Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 54 An Unexpected Joy, Minister of the Ministry of War (for collection and further reading)

After all the officials had arrived, Emperor Qingyong, accompanied by Li Quanzhong, the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, came to the Golden Palace.

Emperor Qingyong, who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, had just sat down. The ministers headed by Feng Bingyuan immediately knelt down and shouted "Long live, long live, long live" in unison.

In fact, according to common sense, several princes should also go to court, but due to some special reasons, these princes generally do not appear in the morning court.

Emperor Qingyong would summon them only when there was a major matter that needed to be discussed.

After this set of etiquette that had been practiced for thousands of years was completed, Left Prime Minister Feng Bingyuan immediately took a step forward.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has something to play."

When Emperor Qingyong heard this, he looked at Feng Bingyuan calmly and said, "If you have anything to do with Prime Minister Feng, just tell him."

Seeing this, Feng Bingyuan bowed his hands to Emperor Qingyong and said, "I recently received a report from the governor of Zhejiang. Some people in Jiaxing accidentally found a strange stone in the mountains and fields. The whole body of the strange stone was fiery red, and the lines on it were very strange. It actually has the four characters 'Kang Yong Sheng Shi', but because the strange stone is too heavy to carry, the governor of Zhejiang has ordered people to have these auspicious rubbings printed down, and has now been sent to the capital for the emperor's inspection."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone came forward from behind and respectfully presented a scroll.

Li Quanzhong, the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, saw this and looked at Emperor Qingyong.

Seeing that the other party nodded in agreement, Li Quanzhong hurriedly took it, then winked at another young eunuch on the side, and slowly unfolded the scroll on the dragon case in front of Emperor Qingyong.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Qingyong stood up and looked at the rubbing scroll, and saw that there were indeed four crooked characters on it.

Although the lines are of different shades, have no sharp strokes, and are even a bit rough, at first glance, it does appear to be the words "Kang and Yong Sheng Shi".

Seeing this scene, the emperor of the Daqing Dynasty couldn't help but smile.

The next moment, Emperor Qingyong raised his eyes and looked at His Highness's civil and military officials, smiled and nodded gently: "It does look auspicious. It seems that our Daqing Dynasty will have a prosperous national fortune!"

As soon as this remark came out, it was tantamount to directly admitting that Feng Bingyuan's auspiciousness was true.

When the officials below saw that the emperor had expressed his stance, they immediately slapped him with rainbow farts.

Su Ran, who was standing behind, looked at the various expressions of the officials above the court and couldn't help but feel secretly amused.

Auspicious?

Bullshit auspiciousness.

If you keep doing these nonsense all day long, it will be strange if Daqing Dynasty is not destroyed by you sooner or later.

However, some people don't care about this, as long as they can achieve their goals.

At this moment, Feng Bingyuan saw the opportunity again and said: "Your Majesty, the auspiciousness has descended from heaven. It is a prosperous time, and the seventieth birthday of the Supreme Emperor is coming soon. I thought that the construction of the Wanshou Building should be started as early as possible, in time for the Supreme Emperor." The construction is completed before the birthday. Firstly, it can celebrate the birthday of the Supreme Emperor, and secondly, it can also show the strong national power of our Daqing Dynasty and the everlasting national destiny! Your Majesty!"

When Emperor Qingyong heard Feng Bingyuan mention this again, he couldn't help but frown slightly, and the smile on his face gradually became unnatural.

At this moment, Emperor Qingyong felt as if he was being roasted on a fire.

This kind of matter should not be discussed in court at all, but Feng Bingyuan mentioned the construction of Wanshou Tower many times.

Did he just want to tell me that the Supreme Emperor was standing behind him?

Thinking of this, Emperor Qingyong felt faintly angry.

Emperor Qingyong really wanted someone to stand up and say something at this time, but he glanced at the ministers several times and no one stood up.

At this moment, Su Ran, who was standing at the back, couldn't hold back any longer, and stood up from the bottom of the hundred officials.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

When Emperor Qingyong saw Su Ran standing up, the embarrassed expression on his face softened slightly. "Su Ran, if you have anything to say, say it and let me hear it."

Hearing this, Su Ran said in a loud voice: "I am a humble minister, there are many ministers standing in the court hall, and it is not my turn to speak, but just now, the Minister Zuo said about the construction of the Wanshou Tower, I have some words to say. "

"Oh?" Emperor Qingyong saw this and nodded, "I would like to hear what you have to say? Isn't it appropriate to congratulate the Supreme Emperor on his birthday?"

When Su Ran heard this, he knew that Emperor Qingyong was pretending, and now he just needed to find a step to get off.

Thinking of this, he glanced around the ministers.

"The Emperor's seventieth birthday is undoubtedly a great joy and should be celebrated by the whole world. However, there are many ways to celebrate the Emperor's birthday. I have just returned from fighting the rebellion on the southwest front. Although this battle did not last too long, it was also exhausting. It’s so huge. If millions of taels of silver are spent on building the Wanshou Tower at this time, if there is another natural or man-made disaster, I would like to ask you, what will be used to relieve the disaster and what will be used to quell the disaster? Who still wants to build this Wanshou Tower? Building, I suggest you donate half of his family property first. If everyone is willing to donate, I think it is not too difficult to build a Wanshou Building."

These words were spoken loudly and pointedly to the point, making all the officials present blush.

Everyone wants to be a good person and a wise minister, but once his interests are touched, it's another matter.

As an active advocate of building Wanshou Tower, Feng Bingyuan suddenly turned red after hearing these words.

The prime minister of the Daqing Dynasty hesitated for a long time before he said: "You... who are you? Don't you know that officials below the third rank are not allowed to enter the court without an imperial edict?"

Emperor Qingyong, who was sitting on the dragon throne, coughed heavily when he saw this: "I announced his entry into the dynasty."

As soon as Feng Bingyuan heard this, he suddenly felt his blood rushing to his heart, and his old face turned from red to purple in an instant.

However, the one who had just spoken was the emperor of the Daqing Dynasty. Even if he was dissatisfied, it would be difficult for him to speak out at this time.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the morning court was a bit solemn, Emperor Qingyong smiled and said: "Let's not talk about other things for now. Su Ran just returned to the capital yesterday and brought me good news. The rebellion in the southwest has been completely put down."

When Emperor Qingyong said this, the following officials immediately understood. They quickly changed the direction of the situation and began to praise His Majesty for his wisdom and martial prowess, and for his power to spread far and wide.

Looking at these flattering ministers, the emperor of the Daqing Dynasty suddenly felt a little sad.

However, taking advantage of this momentum, Emperor Qingyong issued an imperial edict on the spot that shocked everyone.

Even Su Ran himself couldn't guess this imperial edict.

Before going to the southwest front to quell the rebellion, Emperor Qingyong only said that he would give himself a bigger official when he came back.

However, this time, the official given by Emperor Qingyong was obviously beyond everyone's expectations, including Su Ran.

In front of all the civil and military officials, he actually personally named Su Ran the Minister of the Ministry of War and walked in the south study room.

This made Su Ran himself not even know what to say.

You know, the minister of the Ministry of War is a second-rank Beijing official, and above that, he is the minister of various ministries.

A 17-year-old boy can go from a seventh-rank general manager to such a high position in less than a year, how embarrassing is this for a group of old officials?

As soon as Emperor Qingyong's decree was announced, he was immediately opposed by Feng Bingyuan's party. The reason was that it was still inconsistent with the official system of Daqing.

However, no matter what these people said, Emperor Qingyong still defied all opinions and gave the post of Minister of War to Su Ran.

The reason is also very good: to suppress the rebellion in the southwest, boost the morale of Qing's army, show the prestige of Daqing's country, and restore stability to southern Xinjiang.

These achievements are all real, and they have made greater contributions to the Daqing Dynasty than those things that are hyped up but have no practical significance.

In this regard, Feng Bingyuan and his party could only sigh helplessly.

(End of this chapter)