Chapter 658, The Founding Ceremony
At this time, the whole Bianliang City is full of lights, more lively than the New Year, full of Yanyun's national flag, the flag flutters in the wind, as far as the eye can see, it seems to be a cloud surge. Yanyun's national flag has been determined, and it is determined by Yang Peng, that is, the black flag is embroidered with two block letters: Daming. Hehe, Yang Peng also saves trouble, but this is also reasonable, after all, the name of Mingjiao is Daming, and Chinese characters are the most representative symbol of Han culture, so 'Daming' as the national flag is very suitable.
Time passed quickly and slowly, and finally it was the day of the founding ceremony.
Early in the morning, thousands of people in Bianliang City were empty, and countless people crowded on both sides of Suzaku Street, waiting to watch the military parade. Many people come early in the morning before dawn in order to occupy a good viewing position; Everyone is looking forward to the upcoming military parade.
When the rising sun rose from the east, ten thousand golden lights illuminated Bianliang City, and countless Yanyun's national flags were waved in the wind, as if to tell the world that a powerful empire had descended on the world!
The people saw from a distance that Emperor Yang Peng, dressed in military uniform, coerced all the ministers, Huang Fei and other foreign envoys to climb the city gate tower at the end of Suzaku Street. At this moment, although there was a sea of people, it was quiet, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the figure on the city gate, and they couldn't help but inexplicably feel a sense of excitement and pride in their hearts!
Yang Peng stood on the city gate tower, looking at the magnificent city and countless people in front of him, and couldn't help but feel excited. Huang Guang whispered behind him: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has arrived!" ”
Yang Peng nodded, took a deep breath, and raised his voice: "Subjects, today is a very important moment, I am very happy to witness it with you!" The scene was silent, only Yang Peng's voice rolled over the city, hitting everyone's hearts.
"Our Ming Dynasty rose in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and after bloody battles and countless sacrifices, we can turn defeat into victory in a desperate situation and stand up in the ruins! We rely on thousands of people, on warriors who sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths! Today is not only the grand ceremony of the founding of the country, but also a time for us to remember the warriors! Without the sacrifice of the warriors, there would be no prosperity today! Today, Daming has come to this world as an independent country, let us cheer to our heart's content! ”
Everyone couldn't help but be excited, and shouted at the top of their voices: "Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! ......" is like thunder, like a tide. The foreign envoys, seeing that the people supported Yang Peng so much, couldn't help but change color slightly.
Yang Peng raised his right hand, and the scene immediately fell silent, Yang Peng raised his voice and shouted: "The people are the foundation of the empire, and the army is the glory of the empire!" At this important moment today, let us witness our glory together! As soon as the words fell, countless war drums rumbled loudly, shaking the mountains and rivers, and shaking the heavens and the earth.
At this moment, a phalanx came in the distance, and the flags were like a tide! Everyone couldn't help but look over, tiptoeing, and stretching their necks. One of the people exclaimed, "Huh? Why are they all broken military flags? A person next to him excitedly shouted: "That's the military flag in every war!" When the people heard this, they couldn't help but be in awe, and when they saw the broken and blood-stained battle flag, it was as if they had seen so many well-known and unknown warriors who had died in countless battles! Some people burst into tears, some people were excited! I don't know who shouted: "Long live the Ming warriors!" The people couldn't help but shout after him: "Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! ......" This cry is the admiration of looking up at the majestic peak, and it is also the memory of relatives!
The army spoke out loud the teachings of Mingjiao. Burn my body, blaze with holy fire. What is the joy of life, and why is it so painful to die? For the good to eliminate the evil, but the light is the same. Joy and sorrow are dust. Have mercy on me, there are many sorrows! Have mercy on me, there are many sorrows!
After the flag phalanx, the phalanx of various armies, the first legion, the second legion, and the third army ......, and the army was neat and imposing! The atmosphere at the scene is getting more and more enthusiastic! And the faces of the envoys of various countries are getting more and more ugly!
Suddenly, a huge cheer and shout suddenly came from the front like a tidal wave, and it turned out to be the formation-breaking iron cavalry of the directly subordinate legion! The war horses are long, as if coming from the smoke and dust of war! The expression is cold, reflecting the momentum of pushing the mountains and stepping on the sea! Iron armor, overwhelming, this is a fearless warrior, this is an invincible military array! More than 2,000 Yan King Iron Cavalry formed three huge phalanxes, like mountains moving forward, and the earth was trembling! The atmosphere of the scene rose to a fixed point, and the cheers echoed in the air, at this time, no words could express their excitement, only shouting.
In the crowd, a child was held in his mother's arms, stretched out his little finger to someone in the steel army, and kept shouting, "Daddy! Father! ...... "The little one is still young, but he is extremely proud of his father, and his little face has turned red with excitement!
On the tower of the city gate, the envoys of various countries looked at the rolling torrent of steel, their faces turned snow-white, and a few of them were even more trembling. A thought lingered in the heart of every messenger: the Ming army is invincible! The Ming army is invincible! Some people even feel that this country has broken free from the shackles that have bound them all this time, and has become an incomparably terrifying beast! Distant memories can't help but come to my heart, and the terrible will of Qiang Qin that swept the world back then seems to have awakened!
The parade was over, and everyone was still immersed in that atmosphere.
At this time, Yang Peng raised his voice on the city gate tower: "I, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, announce on this important day that I will officially depose Confucianism from today and govern the country with the way of Legalism and soldiers!" Everyone couldn't help but shout, "Hooray, hooray!" "The people have all gained tangible benefits under Yan Yun's governance, and naturally subconsciously think that Yan Wang's decision must be correct, and then wholeheartedly support it.
The foreign envoys originally had a kind of hope in their hearts, but at this time, when Yang Peng officially announced the deposition of Confucianism and the use of military legalism, that little hope was completely shattered! Now no force can stop the rebirth of this nation! It has shed the ridiculous rules that wrap itself around, and it will appear to the world in a completely different light! This is the dragon, the real dragon! If it is a dragon, it should be cloudy and rainy, if it is a dragon, it should fight in the wilderness, and if it is a dragon, it should be across the four seas! Benevolence, righteousness, and culture, that is the poison that turns dragons into worms! Wen Weak does not belong to the dragon, the steel knife and claw are the true face of the dragon!
The founding ceremony was a great success, and the people never felt more part of the country than they did at this moment. However, there are also people who are unhappy, and the foreign envoys naturally don't need to say that those Confucian scholars who have completely lost hope of promotion hate Yang Peng and Da Ming to the core! Of course, this hatred, they only dare to hide it in their hearts, after seeing the prestige of Yanyun at the founding ceremony, where do they dare to show a little dissatisfaction!
Although the founding ceremony is over, the people of Bianliang City are still immersed in that excited atmosphere and can't extricate themselves. The streets and alleys, taverns and tea shops, almost all the topics are about the founding ceremony and the Yanyun army!
"Hehe, if it weren't for my old bones, the army wouldn't be able to look down on them, and I would have gone as a soldier!" A middle-aged man said with a smile in the tavern. A young man next to him smiled and said, "Uncle, I heard that Xiaohui made a marriage with the Wen family on the street back then, so what about this now?" "The young man's Xiaohui is the daughter of a middle-aged man, less than twenty, although she is not a national beauty, but she is also a beautiful woman; The Wen family is a scholarly family in the city, which has been inherited in Bianliang City for nearly a hundred years, and can be regarded as a well-known Confucian family. These two families are world friends, the Wen family saw her when Xiaohui was a teenager, and saw that she was Chu Chu and had a docile temperament, so they proposed to Xiaohui's family, the Confucian family at that time had a high status in society, there was land and a house, Xiaohui's family saw each other come to propose, naturally ecstatic, and agreed without hesitation.
Before the founding ceremony, although the status of Confucianism has been weakened a lot, the fixed thinking formed for a long time still makes the people look down on Confucianism. Since Chen Xiao officially announced the deposition of Confucianism at the founding ceremony, the social status of Confucianism has really plummeted, and he has fallen from heaven to hell, and there will be no return. Now even the peddlers and pawns in society look down on Confucianism, because even those who are born lowly have a chance to be promoted, but Confucianism has no chance.
The middle-aged man glared at the young man and said angrily, "What qualifications do they have to marry our Xiaohui now?" Although our Xiaohui is not a national beauty, she is also a famous beauty in Bianliang City, and the only one who can match her is Yanyun's general! ”
A butcher-looking man quipped, "Pull you down!" The general marries a wife and depends on the birth, Xiaohui's girl is too good to say, but you are not angry, in your family, with the general, I'm afraid you can't afford it! The drinkers burst out laughing.
The middle-aged man was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, waving his fists and shouting: "Don't look down on people, I want to find a general's son-in-law for you to see!" Everyone laughed, but they didn't take his words seriously.
The middle-aged man returned home in a huff. Suddenly, I found that the neighbors were pointing at the door of my house, and the door of my house was wide open. Just when he was wondering, he suddenly heard the scream of his daughter Xiaohui, which was a terrified scream. The middle-aged man was startled, and rushed in without thinking about it. An old aunt gathered at the door said angrily and fearfully: "It's all Yanyun's world now, how can this kind of thing happen?!" ”
At this moment, Yang Gui and Yang Qi happened to pass by here on horseback, and when they saw that people were gathering, they couldn't help but restrain their horses.
Someone saw the two of them, and saw them riding tall horses, wearing armor and cloaks, the men were heroic and majestic, and the women were heroic. The people of the Wen family have come to rob people! ”
When the Yang family's aunts and nephews heard this, they were all furious, and they didn't bother to ask, so they rushed in. As soon as I entered the hall, I saw that the hall was crowded, and a handsome young man in a Confucian shirt was dragging a young woman, scolding incessantly, and the woman was crying, and not far away, a middle-aged man lay on the ground, stretched out his hand to the woman and shouted: "Hui'er Hui'er!" "His face was covered in blood, and a few guys who looked like family members were standing next to him punching and kicking.
When Yang Gui saw this scene, he was furious. When the two housekeepers at the door saw someone coming, they immediately stopped at the door, raised their chins and shouted, "Who is it? Get out! Break your dog's legs or break your dog's legs! ”
Yang Qi smashed the door of a family member with a fist, and with a bang, the family fell to the ground with a scream. At the same time, Yang Gui kicked another family member away. The aunt and nephew rushed into the hall, punched and kicked, and knocked the family members to the ground. When Wen Gongzi saw that someone was coming to intervene, he was very angry and shouted, "Call me!" Call me! All the families rushed up, and the shouts rang out. The brother and sister shook their fists and kicks, their fists and feet hit the flesh, and the sound of crackling was endless, and all the family members were knocked to the ground one after another, and the shouting turned into a miserable scream. In an instant, more than a dozen family members were all knocked to the ground and lay in a living room.
Wen Gongzi saw that his subordinates were all defeated in the blink of an eye, and he was so shocked that he was stunned on the spot. Suddenly, I felt a figure in front of me flickering, and before I understood what was going on, I only felt a sharp pain on the bridge of my nose, and then the whole person seemed to be in the clouds! flew out of several meters, slammed into the wall, and fell to the ground, the whole person seemed to fall apart, like a pile of rotten meat, heaped there, humming and chirping.
At this time, Xiaohui finally came back to her senses, and saw a heroic and majestic young man standing in front of her, and she couldn't help but be stupid. Suddenly thinking of his father, his face changed, and he hurriedly ran to his father's side and helped his father up, "Dad, Dad, are you okay?" The voice whimpered.
Yang Gui Yang Qi knocked over Wen Gongzi and more than a dozen of his subordinates, and Yang Qi scolded angrily: "You bastards, you are too lawless!" Don't you know that the Ming Dynasty has national law! ”
Wen Gongzi covered his bleeding nose, glared at Yang Gui and Yang Qi with a look of resentment, and shouted: "If you offend me, you will not end well!" ”
Yang Gui and Yang Qi glanced at each other, and couldn't help but feel the same feeling in their hearts: This person is a fool, he can't figure out the current situation.
Yang Guidao: "According to the law of the country, trespassing on a private house is a felony, and robbing a people's daughter is also a felony, and the two crimes will be punished together, I don't think you can save your life!" ”
Wen Gongzi was furious and shouted: "What are you two thieves and men, you are not qualified to condemn this son!" This son is the eldest son of the Wen family, and no one can condemn this son! ”
Yang Qi said to Yang Gui: "Nephew, this person is an idiot, right?" Yang Gui nodded, turned his head and shouted outside, "Someone!" The soldiers who were guarding the outside immediately rushed in and surrounded the people in the hall. When Wen Gongzi and the others suddenly saw dozens of fierce and fierce sergeants with helmets and armor suddenly entering, they couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts. Xiaohui and her father also showed surprise.
Wen Gongzi asked the brothers and sisters of the Yue family tremblingly: "You, who are you?" ”
Yang Qi said: "My name is Yang Qi, and this is my nephew Yang Gui." ”
Everyone was shocked, but Xiaohui and her father were extremely surprised. Naturally, they have all heard of the names of Yang Gui and Yang Bajie, and the deeds of the generals of Yanyun, including the two of them, have already been compiled into commentaries and interpreted among the people, and now those who have not heard their names may no longer exist. Wen Gongzi's eyes changed several times, and he suddenly shouted: "I am a famous talent, you can't do this to me!" ”
Yang Qi smiled mockingly, and Yang Gui said: "The fame of the previous dynasty will not be recognized by this dynasty!" And according to the law of the country, a person with a meritorious name will be added to the crime of violating the law of the country! Glancing at the family, "You have committed a felony by trespassing on people's houses and robbing people's daughters, and I will arrest you now in accordance with the laws of the country!" Then he waved his hand, "Take it!" All the relatives and soldiers agreed in unison, rushed up, and took Wen Gongzi and the family members. Wen Gongzi looked at Yang Gui and shouted in a restrained manner: "You, you can't do this to me!" I am the eldest son of the Wen family! ”
Yang Gui frowned, didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, waved his hand, and ordered: "Take it to the Governor's Mansion and hand it over to the Governor's Mansion!" The relatives and soldiers agreed and staked Wen Gongzi and his subordinates down.
Xiaohui helped her father forward and bowed to Yang Gui and Yang Qi. Yang Gui helped the two of them up and said, "It doesn't have to be like this! Xiaohui looked at Yang Gui, her eyes were full of brilliance, and Xiaohui's father said gratefully: "Thank you two generals for saving me!" Yang Gui said: "The old man doesn't have to thank you, this is what we should do!" Then he said: "This case still needs two people to go to the Governor's Mansion to testify, please follow me to the Governor's Palace." Xiaohui's father nodded hurriedly and said, "It's all up to the general's arrangement!" Yang Gui walked out of the hall, and Xiaohui and his father followed. At this time, the people were still gathered around the door.
Yang Gui raised his voice and said: "Fathers and fellow villagers, this case needs you to go to the government to testify, please come with me to the governor's palace." The people looked at each other and nodded in agreement. So Yang Gui and Yang Qi led Xiaohui and her father and all the neighbors towards the Governor's Palace.
When he arrived at the Governor's Palace, Li Mubai had already been promoted to ask about the case, and Wen Gongzi and his subordinates were all standing on the right, shrugging their heads, looking dejected. Under the Ming Dynasty, the rule of kneeling in the hall of the people involved has been abolished.
Yang Gui, Yang Qi led everyone to the hall, Yang Gui hugged his fists and said, "My lord, these are victims and witnesses. Li Mubai nodded, pointed to the left and said, "The victim and the witness are standing on the left, waiting for the government to interrogate." The crowd stood to the left at a glance.
The whole trial process went very quickly and smoothly, and soon Li Mubai convicted Wen Gongzi of breaking into a private house and forcibly robbing a woman, and was sentenced to life imprisonment for both crimes. When Wen Gongzi heard this punishment, he was so frightened that his whole body was paralyzed to the ground, his mind was buzzing, he didn't understand, how could this little thing be punished so heavily?! When all the family members heard the punishment of Wen Gongzi, they were all frightened and kowtowed and begged for mercy. Li Mubai's expression was cold, and he raised his voice: "You and others followed the Wen family to break into people's houses and rob people's daughters, and the crime is serious, but for the sake of you being only accomplices, you will be dealt with lightly as appropriate, and you will be sentenced to 20 years of hard labor!" There were a few plops, and it turned out that a few family members had fainted.
Li Mubai waved his hand and shouted: "Put the prisoner in prison and wait for the Ministry of Supervision to review it!" All the officials agreed in unison, and they came forward to set up the crowd and dragged them away.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.