In April, the war in the world was slightly extinguished, and only the Qing army and the Ming army were left to engage in local battles, and Zhang Xianzhong and Wu Sangui in Sichuan were still fighting.

With the end of the war in southern Henan, the general trend of uncertainty in the world began to become clear.

The originally unstable pattern began to develop in a stable direction, making it easy for an ordinary person with a little insight to make a more accurate judgment of the situation.

At this time, the Manchu Qing, which was originally the strongest in the world, recognized that it did not have the strength to quickly dominate the world, and gradually changed its strategy of swallowing the world, and instead consolidated its existing territory, preparing to accumulate strength, encroach step by step, and compete for hegemony for a long time.

The Nanjing Imperial Court, which was in a corner of peace, passively carried out reforms under the heavy pressure from the outside, intending to change the law and try to be strong and keep half of the country.

The Wei state in the northwest had gradually emerged from the war and began to build a vassal state, making itself a complete new regime.

These three forces have gradually formed a relatively stable momentum in the world.

As for the disputes between Sichuan, Shu and Yunnan, they can no longer affect the general trend, unless the southwest strength is integrated into one unit, otherwise the opportunity to compete for the world has been lost.

A.D. 1647, April, 25th, the lunar calendar Dinghai year, Gengchen month, Wuchen day, the suburbs of Xi'an, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered, outside the city gathered countless people, flags and banners, people like weaving.

After Gao Yihuan rushed to Xi'an from Nanyang Mansion, he first went to Gaoling to worship the Yellow Emperor, and then it was the decree that the king was set in Xi'an and called the feudal state.

At this time, the Western Wei Kingdom built a high platform in the wilderness of the eastern suburbs, and was carrying out the carrying ceremony.

When Gao Yihuan decided to move the capital to Xi'an, the engineering team under the Ministry of Industry began to repair the destroyed Qin Palace in the city, changing the palace to the Western Wei Palace, and at the same time building the Temple of Heaven in the eastern suburbs.

The cost of repairing the palace is huge, and it can only come little by little, and the power of the Ministry of Industry is mainly used to build the Temple of Heaven.

Although the construction period was very tight, under the urging of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites, the Temple of Heaven was successfully completed before the ceremony.

Of course, this high platform, which is built with red bricks and shaped into a Mayan gold tower, naturally cannot be compared with Beijing's.

At this time, in the wilderness, the Wei army stood in five directions under the high platform, each with nearly 10,000 soldiers, all over the five flags, and the high platform was full of wrestlers, and the flags were also displayed.

The whole ceremony was presided over by Wang Shicong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who held a tray in both hands, on which was placed the golden seal of the king of the Western Wei Dynasty, as well as the golden book, and invited Gao Yihuan to ascend the altar.

Under the high altar, nearly 100 big drums beat rhythmically, the drum sound of "Dong Dong Dong" shocked people's souls, the sturdy soldiers crossed their waists with one hand, raised their heads and blew the horn, the majestic horn sound, made people excited, as if they were in the scene of the 18th Road princes discussing the Dong Hui League.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was wearing a black dragon robe, wearing a crown on his head, like nine jade beads hanging from a washboard, and a sword hanging from his waist, which was extraordinary.

His slightly chubby body, coupled with this outfit, except for a few beads on the crown, is really a bit like Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the portrait.

At this time, accompanied by the sound of passionate drums and horns, Gao Yihuan dressed and wore a sword, and went up from under the high platform, step by step to the top of the stage, and then burned incense to worship and comfort the heavens.

After waiting for the incense, he got up and took the tray in Wang Shicong's hand, then turned around, glanced at the cloud-like flags under the high platform, and the solemn soldiers, and suddenly was full of pride, and shouted loudly: "Han Zuo is unfortunate, Hu Lu invaded the south, abused the people, and the court could not protect it." At this time of crisis, the king of the Western Wei Dynasty was alone, and the land of Sanqin, Hanzhong, Henan, Northern Hubei, and Central Hubei was the Western Wei State. “

Below the high platform, the spear of the forest, raised high, shimmered in the sunlight, a silver light.

Many generals of the Wei army, Gu was excited, and together with the soldiers, they raised their weapons, raised their arms and shouted, and their voices went straight to the sky.

Gao Yihuan, who was wearing a crown robe, raised the tray above his head, feeling the cheers from the four fields, his heart was ambitious, and he gave birth to a spirit of sweeping Liuhe.

The onlookers and scholars were also shocked by the grand scene, and they all knew in their hearts that a powerful political power was rising from Guanzhong, and its momentum would rise like the sun was rising.

This ceremony cost a lot, costing 100,000 taels of silver, but it greatly boosted the morale of the people, and the Western Wei State, as a political force, officially stepped onto the stage of the world.

At this time, in the city of Xi'an, it can be said that there are many major events, in addition to the ceremony that has just been held, it is about to be the wedding of the king of the Western Wei and the princess of the Ming Dynasty, and the first imperial examination after the establishment of the Western Wei Dynasty will also be carried out in Xi'an.

Since Emperor Yang of Sui, who was eloquent and strategic, created the imperial examination, the imperial examination has gradually become an important channel for upward mobility at the bottom of the society, and it is also an important means for the government to select talents.

Although the imperial examination itself has some problems, I have to admit that he is the fairest means of selecting officials in the past generations.

As an emerging regime, the Western Wei also needed to use this means to elect officials to compete with the Manchus and Ming for talents.

Normally, the trial is held in February and March, but this time it was postponed to May.

This was originally to take care of the scholars in Guanzhong, but also because Wang Jing had just moved to Xi'an, there were too many things in various yamen to be held as scheduled, but he didn't want to postpone it, but he attracted many scholars from the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Jiangnan culture was at its peak, the imperial examination was fiercely competitive, and many of the people who failed in Nanjing heard the news that the Western Wei Dynasty would hold the examination in May, so they came all the way to try their luck.

In Shanxi and Henan, which were controlled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, some scholars were unwilling to participate in the Manchu imperial examinations, so they also quietly came to see if they could win the examination.

This situation was not possible before, but with the establishment of the Western Wei Kingdom, the situation gradually changed somewhat.

At this time, as the time of the imperial examination was getting closer and closer, the city of Xi'an became more and more lively, and nearly a thousand people from all over the country gathered in Guanzhong, which greatly exceeded the judgment of the feudal government.

The dilapidated city of Xi'an, first welcomed a large number of officials and family members who moved from southern Henan, as well as many wealthy families who accompanied them, and now ushered in so many lifts, the Fu Fan was not prepared at all, the inns and post houses in the city were not enough to live at all, and the families were full, Gao Yihuan could only give an order to set up tents or place the lifters in private houses.

Xi'an was originally a city that was in decline, and its population had plummeted, but with Gao Yi Huan's capital here, the entire city was full of vitality again, and the originally deserted shops, taverns, green buildings, and inns suddenly became popular.

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