The greeting ceremony was also very simple, the emperor led his ministers to pay a big salute, and then the Yulin army opened the way and went straight to Liu Hui's mausoleum. Tai Shuxuan has been hiding behind Ouyang Xuan, keeping his head down and silent, far from the radiant excitement he had when he first set off.

The memorial ceremony is also very simple, first Ouyang Xuan presided over the sacrifice of the three animals, and then burned the table to sacrifice to the sky. In the end, the ministers bowed in front of the mausoleum, and then retreated, leaving Ouyang Xuan alone on the altar. Ouyang Xuan raised a glass of wine to Huiling, sprinkled a glass, and said silently: "Thank you, you sent Xuan'er!" If there is an afterlife, we are still husband and wife. Now that Hong'er is gone, you are right to leave me alone in this world. The longer you live, the more lonely you feel."

Ouyang Xuan had a conversation on the altar in front of the mausoleum, and it took more than an hour to come down. Under the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, he marched to the capital with everyone, and Tai Shuxuan got on the Luan car prepared for Ouyang Xuan, and never came down. Because of the arrangement of the Yulin Army, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were also silent about the sudden extra person.

In the evening, the branch went to a town fifty miles away from the capital, where Ouyang Xuan would stop here every time he returned to Kyoto, and today Ouyang Xuan also chartered the largest inn in the town for the emperor and courtiers to live, and Ouyang Xuan lived in the Yulin military camp outside the town, which was also a habit of Ouyang Xuan. Ouyang Dan didn't understand that his ancestors lived in the barracks. After many ineffective exhortations, he had no choice but to give up. Due to the lessons of the alpine meadows, the Yulin Army and Ouyang Dan's pro-army almost surrounded the town. Although the residents of the town were restricted in their movements, the compensation from the imperial court was very generous, that is, the taxes of the month were completely exempted. Enough to make the townspeople make a lot of money. The old men who had been soldiers in the town were all excited when they heard that the Taishang Holy Emperor had come to the town, and they all asked the mayor to meet the Taishang Holy Emperor. The mayor of this town still met the veteran's request, and found the official of the Ministry of Rites to submit the veteran's request, but he didn't dare to think about the approval. A god-like figure is not something that ordinary people can see, and he is just a reflection of public opinion.

When the official of the Ministry of Rites handed the veteran's petition to Ouyang Dan, he only shook his head and smiled slightly, and said to the official of the Ministry of Rites: "I am right, after all, I am a veteran of the battlefield, and the Holy Emperor is the god of war, so let's fulfill their wishes, and I can serve the country more in the future." "No!".

The official took Ouyang Dan's approved petition and went straight to the Yulin military camp outside the town, and after passing the message, he entered the Chinese military tent. Ouyang Xuan was discussing his piano skills with Tai Shuxuan, a person who is good at holding a knife will definitely be a little clumsy on the strings, except for Ouyang Xuan, his hands are very delicate, otherwise there will be an accident during surgery. After a long time, Tai Shuxuan still couldn't coordinate and synchronize his left and right hands. As a last resort, Ouyang Xuan had no choice but to take the piano and play a song "Erquan Reflecting the Moon". When the ** was playing, the deacon guard came to report, and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites asked to see him. "Biography!".

Uncle Tai Xuan was just about to get up from his seat and avoid it, but Ouyang Xuan waved his hand to stop it: "It's okay, it's not a military matter." Leaning slightly, the officials of the Ministry of Rites entered the tent under the guidance of the deacon's guards. The squire may have been a little nervous, and kept his head down since the money was in. Walked to the tent and bowed his hand and said, "Wei Zhong, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, has seen the Holy Emperor!" ”。

"Flat! What is Wei Shilang looking for? ”。

Wei Zhong straightened up, looked at Ouyang Xuan and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have a book to ask the veterans in the town to see, please take a look at the Holy Emperor."

"Wei Shilang is still a little nervous when he sees me, haha, bring it up." "No!".

Wei Zhong stepped forward and placed the invitation book on the desk, and returned to his original position without squinting. After Ouyang Xuan picked up the letter and read it carefully, he saw Ouyang Dan's reply: for the hearts of the people, for the soldiers' pilgrimage wishes, and for the veterans' request, it will be decided by the Holy Emperor. After reading Ouyang Xuan's laughter, he said: "This Dan'er, the country has already been handed over to him, why do you still want to play." looked at Wei Zhong in the tent and said, "In this way, I will talk to the veterans outside the Yulin military camp with tomorrow morning, and Wei Shilang will arrange it." "No! The minister will arrange it." Just as he was about to exit the big tent, Ouyang Xuan suddenly remembered something, and said to Wei Zhong: "It's still early tomorrow morning, so Wei Shilang doesn't have to hurry. Dare to ask who is the ancestor of Wei Shilang? ”。

When Wei Zhong heard this, his spirit was shocked, and he replied: "Back to His Majesty the Holy Emperor, the ancestor of the minister is Wei Teng, the former captain of Sanshui County in the Han Dynasty, and the minister is his fifth grandson."

"Oh, Wei Teng, I remembered. When I followed me to see the country here, I made great contributions and was awarded the title of Duke Su. There is no title left for you."

"Back to Your Majesty, it is exactly, the minister has followed the family motto of his ancestors since he was a child, and after graduating from Huaxia University, he has been in the army for ten years and is on duty with the emperor. After changing jobs, he entered the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years through the recruitment examination, and the official is now the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites".

"Oh? Twenty-eight years ago, could you have been in the Yangguan? ”。

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister was here at the time, serving as the captain of the customs clearance."

"When I led the troops out of the customs, I saw you, and I said why are you so familiar."

"Back to Your Majesty, when the monument was erected, the minister was responsible for the transportation of stones on the left and right."

"Haha, okay, with the wind of your ancestors, be willing to be a person and start from scratch. One step at a time, down-to-earth. Back then, two generations of your ancestors also served as the Ministry of Rites. I have a matter to entrust me, and after I return to Beijing, I will arrange a meeting with the State Banquet Hall after I have gathered the heroes of the founding of the country."

"Back to Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's hard to find, the descendants of the founding heroes of the country are all over the country, but there are few people in the capital. Some of them have already fought in the army, and the eldest grandson of General Lang died in battle with Ma's border guards in Korea. The rest of them are all self-proclaimed people, and since the martyrdom of General Zhang, his family moved to Liaozhou to deal in seafood, and no one has ever been an official in the court."

"After they are all my heroes, I am ashamed of them. This matter is entrusted to Wei Shilang to convene the descendants of meritorious deeds on behalf of me, I am afraid that it will be too late this year, and when I sacrifice to the Empress Hui in the year after tomorrow, I will gather with me, okay? ”。

"Obey the order".

"This matter is my private matter, and I must not embarrass the country. The necessary funds can be communicated to my liaison officer." "No! If there is no such thing, the minister will retire."

"Go ahead and report the matter to Dan'er". "No! The minister retired".

Wei Zhong bowed his hand again and withdrew from the account, and Tai Shuxuan did not say a word from beginning to end, still competing with the strings there, in order not to make a noise, he played on the strings. When Wei Zhong withdrew from the big tent, a shrill sound came from Tai Shu Xuan's piano, startling Buick and Gu Li, who were already sleepy, and Ji Ling got up and tilted his head to look at Tai Shu Xuan. Then a wolf howl followed, a response to disturbing his sweet dreams.

"This playing the piano is more tiring than practicing kung fu, how did Your Majesty practice it in the first place?"

"I didn't practice this, I also learned it later in Handi." After speaking, he took out the sunken wood guitar that he had come to make in this era from a bag. said: "This is the instrument I played at the beginning, do you want to hear it?" ”。

"Okay, let's do it." Tai Shuxuan has a special curiosity about new things.

"Offering ugliness". Ouyang Xuan tuned the strings, then played a song "To Alice", and then played and sang a song "Moonlight on the Lotus Pond". He hadn't sung the songs of later generations for a long time, and Ouyang Xuan was a little rusty. For those who have not listened to the music of the afterlife, this is Xianraku. The discussion of music did not end until nightfall, and Tai Shuxuan took the white wolf and the phoenix emperor back to his tent.

Ouyang Xuan summoned the officials of the Yulin Army who served in the DPRK and China overnight to learn some new news about current affairs and the recent situation at the border pass. For the current emperor, Ouyang Xuan is still very relieved, but there has been no heir, which is a bit of a headache. I don't know why, since the Ouyang Mao incident, Ouyang Xuan's descendants have a kind of rejection of the throne, preferring to live a civilian life rather than government and power. It wasn't until Huang Ting, who was in office, that Ouyang Xuan understood the reason: if there is a pair of eyes staring at the power, and the right cannot bring the best satisfaction, naturally no one will take the risk to do the position of the emperor, and now the eye behind the emperor is Ouyang Xuan. With Ouyang Xuan as the overseer, the throne is like purgatory. Those who are at the pinnacle of power do not want to be constrained. But if you lose your restraints, you will be unconscious.

Ouyang Xuan suddenly opened his mouth after hearing this, it seems that he has to find an heir among his descendants, and he can't be the emperor himself, because of the longevity, it will cause excessive worship by the world, and it is easy to go astray. For the country he founded single-handedly, Ouyang Xuan did not intend to let it go. If there is a traitor who does not hesitate to launch a coup d'état, the country's army must be in its own hands.

While Ouyang Xuan lowered his head and pondered, Huang Ting continued: "Your Majesty, the throne is only an internal cause, as long as Your Majesty makes a timely move, it can still be eliminated. But today's Xianbei people and the Venerable Murwei who have a grudge against His Majesty are the most dangerous factors for the stability of China, and the Xianbei people still reject the Huaxia State, and they will take advantage of the weakness once there is a slight change in the country. The Murwei people became even more hostile to the Han Chinese, and if they grew stronger, it would definitely deal a devastating blow to the Han people. Please also ask Your Majesty to take precautions in advance."

"Don't do anything yet, I heard a saying when I was in Han Land: The sin that will happen in the future is also a sin for the people who are placed in the present. Just beware, deploy heavy troops around the Xianbei people, and as for the Murwei people, move them to Mengxi County, Mengzhou, and be strictly guarded by the northern army, and if there is any change, they will be slaughtered immediately. Inform the Xianbei and Murwei people of this matter, and if they have any dissenting intentions, they will slaughter their entire clan. It is allowed to be autonomous, but it must pay taxes. At the time of autonomy, they will no longer enjoy the education, science and technology, agricultural technology and other support policies of the Chinese State."

"No!" The crowd replied. "This can only solve for a while, but it can't solve for a lifetime, as for the future, Rong Zhen will think about it."

"Your Majesty, the emperor once wanted to emulate the Han and Xiongnu to intermarry in order to resolve the estrangement with the Xianbei people." "Alas, nonsense, how can a big country let a barbarian be around. Tell the Xianbei people that as long as I am here, they will have a slight dissent and destroy their clan. It's not that I haven't done this kind of thing, and as for intermarriage, I don't want to do it."

"No!" In addition, the words should be tactful, so as not to hurt the emperor's self-esteem."

The crowd talked about some other things, and it was late at night. Ouyang Dan knew about Ouyang Xuan's gathering of some courtiers late at night, and although he was not very comfortable, he was also very calm. Ouyang Dan himself has no interest in power, he just wants to do something, what his ancestors can do, he can also do. Now the country is prosperous, in addition to the army is also in the hands of the emperor, but he firmly holds the administrative power, although some officials are not appointed by themselves, but by the emperor to stay in Beijing officials recommended and appointed, the origin is also very mysterious, young, but quite insightful, whether political or military, these officials can deal with it freely, these people are extremely loyal to the country and the emperor, dare to speak outright about the emperor's mistakes, but they can't refute it. These people also received from corruption, and all the income they received was given to their subordinates.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Ouyang Xuan asked five guards to send Uncle Xuan back to his brother's mansion. In front of the camp gate, the officials of the Ministry of Rites set up a platform overnight, spread out the red carpet, and the stage was full of more than 1,000 veterans who had rushed here from all over the country since night.

After arranging Tai Shu Xuan, Ouyang Xuan was dressed in a military uniform, put on the bright silver armor that had not been worn for a long time, carried a sword on his waist, rode Xuanyuan, and hung the golden broadsword with blue light on the victory hook bird wing ring, Ouyang Xuan named it the Open Heaven Knife, and slowly walked out of the gate surrounded by the Yulin army.

As soon as they came out of the gate, the veterans who had been waiting all night were excited, and they knelt down on their knees to pay homage to Ouyang Xuan. Such a scene was also unexpected by Ouyang Xuan, he hurriedly dismounted, walked to the front of the crowd, and stretched out his hand to help the old men in the front row up one by one. There were too many people, Ouyang Xuan had to walk through the crowd, step onto the high platform, clear his throat, and said in a loud voice: "Brothers, be flat." "No!" , the voice of the reply was extremely loud and neat.

Only then did the old people get up one after another, and the head of the case stood under the stage with his chest up, just like when he went out to fight for troops. Ouyang Xuan's voice came from the same stage again: "Brothers, please allow me to call it that. Some of you were born and died, and made great achievements for China, and some of you silently guarded the frontier and dedicated your youth to the country. After speaking, he gave a deep salute, and then said: "It has been more than 140 years since I established the Huaxia Kingdom, and it is precisely with soldiers like you that we have ensured the prosperity and prosperity of Huaxia today. I am incompetent and cannot remember the names of each of you, but I have remembered your common name, Huaxia Soldier. It is precisely because of you that we have the peace of our homeland and the prosperity of our country. Now that you have entered an advanced age, I will remember your exploits and your comeback, and the country will remember the comeback of each of you, and the merit monument behind the merit pavilion has the name of each of you, and history will remember you, and I will remember you. Now that you are old, the country will not forget the meritorious people who shed their blood for this country. Some of you fought on the battlefield with me, some silently guarded the border passes, and some were just ordinary soldiers, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that you have paid, and this is enough, and I and all the people of Huaxia will always remember your dedication and hard work. Nowadays, the Meritorious Pavilion is no longer enough to record the merits of the princes, so I have funded the construction of a meritorious garden and a meritorious tower. Record your great deeds in the garden for posterity to pay their respects to. I came from a military background, and in the past 150 years, I have made countless expeditions, and I have also done shocking massacres that have been spurned by historians. Because of the silent support of all my brothers behind my back, and overcoming all difficulties to accomplish this great cause, I once again thank you to all the princes." After speaking, he knelt on one knee and bowed deeply to the audience.

The veterans in the audience were so excited that they knelt down on one knee almost at the same time to salute back. An elderly man with white hair in the front row replied in a voice like a bell: "Your Majesty the Holy Emperor, how can we bear the worship of Your Majesty, if there is no heroic decision of Your Majesty, we still don't know where the bones are."

Ouyang Xuan got up, stepped off the stage, helped the old man up, and said, "Princes, please get up, you are worthy of my worship." You are the representative of all the soldiers and the epitome of all the soldiers, and I thank you again." Then everyone got up and stood up again. Ouyang Xuan returned to the stage again and said in a loud voice: "I often teach the generals that when the country is peaceful, the generals need to care for the people, and they do not use the power of the country to pay for their own small achievements; In the war of the country, the generals led their people, did their best, and drove the country away; Advance does not seek fame, retreat does not avoid sin, only act, acts in the benefit of the Lord, loyal and dare to admonish; Love soldiers like children, the body is sick, and do not use the withering of thousands of bones, but make a name for yourself. What about soldiers? I thought that a soldier should move forward bravely in wartime, obey orders, and die and come back to life; The life of the country, as a soldier, abides by the rules of duty, protects the territory and the people, is diligent in forging training, and always obeys recruitment. The head of the soldier will be the hand, the soldier will be the hand of the general, the hand will be lazy if the hand is not diligent, and the head will be defeated if the head is not effective. Now that all the princes have retired, I am very pleased. Seeing it today is just as it was yesterday when we were on the battlefield. I want to say today: veterans are not old, veterans live forever! ”。

As soon as the words fell, the audience was cheering like thunder, which was Ouyang Xuan's affirmation of them. Finally, under the guidance of the leading old man, he went down the mountain and shouted: "The Holy Emperor is mighty! Huaxia mighty! The voice resounded through the sky. The audience was even more excited than these veterans was the mayor of the town, he could never have imagined that the mysterious Holy Emperor with a golden body would really summon these veterans who were more than old in the world, which he could never have imagined. Now the Holy Emperor was standing on the stage not far from him, his face was as young as rumored, and he was dressed in bright silver armor and was majestic and solemn. The mayor couldn't help but chant along with the veterans.

Under the umbrella not far from the platform, there was also a child who was also very excited, and said to the young people next to him: "Daddy, I want to be like my ancestors." What a heroic command to obey the whole world."

"Duo'er, do you know how hard it takes to get to this point? Every battle is more than the first, eating and living with the soldiers, climbing the ice and lying in the snow, and charging into battle, how difficult it is, not a day's work can achieve today's trend. You see, it is recorded in the history books that the ancestors were the first to fight each battle, and the most enemies were killed before they were able to surrender to the soldiers. Now that the four realms are peaceful, there is no chance to make a name for themselves on the battlefield."

"Daddy, why is the ancestor's face younger than Daddy?" The ancestors have been immortal masters since childhood, and they have been able to look ageless, which is a Chinese story. Let's go, I have to go back to Beijing today, your imperial grandfather has a dinner party in the evening, don't talk nonsense in front of your ancestors."

"Oh, when Duo'er grows up, he will also join the army, practice his skills hard, and be like his ancestors."

"Duo'er, if you want to be like your ancestors, you must first learn the new learning created by your ancestors, you must have rich knowledge, and then it is not too late to consider joining the army." "Duo'er understands, Daddy, who is the woman next to the ancestor yesterday? Why was my aunt so angry when she saw this? ”。

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