Chapter 174: There is a phoenix
"The King has arrived!" With the emcee singing, everyone was taken aback, it had been a long time since they had heard this sentence. Hurriedly looked up, only to see King Wu striding into the court hall and standing still behind the bookcase. Let's take a few quick steps and pay homage in the hall:
"See the King!"
King Wu's face was ruddy, his spirit was very good, and he smiled and said, "Zhongqing is flat." ”
Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, although they did not speak, but they conveyed the same meaning: "The sun came out of the west?" What's going on? ”
Except for a few high-ranking officials, everyone hasn't seen a king for a long time. At each court meeting, Dazai presided over it, issued government decrees, and listened to reports.
I didn't expect the king to go to court in person today. What's new.
King Wu said: "With the efforts of all of you, our country of Wu is prosperous, the people are rich and the country is strong, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. We enter a period of its best. In order to inspire people and promote the prestige of our country, the widow decided to build a forest garden and named it Gusutai. The specifics, Dazai told everyone. ”
Bo Yao came out of class, first bowed to King Wu, turned around and saluted the ministers, and said: "Except for Xiangguo who asked for leave for business today, everyone else is here." Let me convey the will of the king. ”
Bo Yao inspected everyone, and then said: "As the king just said, our Wu State has entered the best period in history, the Chu State in the west is no longer able to covet us, the Yue State in the east has long been our subject country, and in the north we have defeated small countries such as Lu and Xu, and our sphere of influence has reached the edge of the Yellow River. Our Wu country is unprecedentedly strong. In addition to the abundant harvests for many years, our people are now rich and our treasury is full.
"This is all the king's rule, and it is also blessed by God and ancestors.
"In order to demonstrate the national prestige of our Wu State, the king decided to build a platform of Gusu and inform you here. Now I will give an account of the idea of building on behalf of the king. ”
Bo Yao took out the prepared silk cloth and explained in detail the scale and function of Gusutai according to the above conception diagram.
When everyone heard this, they were secretly surprised, oh my God, what kind of garden is this! Everyone has heard of Xiatai and Lutai, but they were all hundreds of years or thousands of years ago, and no one has ever seen what these buildings look like.
But listening to Dazai's introduction, Gusutai should be much more magnificent and tall than those stations, which can be said to be the first in history and the first in the world.
What a big deal!
Some people also think about how much it costs and how much labor it costs. Once this platform is repaired, Wu Guo's family background is still gone?
But no one wants to say what they really think in their hearts, what can you do if you don't agree or disapprove? What the king has decided, can you stop it?
King Wu said: "Everyone, if you have any ideas, you can talk about them. ”
Someone immediately came out of the class and said, this decision is too wise and great. If you don't build such a platform, how can you show the king's cultural and martial arts?
Immediately afterwards, someone came out of the class and said: "It is long overdue to build such a platform." Xiu Gu Sutai, the ministers agreed, and the people agreed. The admiration of the princes is a major event that is advertised for a thousand years.
One after another, people came out to say some words of praise, words of praise, flattery, flattery, welcome, patting, and all kinds of good words came out one after another.
Those who have a different opinion and are going to question it will simply shut up and say nothing.
In a word, for the construction of Gusutai, the cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty, everyone rejoiced, praised and agreed, and there was no word of opposition.
Wu Zixu tried his best to be right, but was scolded back by King Wu, and together he said that he was sick and asked for leave and did not participate in the court meeting.
Many people in the court admired Wu Zixu and admired his uprightness and loyalty. However, Wu Zixu never engaged in conspiracies and tricks, and never contacted and organized those followers, so in the DPRK, he could not form a force, and he could not oppose those actions that were unfavorable to the country.
When King Wu saw this scene of praise from thousands of people, he laughed happily.
Raising his hands, he stopped those nice words and said, "Since all Aiqing agrees, this matter has been decided." The widow has now announced the appointment of Dazai Boyao as the commander-in-chief of the construction of Gusutai. All matters related to the construction of Gusutai were uniformly dispatched by Dazai. For a period of time in the future, the central task of the state of Wu is to build Gusutai, and all ministries and offices must give full support, and it is not allowed to make things difficult under the pretext of excuses. ”
Dazai stepped out of the ranks and said in a loud voice, "The minister's order." Then he turned to the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a hard-working errand, and I ask for your help and support." Thank you here.
"Last night, there was a vision in the Lingyan Mountain. The fire fell into the mountain of Lingyan. Lingyan Mountain gave birth to a flame of light, straight into Xiaohan, and endured for a long time. It's a good omen, so. The king decided on the address of Gusutai. It was chosen in Lingyan Mountain. Just now, Bo Yao made a hexagram, and today is a good day. Please take the car to the mountain of Lingyan and determine the address of Gusutai. ”
When the ministers heard this, they were shocked that there was such a thing. Some will be skeptical, but will not say it.
Lingyan Mountain is more than ten miles away from Gusu City. Hundreds of civil and military ministers formed a huge convoy and drove towards Lingyan Mountain.
Lingyan Mountain is the highest mountain in the area. With lush trees and lush grasses, it is indeed a good place to go.
King Wu and the ministers got off the car and dismounted, there were already people under the mountain to put down the incense case, King Wu stepped forward, burned incense and worshipped, worshiped the ancestors in heaven and earth, and then worshiped the gods of the past. King Wu recited the words of prayer and said a word, and the ministers followed and said, worship, and the ministers also worshipped.
After the worship, a group of sorcerers came up, dressed in strange clothes, combed strange hairstyles, wore terrifying masks, sang strange songs, and danced strange dances. Strange shouts.
After a while, a few soldiers came up, dug a pit, brought a stone tablet, put it in the pit, and engraved two large seals on the stone tablet: "Lay the foundation." ”
Someone handed over the shovel to the king of Wu, as long as the king of Wu shoveled a few shovels of soil, and the others cultivated the stone tablet, the ceremony was completed. King Wu held a shovel in his hand and was about to step forward to cultivate soil. That's when something strange happened.
Suddenly, I heard a chirp in the air, and two phoenixes fluttered down, the phoenix was covered with five-colored feathers, broad wings, long tail feathers, chic and elegant, and danced while naming and dancing by the foundation stone.
King Wu was stunned, and the ministers were also stunned.
"There's Feng Laiyi!" Bo Yao shouted, "Hurry up and worship!" ”
King Wu knelt down, and so did his ministers. Kowtow.
Suddenly, the two divine birds raised their mouths and spat out a flame. In an instant, the two divine birds were on fire, and the divine birds made a sharp chirp in the flames.
Suddenly, the two divine birds rushed out of the flames like shadows, let out a long roar, and flew away into the sky.
King Wu was stupid, and the ministers were also stupid, they didn't know whether this was evil or auspicious, a blessing or a curse. The scene was silent.
Suddenly, Bo Yao shouted: "Congratulations to the king, it is really a good fortune." ”
King Wu asked stupidly, "Dazai, is this good luck?" ”
He said, "King, have you ever heard of being born again from the ashes? Ever heard of Phoenix Nirvana? The phoenix can only be reborn after bathing in fire, which symbolizes that Wu Guo will achieve another great development. ”
The ministers said in unison, "Congratulations to the king! ”