Chapter 342: The Sensation Caused by Taiji Rice

Before leaving the Imperial Palace, Yin Qi went to visit Di Yi.

Di Yi's condition was very bad, already in a coma, with only one breath left hanging.

He checked and estimated that he would pass away in half a month or so.

Yin Qi did not have much sadness; it was not that he was heartless, but in this Primordial World, death did not mean the end.

With Di Yi's achievements during his reign, his next life would definitely be reincarnated into the Heavenly Dao.

Reincarnated into the Heavenly Dao, the status would at least be an immortal.

If the fortune was sufficient, it was not impossible to awaken the memories of the previous life.

The next day.

Yin Qi convened a temporary Grand Court Meeting and announced the civil service reform, which caused an uproar in the hall.

However, intimidated by Yin Qi's prestige and the support of Wen Zhong and the others, no one stood up to oppose it.

As the attendants read out the content of the reform and the appointment of officials, the civil and military officials all showed joy and bowed to thank him, and they could also see that this official system was more rigorous than before, and the functions were clearer.

Since that was the case, they naturally would not oppose it.

A new system could not be operated smoothly all at once; all departments needed to grind together.

For the next half month, Yin Qi basically did not rest, doing everything himself, just to get the government on track as soon as possible, and the effect was also very good, finally being able to operate smoothly.

Just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Di Yi finally passed away.

The Human Emperor passed away, and the whole city was in mourning.

The Ministry of Rites issued an obituary, notifying the rulers of the various vassal states to come and mourn.

The Four Great Earls, the Nine Provinces Marquises, and the various small vassals, after receiving the notice from the imperial court, all rushed to Zhaoge, because the passing of the Human Emperor and the ascension of the new emperor were major events.

If they did not come in person, that would be disrespectful.

Disrespectful, and the Human Emperor could launch a punitive expedition.

The Great Shang had just destroyed the Chiyi not long ago, and its military power was at its peak; even the Youzhou Marquis Yuan Futong, who had ulterior motives, did not dare not to come.

The Four Great Earls and the Nine Provinces Marquises arrived first, basically only taking three days.

In fact, from the journey, one could see the strength of the vassals.

The Four Great Earls and the Nine Provinces Marquises could arrive in five days because they had Earth Immortal powerhouses under their command, and the Earth Immortals brought them on the journey, which was how they could travel over a million li in three days.

Yin Qi also took time to receive these thirteen people.

Among this group, the ones Yin Qi paid the most attention to were naturally the Western Earl Ji Chang and the Youzhou Marquis Yuan Futong—one was a fated enemy, and the other was the vassal who first started the Fengshen War.

It had to be said that Ji Chang's appearance was truly very good, gentle and elegant, with a kind gaze.

It gave people the feeling that this was a very graceful elder.

As for Yuan Futong, although he deliberately restrained himself in front of Yin Qi, the rebelliousness that came from his bones could not be concealed no matter what, giving people the feeling that he was like a cunning evil wolf.

Yin Qi sneered secretly. After more than a year of infiltration, the spies of the Tianluo Hall had already spread throughout the Youzhou territory.

Every move of Yuan Futong was under his surveillance.

Of course, Xiqi also had many spies from the Tianluo Hall, which was also the focus of his surveillance.

For a period of time afterward, vassals constantly arrived.

Basically, Yin Qi would receive them.

In the reception, he would judge the personalities of these vassals and their attitude toward the Great Shang through side-probing and observing their words and expressions.

Finally, Yin Qi sadly discovered that among the eight hundred vassals, even the descendants of the royal family did not have much awe for the Great Shang, and the annual tribute was just to deal with it.

On the contrary, they were even more in awe of the Four Great Earls.

One month later.

The various vassals had all arrived, and all preparations for Di Yi's burial were also ready.

Thus, under the auspices of the Ministry of Rites, Di Yi was buried in the Imperial Mausoleum.

At Yin Qi's request, Di Yi's funeral abolished human sacrifice, but to avoid being called unfilial, he ordered the Ministry of Works to manufacture thirty thousand exquisite pottery figurines to be buried with Di Yi.

Compared to human sacrifice, the value of thirty thousand pottery figurines was higher.

Thus, not only did no one criticize him, but instead they said he was a person of utmost sincerity and filial piety, and even the pottery figurines entered the sight of the nobles.

They felt that using slaves for sacrifice, how could the style compare to pottery figurines?

How much money were slaves worth?

Nine days after Di Yi was buried, Yin Qi held the ascension ceremony.

This day.

He put on the white Xuan Bird imperial robe, wore the twelve-tassel crown, and in the presence of the civil and military officials and the various vassals, held the ceremonies of sacrificing to heaven and ancestors, officially declaring himself the new Human Emperor.

"Become the Human Emperor, human race fortune blessing!"

In Yin Qi's mind, a grand voice suddenly sounded.

His consciousness could not help but sink into the depths of his mind, and he saw the thirteen-zhang-high purple-gold fortune shooting up like a flamethrower, actually reaching an unprecedented one hundred zhang.

This was just a Human Emperor in name only; if it were a true Human Emperor, unifying the Primordial World, he really did not know how high the fortune would be.

Yin Qi exclaimed, also incomparably yearning.

In the Golden Throne Hall.

Yin Qi accepted the worship of the officials and the various vassals.

The various vassals also took out various congratulatory gifts to congratulate Yin Qi on his ascension, and Yin Qi also returned gifts with rewards; these were all conventions.

The new emperor ascended the throne, naturally it was inevitable to reward.

Zhou Ji was appointed Empress, Feng Yanran was appointed Virtuous Consort, and Huang Feiyan was appointed Noble Consort, and they were also rewarded with a large amount of wealth and cultivation materials.

Huang Gun was appointed Lieyang Marquis, Huang Feiwu was appointed Wucheng Earl, only with titles and no fiefs.

The Qingzhou Marquis remained a Marquis, but was rewarded with a large amount of wealth.

In addition, Wen Zhong, Bi Gan, Shang Rong, and other officials also received various rewards.

Either honorary or financial.

After a round of rewards, it was already evening, and next should be a grand banquet for the officials.

However, Yin Qi did not end it, but said in a loud voice: "I have just ascended the throne and should celebrate with the people of the world. Last year, I accidentally obtained a kind of immortal rice, named Taiji Rice.

This rice does not pick the production area; even in the cracks of stones, it can grow.

Even in mountainous land, the yield per mu is five hundred jin.

If it is in dry land lacking water, the yield per mu can reach one thousand jin.

In ordinary good fields, the yield per mu can reach one thousand five hundred jin.

If it is in spirit fields, and carefully cultivated, the yield per mu can reach two thousand jin.

The higher the grade of the spirit field, the higher the yield, with an upper limit of five thousand jin.

And this kind of immortal rice has no impurities and contains pure energy; three jin of Taiji Rice is equivalent to one low-grade spirit stone."

Boom!

As Yin Qi's words fell, the hall was in an uproar.

Everyone widened their eyes, full of shock and disbelief.

"How is it possible, two thousand jin per mu in spirit fields? The spirit rice in my spirit fields only yields two hundred jin per mu!"

"Heavens, it can't be true, right? Five hundred jin per mu in mountainous land is already more than one hundred jin higher than the current yield of good fields, and this is still immortal rice!"

"This... this is truly heaven blessing my Great Shang! Since the Great King dares to say it in public, it definitely cannot be fake!"

"Hahaha, I knew the Great King is a sage in the world, heaven will naturally protect him, otherwise how could he obtain this kind of immortal rice. Heaven bless my Great Shang."

"Great King is benevolent, please reward us with immortal rice, we are willing to increase the tribute in the future."

The officials and vassals were boiling, their faces flushed with excitement.

They looked at Yin Qi longingly; even Ji Chang could not maintain his calm at this moment.

Of course, there were those like Yuan Futong who had ulterior motives, and they were like being hit on the head, because they knew very well that once Taiji Rice was promoted to the world, Yin Qi's merit could truly be compared to the Three Sovereigns.

The people regard food as their heaven.

By then, how could they rebel?

If it were someone else, or even Di Yi, they would definitely cover up Taiji Rice tightly.

But Yin Qi definitely would not.

This kind of sage has a heart for the world; whatever good things he has, he will make them public, just like the various inventions Yin Qi introduced earlier, which greatly improved the people's productivity and quality of life.

And Yin Qi proposed it in court, so naturally there was no possibility of hiding it. ===== CHAPTER 343 =====