Chapter 1237: Sacrifice to the Prisoner

Li Qinzai's suggestion, Empress Wu seems to be very satisfied.

The next day, the Taiji Palace will send out the will, after the beginning of spring, the queen will go out to Luoyang, on behalf of the Son of Heaven to sacrifice the agricultural altar, Chang'an City in the city of more than four orders to order the lady to accompany.

This will undoubtedly implements Li Qinzai's suggestion.

On the same day, another decree came out from the Taiji Palace, the Son of Heaven was invited by the ministers to be drafted, and the daughters of state and county officials from all over the Tang Dynasty were selected to enter Beijing for selection.

One is the will of the queen to tour Luoyang, and the other is the will of the draft.

The two decrees were promulgated on the same day, and Li Qinzai had to wonder if Li Zhi and Empress Wu had reached a deal in private.

Probably it means that you let me pamper a few more young women, and I let you go to Luoyang to show off all the way.

In this deal, both husband and wife are winners.

Li Zhi don't talk about it, after the draft decree was officially issued, it is estimated that he secretly practiced squats in the palace every day and ate tiger whips.

Empress Wu was also satisfied, and the charity plan proposed by Li Qinzai was just what she wanted.

Although it is a bit faceless to say it, the queen of Wuhou has always revered the late Empress Changsun, and after she became the queen, her behavior was imitated by Empress Changsun.

She also hopes that she can become the second eldest grandson queen and be admired and respected by the subjects of the world.

But the height of Empress Changsun is something she can't reach in her lifetime, first of all, in terms of background, Empress Wu is at a disadvantage.

The eldest grandson queen is virtuous and virtuous, but her background is the Guanlong group, and there are many families in the government and the opposition to support her, and because of her virtue, she has been loved by the courtiers, the poor and the people, it can be said that her background and conduct are impeccable, so she has achieved the reputation of the virtuous queen.

But Empress Wu is different, since the day she was canonized as the queen, she was destined to be the enemy of the family gate, the eldest grandson Wuji was overthrown by the husband and wife, and later advocated the imperial examination system, and her hatred with the family gate valve was completely unresolved.

However, it is a pity that because of the relationship of power, this heavenly husband and wife have their own suspicions, and after being beaten by Li Zhi, she lost her wings and was helpless.

At this time, Li Qinzai's suggestion of the Charity Hall was undoubtedly a wonderful move to reverse the situation for the Empress Wu, who is now in a difficult situation.

Judging from the will of the Taiji Palace, Empress Wu did follow Li Qinzai's suggestion, she must seize this opportunity, if everything goes well, her reputation in the history books in the future will not be worse than that of Empress Changsun.

Yes, what Empress Wu cares about is prestige in life and reputation after death, the same goal as all emperors.

As for acquiescing to Li Zhi's draft concubine, Empress Wu actually didn't care at all.

She and Li Zhi have come to this day, in fact, the relationship between husband and wife is already very weak, and it is more about pulling and calculating each other, as well as an alliance of political interests.

Dog men are always stealing anyway, and even if she doesn't agree, Li Zhi will find a way to pamper any woman who makes him happy.

Since you can't stop the dog man from stealing, it's better to use it as a bargaining chip for what you want, as long as the queen's position is consolidated, no one can shake her no matter how many concubines are added to the harem.

When the reputation of the court and the people reached a certain level, Li Zhi couldn't shake her.

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The holy decree is out of the palace, the draft has been decided, and even if Pei Yan and his ilk oppose it, it will be useless.

The boiling draft turmoil suddenly disappeared, and the court suddenly fell silent.

It was still a daily court meeting, chattering about state affairs, and more eyes of the monarchs and ministers were still focused on the battle of the Eastern Crusade.

Before you know it, a new year has arrived.

Before Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Qinzai ordered his troops to take his wife and children from Ganjingzhuang back to the Guogong Mansion.

Although Li Tao is far away in Goguryeo, the old man in charge is not there, and the Li family is also going to reunite for the New Year.

After this boring New Year, Datang came to Linde for three years.

What is different from history is that Li Zhi, an emperor who likes to change his name frequently, should change his yuan to "Qianfeng" this year according to the original historical trajectory.

However, the original meaning of the name "Qianfeng" was because in this year, Li Zhi should lead the ministers to Mount Tai to seal Zen and take the meaning of sealing Zen, so he changed the yuan to "Qianfeng".

However, because Feng Chan had already been admonished by Li Qinzai, Taishan Feng Chan could not be stopped, and if there was no special event, there was naturally no need to change the year name.

Li Qinzai in the first month was even busier.

Before the Chinese New Year, a group of special people came to Chang'an City, and Quan Nanjian, the head of Goguryeo, and his relatives were escorted to Chang'an.

This group of prisoners of war can be said to have traveled day and night, because Li Zhi made an order that Quan Nanjian and others must be escorted to Chang'an before the first day of the first lunar month.

Why?

Because it can't delay Li Zhixian's pendulum.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the Son of Heaven led the ministers to worship the Taimiao, last year's great victory in the Eastern Expedition, Goguryeo was destroyed, the lord of the country and the royal family were captured, what a glorious joy this is, shouldn't it be taken out when sacrificing to the Taimiao, and show off fiercely in front of the ancestral tablet?

Therefore, on the first day of the first month of this year, Li Zhi not only had to sacrifice to the Taimiao, but also held a prisoner sacrifice ceremony in front of the Taimiao.

After the Ministry of Rites Shangshu passed through the lengthy and obscure official writings, Li Zhi knelt down to worship the ancestors and ancestors, and the final highlight came.

Goguryeo lord Quan Nanjian and his relatives knelt in a row at the foot of the Taimiao steps, kowtowed to the ancestral tablet of the Li family in the Taimiao, and reverently recited how ignorant they were before, Goguryeo caused trouble to the Tang Dynasty, and now the humble ministers have grown up, and they are willing to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty for the rest of their lives, and will never rebel against the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi knelt in front of the Taimiao with a solemn expression, only Li Qinzai clearly saw the smug look in Li Zhi's eyes that could not be concealed, and the angle of his head raised was fifteen degrees more than usual.

If it weren't for the etiquette and law, this product would definitely jump happily in front of the temple.

The ceremony of sacrificing prisoners was grand and grand, Quan Nanjian knew his role very sensibly, and played the role of props very sensibly, the meaning of his existence was to tell the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty that the old enemies of the two dynasties and three generations had been completely defeated.

Of course, the prisoner sacrifice ceremony is not to catch the prisoner in front of the temple and chop it with a knife, that is not called a prisoner, that is called a sacrifice to the sky.

After the ceremony, Quan Nanjian and his relatives were to be treated well by the Tang Emperor, and the captives were treated like prisoners, whether they were imprisoned or exiled, in short, they couldn't die.

They are signboards that prove Li Zhi's greatest achievements in this life, of course they can't die, who will testify to Li Zhi when he dies that he destroyed Goguryeo?

After sacrificing to the Taimiao, the guards of the Taiji Palace suddenly raised their halberds and let out earth-shattering cheers.

The huge movement was not only Taiji Palace, this glory spread quickly to Chang'an City like a plague, and the people outside the palace also let out cheers, the sound shook the sky, and the gods could hear it.

A hundred years of feud, today is peaceful, looking up to the sky and howling, comforting the ancestors.

The magnanimity of the people of the country must be repaid by hatred in their own hands.

If the vengeance is not avenged, the imprint of shame will be in the hearts of generation after generation. Amusing!