Chapter 118: Congrats to the Wan Dynasty
The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, this day was an important day for the Tang Dynasty.
It is both the traditional Spring Festival and the day when all nations come to celebrate - the New Year's Day celebration.
The New Year's Day ceremony is the most grand and solemn court meeting of the year. All civil and military officials in the dynasty are required to participate as long as they are at the Beijing-9th rank or above. Even officials from the border who are far away from the border must send envoys.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, such a dynasty meeting has been held every year, but this time is undoubtedly the greatest one. The Tang Dynasty began to prepare two months ago. The reason is that the Tang Dynasty has achieved great achievements the year before and its strength has been demonstrated.
Sweep away all the heroes and return to unity, annihilate the Turks, and shock foreign lands.
With this prestige of achievement, the alien races around him could no longer ignore him and naturally sent an envoy to see him.
This is the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has received so many foreign dynasties, which means that they have recognized the strength of the Tang Dynasty and the existence of Tian Khan. The Tang Dynasty naturally has to deal with it with an extraordinary attitude.
Before dawn, Chai Lingwu made Zheng Liwan scream, and then under her service, she wore a white tight warrior uniform, black bright light armor, purple gold crown, leather belt on her waist, long boots on her feet, and a slanted Tang sword, which made him look even more heroic.
Even Zheng Liwan couldn't help but cheer, and showed her praise and love on her face without hesitation. She was such a young general with a peerless appearance.
Xianyun, I have never seen Chai Lingwu dress like this before, and was fascinated by the fact that he had little eyes.
"You bring more guards, and there will definitely be a lot of people at that time." After leaving the mansion, Chai Lingwu turned over and headed straight for the palace.
Soon, Chai Lingwu came to the imperial city and went to meet with Li Shimin.
Originally, he could be included in the civil servants as a member of the civil servants, but his vision was not as good as that of Li Shimin. This was the first time he encountered the congratulations of other countries. How could he be willing to watch it in a certain corner?
So, he ran to the palace early in the morning and asked Li Shimin for the duties of a guard.
Li Shimin was extremely favored by Chai Lingwu and did not refuse his request. Moreover, his martial arts skills were good, so he asked him to act as a guard to accompany him to protect his surroundings.
Outside Chengtian Gate, countries of all sizes, with a team of congratulatory people of up to 10,000 people waiting respectfully, showing the prosperity and strength of the Tang Dynasty and the great position of the Tang Dynasty in the international arena.
Taiji Hall is the main hall of the Central Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty Palace. It is the place where the emperor mainly listens to politics and courts. On the first day and fifteenth day, the emperor visits this hall to meet the ministers and courts. In addition, the emperor ascended the throne, enthroned the queen, crown prince, princess ceremony, and banquets for tribute envoys are often held in this hall.
However, there were too many people in the New Year and Day meetings, and the Tai Chi Hall could not accommodate them at all, so the occasion was chosen outside the Tai Chi Hall, and the square outside the hall was enough to accommodate an army of 100,000 to receive the envoys from all forces.
Li Shimin sat on the 95th floor steps in front of Jiade Gate with great interest, waiting for the arrival of a good time.
That expression was so proud that it was so proud that it was almost tilted to the sky.
Chai Lingwu stood beside Li Shimin, wearing gorgeous armor, looking handsome and extraordinary.
When the good time was good, the drums and drums were hanged and the chariot moved slowly. Li Shimin wore a robe and passed by Chengtian Gate under the gorgeous guard of ceremonies, and held a foreign court here to receive worship from envoys from various countries of civil and military officials.
First, the crown prince Li Chengqian celebrated his birthday. Among the crowd, Li Chengqian congratulated Li Shimin and Tang Dynasty in a charming manner.
After him, the Secretary of the Central Committee ordered the submissions of various states, the Minister of the Huangmen reported the auspiciousness, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue reported the contributions of various states, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites reported the contributions of various states, the Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretary of the Yunwu reported the contributions, and the Minister of the Supreme Court reported the rituals.
Nearly a thousand people shouted long live, and after the complicated and cumbersome procedures, the Grand Court came to an end.
Next is the worship of the envoys from all the foreign countries.
According to their contributions to the Tang Dynasty, envoys from various countries arranged neatly from the palace city to the front of Chengtian Gate.
Chai Lingwu looked away, and there were densely packed with all kinds of strangely dressed figures, as many as a thousand people.
They are all important officials of various countries and well-known figures. If they include the guards they accompany them, there will be no less than tens of thousands of people.
They came step by step and stopped together when they walked down the steps. Then, with the Tang Dynasty's worship, they all bowed down and shouted in unison: "Greetings to His Majesty Tian Khan!"
They were in different countries and had their own languages and etiquettes, but at this moment, they were talking about the Han people, doing the Han people's etiquettes, and even worshipping the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Their tone is different, but their pronunciation is clear, which shows how hard they put in. No matter how sincere they are in their hearts, but what country can compare with such glory in the world?
"Everyone is calm!" Last year, because Li Jing and others were still pursuing Jie Li Khan in the north, the dynasty would be a little hasty, so this year, this year was the first time that Li Shimin had been greeted by so many envoys at the same time. His face was red and his wrist was raised, he was exempted from worshiping envoys from various countries, showing the majesty of his Khan this day.
After collective worship, we will receive envoys from various countries in turn.
The first country to receive the honor of honor was Xueyantuo.
Xueyantuo was one of the Chile tribes. They were a tribal consortium, composed of Xue and Yantuo, who lived as a nomadic person. They were originally a Turk, but because of Li Shimin's differentiation and alienation, they helped the Tang Dynasty destroy the Turks, and then they depended on the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin conferred the leader of Xueyantuo Yi Nan as Zhenzhu Viga Khan.
After the Turks were annihilated, Xue Yantuo occupied the vast territory of the Turks and became the spokesperson of the Tang Dynasty on the grassland.
Now that the grassland is about to begin, there is a lot of place for the tribe that is dissatisfied with Xue Yantuo. In the past year, Xue Yantuo has almost spent the rebellion. Now Xue Yantuo needs the support of the Tang Dynasty in terms of food, weapons and righteousness.
Therefore, this time, the Yinan tributed 130,000 war horses and 80,000 oxen. As for the sheep, camels, marten, etc., there were no less than hundreds of thousands to express his admiration for the Tang Dynasty.
Xue Yantuo was the most loyal ally of the Tang Dynasty in the north, and his strength was extremely strong. Xue Yantuo, led by Yi Nan, was the first to be received, which shows the importance the Tang Dynasty attached to them.
Yi Nan was a nine-foot tall man, and he walked up with more than a hundred people among the thousands of envoys with his head held high.
"The foreign minister Yi Nan led his two sons to be generous, and suddenly lost the risk and a group of ministers. I hope that the Tang Dynasty will be prosperous forever forever!" Yi Nan bowed to Li Shimin, and everyone behind him also bowed to him one by one.
The Yi Nan's Zhenzhu Via Khan was personally entitled by Li Shimin, so he has always performed the courtesy of his ministers to express his respect for the Tang Dynasty.
"Your dear travels thousands of miles to come in person. I am very lucky. Please calm down!" Li Shimin's words and deeds showed the style of a king of the king.
After a brief conversation, Yi Nan led his son, and the minister left from the side under Changsun Wuji's leadership and went to Chengtian Gate to wait.
This was the responsibility of the prince, but because the prince Li Chengqian had not recovered, Changsun Wuji could only be received by Changsun Wuji. It is said that Li Shimin intended to let Li Tai replace the prince, but was unanimously opposed by Changsun Wuji and other ministers, and then he gave up.
Next are Tuyuhun, Gaochang, and the Western Regions countries. Although these countries are small, they are all located on the Silk Road. Their existence makes the bandits in the Western Regions dare not cause trouble for the Silk Road, which also has a great effect on the Tang Dynasty, so they are welcomed one by one!
The remaining Xiangxiong, Yanqi, Western Turks, Silla, Baekje, Goguryeo, Tubo and even the Japanese Yamato Kingdom presented gifts one by one, expressing their willingness to communicate with the Tang Dynasty and make friends forever!
It took more than two hours to meet like this. There were fifty or sixty tribes of all sizes, and even the Great Shishi, who were far away, sent envoys to congratulate him. As for the names of some countries, Chai Lingwu had never heard of them.
Facing the civilization and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, Chai Lingwu looked at the respectful expressions of each country and nation, and felt even more at ease in his heart. He thought to himself: This is just the beginning, and the glory of the Tang Dynasty is more than these!
After meeting all the countries, Li Shimin said to the civil and military officials beside him: "Fifty-six, I have calculated clearly. Fifty-six countries have fallen to me. This matter has never happened in thousands of years. But I am not satisfied. Ten years later, I will let more than one hundred countries bow to me at the same time and at the same place. Twenty years later, the number in my heart is 200... Are you willing to follow me to fulfill this ambition? Let my Tang Dynasty be worshipped by all countries in the world!"
Li Shimin's ambition infected everyone, and all the ministers who accompanied him bent down and bowed and shouted: "Long live!"
His face was flushed with excitement, and Chai Lingwu was the same.
"Let the Tang Dynasty be worshipped by all countries in the world!"
This is Li Shimin's goal, but it is not his Chai Lingwu's goal!
Li Shimin said boldly: "Okay, everyone quickly put on the armor of the past! Go to the Zhuque Gate Tower to watch the military parade in history! Today, let our monarchs and ministers wear armor again so that the envoys from other countries can see the might of our Tang Dynasty!"
"Here!"
The ministers agreed with a loud voice.
The Tang Dynasty was a martial artist, and the status of literati was slightly inferior to that of military generals. There were many people who joined the army. Therefore, Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Yu Wenshi and before becoming prime minister, they all followed Li Shimin to visit the battlefield and were gilded. As for Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and other old ministers of the Qin Palace, they almost wade hundreds of times in blood!
Chapter completed!