The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

No one cared about Ji Zhibai and Zuo Xiang's party. Not only the scholars in the palace fell into carnival, but the capital and other cities in Jingguo were like a nightless sky. The fireworks were bright and the sound of firecrackers was more lively than the Spring Festival.

Since the establishment of Jingguo, it has been losing territory. There is Caoman in the north, Wuguo in the west, and Qingguo in the south. Fortunately, the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea does not occupy land, otherwise Jingguo would still have one less state.

During the period when the Qing Dynasty was at its most powerful, it could barely regain one or two states from the Qing Kingdom or the Wu Kingdom, but it was unprecedented for Fang Yun to regain a state in one fell swoop.

A state is not as important to the entire human race as any war poem passed down from generation to generation, but to the people of Jingguo, this state is of extremely great significance.

Especially Jiangzhou on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Although Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou are separated by the Yangtze River, many residents in the two places are related by marriage. After Xiangzhou was captured, the two states were completely opposed. Fathers and sons were separated, brothers were separated, and even Couples were separated, and hundreds of thousands of relatives and friends were completely cut off from contact.

As the two countries continue to have bad relations, only a few scholars can travel between the two countries to see relatives every year, and 99% of people can only look at the Yangtze River and sigh.

Every time there is a major festival, where Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou are close to the Yangtze River, countless people will put lanterns into the river to express their condolences.

Today, the most popular thing sold in shops across Jiangzhou is fireworks, and the second most popular thing is Fang Yun’s longevity tablet!

Decades after Xiangzhou left, many people from that time had passed away, but their children and grandchildren remembered the wishes of their parents and ancestors. Fang Yun helped them fulfill their wishes, and Fang Yun must be benevolent in everything.

At night, the banquet at the Imperial Palace in the capital came to an end.

In a normal banquet, those old, young, women, children, or those who don't like the banquet can leave, but today no one left.

Because there is a huge reward for winning the state.

On the night of the third day of February, there was only a small crescent moon in the sky. The moonlight was dim, but it was like daylight inside the palace.

Scholars in the capital sat in various places in the palace according to their titles and status. In front of the Fengtian Hall, just like the usual banquet, there was a large dragon chair, on which the Queen Mother and the young monarch were sitting.

After the eunuch signaled, people from all over the palace returned to their seats one after another.

The left ministers had sullen faces and said nothing. Their eyes were extremely complicated.

As for the others, almost all of them were waiting eagerly and looking at Fang Yun with envy.

When the palace was completely quiet, the eunuch placed a sound-transmitting conch on the table in front of the Queen Mother.

Not long after, the Queen Mother's voice sounded over the capital.

"Gong Fang Yun from Zhenguo went to Qingguo alone, fought with ten people in one stroke, and finally won Xiangzhou in a civil war, fulfilling the long-cherished wish of Jingguo for decades. Taizu once ordered that anyone who captures a state will be crowned king and rewarded One county has been passed down for three generations. But this battle cost no soldiers and no one was harmed. It is an extraordinary feat. The Ai family discussed with the ministers and rewarded the Fang family for three generations! "

Fang Yun stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord, thank you, Queen Mother!"

Everyone stood up and shouted long live the monarch and a thousand live the queen mother.

Finally, the Queen Mother said: "After the banquet, please go to the cabinet and select the fiefdom."

"Hiss..." Countless people took a breath. These four words "personally choose a fiefdom" are more important than three generations of rewards.

Because there are nearly a hundred counties in a state, varying in size, wealth, and importance. If it were decided by the cabinet, the final result would definitely be to choose a medium-sized county, but now, Fang Yun can choose at will.

Prime Minister Zuo had drooped eyelids and was recuperating as usual, but after hearing the four words "personally selected fief", he suddenly opened his eyes and was about to speak when he immediately looked at Ji Zhibai.

Ji Zhibai understood this and hurriedly stood up and said loudly: "You must not! You must not violate the laws of your ancestors!"

He Ludong immediately said: "Why do you say this? The Queen Mother has promulgated the decree, and the constitution is in her mouth, and it cannot be changed!"

"This matter has not been reviewed by the cabinet and cannot be implemented! If it is forcibly implemented, it will subvert the national law, which will be a disgrace to our ancestors and the common people! The law cannot be violated! The etiquette cannot be abolished!"

Literary Minister Jiang Hechuan said: "Her Majesty the Queen Mother has communicated with me. I think this matter is not important and agrees with the Queen Mother. However, since there are people who object, it is natural to consider the long term. Ji Zhibai, please step aside for now. Zuo Xiang, what do you have? opinion?"

Liu Shan frowned slightly, then returned to normal, slowly stood up and said: "If the Queen Mother and the Minister of Literature agree unanimously, I will not object, but I don't know what the other members of the cabinet will do."

Assistant Prime Minister Si Yueqing immediately stood up and said: "I object!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel followed closely behind and said: "I object!"

Finally, people belonging to the Left Prime Minister Party and Kang Wang Party came forward to oppose.

However, Fang Yun kept looking at the Zuo Prime Minister with a bit of envy in his heart. This is the importance of cultivating one's own power. This kind of opposition to a country's heroes will inevitably lead to a great loss of people's support. If anything goes wrong, it will affect the Zuo Prime Minister.

However, there is no need for Liu Shan to come forward now. His group of accomplices will stand up for him and will not cause him any losses.

This is one of the important reasons why Liu Shan remains standing. Whenever his status is shaken, there will be a suitable person to take the blame on his behalf.

Literary Minister Jiang Hechuan seemed to glance at Zuo Xiang Liushan with a strange look, and then said slowly: "Just an hour ago, I received a joint letter from all the officials in Xiangzhou, saying that people all over Xiangzhou want to Let Fang Xusheng choose the county where they are located When it came to the fiefdom, dozens of counties already had Wanminshu, and civil servants from all over the country were fighting for the fiefdom, almost fighting each other. The officials in Xiangzhou strongly demanded that Fang Xusheng choose the fiefdom in person, otherwise it would inevitably lead to chaos. Civil chaos."

Fang Yun did not expect this to happen. He could not help but look at Liu Shan again. He thought that Liu Shan was indeed cunning. If he had taken the initiative to oppose it, Wen Xiang would have made him lose face and thus gained the initiative in other aspects.

Liu Shan did not fall for it, so Jiang Hechuan lost interest and was too lazy to fight Liu Shan's men, so he simply told the matter.

The officials of the Zuo Xiang Party and the Kang Wang Party all secretly called it a fluke. Who could have thought that such a thing would happen? People from various counties actually competed to become the subjects of Fang Yun's fiefdom.

In the past, the people of various places would definitely resist the enfeoffment of the king with all their strength, because the king was the most important in the fiefdom, and even the national law was second. Many families of enfeoffed kings bullied the people and ran rampant in the county, and no one could control them. Thirty years ago in Wu State, there was even a riot in the whole county because the prince had a bad reputation. In the end, the Wu State court was forced to change the prince's fiefdom to a remote and poor place.

But after thinking carefully, the officials had to admire the people's sharp eyes. Fang Xusheng was not an ordinary prince. Being in Fang Xusheng's fiefdom, he must be superior to the people in other places. What's more, Fang Xusheng was the people's favorite. His goal was to become a half-saint. He could only favor the people in the fiefdom, and he would never take advantage of them.

The people in the fiefdoms of the various saints of the human race had almost no worries about food and clothing. Who didn't have a child from a noble family as a childhood friend? If something really happened, they would definitely be able to talk to the people of the saints and solve it easily.

It was not until then that some officials realized that after all, Chen Sheng got the fiefdom hundreds of years ago, and everyone had forgotten the great benefit that day.

Suddenly, a general who had obtained a Jinshi shouted: "I am speaking on behalf of General Zhang Poyue!"