Xianxia version of Water Margin

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The emperor's accession to the throne usually required a series of rituals and procedures.

One of the important rituals is "three speeches and three feelings".

This ceremony usually involves the emperor declining three times before taking the throne, and then accepting three attempts to persuade his ministers to advance.

Don't think this is just a waste of taking off your pants and farting.

Things are far from simple.

The so-called "three speeches and three concessions" originally refers to a kind of etiquette for the host and guest to meet each other, that is, the host bows three times and the guests give way three times.

Later, it refers to the story of Zhou Taibo giving way to his third brother Ji Li. Later generations praised this move as a sign of great virtue.

Since the Han Dynasty, "three speeches and three concessions" has evolved into a necessary ritual when the founding emperor ascended the throne to express the emperor's humility and courtesy.

Like Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, who had no choice but to give in, said "helplessly" that he would give in for the sake of the country.

Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng, gave up his throne five times, probably because he was not the founder of the country and the throne came suddenly.

Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi and Emperor Xian of Han were "forced" to agree only after the fourth edict came.

Therefore, this form is also called "Three Persuasion to Advance". As the name suggests, the ministers have to persuade to advance three times, and the person being persuaded has to refuse continuously, and only after the third time can he express his acceptance "reluctantly".

The reason for making this gesture is actually entirely out of the need for political propaganda. It is to further demonstrate the legitimacy and legitimacy of the throne and let the world see that I don't want to be the emperor at all, but the ministers force others to make things difficult, so they have no choice but to accept the public's expectations. , Shun Tian Yingren.

In short, the emperor's accession to the throne must go through the persuasion of his ministers and the emperor's refusal.

Let’s talk about Jiang Hongfei.

Jiang Hongfei never expected that people like Wang Lun and Li Chuwen would be so anxious about his Jianyuan restructuring.

That day, Jiang Hongfei spent most of the night with a group of royal and clan daughters from the Jin Kingdom. They were as strong as Jiang Hongfei. When they came out of the dormitory, they couldn't help but feel a little sloppy in their steps.

But at that time, Wang Lun, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Pei Xuan, Chai Jin, Li Ying, Hu Rong, Jiang Jing, Li Gang, Chen Yu, Li Chuwen, Zhao Ding, Chen Kangbo, Qiu Chen, Chen Gongfu, Tang Chang, Lin Ren, Li Chuneng, Yu Zhongwen, Cao Yongyi, Khitan official Yelu Dashi, Xiao Yixin and other ministers, as well as all the generals in Yanjing, all lined up outside the dormitory to persuade Jiang Hongfei to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. .

Wang Lun led everyone to stand in the courtyard, bowed to Jiang Hongfei and his ministers, and said loudly:

"The ruler of the Song Dynasty is fatuous, and seventy-eight percent of the land of the Song Dynasty has been lost; the ruler of the Liao Dynasty is immoral, and eighty-nine percent of the land of the Liao Dynasty has been lost; the ruler of the Jin Dynasty is domineering, and the Jin people are looting everywhere, and the country's destiny will not last long. The politics of the Song, the politics of the Liao, and the Jin In the political process, heroes have risen together, the big ones have stolen the title of honor, and the small ones have continued to abuse and abuse the people. The world is in chaos, and there will be a new lord, and who is it but Gong? The public was among the people, and Min Yan hurt him. He was already favored by the public, and when he refused to benefit, he had no choice but to revolt. He established laws and regulations and clearly bound them, and acted on behalf of heaven, and was committed to ordering peace and order. Therefore, wherever he went to Fuding, the people Xian Biandu. Gong Yingmo was wise, open-minded and generous, and took advantage of people's talents. He started from the fields and achieved great success in seven or eight years. Liuqiu liberated Shandong, Hebei, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, and recovered the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture and the Pingluanying Prefecture, which made an incomparable achievement. The world, above, comforts the spirits of the ancestors in heaven, and then gives orders to the people on earth to calm down the four directions, and the world will be united, and the world will be blessed!"

As soon as Wang Lun finished speaking, all the civil and military officials, as well as the soldiers of the three armies gathered outside the door, shouted long live, long live! The sound was loud and earth-shaking!

Regarding this, Jiang Hongfei felt only embarrassed: "When did these guys come? Did they hear my ridiculous things..."

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei saw from the corner of his eye that Wu Yong shook his head gently at himself.

When Jiang Hongfei saw this, he pretended to be surprised and scolded Wang Lun and others: "What are you saying? You can be killed!"

Seeing that Jiang Hongfei was "unmoved", Wang Lun fell to the ground and cried. While leading the crowd to worship again, he said: "There is no clear master in the world, and everyone is panic-stricken. If you don't plan for it early, you will regret it later. I hope you will do it with me." All the people in the world are thinking of it, and they should ascend to the throne quickly. They should first stand upright and look forward to it. I hope you will listen to me. Your Majesty, Wang Lun, will lead your ministers to say this, and then bow down."

Jiang Hongfei refused righteously: "Jiang Yan has no such intention." Then he left resolutely, saying that he could not accept everyone's invitation.

At this time, the political atmosphere in Yanjing City was also very heated. People were talking about Jiang Hongfei's ascension to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Many people beat their chests because of Jiang Hongfei's refusal to ascend the throne.

On this day, there was a legend in the city of Yanjing that every evening, when looking into the city of Yanjing from the surrounding villages, the sky was filled with golden light. The golden light stays on all night until dawn. Insightful people believe that this is an auspicious sign from heaven, which coincides with Jiang Hongfei's ascension to the throne and proclaims himself emperor.

The next day, about 100,000 civil and military monks, Taoist priests and soldiers from Shuibo Liangshan gathered in front of the palace in Bei Liao and unanimously requested Jiang Hongfei to ascend the throne again.

Wang Lun led everyone to stand in front of the palace, once again bowed to Jiang Hongfei, the emperor and his ministers, and said:

"Gaiwen has said that the rise of emperors since ancient times must have the talisman of their orders. Therefore, the white fish dives and leaps, and King Wu makes the Zhou Dynasty. The red crotch shows the talisman, and the light of martial arts prospers the Han Dynasty. The auspiciousness of Yanjing is seen in the golden light. The destiny of heaven is clear, and it is known that the Zhou Dynasty King Wu and Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, how can they live up to this? Today's fate has been announced, and people's hearts must obey the will of heaven. The destiny of heaven cannot be delayed for a long time, and people's hearts cannot be violated. When you ascend the throne and claim the title of emperor, it is like wishing for nectar. If you don't obey, you will lose your fortune. Will you be able to follow the destiny of the emperor? That is the throne of the emperor, with heaven’s heart above and people’s hope below.”

After that, Wang Lun took out the memorial signed by Li Jun, Sun Jing, Shi Bao, Lu Zhishen, Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Chen Xizhen, Zhu Wu and other ministers and their subordinates to invite Jiang Hongfei to ascend the throne, and signaled to Jiang Hongfei and everyone present that all People in Shuibo Liangshan asked Jiang Hongfei to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

This time, although Jiang Hongfei expressed his refusal again, his tone was no longer as determined and persistent as the first time. He said to his subjects:

"Jiang Yan led the Liangshan heroes to rise up. The person who did it was not the emperor, but because the traitors of Zhao Song were in power, slanderous and dictatorial, they would not use it unless they were relatives, and they would not take anything except wealth. Excessive taxes were rampant, and the monarchs and ministers of Zhao Song were extravagant and extravagant. Gang, the people were in ruins, and the heroes were angry, so they became angry. The two or three ministers and the generals and the commanders and commanders of the army used the sentiment of the world to persuade them to advance. The world was not at peace and was surrounded by enemies on all sides. How could they dare to accept the return of the world? Please? Please wait and come out. Why do I want to take the right position now?"

A few days later, Tian Hu didn't know whether it was because he heard that Jiang Hongfei wanted to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. He built a palace in Fenyang, pretended to be civil and military officials, and established the Jin Dynasty. emperor.

Tian Hu also showed off his imperial seal to the outside world again, indicating that he was the true Dragon Emperor and the dynasty was orthodox.

Then, Wang Qing also ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, built a palace in Yun'an, pretended to be civil and military officials, internal ministers and foreign generals, established the Chu Dynasty, and claimed to be emperor.

These two things stimulated Wang Lun and others.

You must know that the reason why Tian Hu and Wang Qing were able to rise was just because they occupied the right time and location and defeated some local heroes. They had neither virtue nor ability to complete the great task of unifying the world.

But Jiang Hongfei is different. Jiang Hongfei's current territory is not only larger than Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fangla, and even larger than the Zhao and Song Dynasties, the Xixia Dynasty, and the Goryeo Dynasty. Jiang Hongfei also developed Liuqiu and recovered Yanyun. In the Sixteen Prefectures and the three prefectures of Pingluanying, they defeated Zhao Ji and Wanyan Aguda. They had 500,000 to 700,000 elite soldiers and tens of thousands of powerful generals. They had strong soldiers and horses, and they were deeply loved by the subjects under their rule, both in terms of martial arts and literary skills. Virtue, no one can compete with it.

Both Tian Hu and Wang Qing could become emperors, but Fang La, who lived in only a few states, had already changed his dynasty. It was simply unacceptable that Jiang Hongfei should not be emperor.

So Wang Lun once again led everyone in Yanjing City and asked Jiang Hongfei to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor for the third time. He said:

"Nowadays, in all dynasties, the ruler is unclear, the ministers are unworthy, the laws and disciplines are broken, the number of thieves is increasing, and the people are in danger. The public achievements are unparalleled, they occupy territory across states, and they have millions of armors. When it comes to force, no one dares to resist, and when it comes to morality, Then I have nothing to say. I heard that the emperor cannot remain idle for a long time, and the destiny cannot be humbly rejected, but the government is based on the country and the people are at heart."

After a pause, Wang Lun continued: "The heroes in the world donate their relatives, abandon the soil, and serve the public in their spare time. Their plan is to climb the dragon's scales and attach themselves to the phoenix's wings to achieve their goals. Today's achievements are Determined, heaven and man should also respond, but when the public stays, they go against the crowd and are not in the right position. They are simply afraid that the heroes will be desperate and have no plans, so they will have the thought of leaving and returning. Once the crowd is scattered, it will be difficult to reunite. Stay, it’s irreversible.”

It should be said that Jiang Hongfei knew very well what Wang Lun meant. If he did not give an explanation or a promise to the people who fought with him in the world, someone would definitely leave.

As a result, Jiang Hongfei's attitude made a 180-degree turn: "I will think about it."

When Jiang Hongfei said this, everyone was overjoyed. They knew that there was only one step left before Jiang Hongfei ascended the throne and became emperor.

In other words, there is currently only one "destiny" missing.

This is not a problem for everyone.

Soon, Gongsun Sheng returned to Jizhou.

Not long after, Master Luo came to Yanjing in the clouds. He presented Jiang Hongfei with a copy of "Tui Bei Tu".

The twenty-fifth image in this "Tui Bei Tu" is that thousands of currents converge into the sea.

The character "Yan" is an ancient Chinese character that follows the shape of water. It originally refers to the flow of water flowing along the river to the sea, which corresponds to Jiang Hongfei's name.

The prophecy says:

The worst of the people is to stand on their own feet.

The swallow's nest came into being with golden light.

The extreme of being a subordinate means that Jiang Hongfei was born with mud legs.

It came into being, needless to say.

The song says:

A tripartite fight for supremacy is a strange thing, but heroes arise from the vast swamp.

Beiguan locks the key and returns to the Han Dynasty. He talks in vain about the true king of gatha.

The tripod of Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties stood on its feet.

Daze, Liangshan Park.

The key to Beiguan returned to the Han Dynasty, which means Jiang Hongfei regained the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and the three prefectures of Pingluanying.

The true king must mean that Jiang Hongfei is the true dragon emperor.

Master Luo explained according to "Tui Bei Tu", and everyone suddenly realized that Jiang Hongfei was destined to be the emperor. Jiang Hongfei sent troops to attack Wu Dao, raised his arms, and the world gathered, corresponding to Jin De.

Luo Zhenren is the leading expert in the Yanyun area, and "Tuibei Tu" is a divine book of predictions handed down from the Tang Dynasty.

The ministers all took the opportunity to say: You see, God has said that it is okay. You are really popular. Now that the world is in turmoil, it is only in accordance with nature that you become emperor.

The necessary procedures were completed, and Jiang Hongfei could only say: "The emperor's destiny cannot be ignored." and agreed to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

Do you think this is over?

Far from it.

Apart from anything else, an eighteenth generation ancestor gave Jiang Hongfei a headache!

It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Hongfei didn't even know what his ancestors had for eighteen generations.

After being popularized by Li Cao officials, Jiang Hongfei learned that the eighteen generations of ancestors he usually greets are centered on himself. The nine generations above are: father, grandfather, great ancestor, great ancestor, Tianzu, Liezu, Taizu, Yuanzu and The originator; the next nine generations are sons, grandsons, great-grandsons, great-great-grandsons, later grandsons, grandsons, still grandsons, Yun grandsons and Er grandsons. There are a total of eighteen generations, and only by recognizing them can they recognize their ancestors and return to their clan.

And if a person becomes an emperor, he must recognize his ancestors and return to the clan, otherwise he will not be able to stand, because you cannot build an imperial temple to worship your ancestors. According to convention, you have to gather all the ancestors of the last nine generations.

Jiang Hongfei traveled to this era, so he has no ancestors.

Even in his previous life, Jiang Hongfei only knew the names of his father and grandfather. From that point forward, he didn't know anything about them, and no one told Jiang Hongfei.

But Li Cao's people had to ask Jiang Hongfei for this list.

Jiang Hongfei had no choice but to write down the names of his father and grandfather, and then make up seven more names.

Jiang Hongfei fooled him, but Li Cao officials could not fool him.

But Jiang Hongfei was not clear about this, so Li Cao's officials wanted to verify it or ask the old man for help, but there was nothing they could do.

As a result, Li Cao's people made up a glorious family background for Jiang Hongfei, saying that Jiang Hongfei was a descendant of Jiang Ziya.

Jiang Hongfei's veins jumped when he saw it. The word "jiang" and the word "jiang" were different. Who would believe it?

Seeing that Jiang Hongfei didn't look good, Li Cao's officials quickly came up with an alternative plan, saying that Jiang Hongfei was a descendant of "Jiang Yi", a diplomat from the Wei State during the Warring States Period, and the person who made up the story of "the fox fakes the tiger's power".

Jiang Hongfei took a look and saw that they all had the same surname, and that he was a bit of a charlatan, so it was just him.

This is just one of the troubles.

There are still a lot of things that require Jiang Hongfei's personal cooperation.

If nothing else, these people almost made Jiang Hongfei's head explode because of the national title.

At this time, Jiang Hongfei heard that Wanyan Agu had been beaten to death.

Jiang Hongfei was very sad about this, and felt a little lonely because he had no opponent!

In Jiang Hongfei's view, Wanyan Aguda was a particularly outstanding general. He was good at seizing opportunities to win when his opponents were weak due to poor command, excessive military control, and disorganized organization. At the same time, Wanyan Aguda was also a diplomat and strategist with outstanding intelligence.

Jiang Hongfei even felt that Wanyan Aguda was his only opponent in this era.

Now, Wanyan Agu was beaten to death, and he was replaced by an opponent who was far inferior to Wanyan Agu in terms of ability and prestige, Wanyan Wu Qingbian and Jiang Hongfei.

Jiang Hongfei couldn't help but be filled with pride: "The era for me, Jiang Hongfei, to lead the world has come!!!"

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