Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 329 Ascending the Throne
After the New Year, the Daqian Ministry of Rites began to get busy preparing for the enthronement ceremony of the Daqian Emperor.

Over at the Ministry of Works, several master craftsmen, hundreds of artisans, and many officials from the Ministry of Works were working day and night like crazy.

At the docks and roads of the capital, many people were rushing towards the capital.

All of them wanted to witness the coronation ceremony of Emperor Daqian with their own eyes. For many people, this might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Among them, more scholars came to the capital in advance, not only because of the grand ceremony of Emperor Daqian, but also for the subsequent special examination.

When scholars arrived in the capital, their favorite place to go was bookstores.

The capital city has the most complete books in Daqian. Many scholars living in remote small towns can only see some private collections of books. The bookstores in ordinary cities cannot compare with those in the capital city.

The two students walked into the famous Shuxiangzhai in the capital. The Shuxiangzhai was almost packed with people, and there was even a long queue. Everywhere they looked, they saw scholars in Confucian robes.

"There are so many people!" exclaimed Zhao Xuezi.

"Why are there so many people in the bookstore?" Student Wang was also very surprised.

Normally, even if there are a lot of people during the New Year, it shouldn't be this busy.

In this case, even if they find books they like, they cannot buy them in a short time.

"Why don't we come back next time?" Student Zhao said to Student Wang as he didn't want to queue.

"Wait a minute, I'll go see what's going on." Xue Zi Wang noticed something was wrong, he said and walked towards a scholar.

"My dear brother, I wonder what's so special about today? Why are so many people queuing up to buy books?" He bowed to the scholar and asked.

"You don't know?" The scholar looked at him in surprise, and then replied: "Recommended by Duke Yansheng, the masterpiece written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was published today. We are all here to buy the book written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

As the scholar spoke, he pointed at a stack of books that the clerk in the front bookshop had taken out.

The stack of books in the guy's hand was obviously a set, tied together with a rope.

The scholar who wanted to buy the books just handed over the silver and bought the whole bundle of books without even reading them. Then the next scholar came over.

It is precisely this sales method that makes the team move so quickly.

Otherwise, if we follow the normal book selling method, I am afraid it will take a long time before the next person’s turn comes.

"What? A book recommended by Duke Yansheng and written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xuezi Wang said excitedly.

Who is Yanshenggong? He is the descendant of the sage and the foundation of Confucianism.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the most admired person by the younger generation of the world today. The legend about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is something that all the younger generation talk about with relish.

The combination of the two made Wang Xuezi completely defenseless.

"Thank you very much for clearing up my doubts!" ​​Student Wang bowed and expressed his gratitude.

He quickly returned to Zhao Xuezi's side, pulled Zhao Xuezi up and walked to the back of the team.

"Why are you making me queue up? I don't want to queue for half a day. If there are any books, I'll buy them when I'm not busy tomorrow!" Zhao Xuezi said reluctantly.

"Today's book is recommended by Duke Yansheng and written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Wang Xuezi explained when he saw the queue.

Xuezi Zhao's eyes lit up. He stopped complaining and instead stood on tiptoe to look at the situation of the team in front of him.

In the backyard of Shuxiangzhai, the shopkeeper paced back and forth. The business in front was so good, but he felt uneasy in his heart.

"Go and have a look, see if we can get another 200 sets?" the shopkeeper instructed the clerk beside him.

"Boss, only half an hour has passed. I just asked before, and there is no set left!" said the waiter with a wry smile.

He was not afraid of running, but this kind of running back and forth was a complete waste of effort.

"Maybe some bookstore has returned the goods!" The shopkeeper's voice became lower and lower as he spoke. He also knew that this was impossible.

Originally, most of the books sold by Shuxiangzhai were printed by Shuxiangzhai itself.

But this time the book was different. It was printed simultaneously by four printing shops in the capital designated by the palace.

Since the book was written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, no bookstore dared to print it themselves, even though they saw how popular the book was.

When the owner of Shuxiangzhai heard that the book was recommended by Duke Yansheng and written by the prince, he immediately purchased five hundred copies.

He originally thought that this was a lot and could at least sell for a month or two, but he never expected that on only the first day, more than half of the 500 sets of books in the shop had been sold.

The situation like that of Shuxiangzhai is the same everywhere in the capital.

Many bookstores have sold out their stock and when I wanted to restock they were told I would have to wait.

In fact, the palace allowed four printing shops to print as much quantity as possible this time, and there was no thought of stopping in the short term.

Theoretically, this is enough to support the purchasing power of the capital, but some of these books will be transported to other cities in Daqian through various channels, which will lead to insufficient supply in the capital.

Of course, no one expected that the product would be out of stock.

No one expected that the appeal of Duke Yansheng and Crown Prince Li Qiang would be so terrifying that it would fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the literati.

Among the literati, who has not dreamed of holding a feather fan and destroying a hundred thousand enemies in the blink of an eye?

Prince Li Qiang was the kind of person that the literati had fantasized about. What's more, he was a real literati and a third place winner in the imperial examination, which made the literati regard him as an idol.

The literati were extremely tolerant of Crown Prince Li Qiang. No matter how bad Li Qiang's books were, they would still buy them.

It is for this reason that literati queue up crazily to buy it.

Many literati bought the books and sat on the roadside, eager to read them.

Most scholars are unable to evaluate the knowledge of chemistry, physics, and nature, but mathematics can determine their level.

Men of letters also had to learn arithmetic. Through the comparison between arithmetic and mathematics, they were all shocked by the abyss of mathematics.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is a man of great talent!" A scholar couldn't help but praise after watching for a while.

Some scholars kept their heads down and remained silent, deeply studying the knowledge in the books.

Some literati also frowned, as they were somewhat dissatisfied with the lack of poetry in several books.

But these scholars did not say anything. They were extremely tolerant of Crown Prince Li Qiang. Crown Prince Li Qiang was a scholar who had fought on the battlefields, and it was remarkable that he could write books at such a young age.

For many days that followed, the book written by Crown Prince Li Qiang became the topic of conversation among the literati in Beijing.

On many occasions, we can see that scholars conducted experiments based on the records in the book, and after the experiments they confirmed that the contents of the book were completely true.

Li Qiang looked at the information in front of him, and he was a little surprised at the acceptance of the Daqian scholars. In his opinion, the book he wrote was about the way of studying things, which was a bit unorthodox for most scholars.

But according to the intelligence, no one mentioned the book's unorthodoxy in public, but instead praised it more.

"Is the information true?" Li Qiang turned to Jin Dong and asked.

"Master, there is no false information!" Jin Dong was so scared that he knelt down and replied.

"Get up. I'm just asking, how come the scholars in this world so easily accepted my book on the study of things?" Li Qiang smiled and waved her hand to let him get up, then asked.

"Master, it must be because of your influence. You are the crown prince of Daqian and will ascend the throne as emperor in a few days. The books written by the emperor are naturally different!" Jin Dong replied, wiping the sweat off his forehead.

"Jin Dong, you have learned how to flatter Dai Quan!" Li Qiang laughed.

Jin Dong was happy to see Li Qiang, and thought in his heart that what Dai Neixiang taught was indeed right.

Li Qiang did not look at the information again. The unexpected success of the textbook he wrote this time gave him hope of promoting this knowledge.

He was in a very good mood at the moment and no longer dealt with any affairs.

He walked out of the main hall and headed towards the Crown Princess' bedroom.

When I walked into the Crown Princess' bedroom, I saw several women reading books.

He walked forward and took a closer look, and found that the books in the women's hands were all written by him.

"Why are you all reading these books?" Li Qiang asked with a smile.

"The book written by Brother Qiang has been published. I heard the letter from my mother, so she bought a few more sets to give to all the sisters!" Lin Daiyu replied with a smile.

"This book is really interesting. It explains in detail the mysteries of the operation of the universe!" Yun Fei exclaimed, holding "Nature" in her hand.

"This mathematics is so exquisite!" Feicui held the book "Mathematics" in her hand and it seemed that she had read most of it. She commented with a smile.

She has been in charge of Li Qiang's business for many years and is very familiar with arithmetic. However, after reading "Mathematics", she realized that arithmetic is far from what she imagined.

"These books are just the basic parts for now. Once people all over the world have accepted this knowledge, I will write the rest!" Li Qiang said with a smile.

Lin Daiyu looked at Li Qiang with a dazed look in her eyes. Her favorite thing was poetry and prose.

But after reading the books written by Li Qiang, she felt the ultimate in studying things in these books. The knowledge involved in the books was unprecedented.

In her opinion, this is closer to the legendary avenue.

It’s not that poetry and prose are bad, but that Li Qiang’s series of books has elevated the way of investigating things in the world to the same level as poetry and prose.

The previous study of things was very chaotic because it had no system.

Now that we have this set of books, there is no better way to study things in the world.

To a certain extent, Li Qiang's set of books is equivalent to opening up his own path. Perhaps many years later, he will be ranked alongside Confucius by future generations, because the knowledge he spread is equivalent to the knowledge Confucius spread about Confucianism and Taoism.

Emperor Jingwen moved to Nanxun Palace.

In front of him was the book written by Li Qiang. His eyes were full of fatigue because he had not slept the whole night and read the whole set of books.

Regardless of whether he fully understood it, with his vision, the value of this set of books can be fully judged.

"What kind of ability is this? He can pacify the world with his military skills and write books to spread his teachings. It's only right that I lose to him!" Emperor Jingwen muttered to himself.

He let out a long sigh, letting go of everything in his heart, and the last trace of unwillingness disappeared.

"I must live a few more years to see how you govern the world and what Daqian will become!" he continued to talk to himself.

To be honest, even if Li Qiang pleaded for him and released him from the cold palace and moved him into Nanxun Palace, the friendship he gained was not as great as the feeling he got from reading the book written by Li Qiang.

Many officials in the court were also reading this set of books. Among them, some officials who specialized in highly professional positions gained the most insights after reading this set of books.

The other officials had their own thoughts. They were all considering why Duke Yansheng recommended this set of books and the impact of this set of books.

A small number of officials were extremely disgusted with this set of books. They felt that the appearance of this set of books made the originally beautiful things become too realistic and made the poetry and prose lack artistic conception.

If this set of books was written by someone else, many people would have come out to refute it.

But the problem is that the author of this series of books is Crown Prince Li Qiang. Anyone who wants to jump out needs to consider how to face Li Qiang's revenge.

Soon, officials in the court no longer cared about the impact caused by this set of books, because the day for Crown Prince Li Qiang to ascend the throne was approaching.

Because the retired emperor told Li Qiang that time was tight, he did not travel far out of the capital to perform the sacrifice ceremony, but went to the Temple of Heaven to perform the sacrifice ceremony a few days ago.

On the 20th day of the first lunar month, when the sun first rose, all officials above the seventh rank in the capital gathered inside and outside the Golden Throne Hall.

All officials were dressed in ceremonial robes, and they were all waiting for the arrival of the new emperor.

Li Qiang, wearing a royal robe, walked slowly in from the south gate. He walked among the officials. Every time he passed by a group of officials, they would kneel down and shout "Long live the emperor".

The shouts of "Long live the emperor" continued, and as he walked towards the throne room, they became louder and louder.

The Ministry of Rites had already arranged a sacrificial ceremony in the Golden Palace, in which Li Qiang worshipped heaven and earth, informing them that Li Qiang would take over the throne of the Emperor of Daqian.

Due to the previous military exercise, the artillery corps’ performance was very exciting.

So this time the Ministry of Rites added a cannon-blasting ceremony to the ceremony. Of course, this was also Li Qiang’s suggestion.

Just after Li Qiang finished offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, there were orderly roars of artillery fire outside the Golden Palace. If the officials had not known about this in advance, many of them would have thought that something big had happened.

Amidst the thirty cannon shots, Li Qiang slowly walked to the dragon throne and sat down.

All the ministers inside and outside the Golden Palace knelt down and kowtowed, and the scene was extremely solemn.

Li Qiang sat majestically on the dragon throne. At this moment, he was the Emperor of Daqian. The change in his identity also made his aura more powerful.

In addition, he clearly felt that the Daqian luck on his body had increased a little. Perhaps because there was no emperor before, his power as a prince was not much different from that of the emperor, so the increase in Daqian luck this time was not that much.

Although today is the coronation ceremony, daily court affairs cannot be avoided.

Officials came forward one by one to report on government affairs, and memorials were presented to Li Qiang.

Li Qiang handled these government affairs in an orderly manner. Of course, he only needed to state his decisions, and the specific implementation was handled by the cabinet.

"If you have something to report, please come forward. If not, please adjourn the court!" Soon the daily government affairs were completed, and Jin Dong strode forward and said.

"I have a report to make!" The Minister of Works stepped out from the queue and said respectfully.

(End of this chapter)