Chapter Ninety-One: The Great Ceremony Military Exercise
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In front of the majestic hall is a stone wall more than two zhang high, and on it is a carved map of the world. Under this world map, all the ministers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty raised their right arms and saluted together, "Long live the saint!" Long live the Prime Minister! Long live the Book City Order! Zhao Ji nodded slightly to Wang Anli, who was presiding over the ceremony.
"The Great Song Dynasty, the ceremony of moving the capital, begin!"
Suddenly, the whole Upper Kyoto roared. It was not the sound of silk and bamboo strings, nor the sound of Huang Zhong Dalu, it was the sound of bursts of cannons. The salute was used in Xining for four years, and Zhao Ji used it when he went out to fight Jiaozhi, and it was the invention of Tong Wenjiang, a giant of the Mo family. Now, it's better and more imposing. It seems that the whole of Shangjing has been bombarded! This momentum made everyone's hearts boil!
"The Emperor announced to the Heavenly Subjects!"
After the salute, Zhao Ji unfolded a shaft of holy decree, and his agitated voice echoed in the square, "Hao Hao ascends to the sky, the underworld, the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty: moving the capital to Shangjing New City is the first grand ceremony in the past hundred years of my Great Song Dynasty!" In just four years, the Great Song Dynasty Shuntian responded to the people, changed the law, implemented the five ** orders, and finally got rid of the situation of poverty and poverty of the country and the people, and achieved the prosperity of Xining! It is hereby announced that heaven, earth, man and god will learn together! ”
As soon as Zhao Ji's words were finished, the audience erupted in an earth-shattering shout: "Long live the Great Song!" "Long live the new law!"
"By Divine Order!" Li Xiang'an walked forward and shouted loudly: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: people's hearts are clear, and heaven and earth are long." The Great Song Dynasty can have today's grand event, all of which are the merits of the political affairs hall! I hereby announce to the heavens that after the ceremony of moving the capital, a general election will be held! Military affairs, do your best! ”
The voice fell, and the audience was stunned. What does this edict want to say? Since then, the Great Song Dynasty has gotten rid of the rise and fall of the country when the monarch is bright and the country is weak! From then on, the Great Song Dynasty was no longer the emperor and the scholars who ruled the heavens, but all the scholars of the heavens!
Under the education system at this time, every child will become a scholar, and every child will have the opportunity to enter the four universities, thus determining the future national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty!
After a short silence, the audience boiled, "Long live the new law!" "Long live the election!"
Then, Wang Anshi, the prime minister of the political affairs hall, immediately read out the decree of the political affairs hall: "The four university offices and the four university branches will hold a general election on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year to reorganize the government affairs hall. ”
As soon as the brief decree was read, the audience cheered again: "Long live the Prime Minister!" "Long live the Book City Order!"
Zhao Ji's eyes were moist, Wang Anshi's eyes were moist, and Sima Guang's eyes were moist. Zhao was excited to see that he had finally changed the Song Dynasty and finally established a constitutional monarchy-like political system. Wang Anshi saw the next ten years, the ten years of the Great Governance of the Heavenly Dynasty, and the ten years that laid the foundation for the Great Song Dynasty to sweep the Heavenly Dynasty and unify China. A big stone in Sima Guang's heart was finally put down, and the Great Song Dynasty finally walked out of violent politics, out of monarchical politics, and returned to the political mode of relying on the pen to speak, and walked back to the track of scholars and doctors ruling the heavens.
Zhang Ruoshui, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, came over and reported softly: Holy Lord, the monarchs of the nine countries have come to congratulate in person. ”
In the past, each country would send a special envoy at most, but after the general election of the political hall, the countries would meet on the first floor of the Great Song Dynasty. This alliance must be attended by the monarchs of various countries in person, just in time for the Great Song Dynasty's capital relocation ceremony, and it is also incidental to come to celebrate in person. However, according to the etiquette system, the monarchs of various countries should not come to celebrate in person. It turned out that Yelu Hongji, the Liao lord who had always loved Han culture and said that he would like to be a Song person in the next life, heard the excitement outside and wanted to come and see it. Song Liao is a brotherly state, and in terms of national status, only Liao can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Great Song Dynasty. Yeluhongji took the lead, and it was impossible for the other monarchs not to come.
National strength is everything, and although the monarchs of various countries come together, they have a precedence. The Liao lord Yelu Hongji was naturally the first, followed by Li Bingchang, the king of Western Xia, Duan Lianyi, the king of Dali, Li Qiande, the king of Jiaozhi Yue, Wang Yun, the king of Goryeo, the king of Baihe, the king of Srivijaya Qi, Zhanbei, the king of Qingtang and Tubo, and the king of Huangtou Hui, Yao Luo Ge Guiren.
Forty-seven years ago, Xiao Tuyu from the northwest of Liao attacked Suzhou and besieged Ganzhou. The siege lasted for four months, and the Liao State withdrew its troops. At this time, Li Yuanhao of Western Xia took the opportunity to attack Ganzhou, and successively broke through the four prefectures of Ganzhou, Suzhou, Shazhou, and Guazhou. Gansu Hui lost the country, retreated to the desert area south of Shazhou, because its leader is a descendant of the Hui royal family, so it is called Huangtou Hui.
The Huangtou Hui, with a population of about 100,000, was the same as the Gaochang Hui, who originally believed in Manichaeism and later believed in Buddhism. After Gaochang Hui was turned into a celestial party, there was also a tendency to be turned into a heavenly one. However, this Western Xia expedition, Huang Tou Hui took the opportunity to attack Western Xia not because of the Heavenly Sect, but because the Western Xia hated them for the country. The Western Xia stationed heavy troops in Shazhou and plundered them from time to time in an attempt to weaken their power.
This time, Western Xia went west to Gaochang and transferred troops in Shazhou, so they took the opportunity to retaliate. However, the Western Xia withdrew their forces at Gaochang not because of a sneak attack by the Huangtou Hui, but because Gaochang asked for help from the Liao. Gaochang Hui can be said to be a vassal state of Liao.
Only Yelu Hongji is a dragon robe, and the other monarchs are all python robes worn by the prince. The monarchs of other countries may be called emperors in their own countries, but they dare not come to the Great Song Dynasty, and only Yelu Hongji has this qualification.
Accompanying the monarchs of various countries were the civil and military ministers of various countries, a group of more than 50 people, but except for the monarchs of various countries, the others did not dare to walk to the stone carvings of the main hall. Zhao Ji shook hands with the monarchs of various countries in turn and saluted, inviting them to watch the next capital relocation ceremony.
The handshake ceremony was set up by Zhao Ji in imitation of later generations, in order to avoid the embarrassment of etiquette when the Son of Heaven met. If you use ordinary etiquette, it varies from country to country. Da Song used the bow salute, stretched out his hands and overlapped, bowing down to salute. This etiquette has been passed down since the Yellow Emperor founded the Chinese civilization. Bei Liao used the chest beating ceremony, that is, he gently beat the left chest with the fist of his right hand, and bowed down with his arm across his chest. This etiquette is the usual etiquette of the grassland people. Western Xia and Dali used Buddhist etiquette, put their hands together and bow down. Goryeo and Cochin use the etiquette of holding fists. The arm-folded salute used by the Three Buddhas is not to overlap the palms, but to bow with the arms overlapped.
Zhao Ji's Son of Heaven costume is slightly the same as Yelu Hongji's, but the materials of the clothes are different, Zhao Ji's is made of silk, while Yelu Hongji's is made of fur.
After Zhao Ji shook hands with the monarchs of various countries, he came to Yelu Hongji and said: "Xining often hears that the Great Liao army is strong, especially the leather room army, all of them have the courage of ten thousand people. Today, I also invite the Great Kandi to take a look at the demeanor of my Great Song Qiangjun. ”
The titles are all given by their respective year names, which is also to avoid the embarrassment of etiquette when the Son of Heaven meets.
"Emperor Xining is so young and extraordinary, the soldiers and horses are naturally majestic, and today Dakang also happened to catch a glimpse of the might of the Great Song Iron Army." Yelu Hongji patted Zhao Ji on the shoulder and said.
In fact, Yelu Hongji's action of patting the shoulder was very rude. However, the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Liao were brotherly states. In the past, Song Zhenzong and Liao Shengzong signed an alliance with Liao Shengzong, which was about a state of brothers, with Song Zhenzong as a brother and Liao Shengzong as a brother. A few generations later, Yelu Hongji was one generation higher than Zhao Ji, that is, Zhao Ji had to call Yelu Hongji his uncle. If you say this, Yelu Hongji's actions have the meaning of encouraging the younger generation.
Wang Anshi and Sima Guang naturally retreated to the side, and Zhang Ruoshui led a group of small yellow doors to carry nine Taishi chairs. Zhao Ji and Yelu Hongji looked at each other and smiled, and agreed to sit down to watch the ceremony.
Wang Anli, the prefect of Shanghai Prefecture, who presided over the ceremony, announced loudly: "Please all the monarchs to watch the military performance!" ”
Guo Kui on the platform of the main hall suddenly waved the command flag, and the two phalanxes each stepped back, leaving a phalanx of 5,000 sharp soldiers in the center. Suddenly, the war drums and horns sounded in unison, and 5,000 musketeers in golden armor raised their guns in an orderly manner and fired them into the air, and the guns continued to be fired. The armie was not far away, but it was powerful, and the sound was even more moving.
Orderly loading, lifting the gun, releasing the gun, in a group of three, the gunfire did not stop. After about twenty rounds of the guns, the assault rifles had to be cooled down first, and the bayonets were drawn from the lower leg of their right feet and loaded with the assault rifles. Suddenly, bayonets were like a forest, demonstrating the technique of fighting bayonets, and the shouts of killing continued.
At this time, a group of military singers sang on the high stage:
Great Song Xining, change the law and innovate.
Lie down and try your courage, and work hard.
The capital was moved to Beijing, and the East China Sea was in sight.
Song Yangtian xià, Huaxia Yongchang.
At this time, the expressions of the monarchs of various countries were different. Yelu Hongji of Northern Liao and Li Bingchang of Western Xia often applauded and laughed when they saw this new-style military performance. And the monarchs of Goryeo, Cochin, and Srivijaya all constantly wiped the sweat from their foreheads. The monarchs of Japan and Dali both frowned, not knowing what they were thinking.
The expressions of the monarchs were not brought about by the military dance, but by the lyrics of the song. The meaning of that song is very clear, the Great Song Dynasty has no intention of dominating the mainland, but points the finger at the ocean. Goryeo, Japan, Sriwijaya and Cochin are either island countries or peninsular countries. The Great Song Dynasty dominated the ocean, and they all faced the threat of the Great Song Dynasty sailors. Dali seems to have seen from this lyric the ambition of the Great Song Dynasty in Nanyang. Dali also knew about the Great Song Dynasty's expedition to India, and there was only one Dali between India and the Great Song Dynasty.
Yelu Hongji and Li Bingchang were not happy for long. The musketeers retreated, and slowly walking into the center of the square were the golden fire cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty. The Golden Fire Cavalry rode on a tall horse, walked in a neat pace, and began the cavalry drill. The tall war horses, superb equipment, skilled equestrian skills, accurate horse archery performances, and superb cavalry tactics shocked Yelu Hongji and Li Bingchang into speechlessness.
At this time, the singing voice sounded again on the high platform:
Forward! Forward! Forward! Our team to the sun!
With our feet on the land of the motherland and the hope of the nation, we are an invincible force!
We are the children of the people, and we are armed to change the law.
Never fearless, never give in, fight bravely.
Until the invaders were wiped out, Xining's banner flew high.
Listen! The wind is howling, and the trumpet is sounding! Listen! How loud the song is!
The soldiers rushed to the battlefield of patriotism in full order!
The soldiers rushed to the borders of the motherland with neat steps!
Forward! Forward! Our team to the sun!
To the final victory! Victory to change the law!
This song was rewritten by Zhao Ji from his favorite military song in later generations, although many words are not familiar to people in this era, but in the Song Dynasty, when vernacular literature first emerged, this song is not difficult to understand. Moreover, this song is very straightforward and has a clear meaning, that is, it will never give in to the invaders.
The song seemed to Yelu Hongji and Li Bingchang to be a warning to them, making them restless. Although they knew that the Great Song Dynasty was training cavalry, they did not expect that the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty was already so elite. When they saw the fire cavalry scattered in formations, wielding maces, they were secretly comparing themselves to their own cavalry.
After the cavalry drill, there was an artillery drill and a sailor drill. The artillery drill was limited by the venue, and it was only a bright appearance, and the sailor drill really made people feel the bravery of the Great Song Dynasty, and the pervasive murderous aura made everyone shocked.
Western Xia and Northern Liao would never have imagined that in just four years, the Great Song Dynasty would change its model. Originally, he was just afraid of the financial resources and strength of the Great Song Dynasty, but now he didn't dare to underestimate the combat power of the Great Song army. The Western Xia and Northern Liao had different military systems from the Great Song Dynasty, and although their living environment made their soldiers very strong, the agricultural and pastoral armies that combined farming and warfare could not be compared with the professional soldiers who trained every day.
Since Zhao Ji implemented the new military system, in cooperation with the military selection system of the Patriotic Academy, in the past four years, the armies of the Great Song Dynasty have changed their models.
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