Chapter 638: Shangxiang

"What a battle!" Although Zhao Yu did not fall asleep, he also felt very tired, got up very reluctantly, washed and changed clothes, drank a bowl of gruel, and went out to Ci'an Palace to say goodbye. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info respectfully invited the queen mother to board the car before getting on the back of a jade chariot, and as soon as you get out of the palace gate, you will see that the honor guard outside the palace has already been lined up, and the guards stand with their hands on their swords, and the ministers who follow the Hu stand quietly, and see two chariots coming to salute in unison in the sound of the ceremonial officer's salute. Seeing this big scene, Zhao Yu's spirits perked up, his eyes widened, and he said in surprise.

"Your Majesty, this is just a small car, if it is a big car, the scene is even more spectacular!" Wang Defu, who was waiting in the car, helped His Majesty to do a good job again.

"This is just a small driver, the escort has already been exhausted, right?" Zhao Yu looked at the thousands of soldiers he could see in front of his eyes, but when he raised his eyes and looked in front of him, he couldn't see the head, and he couldn't see the tail in the back, so he was even more surprised.

"Your Majesty, except for those who stayed in the palace and the palace, all the guards have been deployed, and more than 1,000 cavalry troops have been drawn from the forbidden army in front of the palace to escort them!" Wang De smiled.

"Just going out of the palace to worship the Buddha, it is too extravagant to put on such a big formation!" Zhao Yu frowned. The righteous emperor who succeeded to the throne was newly mourned, and he was being pursued by the enemy, so everything was done in a hurry. And after that, unless he was in wartime, he traveled lightly, often with only a dozen guards and walked around, and the honor guard he put on today really made him feel too excited.

"Your Majesty didn't approve the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, so that the halogen book was discharged, and it was not an unauthorized province!" Wang De saw that His Majesty's face was full of displeasure, and knew that he thought it was too wasteful, so he hurriedly explained.

"Oh, there is such a thing, but I don't know that it is so pompous, it is really ignorance kills people, you can tell me about it...... What's so important about this book? Zhao Yu was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking about it, he did approve such a thing, he thought that it was difficult for the Queen Mother to get out of the palace, and she had just experienced the war, so she was extravagant and extravagant, which also made her happy, but he didn't expect the formation to be so big, and said with a wry smile.

"Your Majesty, this ...... This little one doesn't know much, but he only knows a little bit about it, or ask Xu Shangshu to get in the car and ask him to explain in detail. Wang De hesitated, but it can be seen that the little emperor was gloomy and hurriedly said, "As long as Your Majesty doesn't blame the little one for saying badly, then the little one will do his best!" ”

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the original intention of the book was to record the emperor's guards, attachés, honor guards, costumes, etc., when he traveled, and later he often called the honor guard itself. According to the different travel purposes or activity occasions, the number of attachés around the emperor and the shape of the ceremonial guard are different, and they must be strictly implemented in accordance with the relevant etiquette regulations. The emperor's halogen book is mainly divided into three types: big driving, legal driving, and small driving, and their ceremonial guards are different. Our dynasty is mainly composed of guides, pilots, front and rear guards, front and rear drum bands, and emperor drivers. Wang De saw that the little emperor had no objection when he heard it, and continued.

"Your Majesty, please look ahead!" At this time, suddenly there was a lot of music in front of him, and the car began to move slowly, and the surrounding guards all turned around to follow, Wang De pointed to the front, "I am in the system, and the front is in front of the Fu Mu, Tai Changqing, Situ, Yu Shi Dafu, and the military department Shangshu, which is the sixth introduction." Then there are the twelve large flags, and after the big flags are the Qing tour team responsible for clearing the field, armed with bows and crossbows and lances. They were followed by the Suzaku team with the Suzaku flag, lance and crossbow......"

According to Wang De, Zhao Yu even guessed with Meng, and finally understood a little, but he also had a headache about it, all he could see at the moment was the twelve dragon flags that seemed to be one for Fengbo and one for the rain master, one for Lei Gong and one for the electric mother flag, one for each of the wood, fire, earth, gold, and Mercury flags, one for each of the left and right flags, and one for the Beidou flag. Behind the flag is a special convoy, including the guide car, the Jili drum car, the egret car, the Luan flag car, the evil car, the Pi Xuan car, etc., each car is pulled by four horses, there are 14 drivers, in addition to the possibility of guarding against the car in the middle, each car also brought a maintenance worker.

At this point, the guard of honor is over, and then the guard of honor is followed, and the pair of people and horses are mainly based on music and battle, and the civil and military officials who accompany the emperor are also among them. The leader of the guard of honor is a guard composed of twelve rows of cavalry holding horizontal swords, bows and arrows, arranged separately, which is called "guiding the twelve". It was followed by a large drum band, in front of which two drum commanders were in charge of the performance. The musical instruments of the band are mainly various drums, mainly including drums, big drums, cymbals, drums, small drums, feather drums, etc., as well as wind instruments flute, flute, flute, long and medium sound, big horizontal blowing, 筚篚, etc., as well as percussion instruments such as gold cymbals, the whole band is composed of hundreds of people, and according to Wang De, if it is a big driving musician, there will be as many as 1,000 people.

The band is followed by a flag array composed of various flags, buildings, flags, etc. Some of the accompanying officials and the emperor's imperial horses were also mixed in the flag array. After the flag array, there are the green dragon flag and the white tiger flag on the left and right, and behind the two flags are the accompanying court officials. In the middle of this team, there were also interspersed and mixed with cavalry and infantry soldiers armed with weapons.

Then there is the queen mother and her own jade chariot, according to Wang De said that it was Taichang Siqing who drove him, but Zhao Yu had no impression of it, and it was one of the nine Qings a thousand years earlier, and his status was extremely respectful, but now it belongs to a department under Shangshu Province, but a third-grade official is also magnificent enough to be a driver for himself. The place where he is the core of the entire honor guard, so the guards are extremely tight, surrounded by dozens of drivers in front and behind, and the sides are escorted by the left and right guard generals. Immediately followed by the generals and chamberlains of the forbidden army.

On the periphery of these escort officers were teams of cavalry and foot soldiers of the forbidden army, each of which was led by a general. Armed with bows, arrows, knives and other weapons, the forbidden soldiers were ready to deal with unexpected situations. Behind the forbidden soldiers are the honor guards composed of peacock fans, small group fans, square fans, Huanglu, Jianglu, Xuanwu and so on. There was also a "rear drumming" band behind the emperor's car, and the instruments of the band were similar to those in front of the jade chariot, but the scale was relatively small, but there were as many as 100 people at the moment.

After the rear propaganda is the emperor's special car driving, including the square chariot, small chariot, waist chariot, gold chariot, elephant chariot, leather chariot, five pairs of chariots, cultivator car, Anche, Siwang car, sheep chariot, subordinate car, yellow chariot, leopard tail chariot and so on. The left and right guards each led hundreds of soldiers, divided into four horizontal rows, holding halberds, swords and shields, bows and arrows, and crossbows, and followed the leopard's tail chariot as a cover. Each vehicle was drawn by horses and accompanied by an unequal number of drivers.

Walking at the end of the guard of honor was the rearguard troops, in front of which were the left and right wing infantry teams led by two generals, divided into two phalanxes in the front and rear, with a flag as the lead. The soldiers wore scarfs and armor, and carried bows, swords, and shields, and each team was dressed in the same color, alternating with each other. In the middle is the left and right compartment Huang Lu battle, divided into 12 rows, respectively holding a bow, a knife, a halberd, a shield and peacock, goose feather, chicken feather and so on.

After the battle, Huang Lu was a soldier, holding ancient honor guard weapons such as guns. Finally, it is a flag array composed of cavalry and flag teams on the left and right sides of the guards. The flags held by each flag team are painted with the same kind of legendary gods and monsters, such as evil spirits, jade horses, yellow dragons, unicorns, dragon horses, triangular beasts, Xuanwu, golden bulls, etc. Behind the flag array, there is a yellow battle composed of infantry soldiers, and there are cavalry guards.

Zhao Yu listened to the introduction for a long time without saying a word, the most tyrant king in modern times visited with an entourage of 1,500 people, and the salute of 500 tons became the focus of the world's people, lamenting that he had nowhere to spend his money. And Wang De said that it would take 261 people to travel in a big car, and 1,355 people were used for the honor guard when Emperor Gaozong could not escape. This time, he only went to worship the Buddha outside the northern city, and he also mobilized more than 3,000 people. If there is a north gate in the city, I am afraid that the guide team has already arrived in the temple and I will still stay in the city!

Such a little pomp is just a drizzle, that is, a local tyrant, which is not worth mentioning compared to us. However, Zhao Hao can also see that the pomp and circumstance of the honor guard is directly related to the rise and fall of national strength and the changes of the current situation. Even if all the troops and horses left behind in Qiongzhou are dispatched, I am afraid that they will not be able to make up the number of people needed for the big drive, and if it is not for the capture of many Mongolian war horses this time, I am afraid that I will have to worry about whether there are enough horses to pull the cart, all of this is just a shy belly.

"These people are still of some use!" Driving on the main street of Shangfu City, the road has been full of people, it can be described as an empty alley, Qiongzhou may not have seen such a formation, but Zhao Yu felt that their lively mentality must be better than looking at themselves, although they were all prostrate on the ground, shouting long live, but he still lifted the curtain, stood behind the car rails and waved in response to the enthusiasm of the people, he suddenly smiled at Wang Dedao.

"Did Your Majesty mean the people? They are His Majesty's people, of course they are useful! Wang De helped His Majesty to prevent him from falling.

"No, I mean those guys in the Picture Academy, you see that I am more beautiful than real people!" Zhao Yu pointed to the huge "Emperor's Imperial Array" painted on a high wall, and said with a smile.

"Oh, it's the picture of His Majesty directing the Sheji horn to beat the Tartar!" Wang De then understood that His Majesty was talking about the 'idlers' of the Hanlin Academy Painting Academy, since they entered the palace and had nothing to do all day, he realized that His Majesty would definitely not raise idlers, and as soon as the defense battle was over, he ordered them to paint the scenes of the battle in this battle all over the city, and on the blank walls everywhere, and even on the city walls were full of slogans and slogans to celebrate the victory.

"Tomorrow, let them write some slogans on the palace wall, draw some scenes of congratulations, and look festive!" Zhao Yu looked very satisfied, and commanded again.

"Yes, the little one has been noted!" Wang De shrunk his neck when he heard this, and when the palace walls were painted with these flowers, those ministers were afraid that they would have to admonish again that they would lose their royal majesty......

The Queen Mother went to incense this time is Qiongzhou Tiannan Temple, located outside the north of the city, built in the Taizu period of this dynasty, when Taizu Yazhou was in Qiongzhou, Zhenzhou was changed to Yazhou, collectively known as "Qiongya". During the reign of Emperor Shenzong, the governance of Qiongshan County and the administration of Fucheng were successively moved to Fucheng, making Fucheng the cultural, economic and political center of the whole island. Tiannan Temple, located in Fucheng, has become the first Zen forest in Hainan and the largest Buddhist center on the island.

Although Zhao Yu always pretends to be a ghost, he has little interest in these 'superstitious' activities, but he is in awe of the unpredictable God for his unprovoked run into this world, so he followed the Queen Mother to give the Buddha three sticks of incense. And the Queen Mother's wishes are much more, bless this and bless that, and it took a long time to finish, he estimated that the Queen Mother was almost annoyed by the Buddha.

Of course, the Buddha was not used in vain, the Queen Mother donated 300 collars of monk's clothes, 2,000 sesame oil money, and 500 Buddhist scriptures. Since Zhao Yu is here, he can't help but express it, let alone be stingy, gritting his teeth and spending thousands of dollars to repair the Buddhist temple and shape the golden body of the Buddhas. According to the arrangement, the Queen Mother also had to listen to the presiding lecture and fast here for a day to show her sincerity, so she had to stay for a long time.

Zhao Yu already has a monk master, and it is enough to listen to his 'Amitabha Buddha' every day, and in order to show his filial piety, he still endured listening to the Queen Mother for a while. But the sequelae of not sleeping last night broke out, thinking that it was really disrespectful to listen to the scriptures and doze off in front of the Buddha, so he found a reason to escape from the main hall and called a little novice to accompany him around the temple.

This Nantian Temple has a history of 300 years, which has been expanded and rebuilt many times, it has been quite large-scale, the temple has three Buddha halls, more than 10 rooms in the east and west wings and the mountain gate and other buildings. The temple is respectively furnished with such as the Buddha, Guanyin Buddha and many Bodhisattvas, for the holy land of Qiongbei Zen forest, the incense lingers continuously, the surrounding forests are luxuriant, covering the sky and the sun, the scenery is beautiful, the environment is quiet, it is a good place for leisure.

At this point, the holy car is naturally closed to thank customers, and the idle people are removed from the temple. Zhao Yu was accompanied by Wang De, Ni Liang and a few attendants, as well as Liu Huang, Ying Jieyan and Xu Zongren and other ministers who were accompanying him to wander around the temple. Thinking about the temples in the previous life, almost all of them have become another vanity fair, most of them are commercialized, and even the monks are fake, but listening to the chanting of the monks here makes people feel a sense of leisure, as if they have temporarily forgotten the disputes in the outside world.

"Holy Lord, there are three poems written by my former prime minister Li Gang in this pavilion, do you want to go in and have a look?" Walking to the Bodhi Pavilion, the little novice stopped and saluted.

"Oh, Li Xiang still left a calligraphy treasure here?" Zhao Yu stopped and turned his head to look at the crowd.

"Your Majesty, in the second year of Jianyan, Li Xiang was framed and degraded again and again because of his strong advocacy against Jin, and was finally demoted to the Wan'an Army to join the army. He crossed the sea north and landed in Haikoupu, but it is not unusual to visit here, but I have never heard that Li Xiang also wrote poems here! Xu Zongren frowned.

"As far as I know, Li Xiang was demoted to Qiongzhou, and after only three days before and after, he was pardoned and reactivated as Xiang hurriedly returned north!" Zhao Yu nodded.

"Exactly, maybe that's what the world doesn't know!" Ying Jie Yan stroked his beard and said......