Wanli 1592

Chapter 1249 Military Parade

After Li Tingji and Wang Xijue exchanged views, they convened officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Finance to hold a preparatory meeting for the emperor's [-]th birthday.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's birthday has not been a trivial matter. To put it simply, it is a festival celebrated by the whole world. To put it in a big way, it has extraordinary political significance.

Beginning with Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the birthday of the emperor was a festival celebrated by the whole country. Since then, the birthdays of emperors in all dynasties have been celebrated by the people with many names, such as Qianqiu Festival, Tianqing Festival, Changchun Festival, Qianming Festival and so on.

Generally speaking, it was a three-day holiday for the whole world to celebrate. The vassal kings went to Beijing to seal border officials to Beijing, and together with the central officials, they presented luxurious birthday gifts to the emperor and accepted the rewards from the emperor. Everyone had fun together.

In addition, the people should also be happy, no matter how hard life is, they are not allowed to wear plain clothes, they must wear bright clothes. To execute a felon, anyway, there is only one central idea——

Happy!Make me happy!

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the emperor's birthday had a relatively unified, stable and recognized name called Wanshou Festival. In the early Ming Dynasty, because Zhu Yuanzhang's legacy was still there, it was not done very much. He only gave the officials a day off to rest. The grander it is, the more it becomes a festival for the whole people, which consumes a lot of money and is very extravagant.

In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this festival became even more grand. Local officials had to set up incense cases in the official office to wish the emperor far away.

Arriving at Xiao Ruxun's place, Xiao Ruxun didn't say it was going to be a birthday, but suddenly said it, and everyone didn't know what Xiao Ruxun meant, and they didn't know whether to celebrate his birthday according to the old rules of the Ming Dynasty, so they made a calculation with Li Tingji , Let Li Tingji be the representative, and then go to Xiao Ruxun to finalize some details.

Xiao Ruxun didn't celebrate his birthday for the sake of celebrating his birthday. He didn't think too much about it. When Li Tingji came to ask for instructions, he realized that his birthday was not simply a dinner party. There were still many things to arrange.

"Which subjects does His Majesty plan to call back to attend His Majesty's birthday?"

When Li Tingji asked such a question, Xiao Ruxun thought about it.

Now the whole world is busy with things, there are things to do in the southeast, northeast, southwest, and northwest, no one can get any free time, and there are no trains and planes now, so the local principals are asked to make a plane and have a festival meal Then it’s very convenient to go back by plane, but now it’s a month to go back and forth, how much delay will it take?

Especially in the Southwest, the situation has just stabilized now, and the generals need to maintain order there. It is obviously inappropriate to call them back to celebrate their birthdays.

So Xiao Ruxun said: "Local officials don't need to come to Beijing, and generals don't need to come to Beijing. Local affairs are complicated. Let them come here. It's possible to let them come here, let's say one month less, or three months more. For these three days, three months will be wasted." I don't want to do nothing during my free time.

Local officials and generals don’t have to go to Beijing, and they don’t need to give gifts. I don’t want them to spend money and trouble and disturb the people. I will reward them directly, give them a day off, and let them rest together for a day.

Officials in the capital city can come to celebrate my birthday. I like to be lively and have many children. Just ask them to bring their wives and children to celebrate my birthday. It’s fine if they want to. I don’t care about other things, and I will give them rewards. "

Li Tingji felt that this seemed a bit too simple.

"Your Majesty, in this way, isn't this birthday too easy?"

"Is it simple?"

Xiao Ruxun shook his head, thought for a while, and his eyes lit up: "It's not easy to celebrate my birthday alone, and I don't want the court to spend more money on this matter, and I don't do those things that are decorated with lanterns and festoons. How about it, I birthday, not inside the palace, but outside the palace."

"Outside the palace?"

Li Tingji was taken aback: "Your Majesty's words, I don't understand."

"Mr. Li Ge, I don't really like staying in this imperial city all day long. I decided to hold a grand military parade on my birthday."

"parade?"

Li Tingji was surprised.

"Yes! Military parade! Great Qin established the country with martial arts, and martial arts is the most important thing. Since I ascended the throne, there have been great battles and small battles. Fortunately, the general is brave. The three armies depended on the Great Qin to have today. I want to organize the birthday and the military parade. Together, and in the future, every birthday of the Great Qin Emperor, there will be a military parade, so that the emperors of all dynasties will remember that the Great Qin established the country by force, and the soldiers must be observed."

With Xiao Ruxun's decision like this, there is naturally no room for maneuver in this matter, but there are no such rules and precedents in the past dynasties about holding a military parade on the birthday, and there are no old rules to follow. This matter must be the first.

There are so many things to prepare for.

The first is the location of the military parade and the location of the central ceremony. It is very important where the emperor should stand to watch the military parade.

"It's at Chengtian Gate."

Xiao Ruxun pointed to the location of Chengtian Gate on the map: "The royal family, ministers, and feudal country celebration envoys, together with me, paraded at Chengtian Gate, called the army to line up, walked East Chang'an Street and West Chang'an Street, told me and everyone See the might of the Great Qin army!"

Li Tingji swallowed his saliva, and asked again: "Then what route does His Majesty plan to order the army to take?"

"route……"

Xiao Ruxun thought for a while and said, "It's easy to arrange. The Great Qin started at the camp at Lugouqiao, and asked the troops to assemble at the camp at Lugouqiao. They came all the way to Yongdingmen, entered Yongdingmen, and then went straight to Zhengyangmen. Turn right at the bottom of Zhengyangmen. , Enter the inner city from Chongwen gate.

Follow Chongwenmen Li Street to East Chang'an Street, turn left, walk East Chang'an Street to Chengtian Gate, let Zhen and everyone see it, then turn West Chang'an Street to Xuanwumen Li Street, exit Xuanwumen, and arrive at the Outer City , Then go back to Zhengyang Gate, go out of the outer city, and go back to the barracks. "

Li Tingji looked at the route.

"Then the military parade is over, what does His Majesty plan to do next?"

"Next, entertain them for dinner. After watching the military parade in the morning, have lunch at noon. In the afternoon, let's go to the barracks outside the city to watch a polo match!"

Li Tingji was stunned.

"A polo match?"

Li Tingji didn't expect the emperor to have so many tricks: "Your Majesty, this polo match..."

"As I said, compared to those boring and expensive celebrations, it's better to have something exciting. There are many ways to play polo games. It's okay for me to play in person. Who said that birthdays have to be eaten in the palace? Playing music? I was not brought up by romance."

Xiao Ruxun waved his hand: "Let's do it like this. You go to discuss this matter with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of War. Later, you will gather all the generals of the garrison. I want to talk to them in person. There are still a lot of preparations for the military parade. "

"This……"

Li Tingji opened his mouth, and finally agreed: "The old minister obeys the order, and the old minister will do it now!"

(End of this chapter)