Chapter 8: Tianbao

On the fifth day of the lunar month, the Hanyuan Hall is in the five major dynasties, although the emperor is often absent, but the ministers and ministers in the capital have to go to the palace, and Xue Chongxun also takes a carriage into the palace to meet and walk around with the ministers. When the guard of honor had just passed by the edge of the canal, they suddenly heard a loud "boom", and the water splashed on the surface of the river, and the pedestrians on the shore were all shocked. Xue Chongxun's guards hurriedly stopped, and the cavalry rushed to both sides of the carriage and surrounded Xue Chongxun's carriage.

A black mass emerged from the river, and I saw a "man" wearing a black robe and a two-winged official hat, standing on the water on foot. "O river god!" The officials and people on the road shouted, and many ordinary people hurriedly fell to the ground and kowtowed.

Xue Chongxun hurriedly got down from the carriage and watched the situation in the river from afar, when the black-robed god raised his arm and pointed to this side, shouting, "Come and receive the heavenly treasure!" Xue Chongxun looked surprised, and slowly walked to the river surrounded by everyone.

A white light suddenly appeared in the hand of the black-robed god, because he was completely black, and the contrast was extra conspicuous when he was holding a snow-white thing in his hand, he raised the thing in his hand and threw it on the riverbank, throwing it towards Xue Chongxun. This thing didn't throw it accurately, it was a bit too high, but fortunately, Xue Chongxun was a martial arts practitioner, so he jumped and stretched out his arm to finally catch it.

Seeing this, the black-robed god suddenly dived into the water and disappeared, and after a while, a white crane suddenly appeared on the water, fluttered on the water surface a few times, chirped, and flew towards the sky.

Su Jin on the side reacted the fastest, and immediately knelt down in front of Xue Chongxun and shouted: "Heaven sent the gods to give the treasure seal, the mandate of heaven cannot be violated, please Xue Lang obey the mandate of heaven and reign in the world!" ”

Xue Chongxun was surprised, flipped the jade in his hand and looked at it, and read the words on it: "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity." "Sure enough, it's a divine right of kingship.

The staff and guards dismounted one after another, fell down on the road and shouted: "Your Majesty Xià Wanshou Sheji Yongchang." ”

The pedestrians on both sides of the Cao River all fell down on the side of the road in awe, and after a while, they didn't know where people brought incense and candles and lit them by the river. Xue Chongxun faintly heard a sentence from the wind: "The Bodhisattva blesses my son with a serious illness......

Xue Chongxun and others stayed in Caohe for a while and continued to ride into the court. At this time, many ministers heard about what was happening by the river and persuaded them to their faces. When I arrived at the Hanyuan Palace, I saw Emperor Li Chengning standing in the hall with a jade seal in his hand, and the eunuch Yu Liben on the side announced that he had summoned Chan Rang.

Xue Chongxun was stunned in the middle of the hall, and all the ministers looked sideways, except for one person who strongly persuaded him to ascend the throne, the people did not say a word. Many people are looking forward to watching him, especially the officials and generals who often come to the Jin Palace, their faces are red at this moment.

I am afraid that this matter was made up by Su Jin and others, Xue Chongxun was stunned for a while, and wondered in his heart, how did the "black-headed man" on the river float on the water, could it be that he made a pile in the river? It's hard to come out of the water in this cold winter.

He took out the jade seal he got from Hegong from his bosom and looked at it: Now should I take advantage of the situation?

As if in a dream, Xue Chongxun secretly bit the tip of his tongue, and suddenly a real pain came, and he couldn't help frowning. There were many people who wanted their own lives, but those people disappeared into the void, and they were still alive and well, and the throne above was in front of them; There have been many challenges, so why back down at this juncture?

Xue Chongxun couldn't think about it, and there was only one thought in his heart: I am not sitting alone in this seat, even if some people are dissatisfied, many people want to defend it.

He coughed, and suddenly found that he was a little unfavorable in speaking: "The ministers persuaded him three times, and refused to get ...... Today, I dare not disobey the treasure seal. ”

…… Early the next morning, there was a very novel "power transfer ceremony" in Chang'an City, the Mingguang Army of Wugong County marched to the Mingde Gate overnight, and then the drums sounded loudly, and the flag with the word "Tang" written on the city gate was slowly lowered, and then the flagpole was hung with the word "Jin" flag, and the other gates followed the banner of the Tang Dynasty and dropped the flagpole one after another.

The qiē proceeded calmly and smoothly, and there was no disturbance in the city at all. Although the footsteps of the army on Suzaku Street have been ringing, they are all moving in an orderly manner, and the Northern Ya Forbidden Army was ordered to transfer out of Xuanzhongmen to the north, and the Southern Ya Shangfan troops went out from Myeongdeokmen to distribute the military town garrisons in Gyeonggi. The palace and city defenses changed hands, and the Shence Army and the Mingguang Army took control of the defenses.

After the transfer of military power, a copy of the edict was posted at each gate, and the officials read it there, so that the illiterate could also know what had happened. This can be regarded as summoning the world to change the dynasty. The surname of the new dynasty is Xue, as early as the world's expectation, the country name was changed to "Jin", and the year name was changed to "Tianbao" this year, taking the meaning of the gods to drink "to confer Tianbao", which also means that the Son of Heaven is a person who is favored by God.

Many scholars wept bitterly immediately when they heard about the change, and some of them threw down their official seals and took off their official robes on the same day and went directly to their hometowns, but there was still no shortage of people who sang the praises of virtue, and the local government was also operating normally, and it was gratifying that there were no riots for the time being. Those who claim to be loyal ministers can only express their dissatisfaction with their resignations, and few people are willing to directly organize armed confrontation, after all, the rulers have a complete set of civil and military equipment, and it is meaningless to hit a stone with an egg.

Some ministers wrote to Xue Chongxun to move the capital and ascend the throne in Luoyang. However, after Xue Chongxun discussed with the strategists, he thought that after the smooth transportation of Caoyun, Chang'an would not lack materials, and he would have the advantage of the terrain, and he would be more royal in Guanzhong. Chang'an is the hometown of the Qin Dynasty, and militarily defends the eastern part of the country, and there is a fortress of Xiongguan, which is very dominant; At the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, we had to anticipate possible crises. As for the Guanlong military generals before the Tang Dynasty, they had little strength after the Wu Zetian Dynasty, just like Cheng Qianli was actually a Guanlong noble, and obviously became a relative of the Xue family. It is likely that the Shandong scholars will really rise up against the new regime.

After some preparations, Xue Chongxun was able to proclaim himself emperor in the south of the Taiji Palace, the old palace of the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time issued an edict to amnesty the world, reduce the taxes of some states and counties for one year, and half of the taxes of the whole world. Xue Chongxun wanted to completely exempt the people's hearts, but in the past few years, the number of troops used in successive years was huge, and it became a problem to not collect taxes and military expenses for a year. Therefore, for ordinary people, such a change of dynasty has not gone through natural disasters and military disasters, and it cannot but be said to be a good thing, who is the emperor has nothing to do with ordinary people, and the peasant pawns at the national policy level do not understand.

Xue Chongxun held the enthronement ceremony in Taiji Palace because this palace is located in a better location directly north of Chang'an City. However, the Taiji Palace is low and will be very cloudy and humid in summer, and the political center will not be transferred because of this, and the pattern of Daming Palace should be continued.

Sure enough, after the ceremony, Xue Chongxun moved to the Daming Palace, and only his wife Li Yan'er went with him, and the rest of the family still lived in the King of Jin and had not had time to arrange.

Until late at night, he was still in the Xuanzheng Palace, and the excuse was naturally diligence. In fact, he was not sleepy because of excitement, it was not the first time he came to Daming Palace, but he used to either sit under the stage or stand on one side, and it was indeed the first time to sit on the throne like now.

There were many pieces in front of him, most of them singing praises of virtue, and he didn't read a word, he couldn't read it at all, he just sat here and felt his new identity. With his hand on the armrest of the throne, this feeling is like holding a qiē under the sky in his hand, and his eyes are sparkling without tiredness: from now on, I can do whatever I want, and have the highest absolute power!

The time has come to the third watch, and there is no one in the palace except for some eunuchs and palace maids on duty, but Xue Chongxun feels that the hall is still full of civil and military officials listening to his orders. And there are at least tens of thousands of beauties in this palace! Changing one every day can be changed for thirty years, Xue Chongxun showed a smile on his face, and suddenly thought that they would all be old after thirty years. Can those concubines of the previous dynasty play? His smile gradually disappeared, it was indeed a problem to treat the Li family, and the first thing should be to go to Huaqing Palace to meet Princess Taiping.

"Your Majesty hasn't rested yet?" A voice interrupted Xue Chongxun's thoughts, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Yu Liben. Yu Liben said: "The imperial chef cooked some meat soup for His Majesty. ”

Xue Chongxun said: "I'm really hungry. After that, he pretended to pick up a piece of music and looked at it, still thinking about the beauties of Daming Palace in his heart.

At this time, Sanniang on the side stopped the palace maid who served the food, picked up the spoon and scooped a little into a small bowl, tasted it herself, and then let them go. Yu Liben was a little unhappy when he saw this, obviously the little lady beside Xue Chongxun was afraid that the food would be poisonous. Yu Liben thought to himself: The miscellaneous family is still doing internal things, can the miscellaneous family not know how to prevent trouble, and don't believe in the miscellaneous family? ”

Xue Chongxun's love tonight is indeed a little fluctuating, maybe the sudden thing has too much impact on him, sometimes he is very excited, sometimes he is worried, afraid of being driven off the throne. In short, it is both happy and worried, with mixed feelings.

He had eaten supper, but still did not feel sleepy, so he took out a book from his bosom and looked at it, "The Biography of Wang Mang", a booklet cut from the "Book of Han" and re-ordered, the cover was white paper, and there was nothing. He has read this article several times, and he has many opinions on the successes and failures in it, but he is not in the Han Dynasty, and these stories are compiled by later generations according to the data, I don't know what the actual situation is.

Sanniang saw the joy and sorrow on his face, and couldn't help but say, "Lang Jun is planning to live here?" ”

Xue Chongxun was puzzled: "This is the palace, I was supported by the ministers to the throne, where do I live if I don't live here?" At this time, it is absolutely impossible to build a new palace on a large scale, and the Daming Palace was originally well repaired. ”

Sanniang whispered worriedly: "Here are all people from the previous dynasty. ”

Xue Chongxun suddenly smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, the real danger must not be the villain (the eunuch palace maid with no status) but the gentleman." ”G