On November 18, the 16th year of Chongzhen, it was sunny and windless.
Yun Zhao got up very early and stood in front of the mirror and looked at his appearance for a long time.
Qian Duoduo, Feng Ying stood behind him, while Yun Chun and Yun Hua were holding a green shirt and a pair of new boots, waiting for Yun Zhao to change.
Yun Zhao in the mirror has eyebrows like distant mountains, red lips and white teeth, but his eyes are like deep pools of water, seemingly unfathomable.
Qian Duoduo untied Yun Zhao's bun and gently combed his hair.
After putting her hair into a bun, Feng Ying inserted Yun Zhao’s favorite jade hairpin into his head and fixed the hair firmly.
Qian Duoduo originally wanted Yun Zhao to receive a golden crown, but he flatly refused.
Today should not be anything special.
The green shirt was made by Qian Duoduo, and the shoes were sewn stitch by stitch by Feng Ying. After Yun Zhao put it on, he smiled and said to his two wives: "Look, the years don't seem to be with me." There are traces on the body."
Qian Duoduo smiled: "My husband is only twenty-three years old today."
Yun Zhao sighed: "Why does it feel like a long time has passed. , for a long time, inside this skin of just twenty-three years old, there is a sixty-year-old ghost?" Feng Ying said pitifully: "My husband has been living all day long since he was eight years old? There is no time to relax, and there is nothing wrong with feeling like this."
Yun Zhao glanced at the majestic Jade Mountain, and said with a long smile: "Eighteen years, eighteen years, and now we will be successful. ”
With a lot of money, Feng Ying took Yun Chun, Yun Hua, the old toothless Granny Qin, and the gorgeously dressed Granny He to prostrate themselves to the ground and wish Yun Zhao all the best.
Out of the door, Yun Zhang took Yun Xian with him, and Yun Gu also knelt on the ground to wish his father his wish.
Yun Zhao squeezed Yun Zhang and Yun Xian's little face, hugged Yun Gu, and followed Pei Zhong's lead to the Yun Family Ancestral Hall.
There is only one seat in the ancestral hall. It is on the upper left side. Yun Niang is sitting on it. Yun Hu, Yun Bao, Yun Jiao and Yun Xiao stand straight behind Yun Niang.
Yun Fu, Yun Qi, and Yun Yang stood on the right. Pei Zhong sent Yun Zhao to the door and stood waiting outside. This was a gathering of the Yun family. He was not qualified and could not participate.
The last time such a serious family meeting was held was five years ago.
It was at that meeting that Yun Zhao obtained the ruling power of the family from his mother.
It was through that meeting that Yun Zhao decided that members of the Yun family should participate in Lantian politics as little as possible.
Therefore, the names of six people, Yun Fu, Yun Yang, Yun Hu, Yun Bao, Yun Jiao and Yun Xiao, generally rarely appear on Lantian's official documents.
Yunfu lit three sticks of incense and handed them to Yun Zhao. Yun Zhao respectfully offered incense to his ancestors, and then bowed three times and kowtowed nine times. The process was meticulous, but when he looked up, he discovered that he had taken advantage of it. Father Yun Siyuan’s memorial tablet has been transformed from a small plaque with white characters on a black background.It became a big plaque with gold characters on a black background, almost as big as the tablet of my grandfather Yun Boxiao.
This is the consequence of descendants’ striving for success and a concrete manifestation of their parents’ reputation.
Yunniang sat on a chair, with a straight face, looking extremely majestic. However, the consequence of doing so was that the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes would be seriously exposed, which would never appear on normal days, but , today is an unprecedented day for Yunshi. She only cares about majesty, not appearance.
In front of his mother, Yun Zhao only bent down to salute and said goodbye, and would not kneel down again.
From today on, as the best person in the world, the only people who can make Yun Zhao kneel down and worship are Huang Tian, Hou Tu, and his ancestors.
"My son is mighty!"
Yunniang stood up and held her son's shoulders, tears welling up in her eyes.
Yunhu, Yunbao and others laughed loudly and surrounded Yunniang and Yunzhao in the center, feeling very happy.
Old Yun Fu burst into tears and knelt down towards the memorial tablet, kowtowing and weeping: "Master, our Yun family Qianlong Tengyuan is today!"
Yun Zhao helped Yun Fu up. He smiled and said: "It's a happy day, so don't be sad."
Yunfu nodded repeatedly and said: "I know, I know, I just can't help it."
Yun Niang wiped away her tears and said: "You have to hold it back, we have to go to the meeting today, and Zhao'er still expects your support."
Yun Hu said loudly: "I will go into the meeting today to see "Look, let's see who dares to oppose."
Yunbao Yunjiao and others also swore that anyone who opposes Yun Zhaolong Fei Jiuwu will be the life and death enemy of the Yun family.
Everyone in the Yun clan seemed very excited. Thinking about it, from bandit to emperor is a huge leap!
"I can no longer go to brothels, Ah Bao, Ah Jiao, you are not allowed to gamble either."
As soon as Yun Hu finished speaking, he noticed that Yun Niang was looking at him angrily. Come over.
"It won't happen again...I, I, I read!"
Yunhu's embarrassed appearance made everyone burst into laughter, and Yun Yang also wanted to laugh too, but was ignored by the old man. Dad Yunqi pinched him hard and turned to Yun Zhao for help.
Among this group of people, Yun Yang has no status at all.
The Yun clan stopped their heated discussion until Pei Zhong invited Yun Zhao to rush to the assembly hall immediately.
Yunzhao took the handbag filled with documents from Pei Zhong and said to his mother: "My son is going to take the exam."
Yunniang smiled and said: "I hope my son will do it in one fell swoop. Winning the first prize will make the Yun family shine forever."
Yun Hu said loudly: "Azhao, you are at the front, and we are all behind to protect you!"
Yun Hu! Zhao led this group of Yun clan thieves, and after bowing to their ancestors once again, they stepped out of the ancestral hall and set off towards the great hall with great pride.
Stepping out of the ancestral hall, Gao Jie, Yun Shu, and Yun Juan followed. Stepping out of the gate, Han Lingshan, Han Xiufen and other 21 mainstays of Lantian followed.After walking through the large study room, Zhang Guozhu, who was leading a group of political officials and representatives waiting for Yun Zhao, followed.
Stepping into Zhuangzi, there was a sea of people on Zhuangzi. Officials and representatives of the Yun clan followed them one after another before entering the long street. There was a sea of people here. Representatives of Yushan had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Yun Zhao's team arriving, they Follow the group quietly.
At this time, just behind Yun Zhao, there was a group of people like a blue dragon.
Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng did not participate. They just put their hands in their sleeves and watched this mighty team.
"Yun Zhao said that today is the day for him to take the exam. Do you think he can win the first prize in one fell swoop?"
Lu Xiangsheng is a little worried.
Hong Chengchou smiled and said: "Look at the group of bandits behind Yun Zhao. Even if Yun Zhao is not talented enough, these people will lift him to the leadership position."
Sun Chuanting Looking at this extremely young team, he said with emotion: "I didn't believe that a group of young people could achieve their ideals at first, but I didn't expect that when I thought they might have the ability to change the world, they were already so majestic."
Hong Chengchou casually put on a mask and said to Sun and Lu: "It's better to put on masks."
Lu Xiangsheng said: "We three ghosts should not appear in the world. , since we are on the list of representatives, we must go to this new world even if we risk our lives."
Sun Chuanting laughed and said, "Then let's go!"
Hong Chengchou. He smiled, raised his hand to touch the mask, made sure it was properly worn, and took the lead to move forward.
“There were no bells and drums, no guards of honor, no palace maids, no golden armor to clear the way, no courtiers to praise, not even a canopy chariot. The genius of Lantian just walked by like this, embarrassing himself. Ah."
Zhu Cunji murmured to himself, constantly complaining to the former Prince Qing next to him, and now the young eunuch of Honglu Temple, Zhu Chaoxiong.
Zhu Chaoxiong chuckled and said: "People don't care about these etiquette at all. Look at the group of people behind him. As long as there are these people around, Yun Zhao is the most ragged person in the world." A powerful presence."
"Yes, the emperor doesn't want umbrellas, chariots, or ceremonial guards, but he makes the Hall of Heroes dazzling and strict. I really don't know what Yun Zhao is doing. I think so."
Zhu Chaoxiong said with a smile: "This is the courage that a hero should have. I think the great ancestor of the Zhu family should have been so high-spirited."
Zhu Cunji looked around nervously and found that no one was paying attention to the two representatives in Tsing Yi. All eyes were on Yun Zhao, who was walking forward with his head held high.
He sighed slightly and said to Zhu Chaoxiong: "I understand all the principles, and I have figured out everything, but in my heart..."
Zhu Chaoxiong shook his head and said : "Brother, give up this idea, don't even say it in your dreams. The Ming Dynasty is over, and it is already impossible for us two brothers to save the lives of the whole family.
Back then, when you took in Gongzhen's three sons and two daughters, Yun Zhao turned a blind eye, so I made up my mind to abandon everything and come to Chang'an. You should understand that among the many traitors in the world, only Yun Zhao still treats me with kindness. The descendants of the family still have some incense friendship.
Brother, we have forgotten Taizu Yulie and Chengzu Xiongfeng. Today’s Zhu family is a group of wretches just trying to survive. I only hope that the world can quickly forget our past identities. "
Zhu Cunji wiped away his tears and said: "Let's go, follow them, they are going far away. ”
One thousand one hundred and thirty-five people in Tsing Yi walked into the Lantian Grand Council Hall, preparing to participate in an unprecedented meeting.
There was no cumbersome ceremony before the meeting. There was no huge momentum, let alone domineering majesty, only the red Lantian flag almost covered the square in front of the General Assembly Hall.
Only the black-armored warriors with long swords on their waists stood on both sides, watching the representatives of the Tsing Yi people enter the first place. A warning circle was set up.
The officials preparing for the meeting carefully checked the qualification certificate of each representative and carefully searched everyone. Even Yun Zhao, who was the first to enter the venue, was not spared. .
Entering the venue, this team of farmers, craftsmen, merchants, scholars, officials, and soldiers will determine the future direction of the huge Lantian and the future direction of the Ming Dynasty.
Before entering this solemn venue, three people unfortunately died of illness. The organizers of the conference decided not to fill the vacancies.
There will be no more 1,135 people during the conference. Regardless of their status, they only have one identity in common - the representative of Lantian.
The Lantian Grand Assembly Hall looks tall and majestic with its back to Qingshan.
The ceremony officer Zhu Cunji gave an order. Next, twenty-four artillery pieces were loaded with blank ammunition and fired one after another.
A loud noise seemed to announce to the world that I, Lantian, was coming.