Chapter 977: Ninety-Nine-Five: Greeting
Moreover, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it is also called the queen mother, which is inevitably a little inappropriate, after all, the queen of the first emperor Xizong Tianqi Emperor is the sister-in-law of the present and not the mother, and it is just a queen Yi'an.
Several nobles got into the carriage, and everyone got on the horse, and the people got on the chariot. Liu Ruozai gave an order, and the team moved forward, all the way to the east.
The camp tent does not need to be dismantled, because Liu Daqi and the others and the soldiers led by them are not allowed to enter the city, and after sending these nobles to the Changting, there are naturally officials of the imperial court to lure them into the city, and Liu Daqi and other generals and these soldiers have to return here and wait with peace of mind.
Of course, in the following days, there was no problem for these soldiers to go into the city privately for recreation, buy some things, visit restaurants and brothels or something. And generals like Liu Daqi had the opportunity to be summoned by His Majesty and even given a banquet.
On that day, a reward for them will also be announced.
Liu Daqi and others are undoubtedly looking forward to that day. For them, that day is the time for the real scenery.
Ten miles west of Beijing, Changting.
A large number of officials are already waiting here, and there are dozens of officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Huitong Pavilion, and there are nearly 100 people including the entourage.
Not far away, there was an extremely large team, with a thousand people. These people were all dressed as soldiers, all wearing shiny armor, all of them were tall, taller than ordinary people, and much stronger, and they looked very powerful. Some of these people are holding weapons in their hands, and more are holding decorative weapons such as golden gourds and golden yues.
They were not neatly lined up, some of them looked loose, and they were not at all silent, and many people were talking, and from time to time bursts of laughter erupted.
It is a little incompatible with the rather solemn and solemn atmosphere at this time.
These people are the Han generals sent by the emperor to greet the nobles of the Chahar Department.
The generals of the Han Dynasty were not real generals, but only a title, they were subordinate to the Jinyi Guard, and their duty was to be the guards of the forbidden palace in the Suri League, and when the emperor met and traveled, he 'had a guard of honor and a guard of honor, and the attendants were on the line'. All Han generals must be tall and majestic, and they also have requirements for appearance, to put it bluntly, they must have good appearance conditions.
In the early days of the dynasty, the generals of the Han Dynasty still had combat effectiveness, but later, they became out-and-out goods. By the time of Chongzhen, the combat effectiveness of the Han generals may have degraded to a point where even chatting is better than nothing. The Han generals, rated at about 1,500, have become a tool for many princes and nobles to enrich their own pockets and promote their children.
Don't look at the sloppy at this time, that's all, it's still the result of months of practice!
Before, it wasn't possible to see it at all.
The civil officials around the pavilion frowned every time they looked over there, and there was a hint of disdain in their eyes. There seemed to be four words in his eyes that were disdainful: "This group of martial artists." ”
They simply look down on these people.
I have to say that the reason why the military generals in the last years of the Ming Dynasty were so looked down upon by civilian officials is that many military generals are really not angry. Especially those generals in the Beijing camp of the imperial forbidden army, most of them are from the families of powerful people such as princes and lords, and they are fighting for power one by one, and they are better than anyone else.
Soon, everyone saw a huge cavalry team coming towards this side in the distance, everyone immediately sorted out their appearances, their expressions became solemn and solemn, and an official of the Ministry of Rites walked to the side of the Han general and reprimanded him sharply, and those Han generals were more honest and did not dare to whisper.
This official of the Ministry of Rites, who was in his fifties, looked majestic, and wore Zhu Zi, who was actually the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
That is, if he goes, if he is replaced by someone else, it is possible that those Han generals will not buy it.
The Cabinet Auxiliary Minister and the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites came to greet him in person, which is not a low standard, and he is not the highest-ranking one among the people who came to greet him. At this time, an old man in the long pavilion with white hair and white hair, but his spirit was very strong, and his eyes were bright, and he was surrounded by everyone.
It is the first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren!
The team that came stopped dozens of zhang away, and at this point, Liu Daqi and the others stopped advancing. The people from the Chahar tribe surrounded their nobles and walked forward for a while, and then stopped.
Wen Tiren coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Everyone, let's also step forward to greet you!" ”
With his identity, it is okay to go up to greet him, and it is okay not to greet him, but he knows that His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to this matter. And what he has always done is that if His Majesty attaches great importance to the things, then he will definitely attach more importance to them than His Majesty.
Everyone agreed, and the group surrounded Wen Tiren and He Wuyu and stepped forward and stopped in front of those luxurious carriages.
It was also at this time that the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the Empress Dowager and other Fujin also got out of the carriage.
Wen Tiren took two steps forward and bowed: "Wen Tiren has seen all of you. ”
He Wuyu also saluted, and everyone behind them also saluted.
The Empress Dowager and others returned the salute with a smile.
The officials of the Ming Dynasty were surprised by the youth and beauty of these Fujin, but no one dared to have any crooked ideas, and they didn't even dare to stare at them for a while, for fear of losing their manners. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen is the most concerned about this matter, if Emperor Chongzhen knows who dares to beat these Fujin's crooked ideas so that it affects the relationship between the Chahar Department and the Ming Dynasty, even if it is a merciless slash.
Then there was a question and answer, all of which had already been arranged, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites had already told the Empress Dowager and others about the process and how to answer.
The etiquette was meticulous and cumbersome, which made the Queen Mother a little impatient, but she didn't show it on her face at all, she still sat meticulously, and there was nothing wrong with her behavior. She knows that the Chahar Department is no longer the Chahar Department before, and now it is under the fence of the Ming Dynasty, and at this time, she is on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so she naturally has to act according to the rules of the people. Since you have chosen Daming, don't think about more messy, it's right to get along well.
The Empress Dowager Su Tai admired the Ming Dynasty and taught her, so she not only did not reject this cumbersome etiquette, but was very happy with it.
It took a full hour here to finish all these rituals, and a few Fujin re-boarded the carriage.
Liu Daqi and the others went back to the camp, while the Han generals surrounded the nobles of the Chahar Department and marched to Beijing.