In order to do a good job in these two grand ceremonies and maximize the influence of these two grand ceremonies, Lu Di asked the Sheren to notify the Prime Minister's Office two years ago, and in the name of Lu Di, he used the Qi National Series of carriages to invite famous elders from all over the country.

For the country, of course, Lu Di will not let go, Lixia Xuegong is the key object of invitation, but it is close, and he only went to invite it three months ago.

Kong Qiu, Lao Laizi, Ji Zha, Yan Qi, Wai Xiao He, Lie Yukou, Shen Tujia, Huqiu Zilin and other bigwigs are here.

The old guys, the new generation of people, see the famous places in various places, talk to each other, and the exchange is needless to say.

Of course, it is not only people from their own countries who are invited, but also envoys and envoys from various countries.

Such as Yan State, Wu State, Chu State, Song State, Lu State, Zhongshan State, Yue State, Zheng State, Chen State, Cai State, Wei State, etc.

Shu was too far away so he didn't come, and Yiqu was fighting abroad, so he didn't come either.

The envoys of the vassal states knew that this was an opportunity for Lu Di to show the strength of his country in order to deter them, and some of them came with other purposes, some cheered for Lu Di, and some laughed at it and watched the excitement.

Wu Zixu initially thought that Lu Di was doing this as a manifestation of great joy, and strongly objected, and the reasons he gave were as follows: first, the battle was too big, and the people and money were lost; Second, the military parade invites guests and friends, which will cause the leakage of national strength, which is not good for the future; Third, now that the national reform has entered the final stage, if such a thing is done again, the matter will be completed, which will naturally be the icing on the cake, and if it fails, it may affect the reform.

But Lu Di was stubborn and did not take Wu Zixu's suggestion, he only said three words, and Wu Zixu was silent.

Lu Di said: "Xiangguo, the widow travels around the world and sees too many big countries being bullied, do you know what the widow has the greatest experience?" ”

"That is, the country needs to unite, unite everything that can be united, only unity can protect oneself, protect one's own wants, and to achieve this requires a sense of ceremony, people, and the country!"

"When countless people gather together and perform a ritual together, that sense of belonging, centripetal force, and pride cannot be exchanged at any price."

Although Wu Zixu didn't understand any centripetal force, what sense of belonging, or what pride, he probably understood Lu Di's intentions, which was nothing more than to increase his prestige in the hearts of Qi Guoshi.

Is it just prestige that can be obtained by a sense of ritual alone?

Prestige is earned by killing!

However, looking at Lu Di's eyes and extremely confident look, Wu Zixu finally sighed and said in his heart: Make a fuss, make a fuss, it's a big deal, the worst old man will end up for you.

So he agreed.

Lu Di did not show up, but asked Wu Zixu to be the commander-in-chief of the enthronement and parade, and let the court and the court do their best to assist.

At this time, in the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Wu Zixu sat upright in the center, the left and right civil and military sides were separated, the civil official held an elephant wat, and the military attache held a salute sword.

Xiang Wat, in the Shang Dynasty has been widely used, its main purpose is to remember, later for some reasons, in the Qi State did not implement, Lu Di visited the vassal states when found this thing useful, let Wu Zixu in the Qi State to promote.

Of course, it is not anyone who wants to hold the elephant wat to hold it, there must be rules, stipulating that civil officials must have the title of middle doctor and above before they can hold it.

The lower doctor and below hold bamboo boards.

As for the eldest lord above the title, he holds the jade gui, but since no one in the Qi country has a qingjue among the people who are alive now, there is no one in the hall who holds the jade gui.

The military attaché's salute sword is a bronze short sword without a blade, which mainly makes the military attache look more powerful when they stand on the court with their cloaks.

The ceremonial sword also has a head, it is different according to different titles, in addition to the different decorations of the scabbard, and the color and number of inlaid gemstones.

"Taizhu, how are the preparations for the king's enthronement ceremony?" Wu Zixu asked in a deep voice.

Taizhu is Ji Xian, he was appointed as Taizhu by Lu Di because of his ability to persuade Changsang to surrender to Qi and seek treatment for Ran.

At this time, Ji Xian was full of spirit, who would have thought that the prison people back then would one day become the Taizhu of a great country!

Ji Xian walked out of the crowd with an elephant wat in his hand, and he said: "The Prime Minister of the Kingdom, all the ceremonies are ready, just wait for the arrival of the king and the order of the Prime Minister." ”

"Good!" Seeing that Wu Zixu was very satisfied, Ji Xian returned to his shift.

"Daxing, have the envoys of various countries and the envoys and envoys of the elders from all over the country invited by the king's personal letter arrived?" Wu Zixu looked at Zai Yu who was holding an elephant wat.

Zai Yu walked three peaks, as if endorsing: "Xiangguo, the envoy of the Son of Heaven Shan Qi, the envoy of Wu Bo Yao, the envoy of Yue Wen, the envoy of Chu Shen Zhuliang, the envoy of Wei of Jin Wang Xu, the envoy of Han Buxin, the envoy of Zhao Zhao Wuxian, the envoy of Yan Prince Ji Huan, the envoy of Zhongshan...... The envoy of the Lu State Shao Zhengmao, the envoy of the Wei State 'Taisun' Ji Yu, the envoy of the Zheng State Deng Xi, and the envoy of the Song State Prince...... The envoy of the Qin State is Prince Yi, the envoy of the Chen State is the Prince Yue, and the envoy of the Cai State is the Prince Shuo...... They have all arrived and are now arranged in the pedestrian hall. ”

"As for the virtuous elders personally invited by the king, such as Kong Guolao, Ji Zha, Lao Laizi, Yi Qiu, Toad, Yan Qi, Nangong Jingshu, Huqiu Zilin, Lie Yukou and others were all arranged by the king in the Linzi Palace, and the courtesy treatment of the above doctors"

Zai Yu sprayed wildly for a long time, and finally finished reading the envoys and envoys from various countries and those virtuous elders, and many doctors present knew that Zai Yu's broken mouth and temperament were all disdainful, Wu Zixu nodded and asked him to retreat.

After Zai Yu returned to the class, Wu Zixu said again: "Taishi, Zongzhu, how are you preparing over there?" ”

Taishi is Zuo Qiu Ming, Zong Zhu is Cheng Lian, and the two of them heard the words and walked out with Xiang Wat to report their preparations.

Wu Zixu nodded, and then looked at the ranks of military generals: "General Pingxi, General Pingbei, General Pingnan, have the sergeants' uniforms been prepared?" ”

Hua Zhou, Sun Wu, and Fan Li shook their cloaks, pressed their swords and said, "Back to Xiangguo, they have all been prepared." ”

"What about the marching phalanx?" Wu Zixu asked.

The three generals glanced at each other, and Hua Zhou replied: "According to the order of the establishment of the camp and the size of the meritorious service... Yukan ......"

Wu Zixu nodded after hearing this, and then looked at Zhong You again: "General of the Chinese Army, how are the order and security preparations during the ceremony?" ”

Zhong You stepped forward and said: "Prime Minister of the country, everything is under control"

"Well, there are too many people who come to watch the ceremony this time, if there are not enough people, you can draw loyal people from the parade soldiers......" Wu Zixu was obviously a little worried.

"Linzi Order ......"

Huang walked out with a bamboo plank.

……

Linzi City is very beautiful, at this time it is the best season for the weeping willows on the street to be the greenest and the flowers to bloom.

Because of the upcoming enthronement ceremony and military parade, Linzi, which had been war-torn twice, was full of popularity.