This undoubtedly gave the grassroots of the realm, as well as those with stains on their records, a path to rise.
Among the crowd, the young man with an eagle's gaze and a wolf's backward glance had eyes that shone brightly.
He thought to himself, With this imperial decree, worthy talents from across the realm will come flocking! Though the Son of Heaven is young, he must be the ruler who will restore and revive the Flourishing Han! Why not assist him, put all I have learned in my life to use, and become a minister who follows the dragon?
Chapter 173: To Kill Sima Yi or Not?
The grand Heaven-Sacrifice Ceremony drew to a close amid the worship of the masses.
The extraordinary vision of purple qi coming from the east stunned everyone.
In an age when people firmly believed in spirits and gods and generally held that imperial authority was bestowed by Heaven, the impact of such a spectacle defying all common sense during the solemn Heaven-Sacrifice Ceremony was unimaginable.
Nothing could explain this phenomenon except that Liu Xie was Heaven's chosen son, a sage ruler favored by Heaven!
The legitimacy of his identity was also beyond question!
After all, how could a Pretender Son of Heaven possibly receive Heaven's recognition and such an auspicious sign? He would be lucky not to be struck dead by lightning!
Thus, from Ye City's great aristocratic clans, Confucian scholars, and renowned gentlemen down to ordinary people, peddlers, and porters, whatever thoughts they had harbored before, after this Heaven-Sacrifice Ceremony, they all believed from the bottom of their hearts that Liu Xie was the true Son of Heaven!
Besides the shock of the extraordinary vision, Liu Xie's Edict to Recruit the Worthy had an equally enormous impact. It overturned the former system