In 392 AD, in mid-November, the Hexi delegation successfully arrived in Jiankang. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As the most high-profile event today, it instantly detonated great enthusiasm from the government and the opposition.

Xu Miao, the Chinese scholar, and Taichang Che Yin went out of the city for twenty miles to welcome the majority of the guards into the city.

Countless people in the capital crowded on both sides of the royal street, vying to catch a glimpse of the style of Hexi people.

Speaking of which, the Eastern Jin Dynasty has been established for more than 80 years, but it is still very rare for foreign missions to enter Beijing.

In addition to the envoys sent by the Liang Zhang family to meet them back then, there were only some small barbarian tribes in the south, and they would occasionally send people to come over to pay respects.

As for the northern Zhuhu, they have never taken the Eastern Jin Dynasty in their eyes, and it is rare not to send troops to attack, how can they send people to pay tribute?

And it was the first time that Wei Shuo personally went out and brought valuable gifts to officially visit him.

Since the Hexi mission stepped into the territory, the imperial court not only sent elite sailors to escort them along the way.

Sima Yao, the Son of Heaven, also ordered the local government to receive all the envoys wherever they passed.

Sima Yao attached so much importance to Hexi's entry into the dynasty because he regarded it as one of the symbols of the prosperity of the dynasty.

He has always regarded himself as the master of Zhongxing, and politically he has taken back the power that the family has held for decades.

In the military field, he also achieved a great victory in the water, which was an unprecedented victory.

And Hexi took the initiative to enter the domain, which does not show that his great achievements have spread far and wide, so that the foreign domain submitted.

That is, Sima Yao himself deceived himself, and anyone with a little brain knows that he, the master of Zhongxing, just took shit luck.

First of all, the great victory in Weishui is the credit of the Xie family, and it has nothing to do with Sima Yao.

As for recovering the power of the court from the hands of the family, it is even more of a leak.

Let's take a look at how Emperor Xiaowu picked up leaks in history.

On February 27 of the ninth year of Taiyuan (384 AD), Huan Chong died of illness;

In the same year, on August 27, Xi Su died;

On August 22, the tenth year of Taiyuan (385 AD), Xie An died;

In the first month of the thirteenth year of Taiyuan (388 AD), Xie Xuan died;

In the same year, the champion general Huan Shiqian died.

After the end of the Battle of Huangshui, in just four years, these fierce men who sounded terrified the royal family went west one after another.

What made the royal family even more ecstatic was that the major families entered the talent gap period at the same time, and all of them had no successors (except for Huan Xuan).

It was precisely because of this that there was a power vacuum in the political arena of the Eastern Jin Dynasty that Sima Yao picked up a big leak.

Otherwise, with Sima Yao and Sima Daozi, the two wine bag and rice bag brothers, how could they level the family and control the power.

But in any case, Sima Yao finally took back the power and realized the dream of his father and grandparents to monopolize power.

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Hexi came to enter the court this time, in addition to Wei Shuo, Cui Hong, Fuqu Mengxun, and Kang Long, there were still 300 guards accompanying him.

The three hundred guards were all carefully selected from the Xiang army, government soldiers, and guard army, and they were all brave men from Hexi.

And everyone was uniformly dressed, all with leather felt hats on their heads, cotton plackets, and leather boots.

He carried a gorgeous horizontal knife on his waist, and rode a tall horse under his crotch.

These horses are all bred in the Hetao pastures, and each one is exceptionally athletic.

All of this makes the entire phalanx look imposing.

There were many people on both sides of the street, and the people of Jiangdong looked up and down at the people of Hexi, and there were many discussions.

And the Hexi mission, all of them did not look left and right, especially those guards were expressionless and looked well-trained.

The whole procession was like a long snake, winding along the royal street, straight to the main gate of the palace, Da Sima Gate.

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At this moment, in the palace, Sima Yao, the Son of Heaven, was sitting on the dragon chair, and the left and right were full of dignitaries of the dynasty.

Everyone was absent-minded, and their attention was attracted by the loud cheers outside the palace.

Suddenly, a chamberlain hurried into the main hall.

"Your Majesty, Xu Miao, the Chinese scholar, and Taichang Che Yin have welcomed most of the guards to the palace gate, waiting for Your Majesty's will."

Sima Yao's spirit was shocked, and he ordered Wei Shuo to go to the palace.

"Xuan Weishuo goes to the palace."

"Your Majesty has a decree to announce that the capital will guard Shuo to the palace for an audience!"

At that moment, there was an attendant who immediately shouted and passed on, and the voices followed one after another.

The ministers couldn't help but turn their heads to look outside the hall, and they all wanted to be the first to see what the people of Hexi looked like.

Speaking of which, everyone is not unfamiliar with Hexi, and the imperial court sent Geng to Liangzhou in the former Liang period and crowned Zhang Jun as a general.

At that time, the mission between Hexi and Jiangdong was endless every year, until the demise of Qianliang.

It has been nearly 20 years since the fall of Qianliang, and there has been no communication between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Hexi for decades.

Everyone wants to take a look, who is this self-proclaimed Han family Miao descendant of the Western Regions?

Can you follow the example of the Zhang family back then and continue to act as the northwest fence of the Jin Dynasty?

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Outside the palace gate, after receiving the will of the Son of Heaven, Wei Shuo first appeased everyone, and then followed the palace guards to the main hall.

Entering the Great Sima Gate, Wei Shuo saw the majestic main hall in front of him at first glance - Taiji Hall.

The inner city, that is, the imperial city, is also known as the Taicheng and the Yuan city, and there are more than 3,000 inner and outer palaces.

The main hall Taiji Hall, there are 12 rooms, which are the emperor's daily handling of government affairs.

On the way, the guards of the Praetorian Army stood on both sides with bright armor, holding halberds in their hands, standing in the inner and outer corners of the main hall.

Facing the majestic palace, a sense of majesty came to his face, making Wei Shuo feel very small from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, he finally understood why Xiao He said that the Son of Heaven took the four seas as his home, and it was not magnificent and powerful.

A big country must indeed have a capital worthy of identity.

Walking under the white marble arch bridge, Wei Shuo glanced slightly, and saw that the water under the bridge was like a jade belt, crystal clear, and there were golden scales swimming.

The Taiji Hall is built on a pedestal made of white marble, and there are countless exquisite carvings such as dragons on it, showing the luxury and wealth of the empire.

Around the square outside the hall, all kinds of flags are displayed in the wind, which will make today's atmosphere more and more festive.

Wei Shuo followed the salute into the hall, and he was already amazed by the scenery outside the Taiji Palace.

When he entered the main hall, he found that the decoration was even better, and he really felt that he was a hillbilly who had never seen the market.

The interior decoration of the Taiji Hall is magnificent and atmospheric, between the eaves above, are glazed yellow tiles, and the whole hall looks bright and refreshing.

The two sides of the palace, I don't know what kind of material made of the columns, as a support, the top of the column is painted black, decorated with gold grain, each pillar has a picture of the dragon entering the clouds, it looks exquisite.

After Wei Shuo entered the hall, the first thing that caught his eye was the Jinluan Hall in front of him.

The Son of Heaven in a yellow costume was sitting on the dragon chair, observing his every move, and the two sides of the hall were full of civil and military ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

He only took a cursory glance and found that there were almost hundreds of officials present today.

But even so, many officials gathered in the Taiji Hall and still didn't feel crowded.

When Wei Shuo secretly observed the Eastern Jin Dynasty, everyone in the hall was also looking at him.

Although everyone had heard that Wei Shuo was extremely young, everyone was still extremely shocked when they saw Wei Shuo's too young face.

Including Sima Yao, they all couldn't believe that it was the young man in front of him who was only twenty years old who swept away the Hulu in the northwest.

The Son of Heaven who had just arrived and stood up, he used to feel that he was young and promising, but now compared with Wei Shuo, the little pride in his heart disappeared without a trace.

And Liu Yu, who was standing far away on the periphery, was also trying to observe Wei Shuo's movements.

Originally, Liu Yu was not qualified to go to the palace, but because he was the chief general who participated in the school review this time, he was allowed to go to the court on a special basis, but the location was on the outermost periphery.

Although he is just a nobody, he has seen the prosperity of the capital, and he is fortunate to participate in the grand court meeting, and he has witnessed the famous Dadu Guard, all of which stimulated Liu Yu and made him secretly swear in his heart: He must seize this opportunity to make a splash and strive to get ahead as soon as possible.

I'm afraid that even Wei Shuo didn't know that due to the butterfly effect, Liu Yu walked to the front desk in advance.

And because of an accident in the court, he saw the majesty of Wei Shuo, and it also completely stimulated Liu Yu's inner ambition (ambition).

However, Wei Shuo didn't know all this, and now he was paying homage to the Son of Heaven in accordance with the etiquette.

"Most of the Western Regions are guarding Shuo, please meet Your Majesty."

"Wei Qing is flat."

I have to say that Wei Shuo looks good, which makes the Son of Heaven have a good first impression of him, and he is very humble when he comes up.

In addition, the Central Plains Dynasty has always had a tradition of treating subjects with favor, so that the court was unknowingly captured most of the hearts of the people.