nanming man

Chapter 977
The tenth day of the first month of the second year of Wu Ding was the opening day of the new year of the Great Wei Dynasty, and it was also the day when the missions from various countries paid tribute, met with the Emperor of Wei, and held grand parades.

It was not yet dawn, and just after the curfew was over, the head of the workshop opened the gate of the workshop, and the people in Chang'an City started to move.

Families hurriedly ate a bowl of hot oil-splashed noodles or some steamed buns and pancakes at the breakfast stalls, and then headed to Taiping Street to grab a seat to watch the ceremony.

Taiping Street is a long street in Chang'an City, running from east to west. From Dingximen to Dongqimen, the middle section of the street is the palace city in the north and the street market in the south. The street is very wide, 150 steps wide, and all the streets are paved with bricks and stones.

Why is it built so wide?
Not out of the consideration of prosperous business, the general commercial streets in Chang'an City are only about three feet wide, too wide is of no use.

The two streets were built so wide, mainly for safety reasons.

These two streets run from east to west and from north to south. Gao Yihuan must walk one of them when he goes out of the city. With a width of 150 steps, Gao Yihuan's car drives in the middle, and it is difficult for bows and arrows and firecrackers on both sides to hurt him.

After all, the world is uncertain, there are many enemies, and Gao Yihuan often leaves Beijing, so the Ministry of Industry built these two streets for Gao Yihuan to travel.

Today, Taiping Street, a street built out of safety considerations, has another mission, which is to hold grand parades.

The rising sun, the rising sun of the second year of Wu Ding, spread across the city of Chang'an, which was like a chessboard. The glazed tiles reflected the sunlight, and the city looked extraordinarily magnificent.

After breakfast, the people in the city dragged their families and brought their own benches to the street, while the literati and rich ladies in the city each reserved restaurants along the street, and looked down from the windows while eating wine and vegetables. Taiping Street.

Not long after, the missions from various countries came out of several posts in the city, walked along Taiping Street and Anding Street, and gathered at Chengtianmen Square where the two streets meet, and then, led by officials from the Ministry of Rites, entered the imperial city from Chengtianmen.

The crowd walked through the red wall and passed through several palace gates in a row. Every time they passed, they gave the messenger more coercion.

Some of them traveled thousands of miles from the Western Regions, and they raced through their own country in two days, but they walked for more than half a month, and when they asked passers-by, Chang'an was still thousands of miles away.

Along the way, among other things, the vastness of Wei's territory alone gave them a great shock,
After walking for a long time, the last palace door opened, revealing a wide square, white marble steps, and the huge Fengtian Hall.

For a time, many envoys looked up at the palace. The yellow glazed tiles and huge palace showed the majesty of the empire, which shocked them deeply.

Many Mongolian men who came to China for the first time and slept in tents on the prairie since they were born took a look at the main hall, as if looking at the palace of heaven, and then looked at the white stone steps on both sides, with flags flying, and soldiers holding muskets and spears. They were so strong and powerful that they were already timid before entering the palace. The envoys of Dongyu Kingdom were also deeply shocked when they saw the palace of Wei Kingdom.

After Gao Yihuan arrived in Luoyang, the eastern capital last year, Chang'an began to build palaces, but the completed ones were only those that the envoys saw, and they were used to save face. The harem was still just a few isolated palaces.

At this time in the main hall, the civil and military ministers of the Wei Dynasty stood on both sides, and Gao Yihuan was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the throne.

An official from the Ministry of Rites trotted into the hall and saluted Gao Yihuan, "Qizou Your Majesty, the envoy has arrived outside the hall."

Gao Yihuan sat up straight, raised his hand majestically, "Show them into the palace."

"Envoys from Xuan Zhu Fan, come to the palace to have an audience!" The officials of the Ministry of Rites issued an order loudly.

After hearing this, the officials of the Ministry of Rites outside the main hall led many envoys up the long steps, panting for breath, before entering the huge Fengtian Hall.

The main hall is very wide, enough to accommodate four to five hundred people at the same time. The beams and pillars in the main hall are all transported from the deep mountains of Qinling Mountains, and the outside is wrapped with golden rims, which is magnificent.

"The envoys pay homage!" Wang Shicong shouted loudly.

"The envoys of the small country, pay homage to the Great Wei Emperor, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

Under the leadership of officials from the Ministry of Rites, the envoys who entered the hall knelt and worshiped, including the envoys of Toungoo who were not vassals, and followed many envoys to worship.

Gao Yihuan raised his hand slightly, and said loudly: "Everyone who came from afar, let's get down!"

Everyone stood up in unison, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At this time, one person from the crowd stood up, and suddenly bowed down again, "Your Majesty, I am an envoy of Dayu, I have something to tell Your Majesty!"

Gao Yihuan smiled and said, "But it doesn't matter!"

The envoy of Yuzi looked up at the Emperor of Wei who was sitting on the throne, and Tian Khan on the grassland glanced, "Tian Khan, Yuzi is a vassal of the Great Wei, but the Raksha people have repeatedly invaded Yuzi, killing our people and seizing us. Cattle and sheep, please ask Tian Khan to be the master of the Yuzi people."

After he finished speaking, several envoys came out, and they all condemned Rakshasa.

Gao Yihuan had a plan in mind, and said angrily: "The Raksha people are so rude, I will not forgive them lightly, and will definitely seek justice for my people. Everyone, please move and follow me."

The next group of people moved to the Fengtian Gate Tower, and there were already small square formations standing in the square in front of the city gate and on Taiping Street.

"Your Majesty, it's ready!" Chen Mingxia whispered.

Gao Yihuan led a group of people to stand on the tower. There was only a row of microphones in front of him. He turned his head and looked at the envoy who was whispering to each other. He waved and said, "Let's start."

All of a sudden, more than a dozen cannons on the square roared at the same time, attracting everyone's attention. Amidst the drumbeat of "General's Order", the phalanxes of the Wei army began to move, passing through the Chengtianmen tower one by one.

The first to pass were [-] shock cavalry. They rode war horses, wore iron helmets, animal masks, and [-] feet of horse lances. Their breastplates were polished brightly.

The cavalry passed in front of the city tower, and all erected their horses, like a forest of steel, "The iron cavalry is unparalleled! Long live your majesty!"

Gao Yihuan waved his hand calmly, but the missions behind him were stunned by the sound, and the people along the street also cheered excitedly and punched desperately.

After the shock cavalry came the dragoons. They carried muskets on their backs, their horses dragged the cannons, and their horseshoes clattered forward. They also shouted as they passed the tower.

Gao Yihuan watched the soldiers line up through the tower. They formed a line horizontally and vertically, and their movements were uniform. Each row and column looked like one person, and their young faces were full of determination.

At this time, the phalanx formed by Wu Jinshi from the Martial Arts Academy passed boldly, and the leader shouted: "Look to the right!" Countless pairs of young eyes turned to the tower. Gao Yihuan raised his right hand and saluted the soldiers. The people were overwhelmed by the majestic appearance of the soldiers of the Wei army, and the big girl and the young daughter-in-law exclaimed loudly.

Along Taiping Street on this day, the cavalry, infantry, artillery, and military academy walked through a total of ten cavalry squares, twenty infantry squares, and five artillery squares. The number of visitors was nearly 10. The phalanx passed by, causing a burst of cheers, so that after the end, the people still refused to disperse.

At this time Gao Yihuan smiled and said: "How is my army compared to the Raksha people?"

The envoys all knelt down and said, "The Heavenly Soldiers of Wei are much better than Rakshasa."

Gao Yihuan then said: "You can go back at ease, the Raksha people dare to invade, you just fight back, the Great Wei will be your strong backing."

The envoys were deeply shocked by the strength of the Wei army, and recalled the deeds of the Wei army's defeat of Zhungeer a few years ago, and their hearts were at ease.

At this time, among the envoys, the envoy of Dongyu, who was also shocked, suddenly stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, the Heavenly Soldiers of Wei, amazed the small country. I have a letter from the kingdom of Dongyu here, and I want to present it to your majesty."

Sun Kewang's expansion in Southeast Asia seriously damaged the status of the original overlord Toungoo, but Toungoo King also clearly realized that the Toungoo people alone could not defeat Sun Kewang, so they urgently needed allies.

This time Toungoo sent two waves of envoys, one to Nanjing and the other to Xi'an.

Seeing the mighty Wei army, the Dongyu envoy knew immediately that he had come to the right place.

Gao Yihuan didn't like Dongyu, but there was a fatherly smile on his face, "The envoy can come to my study later to talk about it!"

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