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Chapter 223 Triumphant return to Beijing!

For the triumphal ceremony of presenting prisoners today, the people of Luoyang City were decorated with lanterns and colors and were full of expectations.

However, all this, for some people, their mood is not so beautiful.

Inside and outside the palace, whether it was party members Qingliu or Huangmen eunuchs, civil and military officials reached an unprecedented consensus at this moment - most of them were filled with worries about the upcoming celebration.

"It's too much! Your Majesty has gone too far this time!"

Such voices arose one after another among officials.

“So what if the Huns are flat?
"It's nothing more than a vassal rebellion."

In their view, even if the Huns' rebellion was suppressed, it was not worth celebrating with such fanfare. After all, these Huns are no longer the old enemies of the Han Dynasty. Now after the split, these Huns have been in hiding for hundreds of years, and their strength is no longer what it used to be.

"exactly"

"Even if there are a few waves of bandits and bandits, it won't be so grand!"

There is no way, this is the case in this era.

Just as Wei and Huo were among the most outstanding people in the Han Dynasty, their humble background and luck in their careers due to relatives also made it difficult for them to escape the Spring and Autumn style of writing of later historians.

Such a high-profile move was simply a naked way for the emperor to show off his power, and it was an infringement of the rights of the literati from aristocratic families.

This is a counterattack since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, when His Majesty surrendered and lifted the party’s prison terms!
"Your Majesty is allowed to act so arrogantly, and if things continue like this, the country will be ruined!"

"This is really unreasonable!"

Even many politically sensitive people have seen the clues.

Even if a person has great achievements, if he comes from a humble background, it will be difficult for him to gain the favor and recognition of these literati from aristocratic families.

"Don't think that just wearing an official uniform means you are someone else. A mere mud-legged person is worthy of being ranked with me?!"

"The whole city is celebrating, and all of us officials are required to come out to welcome us?"

What's more, Su Yao was promoted directly by the emperor and did not follow official rules, which made the officials even more unhappy.

"You are wearing a crown while bathing in monkeys, do you understand? You are wearing a crown after bathing in monkeys!"

For example, there are many officials who come from poor families and will never be able to earn two thousand dan because of their poor background.

A complete alien!

Even many people who had a good impression of Su Yao suddenly turned into opponents because of this.

"Too much!"

But although literati and eunuchs had different views on Su Yao, not everyone was hostile to him.

"The person who killed us didn't pay the price, but he still stepped on Zhang Changshi's head to climb up?"

Civil servants have many ideas, but for eunuchs, grudges are much simpler.

This is what many of them think.

For these party members with a background in Confucian classics, Su Yao's appearance was a rule breaker.

"It's nonsense, it's just random!"

As well as those eunuchs who had long disliked Zhang Rang and felt that Lao Deng was too much of a hindrance.

They were watching this drama with relish at this moment.

However, they currently do not have the platform or qualifications to speak out, so they can only observe the development of this battle in secret.

Among all living beings like this, only two people didn't care about it.

That is Liu Hong and Su Yao.

As the emperor who took charge of this matter, he just immersed himself in the Western Garden, lying on the bellies of the beauties, silently watching everything progress.

Su Yao, on the other hand, was even simpler. Su Yao, who had nothing to do all the way, just teased the two maids every day, and after developing a relationship, he quickly moved forward in time.

……

A few more days later!

July 16th, late summer and early autumn.

Outside the east gate of Luoyang City, five miles away, colorful flags fluttered and security was tight.

According to the emperor's order, Zhang Rang led hundreds of civil and military officials worth less than two thousand stones and came out of the city to greet him.

They were still whispering and complaining from time to time. At this moment, I saw dust suddenly flying at the foot of Mang Mountain.

Flags are fluttering on the horizon, and the mighty army is slowly approaching.

The soldiers escorted the Huns, Xianbei and Qiang people captured on the grassland, as well as some prisoners of war from the Black Mountain bandits and the Baibo bandits, and drove hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep. The group was huge and endless.

Among them, the most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the red cloud knight in front of the queue, led by Su Yao, with bright armor, white horse and red robe.

The appearance of these people immediately silenced those who had been whispering and complaining just now.

The army has arrived!

The prisoner offering procession will go from north to south, along the east wall of Luoyang, the capital, around the city, and will parade all the way to the Mingtang outside the southern gate of the city, where the prisoner presentation ceremony will be held.

Yes, the bright hall outside the city gate.
It was only when Su Yao came here that he learned of such a strange situation.

It is different from the sacrifice of prisoners at the Meridian Gate of the Ming and Qing imperial palaces in later generations.

In the Han Dynasty, prisoner presentation ceremonies were held outside the capital.

The reason is actually very simple.

Now, the city of Luoyang, which has not been burned by Dong Zhuo, is a veritable ancient city!

The main body of the central city wall is still the handiwork of Zhou Gong when he was camped in Luoyi, and it has been thousands of years ago!
Later, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty expanded the city many times based on this city. It can be said that the city has high walls and a strong city, making it the best capital in the world.

Its huge city wall is nearly 3900 meters high and even longer. Today its city wall is about 2900 meters long from east to west and about meters long from north to south.

If we use metaphors, this area is as big as 1700 football fields or 160 Tiananmen Square.

However, even so, such an area is completely insufficient for the capital of Han Dynasty to meet the needs of use.

As time went by, the city of Luoyang became extremely expensive, and no one who was not a relative of the emperor or a wealthy family could live in the city.

All the common people have moved outside the city walls. Infrastructure such as markets, horse markets and inns, as well as important facilities such as Taixue's spiritual platform and Mingtang, have all been built outside the city.

Therefore, outside the city of Luoyang, there are also many houses and intersecting roads, and countless people are walking shoulder to shoulder and looking forward to it.

But at this time, Zhang Rang stood in front of a crowd of civil and military officials with a sullen face, feeling pain everywhere in his body!
It hurts so much, it’s so painful!

At first, I thought that the kid named Su was just a little shrimp from the Wang Yun family, but who would have thought that he would actually grow into a giant beast!

All his plans and efforts along the way have been in vain, and there is no way he can stop this kid from entering Beijing!

Now, watching this kid showing off his power and walking towards him step by step on horseback is really more uncomfortable than killing him.

"Changshi Zhang, please."

Amid the reminder from someone beside him, Zhang Rang was like a puppet, tensing his body and leading the officials forward step by step.

The bursts of mighty triumphant songs were like roaring in Zhang Rang's ears.

Zhang Rang didn't know how he spent the time after he came down.

He only remembered that in a vast white world, he came to a general wearing a red robe and riding a tall snow-white horse.

He announced the decree numbly, led the horse, and led the team towards the south of the city step by step with the thunderous roar in his ears.

This journey seemed like a lifetime and exhausted all his energy. It was extremely long and difficult!
Especially when his back is turned to everyone, with rows of burning eyes falling on him...

What a shame, a shame!

Zhang Rang gritted his teeth, and there was a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth.

It wasn't over yet, he could even feel the boy sitting high on the horse looking at him triumphantly!
Hateful, hateful!

Ah this...

This last point actually didn't exist. It was purely Zhang Rang's hallucination. Su Yao was not complacent and even felt that it was a waste of time...

It's not that he didn't recognize Zhang Rang, the regular servant. From the beginning, the old eunuch respectfully introduced himself to his family.

But Su Yao didn't care about him at all, treating him like an ant.

There is nothing more tragic in the world than this.

Everything you attach great importance to is just water and ashes to others. The two are not on the same level at all.

Along the way, under the guidance of Zhang Rang, and amid the cheers and applause of the people on both sides of the road, the Mingtang was approaching.

There, the Emperor Liu Hong, who was holding high on the steps, and the golden and purple senior officials with solemn faces had been waiting for a long time.
(End of this chapter)