Chapter 31: The Ritual of Worshipping Heaven (2)
In the middle of the Temple of Heaven in the middle of the firewood stack ignited a raging fire, the palace people led the livestock to be slaughtered by the two emperors and thrown into the middle of the flames, at the same time, thrown into the jade, jade, silk and so on to the emperor of the gifts, and then Li Shimin wore the sword of honor to provoke the firewood in the firewood.
The fireworks in the firewood rose high into the sky, so that the Emperor could smell the smell, which was the burnt fire, also known as the Yin (three sounds), and then greeted the Emperor in the music.
Of course, the Emperor of Heaven will not come, and at this time, there will be living people dressed as the incarnation of the Emperor of Heaven, accepting offerings from mortals on behalf of the Emperor of Heaven, enjoying sacrifices, and the person who plays the role is called "corpse".
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Finally, the Son of Heaven will give the sacrificial meat to the courtiers of the clan, which is called "giving the gloss." ”
Generally speaking, the ritual ends at this point.
However, today's ceremony is different from the winter solstice sacrifice, but symbolizes the Tang Dynasty's acceptance of the Turkic prisoners.
"Escort Jieli Khan, as well as the pseudo-Sui traitor Yang Zhengdao and others over." Li Shimin shouted.
After a while, Jin Wuwei took Jieli Khan and Yang Zhengdao and other cadres into custody, all of whom were prisoners of the battle to destroy the Eastern Turks.
Yang Zhengdao is the grandson of Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui, after the Sui Dynasty fell into the hands of Dou Jiande, was named the Duke of Xun, and then Dou Jiande surrendered to the Eastern Turks, so Jieli Khan welcomed Yang Zhengdao to the Eastern Turks.
Because Jieli Khan's son inherited his father's business and married his stepmother, Princess Yicheng, as Kedun, he was blown by the pillow wind, and wanted to invade the Central Plains all day long, be the second Emperor of Tuoba Taiwu, or support the pro-Turkic Sui Dynasty forces, so Yang Zhengdao became the emperor of the pseudo-Sui.
"We see the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." Jieli Khan and the others were submissive, prostrate on the ground, and their faces were panicked.
Li Shimin's eyes showed a hint of coldness, walked down the Temple of Heaven, stared at Jieli Khan, and said: "In the ninth year of Wude, I signed a contract with you, and the Turks are not allowed to send troops to invade the Tang border pass again, but Jieli you reneged on the covenant, and failed to succeed in attacking the state last year, but was destroyed by my Tang Dynasty British Gong Li Yaoshi, how ridiculous, do you dare to provoke the Tang Dynasty?" ”
Speaking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he used his sword to cut all the ropes on Jieli Khan's body, and said with a smile: "I have heard that the Turks welcome and friendly, and usually dance a dance for the guests in the big tent, I don't know if you and I are brothers and friends, can you give it a try?" ”
"I ......" Jieli Khan trembled with fright and did not dare to speak out.
But at this moment, there was the sound of a human head falling to the ground in his ears, and he couldn't help touching the head on the neck, and his heart suddenly relaxed, and he turned his head to see that it was his close minister.
This is real murder!
Thinking of this, Jieli Khan couldn't care about being ashamed, and hurriedly nodded at Li Shimin and said, "Jieli is willing to jump, Jieli is willing to jump." ”
After that, he ascended to the Temple of Heaven, and his stupid and fat body writhed, looking strangely funny, and the ministers of civil and military affairs present laughed loudly.
That's enough for them.
From the first year of Wude to the current four years of Zhenguan, I don't know how many frontier people died on the iron cavalry of the Turks, I don't know how many times women and children were humiliated to death by the Turks, and I don't know how many soldiers died on the battlefield......
How many years have I endured!
"Your Majesty the Emperor, I ...... Can it go down? Jieli asked cautiously.
Li Shimin was about to answer, but the Emperor Taishang on the Temple of Heaven stretched out his hand to stop him. Emperor Taishang looked at Jieli Khan playfully, and said: "Jieli Khan, I remember that you and Shimin call each other brothers, so why are you called so-and-so?" ”
Jieli Khan's face suddenly became ugly, and Li Yuan'er fell into a well, which was really hateful. He gritted his teeth and didn't want to spit out that word, but he didn't want to, and when he saw the Emperor Taishang draw the sword at his waist, he hesitated and spoke.
"Call Daddy, call Daddy, you are my Jie Li Khan's father, Daddy ......."
The civil and military officials under the Temple of Heaven laughed again, and the captured Turks seemed to have lost their backbone and languished to the ground, while the Western Turkic envoys who watched from the side of the Honglu Temple had stiff faces and were unusually ugly.
Datang This is the Turkic humiliation to the bones, after today, I am afraid that no Fanbang will dare to come forward to provoke the Tang Huwei, if there is a next time, then the current Jieli Khan is a living example.
Since ancient times, there have been people who have been called brothers, but they have never been called fathers and sons.
When you meet someone like the Emperor, you can generally call it an aunt or something, but the title of father is too heavy and heavy, which is equivalent to breaking the Turks from the bones.
Li Shimin nodded happily, happy to see this situation. What is the basis for the Emperor Taishang to be so majestic today? It was him, Li Shimin, and his second son who worked hard, not the eldest son, nor the third son, but the second son.
After Li Yuan finished speaking, after feeling the attention of everyone, he smacked his lips, and the feeling of tremor in his heart was unimaginable. Thinking of the feeling of a leader kneeling in front of you, crying out to his father with tears, how satisfying it is, and his little vanity being satisfied, don't want it.
He stepped down from the Temple of Heaven, but suddenly he felt like a man on his back, and when he looked back, it was a woman who was imprisoned and standing on the ground looking at him.
This woman looks quite old, but she still has charm, she is naturally charming, and her every move is extremely tempting, and when she sees the corset palace dress she is wearing, and the complex emotions in her eyes.......
The Emperor suddenly understood something.
The woman in front of him is not his cousin-in-law, Liuweidi (Emperor) Huang (Emperor) Pill (playing).
Empress Xiao, Xiao Meiniang.
However, he didn't look too much, so he quickly shifted his gaze, he was not Li Yuan before, and he had nothing to do with Xiao Meiniang in front of him.
After three o'clock in the afternoon, the palace people announced an edict to make the Turkic Jieli Khan the general of the right guard and imprisoned in Chang'an City, while Yang Zhengdao also had a group of pseudo-Sui courtiers, but Li Shimin released them very generously.
In fact, since ancient times, the founding emperor of China has given special preferential treatment to the imperial family of the previous dynasty, and he has definitely not gone to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
In the Wei Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was awarded the title of Emperor Shanyang, and he was allowed to build a temple of Hanzong in his fief to worship the Han. In the Wei Dynasty of the Western Jin Dynasty, Cao Huan was demoted to the king of Chenliu, with ten thousand households, and the palace was arranged in Yecheng, and the emperor was undoubted, but the land was limited to the palace. In the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was the same, and Chen Shubao of the Southern Dynasty also died in Chang'an at the age of fifty-two.
Of course, there are also some unlucky kings who have died and have been secretly executed.
But in general, the king of the dead country will have a good life. As for the slaughter of the Ming Dynasty, it was more because the Manchu Qing Dynasty had a small number of slaves, and once the Zhu Ming royal family appeared, it would be a constant uprising and rebellion. The poor third prince Zhu Cihong, who was seventy years old, was executed alive by Kang Mazi.