Dalong has been peaceful for two years since Liu Mingzhi unified the world.
No matter whether it is in various places in the inner palace, or in the newly acquired Beifu and Xinfu, the number of turmoils combined together is less than one can count.
The common people greatly enjoy this kind of peaceful and peaceful life.
For them, this is the greatest happiness.
Especially compared to the past, after the unification of the world, relying on the imperial court, officials and merchants, and private caravans to exchange goods and services between various states and capitals, the happiness index of the people has skyrocketed.
According to the latest statistics reported to the imperial court by local government offices under the Ministry of Household Affairs, in just two and a half years, there have been nearly four million new male and female babies in Dalong.
For later generations, this is an insignificant number, but for Dalong, the population can increase by about two million a year, which is a rare peace and prosperity in history.
However, on the eighth day of February in the third year of Dalong's reign of peace, the peaceful life of the people in the capital was shattered.
It was stormy and thunderous under the gloomy sky above the capital city.
The people were idle at home, either drinking some wine and amusing their children, or contributing to Dalong's population growth.
Without any warning, the dull and rumbling drums of war drums suddenly sounded on the four walls of the inner and outer city. The drums sounded like thunder, one wave higher than the next.
The sound of war drums that sounded successively on the eight city walls finally blended together, and its sound was no less powerful than the thunder that exploded from time to time in the gloomy sky.
Then six long and thick tolls of bells were heard from the bell and drum towers in the city, mixing with the sounds of wind and rain and echoing inside and outside the capital.
Older people all know that the sound of this bell is the sound of the ancestor worship bell used by the imperial court to worship heaven and ancestors.
The sound of drums, mixed with the sound of bells, was nothing short of earth-shattering for everyone in the capital.
All the people ran outside the house in panic, not caring about the raindrops hitting their faces, and looked towards the palace in confusion and panic.
A thought suddenly occurred to me, what big thing happened?
The officials who were in Xiumu's home even changed their expressions in shock, and stared blankly in the direction of the palace for a while.
No matter how busy he was or how important he was, he put everything aside and hurried towards his main house.
Those who change their official robes change their official robes, and those who wear armor wear their armor.
Around the time of tea, there was a continuous sound of horse hooves galloping on the windy and rainy street.
Listening to the sound of horse hooves in the streets amidst the sound of wind and rain, the people became even more frightened and uneasy.
In the Liu Mansion, a group of young master Liu's wives and concubines put down their work and rushed towards Qi Yun's boudoir.
Liu Zhi'an, who was calculating the accounts in the study, also held a pen and remained motionless, looking towards the direction of the palace with a rare look of surprise on his face.
After Liu Zhi'an reacted, he hurriedly put down his pen and ran out of the study, speaking in a deep voice to the windy and rainy courtyard.
"Quick check!"
In front of the palace gate, a group of generals on duty looked around anxiously because of the sound of war drums and the movement of the ancestor worship bell, not knowing what was going on.
When they saw a figure rushing towards the palace gate in the wind and rain, they were about to stop. As a lightning snake appeared, the generals finally saw clearly that it was them who was walking towards the palace gate in the wind and rain.
His Majesty Liu Mingzhi, who was eager to see him, hurriedly came up to salute.
"I see you, Your Majesty! Long live, long live!"
"We see your Majesty! Long live, long live!"
Liu Mingzhi raised his hand to wipe the rain off his face, and nodded calmly.
“All free!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"When hundreds of officials enter the palace later, there is no need to investigate the situation of weapons. Let all ministers rush to the Qinzheng Palace as quickly as possible."
"According to the order!"
"Your Majesty, I will get you an umbrella right away..."
Before Yang Tai, the commander of the imperial army, could finish his sentence, Liu Mingzhi was already rushing towards the Qinzheng Palace at a steady pace.
Yang Tai looked around at the situation outside the palace gate with an uneasy expression.
He felt a chilling aura from Liu Mingzhi, but he didn't know what made His Majesty so angry.
As a result, Ling, who was guarding the palace gate and guarding the safety of the palace, felt really unsure.
As soon as Liu Mingzhi entered the Qinzheng Hall, a group of Liu Mingzhi's children, King Zhao Li Tao, and even a group of officials who were still handling government affairs in the cabinet hurriedly came to greet him.
"My son, my dear father, may you live forever!"
"I see you, Your Majesty, long live long live!"
"No gift!"
"Thank you, Father!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Yue'er!"
"Dad...my son is here!"
You return home immediately and ask your mother to pass a letter to your aunt Wanyan Yanyu, and ask your aunt to inform Monk Fan that you must rush to the capital as quickly as possible to visit the palace.
Tell him that if he dares not to come, I will destroy all the temples in the world!
In addition, let your mother-in-law, Rongrong, also rush to the palace in a carriage."
The little cutie looked at Young Master Liu blankly. She had never seen her father look so domineering, and she didn't even react for a moment.
"Go quickly!"
"Yes...in compliance with the order, I will retire."
The little cutie picked up the oil-paper umbrella and ran towards the outside of the hall. Liu Mingzhi turned to look at a group of cabinet officials who also looked a little scared.
"Xia Lao Aiqing, didn't I ask you to go home and take a bath today?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I can't stay idle at home. In addition, there are still some backlogs in the Yushitai that have not been approved, so I entered the palace.
I dare to ask Your Majesty, what happened to cause such a commotion?"
"You will know later. I will go to the back hall to change my clothes first and wait for the other ministers to arrive!"
"In compliance with your order, Your Majesty, please!"
"Your Majesty, please!"
Liu Mingzhi nodded silently in response, and walked towards the back hall accompanied by Xiao Chengzi.
The officials present looked at each other uneasily and gathered around Xia Gongming.
"Xia Shoufu, this...this...what is going on?"
"Yes, Your Majesty has not been in the palace for more than a month, why did such a battle suddenly break out? Could it be that the new people and soldiers in Beifu and Xinfu rebelled?"
"The gathering drum, which had not been sounded for more than two years, started ringing again, and the ancestor worship bell rang six times in succession. Even if there was not a rebellion in the two houses, it would still be an earth-shattering thing."
"It is definitely a major event that will shock the world, otherwise it would not have been directly submitted to His Majesty, bypassing our cabinet and the Palace of Ten Kings.
But we cabinet officials don’t know anything about what happened. My heart is pounding and I can’t calm down for a long time!”
Xia Gongming, the chief assistant of the cabinet, also looked confused and shook his head: "I know nothing about this either."
Xia Gongming retracted his gaze from the back hall and looked at Liu Chengfeng, Liu Yiyi's brothers and sisters who were also at a loss.
"Princes, princesses, His Royal Highness King Zhao, do you know some of the whole story?"
Liu Chengfeng and others also shook their heads with confused expressions. They also heard the sound of the ancestor worship bell summoning officials, so they put down the zhezi in their hands and ran towards the Qinzheng Hall impatiently.
Have absolutely no idea what happened.
While everyone in the palace was speculating among themselves, Liu Mingzhi put on a moon-white Confucian robe and walked out from the back of the palace.
"My dear friends, please take your seats and wait!"
"I obey your orders."
Liu Mingzhi held a bowl of hot tea to ward off the cold, squatted on the steps of the Dragon Terrace, lowered his head to take a sip of hot water from time to time, and stared coldly in the direction of the palace gate outside the palace, waiting for the arrival of the civil and military officials.
In about two sticks of incense, figures holding umbrellas appeared in Liu Mingzhi's eyes, rushing towards the Qinzheng Hall.
"Your Majesty, Cai Jun, wishes you long live!"
"Your Majesty, Du Chenghao, wishes you long live, long live!"
With the arrival of the first official, the subsequent officials all entered the palace one after another.
"I will see you, Your Majesty. Long live, long live."
"No courtesy, take a seat!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After Baiguan stood up, his face turned red and he walked towards his position panting.
After sitting down, all the officials, except Song Qing, looked at Liu Dashao who was sitting on the dragon platform silently drinking tea with confused eyes.
Liu Mingzhi drank the tea in one gulp, stood up and walked towards the foot of the dragon platform.
"Little Chengzi!"
"We're here!"
"Take someone to bring over the map hanging in the imperial study."
"According to the order!"
Liu Mingzhi sat down cross-legged and looked at Song Qing, who had been waiting there but did not take a seat.
"King Wuyi!"
"I'm here!"
"Tell me the reasons why you beat drums to gather generals and ring bells to summon officials!"