Chapter 62: Enthronement Ceremony
As soon as the holy decree of the imperial court arrived, the enthronement ceremony was immediately held in the royal city, a high platform was temporarily built in the middle of the inner city, the width was up to three zhang, up to five zhang, the inky black Ding furnace on the high platform was burning, the light red carpet was spread from the high platform along the steps to the city gate, the civil and military officials on both sides of the carpet were lined up on both sides, and thousands of soldiers stood solemnly behind the hundred officials. "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
As the drum sounded, Zhou Yi slowly walked to the high platform, today's Zhou Yi is different from the past; A pale yellow royal robe, embroidered with the pattern of the dragon of the sea, under the turbulent golden waves at the corner of the robe, the sleeves were carried high by the wind, and the handsome face reflected the morning light in the sunlight, coupled with the innate nobility, the whole person exuded a kind of king air that was powerful in the world.
"Shizi, Wang Xu's army is retreating south," Aguche caught up from behind and whispered to Zhou Yi's side. Zhou Yi was immersed in the most glorious moment of his life, when he was suddenly interrupted, and his face was full of anger: "Stay away, what is there to wait until the end of the enthronement hall." Agu Che curled his mouth and retreated to the side, Li Zhi stood behind Agu Che and laughed quietly: "General Agu, you are really bold, the prince is holding an enthronement ceremony, you dare to step forward to make trouble, I really admire it." Aguche glanced at the person behind him, and snorted coldly: "Li Zhi, don't stand and talk without backache, that Wang Xu is running away in a trance, can I turn a blind eye; What's in it for you to let Wang Xu go."
For Aguche, Li Zhi has never served, although he is inferior to him in martial arts, but leading the army to fight is not something that can be done with strong martial arts, in terms of resourcefulness, Aguche is a blank sheet of paper in his eyes; Not to mention the art of war, Li Zhi has been familiar with military books since he was a child and studied formations; It is no fluke to be able to get to where we are today, step by step; But no matter how high the wisdom is, no matter how good the art of war is, it is not that it cannot be reused, and its officials are not as good as this horseman. Li Zhi glanced at Aguche with disdain; It's just a stupid guy with no brains, the enemy is just more than 30,000 infantry, how far can he run? There are 20,000 elite cavalry in the royal city, even if the enemy is allowed to go for three days, the cavalry can catch up in one day, why should he sweep the prosperity of the prince at this enthronement ceremony, I really don't know how this nerd sat in the position of the chief general of the Chinese army.
Li Zhi also thought about these words in his heart, he would not say them to Aguche, so as not to teach the fool to be smart, and without paying attention to the fool in front of him, Li Zhi's gaze turned to the high platform. As Zhou Yi walked towards the high platform step by step, a eunuch from the imperial capital took out a golden holy decree, stood on the high platform and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said; King Guxi worked hard and worked hard, and for many years he guarded Guxi for the empire, and now he is posthumously named Emperor Guxi Wen for future generations to admire; However, Guxi County can not be left without an owner for a day, the son of Zhou Yi, has both ability and political integrity, good conduct, and is now named the king of Guxi, and raises the twelve counties of Guxi; Chin this! "Long live my emperor, long live, long live" hundreds of officials knelt down and shouted long live, the sound shook the sky, resounding in the sky.
Zhou Yi stepped forward to take the holy decree, a smile flashed on his face, 100,000 gold in exchange for this Guxi County, it's worth it! Zhou Yi turned around and stood still, raised the holy decree above his head, and looked down at the civil and military officials and the thousands of soldiers under the high platform.
"The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old".
At the end of the enthronement ceremony, it was close to dusk, all the soldiers returned to the camp to standby, a banquet was held in the school field to reward the three armies, and the palace sang and danced to promote the banquet to invite hundreds of officials.
Cheng'en Palace, is the prince rewarded the civil and military officials of the place, where the meritorious soldiers return from the bandits, or there are ministers to get rewarded, will be here to put wine to celebrate, in order to show the prince's kindness; For several years, the Cheng'en Hall has been lonely, but today it is very lively; All the big and small officials in the royal city came, and even the patriarchs of the big families were present to celebrate, which showed the grandeur of the banquet.
Maybe Zhou Yi had forgotten about Wang Xu's withdrawal, but Agu Che was in a hurry, looking at the civil and military officials who were frequently raising their glasses in the Cheng'en Palace, he couldn't sit still anymore, got up and said, "Lord Wang, that Wang Xu is fleeing."
Zhou Yi was accepting the toast from the ministers, and such a sentence suddenly appeared in the hall, Zhou Yi's face was full of displeasure, and he said impatiently: "Aguche, are you annoyed, don't you like to drink; If you don't drink so much wine, you have to mention it." Zhou Yi put down his wine glass, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said, "Okay, since you are in a hurry, then we will talk about it; Now that this king has successfully ascended to the throne, although Lu Yang's 50,000 border troops have not yet surrendered, they dare not offend me; Now there is only a little Wang Xu left, and he is still running away in a hurry, why is this king afraid of him? ”
Aguche said: "My lord, it will be a disaster for Wang Xu to stay, and the gold and other things we want to sacrifice to the imperial capital will not be able to arrive, and the last general will ask for the order to lead five thousand elite horsemen to chase and kill in the starry night, and there will be no future trouble."
Zhou Yi drank a glass of sake and said lightly: "There is no need to chase and kill in the starry night, now the three armies are being rewarded in the barracks, and the soldiers are drinking and eating meat in large gulps, at this time, if they are allowed to go out of the city to kill the enemy, I am afraid that there will be complaints, so let the soldiers drink this bar happily, and go out of the city tomorrow to chase and kill."
"The prince is wise!" The civil and military officials arched their hands.
In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Aguche led a group of lieutenants under his command to wait outside the Chengqian Palace, the armor had already been added, and the five thousand elite cavalry had also been assembled, and they could go out of the city to chase and kill after the order.
"General Agu, the prince has summoned you to meet you," a personal guard walked out of the Chengqian Hall and said. Aguche walked into the main hall, saluted and said: "Lord, five thousand elite horsemen have been prepared, as long as the prince gives an order, the last general will go to hunt down and kill Wang Xu, and there will be no future trouble."
"Don't be in a hurry, come, let's see how the picture of this king is painted with flowers" Zhou Yi put down the ink pen in his hand, and the two maids unfolded the silk on the table vertically, and the picture was painted with a peerless beauty, light Luo small fan white orchid, slender waist jade belt dancing veil; It's really like a fairy descending to earth, out of the dust.
Silk silk, soft and lightweight, wide in size, suitable for drawing, this is the best thing to carry the font of this era. But its price is expensive, ordinary people can't afford to use it, and once written, it is inconvenient to change, so the silk is generally qualified to be used in the palace and the royal city; For example, the decree of the Holy Covenant is written on this silk.
Such a wonderful picture of a lady with flowers was placed in front of him, but Aguche was unmoved, but in order to please Zhou Yi, he thought about it and said: "This picture of the prince is naturally a good painting, and it has more charm than the real lady with flowers." "That's natural," Zhou Yi smiled proudly, and said in his heart, "This kid is still very good at talking", he was interrupted during the enthronement ceremony yesterday, and now he is still stuck in his throat, and he is not so annoying to look at Aguche at this time. "Just say something." Aguche said again: "Lord Wang, Wang Xu's army is fleeing, and the last general has gathered five thousand elite horsemen, please ask the prince to give the order to go out of the city to chase and kill."
Zhou Yi said: "Aguche, don't always be in such a hurry, then Wang Xu's troops are all infantry troops, moving slowly, from yesterday to now, they have marched a hundred miles at most, you can go back to the camp now and bring all the elite cavalry forward, I think you can catch up in half a day." "All the fine riders? Does the prince mean that all 20,000 elite horsemen will be dispatched? Aguche exclaimed. The corners of Zhou Yi's mouth curled slightly, and he said firmly: "Yes, all of them are dispatched, if you want to kill, kill him without leaving a piece of armor, and kill him with a river of blood." "The last general commands".