Chapter 779: Offering Prisoners is the Gate of Heaven
On the first day of July in the first year of the first year of the dew, the crown prince Li Xian went to the table, and asked Shangguan Wan'er to be a virtuous concubine, but he was not allowed, and in the name of Shangguan Wan'er being a criminal minister, Li Xian's seal was rejected.
On August 17 of the first year of Tiaolu, Pei Xingjian designed, broke the Turkic grain robbery team, killed more than 3,000 Turkic elite cavalry, and captured 4,000 alive. The total strength of the Turkic rebels gathered in the Montenegro region has exceeded 580,000.
On the ninth day of the first month of the second year of Tiaolu, the emperor issued an edict to change the Yuan, which was the first year of Yonglong, and ordered Pei Xingjian to march into Montenegro to start a decisive battle with the Turkic rebels, so as to complete his work in one battle. On the seventh day of the first month of March, the holy decree arrived at the front line camp, Pei Xingjian led the order to send troops, 380,000 troops marched to Montenegro in three ways, the troops marched extremely fast, more than 100 miles a day, the Turkic rebels heard that ** suddenly, rushed to meet the battle, after three defeats in a row, had to return to the army of Montenegro, in vain to defend to the death, but unexpectedly Pei Xingjian had already sent a fierce general Cheng Wuting to lead the surprise troops to attack the Turkic old camp, before and after the enemy, the Turkic army was defeated, and there was no way to continue, there was infighting, and there was a general to kill the pseudo-khan mud to surrender, and Asted who called himself the commander of the Turkic army was ** Captured alive, the rebel generals Ashdwin Fu and Ashina Fu Nian led the remnants to flee to Wolf Mountain.
On the sixth day of the fourth month of the first year of Yonglong, the good news was transmitted back to Luoyang, Gaozong was overjoyed, thinking that the Turks had been pacified, so he intended to be a teacher, and the prince Li Xian thought that it was impossible, and admonished and said: Eliminate evil must be done to prevent the recurrence of ashes. Gaozong thought so, so he ordered Pei Xingjian to take advantage of the victory to pursue, not to give the Turks the slightest respite, Pei Xingjian then divided the army into five roads, swept across the grassland desert, Cheng Wuting, He Jiaqi, Li Duozuo and other cutting-edge generals each used their lives, ** across thousands of miles of land, even the battle Lianjie, Ashina Funian and other Turkic rebels were all annihilated, to July of the first year of Yonglong, there was no Turkic rebel army on the steppe, a huge war ended, ** all victory!
On the first day of August in the first year of Yonglong, the good news arrived in Luoyang, Gaozong was overjoyed when he heard it, and issued an edict to reward the three armies, and Xue Rengui was the new governor of the capital of the capital of the palace, and the general of the right Yulin army, Qi Bi He Li, was the governor of the capital of Anxi; The edict ordered Cheng Wuting and Li Duozuo to lead the border army to return to Luoyang with 5,000 to make up for the lack of the Yulin Army.
On the first day of October in the first year of Yonglong, the army triumphed and returned to Luoyang, and on the ninth day of the first day of Gaozong's edict, Tianmen offered prisoners, summoned the envoys of all vassal states in Luoyang to celebrate together, and granted amnesty to the world, and the power of the Tang Dynasty was at its peak for a while.
Then the gate of heaven, also known as the gate of heaven, is the main gate of Luoyang Palace, by the gatehouse, the building, the tower and the corridor between each other as a whole, the scale is magnificent, the momentum is magnificent, it is the symbol and symbol of the imperial power, but where the emperor is driving in Luoyang, the pardon, the view (Youfu), the change of the yuan, the founding of the country, the sacrifice of prisoners and surrender, the reception of foreign envoys and dignitaries and other important political activities are held at this gate, this offering of prisoners is no exception, since the holy decree, the new Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wu Chenghei led the officials of the Ministry of Rites Zhang Luo opened, and it is to build a viewing shed, and it is a lantern color, Shengsheng will be huge, and the gate of heaven will be arranged like flowers.
On the ninth day of October, when the autumn is high and cool, even if noon is approaching, the sun is still not very bright, the blue sky is cloudless, it is a good time to hold a large-scale outdoor ceremony, from early in the morning, there are countless subjects gathered outside the gate of heaven, not only hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Luoyang City, but even the people of the surrounding counties have heard the wind and rushed to see the spectacular ceremony that is rare for more than ten years.
In the Zichen Palace, Gao Zonggao, who was dressed in neat court clothes, sat on the top, chatting with Pei Xingjian and other Zaifu with great interest, and from time to time he let out a hearty laugh, his expression was extremely happy, his face was full of red light, and he couldn't see the slightest sickness.
"Your Majesty, the hour has come."
Just when the ministers were laughing and talking about Mowgli, Cheng Denggao hurriedly walked in from outside the hall, hurriedly rushed to the front of the royal car, and said in a loud voice.
"Good! Swing the door of heaven! ”
Gaozong got up early in the morning today, waiting for this ceremony, and when he heard that the hour had come, he didn't want to delay for a minute, Huo Ran stood up, waved his hand very arrogantly, and gave an order in a loud voice.
"No!"
As soon as Gaozong's golden mouth opened, a group of eunuchs and eunuchs who accompanied him did not dare to have the slightest slackness, and they each responded loudly, serving Gaozong out of the palace, on the soft chariot, and posing as the emperor drove, and the group was about to rush to Zetianmen.
The prisoner sacrifice ceremony is the great ceremony of the country, all those who can be ranked on the city gate are enough to leave a name in history, and all the zaifu are not excited, but Li Xian is not happy, not jealous of Pei Xingjian's merits, but worried about Gaozong's physical condition - if something is abnormal, it is a demon, Gaozong's mental state today is really too good, under the dragon and tiger, how can there be a star and a half of a patient, this is obviously not normal, but Gaozong is on the rise, Li Xian is not good to say, can only secretly order the Tai Hospital doctor Zhengsun Qiyan to send peopleand always ready to adapt.
"The Holy One has arrived!"
When a ceremonial Langzhong, who was in charge of singing on the gate of heaven, saw the arrival of the emperor, he didn't dare to delay the slightest, but he was full of energy, and raised his voice and roared, and in an instant, the subjects who were originally noisy and frolicking under the city gate immediately quieted down.
"Wait for the ministers to see Your Majesty, and to see the Queen of Heaven!"
In the midst of the drumming and music, Gaozong and Empress Wu walked up to the city gate tower side by side, and when they reached the front of the city saucer, the subjects who had already prepared all knelt on the ground in unison and shouted in unison.
"Zhong Aiqing is flat!"
Looking at the subjects who knelt all over the ground, Gaozong's originally good mood immediately rose a little higher, his face was so red and tender that he almost wanted to drop blood, and after watching excitedly for a while, he raised his hand and shouted, and the official of the Ministry of Etiquette repeated this statement loudly.
"Ministers, thank you Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
As soon as Gaozong shouted, hundreds of thousands of subjects immediately shouted long live, and the sound of the waves could almost poke out a big hole in the sky.
"Alright, alright, let's get started."
Listening to the praise of the tsunami, Gaozong's originally red face instantly turned a little redder, faintly a little purple, and his heart was full of pride, not easy, he reigned for more than 30 years, swept away countless countries around him, raised his eyes, and there was no opponent in the four fields, since ancient times, there has never been an emperor who can achieve such a great cause as him, even if it is known as "the first emperor of the ages" Taizong, he has not been able to come to this step, Gaozong has reason to be proud.
"The prisoner dedication ceremony begins, and the music is played!"
As soon as Gaozong Chrysostom opened, the Lang official of the Ministry of Rites who was waiting on the side naturally did not dare to slack off, and he had enough luck, and under a shout, the drum music immediately sounded loudly, and a team of neatly dressed Tang cavalry began to enter in line.
"Okay, this is my iron horse, okay, okay!"
The Tang cavalry army that entered the hall is the Liaodong cavalry of Cheng Wuting's department, all of them are tall and burly, and the war horses under the crotch are even more extraordinary, and the two thousand white horses selected for the parade are really magnificent, and when Gaozong saw it, he was excited, applauded, and applauded loudly.
Oh no, something is going to happen!
Everyone was applauding, but Li Xian did not put his mind on the cavalry below, but always paid attention to the changes in Gaozong's expression, and at this time he saw that Gaozong's salivation at the corner of his mouth had become a line, but he didn't know it, and his heart couldn't help but sink, knowing that Gaozong's body was in trouble, he just wanted to say something about the imperial doctor, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed it back raw, not for anything else, just because he didn't know whether he should do it or not.
On the relationship between father and son, Li Xian naturally can't sit back and watch his old father fall into death and ignore it, but when it comes to social affairs, Li Xian doesn't want to see Gaozong rely on the throne again, not to mention anything else, just Gaozong's suspicion of Li Xian is heavy, if this point is really used by the Empress Wu, Li Xian's situation is bound to be more dangerous, even if he can win in the end, the vitality of the Tang Dynasty is afraid that he will be greatly injured, this is naturally not a situation that Li Xian is happy to see, because of this, Li Xian hesitated, and he didn't know how to make a decision for a while.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live......"
As soon as the Tang cavalry army passed, it was time for the infantry army to escort the captured Turkic nobles into the entrance, and the hundreds of thousands of subjects who were already in high spirits saw this, and they all shouted in unison, and the sound was like thunder, and the atmosphere was already in a boiling state.
"Prisoners!"
As soon as the military team entered the square in front of the palace gate, the official of the Ministry of Rites had already shouted, and his voice was full of passionate pride, which was not surprising, this was the most exciting moment in the entire ceremony, and it was also the moment to promote the national prestige.
"Okay, I'm ......"
As soon as the voice of the Ministry of Rites Langguan fell, the audience boiled again, and Gaozong was also so excited that he couldn't help himself, his mouth opened, as if he wanted to say something about it, but before he finished speaking, his body suddenly tilted, and he fell to the ground unconsciously.
"Your Majesty!"
"Quick, protect Your Majesty!"
"Imperial Doctor, pass on Imperial Doctor!"
……
As soon as Gaozong fell like this, the entire city gate tower was suddenly in chaos, the Empress Wu was discolored, and the hundred officials exclaimed, but Li Xian was at a loss, and he didn't know whether to be happy or sad......