In the huge square outside the Xuande Hall.
Fu Xiaoguan was dressed in a gorgeous attire, looking handsome and energetic as he stood on the high platform.
In front of him were hundreds of civil and military officials of Daxia, and in front of them were the kings and envoys from nine countries.
The Minister of Rites, Xiao Yulou, presided over this grand ceremony. Of course, in Fu Xiaoguan's view, this was all nonsense.
What he valued was the tribute gift lists sent by these countries.
Among them, the Liao Dynasty prepared the most abundant gifts. Surprisingly, Goryeo came in second, while Xixia, the one who actually needed him, was the poorest. Of course, that was excluding the three Peiyuan Zaozao Pills, whose value was difficult to estimate.
Xiao Yulou spent a full half hour praising the great achievements that Fu Xiaoguan had made since he ascended the throne. These articles, jointly created by the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Rites, were truly magnificent, and their descriptions were so vivid and moving that even Fu Xiaoguan's face turned red.
He hasn't even read the manuscript, and you're praising me to the sky?
He was said to be comparable to Yao and Shun, and even the meaning between the lines hinted that he surpassed Yao and Shun!
The officials below were naturally excited to hear this. Among the envoys from the nine countries, except for the Western Xia and Liao dynasties who had their own concerns, the monarchs and envoys from the other seven countries actually listened with great interest.
The emperor of Daxia is indeed powerful!
One year after he ascended the throne, the Wu Dynasty underwent earth-shaking changes!
He implemented the imperial examination system, abolished the recommendation system, and even implemented nine years of compulsory education. He can be called a literary saint!
He invented new rice seeds, and the rice yield per mu in the Wu Dynasty was over 700 kilograms!
He also discovered the sweet potato, a magical plant that can produce 5,000 to 6,000 kilograms per mu, and he even improved the pig breed... He was simply Shennong who came to the world to save the people of Wu Dynasty and then to save the people of Daxia!
He established the Excalibur Army and trained this unique army with new methods. This army shocked the world and was invincible. He was the God of War!
He unified the other four kingdoms, making the five kingdoms in this land one and the four sides submit to him.
Under his governance, this vast country has enjoyed peace and prosperity in just half a year, and is now bursting with vitality!
Therefore, Emperor Fu Xiaoguan of Daxia deserves the title of the greatest emperor of all time and should be the supreme emperor who rules over all eight directions!
Under Xiao Yulou's expression and the shining of the warm sunshine, everyone looked at Fu Xiaoguan with eyes full of admiration, and felt that he seemed to be emitting a faint golden light.
Xu Yunqing, her ten daughters-in-law and all her grandchildren stood on the wall of the inner palace. It was a bit far from the Xuande Hall Square, so each of them held a telescope in their hands.
"They must be praising my son, your husband. Unfortunately, I can't hear them!"
"Don't worry, mother. The Daxia Weekly will definitely publish this grand event in detail, without missing a single word."
"What Wenyun said makes sense, but... reading in the newspaper doesn't give you the same firsthand experience as being there!"
"Mom, how about... I put some makeup on you so you can go and have a look secretly?"
This is a good idea. "Xinyan, quickly help me put on some makeup and dress up as a palace maid. I'll eavesdrop and come back to tell you."
A group of people returned to Ci'an Palace. Xu Xinyan really put makeup on Xu Yunqing. She wore a palace maid's clothes and ran happily to the back of Xuande Hall.
It was already the Si hour, the sun was high in the sky, and the sunlight was warm.
But Yelu Dan of the Liao Dynasty felt a chill.
Xiao Yulou's eulogy was almost coming to an end. Such eulogy usually contained great exaggeration, but for some reason, Yelu Dan felt that Xiao Yulou's eulogy was extremely true, and it had not even fully explained Fu Xiaoguan's deeds.
Poetry, prose, agriculture, commerce, military affairs, politics, statecraft... He actually understood them all and was proficient in them all.
But when Yelu Dan heard this, he felt that he was still lacking the most important virtue: self-discipline and a heart for the world!
He loves every citizen of Daxia!
He built so many nursing homes and orphanages, which seemed to be useless because the elderly and orphans were a burden to the country.
If such a burden were placed on the Liao Dynasty, no one would have cared much about their life or death.
But Fu Xiaoguan not only watched it, he also did it.
It can be thought that he was just pretending, but the effect of such an act was to win the hearts of the people of Daxia!
For a country, the people's hearts are the most important. Fu Xiaoguan accurately grasped this point and achieved it to the extreme!
And what about the Liao Dynasty?
Everything is to serve the class like the scholar-officials. As for the common people... In the culture of the Liao Dynasty, what they passed down was that the scholar-officials ruled the world and the common people were treated like cattle and horses.
Yelu Dan was well aware of the drawbacks of this view, but he was also from the scholar-official class. He could not make such a bold move as to cut off the interests of the scholar-official class. Perhaps before he even raised his sword, he would be crushed to pieces by the huge class.
It is the time and the destiny. Great Xia is about to rise. This is like a rolling torrent that no one in the world can stop!
What could the Liao Dynasty use to fight against Daxia?
Just relying on the 450,000-strong army?
How childish!
Behind the Daxia army is a powerful backing of hundreds of millions of people. Yelu Dan even believes that as long as Fu Xiaoguan gives an order, these hundreds of millions of people will risk their lives to defeat the Liao Dynasty.
He took a deep breath and glanced at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again. He looked handsome, but it was a pity that there was only a bag of chaff inside.
Just as he was thinking about these things, thunderous applause broke out in the arena.
Xiao Yulou's praise ended, but the prolonged applause meant that Fu Xiaoguan's reputation was pushed to a higher level.
After dozens of breaths, Fu Xiaoguan raised his hands and pressed them lightly, and the applause stopped immediately. You could hear a pin drop.
Yelu Dan secretly glanced at the three prime ministers of Daxia. Their faces were flushed and their eyes were full of bright light.
Even these three old men with long experience in officialdom admired their emperor so much, let alone the other ministers.
Yelu Dan felt even more anxious.
Likewise, Tuoba Wang hadn't even had a single question mark in his mind after hearing Xiao Yulou's praises. This was because he had seen and heard a lot along the way, and even chatted a lot with the farmers in the fields.
He knew that Xiao Yulou's praise was not exaggerated at all. He was now paying attention to the ministers beside him and understood their hearts. He knew that they were really in cahoots with Fu Xiaoguan.
This is a rope, a thick rope!
Looking at these officials again, 30% of them were around 40 years old, only 20% were over 50 years old, and the majority were officials in their twenties, about the same age as the Emperor of Daxia.
Such a Great Xia is as bright as the rising sun!
Tuoba Wang had already made up his mind at this time. Only when the declining Western Xia returned to the rising sun-like Great Xia would it become younger and full of vigor and vitality.
At this moment, Fu Xiaoguan spoke, without saying a word of nonsense:
"Foreign monarchs or envoys, please come to pay homage to Daxia. It is your honor!"
"I heard that the Liao Dynasty and the Western Xia are at war? I think this war should not be fought. The Liao Dynasty should withdraw its troops and compensate the Western Xia for all the silver it has lost. From now on, everyone should live in harmony, be as close as brothers, and work together for development. This is the hard truth."
"I wonder what the Liao envoy thinks?"
Yelu Dan's pupils shrank and his heart skipped a beat. Oh no!
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