Gao Tanglong bravely continued:
"God's will says that before the palace is completed, someone else will control it. This is a warning from heaven. You must be careful and careful. Your Majesty regards me as your heart. This is what I say from the bottom of my heart. Although I have disobeyed your Majesty, I still want to do it." I hope Your Majesty will think carefully about this!"
After hearing this, Cao Rui couldn't help but change his expression. Gao Tanglong's words were like a bucket of cold water. Although they dampened his mood, they also really woke him up.
Today, Sima Yi does have too much power in his hands, and he really has to guard against it.
After Cao Rui pondered for a long time, he already had a plan in mind, and he said:
"This time the general has made great achievements in resisting the Shu invaders. I originally wanted to promote him to the rank of Grand Sima, ranking above the three princes. However, considering that the late Changping Zhuanghou Cao Wenlie and Shaoling Yuanhou Cao Zidan both passed away in this post, I am now appointed as Grandmaster. It seems ominous that the general is the Grand Sima. In my opinion, it is not easy for the general to be away from the capital this time, and his saddle and horse are tired. It is better to make him a Taiwei and order him to the capital to rest. The military in Yongliang is temporarily closed. Let Guo Huaitong take the photo."
"Your Majesty is holy."
Gao Tanglong finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Cao Rui's decision.
Liu Fang and Sun Zi couldn't help but gasped. Marquis Wuyang gave up the military power in Jingzhou and conquered Zhuge in the west. He finally achieved this great success, but in the end not only failed to retain the position of general, but also lost the military power in Yongliang.
Gao Tanglong, this person must be guarded against.
The two of them lowered their heads and were speechless, thinking this in their hearts.
Soon after, Dahonglu, Liu Ye, and Liu Ziyang. This first-rate counselor of the Wei Dynasty passed away peacefully in his Dongtinghou Mansion. After careful consideration, the emperor gave him the posthumous title: Jinghou.
Buyi Xinggang said Jing.
Perhaps, this celebrity, elder, or old man who was either confused for a moment and was in danger of losing his life, or who had his own difficulties and was depressed for the rest of his life, was finally forgiven by the emperor...
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Since the death of Zhuge Kongming in Western Shu, Cao Rui suddenly felt that his achievements were successful and the country would no longer have any major troubles.
Therefore, he, who was originally conscientious and diligent, began to gradually indulge himself. Cao Rui, who was originally interested in gorgeous palaces, immediately began to carry out large-scale construction projects. He issued an edict to recruit civilians to build and renovate palaces and gardens throughout the empire.
Cao Rui has long forgotten the principles of the ancient sages: if you enter, you will be helpless, if you leave, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will perish, and then you will know that you are born in sorrow and die in happiness.
What is born from sorrow and dies from happiness?
The emperor just felt that under his own governance, the current Wei Dynasty was not only growing in national power, but as for the enemy countries, Zhuge Kongming, who was a threat to him, had died, and the new city of Hefei in the southeast had been established, and Sun Quan could no longer shake the Wei Dynasty. The border is gone.
And he was only in his thirties, at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period. He only had to wait for the decline of the Shu Han and the death of Sun Quan. Who else in the world could be his opponent?
At this moment, the emperor was so proud and complacent that he also forgot the principle of "one big effort, then another failure, three times all". Shu Han has no Zhuge Kongming, and Soochow has no Sun Zhongmou and Lu Boyan. Will they really decline completely?
The emperor didn't think about this problem at this time. Maybe he didn't think about this hidden danger. Maybe he was tired and didn't want to think about these things at all now. Years of battles and worries have indeed made Cao Rui, a young man who should be a lively and vigorous man, somewhat exhausted mentally and physically.
Throughout the ages, countless emperors who were supposed to be wise kings and sage rulers were defeated by the word laziness. The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty did not know at this moment whether their emperor would be like those losers who gave up halfway and turned from virtuous masters into cowardly kings.
No one will tell them the answer.
The first renovation and renovation work started was the Luoyang Palace at the foot of the emperor. Cao Rui was dissatisfied with the scale of the existing Luoyang Palace and recruited craftsmen to build the Zhaoyang Palace on the open space of Luoyang Imperial City, still building on the original foundation. The Tai Chi Hall was continued to be renovated, and in addition, a majestic general chapter was built that was more than ten feet high.
This general chapter temple, plus other newly built and old temples in Luoyang, make a total of nine temples. These nine temples and the three major cities of Luoyang Imperial City were later called "Three Cities and Nine Temples" by the people.
The name of this general chapter comes from the sentence "The emperor lives on the left side of the general chapter" in the "Book of Rites·Yue Ling", which means that the emperor observed all things and surveyed billions of living things during the age of Meng Qiu.
These magnificent palaces and pavilions alone have made the people who have been fighting and working endlessly for years miserable. But Cao Rui seemed to be addicted and had no intention of letting the people stop.
In order to make it easier for him to go boating and swimming in the palace, he once again issued an edict to adjust the water system of the Imperial City of Luoyang, and ordered the civilian men recruited to dig out water channels and divert the Yi River to pass in front of the Jiulong Palace in the imperial city. As for the people, no matter how miserable and tired they are, as long as the emperor and officials are willing to give them a bite of food, they will not think of resisting.
Cao Rui was not so unsympathetic to the people from the beginning. Since his childhood, he had studied under Gao Tanglong, a great scholar of the dynasty, and studied Confucian principles. He was well aware of the principle of benevolent governance of the king, the boat and the people, and he naturally felt at ease in his heart. He has a heart to love the people, but he has been a prince and grandson growing up in this palace with good food and clothing since he was a child. After all, he still does not understand how deep the suffering of the billions of people he supports has suffered.
In the past few months, Cao Rui has been drinking and feasting all day long with a group of casual knights, relatives, friends and favored ministers by the bank of the larger drinking canal he recently dug in the south of Tianyuan Pond; , living with his own wives and concubines in the eight squares where many talented concubines lived.
At this moment, Cao Rui was leaning on the railings of the jade well carved with jade outside the newly built wedge hall on the west bank of Tianyuan Pool in the imperial city, looking at the splendid imperial city in front of him. Beside him, there was a mouth full of luxury and beauty. The luxurious jade well. At this time, if someone takes a closer look in the jade well, he will find that there is a wonderful scene of a dragon spitting water and a toad sucking water created by skilled craftsmen. Not only that, beside the jade well, There are also exquisite statues of bronze and iron giants, fish and dragons.
The Queen Mother, Queen Guo, is currently sitting on the distinguished seat arranged by the emperor with the support of Qingluan, the eldest maid of Yongshou Palace.
In addition, Queen Mao and Cao Rui's concubines and talents were scattered in their seats.
Empress Dowager Guo's brother-in-law General Zhaode, Guanjin Marquis Guo Biao, Shesheng Colonel Zhen Xiang, Sanqi Changshi, Kaiyang Marquis Bian Lan, Infantry Colonel Bian Lin and other relatives were also present.
Today's banquet is a family banquet specially organized by Emperor Cao Rui to showcase the various clever toys created by Dr. Ma Jun.
At this moment, Dr. Ma Jun was playing with the Sinan car he made specially for the emperor.
The Sinan chariot was originally a legendary object from the Yan and Huang dynasties. It is said that Huangdi Xuanyuan once fought with Chi You. Chi You's capable men and foreigners were able to call upon the wind and rain, causing the Yellow Emperor's soldiers to lose direction and unable to fight. Huangdi Xuanyuan built a compass chariot, which allowed the Yellow Emperor to build a compass chariot. The soldiers under his command were able to re-identify their direction and finally defeated Chi You.
But this thing exists in the legend after all, and the world has always regarded this legend as a wonderful story.
But it wasn't until Ma Jun, a doctor specializing in ingenuity in this dynasty, claimed that he had built a compass that Cao Rui began to believe in this legend.
He didn't have to believe what others said, but he had to believe what Dr. Ma Jun and Ma Deheng said.
This Ma Jun is from Fufeng. Although he was born in poverty and had a stutter since childhood and was not good at talking, he has extraordinary attainments in craftsmanship and machinery.
The Wei Dynasty was able to quickly go from being devastated after the war to recuperating to a situation where people are now living and working in peace and contentment, and even Ma Jun's whimsical ideas are indispensable.
Ma Jun once saw that the looms used by the people were inconvenient to operate, so he used his ingenuity to simplify the treadmills, modify the looms, and created a new, exquisite and practical jacquard damask loom. The people used this new machine to weave damask and brocade. The unique patterns are deeply loved by dignitaries, and many poor people have even escaped from poverty and helplessness. Not only that, he also built an overturning car that the people called a keel waterwheel. This overturning car can lead river water up the hillside. It is a hundred times more clever than usual and is extremely light when used. Even a child can turn it. This also saved a lot of labor when the people were engaged in farming. This was also a great move by Ma Jun to benefit the people.
At this moment, all the royal family and nobles were looking attentively at Ma Jun in the hall and the compass he was playing with.
After Ma Jun fiddled with it for a while, the compass wheel made a "click" sound, and then the bronze man on the car actually pointed his arm towards the south!
At this moment, Ma Jun wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally showed a satisfied smile.
Cao Rui, Queen Mother Guo, Queen Mao, as well as Guo Biao, Bian Lan, Zhen Xiang and others also expressed their admiration.
Cao Rui was very satisfied. He looked at the exquisite compass behind Ma Jun and couldn't help but sigh:
"Deheng, you have indeed lived up to my expectations. You really made this compass!"
Ma Jun just smiled modestly at this moment:
"Your Majesty, I have only restored Emperor Xuanyuan's compass. How dare you claim to have created it yourself?"
Hearing this, Cao Rui couldn't help laughing and said:
"So, Deheng has more exquisite and original creations?"
Ma Jun bowed and said:
"I do have a new and exquisite thing that I would like to present here to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Queen, and all your lords!"
When Cao Rui heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.
The Queen Mother Guo, Queen Mao, Kaiyang Marquis Bian Lan, Guanjin Marquis Guo Biao, Infantry Colonel Bian Lin, Shesheng Colonel Zhen Xiang, as well as the Disciple Cavalry General Cao Zhao, Wuwei General Cao Shuang and others are also curious. Incessantly.
At this moment, everyone was thinking secretly that Ma Junyou and the wonderful objects could open their eyes.
In this way, with the permission of Emperor Cao Rui and the expectation of everyone at the table, Ma Jun commanded four Forbidden Army soldiers to carry the things he had made to the hall.
