I studied in modern times

Chapter 568: Seeing the wise and thinking of others
Xuandemen is the Gujiaomen of the main government office of Bianzhou Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty. According to the Tang Dynasty system, the main entrance of the prefecture government office should have two door openings.

In the Five Dynasties, Zhu Wen established the Houliang Kingdom and made Bianzhou the capital. He promoted Bianzhou to Kaifeng Prefecture, so he issued an edict to change the original Bianzhou Prefectural Government into the imperial palace.

This is the origin of the present imperial city of the Song Dynasty.

As the main entrance to the Houliang Imperial City, Gujiaomen was renamed Jianguomen. But there are still two door openings, and they have not changed in subsequent dynasties. They still maintain the basic shape of the back beam, and even the name has not been changed.

It was not until the first year of Guangshun in the Later Zhou Dynasty (951) that the national gate was rebuilt as Mingde Gate.

But, that's all.

The warriors of the Five Dynasties were busy killing people and had no time to take care of the imperial city of Bianjing. It was 'not as good as the king's system', and the Mingde Gate had an 'extremely despicable system'.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, large-scale renovation and expansion of the imperial city finally began.

As the face of the imperial city, Mingde Gate is naturally a key target for expansion and renovation.

After the completion of the project, Liang Zhouhan, a civil servant close to Taizu, was ordered to write an "Ode to the Five Phoenix Tower" to praise the new Mingde Gate.

When the actual conditions are no longer met, the only option is to recreate Luoyang's iconic Yingtianmen in Bianjing and pretend to be the capital of Luoyang.

In Xining, the Japanese monk Cheng Xun came to Bianjing to seek Dharma. He saw Xuande Gate with his own eyes and recorded it: Xuande Gate, the south gate of the imperial city, has seven gate towers, with two floors on the left and right, each weighing about five feet and high. Quite low. There are rows of left and right corridors on the inside, and there are left and right corridors on the outside, like the Japanese Suzaku Gate.

He swung the net whip vigorously.

Under the city gate of Xuandemen, there is a line-up of Yulong dragons.

Zhao Xu walked to the tower and looked down at the imperial street below the towering tower.

The Imperial Street in front of Xuande Gate has been cleaned up by the Imperial City Department.

I just want Qingshou Palace to have a comfortable birthday.

Therefore, the current Xuande Gate, whether in width, height or thickness, is almost the same as the Yingtian Gate in the Tang Dynasty.

Directly opposite them, a ceremony platform specially prepared for the presentation of prisoners has been built.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly: "Yes!"

These celebrations are not allowed.

Cheng Xun's records are quite objective, as Zhao Xu can prove.

"Good!" Zhao Xu smiled, took a step forward, walked out of the curtain, and appeared on the viewing platform on the tower.

Therefore, the capital will do everything possible to arrange for Di Yong to enter Beijing today.

The most important affairs of the country are military service and sacrifice.

From a distance, Zhao Xu saw flags fluttering and armor like a forest, approaching.

But its scale and nature have never changed.

Han Jiang and Lu Gongzhu led the officials and bowed four times in the direction of Zhao Xu.

However, now Zhao Xu is observing filial piety.

"I will obey your orders!"

Xuandemen, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, has been a place where emperors of all dynasties have enjoyed themselves with the people.

Because when Taizu expanded and renovated the Mingde Gate, he built it in the same way as the Yingtian Gate of the Tang Dynasty in Luoyang. The people of Luoyang, Taizu, dreamed of moving their capital to Luoyang and building their capital in Sangzi.

"I obey your will!"

Every year, there are Shangyuan (Lantern Festival), Zhongyuan (today’s Ghost Festival, July 15th), Xiayuan (which has disappeared, on October 15th, the day when Shuiguan relieves his misfortune), and the Emperor and Queen’s Holy Festival. .

After that, the name of Mingde Gate began to change with the changes of the times - in the third year of Taiping and Xingguo, it was renamed Danfeng Gate, in the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, it was renamed Zhengyang Gate, in the second year of Mingdao, it was renamed Xuande, and Still in use.

Han Zhongyan immediately bowed again: "No!"

So, everyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs knew that Li Xian took a clean whip and walked up to the tower.

Under the city tower, the generals of the three yamen were all dressed up, leading the marriage officials of the Imperial City Department, and lined up in the north and west position under the Xuande Gate, facing Zhao Xu on the city tower.

Accompanied by the sound of a drum, Han Zhongyan, the Minister of Rites, dressed in court robes and holding a phoenix, walked forward along the corridor on the tower, arrived at the place three steps in front of Zhao Xu, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Ambassador of the Sifang Pavilion. , the Weizhou Defense Envoy, the Commander of the Four Wings of the Dragon Guard, and the Divine Guard, and the first general to control the dragon, Envoy Yong, was ordered to march south, and now he has defeated the enemy and returned triumphantly. I beg your Majesty to review the army and accept the surrender after being captured!"

In the past dynasties, Zhao Guan's family would appear on the Xuandemen Gate Tower to enjoy themselves with the people all night long. Xuandemen would even be decorated with palace lanterns into a colorful neon building.

At most, various fancy operations have been started on the exterior decoration.

However, Di Yong’s triumph was an exception.

The army returned in triumph and presented prisoners to the Ancestral Temple. This was a great national gift and could be an exception.

It was inconvenient for the two palaces to show up, so they could only sit in the curtain of the tower behind Zhao Xu.

This is the holy scripture for the army returning from an expedition and returning in triumph to present the prisoners to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

And under the city gate, a gate tower was built.

Of course, it is a prisoner gift.

At this moment, Zhao Xu, surrounded by ministers, came to the tower of Xuandemen.

Then he stepped back, turned around and looked at the governors standing in court uniform on both sides of the city tower. He cleared his throat and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the first general of Yulong, offers you the prisoners!"

The poem says: A hundred feet away from the ground, in the middle of the sky, the five-phoenix tower has its upturned wings, like a peng carrying the wind, and the two dragons have their heads tilted, like the Ao Zai palace... The two towers stand upright, and they can be seen thousands of miles apart, reflecting nine layers of light.

Although literati always like to exaggerate, this poem by Liang Zhouhan basically outlines the shape of the Mingde Gate after the expansion and renovation - double towers and three door openings, with two towers on the tower, and the towers are connected to the tower. And the scale is grand.

Snapped!
The long whip tore through the air, and the sound spread from the top of the tower to the bottom of the tower.

Accompanied by the sound of clean whips, the grand prisoner presentation ceremony began.

On both sides of the city gate under the city tower, military musicians from the first and second classes of Jun Rongzhi on horseback began to play various musical instruments and walked slowly around Xuande Gate.

With the encouragement of Jun Rongzhi, the prisoner ceremony officially began.

The imperial guards from the tea and wine squad began to appear on both sides of the Imperial Street.

There are those who breathe fire, those who ride on seesaws, and those who do magic...

There were also soldiers from the archery squad who began to perform various fancy archery methods.

In short, if a modern person were here, his scalp would probably go numb and he would feel deeply inconsistent and awkward.

Zhao Xu looked a little awkward.

Always feel like something is missing?
After thinking about it, Zhao Xu finally knew, what was missing?

Motorcycle acrobatics show!

If you add this, the third brother's military parade will have a sense of déjà vu.

However, this is the characteristic of the Song Dynasty.

Celebrations and etiquette are all designed to please the audience, especially the emperor and empress at Xuande Gate.

Today's battle was actually quite restrained.

The Imperial Guards have not yet developed their full strength, not even one-tenth of their abilities have been used.

If you want to see the full strength of the Forbidden Army, you have to go to Jinming Pond.

Every April, there is a dragon boat race in Jinmingchi.

That’s the real event!

Everyone who has seen it has praised it.

Every time the Jinmingchi Competition is held, people from the entire Kaifeng Prefecture will be attracted to watch.

There are even people who travel thousands of miles to Bianjing just to see Jin Mingchi's performance.

Jin Mingchi's dragon boat performance is considered a failure if the number of spectators is less than 300,000!
In feudal society, a performance could attract an audience of more than 300,000 people.

You can imagine how amazing the acrobatics and magic of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty were.

Zhao Xu recalled the several times he visited Jinmingchi in his previous life and had fun with the people.

He pursed his lips, his face somewhat embarrassed.

The Imperial Guards in Beijing of the Song Dynasty were capable of everything except fighting!
He is good at eating, drinking, whoring, gambling and having fun.

They also have a special artistic aesthetic. The yards they build and the projects they build are beautiful, simple and of excellent quality.

The acrobatics and magic they performed were even more exciting.

Compared with them, the Eight Banners disciples of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were eclipsed, ashamed, and admired endlessly.

Fortunately, Zhao Xu has long recognized the reality.

There is no longer any hope or expectation for the combat power of the Imperial Guards in Beijing.

Therefore, after being slightly embarrassed, Zhao Xu returned to normal, then turned to look behind him.

"Taishi Wen, Zhang Jiedu, Feng Jiedu, Guo Jiedu, and Sun Xueshi, please come forward and join me in reviewing the triumphal army."

Wen Yanbo, Zhang Fangping, Feng Jing, Guo Kui and Sun Gu, as senior ministers, were naturally invited to Xuandemen.

Moreover, he was allowed by special decree to accompany him in front of the emperor.

When the five people heard this, they immediately bowed and said, "I don't dare."

"It doesn't matter!" Zhao Xu smiled: "Today the army returns in triumph, and it's the Holy Mother's Day. I am happy with the people, so I should also celebrate with the elders!"

"This is the system where our ancestors treated the scholar-bureaucrats and elders favorably!"

The five elders then bowed again: "I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

Then they happily held the Chao Hut and arrived at Zhao Xu's side. Although they were blocked by Yu Longzhi and could not get within three steps of Zhao Xu, they still felt deeply honored.

Especially Feng Jing and Guo Kui, whose old faces were already flushed.

Zhao Xu then said to the governors standing on both sides of the city tower, holding bows and bows, "All my dear friends, please come forward and celebrate with me."

"No!" Of course, the governors would not refuse such a good thing.

……

At this time, the handsome knights under the city tower were already playing various musical instruments and walking towards the opposite side of the imperial street. The triumphant army of the first general of Yulong had already appeared at the end of the imperial street.

Di Yong, who was wearing mountain armor and a phoenix-winged helmet, led a commanding cavalry group and walked slowly.

These cavalrymen all held objects in their hands.

There are armors, helmets, flags, and official seals.

There were also people carrying wooden boxes, and the boxes contained beheaded bandit generals.

Li Changjie, the captain of Jiaozhi, Yang Jingtong, the governor of Guangyuan Prefecture, Li Wenyu, the governor of Beijicheng City, etc... After the knights arrived in front of them, they immediately turned around with extremely beautiful and elegant horses, completing the task in an instant. Turn around and go parallel.

Moreover, there was no panic at all, and no flaws at all. The whole process was pleasing to the eye, and it did not affect the rhythm of the advocacy.

Zhao Xu looked at it, his eyes lit up, and he nodded slightly.

"Jun Rong is so good!" He praised softly.

At least, there will still be a place for them on the future battlefield.

When lining up to be shot, you cannot do without an excellent military band accompanying the army forward!
So, is it possible that the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty in Beijing seemed so out of place just because they were ahead of their times?

On the imperial street below the city tower, the triumphant army filed in.

They soon automatically divided into five square formations, and then moved forward amidst Jun Rongzhi's encouragement.

The cavalry led by Di Yong took the lead and arrived at the foot of the city tower.

As the Commander-in-Chief of the Sanya Palace, Yanda wore mountain armor and a phoenix-winged helmet. He led the Imperial Guards generals in front of the palace to take a step forward, and then collectively faced the Xuande Gate tower, where the imperial commander was, and bowed their heads. And worship.

At this time, Di Yong led all the cavalry and dismounted collectively. They all faced the direction of Xuandemen and bowed slightly.

"The envoy of the Sifang Pavilion, the defense envoy of Weizhou, the commander of the four compartments of the Dragon Guard and the Divine Guard, and the first general to control the dragon, the envoy Yong, was ordered to punish the thieves. Fortunately, he did not disgrace his orders. He defeated the thieves and returned to the court, begging for the military talisman. Your Majesty, I beg you to present the prisoners before you!"

With that said, Di Yong held his military talisman and general seal in his hands.

Yanda raised his head and looked at the tower of Xuandemen, and then said: "The military governor of Wukang and the commander of the palace front department commanded envoy Da to respectfully report to Your Majesty: Today there are envoys from the four quarters... I have sent an imperial edict to fight against the thieves and won the victory. When I return, I beg for my military talisman and for the prisoners to be offered to the emperor... I am extremely frightened and beg for your majesty's command."

Therefore, the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette, who had been arranged long ago, relayed Yanda's request to each other.

Soon, Li Xian on the tower knelt down and worshiped: "Your Majesty, there are now the military governor of Wukang and the commander of the front department of the palace. The envoy Da Zhuo: The envoy of the Sifang Pavilion... I have sent you an imperial edict. The thief, now that he has returned from victory, is begging for military talismans and prisoners before the emperor. Da dares not to be expert, so he begs for your Majesty's command. "

After hearing this, Zhao Xu nodded very solemnly and said loudly: "Yes! Allow him to return to the army and offer his prisoners to Xuande's sect!"

Li Xian immediately bowed again and turned around to deliver the order.

Zhao Xu looked at the two Xifu governors standing on his right and said: "Zhiyuan!"

Li Qingchen immediately came out of the queue to hold the fluorine and bowed: "I am here!"

"As your own soldier, you should obey the law and collect the military talisman from the Privy Council."

"I respectfully obey your will!"

The Privy Council is in charge of military talismans, the promotion and removal of military ministers, as well as the selection and appointment, deployment, defense changes, and garrisoning.

Naturally, every time the army returns from an expedition and returns the military talisman, it is accepted by the Privy Council.

However, such a thing has not happened for decades.

This is because of the corruption and depravity of the Central Forbidden Army.

As a result, almost all of the Song Dynasty's field troops were concentrated along the border roads.

The reform of military tactics further strengthened the power of local military leaders along the border.

If nothing unexpected happens, those 'general masters' who master the art of war a hundred years from now will naturally evolve into new military leaders of feudal towns.

This is the objective law of history and something that the feudal dynasty cannot avoid.

However, now, with the victory of Nanzheng, the first general of Yulong, and the future all-firearms force began to appear.

The central government will once again have field troops that can fight decisively and can even coerce the four sides like the Forbidden Army that founded the country.

The elders and governors present are all smart people.

They looked at Li Qingchen's retreating figure, each one thoughtful and excited.

At this moment, even the dullest person can see the signs of ZTE.

Zhao Xu looked down the tower.

Watching Yanda take the military talisman and seal representing military power from Di Yong, he then turned around respectfully, holding it in his hand, waiting for Li Qingchen to come and receive it.

Soon, Li Qingchen came to Yanda wearing court clothes.

He took a step forward and bowed to Yanda according to the story of the Tang Dynasty. Then he solemnly took the military talisman and seal from Yanda's hand and solemnly put them one by one into the jade box he brought. Then he bowed three times facing Xuandemen.

As Li Qingchen completed the recovery of the military symbols.

The prisoner's gift began immediately.

Di Yong's soldiers and horses moved forward one by one, lined up in front of the prisoner presentation platform, and threw the trophies they brought back: the heads, seals, armor, and support of Jiaozhi generals and ministers, etc. to the prisoner presentation platform.

Di Yong was the first to hold up Li Changjie's dried head, which had been publicly announced throughout Guangxi, and threw it to the prisoner presentation platform.

At this time, officials from the Ministry of Rites led Chongxian Hou Li Taide, the younger brother of the King of Cochin, who came to the court to apologize, to the tower.

When he followed suit step by step, he came to a place more than ten steps in front of Zhao Xu, when he was stopped by Yu Longzhi and could not move forward any further.

Li Taide immediately knelt down, kowtowed and said, "I am here to pay my respects to Your Majesty on the orders of my brother Jing Haijun Jiedushi and King Qian De of Jiaozhi. I wish Your Majesty all blessings."

As he spoke, he bowed deeply.

Zhao Xu looked down at Li Taide.

This was the first time that Zhao Xu saw the brother of King Jiaozhi who came to court.

However, Xing Shu had already contacted the King of Jiaozhi on behalf of Zhao Xu.

At the same time, Zhang Dun, Gao Zunhui, Lu Jiawen, etc. also reported to Zhao Xu the situation in Jiaozhi Middle School through memorials.

Therefore, Zhao Xu was not particularly interested in this younger brother of the King of Jiaozhi.

"Excuse me!" Zhao Xu smiled.

Li Taide trembled slightly and said with a trembling look, "I don't dare."

"I pardon your innocence!"

He just stood up, his eyes were red, tears were rolling, and he choked with sobs and said: "Your Majesty is so kind and kind to the guilty minister..." He burst into tears and covered his face while weeping.

Zhao Xu pursed his lips slightly, mentally criticizing this person's acting skills.

Too exaggerated!

but……

Zhao Xu squinted his eyes, remembering the background and information of the King of Jiaozhi, and also recalled Xing Shu's evaluation of him.

You know, this guy probably did it on purpose.

Why do you say that?

Because according to multiple reports, this Chongxian Hou, as the younger brother of the current King of Cochin, Li Qiande (known as Li Qiande in the Song Dynasty), has been living under heavy pressure and surveillance for so many years.

Because, today's King of Cochin not only has no heir.

Not even a daughter!

And Li Qiande is thirty years old this year. A thirty-year-old king has no heirs and only has one younger brother.

Once something unexpected happens to him, the throne will undoubtedly fall to Li Taide, who is now in front of Zhao Xu.

Or rather the descendants of Li Taide.

Jiaozhi, known as Little China, is no worse than the Liao Kingdom in terms of concern for the Central Plains.

Back then, during the Xining War, Li Changjie sent a message to Songzhou County under the banner of saving the people who had been "scourgeed by Wang Anshi's evil methods."

The Cofei Jiaozhi people's military discipline was corrupted, they burned, killed and looted everywhere, and even committed massacres in the city, which completely destroyed the people's support.

Maybe Guo Kun will run into trouble during his southern expedition.

This shows that people are well aware of the situation in Song Dynasty.

So the question is, could Li Qiande not know that Song Ren and Ying Xiangzhuan had caused the Puyi incident?
Would he hope to see something like Pu Yi happen after his death?

The answer is obviously no.

So, what would Li Qiande, who has no son, do to his only brother Li Taide?
Zhao Xu was very clear about this - if he did not torture Li Taide to death, but tortured him to death, it would be considered that Li Qiande had great brotherhood.

Therefore, one can imagine Li Taide’s situation in Cochin.
The best thing is - according to intelligence from all parties, Li Taide now has an infant son.

The problem is coming.

Li Qiande saw his younger brother's infant son.

What would he think?
Zhao Xu knows this very well!

It's better to die outside and don't come back!

I reluctantly adopted your son.

Don't worry, I will educate him well and make him a wise king.

As for you?
Your name will not be mentioned in history!

As a result, Zhao Xu smiled extremely brightly.

Is there any better puppet candidate than Li Taide?

So, Zhao Xu looked at Feng Jing and said, "Feng Jing, help Li Aiqing up."

As the suzerain of Jiaozhi, Zhao Xu was kind, amiable, and extremely caring to his vassals.

At the same time, he also has some experience in how to support a puppet, penetrate it, and control it.

Who said that when he was studying abroad in modern times, he had seen all kinds of sexy operations of Amilika, who took puppet control, penetration, and remote control to the extreme?

Although, under today's conditions, many of Amilika's operations do not have the conditions to be implemented.

However, Confucius said: When you see a virtuous person, think about it; when you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself.

As the living descendant of Confucius, he is the great leader of Confucianism.

Zhao Xu is inevitably a little itchy.

Coincidentally, in fact, the Annan and Guangxi regions currently controlled by the Song Dynasty and the territory currently controlled by the Jiaozhi people can be highly complementary economically.

At the same time, the Jiaozhi people also had unique conditions and could do many things for the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhao Xu almost instantly forgot about the little unpleasantness in the past.

In the world of politics, there are no grudges, only interests!

(End of this chapter)