klisemfg Chapter 480: Ask Your Majesty to Offer a Ceremonial Offering at Mount Tai
Chapter 480: Ask Your Majesty to Offer a Ceremonial Offering at Mount Tai
Faced with this large-scale social death scene, Yan Fuyao's feet were almost digging out a three-bedroom apartment.
In front of all the ministers and officials, Shen Changgong kept calling her "baby", and her dignity as the empress was completely shattered.
Damn Shen Changgong, even though we are thousands of miles apart, you can still make me lose face like this!
hateful!
Tang Xinyi lowered her head, pursed her lips, and kept giggling.
Yan Fuyao took a deep breath and said,
"My dear ministers, do you have anything else to report? If not, please adjourn the court."
She couldn't wait to escape and go back to give Tang Xinyi a good beating.
However, the Prime Minister suddenly had an idea and stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
Seeing this, Yan Fuyao could only sit down patiently and said,
"what's up?"
"Your Majesty, since the time of Daxia, monarchs and emperors of all dynasties who have made great achievements have come to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven, earth, and ancestors. On this Mount Tai, an altar is built to offer sacrifices to heaven and repay heaven's contributions, hence the name 'feng'. On this small hill below Mount Tai, the land is cleared to repay the earth's contributions, hence the name 'chan'.
Only monarchs who are both civil and military, have both moral integrity and talent, and have made great achievements are qualified to be enfeoffed.
Today, in the whole world, only Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, who has expanded the territory more than tenfold and pacified half of the world.
Your Majesty's virtues rival those of the Three Sovereigns and his achievements surpass those of the Five Emperors. You are an emperor who has never appeared in history and you deserve to be enthroned at Mount Tai."
Hearing this, Yan Fuyao frowned and said,
"The world is not yet unified, so why bother with Fengshan? My virtue is no match for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Don't waste the people's money and resources."
Yan Fuyao, who had always tightened his belt in the State of Yan before, couldn't help but feel repulsed when he heard about spending money.
It would be fine if it was serious business, something that could improve people's livelihood or strengthen the army and the country, but this kind of thing has no benefit at all and is just a waste of money, so she is unwilling to do it.
But how could she know what the Prime Minister was thinking?
The Prime Minister was very happy to see that His Majesty and Lanling Prince had a good relationship. However, this time Lanling Prince had been away on the expedition for several months and His Majesty was still not pregnant. This was not good.
I heard that the five southern countries are going to form an alliance. Prince Lanling will definitely stay in the south to fight and will not come back. His Majesty is far away in Shengjing. It will not work for the couple to not see each other for a long time.
Next, we will continue to fight southwards, and Prince Lanling and Your Majesty will only get further and further apart. When they don't see each other for a long time, their feelings will definitely fade.
Lanling Wang commands a large army. If he has any other intentions, wouldn’t the sky of Yan State collapse?
Moreover, Prince Lanling is always at war. If something happens to him and Your Majesty still has no children, does that mean Your Majesty has to find another husband?
Can the new husband be able to suppress the army led by Lanling King?
No matter what the result is, it will be a disaster for Dayan.
The best way is to let Your Majesty give birth to a child as soon as possible. Once a crown prince is born, the foundation of the country will be established.
Even if Lanling Wang died suddenly, those old soldiers would not rebel for the sake of their former master's son.
The thinking of this era has destined that having a son and not having a son are two different things.
But His Majesty is disgusted by the mention of inducing labor, so what should I do?
We can only be tactful and find a way to let His Majesty and Prince Lanling meet and stay for a few more days. A short separation is better than a new marriage, and the baby should be conceived sooner.
Moreover, Lanling Wang also said in the letter that he wanted Your Majesty to give him a big fat boy.
Well, His Majesty must go to Qi.
So, the Prime Minister continued to advise,
"Your Majesty, how can this be considered a waste of money and manpower? Let's put aside the merits and virtues for now. Your Majesty has three reasons why you must go to Qi to offer sacrifices to the gods!
First, Qi had just been conquered, and the people were unstable. They did not have a strong sense of belonging and did not completely consider themselves to be Yan people. It was difficult to form cohesion, and rebellions might occur frequently.
Your Majesty, if you personally go to Qi and offer sacrifices to the gods at Mount Tai, you can show your importance to the people of Qi and tell them that they are all citizens of Dayan and we will treat them equally.
Second, nowadays, the five countries are forming alliances and may join forces to attack our country next year.
If Your Majesty personally visits the front line, takes a tour, and boosts morale, our Great Yan soldiers will surely fight bravely and defeat the coalition forces!
After defeating Kun Kingdom, many soldiers went directly south. There are also some newly recruited soldiers and legions in Qi who have never seen Your Majesty and it is difficult for them to form centripetal force. If Your Majesty goes there in person, it will be a different story!
Third, now that our country has conquered half of the country, Your Majesty can go to Mount Tai to worship the gods, let the gods and ancestors see how prosperous our Great Yan’s national destiny is, and let them know that our Great Yan is unstoppable in unifying the world.
When the gods and ancestors know about this, they will surely bless our country with prosperity, good weather, and unification of the world with an unstoppable force.
At the same time, we can also tell the people of the world that the unification of the world by Great Yan is the destiny and the will of God, and the will of God cannot be reversed!
This will help to give our military actions a more legitimate justification.
Once our country defeats the Five-Nation Alliance, it will further prove that our country's unification is destiny, and it will cause an irreparable blow to the morale of their people and their military!"
At this point, the thirsty prime minister bowed deeply.
"Your Majesty, the two kings and the soldiers are fighting so hard on the front lines. We can't just sit back and enjoy their success. We should do something for them."
Hearing this, Yan Fuyao thought seriously about what the prime minister said, and the more he thought about it, the more it made sense to him.
The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs.
Si means sacrifice and belief, and Rong means army and soldiers.
Spiritual belief is very, very important.
If the Fengshan Ceremony at Mount Tai could be used to prove that Dayan was truly the destiny of the country, it would have a spiritual impact on the people of the entire world.
The people of Dayan will certainly be more convinced, and the people of the enemy country will certainly be afraid.
Thinking of this, Yan Fuyao nodded and said,
"Alright, I agree to this. The Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, please draw up a list as soon as possible and prepare the materials for the Fengshan ceremony. This matter will be put on the agenda."
"The ministers obey the order."
All the ministers saluted together.
The prime minister smiled. He really took great pains to help His Majesty give birth to a child.
After all the ministers left, Yan Fuyao and Tang Xinyi also walked towards the imperial study.
Tang Xinyi followed behind him, her big eyes rolled around, and suddenly she covered her stomach and said,
"Ouch, Your Majesty, I have a stomachache. I need to go to the toilet first..."
"You can't go anywhere, just follow me!"
Tang Xinyi had a bitter face and could only follow.
After entering the imperial study, Tang Xinyi stood obediently. The empress sat on the dragon throne, patted her side, and said,
"come over."
Tang Xinyi went over obediently.
The empress pulled her over, put her on her lap, raised her hand and started spanking her perky little butt.
"Your Majesty, please stop hitting me. I know I was wrong."
"No, you little girl, you've rebelled! You even dared to embarrass me in front of all the civil and military officials in the court! I'll teach you a lesson today!"
"Your Majesty asked me to read it."
"Shut up and take the beating!"