To the west of the Xuanwu Field is the Wu Tent Gang. The name of Wu Tent Gang, it can be seen from the meaning of the text alone, is a small mountain bag. During the Liu, Song and Yuanjia periods, because a military tent was set up on it in order to talk about martial arts, the name of Wuhaogang also came from this. Later, in order to strengthen the defense of Jiankang's periphery, a small city was built not far from the southwest of Wujiagang and Xuanwuchang, which was mainly used to garrison soldiers, called Xuanwu City. Xuanwu City, Nanlangya City, which is also in the north of Jiankang, and Baishilei in Baishi Mountain, together form the defense system of Jiankang North District.

Because there are too many people who want to participate in the martial arts activities today, the roads are full of cars and horses near the Xuanwu Field. Looking at the surrounding mountains and fields, there are more and more Jiankang Shimin who come to watch the martial arts, Tuoba Shen ordered to find a place to stop the car, and then got out of the car with Li Biao and others, and walked to the Nanjing Gate outside the Xuanwu field.

Just walked more than ten steps away, I saw Xiao Ziqing walking over with a few entourage sergeants, Tuoba Shen and Li Biao and the others glanced at each other and greeted them together.

After the ceremony with Xiao Ziqing, Xiao Ziqing said: "Your Majesty has come as a guest with your envoy from afar, and the host can't be polite, so he sent Ziqing to invite the envoy to the stage to watch the ceremony together." ”

"Your Majesty loves you, how dare you not accept it"

Tuoba Shen and the others knew that Xiao Zhen's martial arts talk this time had the intention of deterring them. Tuoba Shen and Li Biao and others have different identities, Li Biao is a simple minister, Tuoba Shen has the attribute of a son, although there is a big difference in age, but the meaning is different. Since it is a military parade of targeted significance, it is natural to give him a good position to be able to observe the armed forces of the Southern Dynasties throughout the whole process.

Together with Li Biao and others, they followed Xiao Ziqing to the Wuhor Gang, and only after Xiao Ziqing's explanation did they enter the Wu Tent. After coming in, I looked up and looked at the hill, only to see that there were three big tents on the hill, the middle one stood at the highest place, the length was about 30 zhang, the other two were divided into about the left and right, much smaller than the main tent in the middle, about two-thirds of the position on the hill, there were also five steps under the two military tents on the left and right that were used to watch the ceremony, and when watching the ceremony, they stood according to the size of the official position. Because it was the hot season, the three large tents only had the roof, and they could be ventilated on all sides.

After Xiao Ziqing asked the generals, he learned that Xiao Zhen had already gone to rest with the civil and military generals on the military tent. The road was more than an hour, and although the weather at night was not as good as during the day, everyone was sweating.

Bypassing the three snare drum platforms, Xiao Ziqing and Tuoba Shen stepped on the wooden stairs to go up the hill, until the tent was down, only to see that there were several tents in the depths of the big tent that looked windy outside, and the depth of the front and back of the main tent was nearly 20 zhang wide.

Xiao Ziqing went up the main tent according to the steps, and saw Xiao Zhen wearing a white gauze single coat, with his back to the outside of the tent, standing by the sword stand on the left side of the small tent, holding a red line and gold lacquer bow in his left hand, and a long red arrow with a pheasant's tail chirping in his right hand. Under him, there are Xiao Wei, the king of Sima Yuzhang, Xiao Ziliang, the king of Jingling, Xiao Luan, the left servant, and Shen about a few people in the imperial history.

Stepping forward, Xiao Ziqing arched his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the northern envoy has arrived, and he is waiting to be summoned outside the tent!" ”

Xiao Zhen put the gold-lacquered bow on the stand, inserted the long arrow in his hand back into the quiver, returned to sit on the main seat, and said, "Quickly invite the northern envoy into the tent." ”

Tuoba Shen and the others all straightened their clothes, followed Xiao Ziqing into the small tent, and said, "The foreign minister has seen Your Majesty."

Xiao Zhen took a step forward and said with a smile: "The envoy is polite." Pointing to the low table on the left, Tuoba Shen and the others were motioned to sit down.

After Tuoba thanked him carefully, he shared the case with Li Biao, and bowed slightly to Xiao Wei and others before sitting down.

After Xiao Wei and the others sat down, Xiao Zhen said: "I haven't seen the northern envoy for a few days, but I have heard the name of the northern envoy at the king of Yuzhang. ”

Tuoba Shen looked at Xiao Wei, who was nodding to him with a smile, and hurriedly arched his hand: "The foreign minister is ignorant, and he is angry for a while, and he still hopes for His Majesty Haihan." ”

Xiao Zhen waved his hand and said: "King Yuzhang is apologetic and is rushing to peace, and the moral article is the leader of my family, and he can't wait for idle people." I don't want to be bullied by the villain, and I am now responsible. Don't blame the foreign envoys. ”

"His Royal Highness King Yuzhang is tolerant and elegant, with the style of an elder, and many foreign ministers have heard of it. The villain's flattery, how dare he resent the elders. ”

Xiao Zhen smiled and bowed his head and stopped talking about this topic.

Because Xiao Wei also served as the position of the Great Sima and was the nominal first military minister, he sent someone to summon Xiao Wei into the palace yesterday, and talked about the fact that he was going to talk about martial arts in the Xuanwu Field, but he heard Xiao Wei talk about meeting Tuoba Shen in the Changning Mausoleum, and learned about Tuoba Shen's anagram. He wasn't angry, but he admired Tuobashen's improvisation.

Their family originally relied on force to seize the throne, and this could not be concealed at all. And since Yongjia Nandu, the scholars despise the famous religion, advocating the void, and the prestige of the imperial power has been seriously challenged because of the rise of the status of the scholars, the scholars have maintained a lot of bones in the morale, and there are quite a few scholars who do not seek fame and fortune, and the world is also praised for these people who do not cling to the imperial power. Therefore, some people who remember the old dynasty generally do not care about writing poems and complaining about the court as long as they do not openly oppose the imperial court. Tuoba Shen just buried a small thorn in the anagram, and Xiao Zhen's smile passed.

"The foreign envoy has come to Beijing for a few days, how is the atmosphere of our dynasty?"

"Jiankang has a bright atmosphere inside and outside, and it is the monarch and the ministers. The wind of Yi Yi can be compared to the Yuan Jiazhi world," Tuoba replied cautiously

He doesn't say it's exactly flattery. Since the establishment of the Southern Qi Dynasty, although there have been several small conflicts with this dynasty, there have been no major wars. In addition, Xiao Daocheng and Xiao Zhen are both people who know the sufferings of the people, although Xiao Zhen is not as good as Xiao Daocheng in sympathizing with the people, but it is not comparable to Liu Song. The Southern Dynasty was stable after several internal wars in the last years of the Liu and Song dynasties, and the economic development of the Three Wu Dynasty was restored and improved to a certain extent in the 12th and 3rd years of the establishment of the Southern Qi Dynasty, although the Southern Dynasty as a whole was not as prosperous as the 27th year ago of the Yuan Dynasty, but it was also quite effective.

Xiao Zhen listened to Tuoba Shen's words of praise, and said with a smile: "This is all the work of the sages in the court to serve the king. Speaking of this, Xiao Zhen paused for a moment and said: "The family and country are prosperous, and the long-term stability and long-term rule are really the blessings of the imperial court and the head of Qian." I hope that your country will work with me! ”

"The foreign minister dares not to be famous," Tuoba stood up and said with a long bow

Xiao Xun raised his hand and motioned for Tuoba to sit down cautiously, and said, "The envoy's arrival this month coincides with the gift of Xia Miao in this dynasty. Follow the etiquette, the old customs of the ancients. The envoys came here as guests, and how could the dynasty dare to hide such a major event without telling it, so today the envoys are invited to come and watch the ceremony. ”

"The foreign minister has admired the Chinese wind for a long time, please send the order to the south, and also hope to admire the style. His Majesty was summoned to make the ministers look at the old things of the former sages, which was a blessing. ”

What Xiao Zhen said at the right time, of course Tuoba Shen knew that it was not at all. Although Xia Miao is also one of the four ceremonies of spring search, summer smiao, autumn hunting, and winter hunting, it has always attached importance to spring search, and the four ceremonies will not be held every year. How can there be such a thing as a coincidence?