Chapter 509: Happiness Gives Birth to Sorrow
"Rack"
"Drive, Rack"
A tall horse gallops on the post road, its slender legs stretched and trampled. The muddy ground splashed countless muddy splashes on the horse's legs and rumps, sliding down the shiny fur and falling back to the ground.
This man and his horse set off from Luoyang to Mount Tai. As usual, it is much easier to take a boat down the Yellow River on a rainy day than to ride a horse, but the water level of the Yellow River has skyrocketed due to the continuous rainfall for half a month, even if it is already a gentle river in the middle and lower reaches, it is not suitable for boating.
Fortunately, the horse is a BMW, and its four hooves are steady, whether it is mud or puddles, or even puddles more than a meter deep, there is no danger of the horse stumbling on the front hooves.
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Tarzan.
Thousands of miles away Luoyang is still rainy, but the boundary of Mount Tai has been sunny for many days. The temperature rises again, and even before the humidity and stuffiness due to the evaporation of water vapor, you can see that the air on the road one or two meters high is a little distorted because of the high temperature.
The emperor and his entourage arrived near Mount Tai two days before the sky cleared. At that time, in the drizzle, the civil and military officials led by Li Shimin, the guard of honor, and the internal and external women's chariots led by the eldest grandson slowly traveled hundreds of miles to the foot of Mount Tai, and the local officials who greeted them were dumbfounded, pomp, it was too pompous, well, maybe it was a little too embarrassing.
When they arrived at the land, on the one hand, they asked people to renovate the altar that had been washed away by the rain, and on the other hand, they ordered the magistrate to open a warehouse and release grain, so as to give relief to the local people whose houses were destroyed due to the rain for many days and the lack of food.
Li Shimin also led hundreds of officials to personally visit the people, help the poor, of course, the emperor is to make a gesture, naturally there are local officials to help solve the problem, just like later generations, the leaders are going to go to which poor households to inspect and send warmth, and then the poor households can go directly to the well-off.
After the sky cleared and the altar was renovated, on the auspicious day selected by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Li Shimin first worshiped the heavens on the round mound altar "Sealing Altar" decorated with five-colored soil at the foot of the mountain, and then began to climb Mount Tai from the sunny side, accompanied by Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji. Except for Emperor Li Shimin, who rode the imperial chariot, all the others followed on foot.
It is said that it is a royal chariot, but in fact it is a chariot, just like being carried to a sliding pole, and the sedan chair is almost the same as removing the top. However, the emperor rides on something, everything must carry a royal character, the horse is the royal horse, the car is the imperial chariot, and the chariot carried by the person is also the imperial chariot.
Walking on the narrow, steep stone steps and mountain road, Li Shimin's whole person is in a state of leaning back. At this time, if there is anyone with bad intentions and the intention of killing the king, he will directly loosen his hand, grasp the chariot pole and shake it back and forth, and send it back and forth, and the life of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin will basically be explained on this cliff mountain road.
Either roll down the canyon next to it, or roll down the mountain like a ball down the steps, anyway, the little life will definitely not be saved.
A few hundred meters behind the emperor and the court's ministers are some of the county kings led by the eldest grandson, the princes of the country, the women of the first grade, and the princesses.
This kind of sacrifice to the heavens and the Zen women are not qualified to participate, so they are following behind, don't underestimate a few hundred meters, on the cliff mountain road, a few hundred meters means that there are one or two intervals, two or three hours.
After the emperor's ministers arrived at the top of the mountain and completed a series of steps of resting, changing clothes, and sacrificing to the heavens, it would be good for the queen to reach the top of the mountain.
After the Dengfeng Altar where the jade book is buried under the top of Mount Tai, the emperor Li Shimin accompanied the queen, and his daughter overlooked the majestic beauty of Mount Tai on the top of the mountain. Just when the ministers praised how great and holy the emperor was, and Li Shimin was also excited but unable to express his feelings in words, the little son Princess Jinyang was very good at seizing the opportunity to offer a poem to cheer up her emperor Lao Tzu: How is Dai Zongfu? Qi Lu Qingwei is gone. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Creation Zhong Shenxiu, yin and yang cut dusk.
Swing your chest and give birth to Zeng Yun, and decide to return to the bird.
It will be the top of the mountain, and the mountains will be seen at a glance.
"It will be the top of the mountain, and you can see the mountains at a glance."
Li Shimin laughed and repeated the last sentence of the most magnificent and heroic with a red face.
Then the tide of sycophants drowned Li Shimin, and no one cared about where the little son Princess Jinyang came from.
On the second day, the emperor climbed the first mountain of the shrine again to "descend to the altar" to sacrifice to the god of the earth, so far all the ceremonial steps of Mount Tai Feng Zen are completed.
After hesitating for several years and rejecting twice, Li Shimin finally lived in Zhenguan for 11 years, when he was in the prime of life, when the country was rich and the people were strong, he fulfilled his own dream of sealing Zen.
"Your Majesty, when will the holy car return to Luoyang after the closure of the Zen is over?"
After Li Shimin and several prime ministers finished discussing this day, the eldest grandson Wuji stood up and asked Li Shimin about the return date of his return to Luoyang.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he is not in a hurry to return to Luoyang, since he has arrived here, His Majesty should visit the surrounding counties and counties, so that the people here can also pay homage to the holy face." Wei Zheng suggested.
Lao Wei's meaning is very simple, the emperor, you are here, after the completion of the Zen seal, you will go a little inauthentic, how to say that the officials and the people here have also made a great effort for your Zen, you have spent the people's taxes along the way, and you are also using the civil service here, you can let the people here see you, even if you can't see you, you can see your holy car out of the patrol is also considered to be a welfare, right?
There are no real rewards, and there should be a bit of a political show.
Lao Wei belongs to the officials east of Caishan, he is very prestigious in the territory east of Caishan, when the first year of Zhenguan, because the officials here are the former prince Li Jiancheng, afraid that Li Shimin will be a little unstable in liquidation, Wu Yuanqing's proposal to Li Chengqian is to let Wei Zheng come to appease, sure enough, Li Shimin accepted this suggestion, Wei Zheng did not disgrace the success of the mission to restore stability to the vast territory east of Caishan.
Now Lao Wei has jumped out again to fight for the welfare of the people here.
Du Ruhui understood Wei Zheng's thoughts, but he didn't agree with it, not that he didn't think that the emperor should be lucky, nor did he think that the people here were not worthy of bathing in the emperor's grace, but because
"A few days ago, it rained for days, and the people here suffered from floods, and His Majesty has issued an edict for disaster relief, but the minister heard that the rain in Luoyang was even greater, and the report came two days ago and it did not stop, or even greater, and the minister felt that it was more important for His Majesty to return to Luoyang now, stabilize Luoyang and order people to vigorously relieve the disaster."
"The heavy rain in Luoyang should be relieved, but Your Majesty can't delay much if it takes a few days to patrol the local area." Wei Zheng retorted.
Just as a few people were arguing, there was a rush of footsteps and the sound of the waiter blocking it, and then the door was pushed open vigorously.