Chapter 110: The Imperial Capital Gala The Meaning of the Son of Heaven
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After Emperor Liu Xie finished discussing with the ministers, he sent a fast horse of 800 miles to Yanzhou, Liangzhou, and Qingzhou overnight, and invited Liu Bei, Ma Teng, and Cao Cao to come.
As for the Xianbei and Xiongnu envoys, Emperor Xian was still a little hostile to the Xiongnu and Xianbei invading the Han border for many years, but after all, the Xiongnu and Xianbei had expressed their willingness to surrender, and Liu Xie, as the Son of Heaven, represented the country, and it was not good to show a black face in person, just a few words from Hala, and then send the Xiongnu and Xianbei envoys down; However, Liu Xie was quite kind, and in order to show the mind of the Han, he rewarded the envoy with a lot of gold, silver, and goods, and arranged a good place to stay.
At first, the Xiongnu and Xianbei envoys were afraid that Liu Xie, the little emperor, would be dissatisfied, and the court was still a little trembling, but seeing that Liu Xie was also very good to them, they felt that they had received due respect, and they were also very satisfied.
Cao Cao was the closest to Luoyang and arrived first, followed by Han Sui, and then Ma Teng, but Liu Xie did not personally go out of the city to greet him, but only sent some ministers such as Wang Yun and Yang Biao to greet him; Cao Cao has always looked down on Liu Xie, the little emperor, at first Cao Cao saw that although his treatment was not bad, at least the prime minister came out, but he was still a little dissatisfied; But later, when I saw that Ma Teng and Han Sui were treated like this, and even slightly worse than themselves, I felt a little better.
Liu Bei got the news that he hadn't asked Liu Xie for credit, so Liu Xie took the initiative to invite Liu Bei to Luoyang, and Liu Bei heard that Liu Xie was going to personally crown Liu Bei as king, and he was overjoyed, and his face was suddenly full of spring breeze and eyebrows. Guan Yu, Zhao Xu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang and other civil and military forces also laughed happily, although Zhao Xu already knew it in his heart, he still couldn't hold back the joy in his heart.
Liu Bei finally got through, impatient, after getting the news, he was going to set off on this day, he was not going to carry soldiers and horses, but under the persuasion of Zhuge Liang, Zhao Xu and others, he still brought 15,000 elite soldiers.
There is a distance between Linzi and Luoyang, which will take some time; More than ten days later, Liu Bei, Zhao Xu and other cadres, as well as the Xiongnu and Xianbei, arrived in Chang'an, Luanti, Qiangqu and Putou; Liu Xie learned that Liu Bei had returned triumphantly, and personally greeted him for thirty miles, and even dropped a shoe in his eagerness, and when he saw Liu Bei from afar, he shouted: "Haha! Uncle Huang is here! β
Liu Beiyuan saw Liu Xie, the son of heaven, running towards him with one bare foot, hurriedly took off his two shoes, jumped out of the carriage, and stumbled towards Liu Xie. When Liu Xie saw Liu Bei running in, he also took a step forward and stepped forward.
Liu Bei came to Liu Xie, knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Weichen Liu Bei see Your Majesty." β
Liu Xie has been wandering for a long time, coupled with the recent period of drinking and fun, his body is overconsumed, his physical strength is not good, he ran a few hundred steps and was out of breath, and when he walked to Liu Bei's side, he was already panting, and said in his mouth: "Uncle Huang, it's been hard all the way!" β
Liu Bei saw that there were a lot of people behind Liu Xie, and the ministers of the court came, tears flowed down his eyes, and his mouth trembled: "Your Majesty, how can Liu Bei be virtuous, how dare you greet Your Majesty in person." β
Liu Xie stretched out his hand to pick up Liu Bei and wanted to pull him up, but after pulling it, he couldn't pull it up, but fortunately, Liu Bei was not stupid, he made a decision immediately, and stood up by himself according to Liu Xie's strength, Liu Xie was still saying in his mouth: "Uncle Huang!" I heard that you were here again, no, I didn't even go to the court, so I ushered in a hundred officials! Believe it or not. β
The civil and military officials congratulated in unison: "Congratulations to Uncle Liu Huang's victory!" β
Liu Bei faced the hundred officials, bowed deeply, turned to Liu Xie, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majestyβ"
Liu Xie gave him a snort, and said with a smile: "Uncle Huang pacified the north and made immortal achievements, and he has already defeated Wei Qing and Huo Quai, who were sick when Emperor Wu!" What is it to greet the officials. Liu Xie suddenly looked at Liu Bei's bare feet at this time and asked, "Why doesn't Uncle Huang wear shoes?" β
Liu Bei pointed to Liu Xie's bare foot and said, "Your Majesty is still wearing a shoe, how dare you wear shoes." β
Seeing that Liu Bei said sincerely, Liu Xie was grateful, gently took Liu Bei's hand, and said with a slight cry: "Don't say anything, Uncle Huang, go, follow me into the car, and our uncle and nephew will enter the palace to talk." β
Liu Xie took Liu Bei's hand to the public chariot, and Liu was flattered. The two gentlemen (uncles and nephews) boarded the chariot in the congratulations of everyone, and the chariots and horses of the brigade immediately turned around and headed towards Luoyang.
Ma Teng and Han Sui have always admired Liu Bei as a person, and they also admired Liu Bei's ability, and it was nothing to see it, but Cao Cao was unhappy when he saw the boss in his heart, and secretly thought: Now that Liu Bei is so powerful, he will become a major threat in the future, and he must be eliminated.
Along the way, Liu Xielian asked Liu Bei about the crusade against Xianbei and the Xiongnu, Liu Bei himself did not go on the expedition, fortunately, he heard Zhao Xu, Guan Yu and others say before, remember a rough idea, and then told everything he knew to Gongsun Martingale General, of course, it was inevitable to praise Zhao Xu and Guan Yu and other merits.
Back in Luoyang, as soon as I entered the city, I saw from afar in the square in front of the palace, Liu Xie had ordered people to prepare a grand ceremony scene, not to mention how grand the scale was, just the colorful flags were everywhere, and the ceremonial platform was high, which was enough for ten thousand people to watch, and it was a feast for everyone's eyes. I have to say that in order to ensure Liu Bei's absolute loyalty, Liu Xie spent a lot of thought, even the 800,000 yuan sent by Liu Bei to help the people settle down in the house, only 200,000 money to help tens of thousands of people in Luoyang settle down, and the rest spent a lot of money on this, I have to say that Liu Xie spent a lot of money to help the people of Chang'an settle down.
Zhao Xu saw such a grand scene, not to mention that it would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, the world was not yet peaceful, so he dared to spend money, and secretly wondered where the total of more than 1.8 million yuan sent by Liu Bei had been spent. I can't help but "admire" Liu Xie, a little loser.
From the outskirts of the city to the palace, all the way were soldiers wrapped in armor and with long guns in their hands, adding a bit of grandeur and solemnity. When they arrived at the palace, what was waiting for Liu Bei, Zhao Xu and others was a grand banquet specially prepared by Liu Xie.
When Zhao Xu took Zhao Xu to sit down in his seat, he saw Liu Xie taking Liu Bei's hand and sitting down on the main seat, Liu Bei's position was only next to Liu Xie, and his status was only slightly lower.
Then came the most boring scene: the Son of Heaven spoke.
Liu Xie talked exaggeratedly, recalling the miserable life and desolate experience since he ascended the throne, and then highly praised Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others for their exploits in rescuing the driver, and by the way, he also praised Liu Bei's contribution to helping restore Luoyang at the expense of vast financial and manpower resources. He excitedly praised the role and merits of Liu Bei, saying that Liu Bei was the minister of the Zhongxing Han Dynasty, and his generals were like clouds, and there were many generals, which was enough to stabilize the world, and he praised Liu Bei and Zhao Xu for their civil and military achievements, such as: pacifying the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou and eliminating Yuan Shao; Because Luan Tiqiangqu and Putou were all there, Liu Xie did not dare to say explicitly that Liu Bei pacified Xianbei and the Xiongnu, but only said that Liu Bei stabilized the northern border and so on; Of course, the credit of Cao Cao and Ma Teng was also praised. In short, it is a theme, which is to express the satisfaction of the ministers at the current banquet, indicating that with Liu Bei's assistance, the Son of Heaven will definitely be able to achieve no less than the merits of Han Gaozu and Emperor Wu in the future......
It's a lot of thinking! Zhao Xu said secretly, listening to Liu Xie's endless nonsense made Zhao Xu doze off, in his previous life, since he was in elementary school, this kind of rotten and long, unclear speech made Zhao Xu drowsy, and now it is difficult to avoid it. Fortunately, Zhao Xue sat next to Zhao Xu and reminded Zhao Xu a few times, otherwise, if Zhao Xu fell asleep in this court, then the matter would be troublesome.
It is worth mentioning that Cao Cao's old mistake has been made again, in the past, Cao Cao saw that Zhao Xue was dressed as a general, although it was still not charming, but it was all on the battlefield, although Cao Cao remembered it in his heart, but he did not pay much attention to it. Today, Zhao Xue is wearing a butterfly play narcissus skirt specially customized for her by Zhao Xu, and I don't know how much better it looks like to be dressed in the martial arts competition; Cao Cao saw that Zhao Xue looked more youthful and beautiful today, very beautiful, and even more Zhao Xu*, and couldn't help but have an evil heart in his heart, but this was the imperial court, Cao Cao naturally didn't dare to mess around, but he still looked at it attentively, and he couldn't help but see Zhao Xue distracted.
Being stared at by Cao Cao's evil eyes, Zhao Xue's sixth sense was extremely sensitive, and she suddenly felt a tingle in her body, and saw Cao Cao looking at herself evilly, and pushed Zhao Xu who was groggy with her elbow. Zhao Xu was woken up by Zhao Xue, and saw that Zhao Xue was glaring at him, following Zhao Xue's eyes, and seeing Cao Cao looking at him with evil eyes, Zhao Xu expected what Cao Cao thought, and couldn't help but be slightly angry, but above the court, it was not good to attack, so he had to stare at Cao Cao, good you Cao Cao, and dare to beat my wife's idea.
Cao Cao saw Zhao Xu glaring at him, only then did he wake up, and when he saw Zhao Xu's eyes flashing with murderous intent, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly withdrew his gaze, but he still couldn't help but peek at Zhao Xue with the corner of his eye.
Cao Cao's Xun Yu found out that Cao Cao had made an old mistake, and couldn't help but sweat for Cao Cao, slightly worried that Zhao Xu would have a seizure, and now at the banquet, except for the ministers of the court, one-third of them are Liu Bei's subordinates, and Ma Teng is also biased towards Liu Bei's side. Suddenly seeing Cao Cao embarrassed, he laughed slightly, and said secretly in his heart: How can I be such a lord, you stare at other people's wives like this, it's strange that people don't get angry.
After the Son of Heaven spoke, Liu Bei spoke, fortunately Liu Bei was not as grinding as Liu Xie, otherwise, this dish would be cold. After Liu Bei finished speaking, Liu Xie said another sentence to open the table, and the speech was over, and then the banquet began, and some of the ministers of civil and military affairs who were already very hungry were relieved, but fortunately, Zhao Xu ate a lot, so he was not so sad.
Before the banquet officially began, Zhao Xu was already half-full, so he was not in a hurry to eat, besides, the food in this palace was really not as good as what Zhao Xu made. Zhao Xu began to pay attention to this palace, although the main hall of Luoyang Deyang Hall had been burned down by Dong Zhuo, but its foundation was still there, coupled with a large amount of funds funded by Liu Bei, the Deyang Palace was rebuilt, and expanded a lot, renamed "Yongding Palace", as the name suggests, the meaning of eternal stability, Liu Xie has been frightened by this troubled world, so he wanted to change his name and pray for stability.
This Yongding Palace is different from the palace left over from the Ming and Qing dynasties that Zhao Xu saw in later generations, the Han Palace does not have the exquisite and meticulous Qing Palace, on the contrary, the whole palace is extremely tall and majestic, this scale, more than twice as much as the Forbidden City, Zhao Xu has never seen it, even if there is no electric light, because the lighting is excellent, there is no dark feeling at all. The roof is trimmed with black glazed tiles, and the decoration everywhere is also exquisite, which is enough to reflect the noble and magnificent royal style. Looking at this scale, I am afraid it can accommodate more than 10,000 people. Let Zhao Xu feel the majestic momentum of the Han Empire. Plus the palace is lit up. The floor is paved with luxurious splendor, full of joy, the incense burners around the palace are intoxicating, accompanied by several fine wines and delicacies, and the melodious music in the center of the main hall and the dancing beauties, which are more relaxed than the lively parties of the later generations.
Seeing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, and later generations evaluated China's strongest dynasties, mostly led by the Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties, because these three dynasties once had glory, not only in the military, but also in all fields were ahead of the world at that time. The strength of the Han Dynasty made the title of the Central Plains nation called Han. Sure enough, the extremes of things must be reversed, and the extremes of prosperity must decline? Zhao Xu thought. Today, the glorious Han Dynasty in the past is already at the end of the crossbow, and the sun is setting. In layman's terms, that is, the number of qi has been exhausted, and it is time to change the dynasty.
Thinking about it, I couldn't help but look at Cao Cao, if there was no strong rise of Cao Cao in history, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and defeating Yuan Shu, who was called the emperor, then the princes of the world don't know how many people will learn Yuan Shu and become the emperor, and the world will become a situation of five dynasties and ten kingdoms or the Spring and Autumn Warring States. This is the last thing Zhao Xu wants to see, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, after all, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, all the vassal states changed their laws one after another for the country's prosperity, and they would unite when they encountered strong enemies; This made the pace of aggression of other nations halt when they saw the strength of the Central Plains countries. If it is the same as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, everyone attacks each other in order to unify the world and fight for the only emperor in the world, so that other nations take advantage of the weakness, so that after the Tang Dynasty, there is only one Han dynasty called the Ming Dynasty, and it also loses the original momentum of the Han people to accept all rivers, but it becomes closed, so that it lags behind the world and is bullied by the foreign powers.
Zhao Xu also doesn't know if he can change this situation, whether he can end this troubled world and dominate the world in his lifetime; Otherwise, it will have to be handed over to the next generation, so that a generation will suffer from war again.
When the wine was half-drunk, Liu Xie took Liu Bei's hand, staggered up and toasted to the ministers, and the ministers also hurriedly stood up to toast; After drinking, Liu Xie shouted with the strength of the wine: "Uncle Huang's merits are world-renowned, and he has made unprecedented achievements, and the ordinary reward title is no longer worthy of it, in a few days, I will personally crown Uncle Huang as king!" β