Chapter 113: Wei Ying's Mansion Shook the Quartet
Although it was built in a hurry, rough and simple, its majesty has shocked the people of Liyang.
People who have seen Wei Ying at the Liyang Daji have been in shops, restaurants, guest houses or streets and alleys, excitedly and mysteriously telling people about the white-clothed left man's "noble appearance" and the courage of speech and demeanor.
For a time, Wei Ying became a magical celestial star in the mouth of the people of Liyang.
Some capable people even said that Wei Ying was the reincarnation of Jiang Shang, the founding prime minister of King Wu of Zhou, and the monarch sent a golden arrow messenger to chase him back in the Weishui River Valley.
This kind of rumors and discussions of the people of Liyang quickly spread to the county towns and mountains and villages, and the common people of Qin were very excited by all kinds of rumors, and their hearts were warm, and they all felt that the old Qin country was going to change, and the common people would be magically rich, and the Qin country would also be magically strong, and all the eastern powers that bullied the Qin country would be defeated!
These magical rumors that permeated the government and the opposition, Wei Ying and his founding team did not know, and Qin Xiaogong did not know, or rather, they were too busy to know this.
In the past month, Jing Jian and Che Ying Qin Feng have gone all out to prepare for the opening of the palace, Jing Jian has to select 18 subordinate officials and 20 scribes for each department, and also gather the relevant classics of the monarch's study and the classics brought by Wei Ying, as well as the historical materials of the Qin State in the study of the two major powers of Changshi and Taishi, to establish a large study including the laws and regulations of the Eastern countries.
In addition to selecting 2,000 armor soldiers, Che Ying and Qin Feng also had to make every effort to supervise the repair and renovation of the Zuoshu Governor's Mansion. Wei Ying buried himself in sorting out the first batch of decrees, completed one piece, and sent one to Qin Xiaogong for review, often the two monarchs and ministers stayed up all night to discuss the decrees and implementation steps, as if they had returned to the time when they forgot themselves when they first talked.
Seeing that the farming season was busy in May, Qin Xiaogong decided to hold the opening ceremony of the Zuo Shu Chang at the end of April.
On this day, as soon as the sky was bright, Che Ying and Qin Feng personally led three hundred spear armor soldiers to Zuo Shu Governor's Mansion, except for the guards in the palace, the remaining more than 200 armor soldiers were all lined up in two columns inside and outside the stone workshop, forming a long corridor in the middle.
The Jing Supervisor and all the subordinate officials and scribes were also present and kept their duties.
Qin Xiaogong originally wanted Jing Jian to be today's celebrant minister, but Jing Jian proposed to ask Taishi Gan Long to be the celebrant minister.
Qin Xiaogong thought about it and suddenly woke up, and couldn't help but admire Jing Jian's maturity again and again.
Jing Jian himself had moved into a small house in the Zuo Shu Governor's Mansion yesterday, and was busy sorting out and writing with the subordinate officials and scribes until the fourth watch. After the fifth watch of the rooster crowed, Jing Jian stayed to freshen up, and got busy with the subordinate officials and scribes who arrived in an endless stream. Seeing that the time had come, Jing Jian hurried to the gate to greet him.
As soon as the sun illuminated the Oak Yang Arrow Tower, the ministers came to the outside of the stone square on horseback or on foot, and lined up in two columns in order.
When it was approaching, a dilapidated ox cart came with a clatter, and on the cart sat Gan Long, an old lady with white hair and a big red suit.
At the foot of the stone workshop, Gan Long looked at the majestic mansion on the ox cart, with no expression on his face.
Jing Jian and Qin Feng hurriedly greeted him, bowed his hand and said, "Shi Jing Jian, the head of the Zuo Shu Governor's Mansion, see Taishi." "Qin Feng, the secretary of the Zuo Governor's Mansion, see Taishi."
Gan Long nodded and said with a faint smile: "Minister of Internal History, don't come to harm?" Jing Jian thought for a moment, knowing that Gan Long intended to exhale his original high position, but he still smiled respectfully: "Jing Jian has no talent, only to be an official." Taishi, please. ”
He stepped forward to help Gan Long get out of the car, but found that Gan Long not only sat in a dilapidated ox cart, but also did not even have a straw mat on the carriage board, and the big red clothes were crumpled and dusty.
Gan Long obviously has a bronze chariot specially given by Qin Xiangong, and it is also the only chariot among the ministers of Qin, why did he take this dilapidated ox cart today?
After helping Gan Long, Qin Feng's cloth robe sleeves were dusted off, and even some internal force was used, and most of the dust on Ganlong's buttocks was already clean.
Gan Long smiled hoarsely: "I'm old, I can't stand at the station, I can only take this ox cart." In a word, the reason is logical.
When the servants drove the ox carts into the carriage and horse farms, the ministers were surprised and whispered. Today, the courtiers are all newly dressed horses to show their joy.
Against the backdrop of the freshly dressed crowd and the imposing mansion, the dilapidated bullock cart looked very shabby and unpleasant.
For a while, the ministers seemed to have lice, and they got up uncomfortably, pulling their clothes, tugging at their plackets, coughing and looking around.
"The king has arrived at ——!" Wei Che Ying shouted, and the audience couldn't help but be stunned.
But seeing a bronze car slowly coming, under the six-foot car cover sat the black-clothed Qin Xiaogong and the white-clothed Wei Ying. Monarchs and ministers take a car, this is the highest courtesy of the ancient sages, ordinary people hear from the legend, about the story of King Wen of Zhou pulling a car for Jiang Shang 800 steps.
But it has been more than 300 years since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but no monarch has been in the same car with the minister on the occasion of a formal ceremony!
At the moment when the Qin State changed the law, the connotation of this courtesy declaration was clear to everyone.
For a while, the audience was silent, and they forgot the minimum etiquette of seeing the monarch.
It was still the crown prince and the general Yingqian who took the lead in shouting, "See the king-" The ministers came to their senses, bowed their hands one after another, and saluted unevenly. Qin Xiaogong didn't seem to see it, he jumped out of the car first to get dressed, and then solemnly bowed his hand, "Sir, please." He stretched out his hands and helped Wei Ying, who was about to get out of the car, to step on the ground.
Just when the courtiers were stunned again, the Taishi Ganlong, who was the minister of ceremonies, suddenly shouted: "The opening ceremony of the palace begins——! The king entered the house with the chief of the left——! ”
Once again, the ministers were puzzled, watching each other, not knowing how to respond.
There was no such thing in the ceremonial rites they received, and everyone greeted the monarch and Wei Ying outside the stone square, completely unintentionally and spontaneously expressing a kind of joy, and the official ceremony was arranged to start in the courtyard.
Now that Gan Long suddenly announced the start of the ceremony, people couldn't help but be at a loss, there were no words in their mouths, their feet were sticky, and they didn't know how to move. Qin Feng had been observing vigilantly, and when he saw this, he immediately waved his hand to the musicians in Shifang Gate and whispered, "Play music." When the bell rang and the music was moving, the ministers suddenly got up and shouted together according to the usual etiquette: "Please bring the chief of the left to the palace——! ”
Qin Xiaogong was always unaware of his solemnity, and when he heard the music, he arched his hand and said, "Sir, please." Stretching out his hand to hold Wei Ying's left hand, the two of them calmly entered the gate of the stone workshop side by side from the Jiashi Yongdao, and then entered the courtyard through the carriage and horse farm. The courtiers lined up after Gan Long, Ying Qian, and Gongsun Jia, and they were in good order.
Entering the courtyard, Gan Long came out of the column and shouted: "The king declares to heaven——! ”
Qin Xiaogong walked to the prepared three-animal sacrifice case and bowed deeply, unfolded a roll of bamboo slips and recited loudly: "Haotian Wuji, Fu Wei told it: Qin is poor and weak, and he wants to govern and seek talent." The opening of the government and the change of the law conform to the will of the people. Pray to God for the blessing of my ministers. The country is strong and the people are rich, and they will always miss God. Qin Gongying Quliang in April of the third year. ”
The ministers followed in unison, "The country is strong and the people are rich, and I will always remember the heavens!" ”
Gan Long: "Zuo Shu Chang told the earth——! ”
Wei Ying walked to the sacrificial case and bowed deeply, unfolded the bamboo slip and solemnly recited: "The earth is vast, carrying virtue and things." I was terrified, and I told him: Martingale was ordered by the king to open a government and govern the country, but it was difficult and difficult, and there was no complaint; The emperor and queen of heaven will bless my people, prosper all industries, and remember the great virtue forever. The left side of the Qin State is a long guard martingale, and then worship the grace of the earth. ”
The ministers followed and recited the last two sentences unevenly, "All industries are prosperous, and great virtues will be remembered forever." And he became confused again.
This sacrifice to heaven and earth was originally a great gift that only kings were qualified to hold. As a courtier, Wei Ying's sacrifice to heaven and earth with the monarch was already an ingenious and amazing move, although the ministers knew it in advance, but they didn't know how to deal with it in the details.
According to the usual etiquette of the king sacrificing heaven and earth, the ministers who participated must have followed the last two sentences of the proclamation.
In the Wei Martingale sacrifice ground, many people were already awkward, and some people didn't know whether to follow or not, so there was hesitation and unevenness.
Only Gongsun Jia was particularly sober, not only did he follow immediately, but he was also particularly loud.
He noticed that the monarch's sacrificial speech clearly mentioned "changing the law and opening the house", but there was not a single word in Wei Ying's sacrificial speech that mentioned changing the law. He felt that behind this carefully arranged etiquette, there was an unshakable determination like Qin Xiaogong and Wei Yingshan.
Announcing to heaven and earth means that the two major events of changing the law and opening the government have been approved by heaven, and whoever opposes it is acting against heaven.
At such times, no matter what is in your heart, you must make the warmest echo. Didn't the old lady Gan Long also become the minister of ceremonies? Isn't "Meng Xibai" also following suit?
Just as Gongsun Jia was pondering the taste, Gan Long's hoarse and old voice sounded again, "After the sacrifice, the monarch and the minister enter the state hall——! ”
It was still Qin Xiaogong and Wei Ying who joined hands, and dozens of officials followed up with a purge and follow-up.
Entering the State Hall, Qin Xiaogong sat in front of the middle of the long case, Wei Ying stood on the left hand of the long case, and the ministers were seated under the three steps.
Gan Long announced loudly on the right side of the long case: "The crown prince Fu is also the general Yingqian, and declares the edict of the monarch to open the palace——"
Ying Qian strode up the steps and unfolded the bamboo slip and read: "The Qin country wants to be strong, the Qin people want to be rich, and there is no way to make contributions without changing the law." The way to change the law is not to open the government. Today, he ordered Zuo Shu Changwei to be the minister of the opening of the government, the chief regent, and the law was changed, and the decree issued by the government was called. In addition, Jing Jian was appointed as the governor of the Zuo Shu Governor's Mansion, and the general consul was subordinate to the official secretary; Che Ying is the guard captain of the Zuoshu Governor's Mansion and the leader of Liyang, and Qin Feng is the secretary of the Zuoshu Governor's Mansion and leads all things in the Zuoshu Governor's Mansion. From now on, Zuo Shu Changwei martingale will be opened. Qin Gongying Quliang issued an edict in April of the third year. ”
Ying Qian's voice was originally very low and deep, and his words were particularly heavy, and he rumbled in the hall where some echoes were heard, as if the hammer had been chiseled out of the mountain stone one by one, clear and powerful.
The ministers heard it clearly, Wei Ying's Zuoshu Governor's Mansion was simply the second monarch's mansion, with the power of life and death, and he became the most powerful prime minister of the Seven Warring States.
The state room was silent, and heavy wheezing was audible. The ministers seemed nervous, but they couldn't explain why.
"Zuo Shu Chang ordered ——!" Ganlong's hoarse voice rang out again.
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