At this time, it was already the weather in December, and Li Shimin was a little energetic when he went out for such a circle. He said to Cheng Zhijie: "Fifth brother, this time you gave me a deep lesson. All aspects of the Great Demon Kingdom are indeed more advanced and more energetic than Datang.

Through this period of investigation, I am preparing for the merger of the Great Demon Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty to start in full force for the time being. I want to maintain the relative independence of the Great Demon Kingdom for 3 to 5 years. During this period of time, the Great Demon Kingdom went to the number, nominally belonging to the Tang Dynasty, the army was merged, and other aspects maintained their own operation mode first.

I will let the officials of Datang go to the Great Demon Kingdom to study and intern, and quickly promote the management methods of the Great Demon Kingdom. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Cheng Zhijie bowed, and then asked, "Your Majesty, when do you think it's appropriate for us to merge?" ”

Li Shimin smiled playfully: "What's the matter? The fifth brother is so anxious that he is going to pick a son and quit? You promised me that together we would lay a big territory. ”

Lao Cheng touched his head and said: "I'm a guy who doesn't know anything about political affairs, I've been running around for so many years, and Du Ruhui is dealing with everything at home."

Relatively speaking, I'm more proficient in the military, so you still let me do my old job. ”

Li Shimin shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Fifth brother, it's the end of the year now, I want to change the concept of Yuan Zhenguan on the first day of January next year, how about we announce this news then?" ”

Cheng Zhijie's eyes purred, he patted his thigh and said, "Okay!" Just as Your Majesty said. I have a suggestion though; In order to show that His Majesty inherited the unification, the whole world celebrated; How about we have a celebration?

We can also invite envoys from various countries to hold a military parade to show the national strength of our Datang and scare these rabbit cubs. ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he clapped his hands and said, "It's still the fifth brother who thinks thoughtfully, so I will do what you say." I'm going to arrange for the Ministry of Rites to prepare. ”

Cheng Zhijie hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't! Your Majesty, the set of procedures of the Ministry of Rites to worship the heavens and the earth are all stinking on the street. Besides, His Majesty has already done it when he ascended the throne, and it will not be new to do it again. You leave this matter to me, and ensure Your Majesty's satisfaction, and scare those aliens into fear. ”

"Okay?" Li Shimin still felt a little uneasy about handing over such an important matter to this guy who was out of tune.

Cheng Zhijie patted his chest and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured!" Leave this matter to me! I'll get you covered. Li Shimin saw that Cheng Zhijie was sure of what he said, so he nodded in agreement.

Cheng Zhijie thanked him, turned his head and ran, and went to Zhao Wangfu to slip Li Yuanba out; Then he ran to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War and called Qu Tutong out, and asked them to prepare the most elite soldiers for themselves.

He demanded that each of these soldiers must be eight feet long, and one more point is not enough, and one point less is not allowed; The military department is required to provide uniform clothing and equipment; He's going to train the army.

He asked Li Yuanba to pick out the Xuanjia cavalry, and 50 Xuanjia cavalrymen with pure black fur and the same size and size also came to participate in the training.

Then Lao Cheng borrowed a lot of people from the Ministry of Industry to measure the Suzaku Street south of the palace, and set up a review stand in front of the Suzaku Gate.

Even the Ministry of Rites did not escape, Cheng Zhijie ordered them to select honorables and representatives from all walks of life; They were invited to come to watch the ceremony on the first day of the first month, and asked to select honest people in Chang'an City to participate in the celebration.

At the same time, the Ministry of Rites also sent out invitations to envoys from all over the world to come and watch the ceremony, and to do everything for reception.

Then Cui Jing of the Shandong Great Demon Kingdom Research Institute led a large group of people to Chang'an quickly; They brought a lot of new things and quickly began to dress up the streets of Chang'an.

On the first day of the first month, the whole world should celebrate together to celebrate the great Tang King Li Shimin's change of Yuan Zhenguan; The news spread quickly in Chang'an City.

Although Wang Gui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is a descendant of Li Jiancheng, he does not treat himself as an outsider at all, and soon found Li Shimin, complaining that he should not hand over such a major matter to such a rough person as Cheng Zhijie.

When the time comes, Pu Ting Tongqing has a leading figure in the city, as well as envoys from various countries, so that the people of the whole city will come, if we lose the face of our Datang, wouldn't it damage the honor of Datang.

Li Shimin hurriedly explained: "This is not my enthronement ceremony, just a celebration of changing the yuan. Besides, the purpose is to deter the envoys of various countries, so it is more appropriate to let the army do it; This time, the Ministry of Rites will do a good job of cooperating, and don't mix it up. ”

Wang Gui retreated indignantly. After all, Li Shimin was a little uneasy, so he drove to the military field to see how Cheng Zhijie trained the soldiers.

Cheng Zhijie is now pointing at this group of soldiers and scolding, he has already called Duan Zhixuan, Zeng Long, Li Jun, Zheng Po and others who are the best at training soldiers under his subordinates; But after two or three days of busy work, some people can't even tell the difference between left and right.

"Send a strap in each person's left hand! You all TM remember that it is the left hand that is tied to the strap! Think about it every time you turn!

This time the celebration parade is urgent, it is only a month in total, and you have to complete it meticulously according to my requirements. Starting with me, everyone must be prepared to drop 20 pounds of meat, and there must be no mistakes in this event. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he turned around and went back to the palace, never asking about any news of the celebration training.

As we got closer to Motorihara, Suzaku Street was renovated, and every corner was cleaned spotlessly, with various signs painted on the streets and red lights hanging all over the streets.

The viewing platform has also been built, decorated with glazed tiles, and the viewing platform painted with gold lacquer is even more splendid.

On either side of the palace gate were two large wooden shelves, on which hung a huge bag sewn from sheepskin, for which no one knew what it was for; Asked Cheng Zhijie just smiled and said, "You'll know when the time comes." It's sure to scare everyone. ”

Everyone couldn't ask why, so they quietly waited for the answer to be revealed on the first day. Cheng Zhijie handed over all the training of the army to Duan Zhixuan and others in the past few days, and he checked with Li Shimin every day with the review process plan, and made sure that every detail was correct.

Time flies by and five years of Wude have passed, ushering in the first day of the first year of Zhenguan. On this day, the red sun rises in the east, and the sky is cloudless, which makes people feel comfortable as soon as they go out.

Suzaku Street has long been under martial law, and only with an official guide can you enter. Li Shimin and his wife accompanied the old emperor Li Yuan to the top of the imperial city. Surrounded by the nobles who established the Tang Dynasty with Li Yuan's rebellion against the Sui.

As soon as the ministers saw their father and son coming up, they quickly knelt on the ground to pay homage to the Emperor Taishang and His Majesty the Emperor.

Li Yuanxin suffered the pain of losing his son and was forced to abdicate, and his feelings can be imagined; Today, when I saw so many old ministers, I couldn't help but feel emotional; stepped forward to help these old ministers up one by one.

Li Shimin and his wife helped their father to the top of the city tower, and the celebration ceremony officially began, accompanied by the music of King Qin's breaking array; The first is that Cheng Zhijie led Du Ruhui, Cen Wenwen, Wei Zheng, Zhang Ding, Qin Qiong, and Li Jing to present the banner of the Great Demon Kingdom to Li Shimin to express their allegiance.

Li Shimin asked the chamberlain to send the banner of the Great Demon Kingdom, and then announced that the Great Demon Kingdom was officially incorporated into the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty suddenly owned large areas of land such as Shandong, Liaodong, Jilinzhou, Yingzhou, Ryukyu, Lingnan, Nanyang, and Jiangdu, and the territory almost doubled, and the population more than doubled. The world has entered the grand occasion of great unification.

"Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! As the news spread, the people who had suffered from the troubled times cheered unpassionately; Celebrate this hard-won peace.

Li Yuan looked at his son who was standing in the city tower and receiving cheers, and his heart rose and fell one after another; This son is also too lucky, how could the Great Demon Kingdom surrender so easily.

Li Shimin stood at the head of the city and waved his hand to let the chamberlain come up and read the edict; He sealed Du Ruhui Cai Guogong, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, and gave 1,300 households. Feng Cen's text is Jiangling Gong, Zhongshu Shilang; Feng Wei Zheng was the official secretary of Zheng Guo.

then named Zhang Ding as the Duke of Donglai, the Governor of the Navy; He also named Qin Qiong as Hu Guogong, General Zuo Wuwei; Feng Li Jing was named the Duke of Weiguo, and Shangshu's right servant was shot.

In the end, Li Shimin glanced at Cheng Zhijie and nodded slightly, and the chamberlain then read: "Canonize Cheng Zhijie as the king of the Great Demon County, the general of the hussars, and grant the envoys to supervise the military affairs of You, Yi, Tan, Ping, Yan, and Youzhou. ”

Everyone listened to a burst of exclamations, there are not many people with foreign surnames who can be crowned kings because of their official duties, and Luo Yi was also given the surname Li Cai to be named the king of Yanjun, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to make Cheng Zhijie the king at once, and let him be the governor of the military of six states.

These six prefectures are all close to Liaodong and the Turks, and it is clear that Li Shimin meant to let him preside over the soldiers and horses of these states and prepare to use troops against the Turks.

Cheng Zhijie and the others kowtowed and thanked them, and then Lao Cheng's big voice shook the sky and roared: "Your Majesty changed the Yuan Zhenguan, the Central Plains is unified, and the celebration begins!" ”

With Lao Cheng's loud roar, the music of King Qin's Breaking Array shook the heavens and the earth; A red flame burned beneath the wooden shelves from which the sheepskin bags were hung.

Everyone didn't know what this meant, and they craned their necks one by one and watched quietly; It didn't take long for the parchment bag to slowly bulge and float slowly.

The two sheepskin bags grew larger and larger, and at last they were the size of two rooms. On the sheepskin bag, there are two yellow dragons, which are the banners of the Tang Dynasty.

The two yellow dragons opened their teeth and danced their claws, soaring upward, slowly rising into the sky. They didn't stop, and slowly climbed upwards with two one-foot square wood blues.

"Wow! There's someone up there! Look at the people up there! They flew! They're in heaven! ”

In the exclamation of everyone, the soldiers in the two wooden fences shook down two red banners, which read: The country is not old, the Tang Dynasty Yongchun! 20110