Zhuangda Tang Juvenile Lang

Chapter 461
"If the imperial court runs a school and enrolls the world's smart boys, and those who are good at middle school can become officials, what will the world be like?"

Er Li's face was glowing, and he agreed with this statement.

"It's reasonable! It's very reasonable!" Li Jing thought for a while, and he agreed.

"This school is not only used to cultivate talents who are officials, but also can cultivate military talents and technical talents! And to cultivate talents, one cannot lack good teachers. Like you, the chief executive, your body may be old, but your experience is not enough. How can I get old? With a teacher like the chief executive, why don't you worry about the Tang Dynasty? When my father gets old, I also suggest that after he retires, he can become a teacher in the academy. Once he comes, he won't be in a hurry , and on the other hand, it can continuously cultivate talents for my Tang Dynasty, which can be described as the best of both worlds. Of course, this kind of thing is also indispensable for Uncle Li Ji."

Li Jing was stunned for a while, and suddenly burst out into a burst of loud laughter, shaking all directions: "I never thought that my old bones would still be useful, and that I could still make contributions to the Great Tang! Well, the old man is fine. Of course , the premise is that you can convince His Majesty... the old man has nothing else. But I still have a certain degree of confidence in the way of using troops."

He changed from his dullness in the past, and smiled brightly. In just a few cups of tea, he looked much younger.

Qin Feng could faintly understand his state of mind, and immediately stopped talking.

The three of them marched at a leisurely pace while talking. Wearing brightly colored armor, they quickly appeared on the outskirts of Chang'an under the anticipation of everyone.

Qin Feng saw the lineup that came to meet them from a distance!

Led by Li Shimin, the crown prince Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Xiao Yu, Tang Jian, Qin Qiong, Hou Junji and officials from the three provinces and six ministries stood behind him.

It was the first time in Datang that such a large-scale reception was held.

Even when Li Shimin captured the two kings in the first battle and was invincible in Henan, he failed to receive such a grand welcome ceremony.

When they were beyond the specified distance from Li Shimin, Li Jing, Qin Feng, Li Ji and the generals behind them got off their horses one after another, and walked to Li Shimin to greet him.

"The last general, Li Jing..."

"Li Ji..."

"Qin Feng..."

"Lead the generals and soldiers under your command to pay homage to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live long, long live, long live."

In this era, there was no kneeling ceremony or the habit of "long live, long live, long live, long live". It is said that long live, long live, long live began with Wu Zetian.These three titles of long live are also the reason why the legend of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty called Shan Hu long live.In this era, "long live" is a kind of congratulatory language, not a prescribed address to the emperor. Even if you meet Li Shimin and meet a savior, you can say long live to express your gratitude and joy.

Under the leadership of the three generals headed by Li Jing, Qin Feng, and Li Ji, all the soldiers and soldiers behind greeted him with three shouts of long live.

It is not difficult for Li Jing, Qin Feng, Li Ji and others to meet Li Shimin, but it is very difficult for ordinary generals and soldiers to meet the emperor. Under the influence of the feudal era, the status of the emperor is supreme, and it is a great honor to see the emperor. This shout was extraordinarily hard.

"All the heroes of my Tang Dynasty are exempt from courtesy!" Li Shimin's face was full of smiles that could not be concealed, and he responded loudly, looking at the generals and soldiers who had won the highest glory for the Tang Dynasty with emotion, and said loudly: "You all shed your blood for our Great Tang, marched thousands of miles, wiped out the old enemy Turks who threatened our Great Tang, and made immortal achievements for our Great Tang. You are the heroes of our Great Tang. In order to celebrate the achievements you have made Merit, I will have a drink with all heroes... respect all heroes."

Li Shimin said passionately, even if it was a show, he made this show extremely cleverly, which was touching and grateful.

The attendant beside him had already prepared the equipment and handed the wine cup full of wine to Li Shimin.

Immediately afterwards, the tens of thousands of soldiers and generals who came with them were all assigned a glass of wine one by one.

"Come, let's drink this festive wine together!" Under the guidance of Li Shimin, tens of thousands of people drank the fine wine in their cups.

Qin Feng’s taste is also that this is a collection of more than [-] years of aging. When he recalled the kumiss he drank on the grassland, he felt that it was like horse urine. Under the leadership of Li Shimin, everyone threw their wine cups on the ground and fell to pieces. That kind of scene is truly spectacular.

But this is obviously impossible. Most of the wine cups are raised from various places, and they have to be returned after use.

The current Tang Dynasty is just the beginning of the famous "Zhenguan Reign". The dynasty is clanging like poverty, how could it do such extravagant things.

Li Shimin highly commended Li Jing, Qin Feng, and Li Ji, and led them into Chang'an City together.

On the left and right sides of the wide Zhuque Avenue in Chang'an City, people who were officials and watched the excitement gathered. The moment Li Shimin led the triumphant army to appear, the cheers immediately sounded like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.

But this time it felt extraordinarily different...

What Qin Feng experienced before seemed to be more like a show. The people watched the excitement numbly and indifferently, but those who really cheered were those powerful and wealthy families with a nourishing life.

It's different now, and now the surrounding people are also dancing flowers, with hissing shouts, as if to vent their joy: He has been away for two and a half years, it seems that he has changed a lot!
Indeed, as he noticed, Li Shimin, with the help of Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others, began to govern the world in a more than a year since he left Chang'an: In life, the selection of talents can pay attention to the administration of officials to prevent corrupt officials.In terms of policy, agriculture is the foundation, business is supplemented, strict economy is practiced, and the imperial examination system is also improved.After the chaos, when the people's minds were settled, the system adopted by Li Shimin was extremely reasonable, which strengthened the lives of the people, greatly strengthened the stability of the Tang Dynasty, and promoted economic development.

Chang'an, as the capital of the country, bears the brunt of the benefits. The per capita living standard has been greatly improved, and the people of the capital will return to their hearts.

For Datang to achieve such a brilliant victory, they are honored, not just watching the excitement, they regard themselves as citizens of Datang, and are sincerely happy.

The style and appearance of the rule of Zhenguan has been initially reflected in this capital.

Under the farewell of the people in Chang'an, a large team headed by Li Shimin entered the palace from Chengtianmen, and went to Taimiao and Taishe to pay homage to the ancestors of heaven and earth.

The ancients regarded it as a sacred thing to worship the ancestors of heaven and earth, and for some reason there was a saying of kneeling on the ground and parents.

Whenever a victorious expedition is made, the ancestors of heaven and earth must be sued every year and festival.

As a later generation, Qin Feng does not like complicated etiquette, but the ancients valued etiquette not without reason, blindly seeking etiquette.Every etiquette of them has a certain meaning, and they can appreciate the importance the ancients attached to morality.On the other hand, there is less etiquette and less etiquette in later generations. When it comes to the quality of civilization and the quality of self-cultivation, modern people are far from the ancients.

Because the ancestors of Diantiandi attached great importance to it, they also appeared extraordinarily solemn.

Offering incense and offering sacrifices, narrating greetings, every link must be treated with sincerity.

After the ancestor worship, it was past noon.

The next step is also the most critical and important part of the prisoner offering ceremony.

This prisoner offering ceremony has existed since ancient times, and the records left over from the two weeks contain countless prisoner offering rituals.With the development of successive dynasties, it has evolved into a custom. It is only necessary to hold a prisoner offering ceremony when a grand battle is achieved.

It was only four years since the Tang Dynasty established itself. Li Shimin attacked Henan, captured Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and unified the northern part of the Central Plains.Now Li Jing and Qin Feng's achievements in defeating the Turks are only worse than Li Shimin's victory in the past.The prisoner offering ceremony was also extraordinarily grand.

The Turkic chieftains, Zuoxiangcha, Zuoxianxianwang, Shiliushe and all Turkic nobles who were captured in this battle must be tied up with white practice and kneel in front of Taimiao and Taishe.First plead guilty to the ancestors of heaven and earth, and then go to the Shuntian Building of Chengtianmen to accept the prisoners.

Everything was decided according to etiquette, and Li Shimin set up tent seats in the middle of the couplets in front of Shuntian Building in Chengtianmen.The civil and military officials and generals and generals who offered prisoners stood in the left and right classes downstairs, and a prisoner offered position was set up a little south of the front of the building.After all the officials arrived, the courtiers lifted the Banqi card upstairs with a red silk rope bag and reported it to the emperor.The emperor took his seat, and all the officials saluted with three shouts of long live.The courtiers announced "introduce the captives", and the general school took the captives to the captive position.

Sitting on a high place, Li Shimin looked at the Turkic Khan Jieli and hundreds of Turkic nobles behind him.I couldn't help being happy.Since the beginning of the incident, he has been restrained by the Turks and has no choice but to compromise.According to his original idea, it was like the Han Dynasty 800 years ago.After a long period of accumulation and cohesion, after leading the country to become strong, a figure similar to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appeared, using the foundation they laid to wash away the shame they received: he never thought that he would live in his own life.It can be so beautiful.Being able to watch the invincible Turks fall in front of him.Seeing the majestic Turkic Khan knelt down in front of him to plead guilty.

Win or lose!

The loser has no dignity at all. Even the Turkic Khan king like Jieli, who was once powerful in one side, can only kneel down humiliatingly before the crowd, and bow down at the feet of Li Shimin.With Xieli's status, he was unwilling to be insulted like this, but it was really easy to kill him alone, but all his clan members would be implicated by it.As the Khan of the Turks, it was a crime for Jieli to fail to protect his people.It's come to this point.How could he have the face to escape everything by dying.

He could only kneel down on the ground, and he couldn't help but listen to the courtiers reading the battle report of Datang's victory in public.

This reading of the battle report had a name in this period.It's called "Lubu".

The "Lubu" system began in the Later Wei Dynasty and became the Eastern Han Dynasty.In the Eastern Han Dynasty, officials called those documents that were not very important and did not need to be sealed by special means "Lubu".Later Wei used "Lubu" to announce the news of victory. Whenever a victory was won in a battle, the news would be conveyed in the form of Lubu, and the victory report would be written on a piece of silk on a lacquer pole to make it known to the world.This method was widely adopted later, and Lubu gradually became the "Book of Victory" that "spread all over the world, revealing the eyes and ears".

From the time of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, there was a ritual of announcing and revealing cloth.Whenever a big victory is achieved, hundreds of officials and guest envoys from all directions will be gathered outside Guangyang Gate to read Lubu.After the reading is finished, all the officials will dance and salute again.

The victory of the Tang Dynasty has already been announced to the world by the "Lubu" system. However, at present, the battle report is still read to praise the achievements of the bloody battles of the soldiers.

(End of this chapter)