Chapter 296: Sacrifice to the Heavens
It's March, and the weather is gradually warming up.
Heating up together, there is also the news about the Xia King of Yandi Zen, which has been spread and built through various channels of the Embroidery and Clothing Division, and has continued to ferment in Yanzhou and even the entire north.
For what King Xia did, in fact, there is no need to deliberately spread, the people of Yan are aware, in addition to Rongzhou, the most supportive of King Xia's enthronement is Fenzhou, when King Xia's soldiers and horses ran long-distance, killed in Fenzhou to defeat the Wei army, revenge for 80,000 people The story has been widely spread in the past two years.
The people remember grudges and gratitude, and whoever is good to them, they will follow you with all their hearts.
The southern expedition to the Central Plains, and the state army and the Yizhou army built warships in Fenzhou, even if there were secret agents of the Qianlong Mansion of Wei State who assassinated everywhere, they could not stop the craftsmen of Fenzhou from enlisting into the army one after another, and only in just two or three months, a large number of ships of various types were produced for the two armies of 40,000 people to cross the river.
Until the news of King Xia's accession to the throne spread, Fenzhou was the first to unite the counties and counties to collect the handprints of the people, and the red silk was sent to Yanzhou for fifteen zhang when it was clothed with stars and moons, and it was hung on the tower of the imperial city by the Ministry of Rites when it arrived in Yanjing, and the 'Xia' flag was side by side.
As the day of King Xia's accession to the throne drew nearer, the atmosphere in the city became tense.
This atmosphere lasted until the three kingdoms of Tiele, Zhanmi, and Guiyan in the Western Regions entered Beijing.
On the fourth day of the third lunar month, the people of Yanjing, who were curious about the people of the Western Regions, looked at the lively gathering post road, stood on both sides of the spacious street and looked out, the wine shops and restaurants were overcrowded, and even the official road in the southern suburbs of the city was full of people.
Yan Jingling tensed his nerves, strengthened patrols on the streets, and sent a large number of officials and arresters to maintain order and avoid chaos.
This afternoon, the envoys of the three kingdoms of the Western Regions entered the city, for these extraterritorial barbarians, the people who were far away in Yandi had never seen them at all, brown hair, high nose and deep eyes, tall and thin, except for the strange clothes and appearance, there was no difference.
However, some people thought that when King Xia conquered the western grasslands, the three kingdoms of the Western Regions also sent soldiers and horses to reinforce the ghosts, and some onlookers inevitably picked up stones and threw them at each other.
The envoys of the Three Kingdoms of the Western Regions couldn't understand the Yan dialect, but they could understand that there was no kindness in throwing stones at them, even though they felt a little uncomfortable, but who told them to send troops to support the ghosts before, and Tuoba Teng's battle, I heard that he almost killed King Xia.
Now that the King of Xia has been offended, even if the envoys of the Three Kingdoms are beaten with stones and spit on, they have to swallow their anger, otherwise the Iron Buddha of the Ten Thousand Cavalry of the Ten Thousand Cavalry of the Gang who surrendered to the King of Xia may lead the grassland cavalry to kill their country next year.
After that, the procession of envoys entering the city was led to the post house, where they stayed for a while, waiting for the Xia king to ascend the throne, and then summoning them.
The envoys of the Western Regions entered Yanjing to meet with him, but there was no such scene in all dynasties, just as the Wei State, Liang State, and Qi State did not have such a scene.
Honglu Temple attaches more importance to this side, after all, it shows that the prestige of King Xia has spread far to the Western Regions, and after harmonious contact, let them bring back the culture of Yan Kingdom, in the words of King Xia, it is also a kind of conquest.
Compared with the excitement of witnessing King Xia's accession to the throne from the outside world, the most difficult thing is Jiang Wan, the queen mother in the palace, the emperor is still young, and he has no heart to play with the eunuchs all day long.
All the pressure almost fell on her mother, and the burden in her heart was actually not heavy, but she still felt guilty about her deceased husband.
Recently, that King Xia came to stay in Taining Palace for two days, and today is the third day, Jiang Wan knows that she is here to calm her heart.
"The concubine knows that the king is kind, but ......"
Looking at the man in the robe, Jiang Wan straightened her stomach to sort out the robe on his back for him, and she didn't continue with her words.
She used to be the empress of Yan Kingdom, and now she is the queen mother of Yan Kingdom, her son is the emperor of Yan Kingdom, and her family has been favored by the emperor for many years, and today, she wants to personally send Yan Guoguo Guozuo to the man in front of her.
Everything in Yan Kingdom will become a thing of the past, and there is naturally an indescribable feeling in my heart.
"This road is inevitable for the Yan Kingdom, just like the heirs of the lonely in the future, the country will be defeated, and in the end, it is not for the country to be sent to others, and the change of dynasty is very common."
Su Chen watched this woman who would not have a reputation in the future put on a crown for him, pulled her in front of him, and looked at each other.
"Don't blame what you just said, after all, you are the queen mother, you have feelings for Yan Guo, and you can understand it, but in the future, don't mention a word of these words, I really want to say it, just read it quietly in my heart. It is also incomprehensible to unify the scattered countries and let the people of the world enjoy long-term governance. β
Looking at Su Chen in front of her, Jiang Wan nodded with tears in her eyes, held her stomach, and bowed slightly.
"What the king said, the concubines don't understand, but they also know that the people of Yan are living much better than in previous years, and the concubines don't ask for anything, I hope the king will take over the country and treat the people well."
"You don't have to teach Lone to do these things, Lone knows too much about this, even if they don't do it, they will always remind Lone in his ear."
After Su Chen said this with a smile, he turned around and walked out of the dormitory, Dian Wei and Xu Chu followed the shield halberders to keep the queue with spears, arched around, and walked towards the imperial city gate.
The Zen platform has been built, on the ninth day of the first month of March, Wang Lang drafted the edict, and only a few Yan clans burned incense to pray for the Beigong family after the first emperor, and finally Zheng He in the fifth watch day, holding the edict into the Xia Wangfu to announce the decree, the Su family stood in the vestibule, watching Su Chen come forward to receive the edict of thanks.
After burning incense and bathing, Fang Xuejun personally put on Su Chen's imperial clothes with a dragon pattern on a black background, and while helping the man put it on, he told Su Chen 'how to prepare', 'not to be nervous', 'have you memorized the manuscript prepared by Wang Yushi' and so on.
After a while, Wu Zixun whispered outside: "King, the time has come, it's time to leave." β
"You're so born in the house." Su Chen smiled and pinched the tip of her nose, put on a white coat and opened the door and walked out, Dian Wei and Xu Chu followed behind and walked out of the backyard together.
Outside, the Su family looked at Su Chen, who had changed into the emperor's clothes, Su Congfang's chest rose and fell excitedly, his hands were trembling, and his old face was red and whispered to the old wife beside him: "I haven't even been the emperor, I am directly the emperor." β
"It's not that your son is amazing!"
"Third brother, this is the last time I will call you like this." Su Yong stepped forward and arched his hand, and said with a smile, "We are waiting for you at home." β
Because Su Lie only had one hand, he didn't salute, but just nodded: "Wait at home for the third brother to come back!" β
"There is a difference between intimacy and intimacy, you are family, how you called it in the past, and how you will call it in the future, it will not change!"
Su Chen threw his hands around his family, and then dressed in a big hat, strode to the outside of the mansion, Wang Jia's team has been waiting for a long time, Li Jing, Lu Bu, Huo Quzhi, Zhao Yun, Li Bai, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Zhang Yi, Lei Tong, Zhang Yu, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Li Xuanba, Ge Shuhan and other generals in the army have worn armor and swords, arching to defend the king of the six horses.
Seeing Su Chen come out and walk into the chariot, they all bowed their hands and shouted: "Please get in the car, I'll escort you." β
Some of them have experienced such a scene, and they don't feel unfamiliar, on the contrary, there is a familiar sense of intimacy, and there are also people like Guo Jia who died halfway, but they have a different feeling in their hearts.
He laughed on horseback.
"I didn't make it to the end back then, and I saw Cao Gong sitting on the King of Wei with my own eyes, and I didn't expect to be here, which made up for this regret."
"Sacrifice wine, but you have to witness it well!"
Su Chen stood on the chariot, entered the carriage, sat on the cushion in the middle, and Dian Wei shouted: "Go to the Imperial City!" β
The riveted wheels rolled up, the carriage drove slowly, and the armor soldier opened the way in front, and the footsteps of the car shook the armor on his body to make a metal collision sound, and weighed heavily on the street.
The people in the city, who had already learned the news, gathered on both sides of the Vermilion Bird Avenue leading to the Xuanyang Gate, watching the honor guard of King Xia coming, and the envoys of the Three Kingdoms of the Western Regions were also in the crowd, until the king drove into the imperial city, they followed the dragon-like team in front of them into the city gate.
A moment had passed.
The huge school field of the imperial city, thousands of soldiers lined up and waited, countless flags stood around the towering Shouzen platform, hunting in the wind, and huge bronze tripods were erected on both sides, and the flames had not risen at this time.
Under the Zen platform, more than 200 people stood in the Chinese martial arts, Cao Lingchi led the soldiers of the imperial city to guard everywhere, and Qin Qiwen was also in the team, he closed his eyes and sat on a chair, which was specially set up for him.
Originally, he didn't want to come, but the people who couldn't stand the embroidery division directly carried him over and put him on this chair.
The eastern sky was white, and a wisp of gold seemed to break through the clouds.
At this moment, a white horse on horseback came galloping, and he raised his face to the sky and shouted: "King Xia has arrived!" β
The banner of the word "Xia" was flying and flying, and at the same time as Wang drove into the school field, there was a hysterical shout of eunuchs on the side below the high platform.
"Please Queen Mother, lead Your Majesty to sacrifice to heaven!"
Jiang Wan led the little emperor over step by step, she glanced at the carriage parked over there, led her son step by step to the high platform, and under the guidance of Taishi Ling, she sacrificed to the sky.
Just when the civil and military officials were looking at the high platform, a different voice came out, and Qin Yan, who was sitting on the chair, moved his eyelids, then opened them and looked back.
Many of the officials heard this movement, raised their heads, looked towards the palace gate, crossed the black oppressive soldier phalanx, and the side gate of the imperial city, and the sound of iron chains came from the side gate.
Falling in everyone's field of vision, a group of figures in prison uniforms staggered towards them, the line was very long, some old and some young, and from time to time there were children's cries, old men wearing anklets sighing, and women dragging men's sleeves and crying.
It was the family members of the six officials on that day, Zu Zhou, Wang Qi, and Kong Lingde, who also came over with their almost white heads high, and then were pressed to their knees by the soldiers.
As Jiang Wan, who was reciting the prayer for heaven on the high platform, let out the last sound, the soldier standing behind the prisoner drew his sword out of its sheath, reflecting the cold, and the executioner raised his arms.
The blades slashed down in unisonβ
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Qin Yanwen, who was sitting on the chair, seemed to have exhausted his last bit of strength, and looked at this picture with wide eyes.
(End of chapter)