Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 363 The Enthronement Ceremony
February [-]nd!

The whole Bianjing is decorated with lights and festoons.

With the stability of the Central Plains for ten years, Bianjing, as a water and land hub, benefited a lot from the people in the city, and their lives became more and more prosperous, and most of the people had surplus money.

In this feudal era, the sky is big and the earth is big, and the emperor is the biggest.

It belongs to the emperor's celebration, but the people are more excited than their own festival.

Put on new clothes and lead the family to the street to add joy.

Luo Youdu put on the Xuanyi dress early under the service of the female officer.

In fact, the ancient costumes worn by priests are not dominated by dragons, but by the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers and the earth, and dragons are only a small part.

The ancients attached great importance to the ceremony of ascension to the throne, and the Qin Tianjian accurately determined the auspicious time of the good day to the extreme that this era can control.

The first step in the enthronement ceremony is to offer sacrifices to the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple.

Sacrificing to the ancestral temple is something that almost all emperors must do before doing great things.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites have already arranged everything properly, and what Luo Youdu has to do is to follow the process.

Looking at the ancestral tablets, even Luo Youdu didn't know what his grandfather's name was.

However, Zongzheng Temple found out everything, including his great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, and even his great-grandfather, which is really amazing.

Regardless of whether this is true or not, it is not harmful to them who have already been buried in the soil. They are all turned into loess, and they can still bear the title of emperor.

After offering sacrifices to the ancestral temple, Luo Youdu climbed to the Xuande Gate, the highest point of the Kaifeng Imperial City, amidst the sound of bells and drums, greeted the first ray of sunlight, and began to pray to God.

Chinese people have always paid attention to the worship of multiple gods, and Luo Youdu is no exception.

In his early years, he was an atheist, but after timetraveling, he became a little afraid of it.

So from the ancestor Hongjun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Jade Emperor, Taishang Laojun, Donghua Emperor, Sakyamuni, and even Jesus who has not yet been introduced to the Central Plains, he prayed once.

Extremely pious.

While Luo Youdu was praying, civil servants and military generals from the Manchu Dynasty had already entered the palace. Under the guidance of the officials of Honglu Temple, they entered the palace from the left Yemen and entered Daqing Palace, where they stood on the imperial roads on both sides of the front of Daqing Palace.

After Luo Youdu worshiped all the gods he thought of, he also appeared in front of the Daqing Palace.

The civil and military men on the left and right sides bowed and bowed.

Luo Youdu rode Yunyu, passed slowly between the two civil and military officials, carried them up the slope of Diaolong Diaolong step by step, and entered the Daqing Hall.

After Luo Youdu sat down, the civil and military officials entered in order according to their official positions, and accepted the interviews of the officials.

At this point, the official ceremony of enthronement has almost been completed.

The last step is to ask for the imperial edict.

Because the general enthronement ceremony in this era is to ascend the throne before the spirit, and the enthronement and enthronement ceremony are held at the same time, so the process is relatively simple.

After the Ming Dynasty, it became popular to ascend the throne first, and then choose a good day and auspicious day to ascend the throne.

Luo Youdu's situation here is special, and some improvements need to be made.

After accepting civil and military worship, two links were added.

Respectively, they are receiving visits from envoys from various countries, and the military parade in front of the Daqing Palace.

Luo Youdu's purpose is very simple. One is to show off the military strength of the Central Plains to the envoys of various countries, and the other is to send a message to the outside world that the emperor of the Central Plains attaches great importance to military equipment.

This military parade has existed since ancient times. Before King Wu of Zhou defeated Zhou, the eight hundred princes from all over the world met to form an alliance, and the first recorded military parade in history began.

In the Qin and Han Dynasties, military parades were often held. During the Tang Dynasty, military parades were inspected by the emperor himself, which became an important ceremony.

Luo Youdu planned to establish a rule that if it was not a wartime, a military parade would be held on February [-] every year to motivate the soldiers.

The first envoy to enter the hall was Wu Yue envoy, Qian Hongyi.

He is the younger brother of Qian Hongchu, the King of Wuyue. Wuyue Kingdom's tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty is rare in China.

Of course, he is the first among all the envoys.

In the second place is the Goryeo envoy...

Although Luo Youdu has a little prejudice against Goryeo in his heart, Wang Zhao, the current king of Goryeo, does have some meaning for the Central Plains Dynasty.

Goryeo refused Khitan's intimidation and lure, and has always been a vassal to the Central Plains.From the first year of Guangshun, Zhou Taizu Guo Wei sent envoys to congratulate and pay tribute to the Zhou Dynasty many times.

The envoys Wang Yan, Lu Jiyun and Xue Wenyu of the Later Zhou Dynasty also went to Haidong Peninsula many times to become the king of Koryo.

Because Guo Rong improved the currency, the Central Plains was short of copper, so he sent members of the Ministry of Water Affairs Han Yanqing and Shang Nian Fengyu Jin Yanying to bring thousands of bolts of silk to exchange for copper.

No matter what the future holds, Goryeo is very devout towards the Central Plains now.

Luo Youdu has no reason not to let him rank second.

If it weren't for Luo Youdu's preference for the Wuyue Qian family, it would be reasonable to place the Goryeo envoy first.

But no matter how you say it, no one can shake the top two positions of the Wuyue Qian family and the Koryo envoy.

Then there are various Uighur envoys, Tubo envoys...

The Ganzhou Uyghurs and the imperial court signed a covenant of nephew and uncle, with the Central Plains as their uncle.

The Tubo here does not refer to the Tubo royal family who are all out of their heads in Tibet, but the Tubo strong tribes located near Longyou, Hequ, and Qinghai Lake.

During the period of Zhou Taizu and Sejong, most of the horses in the Central Plains were purchased from the Western Uyghur and Tubo strong forces.

Everyone takes what they need and gets along well.

Accepting the visits of the envoys from all parties, Luo Youdu led a group of envoys and civil and military ministers to the Daqing Gate.

The drums of war also sounded immediately!

As the commander of the imperial battalion division, Pan Mei led the valiant and high-spirited imperial battalion division to accept the inspection first.

The original highest officer of the Yuying Division was the commanding army. After Luo Youdu ascended the throne, this position of commanding the army could no longer be used.

The commander of the imperial battalion division became the supreme officer.

Pan Mei is wearing a beautiful bright armor, coupled with a majestic and majestic demeanor, she has a heart-wrenching feeling just based on her appearance.

Behind him are soldiers in brightly armored suits. They wear iron armor, and their underwear is uniformly red like blood.

Pan Mei shouted: "The Tenth Army is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Battalion Division, please review your Majesty!"

At the beginning, the Yuying Division only had the Sixth Army, but later Shu Yuan’s scattered members were expanded, respecting Guo Rong’s death, and left and right Hujie Army, Guo Tingwei’s Ministry, and the Navy were incorporated into the Yuying Division, which became the Eleventh Army .

As for the naval forces, the main force is near the Yangtze River and cannot participate in the military parade, so there are only ten battalions.

The imperial battalion division may not be as powerful as the front division, but its spirit is definitely the most vigorous among the three divisions of the forbidden army.

Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison: "Please review, Your Majesty!"

The shouts of mountains and tsunami covered up the sound of war drums.

When the surrounding envoys saw this, everyone was horrified.

It's not that they can't get together more than ten thousand soldiers, but they can't do this kind of soldiers with uniform standard and uniform pace anyway.

Luo Youdu waved his hand on the tower, and the officers and men of the Imperial Battalion Division held up their weapons and shouted three times: "Dayu is victorious, Your Majesty is victorious!"

With the sound of mountains and tsunami, it passed by the gate of Daqing.

Zhang Qiong Long Weijun.

Zhang Qiong is no longer wearing a suit of stitched and mended ancestral broken armor, but a mountain armor painted with gold lacquer, which completely wraps his fat body, looking at the head with hot eyes, and the cavalry behind him line up neatly, all lined up , the arrogance is particularly majestic.

The dragon army of the party advances, all in chain mail, and the men and horses stand quietly and silently.

Although the colors of the horses vary, they never compromise the power of the army and cannot conceal the confidence displayed by the soldiers.

After the Longwei Army and the Longxiang Army came Chang Side's Tianwei Army.

……

A strong team passed by the front of the hall.

The imperial battalion division begins, and the guards and military division is in the middle...

Dianqian Division appeared as the finale...

Dianqian Division is still the most well-equipped and most terrifying force.

They all wore black armor and black clothes, like gods of death.

All the soldiers in front of the palace are carefully selected from among the veterans, and the evil spirits of the veterans gather together to form an army, which is daunting.

The envoys around were a little numb.

They thought that the imperial battalion division was scary enough, but they didn't expect that there would be a bodyguard pro-military division who was almost the same as them.

I thought it should be over!
Here comes the even more frightening Dianqiansi.

……

Liangzhou tyrant Pan Luozhi and He Zhiyao looked at each other, seeing the shock in each other's eyes, they both understood each other's meaning.

They fight back to fight, fight to fight, don't make fun of the Central Plains.

The emissary of Li Chuyun is the Supreme Emperor, and he must not be offended if he is enshrined.

Give the Central Plains an excuse to invade, just this army?
They fight with their heads?
No wonder they were able to defeat Khitan and destroy the Northern Han Dynasty!

The faces of Western Shu and Southern Tang who had fought against the Central Plains were earthy.

Has the military power of the Central Plains reached this point?

Wuping's envoy was even more flustered...

The Central Plains has revealed its intention to destroy the Southern Han Dynasty.

To destroy the Southern Han Dynasty, they must go to Jingnan.

Whether to let them pass by is Jingnan's biggest headache right now.

Seeing the strength of the army in the Central Plains, the envoy from Jingnan had already made up his mind. After returning, he immediately advised Zhou Xingfeng to let the Central Plains soldiers and horses pass through.

So what about counterfeiting?
Do you really think that if you don't lie, you can't destroy it?

Even if you lie flat, you will die, at least you can still fight for wealth. If you don't lie flat and try to survive for ten days and a half months, what's the point?
Looking at the expressions of the envoys, Luo Youdu knew that his goal had been achieved, and then he asked the meeting hall to discuss with them the security issue of the Silk Road.

Although Luo Youdu knew that the Silk Road by sea was more convenient, he did not want to give up the Silk Road on the road.

The Silk Road was a hub connecting the West.

Luo Youdu was unwilling to give up control of the Western Regions.

The Maritime Silk Road must be grasped, as is the Silk Road on the road.

Seeing that it was almost dusk, Luo Youdu said regretfully: "I hate that the night is approaching, and half of the imperial guards in our dynasty failed to participate in the review."

The envoys around did not know how to respond.

Next, Luo Youdu hosted a banquet for envoys from all directions in Shengping Building, drawing the curtain for today's grand ceremony.

During the banquet, Luo Youdu clearly felt that the envoy in the palace was very preoccupied.

Many of them came to Bianjing in advance, just to see the real situation of the Central Plains Dynasty.

But what I have seen and heard these days is far less realistic than today's military parade...

Although they understand that it is the emperor of the Central Plains who intends to let them see the military power of the Central Plains.

These are all prepared in advance.

But so what?
Even if they were given ten years to prepare, they would not be able to achieve the power they have today.

Being able to do this is already quite terrifying.

The Central Plains Dynasty has entered a new chapter since today.

(End of this chapter)