Bells and drums are already ringing at the main entrance of the palace and above the Xuande Gate wall.
A team of royal ceremonial guards appeared first, and then extended to both sides, showing golden spears, silver axes, flags, etc. one by one. Then the imperial guards stood in shiny armor, holding swords, and alerting the surroundings.
Finally, Liu Xie appeared under a huge canopy and slowly climbed to the palace wall.
On the Xuande Gate City Gate Tower, an imperial throne was set up early.
When Liu Xie sat in the imperial throne, Cao Cao took all the officials, three ministers and nine ministers, each department and part of the department and saluted Liu Xie. Liu Xie waved his sleeves and looked full of momentum, "All the beloved officials are calm!"
After the officials finished their visits, the canopy representing the emperor was raised high above the Xuande City Gate, the imperial guards and soldiers near the city gate knelt half-kneel with their weapons and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"
The shouting sound has obviously been connected many times. It is not only uniform, but also has clear pronunciation and the sound is shocking.
Liu Xie waved around with a smile on his face. He thought the people could see him, and he was like the protagonist standing in the center of the stage, glorious.
But in fact, the places on the Imperial Street were cleaned up by the imperial guards early on. Apart from the officials and the children of the gentry, the common people, who were not allowed to see Liu Xie's appearance up close. These people could not get close to each other, and could only look at them from a distance, watching the emperor on Xuande Gate as big as an ant, and the canopy umbrella swaying like a dog's tail grass.
Liu Xie looked around, and the annoyance on his face seemed to be gone for a complete loss of sight. He smiled and said, "It's time to start?"
It is said that it is the left and right, but Cao Cao is naturally the one closest to Liu Xie. The prime minister of the dynasty was in charge of all officials, the ministers were in charge of the Shangshu, the kings were assisted, the people were at peace, the ministers were avoiding the way, and the officials were polite.
Cao Cao nodded slightly and said, "The Imperial Guard Mountain is a representative of His Majesty's arrival, and it is also a signal to inform the army outside the South Gate that the celebration of the victory celebration has begun, and now it should start entering the city."
Xianjie, of course, represents Cao Chun's victory in Youbei. At this point, Cao Cao is also glorious, so naturally he will not say that he deliberately made a name for himself in this link.
The sound of long live the mountain roaring to the south gate from afar.
As for why the barracks were in the north but went around the south gate to enter the city, this principle is actually very simple. Because the palace is in the north of Xu County, if you go directly to the north gate, it would not be a two-step process. How can you show the might of Cao's army?
The ritual officer who was waiting in front of Xiahou Shang and the Youbei Army rushed to Xiahou Shang and shouted loudly: "General Xiahou! Your Majesty has already climbed the tower! Start quickly!"
Xiahou Shang was wearing an extremely shiny bright light armor early on, with a solemn face, raised his arms and waved forward.
The flags fluttered and the snare drums sounded.
The carefully selected strong military man, wearing military uniforms, held high the banners of the new work, walked forward, with his armor and swords, guns and shields. Although he did not have a line like a military parade in later generations, his team was also uniform.
As soon as the military formation moved, the surrounding people watching the fun naturally cheered.
"I've won, I've won!"
The people just know the victory because the government announced it this way, but what does this victory mean or what kind of victory it is? Anyway, others cheer, they will just cheer.
Cheers rose up from outside the south gate to inside the south gate.
The sound suddenly grew higher and higher, like hooks, stretching the necks of the children of the gentry who had set up elegant seats along the street, hung them on the window, like the birds displayed in the roast duck window.
Ordinary people who could only stand on the ground were crowded and surging forward. If it weren't for the soldiers on both sides of the street, these people would probably not have blocked the streets directly. Those idle men who liked the fun were screaming more and more strangely, pushing people forward regardless of the care, "Go forward, go forward!"
The imperial guards on both sides of the street were all sweating, their armor was crooked, and they were holding their spears horizontally, desperately blocking the surging people. The strong yamen runners who maintained order among the crowd also sweared to curse, making these people abide by order as much as possible.
The children were squeezed in the crowd and cried loudly. Many people were squeezed into the corners of the walls, and some girls were deliberately blocked by some idle men. They touched their hands all the time. The shy ones were swallowing their anger and tried to escape desperately, while the fierce ones were scolding, biting, scratching...
For a moment, it seemed that the entire Xu County became restless, as if a festival was ushered in which everyone could celebrate.
Wang Changjing accompanied the last seat, smiled slightly, and looked at everything around him.
He is probably a foreign minister, but he can't count it completely. Because after all, the General Fei Qian of the Cavalry is still a minister of the Han Dynasty, and Wang Chang is also a Han official now, so he is a little embarrassed. But it's like the old saying, as long as he doesn't feel embarrassed, the embarrassing one will be someone else.
Wang Chang glanced at the Cao Youbei Army, who came from afar and caused a huge sensation, and couldn't help but compare it with the soldiers from Zhao Yun's Northern Region Protectorate's Mansion, and then the smile on his face became stronger.
Under the leadership of Xiahou Shang, everyone in the Cao family raised their heads and raised their chests and walked forward in a straight and stern manner. Originally, when they entered the South Gate, they were still in line, but when they walked to the North and South Streets, they were a little scattered, because when they walked to the streets, they were sometimes thrown out from time to time. The correct head was thrown in front of the army, but what if the correct head was not good?
As for why the people can’t even eat white flour buns themselves, they have free money to buy various fragrant flowers and fruits to throw them out for nothing…
This is of course the people of Xu County have a high awareness!
After all, even in later generations, aren’t there many people who have no money in their own family and have to find ways to greed for some money to reward those highly conscious men who retired technicians on the battlefield?
The key is that it would be fine if it was just fragrant flowers and fresh fruits. After all, fragrant flowers and fresh fruits are relatively soft. Now it is early winter, and there was no technology to preserve fruits in the Han Dynasty. There was no technology to preserve fruits from there, so there were so many fresh fruits, so I had to get together for a while. The dried fruits hit the armor and ding dang dang for a while, but the one throwing them was accurate, so it would hit the face. If the thick-skinned person resisted, but if it hit the nose and eyes...
If someone thinks it can resist, you can try to hit someone on your nose and eyes first.
Of course, what is thrown out may not be hard, and there are also fragrant and soft things...
For example, colorful silk scarves.
This seems to be very good.
This seems to reflect the love that ordinary people in Xu County have from the heart of these Cao troops in the Youbei Province.
However, in this way, whether it is fragrant flowers and fresh fruits, dried fruits, or the subsequent incense scarves, the queues of Cao's army became a little loose. Many military men even stretched their heads and pointed their heads and looked at the little girls who threw incense silk scarves around them, and then made their chests and stomachs that claimed to be the most heroic posture.
Those little ladies who were responsible for throwing silk scarves didn't care about the hot eyes of the military man, but instead swayed and even deliberately exposed their shoulders, seducing the military man who hadn't seen a woman for a long time all turned green!
Among those little ladies, the idle man who should have had some arms shouted loudly about the name of Taipingli Taikangli, and the discounts and the quick start of the car, which attracted everyone's attention.
When Wang Chang heard these sounds from afar, his smile became even stronger.
This Shandong land is indeed...
Perhaps at some point, there were not necessarily no bloody men in Shandong, and they advocated the iron-blooded way. But now, Wang Chang's view, this so-called expedition is more like a farce or a juggling.
It would be fine if those so-called dried flowers and fruits were asked to throw incense scarves to the "triumphant" military men. What a big pig's head that could come up with? This is simply more shameful than stopping long-distance runners to offer flags openly, and actually giving foreigners a chance.
There are one of these gentry ladies in Shandong, who would like to like ordinary military men? Not to mention standing on the street to show off their looks and throwing silk scarves from these military men.
Don’t worry about how loud the slogans are, or how lively the gongs and drums are. The specific questions depend on the specific actions.
What you think on weekdays will be expressed when you do it. Even if you add more concealment, you will inevitably show some flaws. Just like the current officials who are preparing for celebrations and present victory, they think that such an arrangement can show the people of Xu County’s welcome and joy for the “Hero Triumph”, but in fact the effect is just the opposite.
How could these Shandong gentry who lived in the central part of the Han Dynasty and had been peaceful for a long time experience the sadness of fighting in the border, yellow sand is everywhere, and horses are wrapped in corpses? The wind and frost in the secluded north are bitter and cold, and countless Han people have fought to the frontier for many years, and how many soldiers have stained the battlefield with blood. At that time, how many gentry people in Yuzhou felt that these military gentry were real heroes and needed to be respected well, rather than treating them like juggling clowns like jugglings?
Of course, Wang Chang just smiled. He was not so stupid that he could publicly promote these problems. After all, what fools don’t like to hear the most is that others call him a fool. Smart people always like to pretend to be confused.
In this lively and funny, even deformed atmosphere, the Cao army soldiers from Youbei finally walked across the North and South Street and arrived before the Palace Gate Square.
The Imperial Street before Palace Gate Square is naturally more spacious.
Early on, there were countless laborers who cleaned this imperial street without any dust, and I wished I could lick it with my tongue and clean. On both sides of the street, whether it was the palace wall or the neighbors opposite, colorful silk was hung high on the eaves, adding a lot of wealth and prosperity.
The flag-raising soldiers walking in the front moved aside, revealing Xiahou Shanglai like stars holding the moon.
Xiahou was still in front, and then the military academy officer followed him.
He was wearing a shiny military uniform, and the armor scales looked shining brightly in the sun, and the red tassels on the croaker were also extremely bright red, dancing in the wind.
The musicians above the palace gate also played the most upright elegant music at the right time. As the chimes were played, the music was calm and magnificent.
In the sound of such music, no matter whether it is on or below the palace walls, no matter whether it is the emperor or the people, everyone looks solemn, and their eyes follow these military academy soldiers and walk in line.
At this moment, the noise of the people on the north and south streets behind gradually became quiet, and the footsteps and scales of these military academy soldiers gradually became the accompaniment in the music.
Wang Chang squinted his eyes and looked at it.
These military academy soldiers seemed to have eliminated the Liangdang armor, which is the type of armor like the combat vest. They were wearing similar sleeve armors, which had stronger protection capabilities, and of course, it also meant that the more they spent...
The armor of the military academy is even better, with additional war skirts, and there are even some colors different from the iron at the edges of the armor, which seem to be the color of the fabric on the lining, or additional decoration?
Wang Chang did not see the real thing up close, so it was difficult to distinguish for a while.
As for Xiahou Shang at the forefront, his bright light armor was protected from head to toe. He was specially polished to the mirror-like armor, and his colorful light was shining under the sunlight, which was very eye-catching.
The flags are obviously new, with military recognition, generals, command flags, direction flags, and even colorful flags that are purely decorated. These flags are made with good brocade and look very good.
When he arrived in front of Xuande Gate, Xiahou Shang slammed off his horse, bowed and drove ten steps forward, took off his helmet, hugged him beside him, and then knelt on one knee, shouting to see the emperor.
With Xiahou Shang's actions, the rest of the military schools also acted, kneeling down and shouting. For a moment, the sound of sound seemed like a tide, pounced on Xuande Gate, and the long banner that hit the emperor's canopy was dancing constantly.
Wang Chang lowered his head slightly, and took a step back half a step, and his body turned slightly. People around Wang Chang basically acted like this. After all, at this moment, it should be the glory of the emperor. In the Chongde Sect, except for the Emperor Liu Xie, the rest of the people bowed their heads and bent slightly to show their respect for Liu Xie.
However, Wang Chang then discovered a very interesting situation, that is, after the soldiers and soldiers under the palace wall worshiped, it seemed that Emperor Liu Xie said something, but neither the soldiers and generals under the palace wall, nor the ritual officers responsible for passing the message around Liu Xie seemed to have any reaction. Then, after Cao Cao raised his hand and waved it, the ritual officers raised their anger and shouted: "Your Majesty has an order, and all the generals are calm!"
Wang Chang, who was observing from the corner of his eyes, couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
This is a bit interesting...
Normally, the ritual officer is responsible for the inheritance, transformation and integration of all aspects of the entire ceremony, and must pay attention to various changes at all times. Since the emperor has spoken, it is basically a word like "equal self-righteousness and etiquette", and the entire process is basically at this time. So basically, even a fool knows how to pay attention to the emperor's words and deeds at this time, and then pass on what the emperor says.
But the problem is that the ritual officer was actually a beat slower at this time.
This one was a beat slower, but it was actually very short.
If Wang Chang had not been careful to observe, he might not have even discovered it.
Because it was just a skill of the front and back. After the Emperor Liu Xie said something, Wang Chang, who was standing at the edge, couldn't hear clearly what the emperor was saying, but being able to hear the voice meant that the emperor did say something. After the Emperor said something, the ritual official who was close to the Emperor did not respond immediately, and then waited for Cao Cao to wave his hand...
The difference between the front and back is just a breath or a move.
After the soldiers shouted, the lingering sound was lingering, and the people on the north and south streets also followed the cheers, this subtle rhythm was as if a one-eighth pause was artificially inserted into the music of the original continuous movement.
Very subtle.
It's not easy to be noticed either.
Of course, this may also be a coincidence.
For example, the ritual officer was excited and excited, and the lingering sounds of the military school under the palace walls, or the voice of the emperor Liu Xie was too low, so the ritual officer next to him was not able to hear it in time...
Is this intentional or unintentional?
Xiahou Shang, who was under the palace wall, had already stood up and reported the merits of the Battle of Youbei in a stern manner, but Wang Chang's thoughts were not at all about Xiahou Shang's words of merit.
While maintaining the humble posture of his body, Wang Chang focused all his attention around Emperor Liu Xie, especially Liu Xie and Cao Cao.
If it is unintentional, then that's fine. Anyway, the ritual officer made a mistake. It's like a later news host who read the leader's name incorrectly. He will deal with it afterwards and punish it. There is nothing to say, but what if it's not negligence, but intentional?
Could it be that Prime Minister Cao Cao wants to express something?
The absolute dominance of soldiers, generals and soldiers?
Wang Chang quickly thought of this aspect, but quickly rejected it. Because even if Cao Cao did not do such a move, would Cao Cao lose command of the army led by the Xiahou clan of Cao? This is obviously impossible.
On the flag of the general under the palace wall, the bright "Cao" and the flag of the general under the character "Xiahou" are enough to illustrate this point. Unless the emperor arrests Cao Cao on the spot now, would the troops led by the Xiahou general under the palace wall and in Jizhou, Yuzhou and other places be listened to the classmate of Cao or the Emperor Liu Xie?
This is a problem with little to no second option.
Since this is the case, Cao Cao did not need to show his control over the soldiers in front of the emperor, so he naturally did not need to make such suspicious actions.
Or is it really a mistake that is unintentional?
But Wang Chang quickly rejected this idea. It was almost impossible for such an omission to occur at such a big celebration, especially when it was prepared for a long time, and not in a hurry to hold the ceremony.