all up to the ministers to govern the court for me, and it is all up to the generals to sweep the world for me." Therefore, regarding the candidates for the twenty-four meritorious heroes, I have already had a candidate in my heart! Li Mingchong, Lu Yuanzheng, and Cheng Ming, the three of you have been in the cabinet for many years, and you have worked hard and complained, and I see it in my eyes, and among the twelve meritorious heroes of Wenchen, you should be the top three. Among the generals, the champion Hou destroyed the Qi State, and his military exploits were brilliant, and the Marquis of Chang Sheng, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and the Marquis of Xiaoyong won the fourteen states of Anxi, and the merit was in Sheji. Other military marquis rose with me at the end of the millennium, and they worked hard to defend Great Xia, and you are worthy of the twelve heroes of the military generals! Come on, bring their portraits! ”
Emperor Xia's voice was very loud and resounded through the Golden Palace.
This morning, all the eleven military marquis were also present, and now when they heard His Majesty's words, their eyes were eager with excitement.
They turned out to be the candidates for the Twelve Heroes?
The affairs of Lingyun Pavilion have always been kept secret, so no one knows the role of Lingyun Pavilion, and even Li Mingchong, the first assistant of the cabinet, has not figured out His Majesty's intentions.
He was also happy that he could be ranked as the first of the twelve meritorious heroes, and at the same time couldn't help but give a thumbs up, secretly praising His Majesty's clever move, and quietly took away the right to lead the army from the military marquis.
After all, it gave you such a big reputation, do you still dare to resist the decree? If you resist the decree, hum, don't think about it in history, it is possible to become a laughing stock in history books!
At this moment, the fourteen inner attendants walked into the Golden Palace, holding the scroll in both hands, and came to His Highness to stand, with the order of Hai Dafu, the fourteen picture scrolls slowly opened, presented in front of the civil and military officials.
These fourteen people are naturally eleven military marquis and three cabinet scholars.
When the picture scroll was completely opened, the portraits of the fourteen people were completely presented in front of everyone, and there was no doubt about the similarity of the depictions, this was the top chemissman in Great Xia, and it was rare that they were portrayed even better. The three Cabinet Scholars are wise and proud. The eleven military marquis are not angry and arrogant, but majestic and heroic.
There is also content on the upper left side of the page that describes the exploits of their lives.
At this time, Emperor Xia stood up and said: "Today is a good day, while the eleven military marquis return to Beijing to report on their work, I personally hang the portraits of the heroes in the Lingyun Pavilion, and all Aiqing will witness it together!" Move to Lingyun Pavilion! ”
Hai Dafu immediately shouted: "Your Majesty has a will, set up the Lingyun Pavilion!" ”
The hundred officials got up one after another, gathered on both sides of the center of the hall, and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live!" ”
In this way, everyone moved to Lingyun Pavilion.
Next is the grand hanging ceremony, the fourteen heroes accompanied Emperor Xia, personally entered the Lingyun Pavilion, and watched His Majesty hang their portraits in the pavilion, this sense of honor and excitement is simply bursting.
The officials outside the cabinet looked eagerly, and how much they wished that their portraits would be hung in it, and it would be worth it in this life.
In this way, Emperor Xia personally hung up the portrait, and then walked out of Lingyun Pavilion and encouraged the civil and military officials. Twenty-four meritorious heroes, only fourteen are now appointed, and there is only one position left for the generals, but there are still many Wenchen, and the position is vacant, it depends on the results of the Wenchen's own efforts.
Today's early dynasty lasted for two hours, and the civil and military officials left the palace. However, the enthusiasm for the discussion did not diminish in the slightest, and by the afternoon, it had spread throughout Kyoto and became the hottest topic of the moment.
The next day, the front page of the Daxia Daily was headlined in enlarged and bold font: Daxia Heroes!
The four words are vigorous and powerful, introducing the remarks of His Majesty yesterday morning and the life deeds of the heroes.
Nowadays, Daxia Daily has become the official daily newspaper of the imperial court, and it is also a sharp weapon in Xiao Rui's hands.
Now there are two sharp weapons in Daxia that kill people without seeing blood, one is Dongchang and the other is Daxia Daily. Among them, the Daxia Daily is the most poisonous, not only killing people without seeing blood, but also making people ruined and sinking into hell.
It was a big thing that was discussed, and then introduced by the Daxia Daily, the popularity of the heroes of Daxia rose rapidly, and they also became role models for the new generation. Today's readers not only think about the title of the gold list, but also want their portraits to be hung in Lingyun Pavilion, which is really glorifying their ancestors.
After the popularity of the heroes of Lingyun Pavilion lasted for five or six days, His Majesty personally set up a banquet and invited the Manchu Dynasty to civil and military.
At the banquet, His Majesty used a glass of wine to release the military power, coupled with the full support of the Champion Marquis, the Changsheng Marquis, the Zhongyong Marquis, the Zhenyuan Marquis and others, and took away the leading power of the eleven military marquis without much effort, and the area they defended was temporarily under the responsibility of the deputy.
Although Pingbo Hou, Baizhan Hou and others were extremely reluctant, they didn't dare to refute a word, was the portrait of the hero of Lingyun Pavilion hung in vain?
At this moment, they also understood that they had fallen into the trap, but this trap was too tempting, and His Majesty had given them a huge compensation, which was already extremely benevolent, so what else was there to refuse?
The other officials also reacted to the true intention of this big drama, and while lamenting His Majesty's superb means, they also sighed that the world of Great Xia was about to change its face.
The sting is followed by the vernal equinox.
Good news came from the Wa Kingdom, Qi Jiguang led the soldiers and horses to take Edo, the Tokugawa shogunate general Tokugawa Motoichiro was killed, and the Tokugawa shogunate died! Later, the Wa Kingdom fell into the stage of dragons without masters, and a large number of samurai began to give up resistance.
The next step is to sweep the tail work, Xiao Rui's court sent Ashikaga Daiyu's son, a cowardly young man, to serve as a thorn to govern the Wa Kingdom, he is just a pawn, no real power, but let him come forward, can appease the resistance of the people of the Wa Kingdom.
I believe that it will not take too long to completely deal with the Japanese state.
And the Ministry of Industry has sent craftsmen to cross the sea to the Wa Kingdom, where they will build the palace. How could the dwarf buildings of the Wa Kingdom not be worthy of the Emperor of Great Xia? You have to get a palace to show your identity.
The situation in Great Xia is becoming more and more obvious, and the abdication of Emperor Xia is imminent.
The news naturally spread to other countries, and now Daxia has become a thorn in the side of other countries, and the new emperor is about to ascend the throne, and other countries are naturally highly concerned.
In terms of Yan Kingdom, Yan Xifeng has been the emperor for a long time, and he has not done any bad things that have harmed the country and the people, and of course he has not done anything good, the sudden death of the old Yan Emperor has made him lose the goal of revenge in life, the goal is gone, what does it mean to be an emperor?
So Yan Xifeng was drunk and dreamed of death, and mixed with male pets in the palace.
Fortunately, the eldest princess Yan Linglong is watching the state affairs, and Yan Linglong's idea is very simple, as long as you Yan Xifeng don't mess around with national affairs, you can be mediocre in other things, and no one cares about you playing in the palace.
What she needs is time to protect her son from growing up, and Qiye did not disappoint Yan Linglong, she is extremely intelligent, she is definitely a genius that is rare in the world, and her IQ is extremely high.
But since the news of Xiao Rui's imminent accession to the throne came to Yan Kingdom, it actually made Yan Xifeng, who was drunk and dreaming of death, interested, Xiao Rui put him together in Yandu back then, and he still held a grudge against him about this matter, and now that he is about to ascend the throne, is it to make him find some trouble?
With this idea, Yan Xifeng found new fun, and no one knows what tricks he will play for the time being.
And Yan Linglong is very happy that her man is about to ascend to the throne, but it's a pity that she can't be the queen next to Xiao Rui, and with her character, she doesn't want to be subservient to other women.
Wei is far south of Yan State, and he is only concerned about Xiao Rui's accession to the throne, and the two countries are not anxious for the time being.
The Yuan Kingdom is now bordering on the two sides of Great Xia.
Great Xia is not a Qi country, it can be kneaded casually, and the Yuan army was driven north by Great Xia to retreat, which shows the strength of Great Xia.
Now Great Xia has organized the people of Qi to resume spring ploughing, and the cultivation rate is as high as eighty percent, but the northern Qi land occupied by the Yuan State is still desolate.
Although Wei Nanzheng took refuge in the Yuan State, he was also named a feudal official and managed the northern Qi land, but the people in the north fled and fled, and those who did not flee hated him as a traitor, and would rather be a Bactrian than a Yuan person, so the cultivation rate of the northern Qi land was very low.
If this year is a bad year, then the Yuan Kingdom will have to be robbed in the south again.
But this time, the object of their robbery was Daxia.
Is Daxia easy to grab?
The answer is no.
For this reason, the Khan of the Yuan State specially convened the main tribes of the steppe and held a tribal meeting, and Guo Jia had won the trust of Temujin, so he was fortunate to learn the content of this meeting.
This meeting involved many important matters in the grassland, such as negotiating peace with Great Xia, trying to trade, and preparing to move the tribe westward.
As mentioned before, the grasslands of the Yuan Kingdom are vast, but most of the tribes are concentrated in the east, after all, the khan's royal tent is there. Now facing the Great Xia to the south, it will be extremely difficult to loot in the future, since this is the case, then change the goal.
Moving westward, in the future, he will be able to attack the old land of Zhao occupied by Qin, where there are sixteen counties, the land is fertile, and I heard that Qin has not completely subdued the old land of Zhao, there is still some confusion there. The more chaotic the better, just try the combat effectiveness of the Qin soldiers!
Facts have proved that persimmons have to be pinched softly, the Yuan army has seen the strength of Yue Fei and others, and is naturally unwilling to face the opponent who can restrain their means, although the Qin army is strong, but it is all blown out, and the Yuan State is also known as invincible, so whether it is strong or not, can only be known by fighting.
And Guo Jia also took advantage of this opportunity and began to advise Temujin to expand his power frantically. On the other hand, Gai Nie also went to assassinate Temujin's grandfather, and it was time for Temujin to become the leader of the Mongol tribes, so that the steppe could be divided faster.
The rest is the Qin State.
Regarding Xiao Rui's imminent accession to the throne, Qin Guo reacted the most.