back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 144

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"Please show the token and soldier amulet!"

Seeing more than a dozen people in complete armor, bows and horses, the city defense department did not dare to neglect, and hurried out to prevent them from entering the city.The imperial guards of the garrison city defense department had already held their long spears and held down the simple knives around their waists. If there was any change, it would definitely be a bloodbath.

Xiao Huangmen, who was behind more than ten people, hurriedly said in a duck voice: "The emperor is here, and the city defense department must not stop him!"

The chief of the city defense department was shocked when he saw the Huang Chengcheng notebook in Xiao Huangmen's hand.Xiao Huangmen said proudly: "Your Majesty has an oracle to specially select the sharpshooter of the Imperial Army to enter the South Royal Garden and compete with the Khitan envoys. The city defense department must not stop it, give way quickly!"

The City Defense Department recognized that this Huang Chengcheng's notebook was indeed Lu Chengqi's imperial notebook, and he dared not stop him, and shouted: "Get out of the way!" The soldiers of the City Defense Department put away their swords and guns and stood on both sides.

Seeing that the road was out of the way, Lu Chenhuan slipped his horse's belly and slowly entered the city.The forbidden army behind also filed in, passed through the Wengcheng, and then entered the Mingde Gate.

Residents in Chang'an City, seeing the Imperial Army coming on horseback with bows and arrows, were so frightened that they stood on both sides of the street, discussing in low voices.Some said they came to patrol, some said something happened in the palace, and some said they came to eradicate the rebellion... The rumors spread more and more, and the three became tigers, nothing more than this.

Not long after the dozen or so people arrived at Xuande Tower, they saw Lu Chengqi's dragon chariot slowly coming out of Xuande Gate.Behind him is the Khitan Mission with more than [-] people, and behind him are all civil and military officials.A group of hundreds of people is mighty and majestic.

In the past, when the emperor traveled, there were many rituals.However, Lu Chengqi had already broken the precedent. Every time he traveled, he did so on the premise that he would not disturb the people. The officials of the Ministry of Rites did not dare to disobey the order, so they omitted many cumbersome steps.

But no matter how it is omitted, all five hundred royal guards must be present, open the way in front, protect the crucial dragon chariot on the two wings, and protect the emperor in the dragon chariot, Lu Chengqi.

Seeing Lu Chengqi going out again, the people along the way lined up to watch.After seeing Huang Luo Yusan and Huang Luo Yushan, people with good eyesight exclaimed that it was really His Majesty's true face.The rest rushed to step on their feet, hoping to see Lu Chengqi's long face.

At this time, some people had already spontaneously formed colorful decorations, and the two sides of the royal street were immediately filled with colorful flowers.Lu Chengqi stood up inside the tall dragon chariot, and waved to the people on both sides.At this time, Zhiban shouted at the door: "The class is standing in a row", and the second time he shouted: "Bow down and bow, and bow again."This is the etiquette of Emperor Dashun when he travels. Sheng Jia does not worship when he returns, and he is exempted from praying when it rains.The head of the class played the holy bow and all blessings, and they sang with their bodies upright, instead of kneeling down like in later Qing court dramas.The soldiers on the narrow alleys and streets shouted "Long live!", and some ordinary people also shouted "Long live!"

Since ancient times, the Han people have never bowed down.In addition to worshiping ancestors, heaven and earth, kneeling is only used when surrendering and confessing sins.The traditional big ceremony of the Han people is to "sit" on the ground first, then bow to the ground, that is, with the palms up, instead of lying on the ground, and finally, bow the head to the place where the bow is made. This is a big ceremony.This etiquette is very similar to what the Japanese do on tatami mats, but it is indeed an ancient etiquette of the Han people.If you're stupid enough to hit the ground with your head like the Japanese, there's nothing to say...

Even if the courtiers saw the emperor, they just bowed their hands and did not bow down. Generally, bowing down was only used when accepting the emperor's reward.When you see an elder, just make a long bow.

In the heart of the Han people with backbone, they will know that bowing to others, even the emperor, is an insult when there is no crime and no reward.Why is it said that "there is no China after Yashan" is the kneeling ceremony set up by the Mongols, which made the Han people bend their backs and broke the backbone of the Han people who have been striving for self-improvement for thousands of years!This kneeling ceremony has affected the Chinese people for 700 years, depleted the blood of the Chinese people, and implanted a kind of slavishness in the bone marrow!
At this time, officials from the Ministry of Rituals chanted loudly about the purpose of the trip as they walked, to let the people around them understand the meaning of their appearance.At this time, the rumors that spread rapidly were self-defeating, and the people of Chang'an City followed Shengjia to Yujin Garden outside the south gate, wanting to know the result of the archery competition as soon as possible.

Yujin Garden, also known as Nanyu Garden, was built by the royal family of the former dynasty.Yujin Garden is one mile outside the Anhua Gate in the south. It is large in scale.The plowing in the past few days was also carried out here.Yujin Garden is the largest manor in the royal family’s Huangzhuang. The first emperor once wrote a poem in the garden: "...precious fruits for summer, rare flowers for spring, hundreds of pavilions and pavilions, forests and waterfronts. Thousands of sand birds, all kinds of Swimming to and fro, or floating and sinking to the source. The willow cages are shaded on the four banks, and the flowers are fragrant for ten miles..." The beauty of Yujin Garden can be seen.

There were frequent banquets in the Dashun Dynasty, and every festival or national happy event, banquets were held in the palace or some royal gardens.Yujin Garden is such a garden, which is generally closed to the common people, except for one time, that is when foreign envoys come to compete with the warriors of Dashun.

Yujin Garden draws water from the Feng River into the garden, and then releases water into the Feng River to flow downstream. There are square pools and round pools with small islands in the pools. Willow trees are planted around the pools, and lotuses are planted in the pools, with beautiful scenery.There are many pavilions and pavilions on the waterfront in the forest.Beyond the flower and tree pond, large wheat fields are undulating.The Yujin Garden is a spacious and flat land, and it is the "school ground" for the royal inspection of the cavalry and archery, and it is also the clubhouse that often arranges banquets and archery events for foreign envoys.

Not long after, hundreds of people from Shengjia came to Yujin Garden.Most of the guardians of the garden are supervisors. In the past, many relatives of the emperor and some noble descendants attacked each other in order to snatch the management rights of Yichun, Qionglinyuan, Yujin, and Ruishengyuan.Because there are many palaces, ponds, pavilions, fields and small gardens under management in these royal gardens, it is a big "fat gap" that makes these people want management rights at any cost.It's a pity that after Lu Chengqi established the Supervision Department, such gardens belonged to the Supervision Department, which caused many nobles to secretly dissatisfy.

Yeluliang and his party, since seeing the prosperity of Chang'an City, they are not very interested in these gardens with flowers and plants.Along the way, on the contrary, he looked calm.

When they arrived at a large flat land in the Southern Royal Garden, under the guidance of the servants, Lu Chengqi got off the dragon chariot and sat in the pavilion at the end of the promenade to watch the "school grounds".Yeluliang sat beside him, and the rest of the civil and military officials stood on the corridor.Ordinary people can only watch from outside the school grounds, next to the cracks.However, there will be singers who will come out to report and broadcast the competition in real time, which can be regarded as preventing these people from making a trip in vain.

Lu Chengqi asked: "I wonder how many crossbows the archers sent by Ambassador Yelu can open?"

Yeluliang laughed and said: "We Khitan warriors, each of us can open two stone bows. The warriors sent today can open three stone bows. I don't know how many stone bows the warriors sent by Your Majesty can open?" There is water in his words, horse bows Softer than step bows, two-stone bows are only equivalent to the strength of one stone. In addition, Khitan bows are also labor-saving bows, so the strength required is even smaller.

Lu Chengqi knew the attributes of the God Arm Bow like the palm of his hand, and said calmly, "I, Sergeant Dashun, can open a three-stone bow."

Hearing this, Yeluliang was taken aback for a moment, then sneered and said, "Maybe what your Majesty said may be contrary to the facts?"

No wonder Yeluliang didn't believe it. The strength of one stone is 92 and a half catties. The catties in ancient times were different from those in later generations. 92 and a half catties are equivalent to more than [-] catties in later generations. Myth, where can everyone open a three-stone bow?Yeluliang thought that what Lu Chengqi was talking about was the kind of hard step bow, a bow and arrow that didn't save effort and couldn't reach far.

(End of this chapter)