Chapter 18: The Crowns of the Nations

With the creaking sound of the temple door opening, the elegant and magnificent music of the bell chime began to sound. Xian Yu Xiang, who is halfway up the East Dragon Tail Road, was broken by Lile, looked up, on both sides of the majestic Hanyuan Palace, Xiangluan and Qifeng two pavilions that are tactfully connected to the main hall through the curved ruler-shaped corridor, as well as the bell and drum on the second floor of the bell and drum that communicate directly with the Hanyuan Hall through the compound bridge, like the four wings of the Dapeng golden-winged bird, highlighting the majesty and ambition of the Tang Dynasty Emperor. The relatives of the emperor in front of the team and the left and right ministers of the political hall have stepped into the Hanyuan Palace, which is more than 60 zhang wide from east to west and more than 30 zhang deep from north to south, and under the guidance of the small yellow door, they walked to their couch and waited for the saint to come.

Xian Yuxiang's couch is located in the center of the east side of the main hall, and the positions of An Lushan, Ashina Yang and others are far higher than his position. "It won't be long before so-and-so must stand closer to the saint!" With such a thought, Xian Yuxiang stood in front of his couch with his ivory wat board in his hand and his face facing west.

At the moment of turning around, Xian Yuxiang noticed that among the envoys of the vassal kingdom who were entering the Hanyuan Palace, there was actually a little lady with a high nose and deep eyes. "What kind of country is this little lady, the description is very different from the delicate barbarian girl in the southwest!"

"The Holy One has arrived!" Before Liu Fengting, the inner servant in charge of the newspaper singing, had not finished speaking, and neat and powerful footsteps sounded outside the Hanyuan Palace.

Xian Yu Xiangshang, who participated in the Yuan Ri Dynasty meeting for the first time, was stunned, and saw nine sturdy warriors wearing cyan cloaks, cyan helmets, and holding green dragon flags enter from outside the hall, and quickly stood on the east side of the main hall; Then there were nine warriors who were all white and held the white tiger flag, which spread out on the west side of the main hall; Nine red warriors with the Suzaku flag guarding the south gate of the main hall; Finally, there are nine samurai in armor and holding the Xuanwu banner, behind the throne on the north side of the main hall. Xian Yuxiang found that although the number of these warriors was small, they were extremely strong, far superior to the tooth soldiers of the Jiannan Jiedu envoy.

After the thirty-six samurai stood still, the bright yellow chariot surrounded by palace maids and chamberlains stopped in front of the main hall, and the Son of Heaven, who had ruled the Eight Desolations for more than 30 years, entered the main hall with vigorous steps that were not commensurate with his age.

"Greetings to the Holy One!" All the officials in the hall bowed down to the supreme emperor in the world. When Xian Yuxiang was kneeling, he found out from the corner of his eye that the corner of the saint's clothes had passed less than a foot away from him. Xian Yuxiang suddenly felt that he was out of breath. I have been an official for more than 30 years, and this is the first time that I have been so close to a saint, and I feel like I have entered the political hall, and I can enter the palace to meet the saint at any time.

Xian Yuxiang was excited, and couldn't help but feel the pain in his heart, why can the immoral and incompetent Yang Guozhong have the power and happiness that he has never had!! Xian Yuxiang felt that his whole body was burning, as if he was in the boundless red lotus karmic fire, and he didn't even notice that his lips were bitten by his teeth.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" The magnetic voice of the saint will save Xian Yuxiang from hell. Xian Yuxiang stabilized his mind and sat upright on the couch. The Son of Heaven also sat on the throne, and the hussar general Gao Lishi stood on the side of the throne, becoming the closest person to the saint on the main hall. The Yuanri Dynasty meeting was also officially opened with the sage's sitting.

"Son-in-law greetings to his father! May my father live forever! Changle Weiyang! "The first item of the court meeting is the worship of the saint by the crown prince Li Heng. Xian Yuxiang's mood had completely calmed down at this time, and he paid attention to the prince who was kneeling on the ground and was no longer so young. Judging from his body shape alone, the prince is slightly short and fat, not as tall and thin as a saint. "The Son is not like the Father!" Xian Yuxiang intuitively understood how those boiling rumors about the prince's disobedience to the Sacred Heart came about.

Next, the rest of the princes except the crown prince stepped forward to congratulate together. Xian Yuxiang looked at the more than 20 princes, and couldn't help but sweat for the prince. The rich room is still young and Tang Tang's love, and the brothers of the heavenly family are even more cold-blooded and ruthless. There are wise and wise saints, and there are many and ambitious brothers, and the prince must be quite tormented!

However, for the matter of the country, Xian Yuxiang only sighed a little. He knew that as early as the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, many officials began to bet and stand in line. But years of ups and downs in the sea have made him know that the risk of getting involved in the country's affairs is extremely high!

You don't see it, Xuanwumen is shocked, and the party is swept out of the court; If you don't see it, the Emperor will ascend the throne, cool officials will be rampant, and the blood will rain and blood; You don't see it, the rebellion of Empress Wei and the Taiping were punished, and a generation of new people replaced the old; You don't see it, the case of the three people, the melon seedlings are thinning; You don't see it, Wei Jian and Du have neighboring cases, and the saint is angry.

Since ancient times, everything in the country has been the reverse scale of the Son of Heaven, and the courtiers must not easily intervene! How many powerful ministers and important ministers think that they can make a difference, and how many of them have a good death?

And this dynasty in the matter of the establishment of the prince system is not complete, not only the heir, not only the long, the crown prince's establishment and abolition are all in the sacred heart and the prince's own merits, so the fight is particularly fierce, the slightest carelessness, will be crushed, death without a place to bury. With such a big fire pit, the old and sophisticated Xian Yuxiang would never jump into it stupidly. As for whether others jump or not, whether they have to pick sides and take sides, that is their own creation and destiny.

The princes congratulated each other, and it was the emperor's relatives who came forward to worship. After the emperor's relatives, there are the two ministers of the political hall. Right Minister Li Linfu and Left Minister Chen. Xilie, worship the Son of Heaven together.

Li Linfu, who is rarely known to the world as a "honey-bellied sword", is quite afraid, because he has heard Zhang Qiujun, who was drunk at the banquet, say: "Although the world is big, I am only afraid of two people, one is the son of heaven, and the other is the brother slave." ”

It is reported that An Lushan, who has the greatest power and the deepest favor among the envoys of various festivals, is also afraid of the right like a tiger. As long as there were officials from Chang'an who came to Fanyang and Pinglu, An Lushan would first ask them if Li Linfu had said anything about himself recently. If there are good words, An Lushan will be so happy that he will jump and jump; If there is a slight dissatisfaction with the words, An Lushan will be frightened and sift through chaff and shout: "Oops! Someone is going to die! ”

As for Chen, who relied on the immortal Fu Rui to please the saint and became the left minister. Xilie, although he has a heart of respect, he does not have much fear.

After the left and right Xiangguo worshipped, all the subordinates in the Hanyuan Hall chanted long live together and worshiped the Son of Heaven together. In the worship of the ministers, the first stage of the Yuan Ri Dynasty meeting ended, and began to enter the stage of reciting various places and offerings.

First of all, the right minister Li Linfu recited the chapters of each way, although these articles are gorgeous, but they are nothing more than some congratulatory words of worship, which are similar in various places, and they are not listened to seriously.

The passages of each passage are written in a lot of words and are very lengthy. Xian Yuxiang felt that his calves were going numb, but the right minister did not feel tired, and the saint listened very carefully. "I guess I can't hear any of the subtle words!" Xian Yuxiang was not particularly confident in his rhetoric, so he had to bite the bullet and continue to sit upright.

It took him half an hour to finish reciting the 15 provinces of the country. Xian Yuxiang obviously felt that after reading the right phase, many people in the hall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that most of the officials are not interested in this link! But the saint likes to listen, and the officials can only accompany him.

After relaxing, Xian Yuxiang hurriedly cheered up, because the waiter under the door had already stood up and began to report auspiciousness. And after reporting auspiciousness, it will be the contribution of the household department Shangshu to report all over the country.

When the Tobu Shangshu was announced, if the sage heard about a treasure of particular interest, he would often ask the local envoy for a few words. Xian Yu prayed to the secret, hoping that when Tobe Shangshu mentioned the night rhino, he would be able to attract the attention of the saint.

The link of retribution auspiciousness ended quickly, and it was nothing more than the appearance of Jingxing and Qingyun in some places. Xian Yuxiang knew that in today's environment of Shengping in the four seas and the Qing River in Haiyan, the sage was not very interested in these relatively ethereal auspiciousness, so he repeatedly issued edicts to let the government hall strictly investigate the false reporting of auspiciousness, and standardize the process of reporting auspiciousness layer by layer, so as to reduce the speculative heart of officials.

“…… Jiannan Jiedu envoy Zhang Qiu and Qiong Jin offered a night rhino and four sapphires. "Tobe Shangshu unhurriedly read the list of treasures offered from all over the country.

And Xian Yuxiang felt that his heart was about to beat into his throat. In just a few hours on the morning of the first day, Xian Yuxiang continued to be sad and joyful, and the ups and downs of the mood were even more steep than the peaks of Yizhou.

"Luminous rhino? Why is this? The sage lightly opened the jade sound and interrupted the book of the household.

"Where is the envoy of the Jiannan Dynasty? Out of the queue echo! Gao Lishi sang loudly and glanced at Liu Fengting next to him.

"Weichen Jiannan Jie Du makes Chang Shi Xianyu see Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! Xian Yuxiang hurriedly got up from his couch and knelt down in front of the throne: "This night rhino comes from the South China Sea Buddha Qi country, about a foot long, the whole body is milky white, the night can be self-evident, and the light is a hundred steps. According to the sea merchants of the Buddha Qi country, this is the Buddha Qi Rui beast Tianjiao rhinoceros left when it soared, which is precious and abnormal. In addition, after Zhang Qiu made Jun obtain the treasure rhino, he searched for four sapphires in the Western Regions and placed them around the treasure rhino, showing the sign of the spirit rhino looking at the moon and the stars in the sky. ”

In the middle of the reciprocal play, the four small yellow doors had already carried the luminous rhinoceros into the Hanyuan Hall from the square and placed it in front of the throne.

Xian Yuxiang was so nervous that he was covered in slush, and he repeatedly thought about whether what he had just played was complete and thorough.

"What a spirit rhino looking at the moon and starry sky!" The saint stood up from his throne and picked up the luminous rhinoceros and played with it. The lights in the hall are slightly dimmer than the morning light outside the hall, and the milky white rhino horns emit a faint white light, intertwined with the blue light of sapphires, as if they were condensed together stars and moons.

"Your Majesty! The spirit rhino looking at the moon and the stars in the sky are auspicious signs, indicating that the Tang Dynasty is diligent and the people are healthy! Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! Seeing Yang Zhao come out and pat the sage's ass, Xian Yuxiang's heart that had been hanging finally let go, and he no longer worried about whether there was a leak in the echo just now.

"This Yang Zhao's flamboyant tongue skills are improving!" Yang Zhao's gesture also made Xian Yu feel at ease in his heart, as if he saw the position of Jiannan Jiedu envoy beckoning to him.

"Yang Qing is right, this is a gratifying thing. Zhang Qiuqing and Xian Yuqing are both attentive! The affirmation of the saint made Xian Yu Xiang overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down with the ministers in the main hall to congratulate the Son of Heaven.