Thief Emperor

Chapter 659: Scenery and Heavenly Sacrifice
(I’ve seen some feedback in the past two days. It seems that people don’t like to read about things at the institutional level. I’ll try to skip this part in the following comics.)
This military discussion lasted for three full days.

After all aspects of the matter have been discussed, the end of the year has arrived.

On New Year's Eve, most of the civil and military officials in Jiangdong gathered in Qianyuan to spend the new year together.

Li Yun looked back at his ministers, then smiled and said to Du Qian and Su Sheng, who were closest to him: "Tonight, I have prepared a beautiful performance for you guys, so that we can celebrate the New Year together."

Su Sheng didn't say anything, but Du Qian smiled and asked, "Shangri-La, what performance? Can we open our eyes in advance?"

Li Yun shook his head and said with a smile: "That thing will only be good to see at night. Brother Du will know it in the evening."

Du Qian didn't think much about it, nodded, and said, "My Lord, I have almost arranged the Zhongshan Heavenly Sacrifice after the New Year. I am just waiting for you to choose an auspicious day."

Li Yun said without hesitation: "Then let's do it on the second day of the second month. On the second day of the second month, the dragon raises its head."

He smiled at Du Qian and said, "According to what Brother Du said, the clouds follow the dragon, so I, the dragon, can now raise my head."

"it is good."

Du Qian lowered his head and said: "I will make sure everything is arranged properly."

He paused and whispered, "Also, who should be invited at that time? I will draw up a list, and the superior will review it and make a decision. We will send it out as soon as possible. This way, we will have one month to give all parties a response."

Li Yun thought about it, nodded and smiled: "No problem, remember to invite some scholars or parents of aristocratic families to come."

At this point, Li Yun continued, "Of course, whether they are willing to come is their own business, and there is no need to force them too much."

Du Qian nodded and smiled: "The title of the superior is here, everyone will definitely give the superior face, at least in Jiangdong."

“Everyone who is supposed to come will come.”

He thought for a moment and said, "I'm here to communicate with the Zheng family in Xingyang. Most of the important people in their family will also come, as well as the Buddhist and Taoist families..."

Hearing the words "Buddhism", Li Yun couldn't help but frowned.

He was no stranger to these two families.

In fact, in the past year, several groups of monks and Taoists have come to see him, including some well-known monks, or some important first-level heavenly masters in Taoism.

The purpose of these two groups of people coming to him was very simple, which was to spread the Dharma.

For them, spreading Buddhism is a great merit, and now Li Yun is a potential stock that is particularly worth investing in. Since ancient times, Buddhism and Taoism have risen and fallen with the emperor's likes and dislikes. At this time, of course, someone will come to find Li Yun and want to bet on Li Yun.

Out of curiosity, Li Yun also met several great monks and several world-famous Taoist priests.

So far, I have never seen any true hermit master.

However, since Du Qian said so, Li Yun did not object, but said calmly: "Brother Du will draw up the list of people attending the ceremony."

The two men talked while discussing the matter of offering sacrifices to the heavens next year. Before they knew it, the sky had slowly darkened. Li Yun called Su Zhan over and said with a smile, "Go light a bucket of fireworks and show Brother Du something new first."

It had just gotten dark, but after hearing what Li Yun said, Su Zhan became excited. He quickly turned around and started jogging. Not long after, he held up a square box and placed it in front of Li Yun, Du Qian and Su Sheng.

Li Yun smiled and said, "This thing is fireworks, a new thing that the workshop has just researched."

Fireworks, as a by-product of gunpowder, theoretically, were a matter of time as long as gunpowder could be made.

In addition, with a "product manager" like Li Yun, he can provide the workshop with absolutely perfect product guidance, so it will not be too difficult to make this thing.

It’s just that before, Li Yun needed a large amount of gunpowder, and the workshop had to work overtime to produce other things, so fireworks had never been put on the agenda.

In recent months, Li Yun has been in Jinling and with some guidance, the workshop quickly produced this thing.

After Su Zhan lit the fuse, he quickly ran away.

The fireworks flew up into the sky, making a loud bang in the sky, and then exploded into a gorgeous firework, exploding with a bang.

Sporadic flames slowly drifted down from the sky.

Su Sheng opened his eyes wide and stood there for a long time without moving, obviously a little confused.

Du Qian couldn't help being a little dazed. He looked up at the sky blankly until the third firework went up. He suddenly called out, "Su Zhan, Su Zhan!"

"Stop it, stop it!"

Su Zhan was stunned, then looked at Li Yun. Although Li Yun was a little curious, he still nodded to Su Zhan. Su Zhan was also very straightforward, strode forward, and kicked the fireworks to the ground. The remaining fireworks began to fly around.

Li Yun turned his head and looked at Du Qian, smiling and said, "Brother Du is always elegant and never panics no matter what happens. What happened today?"

"Ascend."

Du Qian took a deep breath and asked, "How many of these are there?"

"a lot of."

Li Yun smiled and said, "The workshop can make them anytime. For the New Year today, I asked the workshop to prepare hundreds of them to celebrate this New Year."

Du Qian whispered, "Sir, this thing...cannot be put away at the end of the year, it needs to be postponed!"

Li Yun thought about it, reacted, and laughed: "Brother Du said, wait until the second day of the second month."

Du Qian bowed his head deeply and said, "Yes."

He murmured, "Sir, the book of looking at qi says that there is a five-colored qi on the emperor's head, and this thing can produce five-colored light."

"I have never heard of this before."

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"If we save all of these until the second day of the second lunar month, and then hurry up and get more of them, then when we really become king, the sky will be filled with five-colored lights!"

Du Qian thought of that scene and couldn't help muttering, "The prestige of our Jiangdong will skyrocket immediately, which will be of great benefit to our subsequent conquest of the world after we ascend to the throne."

Li Yun and Su Sheng looked at each other, and Su Sheng smiled and said, "Mr. Du is really thoughtful and quick-witted. I didn't think of this at all."

Li Yun thought about it seriously, and Pazhou nodded and smiled, "It seems to make some sense. Then we won't release it today, but on February 2nd."

Du Qian smiled: "You are a wise man."

…………

The New Year passed quickly and busily. On the third day of the New Year, several important generals from Jiangdong gathered in Qianyuan again. Li Yun sat in the main seat at the Qianyuan meeting table. Looking at the generals below him, he smiled and said, "As for Jingxiang, the two generals can go back now or after the Lantern Festival. However, the army in Jingxiang must be reorganized before February."

"After the Lantern Festival, I will send local officials from the five states of Jing and Xiang one after another."

Li Yun paused for a moment and continued, "Also, after the New Year, I will go to Jingxiang in person. First, I will reward the three armies. Second, we will prepare to march into the Central Plains from Jingxiang."

At this point, Mr. Li couldn't help but smile, and said, "Just these two days, I received an interesting news. Liang Wen, the Henan Road Recruiting Envoy who was entrenched in the Central Plains, has been ordered to leave Luoyang and lead his troops into Guanzhong. He directly sent troops to Xiaoguan and fought with the Shuofang Army."

"Central Plains is quite empty right now."

Upon hearing this news, Zhao Cheng and Su Sheng looked at each other, stood up, and said, "Master, we will set off tomorrow and return to Jingxiang to prepare the army!"

Li Yun said "hmm" and smiled, "Then you two will have to work harder during this year. When the battle in the Central Plains is over, you can have a good rest."

"besides."

Li Yun said calmly: "Before I arrive in Jingxiang, all the Jingnan troops who surrendered in Jingxiang will be reorganized and incorporated into your respective armies."

"We need to strengthen the training of these soldiers of the Jingnan Army so that they can catch up with our Jiangdong Army as soon as possible and not lag behind in the army."

He added: "Liu Bo left for Jingxiang yesterday. Jiusi will fully cooperate with you to complete matters related to Jingxiang and Central Plains."

Both generals bowed their heads and responded with a "yes".

After Su Sheng stood up, he smiled and said, "I originally wanted to stay until February to see the Supreme Lord proclaim himself king before leaving Jinling. Now it seems that I will not be able to see him again."

Li Yun smiled dumbly: "Those are just matters of appearance. Whether I am king or not, I will not have any more or less meat on my body."

"It doesn't matter whether you watch it or not. We'll talk about it later."

Li Yun looked at the two generals and said with a smile: "The key to the heavenly sacrifice ceremony in Jinling is not Jinling, but whether our Jiangdong Army is strong enough."

"You two will lead the troops outside and organize the army."

Mr. Li patted both men on the shoulders.

"Only then can the Heavenly Sacrifice in Jinling be lively and glorious."

(End of this chapter)