Kangtaicheng was built and the side hall of Chongxun Palace was built.
Since the beginning of the war between Qin and Jin, Emperor Jin, together with Du Mingshi's disciple Jingyuan Zhenren and dozens of other Taoists, gathered in Chongxun Palace to chant sutras and pray.
On this day, on the left side of Emperor Jin, there was an extra Empress Dowager Li Lingrong. She was long and black in color. She was the biological mother of Emperor Jin. What is surprising is that the empress dowager was actually a Kunlun slave.
Kunlun covers the South Pacific region, and Kunlun slaves mainly refer to servants from there, most of whom are Negritos from Southeast Asia, also commonly known as black people.
There are also a small number of black people who came to Jin Dynasty with the Arabs.
When the late emperor was still King of Langya, he was near Budu and had no children for many years, so he invited Master Du Zigong and Du Ming to come to the palace to check.
Master Du Ming recommended Li Lingrong to the late emperor among all the women in the palace. Unexpectedly, the Kunlun slave became pregnant half a year later, and gave birth to the current emperor and the brother Sima Daozi, the king of Kuaiji. Promoted to Queen Mother.
Langya King Sima Daozi was still sitting on the side of Emperor Jin. Emperor Jin closed his eyes and recited, while Sima Daozi's eyes were rolling around, completely absent-minded.
Sima Daozi, the king of Langya, simply did not believe that Xie An could defeat Qin Wang Fu Jian's million Qin army with a mere 80,000 Beifu Jin army. While the Jin emperor and the real people were concentrating on praying, he secretly asked his confidant secretary Prime Minister Wang Guobao made preparations to move from Jiankang to Kuaiji.
Wang Guobao and the soldiers, clerks, and bookkeepers of Prince Langya's Palace rushed to move the palace's valuables, which immediately alarmed the government and the public in the capital.
Xie An received the report and couldn't bear it anymore. What if this caused civil unrest in Jiankang? Xie An, the prime minister who had always been leisurely and leisurely, was furious at this moment. He immediately waved his hand and wrote down an order and handed it over to the Duguan Cao (Ministry of Punishment) of the Shangshu Province for execution.
After receiving the Prime Minister's order and Du Guan Cao Xingwen, Du Guan Cao's officials immediately led dozens of Cao's yamen officials to seize Wang Guobao and others, and read out in the street: "Xie Prime Minister's order: Secretary Cheng Wang Guobao and others misappropriated the palace's property and disrupted the construction." The common people of Kang should be punished in public with fifty floggings to serve as a warning to others."
The officers and soldiers rushed forward in unison, held down Wang Guobao, the clerks, and the chief clerk, and gave each of them fifty bamboo whips.
As a result, a scandal involving the Langya Palace that disturbed Jiankang was revealed to the public.
Jin Emperor Sima Changming, who looked uneasy, looked at the pale sunlight outside the hall with fear and fear, and silently prayed for the blessing of the heavenly master.
Sun Tai had a clear understanding and deliberately raised his voice to recite: "What is the fate of heaven? What is the location of earth? What is the struggle between the sun and the moon? Who advocates what? What is the principle? Who can live without anything and act on it?" Is it that the body is silent but has no choice? Is it that the mind is running but cannot stop evil? The cloud is like rain? The rain is like cloud? Which Longshi is..."
Wang Guobao, who was wounded by whips, returned to the side hall, walked directly to Sima Daozi, and complained to him.
Wang Guobao pressed his earlobe against his ear, pouring beans from a bamboo tube, telling the story one by one. A cold smile gradually appeared on the corner of Sima Daozi's fake smile!
"The cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys are cooked, the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden, the enemy's country is destroyed, and the counselor is dead."
"When Qin falls, the Xie family will also go downhill. Just wait! Our good days are coming soon..."
When Emperor Jin left the side hall and returned to the Taiji East Hall, his buttocks were still hot from sitting down. The palace officials came to report that there was an urgent military situation at the border. It was no wonder that the palace officials were nervous and their words were vague for a while. Emperor Jin did not know that it was a good news.
"Your Majesty, this is a great victory! Our king's army defeated a million Qin troops, beheaded the Qin army's commander Yangping Gong Fu Rong, shot and wounded Qin King Fu Jian, and recovered Shouyang City. Congratulations to your majesty!"
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty."
The people in the palace fell on the ground to congratulate the emperor, and at the same time congratulated themselves for avoiding the misfortune of destroying their country and family!
Emperor Jin eagerly cut open Hong Ling's feathers and carefully took out the good news. It was not until he finished silently reciting every word without missing a word that he came back to his senses. He really couldn't believe that a mere 80,000 Jin troops could defeat Qin at Feishui. The country’s million-strong army!
"Immediately send the general in the palace to transport money and food to reward the army without delay."
"Instruct Xie Xiang to sort out the ministers who have contributed to this great battle. I will personally reward these mainstays of the Jin Dynasty!"
"Tonight, I will summon all the clan officials to the palace and hold a big banquet to celebrate the great victory. Then I will spread the good news to the people. I also want to celebrate with the people."
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The next day, there was a court meeting.
Whenever the emperor gives orders to civil and military ministers, they are called Chao when they see them in spring, Zong when they see them in summer, Hajime when they see them in autumn, and Yu when they see them in winter. Under the Jin system, there are three dynasties in a year, namely the New Year's Day at the beginning of the year, the Winter Solstice at the end of the year, and the Emperor's Wanshou Festival. The other important court affairs need to be handled.
"His Majesty the Emperor arrives at Temporal Palace of Virtue, and all the civil and military ministers welcome him!"
The new eunuch Wang Zhen helped Emperor Ning, who had dim and dark eyes, come from the side hall. When he reached the throne room, His Majesty climbed up the stairs. Wang Zhen secretly glanced at the huge court team and then sang loudly.
At the same time, four censors at the censor's desk were holding the imperial hut in front of His Majesty, and four more censors were distributed behind the ministers in the Taiji Hall. After the eight people paid their respects to the Emperor of Jin, they turned to stand facing the ministers. The meeting begins.
"I will bow to His Majesty the Emperor..." Prime Minister Xie An read the prayer. Upon hearing this, all the civil and military officials bowed and saluted.
The Jin emperor wore a black turban on his head, a sky-reaching crown, and a flat crown. On the crown that reaches the sky, with a round front and a round back, there are white pearls hanging down, with ten or two charms.
The black dragon robe has a soap top and a crimson bottom, the first three and the last four. The clothes are painted and embroidered, depicting the sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, Chinese insects, algae, fire, pink rice, 黼[fǔ], The image of 黻[fú], this is the emperor's twelve chapters of uniform.
After Jin Emperor Sima Changming looked around at the ministers, his chamberlain helped him sit on the throne.
"Without courtesy." Jin Emperor Sima Changming raised his hand, and the chamberlain said in a high-pitched voice. After a grand ceremony, the civil and military officials, led by Prime Minister Xie An, lined up on both sides and took their seats.
Emperor Ning glanced at Zhuge Ying lightly, greeted Wang Zhen who was standing beside him, and whispered for a while. He saw Wang Zhen slowly leaving the palace. Emperor Jin looked at the ministers and said calmly: "Today's dynasty, the main thing is... It is a matter of discussing the rewards for those who have contributed to the Battle of Feishui."
All the ministers looked at each other in confusion, but no one was willing to be the first to step forward. At this time, Emperor Jin ordered two eunuchs to deliver a thick ball of mats to Prime Minister Xie An.
"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty."
After Xie An knelt down, the court meeting officially began.
In the hands of Emperor Jin, there was a book of achievements drafted by Xie An overnight. Emperor Jin skipped them one by one. Xie Shi, the general of the expedition and the commander of the expedition, as the commander of the Beifu soldiers, Taiwan soldiers and tribes, naturally ranked first, followed closely behind. The most important ones are Xie Xuan, the vanguard champion general and the vanguard commander, Zhu Xu, the general of Xizhonglang and the governor of Liangzhou, Liu Laozhi, the general of Yingyang and the prime minister of Guangling, Xie Yan, the general of the auxiliary country, Huan Yi, the general of Zhonglang, and the Jin emperor ignored them. These nobles had high-ranking titles, and they directly locked in the last inconspicuous name in their merit list - Xu Xiao.
Regarding Xu Xiao's achievements, Xie An only mentioned a few words - killing the enemy commander Fu Rong, special promotion to the third level, and making him a captain.
"Who is this Captain Xu Xiao?" Emperor Jin asked an unknown person for no reason. None of the civil and military officials got used to it. The most important thing was that no one knew who the Emperor said Captain Xu Xiao was.
"Your Majesty, the Weichen Censor Guo Shang knows about this person, and I hope that your Majesty will allow the Weichen to answer your Majesty's questions." A young official in a sixth-grade imperial uniform came out and announced.
No one was surprised by the reply of a mere imperial censor. Only Prime Minister Xie An glanced sideways at the little sixth-grade imperial censor, who was at the bottom of the imperial class.
I saw that Guo Shang had red lips and white teeth, a slender body, a pair of shrewd eyes lowered, and he was confident in his answers. He was not slow or hasty, and he had the air of a celebrity!
"It doesn't matter, just tell me!"
After receiving the emperor's permission, Guo Shang bent over and trotted towards His Majesty. After saluting, he slowly said: "Xu Xiao, courtesy name Zongwen, was born in the Xu family in Tancheng, East China Sea. He is the grandson of the former left general Xu Ning. , the son of Xu Zuozhi, the magistrate of Shangyu County, Xie Guanjun was recruited as a military commander when he recruited Beifu soldiers in Jingkou."
"It turns out that the young hero is also a member of the noble clan, but I don't know much about this left general Xu Ning. I wonder if Prime Minister Xie has heard anything about it?"
Hearing the emperor praising Xu Xiao as a young hero, many young ministers began to silently write down this unfamiliar name...
"Reporting to your Majesty, I heard about this man when I was serving as Sima, General of the Western Conquest under Huan Xuanwu. If I remember correctly, Xu Ning was recommended by Taichang Qing Huan Yi."
Xuanwu is the posthumous name of Great Sima Huanwen, and Huanyi is Huanwen's father.
"Is that so?" Emperor Jin asked again, "This son is not yet young enough to be able to kill generals and seize flags. He will definitely become Wei Huo of our great Jin Dynasty in the future. Since he is already the captain, he will pass on my order and be given the title of Xu." Xiao is a Cavalry Commander, if he can make another meritorious service, I will not hesitate to reward him!"
The ministers were in an uproar. There were so many people lying on the merit list, but His Majesty the Emperor didn't mention anyone. First he asked Xu Xiao's background indifferently, and then he personally issued an edict to increase the rank of Captain!
He also praised a little captain as Wei Huo!
Wei Qing, who is Huo Qubing? These two uncles and nephews are known as the two walls of the Han Empire. They defeated the powerful Xiongnu in the north and fled thousands of miles away. The sealing of the wolf to Xu is a symbol of the supreme achievements of military commanders throughout the ages!
Although he was only a Cavalry Captain, this reward was ahead of the commanders, vanguards and generals. It seemed that the Emperor was very fond of this Cavalry Captain!
For a time, all the ministers had various speculations in their minds...
After Xu Xiao was awarded the title of Cavalry Commander, the central government headed by Prime Minister Xie An decided to promote Xie Shi to the General of the Central Army, the Commander-in-Chief of Si, Ji, You, and Bing four prefectures. , the commander-in-chief of the military affairs of Xu, Qing, and Yanzhou, Liu Laozhi was promoted to General Jianwu for his merit, and Xie Yan was promoted to General Zhenglu.
The Jin Emperor formally handed over the unrecovered seven prefectures of Xu, Yan, Qing, Si, Ji, You, and Bing to Xie Shi and Zhu Xu, precisely because he wanted to launch a large-scale military campaign.
Before the court meeting dispersed, Emperor Jin took out another edict from his broad sleeve and made it public.
Xie An was awarded the title of Grand Tutor for his military service as president, ranking among the three nobles!
At the same time, three days after the victory in the Battle of Feishui, the Jiankang court officially issued an order for the Northern Expedition!
This is more than nine months earlier than the historical Northern Expedition!
