Chapter 338: The Ceremony of Sealing Zen Ends
Li Rizhi saw that these landlords and old fortunes were so happy, so he said: "It is of course a good thing to use the sons and nephews of your family to fill the county government, but in the past, some of them will inevitably complain, but I don't know how to deal with this?" ”
When the landlords heard this, they hurriedly said that this is not a matter at all, those people are also local, they are not capable, and they are usually very annoying, and it is better to replace them.
Among the landlords and old wealthy, some people are related to the officials and servants of Bocheng County, but firstly, these people are a minority after all, and secondly, they do not need to struggle for a thing that has become an established fact. It's not a problem at all.
Li Rizhi discussed with the landlords and old wealthy, and after the end of the Zen ceremony, the emperor and the empress's holy car left Bocheng County, then he could start to select officials and errands.
At that time, the rich people must recommend their outstanding disciples to Li Rizhi, anyway, they will be admitted on the basis of merit, and it is best to be selected, if they can't be selected, there will be no loss, at least they can be familiar.
They discussed the matter here, and the poetry over there came to an end, and there were also historians who deliberately recorded this matter and used it to praise Empress Wu, of course, this was also arranged by Empress Wu in advance.
Empress Wu was very satisfied with watching Xiangrui this time, it was a perfect achievement of her political goals, the weather was quite cold, and Empress Wu didn't plan to stay here longer, the emperor's health was not good, and it would be more troublesome in case of freezing.
But just as they were about to leave, suddenly a small snowflake fell in the sky, and it snowed.
It didn't fall much, but it was real snow.
The sound of civil and military officials patting the sycophants immediately burst out, Ruixue Zhaofeng year, next year Bocheng County here will definitely have a good harvest, especially when the emperor and queen watch the auspicious rui, this snow has fallen, then this is even more auspicious and auspicious, double auspicious, auspicious.
So the ministers who could compose poems hurriedly made another poem about snow, and the historian arranged by Empress Wu quickly recorded this matter, as if this heavy snow was sent down by God for Empress Wu, and all the credit was given to Empress Wu.
Empress Wu was satisfied and accompanied the emperor down the Guanxiang Terrace, got into the car, and rushed to the palace in Bocheng County.
Everything looks so perfect.
For more than a month after that, there was basically nothing to do with Li Rizhi, and the emperor and Empress Wu did not summon him again, of course, this was not because Li Rizhi did not invite the emperor and Empress Wu to see him, but because Empress Wu was too busy and didn't have time to talk to him about family affairs or anything.
Feng Zen ceremony, the reason why it is called the ceremony, of course, is very grand, it is definitely not the emperor and the queen to run to Mount Tai, and then climb up the mountain, watch the sunrise on the top of the mountain, pray to the sky, and then watch the sunset, and then go down the mountain to count the end, at most eat a light meal on the mountain, a picnic, of course the Feng Zen ceremony will not be so simple.
In order to show that the envoys and chieftains of the Turkic, Khotan, Persian, Tianzhu, Wa, Silla, Baekje, Goryeo and other countries all arrived, followed by the honor guard of the emperor and the empress, and came to Mount Tai to watch the ceremony, of course, in order to show the difference between inside and outside, but also to highlight the majesty of the Tang Empire, so these envoys are not qualified to watch the whole ceremony.
The task of the envoys and chiefs is to kowtow to the emperor and the empress at the foot of Mount Tai, and then record the grand occasion of the Feng Zen ceremony, and when they return to China, they will preach to the people of their country how powerful the Tang Empire is, and they can be vassals of the Tang Empire, which is already a blessing for eight lifetimes, so pay tribute on time, don't think about harassing the borders of the Tang Empire, it's okay, this is their fate, pray that they will be born as the people of the Tang Dynasty in the next life, and accept the rule of the Tang Emperor, That's the best outcome!
Of course, the Tang Empire expressed its meaning to the vassals, but whether the vassals understood it this way and really returned to China to preach it, it is not necessarily, for example, the envoys of Goryeo, although they are still deferential on the surface, but in fact, how to report to the king after returning to China, it may be the opposite of the current performance.
In a month's time, Li Rizhi sorted out the things in the county government almost completely, and those officials in the county government also knew that they would not be able to work for long, and after the Zen ceremony, they had to leave the county government, but no one dared to blow up the thorns.
The officials are not stupid, if they dare to argue with Li Rizhi, the consequences will be very serious, whoever let them be put in prison by Xiangma, if this matter is poked out, then none of them will have good fruit to eat, and they will not be punished at all, just not being officials, it is already the best ending they can get.
Most of the officials have no skills, but a few people are a little cautious, so they want to operate it and go to other counties to continue to be officials.
In this regard, Li Rizhi did not stop it, whether those officials can go to other counties and continue to be officials depends on their own operation ability, just to see them jumping up and down, Li Rizhi also knows in his heart that they will not succeed, and the final result is still to go home and eat themselves.
Do you think that the officials in other counties are vegetarians, give up their seats to them, just kidding, it doesn't matter if you have this kind of careful thinking, but in order to realize this careful thinking, how much money you have to spend to get in, and how much favor you have to go, that is the embodiment of strength, and almost none of the officials in Bocheng County have such strength, otherwise they would not be officials under Zhen Mengde, really powerful people, Zhen Mengde will not be a use.
As for the errand servants in the county government, they will also be dismissed, which is easier, and without Li Rizhi's help, those landlords and old fortunes will solve it for him, and there will be no situation at all.
In order to allow his children to enter the county government, he had an errand and ate the food of the official family, and the landlords and old fortunes were also very hard-working, and they didn't let Li Rizhi worry about it at all.
In the blink of an eye, February came, and the emperor and Empress Wu ascended Mount Tai to worship the heavens and the earth.
On the first day, the altar is enshrined at the foot of the mountain, the second day climbs to the top of the mountain, Feng Yuce ascends the altar, and on the third day, he goes to the shrine altar to the head of the mountain, after the emperor presents, Queen Wu ascends to the altar.
Everything went smoothly in the Zen ceremony, which can be regarded as a successful completion of Queen Wu's wish!
After the end of the Fengzen, the emperor issued an order to change the Yuan Qianfeng, change Bocheng County to Qianfeng County, and Li Rizhi as the county order.