Chapter 437: Enthronement Ceremony
Like the general king ascending the throne, first Princess Xiaoxiang first went to the Temple of Heaven in the Western Xia Imperial City for the king to worship and received the imperial power from the gods, and then came back to be crowned king after reciting the edict through the ministers, and finally rewarded the meritorious deeds with a big feast.
Princess Xiaoxiang because she is the first queen of Western Xia, so the title of this king can not be sun, after the unanimous discussion of the minister, Lu Xiaoyu and others were asked, and finally compromised to take the name of the Holy Mother God King, and since then Western Xia has its own first queen.
On the dragon chair, the incense queen is high, and her eyes reveal the innate nobility that a royal person should have, and her gestures reflect the demeanor of a king. I only heard her say slowly: "There is still a lot to learn from this king's first ascension to the great treasure, and I hope you will give more opinions." Today, I would like to take this opportunity to speak freely, and the widow will never blame you. ”
The ministers were all shocked by the domineering spirit of Queen Xiang just now, and now they don't know where to start when they want to give their opinions.
Seeing that all the ministers of Western Xia did not speak, Queen Xiang saw the two brothers Lu Xiaoyu and Lu Xiaoyu standing in the corner next to her, and smiled at them very exceptionally: "Do the two Southern Chu masters have any special opinions on the future of Western Xia?" ”
Lu Xiaoyu and Lu Xiaoyu originally did not plan to come to participate in the enthronement ceremony of Queen Xiang, after all, this is someone else's country's own business, and the two of them have nothing to interfere in Nanchu. But Queen Xiang now has special trust in the two of them, and especially calls them good friends of Western Xia, and makes them the protector warriors of Western Xia. So as people with status, they must also participate in this enthronement, originally thinking that they would just stay quietly in the corner and enjoy Queen Xiang's domineering, but they didn't expect the queen to name the two of them to speak this time.
The two of them, you look at me and I look at you, both want to let the other party say, and in the end, it was Lu Xiaoyu, as the eldest brother, who had a slight opinion on this political policy, so he said: "Her Royal Highness, I do have a few words I want to say, but I am afraid that the tone will make you unhappy, so you can forgive me for not being guilty!" ”
Queen Xiang really had something to say when she heard what Lu Xiaoyu meant, of course she didn't want to miss this precious opinion, and said happily: "Why did Lu Warrior say this? This king has already said that everyone can speak freely, of course you don't have to worry about the weight of what you say, as long as it is helpful to us in the future and the problems that exist now, you can say it. I will only reward you, and I will never blame you. ”
With Queen Xiang's words, Lu Xiaoyu was relieved, and he said boldly: "It is exactly what you said, the queen, you were ordered to take over the throne of the king of Western Xia and become the queen of Western Xia." Although dissidents have been eradicated, the country is still in a state of internal and external troubles. The people are no longer as wealthy as in previous years, and the small people do not want to avoid this issue, and I would like to point out that this is due to the inaction of the Western Xia kings in recent years. ”
As soon as Lu Xiaoyu's words came out, the Western Xia ministers below were like exploding a pot, and they spoke one after another, discussing how this Southern Chu man was so bold, let him speak freely, he really said anything, and even said this kind of offense. But the queen listened to it with relish, and did not blame him at all, so the ministers did not dare to attack.
Lu Xiaoyu saw that Queen Xiang was not angry, and continued: "So after the queen ascended the throne, Xiaomin thought that agriculture, commerce, and children's education should be vigorously expanded, which were the three most important tasks to be done in Western Xia. This agriculture is to make the people have food and clothing, this business is to make the people rich, and this education is to make people wise. So what I want to say is that everything is people-oriented, so that the country can have long-term peace and stability. ”
Lu Xiaoyu's rhetoric may not be able to make a wave at all in modern times, because this is the truth that our country now believes. But in feudal society, especially in a country like the Western Xia that won the world on horseback, they didn't know how to better defend the world. They only know how to rob others, but they don't know how to create their own. Although Lu Xiaoyu's words sound shocking to them now, they will only know the beauty of this way of governing the country when they really put it into practice.
"Lu Yong, the shortcomings of Western Xia that you put forward are indeed to the point, and others dare not say it. My father, the king, also blamed himself deeply, so he asked me to govern Western Xia well. But I don't quite understand agriculture, business, and education when you're talking about that. Our Western Xia is a country on horseback, so our ancestors hope that we will not forget that we used to belong to the grassland, and asking for so many fields is an act of forgetting our ancestors. Queen Xiang said embarrassedly.
Lu Xiaoyu explained: "In fact, this governance is like cooking small fresh, you can't rush to burn it, since there are still many places in Western Xia that do not match this actual situation, then you can't modify it too hastily, and you also need to build it according to your own actual situation." As for the practices I have just mentioned, I will then draw up a detailed plan for Her Royal Highness to pass on to you, and you will know at a glance that if there is anything that needs to be modified, you can also correct it according to the actual situation of Western Xia, and you don't have to listen to my family. ”
Hearing that Lu Xiaoyu was willing to write a detailed plan for governing the country for Western Xia, Queen Xiang was overjoyed and insisted on rewarding Lu Xiaoyu with gold and silver treasures. But how could Lu Xiaoyu suffer it?
In the end, under the stalemate, Lu Xiaoyu proposed: "Actually, I think that Western Xia can establish a charitable foundation. The so-called charitable foundation refers to a non-profit organization established in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations for the purpose of engaging in the cause of repaying the people by using the property donated by all the people, officials, and even the imperial court. In this way, it can be regarded as taking from the people and giving it to the people. ”
The first time Queen Xiang heard that the minister was going to give the reward given by the king to the people as some kind of charitable fund, she was impressed by Lu Xiaoyu's idea that money is like dung and people-oriented. He immediately agreed to his suggestion to establish a charitable foundation in Western Xia, with Lu Xiaoyu in charge of this foundation.
The officials originally thought that it would be okay for Lu Xiaoyu to make a small opinion, but now he has set up a foundation, which is to squeeze out the small treasury of the officials! Since the power of Chang Gonggong has just been purged, now the officials are very afraid that they will be involved. Originally, I thought that the queen would discuss with the officials again before making a decision, but I didn't expect Queen Xiang to directly agree to Lu Xiaoyu's suggestion, and she really couldn't say it.
In this way, the first Xixia Charity Foundation in history was born, and Lu Xiaoyu became the first honorary president.