No matter how hysterical the carnival is, there is a time when it will end. The next day, everyone was sent home. The Dragon Tooth Guard was left behind in the Qinling Mountains and continued to hunt and terrorize the beasts.

Mere fright will not solve the problem, and only by killing some can we ensure the stability of the people.

On May 5, the twenty-fourth year of Zhenguan, the auspicious day of the zodiac, in front of Suzaku Street, a large number of people gathered, just because the emperor is going to Zen today.

The older generation, with their children and grandchildren, stood on the street and explained to them the exploits of this emperor.

The merit in the eyes of the people is very simple, that is, this emperor made the people have enough to eat, so that they will not starve to death.

This feat is simple, but it is also difficult. The new generation of children may not know what freezing and starvation is, but the older generation of people have experienced the era when people were not as good as grass mustard, and especially know how rare such a prosperous era is and how rare such an emperor is.

Inside the palace, there was a solemn atmosphere. On the left side of the square, there are retired ministers from Zhenguan, and even a few who are terminally ill have come in wheelchairs to participate. On the right side of the square are the officials who are now in office in the court.

At the front of the large team on both sides, Leng Feng and Yan Xiangshi, one left and one right, stood alone, and between the two was the crown prince Li Chengqian.

Bai Lin, the dean of the Academy of Letters, was fortunate to be elected as a ceremonial official to preside over today's Zen ceremony.

When the first rays of sunlight in the morning shone on the altar, Bai Lin stretched out his hands, picked up the pillar of incense as thick as an arm, lit it on the charcoal fire on one side, and handed it to Li Shimin.

"The hour has come, incense!"

Three giant incense sticks were inserted into the big ding by Li Shimin. Today's sacrifice is not the sky, not the earth, but Yao Shun.

The smoke curled up, which also caused the courtiers to raise their heads in solemnity.

"Bye!"

Li Shimin walked to the incense case, bent down and bowed his hand, and knelt down with the emperor, civil and military officials, and even those who were seriously ill knelt down with the help of their families.

"Rite over!"

After everyone got up, Bai Lin unfolded a long scroll, coughed lightly, and began to read:

"It has been 30 years since Emperor Yang's death. In the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, human life was sloppy, wolf smoke was everywhere, soldiers were killed in battle, and the corpses of lonely widows were displayed in the wilderness. Fortunately, Gaozu raised troops, pacified the Central Plains, and unified the world. In the meantime, I have been fighting endlessly, and I am tired but willing...

Zhenguan has been twenty and four years now, although I have worked hard to continue the prosperity of the heart, but I am frail. The crown prince Chengqian, who studied under the protector of the country at a young age, benefited a lot, was respectful and humble, and was a rare prince. I have been ill for a long time, ignorant of the avenue, and I have been abandoning for a long time. Reading the measures of the ancestors, the hope of the heavenly people, give it the abdication of the palace, return to Zen in Chengqian, a Yiyao, Shun's old things. Chin Yin. ”

After reading, Bai Lin walked to the bottom of the stairs and bowed: "Since Yao Shun, there have been many Zen people, but there has never been such a thing as Your Majesty. The ministers were terrified and wanted to thank Your Majesty for your actions on behalf of all the people of the world. ”

The civil and military officials under the rank also bowed down again. Those who bowed down were also the surrounding guards, palace maids, and eunuchs. This trend of kneeling and worshipping started from the altar and spread to the entire palace, and even passed through the palace walls, affecting the people outside the palace and all kinds of people in Chang'an.

Both the workers who were working and the merchants who were negotiating the payment for the goods followed, kneeling in the direction of the palace.

They all know that after today, the emperor who led them into the prosperous era is going to abdicate, although they are reluctant, but as civilians, they can only accept it.

A corner of Chang'an is the last courtyard of the five surnames. With the decline of their status, their residence has also moved from Taipingfang and others to the corners of Chang'an.

When the tide spread, the people with the five surnames also fell to the ground under the leadership of the old patriarch.

Although this emperor single-handedly put an end to the prestige status of their five surnames, as literati and literati who studied ancient texts, they had to admire what this emperor did.

Zen, an age-old word tainted by resentment and resentment, finally regained its original meaning on this day.

Li Shimin, who was high on the altar, smiled, looking at the incense burning in the big ding, he chuckled lightly, grinned, and laughed until he laughed wildly.

"Although I am not the ancestor of the Li family, I have to set the rules. The future king of the Tang Dynasty, those who feel unwell, must not covet the throne, and it is advisable to let the new monarch as soon as possible. Those who disobey will be abandoned by the gods and demons! ”

Bai Lin was excited, and once again led everyone to bow down.

The Zen concession of a generation of emperors is of little use. Only by making Zen become a permanent example can many disputes be eliminated invisibly.

Taking off the dragon robe, taking off the crown, revealing the outer clothes that had been worn long ago, Li Shimin laughed and walked down the altar, patted Li Chengqian's shoulder, passed through the hundred officials, and walked to the carriage.

Li Chengqian had tears in his eyes, and he did not rush to put on the dragon robe on the altar, but knelt on the ground until Li Shimin got into the carriage.

Helping Li Chengqian up, Leng Feng smiled and said: "Don't be blindly moved here, your father and emperor took the throne when he was a little sick for you." As a son, all you can do is inherit it! ”

Li Chengqian grabbed Master's hand and said eagerly: "Master, I wanted to ask just now, why do you want to stand on the side of the retired hundred officials?" Are you going to retire too? ”

Leng Feng nodded, and said before Li Chengqian could stay, "If I can help you, the master has already helped." The talented people who graduated from the Academy of Literature are like carp crossing the river. What can assist you is in it, how to choose, how to promote, you have to learn by yourself. Besides, if you look at Fang Xuanling and them, they retired when they were old, and they almost fell off and fell half to death when they wanted to ride a horse and hunt. Your master, I want to ride a horse while I can still play around. As a disciple, you should support it! ”

Li Chengqian nodded, he was no longer the child who needed Master's support.

Pushing Li Chengqian away, Leng Feng smiled and bowed his hand to Yan Xiangshi, and at the same time, the retired officials behind him also bowed their hands to the officials who are currently in office.

Yan Xiangshi looked at Leng Feng, who was much, much younger than him, and could only smile bitterly and lead the officials behind him to bow. Unlike Leng Feng, they all have to bend down close to the ground.

Li Chengqian also bowed his hand to the other side.

After the ceremony, Li Xiaogong, Li Jing and others came over, hugged Leng Feng's shoulders and laughed.

Letting them hold him, Leng Feng also followed a group of white-bearded old men, followed behind Li Shimin's carriage, and went out of the palace gate.

The older generation of people have built an unprecedented prosperous era with blood, tears and sweat. Now, it's all in the hands of a new generation.

Li Chengqian still did not wear a dragon robe, but wore his prince's robe and led hundreds of officials to see him off.

Li Shimin's carriage out of the palace was not for show, he had already built a palace in the innermost part of the manor. Trapped in the palace for many years, and now finally in the Zen position, he doesn't want to live in it at all.

And Leng Feng was also very helpless, when Li Shimin built the palace before, he only said that the world manor was a summer resort no less than Jiucheng Palace, and he didn't want this guy to prepare for retirement.

followed Li Shimin's imperial chariot out of the palace, as well as the queen's Luan, Li Shimin's abdication, which also represents her departure.

Outside Suzaku Street, the people were crowded. But when they saw the emperor's royal chariot, they still got out of the way. and spontaneously followed behind the forbidden army and sent the emperor out of Chang'an.

At this point, the year of Zhenguan is over.