Chapter 1144: Prisoner Sacrifice Ceremony and Military Parade (1)
1144.Prisoner Sacrifice Ceremony and Military Parade (1)
On May 15 of the fourth year of Zhenguan, this day finally came.
The square in front of the Suzaku Gate was already crowded with people, and the people of Chang'an were gathered here, and the entrances were also crowded with people, who stood on tiptoe and stretched out their heads to watch.
Under the leadership of the prime minister of the political affairs hall, the civil and military officials also came to the tower of the Suzaku Gate, and they were also excited when they saw the crowd under the city.
Not long after, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wujian came together in crowns, and behind them Li Chengqian, Li Ke followed closely with a kind of prince.
As soon as Li Shimin appeared at the Vermilion Bird Gate, hundreds of officials worshipped, and the people downstairs also reacted.
"Hooray!"
"Hooray!"
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The population of Chang'an City in the four years of Zhenguan may be less than one million, but there must be six or seven hundred thousand people, and there are also merchants, travelers, scholars and other floating populations from all over the world...... Although the people of Chang'an City may not have gathered, the Suzaku Square was full of people, and there were no less than three or four hundred thousand people moving along the streets.
Hundreds of thousands of people shouted in unison what a shock, the anger rushed into the sky, the mountains shook the ground, and the clouds in the sky were scattered, and the birds were shocked.
The envoys of various countries on the viewing platform on both sides of the Suzaku Gate were about to sit down, and the sound of worship came and went, and the envoy's face changed greatly, and the two wars were like Gaochang, Nanzhao and other small countries, and the population of the whole country was only a few hundred thousand, and he had never seen such a battle in the past.
Li Shimin was facing the city gate, his hands were on the city wall, he couldn't help but expose his muscles, looking at the jubilant people under the city, Li Shimin was very excited, this is his subjects, this is his Tang Dynasty. Until a moment later, when the voice stopped for a while, Wang Jingzhong, whose face was flushed behind him, moved over an iron shelf, and Li Shimin stood up, with an iron horn in front of him.
Li Shimin took a deep breath and stretched out his hands, "The people of the Tang Dynasty, I am very happy today, look, look, everyone looks at this prosperous Tang Dynasty, four years ago, I said at the beginning of my ascension to the throne that the people of the Tang Dynasty must have enough food and clothing, the Tang Dynasty must be prosperous, and the Tang Dynasty will stand on the top of all countries." But the ensuing southern invasion of the Turks slapped Datang hard, and this slap also hit me in the face. Do you still have the prince's song "Man Jianghong", "Angry hair rushes to the crown, leaning on the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rests...... Weishui is ashamed, and it is still snowing...... Zhuang Zhi hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Turkic blood ......", three years of rest, three years of recuperation, three years of lying on the salary to taste the gall, I, the Tang Dynasty has done it, the shame of Weishui, has been the shame of the heroic soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, the Turkic Khan and a cadre of Huchen, have become prisoners of the Tang Dynasty, this is not my work, this is the merit of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and you, and the people of the Tang Dynasty, today, I am equal to you, I am equal to you, I am equal to you, the Tang Dynasty prisoner ceremony and military parade ceremony, officially began.
"Hooray!"
"Hooray!"
…… There was another cry that shook the sky, and Li Shimin slowly retreated.
From the south gate of Chang'an City, Mingde Gate, Li Jing was wearing a battle armor, and the big drums behind him were written, "Dingxiang Road Marching Commander Shangshu Li", followed by five generals left and right, burly, awe-inspiring, fluttering on all five sides of the Daxu respectively written, "Tongmo Road Marching Governor and Prefecture Governor Li", "Jinhe Road Marching Governor Huazhou Thorn Shi Huo", "Datong Road Marching Commander Shangshu Li", "Hengan Road Marching Governor Youzhou Governor Guard" Changwu Dao marching governor Lingzhou Governor Xue".
In the middle of the road, there is a long line of captives, led by the change of face, the sharp fist clenched, his eyes are full of humiliation, he did not expect that Li Shimin would make such a grand ceremony of offering prisoners, in front of hundreds of thousands of Tang people and envoys from various countries, he was dignified Turkic Khan to be pressed by the six generals from the Mingde Gate through the entire Vermilion Bird Street, and came to the Vermilion Bird Gate to kneel in front of the Tang Emperor.
Seeing the Turkic captives being pressed by the melancho, the people of Chang'an went completely crazy.
"Look, look at that, the old thief who is the leader is the Turkic Khan Li, retribution, he still went to show off his might outside our Chang'an City back then, and now he has not become a prisoner, relieve his anger, relieve his anger."
"God bless the Tang Dynasty, God bless the Tang Dynasty, long live the Tang Dynasty, long live the saints, the Turkic barbarians burn and loot, and the retribution is not happy."
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Suzaku Street, which is 5,000 kilometers long, took a few quarters of an hour to walk.
Li Jing was in the center, mounted his mount in front of the Suzaku Gate, turned over and dismounted, took off the sword on his waist and the seal of the chief manager, raised his head, and bowed loudly: "Li Jing, the secretary of the military department of the minister of Xiangdao, was ordered to go on the Northern Expedition, fortunately, he did not disgrace his life, and now he is escorting the Turkic Khan Ashina Dubi, the son of Li, Ashina Dieluozhi, the uncle of Li, Ashina Zhong, the chief of the Ruling Department, and more than 200 Turkic nobles such as Ashina Simo and other Turkic nobles have come to pay the order and sacrifice prisoners, and the rest of the Turkic soldiers and civilians have a total of more than 300,000 households, and more than one million people have surrendered. Countless horses, cattle and sheep were seized, and gold and silver treasures were not counted."
Li Jing was full of anger, although there was no iron horn amplification, but in front of the Suzaku Gate, it was still spread far away, and the people around him were silent and held their breath to listen quietly.
Li Shimin once again stood in front of the iron horn, laughing heartily, and the undisguised laughter reached everyone's ears through the iron horn, "Okay, okay, you Aiqing have worked hard, I am proud of you, proud of you, haha."
An attendant hurriedly walked downstairs with small steps and took Li Jing's sword and seal.
The next thing is the treasure ceremony, Li Jing presented the gift list to Wang Jingzhong, Wang Jingzhong took the gift list and looked at it, his eyelids jumped, and he stood in front of the iron horn and sang loudly: "One hundred BMWs." When the words fell, the soldiers behind Li Jing drove a hundred sturdy and sturdy peerless horses forward slowly, each horse was in high spirits, even a discerning person could see that these horses were rare BMWs.
"One hundred boxes of gold, one hundred boxes of silver......" As Wang Jingzhong sang out according to the etiquette sheet, the scene became more and more lively, "100 boxes of mink, 100 boxes of wolf skin, 100 boxes of gems......".
Boxes and boxes of treasures were carried to the square, opened the box and shook it around and carried it straight into the Suzaku Gate, the people who saw this scene were not spitting out their eyes and panting, and those foreign envoys were even more trembling, so much wealth, this is the wealth accumulated by the Turks for hundreds of years, this is only a part, so much wealth even if some small countries in Southeast Asia are sold, there is not so much wealth.
"Hey, this ...... That's a lot of gold and silver jewelry......."
"Baby, it's all baby, ...... Where are the red and blue gems ......".
"Oh my God, it's worth a lot of gold...... Gollum, I can't spend ten lifetimes eating and drinking."
"Ah, don't squeeze, squeeze your mother, don't squeeze my ......."
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As boxes of treasures were opened and displayed, from the end of Suzaku Street to this end of the Suzaku Gate into the imperial city, the people along the way were boiling, fortunately, the soldiers of the Hou Wei on the left and right were holding swords and armor along the way tightly pulling the isolation line, I am afraid that it has already caused a riot.