Zhang Xing and others have been back for more than a month.
Except for the areas directly bordering other prefectures and counties, Chiyang County is completely occupied.
The imperial court did not take any action, and seemed to be sitting back and watching them, but it was this that made everyone feel even more uneasy. As the saying goes, it is easy to hide from open guns, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows. The large-scale deployment of troops by the imperial court to suppress them made people feel at ease. Nowadays, people always have to wonder whether the imperial court is planning something.
"General Zhang, His Highness will succeed to the throne in one week." Yin Xiuyuan said, looking at Zhang Xing's frown. Recently, he had been thinking about why the court had not taken any action.
Zhang Xing raised his head, glanced at him, and nodded: "I understand, brother Xiuyuan, go ahead and do your work."
He said goodbye to the guest with just one sentence. Yin Xiuyuan also knew the difficulties he faced and just wanted him to take a rest, but Zhang Xing didn't seem to have this intention and left with a helpless sigh.
Zhang Xing naturally remembers this only day, but the more times like this come, the more cautious he must be. What's more, I and others have no idea what the imperial court is doing, but I am sure that it will never want to see them grow stronger.
Seven days later.
The Meng Mansion and Ning'an City have been greatly renovated. Many houses have been demolished and the rest have been expanded. Although the scale is not large, they are built strictly in accordance with the "outer court" and "inner court". The Meng Mansion serves as the inner court, and the outer court is still under intense construction. among.
Set up a rooftop platform and a ground platform for worshiping in the courtyard, play music, and perform the ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth, which is solemn and self-contained.
Set up the crown gown table in front of the golden chair. Led by Zhang Xing, Wu Ji, Meng Wenchu and others looked at their seats and ran to play: "The ceremony has been completed, please take the throne as emperor." Xie Wule walked to the golden chair and sat down with the support of everyone. Everyone lined up and stood in line. Wang Ying and Zhuang Yishuang came forward holding the robe case and the treasure case.
Zhang Xing and others knelt down with Gun's crown in mind and placed them on the case. Zhang Xing stood up, held up Gun Mian and put it on for Xie Wule. Back to the lineup, everyone bowed and played music. Afterwards, he bowed three times, and when he was flat, he felt happy and stopped. He bowed again and again and felt happy.
Yin Xiuyuan took out a box, opened it and laid a beautifully carved jade seal in it. Zhang Xing stepped forward to hold it up, with a serious expression on his face and said loudly: "The emperor has ascended to the throne, and I would like to present the royal treasure to you."
Song Wenjie walked out, received the treasure, and put it back into the box. Then came various bows, bows, and bows. Xie Wule looked away at all this. After everyone stopped moving, he came to his senses after being reminded by Wang Ying: "Rolling class." Everyone left in turn. .
Return to the house. The crowd dispersed and stood neatly on both sides. Xie Wule came in wearing a crown, and the great music continued until the music stopped. Song Wenjie walked out holding the box containing the jade seal and respectfully placed it on the case in front of Xie Wule. The music started again, and everyone knelt down and worshiped again. At this point, the enthronement ceremony is completed.
Wang Ying took off her dragon robe for Xie Wule, with a smile on her eyebrows: "Your Highness, after today's enthronement ceremony, you will be the emperor of Da'an. From now on, I will change my name to your majesty." After saying this, she let out a burst of silver. A bell-like laugh.
Today's enthronement ceremony was attended by a small number of people, the venue was limited, and the etiquette was simplified. However, Xie Wule could clearly feel the joy of everyone today, but there were always other things bothering him in his heart, so he just smiled perfunctorily and said nothing.
Wang Ying thought he was nervous, so she left without asking any more questions.
Xie Wule looked at the dragon robe in front of him, stretched out his hand and grabbed a section. It was soft and silky. It was obviously made of excellent fabric. It had many patterns and lifelike dragon patterns. The person who made this robe was also very skilled.
I must have put a lot of thought into this piece of clothing, and then came to Meng Mansion and Ning'an City to renovate it. I guess everyone is very concerned about this matter.
Can......
After Song Zhengjing recovered, Xie Wule persuaded him to stay, but he still stayed in the Meng Mansion for a long time, and finally left.
On that day, Xie Wule was still asking about the differences between the previous dynasty and the present. Although Song Zhengjing didn't know why Xie Wule was so interested in this aspect, he still patiently told him what he knew.
When Zhang Xing and others returned, they immediately came to see Xie Wule and report the news. Song Zhengjing naturally still remembered the faces of Zhang Xing and others. When he saw that they treated Xie Wule respectfully and addressed him as His Highness, he guessed Xie Wule's identity.
After Zhang Xing left, Song Zhengjing finished speaking for Xie Wule, his expression suddenly changed, and he said: "You are the prince of the former dynasty, and I don't care about this status. But if you want to overthrow the Kang Dynasty, then I can't turn a blind eye." , now that you are in front of me, I could have killed you to prevent this disaster. I also hope that you are kind to me, if I kill you, I will naturally be shamed by everyone in the world. "
"Now I am in a dilemma, and the only way I can do it is to leave it alone so that neither party can take sides. I will leave today."
"We will see you soon, good nephew; we will never see you again as a thief." After Zhang Xing said this, he threw up his sleeves and left, leaving Xie Wule alone in the room.
The enthronement ceremony, the next day.
Everyone went to court. Xie Wule was wearing a dragon robe and sitting high in the hall.
Zhang Xing took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I received news last night that Kang State is busy defending against the Mo tribe, so it has neglected us in recent days. We don't have to worry about Kang State's attacks on us in the short term. "
The others felt relieved when they heard this.
Xie Wule nodded.
The fifth season also took a step forward: "Your Majesty, since Kang State is fighting against the Mo tribe, the country must be empty at this moment. We can echo the Mo tribe and take the opportunity to expand. It is not difficult to seize the imperial city of Kang State."
Xie Wule nodded.
"The Kemo clan has always been our enemy, and everyone knows that they want to destroy our clan. Cooperating with them is undoubtedly seeking the skin of a tiger. Your Highness, this cannot be remembered." Yuan Yehui said, obviously disagreeing.
Season 5 glanced back at Yuan Yehui and then looked back: "Your Majesty, we don't really want to cooperate with them. The enemy of our enemy is our friend. Echoing what the general said, he sent spies to the border to observe the Mo people. According to the law of attack, when they launch a fierce attack, we also launch an attack. Kang Guo will inevitably be unable to parry both sides at the same time, and we will be able to successfully recover the lost territory of Da'an."
"His Majesty......"
Yuan Yehui wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Zhang Xing: "Your Majesty, if your Majesty's dragon body is not in good condition, I will leave first and discuss it another day. I don't know what your Majesty's wishes are."
Xie Wule held his forehead: "That's it for today, retreat from the court."
He didn't understand much about this. Today was the first time he went to court. When faced with what they said, he could only nod. In the fifth quarter, he had different opinions with Yuan Yehui. When they argued, Xie Wule felt even more headache. Fortunately, Zhang Xing noticed in time that he was not comfortable speaking out to explain himself, otherwise he would not know how he would end up today.
Everyone retreated. Xie Wule looked at the empty hall, but felt much relieved.
"Your Majesty, I didn't know that Your Majesty was here, so I'm not polite. Please don't blame Your Majesty." Seeing Xie Wule coming in the fifth quarter, he hurriedly went out to greet him.
Xie Wule could only smile helplessly: "I...I came here this time for the matter of going to court today."
When the fifth season heard this, he was overjoyed: "Your Majesty, do you agree with my proposal?" Although before, whether to send troops could be discussed by himself and his group, but now that Xie Wule has taken the position, the process still needs to be picked up bit by bit.
"No, it's just that today is my first time going to court. Many things are still unclear. If there is anything wrong, please forgive me, general." Xie Wule replied.
"How dare I have any objections? Your Majesty can just follow your own wishes." Wu Ji was stunned, but he didn't expect that Xie Wule was here for this and replied.
"Then I'll leave first." Xie Wule said goodbye.
"Welcome to see your majesty off." Season 5 sent Xie Wule away.
Since the fifth season, only Yuan Yehui and Zhang Xing have not been there, and the rest of Xie Wule also went to express their apologies one by one.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this." Yuan Yehui knew Xie Wule's intention and said with a smile: "However, Your Majesty, I still believe that we should first resist the Mo tribe with Kang Guo, and then talk about restoring Da'an. We and Kang Guo are like brothers In a fight, no matter who rules, they are still of the same clan. The Mo people are always outsiders and a foreign race. Once we consume the Kang State and the Mo people win, the Kang State will be defeated by then, and we are not strong enough, and we will be exterminated by then. ."
Xie Wule said goodbye to Yuan Yehui and came to Zhang Xing's residence.
"General Zhang, thank you very much for your help today."
Seeing Xie Wule's serious look, Zhang Xing laughed dumbly: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. If you really feel sorry for yourself, then work more on these aspects. In the next ten years, you will still have to deal with these things."
"But your Majesty, don't worry too much. There will definitely be many capable ministers and generals to assist you." Zhang Xing has already begun to think about the future.
Xie Wule smiled and nodded.
One day, two days, three days... Although Xie Wule tried hard to change, his embarrassed appearance did not get better. Most of the time, he still only nodded, wondering what he and others should do next. , no useful ideas at all.
After going to court and returning to his room, Xie Wule collapsed on the bed, looked at the roof, touched the dragon pattern on his chest with one hand, and recalled what Song Zhengjing said. Based on what I saw, I understand a lot:
Previously, the people of Yunbian City heard how excited the Zhenqian army was when they came, and praised them. Previously during the An Dynasty, Yunbian City, as a small town, was ceded to the Mo tribe, causing Baixin to suffer a lot. These are all thanks to the Kangguo army for rescuing themselves from slavery. And subconsciously scattered on both sides of the road, these are the painful memories left by An Dynasty soldiers who showed off their power in the cities along the way every time they went on an expedition, and had a bad attitude towards the people.
Presumably if it were not for the desire to fight against the former army, the people of Yunbian City would not have gathered and waited there. Despite their yearning and wanting to see the troops who rescued them with their own eyes, they would still be scattered on both sides. You can imagine how deep the impression the soldiers of An Dynasty left on the people.
The current Emperor of Kang is a sage and sage of his generation, and a dilettante like himself who can only nod his head is naturally incomparable.
Thinking back to General Zhang and others' expectations of me, can I really become a wise king? Can you really hold the position of governing the world?
Perhaps the An Dynasty fell and the Kang Dynasty rose, and everything now is the world's choice. You and others should not continue to struggle.
Another early morning.
"I have something to announce today." Xie Wule's bead curtain swayed in front of his forehead, his expression was serious, and there was something in his tone.
Everyone was overjoyed. This was the first time in many days that Xie Wule expressed his thoughts and opinions. This was a good progress.
Xie Wule glanced at the people at the bottom of the steps and nodded: "I announce that from today on, I will retire indefinitely until I want to ascend the throne again. During this period, you don't have to do much. You only need to move the current city Stay in the moment, no matter what.”
Xie Wule talked about retiring rather than abdicating the throne because he could not recognize his own thoughts clearly and did not know whether he really wanted to be the emperor. If he wanted to be emperor later, he would not take care of the affairs of the government. If he doesn't want to, then he will dismiss everyone. In the meantime, improve yourself, and there is one thing that you must do that may affect your future choices.
Everyone felt ups and downs, and before anyone could say anything to persuade him to stay, Xie Wule withdrew from the court and left.
