Chapter 136: I undress the general
Chapter 136 I and the general undress
Outside Mingde Gate, Chang'an people were crowded.
At this critical juncture when the Turks invaded the city of Chang’an, General Qin Shubao led his army back to King Qin from Lianggan, Hexi, and successfully wiped out 2,000 Turkic cavalry in the first battle. This undoubtedly greatly inspired the heart of Chang’an.
Emperor Li Shimin came to Mingde Gate in person. On the tower of the Zhengnan Gate of Chang'an in the tall Wumen Cave, the emperor was wearing a golden armor and a jade sword, and personally welcomed Qin Qiong into the city.
Beside the emperor, the six prime ministers from the three provinces were all accompanied by purple robes and red belts, and a large group of purple-robed ministers and generals who were above the third rank crowded on both sides.
Twenty miles away from Chang'an City, the Minister of the Ministry of War personally brought eight hundred and three guards to greet him, wearing wild horse embroidered clothes, holding Fangtian painted halberd, and pumpkin hammer.
These children of honor and nobles are all dressed up as spirited boys today, and their equipment is more shiny than the other. The horses they ride are either Dawan BMW from the Western Regions, Qinghai Dragon Colt, or Turkic BMW, with bright pheasant tails on their helmets.
The young Duke of Yi, Qin Lang, rode on the head of a leopard and followed behind his father's horse, and was surrounded by these people to protect him. He was really flattered.
Seeing that the five tall door openings of Mingde Gate were just ahead, and even when there was a banner of the Son of Heaven on the city, the servants all stopped their mounts.
Baiqi Xiaowei and Qianniu Beishen Cheng Chumo rode a fiery red horse and galloped here today.
"Your Majesty has a decree. General Xuan Zhenjun, General Zuowei, Yongzhou Mu, Liangzhou Governor, Shangzhu Kingdom, and Qi Guogong have an audience!"
Qin Lang was really worried that Cheng Dasha didn't bring up this long list of titles. Fortunately, this guy usually eats a lot, has a really loud voice, and has a lot of lung capacity. Outside the door, the tens of thousands of Chang'an people who were onlookers heard it.
Qin Lang accompanied his father through the three guards and continued to ride forward for another hundred steps. At this time Qin Lang could already clearly see the five door openings with a width of 1 Zhang 7 and a depth of 6 Zhang 2.
All the gates in Chang’an have three openings. Only the Mingde Gate of the outer city on the central axis, the Suzaku Gate of the Imperial City and the Danfeng Gate of the Gongcheng Gate have five openings. This is the highest-level city gate and the Gate of the Son of Heaven. The next time the emperor came in and out of Chang'an, he only walked through Tianjie Street and Yumen.
Eight-year-old Li Chengqian rode a Turkic pony, accompanied by several princes Qianniu, and slowly came to Qin Lang and his son.
The emperor has just ascended the throne, and has not yet canonized the eldest grandson as the queen, nor has he conferred the crown prince on Chengqian, but everyone knows that Chengqian's crown prince status is unshakable, he is both the eldest son and the eldest son.
The eight-year-old Li Chengqian is very cute, and there is even a bit of an emperor's heroic spirit between his brows. Today, he actually changed into a military robe, Wubian, with a sable cicada on the Wubian, and a small Chengqian waist. Hanging a specially made jade dagger.
This outfit made him look like a general.
However, in front of the iron-clad Qin Qiong and his son, the prince looked too beautiful again.
"Minister Qin Qiong pays homage to His Royal Highness King Zhongshan."
"Minister Qin Lang pays homage to Your Highness."
Chengqian looked at Qin Qiong who was on the horse and seemed a little afraid, but when he saw Qin Lang, he smiled again, "Qi Guogong, father asked me to welcome the general into the city!"
Qin Qiong saluted the prince on the horse, and saluted the emperor on the tower from a distance.
"Your Majesty specially bestowed a pair of white jade belts on the thirteenth Khotan of the Great General, which is worn by the General alone!" Chengqian took out a pair of belts from the guard next to him. The purple pig dragon skin was used as the bottom, and thirteen pieces were inlaid on the outside. It is used for belt buckles made of Tianyu, with seven squares and six circles.
Qin Qiong hurriedly dismounted to worship.
The Tang and Sui systems adopted the etiquette system of the Han and Wei dynasties, and the crown and clothing must strictly pay attention to class dignity. For example, in the Sui Dynasty, yellow was originally the military uniform of the government soldiers, but after Li Yuan ascended the throne, it was stipulated that yellow was the color of the emperor, especially bright yellow, which could only be worn by the emperor, and the officials were also divided into purple, green, green and other colors according to their grades. Use soap.
Even the various styles of hats and crowns strictly stipulate the grade of the wearer, and they cannot be worn indiscriminately. Even a belt is strictly regulated.
Not only the background color and material of the belt must be graded, but also the material and quantity of the belt plate and buckle on it must be graded.
Jade belts are allowed only by emperors and princes of the third grade or above, and other people who have money are not allowed. The other thirteen rings are dedicated to the emperor. Generally, princes and princes can use jade or thirteen rings, but they can only be equipped with nine rings at most, and only the emperor can be equipped with thirteen rings.
Now Li Shimin bestows on Qin Lang a jade belt with thirteen rings and thirteen rings in Khotan, which is similar to the jade belt given to python robes in the later Ming Dynasty.
What's more, now Chengqian is still tying it for him in front of all the officials and the people of Chang'an.
Qin Qiong's excited yellow face turned red.
On the other hand, Qin Lang felt that Li Shimin's ability to buy people was getting better and better. It would be nothing if you gave some gold and silver and some ranks, but now you are giving this big belt in front of countless officials and people, that sense of honor But it has been strengthened unprecedentedly.
Wearing a jade belt with thirteen rings, Qin Qiong wanted to walk to the gate of the city to thank Jun En, but Cheng Qian said that the emperor asked Qin Qiong to ride directly to the middle of Zhuque Street, the Yudao of Tianjie Street, and rode directly along Zhuque Street to the front of Zhuque Gate. Then turn over to the Golden Palace of the East Palace.
"Your Majesty will be waiting in the hall."
Riding a horse in the Golden Palace, this kind of treatment was also given to Li Yuan by Wang Junkuo. Even after Li Shimin and Li Shiji put down Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, Li Yuan just gave them two golden armors to ride into Chang'an in a golden chariot.
"It is absolutely impossible."
Qin Qiong quickly declined, but Chengqian said it was the emperor's will.
Over there, the emperor waved to Qin Qiong from a distance, then went down the tower and returned to the East Palace. He asked Qin Qiong to ride a horse and tour the Tianjie Street to show off his martial arts to the people of Chang'an.
"Duke Qi, Your Majesty asked Gu and Saburo to accompany Duke Qi on a parade."
After Chengqian conveyed the emperor's will, Qin Qiong had no choice but to agree in panic. When Qin Qiong rode on the horse, there was a sound of drumming on Mingde's gate.
The voice is passionate.
Countless people in Chang'an witnessed Qin Qiong's glorious moment, seeing how this great general is so powerful, and how he is showing off his martial arts in Chang'an.
"Another top giant is born!"
Countless people sighed in their hearts. The Qin family in Licheng, Qizhou, has always been regarded as a local tycoon since the Han Dynasty.
Qin Qiong, Qin Lang and his son have been so favored for decades, are they afraid that the Qin family will not be able to stabilize their position?
"In the past, when Qin Huailiang rejected the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang, countless people scolded Qin Huailiang for being a foolish villager, saying that he had no brains for giving birth to a concubine. His status is in the Qin family, but they belong to the same family, so they are extremely favored."
"No, the key is that Qin Qiong married the daughter of the Cui family of Boling himself. Now that Qin Lang has another royal princess as his son-in-law, the Qin family has been rich and stable for a hundred years. Can't they produce a powerful descendant in a hundred years?"
At this moment, Qin Lang, as the representative of the powerful landlords in Shandong, as the representative of the upstart military elite since the end of the Sui Dynasty, has officially become the leader of this powerful emerging force.
With the intentional support of the new emperor, Qin Qiong became another representative of the top power in Chang'an.
In addition to the Guanlong aristocratic group and the Shandong gentry clan, the Shandong Haoqiang faction finally stood up completely in the court and gained a place in the court. It was no longer the plight of being suppressed during the Wude period.
Some people are happy and some are worried.
Looking at the father and son of the Qin family who were parading around the streets on horseback, how many people felt uneasy.
Ten miles of Suzaku Sky Street, Qin Qiong and his son rode for an hour. Wherever they passed, there were cheers and cheers from the people of Chang'an. Today, Qin Lang felt that his father and son had become the most beautiful boys on this street, and they had become Chang'an. super idol.
Especially for the middle and lower class Chang'an people, although they envy the Guanlong aristocratic group and the superior status of the Shandong gentry, but they are too superior, and they know that they will never be a part of them.
But Qin Qiong's father and son are different, Qin Qiong is only from a powerful local family, and Qin Lang is just a maidservant and concubine son, but they made the whole Chang'an City look at them today. If you work hard, you may become the next Qin Qiong Qin Lang.
Even if I can’t do it myself, I still feel a natural intimacy and feel that they are my own.
Led by Cheng Qian, Qin Qiong and his father finally rode all the way into the East Palace and into the Hall of Xiande.
You can't ride without riding, this is the emperor's special order.
Qin Lang had just dismounted from the horse, and Qin Lang was about to dismount, when the leopard head raised its tail and directly soaked fresh and hot horse excrement on top of Li Shimin's golden palace.
This is embarrassing.
Li Shimin's face twitched a few times, but Qin Lang couldn't be blamed for this thing, so he finally had to call the palace supervisor, so the new palace supervisor Dou Lukuan hurriedly asked someone to shovel away the horse **** and wipe the floor clean.
Li Shimin stepped forward and hugged his old buddy Qin Qiong, and officially let him, the new Yongzhou pastor, take over the defense command task of Chang'an Gyeonggi.
Qin Qiong held the helmet in his hand to show his loyalty, "The minister will temporarily take over this important task and do his best until the Turks are defeated, and then return this post!"
Li Shimin took off Qin Qiong's robe and armor with his own hands, and then took him to sit in front of the Xianglu under the imperial case, which used to be the position of the prime minister.
At this moment in the Golden Palace, apart from the six three high-ranking officials, Du Ruhui, Secretary of the Ministry of War, Sun Wuji, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Dai Zhou, Minister of the Dali Temple, Wang Gui, Wei Ting, Secretary and Supervisor Wei Zheng, were also arrested today. Li Shimin called.
"A court meeting will be held here today." Li Shimin just finished speaking. "In addition to the six prime ministers from the three provinces, I now specially confer the title of political counselor on seven people including Wuji and Shubao. They can participate in government affairs, and they will be promoted to the political affairs hall to discuss political affairs with the prime minister, and they will take turns to know the seal with the prime minister."
As soon as these words came out, even Changsun Wuji was surprised.
Participating in court meetings is nothing, after all, precedents have been set before, and participating in political affairs is just a more convenient title, but adding the words "Jingzhengshitang" and "Zhiyin" already means that it has been given to someone who is not a prime minister. The power of the prime minister.
(end of this chapter)