and Li Biao walked through the crowd and walked to Xiao Chen, just as Xiao Wei stepped forward with Liu Yin, who was also in the crowd. Although Liu Yin's identity is still above Xiao Wei, he is not Xiao Zhen's courtier, and he doesn't need to hold a sword to protect the left and right, so he was also near the left just now.

Slowly stepping forward, Tuoba Shen saluted and said, "Your Majesty has summoned foreign ministers, I don't know why?" ”

Xiao Zhen said: "I heard that the ancient kings of the four times were in charge of the army, but they were very guarded, in order to be in harmony with their neighbors. Since the northern envoy has come to make peace, can he hunt with me today? ”

Hunt together! That's not polite!

"Your Majesty's edict should be respected, but the foreign ministers live on the right, and the ministers do not belong to the Southern Dynasty, and the ceremony is acceptable, and it is not in line with the etiquette to be served, and there is no precedent for this matter, if you follow the edict of Your Majesty, you will be criticized by the scholars, and it will also be a burden to Your Majesty."

Xiao Zhen said: "The northern envoy doesn't have to worry, although today's military salute is a grand ceremony of this dynasty, but it is not taboo for the host and guest to enjoy together." And in recent years, the north and the south have made more than ten mutual envoys, which can be said to be increasingly friendly. I invited the northern envoys to hunt together, and it was for this reason. If the Northern Envoy shares this heart with me, wouldn't he be an example? ”

Tuoba Shen saw that Xiao Zhen said so solemnly, and did not prevaricate again, and said: "As Your Majesty said, how dare you not obey the edict." ”

Although the matter of military salute and hunting is not in accordance with the etiquette system, since Xiao Zhen, the emperor, doesn't care, he doesn't want to continue to refuse on this issue. Anyway, his position has already been revealed, even if he returns to China in the future, and someone in the DPRK blames him for this, he can also gag them with Xiao Zhen.

The owner forcibly asked for it!

When you go out, as long as you don't harm the interests of the court, you can be dignified, and you don't have to be careful everywhere. Besides, the host "sincerely" invited, and he couldn't be too pedantic and didn't know what to do. In a way, this can be regarded as winning glory for the country, right? After all, it is also an honor to hunt with the emperor!

You know, in the past, Confucius went to defend the country, and in order to enter politics, he also went to see Nanzi privately? Even Sage Kong has the right to avoid suspicion, not to mention that he is not as good as Sage Confucius.

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This kind of activity has always had two forms: military and ceremonial. In the pre-Qin period, field hunting was a method used to train the army. There are also two types of field hunting for the purpose of drills: long-term and short-term. Short-term, such as today's field hunting, because the venue is small and the preparation time is short, it can be finished in one day. This kind of one-day event is often a ceremonial activity.

One is long-term, usually the preparation time is more than half a month, the hunting ground range is more than 100 miles or even hundreds of miles, and a hunting is often ten days and half a month, or even a month.

Historically, this kind of long-term hunting activity has mostly been the preserve of minority regimes. Because of their martial and nomadic nature, ethnic minority regimes have a unique hobby of hunting. For example, in this dynasty, before Yanxing, the emperors of all dynasties often went out to patrol the luck, and hunting was naturally indispensable on the way to the patrol. Especially during the period of Emperor Taiwu, hundreds of thousands of troops once drove thousands of miles and hunted millions on the way to attack the Creeping Retreat. Later Liao, Jin, Qing and other dynasties also had this kind of hunting characteristics, the most famous of which is the Manchu Qing Dynasty's "Mulan Qiuqiu".

Tuoba Shen and Liu Yin followed Xiao Zhen and got into his hunting cart together, standing on the right side, holding on to the railing that reached almost to his chest.

This hunting vehicle belongs to the category of high cars, can stand but cannot sit, and is dedicated to hunting. Different from ordinary vehicles, this car has four wheels, four wheels and one axle are separated, and the wheels and carriage wooden rails are also inlaid with various colors of agate beads, glass beads, gold, and jade handicrafts. Even the cloud dragon pattern on the vertical band on the double blue umbrella cover on the roof is made of gold and silver threads.

This car is so luxurious! Could it be that Xiao Xun often goes out on safaris?

Tuoba Shen lowered his head, and his right hand stroked the colorless transparent glass beads inlaid on the wooden railing, feeling a little cool.

If you look closely, there is not even a single bubble in this glass bead.

Glass beads in such good condition belong to real luxury, even if it is a wealthy family. I didn't expect Xiao Zhen to use it to decorate the carriage.

If you can collect large enough colorless and transparent glass or crystal, then you can ask the craftsmen of the Youth Administration to polish it and make a telescope to play.

Surrounded by the ministers, Xiao Zhen's car entered the Xuanwu Field from the Xijing Gate for about 100 steps before stopping. Xiao Wei, Xiao Ziliang and other more than ten close ministers rode horses and followed on both sides of the hunting cart, and the rest of the generals carried bows and arrows, drew knives and walked, standing in the four sides of the carriage, lined up in two large circles to protect the hunting cart in the middle, and on the periphery of these generals were soldiers holding large wooden shields and spears.

"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has arrived, can the field hunt begin?" Xiao Wei looked at the position of the sun and said.

"Okay, Da Sima can supervise the inside and outside."

"The minister respectfully obeys the edict!"

Xiao Wei summoned the herald and gave the order flag and said: "Hurry up and go to the east with this order flag and inform General Wang You that you can gradually close the siege according to the previous proposal, and order the armies not to hunt without authorization." ”

The herald flew away, and after a while, Tuoba Shen saw from a distance that at least a hundred cars had entered the Dongjing Gate in turn, and it looked like there were as many as three or five hundred. The sergeants in these cars opened the cage doors and ran down various animals such as deer, wild boars, rabbits, foxes, and so on.

These animals had just gotten off the ground, and they clearly felt the solemn atmosphere in the field, looking at the sergeants near and far in the paddock, one by one they became restless, running left and right, shouting endlessly.

Wang Xuanmiao rode on the horse, looked at the screaming animals all over the ground, tapped the horse's belly with a horsewhip, and said to his subordinates behind him in a deep voice: "Let the sergeants line up, blow the shield and blow the trumpet, and drive them to Your Majesty's side." Tell them that they are not allowed to hunt without an order, and that violators will be punished by military law. ”

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Xiao Zhen stood under the green umbrella, looking at the prey that was being driven closer and closer, stroked his beard and smiled: "Take my bow!" ”

Xiao Ziliang drove forward and presented the gold-lacquered bow in his hand with both hands. Xiao Zhen took the bow, took out a red-lacquered arrow from the quiver on the wall of the car, and said with a confident smile: "Zhuqing can move forward in formation, and see how my archery skills are!" ”

Tuoba Shen stood on the right side of the car, looking down at the special bamboo bow and arrows in his hand, crying and laughing in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhen thought really thoughtfully, and even prepared a bow for him. The adult bow will definitely not be able to pull away now with his strength, but this bamboo bow is just right, and there is no problem in shooting twenty or thirty meters. As for whether you can shoot your prey or not, it doesn't matter. It's all about participation!

The animals that were driven away were screaming and running, and the sergeants who were originally standing on the edge of the paddock were also holding swords, shields, and spears, gradually compressing the range of movement of the animals, and the animals were forced to run towards the place where Xiao Zhen and the others were.

Tuoba Shen put the arrow on the bowstring, looked at the screaming animals running all over the ground, and waited for Xiao Zhen to shoot the arrow first. According to the rules, the emperor must fire at least three arrows first, and then they can shoot in turn.