Chapter 502 Catch the duck on the shelf, catch the gentleman to get in the car
But compared to the Central Plains Zhuxiong, this proportion is pitifully low, think about the population on Li Rail's territory is less than one million, and at its peak, there were 120,000 soldiers and horses under his command.
As for Xue Ju, he is even better, the population of Western Qin is only 800,000, and he has nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses under his hands. Otherwise, with the population of the land of Western Qin, there would be no way to support him with so many soldiers and horses.
Even Li Yuan, the benevolent and righteous king, has only two million people under his rule, but he needs to support an army of 180,000, and now, if Li Mi's 50,000 defeated soldiers surrender, I am afraid that his pressure will be even greater. Maybe in a few days, my father-in-law will send someone to buy food from my son.
After arranging this important event, my son finally breathed a sigh of relief. Next, it is necessary to do a lot of preparation work for the upcoming battle on both sides.
All the war machines were already in motion, and a large number of consumable weapons and armor pieces were transported by water from Hancheng, through Tongguan, to Chang'an, and then by land from Chang'an, along the cement straight road.
In addition, the military warehouses in various places have also begun to pull grain and grass, fortunately there are a large number of displaced people, and fortunately, there is no shortage of crossbow horses in Guanzhong now, so that most of the transportation in Guanzhong is transported by horse-drawn carriages, so that the consumption of manpower and material resources is reduced by half compared with the past war.
And at this time, this son finally ushered in the good period of marrying Yaoguang's sister, although many of the previous affairs, were handled by Qu Tutong and others, as well as my mother and housekeeper, now it is wartime, special affairs, but there should be etiquette is still indispensable.
Those things such as Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Najib, recruitment, invitation, and personal welcome all have to be done in order. In the early morning of the tenth day of the ninth month, finally under the oppression of his mother, he was oppressed by a vote of women to grease and powder in front of the bronze mirror, and he had to insert red flowers on his head, and he was wearing a black long coat with big sleeves, and the size of the big sleeves was afraid to be more than three feet, so that my son could only walk with his belly hugged, otherwise it was very likely to mop the ground. The bottom is light red. The black color of the top is the sky, and the color of the bottom is light red to the ground, and there are black edges to metaphorize the harmony of yin and yang.
Knee-covered clothes, brownish-red, large black bands, and red double-soled shoes. In addition, you have to wear a ribbon, a humble gentleman like this son is naturally to match jade, the so-called right sign angle, left palace feather, tend to pick Qi, line to wanton summer, Zhou is still in the rules, and the fold is also decent.
The so-called rules come from this. Well, that's what I think anyway.
Waiting for the boy to clean up, he stumbled out of the room in the laughter of the sister and the satisfied eyes of the mother. Fortunately, the best man Luo Shixin who was waiting outside was similar to this son, the same head flower arrangement, grease and powder, seeing this guy being proud there, he actually put on the appearance of POSS, even the husband was not much better, an old man actually had to paint red and green, seeing this old man and young people are like this, this son is finally in a much better mood.
Well, as the so-called fifty steps to laugh and a hundred steps, at least there is a laugh, if there is not even a smile, fifty steps will naturally be hard, now this fifty steps see two hundred steps behind him, naturally he is in a much happier mood, in order to marry his mother-in-law, this bit of bitterness, let's endure it.
After greeting the two of them, they walked forward and came to the gate of the mansion to take a look, hundreds, oh no, at least nearly a thousand knights with heavy plate armor, and even the horses were wearing bright silver horse armor saw my figure, and with the sound of the order, all the knights raised the long riding spear in their hands to salute me standing at the gate of the mansion.
Well, it is the elite cavalry of the cavalry division of the Praetorian Guard, the Hancheng horse with a height of more than two meters, and only this kind of large horse can easily hang the metal vest weighing nearly seventy catties and the heavily armed plate armor knight.
The tall and burly war horses, the bright silver armor worn by the heroic knights can almost blind the eyes, the top of the riding spears that pierce the sky, and the beautiful little red flags are waving in the wind, finally in the murderous rise, mixed with a few traces of cheerfulness.
Many of the officials who saw it had straight eyes. And Ben Gongzi was secretly proud in his heart. In the past year, the wine and horse trade with the Turks has not been severed, and because of this, the Hancheng horse, which in the eyes of the Turks, cannot run fast, has a large amount of food, and is not widely used, has been collected by the Eastern Turks in every possible way more than 13,000 horses, in exchange for countless spirits, for the nomads to drink, in order to achieve the whole nation of alcohol poisoning as soon as possible.
After the number of Hancheng horses finally became large, those Dawan herdsmen who were skilled and knew how to appreciate horses left enough stallions and mares, and cleared out nearly 8,000 strong Hancheng horses for military use.
Fifteen hundred of these Hanseong horses were given to the Praetorian Guards, and the other 6,500 were distributed to the armies to be used as an important assault force on the battlefield. And now, in order to support the scene of this wedding, Qu Tutong specially dragged the entire regiment of a Praetorian Guard cavalry division that was dressed with Han Cheng horses to show off.
The heavy hooves of metal trampled on the ground, making a crisp clanging sound, and the shock brought by the more than a thousand heavy cavalry made many people who came to watch the ceremony also be greatly shocked, and the terrible heavy plate armor alone was enough to become a nightmare in the heart of any enemy.
As they walked slowly, a six-horse cart painted pure black, carved with delicate patterns and decorated with gold lacquer, and a luxurious and solemn six horses appeared before my eyes. Seeing this thing, Ben Gongzi couldn't help but be a little stunned, and his steps paused, damn, this is too exaggerated, right?
My mind suddenly flashed what I had seen, the Son of Heaven Yuliu, your sister, it seems that these guys must have been premeditated, otherwise why would they make such a big scene?
"My lord, please get in the car, you can't delay it at an auspicious time." Qu Tutong, as a concubine, saw that I hesitated, and hurriedly stepped forward to urge.
Seeing that I didn't move at all, as if I wanted to turn around and speak, Wei Zheng stood up and bowed to me, but I was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold me. "Xuancheng, what does this mean?"
"Wechen has always had some words that he hasn't said, but today, Wechen can't help but say it. The minister dared to ask the lord, in the lord's heart, is the lord's own safety important, or is the society and the people in the world more important? Wei Zheng couldn't afford it, raised his head and looked at me word by word.
"In my heart?" These words made me a little stunned, and I said with a smile: "Naturally, the future of the Chinese nation is more important. ”
"The lord has the capital to govern the world, and he is more willing to give away the rights in his hands for the sake of the people of the world, and rule the world with the scholars, which is the luck of the ministers and the people, and it is also the luck of the people of the world. But if it was someone else, could the lord be sure that he could do the same? Wei Zheng's words made me stay on the spot for a long time.
Wei Zheng's words are very sharp, but they are very sincere, in the world, I am the only one who can be familiar with history like me, and know how to do it, so that Huaxia can avoid repeating the suffering of history.
"If there is no lord, there will be no peace and prosperity in Guanzhong today, and there will be no today's hundreds of officials working together to serve the soldiers, doesn't the lord know what the people in the world want? If the lord does not love the position of power and drifts away, then the world will definitely enter the strife again, I don't know how many Li people will be trapped in it, and the lord can bear it? ”
"The old minister also hopes that the lord will not leave me and wait." Qu Tutong also bowed to the ground, Li Jing, Yang Gongdao and many other important civil and military ministers bowed down one after another, but the mother and sister who didn't know the truth were startled, and they were at a loss, and they couldn't understand what happened to these guys.
Seeing this situation, I couldn't help but sigh, Zhou Li has a cloud: the Son of Heaven drives six. And the car they prepared for me was dragged by six horses, which is completely the specifications of the Son of Heaven, but it is not good to do anything at this time, after all, it is a personal matter of my son, do I still jump down and tell these guys that I don't do it?
And Wei Zheng's words also made me fall into deep thought, the past thoughts, really some too taken for granted, after all, others are not me, who can know, will others follow my ideas, according to the road I arranged, leading the Chinese nation to go down and embark on a different path?
Even if I thought about going somewhere else to become my own overseer, would that be useful? At that time, I am afraid that if the swords and soldiers are together, the people of the world will have to suffer from another war.
Thinking about the historical time and space before I traveled, after the fall of the Sui Dynasty and the establishment of the Tang Dynasty in the more than 20 years, the population was reduced by nearly two-thirds, and you can imagine how tragic the death and suffering of the people were caused by the war.
In the past, of course, although I faintly felt that it was inappropriate in my heart, I always left this thought behind, it seems that such a thing will be considered when it really happens, and now, Wei Zheng's words are like a sharp dagger, drawing a bloody hole, which is so shocking, and it makes me understand that this is time to be imminent.
Looking at these people kneeling on the ground with a look of anticipation, as well as the girls and mothers standing in the door of the mansion, looking stunned and confused, I couldn't help but take a deep breath. Yes, what if I continue to do this? It's good for the world to return to the heart, not to mention, since you feel that the day is tired, then just share more power?
Moreover, only I can understand how as an emperor can control his desire for power, ensure the success of the separation of powers and the constitutional monarchy, and make the future of the Chinese nation even brighter.
I folded my hands in front of my chest, and after bowing deeply to the many civil and military dignitaries who were kneeling on the ground, I turned around and lifted my placket and stepped down the steps, boarding the six-horse carriage that only the Son of Heaven could ride. The cart began to move slowly under the spur of the driver. And the ministers of civil and military affairs who had a large number of eyebrows and smiles, even hippie smiles, cheered in a low voice, damn!