Chapter VII The Tang Dynasty Dominates
Last night, the vision of heaven and earth like fireworks alarmed Chang'an, and the people began to spread wildly, what auspicious comes, what flying fire meteors, and what versions of the gods descending to earth, anyway, it is a god, and even the civil and military officials believe it.
Today, on the first day of the first lunar month, the Yuan Ri Dynasty will be regarded as one of the most solemn court meetings of the year, not only the civil and military officials in Beijing must clock in and go to work, and they are not allowed to be late, but the local officials from all over the country will also send envoys or themselves to Beijing to congratulate the Dynasty, and even the distant prefectures and vassal countries must also send people to send gifts to congratulate.
Xu Yang had two dark circles under his eyes, and he was also pulled up from the bed and asked to go to court, looking at Liu Mengli who was still sleeping on the bed with a small mouth, Xu Yang had to get up and change his clothes and dress with a resentful face, and he almost ate this girl last night without holding back, which made it go on sooner or later, and he had a headache.
After getting dressed, Xu Yang got into the carriage of the court after leaving the courtyard gate and ran straight in the direction of Chang'an.
The sky was still very dark, Xu Yang looked at his watch, it was only half past four in the morning, it was really not easy to be an official in ancient times.
Finally entered the imperial city, the followers of the civil and military officials began to climb the huge dragon tail road of the Taiji Palace Hanyuan Palace, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji, the prime ministers of the dynasty, took all the officials to raise the fire and light the lamp and fight the wolf, and lit a 'fire city' in the dark morning.
First of all, the prime ministers took them into the main hall of the palace to congratulate the emperor, Fang Xuanling read the obscure New Year's greetings again, and then the ministers answered for Li Er, and the prime ministers withdrew again, accepted the congratulatory table of foreign officials and vassals, and selected a congratulatory table of high-ranking officials to continue to read.
After the reading was finished here, everyone lined up to go to the Liangyi Hall to go to the court.
Xu Yang was tossed drowsy, and he really couldn't figure out which great god was idle and had nothing to come up with so many cumbersome etiquette.
However, there are really a lot of people in the court today, the team is vigorous, there is a long queue everywhere in sight, and there is a view of queuing in the scenic spot in the later generations, Xu Yang is worried that so many people will not be able to let go of the Liangyi Palace.
The team lined up according to the order of the officials, and entered the Liangyi Palace, this time Xu Yang guessed correctly, the Liangyi Hall really couldn't sit so many people, and many officials after the sixth rank sat outside the Liangyi Palace.
Li Er changed into a new dragon robe today, with a disc collar, right side, and a piece of golden, and the clothes were embroidered with a coiled dragon pattern, which looked very domineering.
In the sound of the white-eyed father-in-law's 'worship', the hundred officials bowed their heads and held the jade plaque in their hands to congratulate the glorious leadership of Li Er's majesty.
Then there was the greetings of some small number of clan leaders and envoys of vassal states in the distance, this time of year was the happiest time for Li Er, otherwise he would not have forced many vassal states to install the title of 'Heavenly Khan' on him decades later.
However, the number of the leaders of the few famous clans and the envoys of the subject countries who worship this year is obviously relatively small, of course, this is relative, since Li Er's majesty Xià saw the world map presented by Xu Yang, there is a fire in his heart, the desire to conquer, the powerful Byzantium, Arabia, and the strong enemy Turkic in front of him, the unstable Tibet, which makes Li Er, the first emperor of the ages, the heart of the blood very surging, plus the firearms provided by Xu Yang began to equip a small number of forbidden troops, Li Er's ambition is more and more inflated.
"There are only dozens of people under the stage, who will sue me, and these are the envoys of which countries?"
Li Er's clueless question made the ministers present a little stunned, why did His Majesty suddenly ask like this?
Du Ruhui was the head of the Ministry of Rites, and was also in charge of the Tang Dynasty's diplomacy, so he hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, most of these envoys are envoys from Gaochang, as well as envoys from small countries such as Yanqi, Qiuzi, Yutian, Shule, Japan, Uighurs, and Tuyuhun. ”
Li Er's expression was a little unnatural, and he said in a cold voice: "Why is there no Goguryeo Kingdom?" ”
Du Ruhui's forehead sweated slightly, and said: "Your Majesty forgot, the former Sui puppet dynasty sent troops to Goguryeo, and 400,000 soldiers returned with feathers, and Goguryeo will no longer be a vassal to the Central Plains."
Li Er's brows were tightly locked, even a small country like Goguryeo didn't take the Tang Dynasty seriously, and as for the more powerful Byzantium, Arabia, Turkic, and Tibetan people, they were even more hostile to the Tang Dynasty.
Li Er clenched his fists, Xu Yang said, the end of this year is the Turkic snow disaster, as the understanding of Xu Yang is getting deeper and deeper, he is more and more convinced of the words of the descendants of this ghost valley, if this year's snow disaster can be used well, the Eastern Turks will be caught off guard, and the Western Turks who are left without great ambition will not be worried, and the Turkic sword that has been hanging on the head of the Tang Dynasty can also be cut off with a single sword.
The spring is coming, Xu Yang said that the locust plague has also shown signs, the shadow guards he sent out have traveled all over the hundred counties of Guanzhong, for the locust eggs can be seen in the fields everywhere, fortunately, the prevention is earlier, the number of chickens and ducks in the entire Guanzhong has exceeded 100,000, Xu Yang has spent tens of thousands of dollars for the reward of more than 20 chickens and ducks per household this time, and when the locust plague is true, Li Er feels that he can give him the position of the marquis, and the country must be rewarded.
Li Er came back to his senses, and returned to the state of the first emperor of the ages, his face was full of waves, and he snorted softly, he knew it.
The envoys of Gaochang, Yanqi, Qiuzi, Japan, Uighurs, and Tuyuhun began to praise Li Er, listening to the envoys in the audience chanting the congratulatory table in the stiff Central Plains language, Li Er no longer had the excitement of previous years, his eyes were a little confused, and after many years, I wanted to make this audience no longer stand under the envoys of Yanqi, Qiuzi, Japan, Uighurs, Tuyuhun and other small countries, but to the kings of Byzantium, Arabia, Turkic, and Tibetan to come to worship in person, and I want this Tang Dynasty to become the suzerainty of the world!
Under Li Er's wide sleeve robe, the clenched fists were exactly the same as the clenched fists in front of the Xuanwu Gate back then!
At the end of the envoys' visit, the foreign envoys retreated one after another, and the civil and military officials began to recite the congratulatory table.
I saw a big official in a purple robe, holding a jade card, bowing forward, this is the supervisor of Taichang Temple, responsible for some auspicious things, I saw him bow down and make a big salute, kneeling to Li Erdao: "Your Majesty Xià Hongfu Qitian, God bless the Tang Dynasty, last night Yuan Day, the sky descended auspicious, there is a dark fire from the ground to rise, burst from the sky, such as the heavenly maiden scattered flowers, the folk are said to be auspicious coming, the immortals descend to earth, the fire in the sky hole half of the heavens, lasting half an hour, this is actually auspicious coming, pre-Majesty xià eternal karma, eternal transmission, Please show the world for future generations. ”
Li Er's expression was a little exciting, and he was stunned for a moment before he said: "Last night was not auspicious, but a firework made by the descendants of Guigu, and I ordered the Taichang Temple Supervisor to make an article to clarify this matter, and it was published in the "Datang News" to educate the people, don't use false rumors." ”
The eunuch of Taichang Temple was stunned for a long time before kowtowing to receive the decree, and many officials in the main hall who originally wanted to praise His Majesty in the name of auspiciousness were also stunned. RS