Chapter 430 A Biological Miracle

Zhang Fei took a date out of the bowl and laughed:

"White stone with red lines, writing on the belly of a turtle, can this be considered auspicious? Why don't we see a unicorn appear in the world?"

Zhang Fei said this for a reason.

The Han Dynasty valued Confucianism, and Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, was said to have died after seeing a unicorn die.

Therefore, for the Han Dynasty, the unicorn was the top auspicious sign.

In the sixth year of Yuanshuo, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hunted a unicorn in the west, wrote "The Song of the White Unicorn" to record it, changed the reign title to Yuanshou, and built the Unicorn Pavilion.

Since then, there have been records of seeing the auspicious sign of the unicorn in all dynasties, and as far as Zhang Fei knows, the unicorn has become busier and busier since the advent of the chaotic times.

A unicorn appeared in Hebei in Yuan Shao's regime, a unicorn appeared in Shouchun in Yuan Shu's regime, Dong Zhuo saw a unicorn, and Liu Biao and Liu Yan saw a unicorn.

Of course, now Kong Ming, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and others no longer believe in auspicious signs.

For Zhang Fei, the mentality is: let your auspicious sign come out and collide with this light curtain.

After all, which auspicious sign can compare with this light curtain?

But this light curtain tells them to study and believe in science, and praise the people.

These gave Zhang Fei confidence, allowing him to look at this so-called "auspicious sign" with a condescending and playful attitude.

However, such teasing words about Qilin also made Liu Bei's face as black as the bottom of a pot. He immediately picked up a date and hit Yide's head accurately, making his laughter suddenly silent.

Fa Zheng, who was buried in recording the light curtain, was suddenly speechless, thinking that General Yide's teasing like this made the previous emperors of the Han Dynasty...

Shaking his head, Fa Zheng continued to bury his head and record seriously.

When Xu Shu came before, Fa Zheng knew that he could not compare with him in terms of qualifications, and after returning, he went straight to Jingzhou, the front line of the battle with Cao's army, without any complaints.

Now Lu Su is here again. Although he is famous for his talent in Jiangdong, Fa Zheng is no longer the unknown person he once was.

Just think about the incredulous eyes of his fellow townsmen when he led the army past Fufeng's hometown, and Fa Zheng's heart is full of fighting spirit:

As a great talent in Fufeng, Fa Zheng must compete with this great talent in Jiangdong no matter what!

Seeing the events of Wu Zhou, Liu Bei also wrote it down and warned himself secretly.

Such an extraordinary promotion regardless of background, if there is really a great talent, it will be a good story that will be passed down through the ages, and it will be like buying a horse's bones with a thousand gold.

But if a cruel official like Lai Junchen is promoted, it will naturally make villains rampant in the palace and wolves fill the court and the country.

And the difference between them, Liu Bei knew in his heart, was the imperial examination.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei was actually looking forward to it - as long as Chang'an was stable, the imperial examination could be held.

Yuan Zhi wrote a letter a few days ago, saying that Cao Cao issued another call for talents in Yecheng last month.

In terms of other things, Liu Bei is confident that he can compete with Cao Cao - let alone literary talent, he is not as good as Cao Cao.

Issuing a call for talents will inevitably make him lag behind others.

It is better to wait for the imperial examination in Chang'an this year, which will be a good opportunity to respond to this call for talents.

Liu Bei even remembered what Kong Ming said when he sorted out the imperial examination and handed it to him a few months ago:

"Mencius said that even if you are as smart as Li Lougong and Shuzi, you still need rules to make it square and round."

"The way to govern a country is to be close to wise ministers and stay away from villains. The selection of wise ministers can rely on the imperial examination. This is the rule of governing the world."

As for why the later generations have the powerful tool of the imperial examination, but are still obsessed with the old disasters of the previous dynasty, Kong Ming also talked with him, which benefited Liu Bei greatly.

According to Kong Ming, rules are for people to use. Whether it is a delicate and wonderful thing or an ugly craftsmanship depends on one's heart.

The same is true for the imperial examination. If the way is not prosperous and the ruler is not wise, then even if there is an advanced system, it is like a pearl thrown into the hands of a mediocre person, which is completely useless.

Seeing Liu Bei's thoughts and contemptuous expression, Kong Ming shook his head:

My lord has not yet gotten out of the excitement of settling Chang'an.

Lu Su, who was still listening to Pang Tong's narration of the outline of the light curtain, suddenly remembered Sun Zhongmou when he first met him, and then sighed in his heart:

How can a heroic lord be so... . .

[Seeing that the cruel officials and the children of the Wu family were like mad dogs and had almost swept away the pro-Li Tang forces in the court, the old lady also began to sharpen her knife to play checks and balances.

Facing the two knives of the cruel officials and the Wu family, Wu Zetian had almost no need to hesitate. The first one to be broken was the Wu family.

After all, the old lady knew that the cruel officials were here to be her dogs, and the Wu family was just a stopgap measure. In the end, they still wanted to become the orthodox emperor of Wu Zhou.

To achieve this goal, the Wu family almost took on all the dirty work that even the cruel officials dared not take.

For example, Wu Chengsi was active at that time.

In 688, Yue Wang Li Zhen and his son Langye Wang Li Chong rebelled against Wu. Wu Chengsi personally led troops to "quell the rebellion" and captured the father and son in Luoyang.

The old lady was already planning to change the country's name at the time. In order to eliminate future troubles, she simply found a reason to kill the father and son together with Li Yuanjia and Li Lingkui.

Among the four, Li Zhen is Erfeng's biological son, Li Chong is his biological grandson, Li Yuanjia and Li Lingkui are both Li Yuan's sons, Erfeng's biological brothers, nominally both the old lady's younger brother-in-law and the old lady's older uncle. It can only be said that it is very complicated.

In 690, on the eve of Wu Zhou's change of name, Wu Chengsi fabricated a crime that Prince of Ze Li Shangjin was treason in order to gain credit. He strangled him to death after escorting him to Luoyang, and slaughtered everyone in Prince of Ze's mansion. Then he did the same thing without stopping, killing Prince of Nan'an Li Ying and twelve others.

Among them, Prince of Ze Li Shangjin was Li Zhi's biological son, and Li Ying and others were either Li Yuan's grandson or Li Yuan's great-great-grandson, belonging to the side branch of the royal family.

After such great efforts, he should be able to ask his aunt for the position of crown prince of Wu Zhou, right?

Unfortunately, what disappointed Wu Chengsi was that after changing his country's title, he was appointed King of Wei and Prime Minister. The crown prince was still Li Dan, oh no, Wu Dan.

So in 691, Wu Chengsi directly put pressure on his aunt and instigated hundreds of people in Luoyang to petition him for the crown prince position. Naturally, the matter ended without any resolution due to the supporters of Li Tang in the court, so Wu Chengsi simply changed his gun. Lai Junchen was ordered to hunt down and kill the ministers who opposed him.

Wu Chengsi's fierce attitude aroused the old lady's vigilance. In order to prevent the dog from jumping over the wall before it was cooked, Wu Zetian quickly started to attack the Wu family who controlled the position of prime minister two months later.

However, there is another conjecture that the old lady did not want to make Wu Chengsi the crown prince, but she did not dare.

It is known that Wu Chengsi's cousin was Fengxian, and the Wu family himself was from Bingzhou, and he grew up hearing about the deeds of Marquis Wen of Bingzhou.

It is also known that if Wu Chengsi was established as the prince, he would definitely worship Wu Zetian as his mother.

Therefore, the UP owner guessed that the old lady always muttered in her heart every time she saw Wu Chengsi’s name:

You are like this, could it be possible that I have become Dong Zhuo?

Of course, the above is purely unreliable speculation. Only the old lady knows whether it is true or false.

After the Wu family was deposed, Wu Chengsi stopped for a while, but in the end he was quite greedy for the throne, so he started to attack in a different direction.

In September 693, Wu Chengsi led 5,000 people to the imperial court, honoring Wu Zetian as the Emperor of the Golden Wheel God; in May of the following year, Wu Chengsi led another 26,000 people to honor Wu Zetian as the Emperor of the Ancient Golden Wheel God. .

Wu Zetian happily accepted both titles and granted amnesty to the world twice.

Even in order to guard against Wu Chengsi having any dangerous ideas such as the Xuanwu Sect, Wu Zetian also issued an edict to the world:

I have new teeth again. This is an auspicious sign from heaven. From now on, I will change my name to "Longevity".

It is a biological miracle that a 69-year-old woman has new teeth.

And the meaning is very clear: I am not the Li Yuan who stays in the palace and only cares about giving birth to sons.

Auntie, my body is still strong! 】