Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2439: The Great Jin Dragon Flag, the Shangshu Gathered

On the other side, Fang Xuanling, the Minister of Rites, was also watching here. Since he was following up on this matter personally and knew that Emperor Li Xiang attached great importance to this matter, he would naturally pay attention to it all the time.

At some point, Fang Xuanling's deputy, Zhang Yi, the Minister of Rites, had already stood beside him.

This matter was not just Fang Xuanling's business, but Li Xiang handed it over to the Ministry of Rites. If this matter was not handled well, the entire Ministry of Rites would be punished.

"Really don't want to report to the emperor first?" Zhang Yi whispered as he watched.

Fang Xuanling stared at it without blinking, and said, "Let me take a look at the specific process first. If there are no problems, please come and see it directly later."

Precisely because he knew that the emperor attached great importance to it, Fang Xuanling wanted to make it as perfect as possible. After repeated rehearsals and improvements in advance, he would present the final version to the emperor.

Zhang Yi nodded in understanding, and suddenly turned sideways and said, "Minister, it's time to raise the flag."

During the conversation between the two people, this rehearsal has already entered the next stage.

Upon hearing this, Fang Xuanling, the Minister of Rites, looked solemn and stood straight looking over there.

Li Xiang on the city wall looked serious and earnest at this time, staring closely at the square platform.

The leader of the guard of honor tied the national flag, got ready, and stood solemnly with his body as straight as a gun, showing the demeanor that a soldier of the Dajin Dynasty should have.

Those who were chosen to serve as the honor guard were naturally carefully selected from the military, and they were all the best of the best. At least, this facade would not look bad no matter where it was placed!
As the guard of honor continued to move forward, the music suddenly became more and more high-pitched. The melodious sounds were like a crane singing in the sky or a dragon soaring in the sky, high-spirited, confident, bursting, majestic and powerful.

As the environment changed, Li Xiang's heart began to beat, his eyes fixed on the national flag.

The national flag slowly rose, and at the same time, the guard of honor outside the square stage sang along loudly.

"The wind is rising, the clouds are flying,
Here comes the warrior, showing off his might.
The wind and clouds suddenly rose, and congratulations came from all directions.

The mansions are built high, and all nations come to pay tribute.

Thousands of waves and ravines flow eastward
The world is endless
……

The mountains are majestic and roaring.

The ambition is so great that it surpasses the prosperous Qin!

In this prosperous era, the Han Dynasty is strong and governed!

Great is the Jin Dynasty!
......"

At the last drumbeat, the music, flags, and singing all stopped, and the whole world even fell silent.

Li Xiang watched the rehearsal below closely, his heart pounding. This 'national anthem' was very rhythmic, and even he couldn't help but follow the melody until the end.

He didn't know how long it had been since there was anything that could pull his spirit up like this. He hadn't felt this way for a long time, especially since he had more and more power. A breeze blew, and the flag on the top of the flagpole slowly fluttered.

Li Xiang, standing on a high place, could see it clearly. It was a red flag with the golden regular script "Jin" standing out. A five-clawed golden dragon was circling around the word "Jin". In the center, there was nothing else but an extremely simple flag.

Li Xiang narrowed his eyes, not knowing whether it was because the excitement brought by the music just now had not subsided, at this moment, he looked at the national flag and found it very pleasing to the eye and liked it very much.

After a while, the eunuch who had been serving beside Li Xiang said softly, "Your Majesty."

Li Xiang was startled, then came to his senses. A group of people below also gathered together to discuss, seemingly trying their best to improve it. Among those present, Fang Xuanling, the most senior official in the Ministry of Rites, was speaking in the middle, frowning from time to time, as if he was thinking about something, gesturing here and there, constantly improving the areas he thought were flawed.

Li Xiang took a deep breath, suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and said, "Well, that's it. Tell the Ministry of Rites that I am very satisfied."

"Yes." The eunuch standing behind with his back bent said with a smile.

Li Xiang looked back again before turning around.

Not long after Li Xiang left, Fang Xuanling thought that there was no flaw at all, so he hurried to the imperial study in the palace with the music score and the national flag.

"Minister Fang, how is it?" Just when Fang Xuanling was brought in, Wang Meng happened to come out of the imperial study and looked up and asked.

After all, the emperor was extremely concerned about this matter. Even though he had repeatedly improved it and constantly modified the flaws, until now, he could no longer find anything to modify. However, Fang Xuanling still seemed unsure and said, "Minister Wang, there is no problem with the ceremony process. Now it depends on whether His Majesty is satisfied. Is His Majesty here today?"

Wang Meng took two steps forward and said, "There are so many things going on right now. Your Majesty didn't come to the Imperial Study today. That's good. We are just discussing something."

Fang Xuanling was still holding the flag in his hand. He wanted to explain a few things before going to the harem to ask for an audience. Suddenly, he heard Wang Meng say this and asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

"Brother Guan has caused quite a stir in the Central Plains. He has found a large number of unowned lands, and he has also made an example of them. He has also confiscated a large part of the lands. We need to re-measure the lands, and we need to select reliable people to do it. In addition, it is the end of the year, and the performance of the Local Taxation Bureau in the past year also needs to be evaluated..."

When dealing with the aristocratic families in the Central Plains, Guan Zhong always adopted the policy of dividing and winning them over, and then picking out a group of aristocratic families to make an example of them and intimidate the rest.

After the Central Plains War ended, a large number of unowned lands emerged under the influence of the war.

During the three years of the epidemic, many wealthy families took the opportunity to seize a large amount of land from the people.

Under the intimidation of Guan Zhong, many powerful aristocratic families surrendered a lot of land in order to preserve themselves.

Therefore, there is now a large amount of land in the Central Plains that needs to be remeasured and redistributed.

As for the Local Taxation Bureau, as an institution that has been in operation for a year and an important part of the local administrative system of Dajin, its performance this year will determine whether this institution will continue to be implemented for a long time in the future or will be stopped immediately.

All of this needs to be evaluated by the six ministers and then handed over to Li Xiang to make the final decision.

Fang Xuanling knew that by the end of the year, there would be too many government affairs to deal with in a short time. He thought for a moment and said, "Why not call together the six ministers and the left and right vice ministers to make unified decisions on some matters? We should discuss them overnight and make sure all matters are resolved this year. There will be more things to deal with next year."

"Good!" Wang Meng nodded in agreement.