Chapter 870: Story Making
It sounds simple to ascend the throne and become emperor, but in fact it is not easy at all.
Especially as the founding monarch, every system he established, from the small things like what patterns to embroider on clothes to the big things like the official system, would be used as a template to be inherited by future generations.
Politically, even before any major storms arise, the various small details are enough to make one's scalp tingle.
"Mother, come and take a look at this, is it true?" Su Yunyan was holding a booklet, her eyebrows raised, and her eyes were filled with incredible curiosity.
"What is it?" Gu Nanxi took the booklet and just after reading a few lines, his expression became exactly the same as Su Yunyan's.
Lu Mei came over curiously to take a look, her eyes suddenly widened, and she exclaimed: "Master, is there really a meteorite crater in the General's Mansion?"
The booklet was a manuscript written by Cui Wenbo. Somehow, it fell into Su Yunyan's hands.
The booklet talks about the miraculous celestial phenomena that occurred when Gu Nanxi was born.
It is said that on that night, God of War Gu was leading his army in Mobei, and was surrounded by the Tatars. He could not wait for reinforcements and could only fight hard.
And that night, Mrs. Gu, who was supposed to give birth next month, suddenly felt abdominal pain and was about to give birth.
While she was giving birth in the delivery room, the celestial phenomena changed dramatically.
A huge, blood-red meteor tore through the night sky, dragging a long tail of flame, and fell accurately in the backyard of the general's mansion, creating a deep pit.
The core of the meteorite is a strange stone that is as smooth as jade and contains golden light, and its shape is like an unsharpened knife.
The moment the meteorite fell to the ground, red light shot up into the sky, illuminating the entire general's mansion, accompanied by the sounds of dragon roars and tiger roars.
Almost at the same time, the loud cry of a baby girl was heard from the delivery room in the backyard.
The midwife was shocked to see that the baby girl was holding a piece of debris that had flown out of the core of the meteorite in her hand.
News came from the front line that War God Gu was assisted by God in that unwinnable night battle and defeated the enemy at that time when the meteor fell.
After reading the entire booklet, Gu Nanxi's brows were furrowed into the expression pack of [old man on the subway looking at his mobile phone].
This story sounded so absurd and full of mythology, without any truth at all, but Lumei and Su Yunyan actually believed it a little.
One cannot blame them. One can only blame Cui Wenbo for his excellent writing skills. He described this mythological story so vividly that it seemed as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
Gu Nanxi rubbed his swollen and painful forehead and put the book aside: "Nonsense, it's fake."
"How could it be fake?!"
Inside the Fuquan Teahouse, a burly man with a full beard slammed the table and stood up, vowing.
"One of my mother's close friends was once the midwife in General Gu's mansion. I heard them chatting when I was a child. When Duke Yun was born, the mansion was indeed in a panic. It seemed that something big had happened and they had to hide something."
A tea drinker stroked his long beard, his eyes sparkling with wisdom: "A strange phenomenon appeared in the sky, and Duke Yun was holding a rare jade, but decades later, the truth was not made public until today. I guess it was Madam Gu who concealed this matter back then."
The scholar sitting at the same table with him analyzed, "Everything makes sense now! Why did the previous emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty take Duke Yun into the palace to raise him? Why did Duke Yun hide in the backyard of the Yongchang Marquis's mansion and remain unknown for more than a decade? It's because Duke Yun is the son of heaven and obeys the will of heaven!"
"Yes, that must be the case. Maybe the death of God of War Gu was also the work of the late emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
"Wow, Duke Yun is so miserable! If the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty really cared about the people and vigorously trained and used Duke Yun, wouldn't our capital city not have to experience the Fang La Rebellion?"
Once I throw out a story, the people will argue for me.
In the private room on the second floor of Fuquan Teahouse, Cui Wenbo was smiling with a smug look on his face.
"Lord Cui, was there really any unusual phenomenon in the sky on the night that Duke Yun was born?" another official in the private room asked uncertainly.
Reason told him that all of this was made up by Cui Wenbo.
But everyone spoke so confidently and with so much detail that it inevitably shook his reasoning.
Cui Wenbo laughed: "True and false, false and true. If you check the records of the Imperial Observatory, you will know that it actually rained heavily that night."
There were lightning and thunder and heavy rain.
Some people will always have some impression of such astronomical phenomena in their subconscious, but this vague impression will naturally be automatically completed in the direction of mythology after being influenced by the story.
The official who was questioning laughed twice and asked persistently, "Where is the meteorite crater on General Gu's mansion? I remember there was indeed a small lake on his mansion."
Cui Wenbo had a photographic memory since he was a child, and he had also served as an official in Kyoto for many years, so he knew all the gossip about various families.
"There is indeed a small lake. Because Madam Gu suffers from summer heat, General Gu wanted to imitate pavilions and waterside pavilions, build a pavilion in the middle of the lake, and divert water to cool down."
The final result was that Mrs. Gu stopped the excavation of the lake just as it was started. She scolded General Gu and did not allow him to enter the main house for a whole month.
This incident became a hot topic among the women in each family at that time.
Because the original piece of land was used by Mrs. Gu to plant flowers, but General Gu dug up the flowers and used it to build an artificial lake, which was like flattery against the horse's hoof.
Everyone in the private room exclaimed in unison.
I didn’t expect that Gu Zhanshen, who has made great military achievements, actually has such a tender side.
An official asked, "When Duke Yun was born, his fist was clenched and there was a strange stone in it. What's going on?"
Cui Wenbo rolled his eyes: "Every child will clench their fists when they are born. What's so strange about that?"
well.
Everyone sighed, it was actually made up, and they felt a little disappointed.
Cui Wenbo's face was full of pride. He thought of a way to pass the booklet to Madam Su, who would definitely tell Duke Yun.
When the rumor that "there were strange phenomena in the sky when Duke Yun was born" had already spread among the people, Duke Yun knew very well who was the hero behind the scenes!
It’s him, Cui Wenbo!
Given Duke Yun's temper, she would certainly not do something like bragging about herself, but throughout the dynasties, every founding monarch would have visions to prove that he was commanded by heaven.
Whatever other monarchs have, Duke Yun must also have.
She was embarrassed to make up a story, so as a subject she naturally had to be more discerning and do the whole process of making up the story and spreading it.
Hahahaha, as the greatest contributor, Cui Wenbo easily got the position of Minister of Rites.
So that those Yunzhou officials who only know how to fight and kill can see what it means to guess the emperor’s intentions and understand the emperor’s heart!
"Shameless! It's really shameless!"
Originally, as a member of the crowd, Bater believed this story without a doubt, and his palms were almost broken by clapping his hands about the origin of Duke Yun.
As a result, Wang Buxi told him that all of this was deliberately made up by someone in order to compete for the emperor's favor.
According to Lord Wang's guess, the person behind the scenes is most likely from the Kyoto faction, because the officials from the Yunzhou faction would most likely not be able to think of and play this game.
Damn it! Isn't this bullying the honest people of Yunzhou?
This is something a gentleman can endure, but what else can he not endure?
Bater went to find Song Zhizhou overnight. Song Zhizhou had been in Yunzhou for so long, he was one of them.
Hmm? Why does it feel like Cui Wenbo is writing stories just like me?
Ha ha.
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