Chapter 287: The Great Military Parade (Part I)

The first part of the celebration Taishan Feng Zen has ended, Yan Xueyi took his courtiers back to Longcheng by airship, on January 1, there will also be a large military parade, this large military parade will invite foreigners to visit, this is the moment when the Chinese Empire proclaimed its military force to the world. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Military parade is a ceremony to review the armed forces, which is usually held on major national festivals, welcoming and sending off state guests and troops, triumph, proofreading, awarding flags, awards, and large-scale military exercises, in order to celebrate, pay tribute, show the achievements of army building, and can be spectacular, boost the prestige of the army, drum up morale, and even deter the enemy country.

In the 5,000-year history of China, the military parade has long existed, the earliest military parade can be traced back to the Tushan Alliance more than 4,000 years ago, and in the 11th century BC, King Wu of Zhou held a large-scale "military viewing" in Mengjin, and at the same time declared that the war, to do the way for the sky, this is a military parade, after the Spring and Autumn Period, the number of military parades recorded in the historical data is more and more, in the Manchu Dynasty, the military parade has become a formal training system, after entering the customs, the Manchu Dynasty stipulates that every three years in the Nanyuan enclosure to hold a "big parade", The purpose of the parade was to test the training and combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners.

As a result, military parades have become a tradition to review one's own military strength and deter the enemy.

Since the beginning of the Western Age of Discovery, the Western Caucasian country has developed rapidly, after the Industrial Revolution, the Western countries have developed more rapidly, and the national strength has increased day by day, and in the nineteenth century, the Western countries have defeated the Manchu Dynasty many times, so that the Caucasians believe that the West is the center of the earth, the Western world is the civilized world, and the people in other regions are barbarians.

However, the emergence of the Chinese Empire made Western countries vigilant, and Western countries did not want a yellow country to rise, and Western countries, mainly Britain and France, wanted to crush the Chinese Empire very much, but could not do so.

Although there was some cooperation between Germany and the Chinese Empire in the West, it was only an exchange of interests, and the relationship between the two was nothing more, and if there was an opportunity, Germany would definitely stick a knife in the back.

It can be said that the Chinese Empire is full of enemies on the earth, and at every opportunity, other countries will take action and knock the Chinese Empire into the abyss.

In this case, the Chinese Empire must have enough force to deter the enemy.

War is just a last resort, once there is a war, it means death, the Chinese Empire is not willing to start a war easily, and now the war between the Chinese Empire and Russia is also because the border between the two countries is too long, and Russia has always coveted the land of the Chinese Empire, so this is the cause of the war, the two are natural enemies, unless one side dies, it will end.

The Chinese Empire wanted to hold a military parade, on the one hand, to show force, to deter those countries that did not go to war with the Chinese Empire, and to destroy their inner thoughts; On the other hand, it can also let the people of the Chinese Empire know that the country is very strong, which is conducive to enhancing the cohesion of the country and the nation.

The big military parade is held on the day of the National Day, and the place of the big parade is on the square outside the Dragon City Palace, because the south gate of the palace (city) is called Chaoyang Gate, so the square is named Chaoyangmen Square. (囧)

In addition, the names of the four major gates of the imperial city are: East Hanchun, West Huaiyuan, South Chaoyang, and North Gongchen.

Chaoyangmen Square is 1,000 meters long from north to south, 500 meters wide from east to west, with an area of 500,000 square meters, which can accommodate 1 million people to hold a grand rally, which is enough to hold a National Day military parade.

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Before the first day of January, a large number of people rushed to Dragon City, most of whom lived all over the country and came to Dragon City in various ways, wanting to see the mighty army of the empire with their own eyes.

Fortunately, the Longcheng government was prepared in advance, otherwise many of these people would have been sleeping on the streets.

In the early morning of January 1, before dawn, the people living in the surrounding area of Longcheng walked towards Longcheng, because it was far away from Chaoyangmen Square, they could only set off before dawn, and they were barely able to arrive at Chaoyangmen Square before the scheduled time.

After dawn, people walked towards Chaoyangmen Square one after another, but Chaoyangmen Square has been blocked by the public security police and armed police, and people who come must be checked, and those who do not have identification, or carry suspicious items, will be driven away or arrested.

The rise of the Chinese Empire will definitely bring deep hatred to some people, and there are many people who want to create chaos for the Chinese Empire, and finally kill Yan Xueyi, which will make the Chinese Empire chaotic.

A large-scale celebration like the military parade to the outside world, once there is an accident, it will have a great impact, so anyone who wants to visit the military parade must be inspected, and if they do not want to be inspected, it is impossible to enter Chaoyangmen Square.

There are many kinds of audience seats on Chaoyangmen Square, and the best location is naturally the seat on the tower of Chaoyangmen City, where Emperor Yan Xueyi will appear with Empress Chang Yuxin; The second position is the Imperial citizens specially invited by the Imperial Government, these citizens may be great philanthropists, may be teachers who teach and educate people, may also be conscientious workers in their posts, and may be soldiers who have fought for the Empire but have been injured, and anyone who has contributed to the Empire may be invited; the third is the foreign "dignitaries" invited by the imperial government, mainly the ambassadors of various countries to the Chinese Empire; The fourth type is the general auditorium, which can be entered by both locals and foreigners to watch the parade as long as they pass through the inspection on the perimeter of the square.

Soon, the shadow of a person appeared on the empty Chaoyangmen Square, and then more people entered the Chaoyangmen Square, farmers, merchants, workers, no matter what kind of identity they had, they were all part of the Chinese Empire at this moment, they quietly walked to the audience, silently waiting for the big military parade to begin.

There were also a small number of foreigners, who had no privileges and could only enter the general audience.

There are more and more people, but limited by the traffic of this era, the people who came to participate in the military parade are not too many, and the Longcheng government even allows the workers who are carrying out construction in Longcheng to come to Chaoyangmen Square to watch the military parade, you must know that there are more than 100,000 workers in Longcheng, which is the foundation for Longcheng to be built quickly.

The time is about to reach half past nine, and at half past nine, the security police and armed police outside the venue will no longer allow others to enter Chaoyangmen Square, half past nine is the deadline, ten o'clock, and the ceremony will officially begin.

After half past nine, the entire Chaoyangmen Square can be described as a crowd of people, and the total number of people is expected to exceed 400,000, which is almost about to catch up with the population of Yongyi City, and outside Chaoyangmen Square, there are still a large number of people who come late to stay here.

At ten o'clock, Yan Xueyi and Chang Yuxin appeared on the tower of Chaoyang Gate, and the ceremony officially began.