Chapter 70: Akagi Xiangrui
Dayan Chunhua has been in the past three years, and it is another winter.
The heavy snow has covered the capital in a heavy white coat. The entire capital is shrouded in snow, and it looks like a snow city.
The second emperor of Great Yan, Emperor Yan Cheng, Cao Ziwen, stood on a high tower and looked down on the entire silver-white capital. He is forty years old, but he has only been on the throne for three years, and he is still a young emperor. He was nearly six feet tall, with a thin build, and he looked a little weak. He looks as white as jade and Si Swenwen, and he doesn't look like the king of a country, but more like a young scholar. It's just that the narrow eyes are slightly feminine, and it looks very urban.
He liked the feeling of looking down, which gave him a sense of satisfaction and pride in having the world in his hands. Whenever he was upset about government affairs, he would come here to stand for a while and take a look, which would soon make him regain his confidence and regain his spirit.
Only this time, the young Great Yan Emperor's frowning brow did not stretch for a long time.
It seems that since he ascended the throne, Dayan's state affairs have not gone smoothly. Two years ago, that is, in the first year of Chunhua, he had just ascended the throne, and it snowed heavily for several months, starving countless people; In the same year, there were refugee riots in many places in the north, and even occupied several county towns for a time.
In the second year of Chunhua, the Blood Lotus Sect led by Wang Gan broke out in Yingzhou, and 300,000 refugees were coerced in a few months. The rebels captured the city of Yingzhou in one fell swoop and defended the city. The armies of several prefectures near Yingzhou were exhausted, but they were defeated and lost by Wang Gan, and even the elite Tongzhou army only beat them to the point that they were unable to expand anymore. However, the imperial court was also unable to recover Yingzhou due to military spending and other issues, and Yingzhou was actually out of the control of the imperial court.
In the spring of this year, the Great Jin in the west took advantage of the rebellion of the Great Yan Fangjing, led by the famous general Cheng Chu, led 200,000 elites, and broke through the seven cities in the west. After some bargaining, the five cities on the western border fell into the hands of the Great Jin. From then on, there was no danger to defend in the western part of Dayan.
It can be said that since Cao Ziwen ascended the throne, state affairs have been dilapidated and a mess.
There was no peace in the court.
Wen Man and Li Ziwen, the two prime ministers, have been fighting each other very seriously, and the two have formed gangs and factions with each other for personal gain, which has developed to the point of never dying. As long as one side insists on something, the other side will oppose it for the sake of opposition. Both sides will pull each other's hind legs, and the last time they failed to attack the Blood Lotus Sect King Gan, it was because they pulled each other's hind legs.
"With such heavy snowfall, I don't know what kind of mess is going to come out." Cao Ziwen stared at the snowflakes fluttering in the sky, with a worried look in his eyes.
"Your Majesty!" Chang Zhen, the eunuch holding the pen, trotted over quickly, and before the person arrived, there was a shrill and excited shout.
"Frizzy, Cheng Ho
Decency! Say, what's going on? The fortune of the country is difficult, Cao Ziwen has not heard good news for a long time, and he can't help but be upset and scold this confidant eunuch who has been serving him since he was a child.
"Good news, Your Majesty!" Chang Zhen stood still, gasped for a few breaths, calmed his mood, and ignored Cao Ziwen's tone, "Yunzhou Thorn History Golden Mountain is eight hundred miles urgent, and the Chicheng section of the Chaobai River in Chicheng the night before was two rays of light that fell vertically from the sky, like a dragon gate. The next day, a fisherman caught a big fish of more than 200 catties, this fish is golden all over, with a long whisker of two feet, and a blood-red back. The slave wondered, is this the dragon gate opened, and a naughty dragon sneaked out of the world? ”
Chang Zhen spoke eloquently, speaking vividly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
"Oh? Seriously? If that's the case, then it's really auspicious! When Cao Ziwen heard this, he was very excited, "Spread the message to the Golden Mountain, no matter what method he uses, I want to see the living Xiangrui before the New Year." If you die, not only will it be useless, but you will also be punished severely! ”
It is no wonder that Cao Ziwen is excited, in Dong Zhongshu's "heaven and man induction" thought, auspicious rui has not only become one of the indispensable cultural factors in the Confucian ideological system, but also a political culture. In today's society, Confucianism is ideologically absolutely dominant, and Xiangrui is a reasonable explanation of social order, which has a wide range of social influences. Auspiciousness is a sign of the prosperity of the country and the peace of government. It can be "Xuanliu for all generations, praise the beauty of the description, the name of a hundred things, for the eyes and ears of the people, as a model for the queen of the queen, and the seal of the pendulum." With the continuous development of society, Xiangrui is no longer a tool for political propaganda, but has derived a set of social ideas centered on Xiangrui, which is impregnated with the thoughts of all levels of society.
It can be said that as long as it is proved that Dayan has discovered Xiangrui in Chicheng, the entire Dayan Congress will be unprecedentedly condensed. No matter what kind of ghost it is, it has to be avoided for the time being, which is undoubtedly a booster for the Great Yan Kingdom, which has suffered many disasters in recent years.
What's more important is that when Dayan discovers that the auspicious news spreads all over the world, the status of Dayan's royal family will be more stable. Dayan has been established for more than ten years, and has been criticized by the people of the world, and the people have laughed at the improper position of the Dayan royal family. The monarchs of various countries also looked down on the Cao family of Dayan, in their eyes, the Cao family was just a slave of the emperor who rebelled against the master, and they never gave face to the Cao family on some diplomatic occasions. It is precisely because he knows that his throne name is not justifiable, and the Cao family cares more about other people's opinions, just like the lame man hates others to say that he is lame, and the Cao family does not want to find an opportunity to correct his name all the time.
Not to mention other countries, even in his own country, the Cao family has been questioned by many people. The Cao family, like those families, used to be just a great country
It's just one family, and later they took over the world, which more or less caused dissatisfaction among other families, and they didn't have much awe for the Cao family. Otherwise, the left and right prime ministers Li Chengan and Wen Man would not have made a fuss, or these families have never looked at the Dayan royal family in their eyes. Cao Ziwen believes that if the Cao family loses power one day, many families will definitely jump out and want to replace them.
Cao Ziwen tried every possible way to find a way to prove the legitimacy of the Cao family, and now it's okay, Dayan actually discovered Xiangrui, which largely justified Dayan Cao's name. As long as this news spreads all over the world, it will definitely shake the world, at least those ignorant people will not make irresponsible remarks about the Cao family's world in private.
"Yes, the minion will do it himself right away." Chang Zhen didn't dare to slack off, Yunzhou is hundreds of miles away from the capital, and it is not easy to let Xiangrui stay alive in Beijing.
"Master of the family, is this method really feasible?" Yunzhou Thorn History Mansion, the study of Thorn History Golden Mountain, Huang Ling looked at Huang Jinshan worriedly, with a respectful look on his face.
Huang Jinshan looks a little similar to Huang Ling, he also has a fat head and big ears, and a big belly, but he is much thinner than Huang Ling.
If you want to say that Huang Fatzi and Huang Jinshan really have something to do with each other, they are all from the Huang family in Yunzhou, but Huang Jinshan is from the direct line of Changfang, and Huang Lingma is just a side branch of the second room. According to the seniority, Huang Jinshan also has to call Huang Ling a cousin. But Jinshan is now the residence of the Huang family, and Huang Ling is only the northernmost county order of Dayan, and the status of the two is naturally different.
The Huang family could only be regarded as a third-rate family in Yunzhou, but because of a history of thorns, after years of development, the Huang family soon became one of the first-class families. It may be the nouveau riche mentality of the poor who get rich, and the Huang family is arrogant and insatiable. In the eyes of the big lords of families like Youzhou Wen and Li, who have been handed down for hundreds of years, the current Huang family is just a barely second-rate small family, there is no way, the background is too thin.
"I said Huang Ling, what are you afraid of?" Although he is a cousin, Huang Tingshi does not give Huang Ling face at all, and calls him by his name, nominally Huang Ling is his subordinate, and Huang Ling's county order is also guaranteed by him, so he naturally does not have to be polite to Huang Ling.
"The sky is falling, and there is a high top. What's more, isn't this a red carp? The carp jumping over the dragon gate is originally a good omen. Xiangrui is this thing, it is called Xiangrui when everyone believes it, and everyone carries the sedan chair, even if someone knows that it is fake, who dares to come out to defeat the emperor and defeat everyone's prosperity? Huang Jinshan took a sip of tea, and said patiently and Huang Ling.
"Besides, do you think I'm doing it myself? This is the instruction of the person above, as for the purpose, I don't know very well, don't worry, this kind of thing, there is only good, there is no harm. Huang Jinshan looked left and right, and then told Huang Ling mysteriously.