Chapter 389 The City That Never Sleeps
A group of monks wearing cassocks and solemn expressions stood neatly in front of the magnificent Tianshu, and the sound of chanting the scriptures gathered into a heart-shaking air. Countless people in Luoyang dressed in neat and beautiful clothes came to the front of Tianshu in groups, worshiped, and then retreated to the side and looked at it with eager eyes...
The Seventh Prince had sent people to bring in ten carts of copper coins. They saw the powerful warriors carrying boxes of copper coins on the city tower, and the heavy money box bent their waists. When the ceremony was over, the Seventh Prince would ask people to throw the copper coins one by one, so many of the people coming today are strong laborers at home.
The government is also preparing, and some reward lists have been prepared. The Chinese language for worshiping the sky has been written by Zhuge Shuang in gold powder, and they are all placed in a tray covered with red silk, held by eunuchs at the service.
General Wang Yanzhang and other military generals were all brightly armored and dressed in military uniforms, looking majestic. The leaders of all races were wearing ethnic costumes. For a moment, all kinds of leather hats and pheasant tails gathered together. Some eunuchs ran around behind Duan Mingyu, and their faces were blushing.
In the palace, they were doing the service of the people, but this was where the eunuchs should stay, and at least no one looked at him with a strange look.
The whispering buzzing sound always permeated the Jinshui Bridge until the Seventh Prince's chariot appeared, and two imperial chariots appeared, including civil and military officials, and royal relatives, who looked solemn. They thought it was the little prince who received a royal chariot.
When the imperial chariot arrived in front of them, they found that the seventh prince in front of them was wearing a grand five-clawed black dragon suit, and the seventh princess in a golden phoenix sitting on the rear. Beside the seventh prince's chariot, there were Duan Mingyu and Zhuge Shuang walking along.
The ministers were a little surprised at first, and then suddenly realized: The Seventh Princess is sick, this is the prince's pity for the princess.
"Brother Duan, speak closer!"
The auspicious time is still a short while, and the palace gate has not yet opened, so the seventh prince's chariot must be stopped here for a while.
As soon as the chariot stopped, the Seventh Prince smiled and glanced at the ministers. He didn't want to scan it, and felt that it was inappropriate for Duan Mingyu, a minister who was a big stock, to walk beside him.
Duan Mingyu was really surprised when he thought that the Seventh Prince would call him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and took a few steps. Xue Huaiyi had indeed wanted to come forward and greet him. When he saw the queen summoning his ministers, he was not good to go forward again, so he had to stop angrily.
Yang Fan walked to Wu Zetian's imperial chariot, bowed and said, "My minister Yang Fan, I have met the saint."
Wu Zetian was so anxious that he called him at will, but he didn't know what to say. He changed his mind and asked with a smile: "The border of the southern border is the important place of the country. Must be without the guards for a day. Therefore, it is urgent to select officials in the southern border. How are you doing this?"
Yang Fan crossed his hands and said, "According to Your Majesty's instructions, I am screening day and night. The primary election will end soon. The introduction will report the list to the political affairs station. Please ask the prime ministers to inspect again!"
"Um……"
Wu Zetian is looking for trouble now, so he deliberately dragged Yang Fan to talk so that her dissatisfied lover would not come forward to "act coquettishly". Hearing this, he nodded and smiled slightly, and asked again: "What is the standard for Yang Qing to choose an official?"
Yang Fan didn't understand why she compared herself in public. "Four Goods" and "Twenty-Seven Bests" have always been the standard for the imperial court to select officials. A minor official can recite these regulations. Of course, he could not say these things according to the regulations. He hesitated and replied loudly: "I am a heavenly official and choose a scholar for Your Majesty. I adhere to three principles. The first is loyalty!"
There were not only civil and military officials present, but also royal relatives and chiefs of the four barbarians. When the empress ignored others and called Yang Fan to take the exam, she naturally had an interpretation in the hearts of the officials. They all believed that the empress gave Yang Fan such a fat job to him, which shows that the empress favored him. Now the empress took the exam in public, which was probably due to the empress's favor. She was jealous and envious in her heart, and she couldn't help but listen quietly, and for a moment she was silent.
Yang Fan said: "I think that the most important thing for a minister is loyalty! Having a loyalty means that even if you are a little less talented, there will be no big mistakes. On the contrary, the stronger your talent, the greater the disaster!"
This sentence really touched Wu Zetian's heart. The queen was originally trying to delay time and randomly evaluate the test. At this time, she couldn't help but nodded frequently, and showed a happy expression on her face. Yang Fan said: "The second thing is the ability of your Majesty. Your Majesty is wise and powerful. His Majesty is a rare prosperous king in ancient and modern times. All officials and people are loyal to your Majesty. If you want to say that these loyal ministers are everywhere. On this basis, you must have official reputations, political achievements, and talented people!"
Wu Zetian nodded and said, "Well! Then what is the third one?"
Yang Fan said: "There were many officials in southern Xinjiang who were dismissed for their incompetence. The reason was that they were neither unfaithful to His Majesty nor lacking in talent. I carefully considered that many of them did not do their part because they were not familiar with the local area, and because of their personality, they could not put down their bodies and communicate with local leaders in southern Xinjiang.
Among His Majesty’s ministers, there are many talents and many people who are qualified to serve as a guardian in the local area. Therefore, I first selected many operators, and from these people, I selected those who have extensive travel, rich governance experience, and are cheerful and good at speaking, thinking that Your Majesty will choose!”
Wu Zetian laughed and asked Li Zhaode, who was standing at the head of all officials: "What do you think Li Xiang thinks?"
Li Zhaode had known that among the selected officials Yang Fan had screened out, half of his and Wu Sansi were the most powerful forces among all parties. He was extremely satisfied with Yang Fan. When he heard the queen's inquiry, he immediately bowed and replied: "Although Yang is young, he is a capable talent. I wish you congratulations to your Majesty!"
Wu Zetian burst into laughter. The entire Tianshu completion ceremony was cumbersome and lengthy, and everyone who participated in this celebration felt different. (Remember this site and follow me to read it with you, ney=money=people=rich people, remember this site, you are rich people.) For those busy eunuchs and palace maids, what they most hope for is the moment when the ceremony ends.
For the countless Luoyang people gathered, what they longed for was the spectacular view of countless copper coins pouring down from the city.
The bachelors and celebrities who are familiar with the Zhou rituals kept silting their mouths, picking on the celebration ceremony where the ancient rituals are not in line with the Zhou system.
Some royal relatives will only be excited when they are offering their skills and skills in the inner court such as Rumei.
Chapter completed!