– The triumphal ceremony continues.

Worship the heavens and sue the temple, and comfort the deceased emperors of the Tang Dynasty, Gaozong, Gaozong, Zhongzong, and Ruizong who have died about quelling the rebellion, and then pay tribute to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country on the battlefield. After these are over, there is a ceremony for the marching army to be paraded and the prisoners to be sacrificed.

After An Lushan was escorted down, Emperor Li Longji and his ministers stood on the tower of Mingde Gate, ready to review the triumphant soldiers.

The 50,000 soldiers brought back by Li Jue and Yang Xi were paraded by the Tang Emperor and his ministers.

In the dust that trampled on the sky, the soldiers on war horses lined up neatly and walked in front of the Mingde Gate, and the slogan of "Datang Wansheng" resounded throughout the world. More than 100,000 captives were escorted by the soldiers, passed far outside the Mingde Gate, and were finally escorted to the place where they were settled.

Then An Lushan, Shi Siming, Shi Chaoyi, Li Guiren, Gao Xiuyan and other high-ranking generals in the rebel array were taken to the Mingde Gate, where they knelt on the ground in front of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and were forced to plead guilty to the Tang Emperor. This is a humiliation that the vanquished must accept.

An Qingxu, Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang, Cai Xide, Yin Ziqi, Tian Qianzhen and others, who then surrendered, expressed their repentance to Li Longji in public on the tower of the city gate, and repeatedly promised that they would be loyal to Tang in the future and would never have two hearts.

Although it is said that in the past, as the emperor, Li Longji has enjoyed many times the public display of loyalty from those who surrender or return, but now he feels very good. Gai because An Lushan, the culprit who brought great disasters to the Tang Dynasty, has been captured and brought back to Chang'an, and he can be beheaded in a few days to comfort the people of the world. The rebellion has been completely quelled, and from then on, the world will be peaceful again. The glory of the prosperous era will continue, he is still the former Ming Jun who was praised by thousands of people, and the prosperous Tang Dynasty created by him will continue to be strong. Whether it is An Lushan or Shi Siming, they are all clowns jumping off the beam in front of him, everything in Datang still belongs to him completely, and no one can snatch it away.

If the rebellion continues for a long time, Li Longji's confidence will be slowly destroyed, and his image as a Mingjun will collapse, which will also be a stain on his life. Because of this, Li Longji was very grateful to Yang Xi, he knew full well that without Yang Xi, a young man, the "birth" of the young man, the rebellion would not have been able to be quelled so quickly, and he would give Yang Xi a sufficient reward.

In order to express his joy at the suppression of the rebellion and to reward the soldiers for their counterinsurgency efforts, Li Longji ordered Li Jue, Yang Xi, Guo Ziyi and other generals who had made meritorious contributions to the rebellion to escort him on both sides of the rebellion and parade through Kyoto together. Immediately after entering from Mingde Gate, pass through the wide Suzaku Street, and then turn to Danfengmen Street. The whole parade process takes more than half an hour, and during the march, Li Jue, Yang Xi, Guo Ziyi and other generals will accompany the whole process on both sides of the chariot and accept the cheers and admiration of the people of the city.

Li Longji seemed to enjoy the cheers of the people in the middle of the road, and he was very excited, waving to the cheering people on both sides of the street from time to time.

Yang Xi, who was accompanied by Yang Xi on the left side of the chariot, also secretly glanced at Li Longji on the chariot a few times when he was riding a horse, of course he could see that this emperor enjoyed such enthusiastic cheers from the people, and there was a smile that could not be hidden at the corner of his mouth. The internal strife has subsided, and there is no need to fear external troubles, the Tang Empire will continue to be strong, and as the supreme ruler of the Tang Empire, Li Longji will certainly feel proud. He single-handedly created the "Kaiyuan Shengshi" praised by the world, the Shengshi was not completely disrupted by An Lushan's rebellion, in this life, Li Longji has nothing to regret, Yang Xi can understand Li Longji's current mood very well.

The people, who were separated by the soldiers of the left and right Longwu armies and the left and right Yulin armies neatly arranged on both sides of the street, constantly cheered to the triumphant soldiers, and the shouts one after another overshadowed all other sounds, not even the earth-shattering gongs and drums on the city tower.

Seeing the cheers of the people, Yang Xi also felt extremely proud in his heart. He knew that if it weren't for the arrival of him, the current Chang'an, which would have been ruled by An Lushan's rebel army, many royal nobles had been killed, and the people were mournful and prosperous. But now, everything in Chang'an has hardly changed, and what you see is still the prosperity of the prosperous era, all of which is because of him, a traverser. He created all this with his own hands, no matter who he is, he will be very proud, and Yang Xi is no exception.

Also in the process of patrolling, Yang Xi finally had the opportunity to talk with his father Yang Guozhong.

However, in this case, it is impossible for the father and son to talk too much about each other. Yang Guozhong only praised Yang Xi, saying that he, as a father, was proud of having such a son. He also told Yang Xi that after returning home after the end of the ceremony, the father and son would have a good chat about things.

Yang Xi naturally agreed, no matter what you say, Yang Guozhong is the one who raised him, and he has all this now, which has a very big relationship with Yang Guozhong. If it weren't for the fact that he was Yang Guozhong's son, even if he had the ability to reach the sky, he would not have gotten all this now. In the future, to a large extent, he will still have Yang Guozhong's influence and help.

No matter what, the relationship with Yang Guozhong must not be stiff.

After the parade, Li Longji led hundreds of officials into Xingqing Palace, preparing to reward the generals while Xingqing.

Li Longji, the acting emperor of Gaolishi, announced the rewards of the generals who had made meritorious contributions to the suppression of the rebellion.

Li Jue, the king of Yan, was awarded the title of Jingzhao Mu, the governor of Youzhou, the envoy of the two towns of Henan and Hebei, with 500 households, 20 catties of gold, 5,000 silks, and two royal horses.

Yang Xi was awarded the rank of General Zuo Longwu, and concurrently served as the commander of the army, and was awarded the title of Duke of Ningguo County, plus 300 households of Zhenshiyi, 20 catties of gold, and 2,000 horses of silk.

Guo Ziyi was awarded the title of Wubu Shangshu, Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, and Dai Guogong, plus 300 households of real food, 10 catties of gold, and 500 horses of silk.

Li Guangbi was the head of the household department and the Duke of Wei Guo, plus 300 households of real food, 10 catties of gold and 500 horses of silk.

Pang Zhong was awarded the post of General of Zuo Longwu, Duke of Qinghe County, Wang Sili was appointed General of Zuo Wuwei and Duke of Tongde County, Gao Shi was appointed as the general of the military department, Li Chengguang was the general of the Right Wuwei, Li Fu and Liu Guangting were awarded the general of the Left and Right Leading Guards, Lu Chongben and Tian Liangqiu were respectively awarded the posts of General of the Left and Right Guards, and other generals who had meritorious service in the counterinsurgency campaign were also rewarded.

When he returned triumphantly, Yang Xi had already expected that the reward he received would not be too heavy, and there could be no major promotion in the position, and at most the word "inspection" was removed very well. The result was really expected, the word "inspection" was really gone, but the reward he got was much better than he expected, and he also received the post of military superintendent and young superintendent, and was promoted to the title of knight, and won the title of county duke, which was quite satisfying to him. At his age, he held such a high position in the court, and he was awarded the title of county duke for his military exploits, and since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, few people can enjoy such treatment. He himself was surprised to receive such a reward!

Guo Ziyi was appointed as the secretary of the military department on behalf of Wei Jiansu and promoted to the post of prime minister, which was also quite unexpected by Yang Xi.

He didn't know who Guo Ziyi got this reward, and what position Wei Jiansu was given! (To be continued.) )