The ground was covered with white snow, wrapped in silver, and the cold air was pervasive, but it did not affect the enthusiasm of the officials entering the palace to pay their respects.
Outside the palace gate.
The chariots arrived one after another, and the officials led their families into the palace. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the Emperor of Chu will entertain the officials in the Haoyue Pavilion. This is a must-have etiquette once a year, and it is also the best time to enhance the relationship with the officials.
The lights in the palace were brightly lit, and the snow on the entrance to the palace had already been cleared away by the chamberlains. The official chariots were parked under the palace wall, and one after another they got off and walked towards the palace with their families.
Headed by Fang Xuanling, Jiang Shang, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Liang, and Liu Bowen, followed by hundreds of officials behind them, they walked outside the palace gate. The five people's steps stopped suddenly and they stared intently at the couplets posted on the palace wall in front of them.
This year, all the couplets in the Chu Palace were mentioned by the Emperor of Chu himself. Everyone stopped to look at them and murmured to themselves: "The great cause is great, the national destiny is prosperous, and the great power of five thousand years has been gathered. The revival of the Chu Kingdom has shocked the world. The rise of Chu people,
The people will be stable, the country will be prosperous for nine thousand miles, and peaceful development will be proud of the sky."
"Domineering!"
"You are so powerful that you can swallow thousands of miles across Jiuzhou and look down on all the people in the world. This couplet was written by Your Majesty. It is truly astonishing."
Jiang Shang looked shocked, and his heart was horrified. Since Emperor Chu proposed the couplet, it has become popular throughout Chang'an City. Humanistic writers, knights and wild cranes, and everyone who likes to dance and write, all study the couplet.
They all want to write down the eternal Absolute, but so far, all the good sayings that have been circulated in Chang'an City are in the hands of Emperor Chu.
He is the leader and no one can compare to him.
After a short stay at the palace gate, the officials entered the palace and arrived at Haoyue Pavilion under the leadership of the chamberlain.
Nowadays.
The Emperor of Chu, the Queen, and the empresses from all the palaces had already arrived. All the officials entered the palace and saluted one after another, and the Emperor of Chu began to offer seats one by one.
It was still early for the officials to enter the palace. After they were seated, Emperor Chu was the first to reward tea, and then ordered Xiao Guizi to bring the rewards.
Hearing that Emperor Chu was conferring rewards, all the officials were surprised and horrified. This process was not done in previous years. Today, they should have entered the palace to congratulate him, which was equivalent to sending gifts to Emperor Chu.
How can anyone send congratulatory gifts and also receive rewards? This is unprecedented in the etiquette of other countries.
"My dear friends, everything is renewed. Today is the first day of the new year. Everything will go well. All the officials and their families will receive rewards. This is the 'Seal of Good Luck'."
"I hope that in the new year, all officials will perform their duties and advance and retreat with me to make the Chu Kingdom stronger and stronger."
The rewards for officials were personally decided by the Emperor of Chu. As for the rewards for family members, of course, Nangong Xi, the mother of a country, personally handled them. After all, women understand women's thoughts better.
The reward ceremony began, Xiao Guizi read out the edict in hand, and the servants sent the rewards to all the officials. They had to admit that Emperor Chu's simple act made all officials deeply feel the divine grace.
Especially when the golden and sparkling gold and silver jewelry is placed in front of you, the impact is really too great.
The idea of lucky money has been around since ancient times. The inspiration for the "Feng Luck" proposed by Emperor Chu came from this. He clearly told officials that as long as they work hard and serve the country, they will never miss the reward.
The rewards were placed in front of them, and all the officials and their families came out one after another, bowed and saluted, and thanked Emperor Chu and Nangong Xi.
After the reward was over, Emperor Chu gave Xiao Guizi a look, signaling him to inform the imperial kitchen that the dumpling feast could begin.
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After drinking and eating, Emperor Chu felt that it was time to get down to business, so he got up and left Haoyue Pavilion with all the officials. Now, in the central square of the palace, Cao Zhengchun was ordered to prepare for the sacrifice to heaven.
The officials followed closely behind Emperor Chu and came to the center of the square. They were surprised and horrified, with puzzled expressions on their faces. They couldn't help but wonder, did Emperor Chu want to sacrifice to heaven on the first day of the new year?
"Your Majesty, according to the old system, the heaven-sacrifice ceremony should be held before the New Year's Day. Now we are preparing..."
"Ziya, there is another reason for worshiping heaven today. I will tell the world in front of all the officials that Chu will be promoted to a first-class empire from now on."
The domineering and powerful voice spread and echoed in the void for a long time. All the officials were shocked and turned pale. It had only been half a year since he was promoted to the second-level empire.
Now, we need to be promoted to the first-grade empire again. Isn’t the speed a bit too fast?
"Your Majesty, is it too fast to be promoted to a first-class empire now?"
"Is it fast? It's already very slow!"
The sonorous voice of Emperor Chu sounded. He defeated the Heaven-Eating Empire years ago, Sima Yi swept across Longxiao, the White Tiger Kingdom, and the Wuyue Empire surrendered.
Chu State currently has no problem in being promoted to a first-class empire, regardless of its territory and military strength. Compared with other first-class countries, it is even worse.
"Xiao Guizi, send the order to fire the gun. From today onwards, Chu State will be officially included in the first-class empire!"
After giving an order, the Yulin Army held flintlock guns and pointed directly at the sky. The loud bangs resounded throughout the nine heavens and ten places. All the officials stared at the blue smoke rising in the sky, their pupils widened and their expressions were horrified and horrified.
Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong had seen the muskets of the Bright Empire on the battlefield of Taichu City in the past, so they were no strangers to flintlock guns.
Other generals have been on the battlefield for a long time and have encountered numerous weapons of all kinds. They are just curious about flintlock guns. All civil servants have never seen such a powerful firearm.
I can't imagine how a mortal body could withstand such a blow?
To advance to a first-level empire, one only needs to offer sacrifices to the heavens, and at the same time, Zhaowen must be sent to various places so that all the counties in Chu State know about it. Fortunately, the officials sent by each county are here today, and they only need to take Zhaowen with them when they return.
At the beginning of the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, Emperor Chu added five kinds of divine fire flames to the Nine-Dragon Divine Cauldron. The flames rose into the sky, and the sound of tigers and dragons roared from the sky.
With Emperor Chu as the leader, followed by hundreds of officials, they all lined up in a neat formation to offer incense. At this moment, a system prompt sounded in his ears.
"Hey, congratulations to the host for successfully promoting the Chu Kingdom to a first-class empire. You will receive a luxury gift package, which can be opened and used at any time in the storage column."
"Hey, the Chu Kingdom has been promoted to a first-class empire, and the national luck level has reached the holy level. The system will reward a national luck baptism card, which can be opened and used at any time."
"Hey, the host has completed the system task ahead of schedule and promoted Chu State to a first-class empire. The current system has issued a task, and the host must double the strength of Chu State within one year."
"Hey, mission two: within two years, we must defeat the Longtang, Great Qin, Great Han, Great Khan, and the Five Kingdoms of Light, complete the task of unifying the Eastern Great Road, and march into the Western Continent."
The system prompts sounded in his ears one after another, and Emperor Chu looked ecstatic. He did not expect that the system task would be completed ahead of schedule. As for the next system task, it coincided with his idea.
Improving national power, defeating the Tang Dynasty, driving out the Qin Dynasty, attacking the Han Dynasty, and destroying the Great Khan will be the most important tasks in the next two years. (To be continued)