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June 22, Tiankang Festival.

The so-called Tiankang Festival is the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin, and hundreds of officials in the court have a day off to celebrate the emperor's birthday.

According to the practice of the previous dynasties, officials from all over the country have prepared local specialties, and in addition, it is more important to offer auspicious rui.

It is said that when King Wu of Zhou attacked the Shang Dynasty, a white fish jumped into the boat, and flames descended to the roof of King Wu's house, and then turned into a bird. These auspicious rays are considered to be a symbol of God's appointment of King Wu as the Son of Heaven.

Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, is said to have appeared in the sky in a line when he was emperor, and many other auspicious planets.

Since then, almost every emperor has ascended the throne, and some auspicious rui has appeared. Local officials also reported the discovery of auspicious rui as a sign of their political achievements.

On Qin Mu's birthday last year, he was in the northwest and was busy with the war, and there were very few local officials who offered auspicious luck, so he didn't take it too seriously.

But this year, all kinds of auspicious rui came to come, Qingzhou said that the colorful auspicious clouds appeared, Xiangyang said that Hesheng Shuanghui, Guangyuan said that the land came out of the sweet spring, and Liuzhou came out of the spirit turtle for a time all over the country everywhere auspicious, and the sky was full of flowers.

When Qin Mu saw it, it was all messy.

When the hundred officials were celebrating their birthday in the Zichen Palace, Qin Mu coughed lightly, looked at the officials who were neatly dressed in crowns in the hall, and said loudly: "Officials from all over the country have sent me a lot of local specialties and offered a lot of auspicious rui. ”

Baiguan, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what the emperor means by suddenly saying this.

Qin Qiubai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said with a long body: "Your Majesty, auspicious clouds frequently appear in various places, this is God's praise and commendation of His Majesty's virtue and martial arts, and the ministers congratulate His Majesty, congratulate His Majesty." ”

"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty!"

The ministers stepped forward to congratulate and beamed with joy.

Qin Mu continued: "Auspicious rain from the sky is certainly a good thing. But in my opinion. The greatest auspiciousness in the world is that the officials from all over the world govern the place well, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and all industries prosper. Gu Yanwu! ”

Gu Yanwu, a scholar from Hanlin University, hurriedly came out of the class: "The minister is here." ”

"You immediately draft a decree, and no matter what auspicious fortune occurs in various places in the future, you don't have to report it again. Every year during the Tiankang Festival, officials from all over the country should no longer prepare any local products. If you want to report, report your political achievements to me;

But don't make false claims. I will send people down to inspect them, and if they find anyone who makes false or exaggerated reports, they will be dismissed from their posts and questioned. What I want is real political achievements, and if officials everywhere have good political achievements to report, this will make me happier than reporting any auspicious results, so be it. ”

"Your Honor."

Sima An immediately led the hundred officials to come forward and bowed: "My Emperor Shengming, long live, long live, long live!" ”

After Gu Yanwu, a scholar of Hallym University, prepared the holy decree. Qin Mu stamped the jade seal and formed an official holy decree to promulgate the whole country, which caused a warm response.

In the Song Dynasty, the emperor celebrated every birthday. The cost of what officials have to prepare for their birthdays is huge. In order to offer auspiciousness, the magistrate took great pains, and I tossed me if you tossed me. The game is tossed.

Some emperors of the Ming Dynasty would also send internal supervisors to collect rare treasures everywhere on their birthdays, and take the opportunity to loot them on a large scale. It made the people miserable.

The holy decree of the Great Qin Heavenly Son can be said to be immediately regarded as the greatest auspicious fortune by the people.

In the city of Nanjing, spontaneously celebrating the emperor's birthday abounds, colorful silk is hung high on the street, flowers are placed, and merchants take the opportunity to carry out discount promotions, so it is not lively.

Even the performers of the Qinglou also walked down the makeup building and performed songs and dances for free, and there were scenes of singing and dancing everywhere.

These are all spontaneous behaviors of the people, and Qin Mu doesn't care about them.

As for those merchants' discount promotions, they are simply doing business in the name of the emperor's birthday, and there is no need to pay attention to it.

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Gu Rong took the Shenglong Mansion, but Ma Liuliang defeated Zheng Jie's 30,000 army in one fell swoop, capturing Zheng Jie, his sons, as well as the Li lord and Manchu officials. Happy Ma Liuliang smiled from ear to ear.

He Jinan once again created a classic battle example, 300 people defeated 30,000 troops, although it was the use of 200 war elephants to break through Zheng Jie's large array, leading Zheng Zheng's army to chaos. But in fact, even if there were no 200 war elephants to charge into battle, with the 200 rockets he brought, plus 300 cavalry, he could still break through the enemy formation and capture the enemy's head.

Jiaozhi, who thought it was very troublesome, was quickly taken by Gu Rong and Ma Liuliang by mistake, at least the rich alluvial plain of the Red River was taken, and as for those mountainous areas in the south, Ma Liuliang was also taking advantage of the victory to send troops to attack.

This day is the Tiankang Festival, and just won a great victory, Ma Liuliang cooked sheep and slaughtered cattle in the camp, ate meat in large pieces, and drank wine in a big bowl to celebrate.

was happy, Yuanmen suddenly came to report, saying that the angel had arrived by order, and asked Ma Liuliang to hurry up and prepare to receive the order.

Ma Liuliang did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly asked people to prepare incense cases, and personally welcomed the eunuchs who came to announce the decree into the camp.

"Father-in-law Han, I've worked hard all the way, I don't know why His Majesty suddenly issued an edict"

"Ahem!" Han Yinghan eunuch coughed lightly, stood in front of the incense case with an expressionless face, took out a holy decree, and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Jiande Houma Liuliang, when suppressing the rebellion of Tusi Cen Yin in Si'en Mansion in Guangxi, he set fire to the mountain recklessly, and the fire stretched for several states, and the homes of tens of thousands of people were destroyed."

Ma Liuliang fell to the ground, and when he heard this brain buzzing, wouldn't it, does His Majesty really want to ask me for sin?

In the end, he was dazed and heard Han Ying read that when he was punished with a hundred military sticks, and when he was punished for one year, he almost didn't jump up, he didn't care about one year of Fenglu, but if these hundred military sticks were beaten down, he would be half crippled if he didn't die, wouldn't this be the end?

"Gonggong Han, have you made a mistake, Your Majesty xià him"

"Come on, take down Ma Liuliang and execute him!" Han Ying screamed, and the palace guards who came with him immediately rushed up, escorted Ma Liuliang down, pressed him onto the two benches, and then pulled off his pants, revealing a um, definitely not a white flower, Ma Houye's ass is a little black, it is a polite word to say that it is a little black, it is really dark

When the soldiers in the battalion saw this posture, they couldn't help but feel a little commotion, but Han Ying had a holy purpose, and everyone didn't dare to mess around, so they could only watch.

Han Ying shook off the dust, squatted in front of Ma Liuliang, showed a smile and said softly: "Jiandehou, offended." ”

"Gonggong Han, His Majesty knows that he is wrong, His Majesty will spare his life!"

"Hehe, Jiandehou endure it, you don't do it authentically this time, and it's very difficult for Your Majesty to do it, if you don't punish you, how can the imperial historian of the court be willing to give up? Besides, other generals have also done the same, this Great Qin's world is enough for you to have a few fires? ”

"Okay, Lao Tzu is a man who does things alone, if you want to beat you, you will fight hard, but after eighteen years, I will be a good man again."

"Hey, hey, execution!"

Han Ying screamed, and those burly and sturdy palace guards immediately took turns to slam their hands and hit them hard, snap! A crisp sound was heard in people's hearts, and this was only the first stick, and there were still ninety-nine sticks.

Ma Liuliang gritted his teeth early in the morning and was ready to die, but this violent blow was hit, although it was indeed painful on his buttocks, but it didn't seem to be as heavy as expected

After beating a few sticks, Eunuch Han couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly squatted in front of Ma Liuliang again, and said hurriedly: "Ouch, my Hou Ye, you scream a few times if it hurts, you are silent, it makes it difficult for me to be a man." ”

Ma Liuliang's heart was excited, and he immediately screamed in cooperation: "Ah! Ouch! It hurts me too! ”

Ma Houye's scream was so miserable, the camp echoed, and everyone's eardrums hurt when they heard it.

As a result, after a hundred sticks were beaten, he jumped to the ground with a bloody buttocks, like a man who was fine.

Han Ying hurriedly stepped up again, and said with a bitter face: "Hou you, it's okay for you to cooperate a little, if you are like this, if you spread it, your majesty's face will not look good." ”

"Oh oh oh, it hurts me to death! Ouch"

Ma Liuliang cooperated with the play, helped into the big tent from the left and right, Han Ying followed into the tent, this time he finally breathed a sigh of relief, he took out a bottle of medicine from his cuff and said: "Master Hou, this is the healing medicine given to you by His Majesty, wipe it in the morning and evening, and the skin injury will be cured in a few days." ”

"Thank you, and thank you Gonggong Han."

"Master Hou, Your Majesty said, you have worked hard, and Your Majesty knows it in your heart. But the state has national laws, and His Majesty can't always protect you alone, and in the future, the Hou Ye can't be so reckless, otherwise His Majesty will have the heart to protect you, and he will have to act according to the law. ”

After hearing this, Ma Liuliang was very moved, got up and kowtowed a few times to the north: "Your Majesty, the minister will die in revenge."

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(To be continued......)