Chapter 663 Welcome to the return of His Royal Highness to Beijing!
Chapter 663 “Welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back to Beijing!” (Please subscribe and vote)
Chang'an City is the largest city in this era, covering an area of more than 80 square kilometers. The total length of Zhuque Street alone is five kilometers.
The weather today is quite good, the sky is blue, and the sun rises above the horizon at any time. The originally silent city of Chang'an gradually begins to come alive.
People began to walk out of their homes, and the originally deserted streets gradually became noisy.
Especially the east and west markets are already bustling with people, and the grass markets in various squares have also begun to gather pedestrians and traders, and the shouts of buyers and sellers can be heard one after another.
Everyone was happily rushing around. After finishing their busy work, they would rush home to reunite with their loved ones and spend the New Year's Day together.
And the officials, who had put on gorgeous robes, had already started heading towards the palace.
The New Year's Day court meeting is generally not early. After all, the New Year's Day court meeting is a large court meeting, and officials of the fifth rank and above of Beijing officials must participate.
Moreover, envoys from various countries would come to present gifts to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty during the New Year's Day court meeting. When the court meeting was over, there would be an unprecedented New Year's Day banquet.
Li Shimin was currently in the Hanyuan Hall, which was not commonly used, receiving ministers and Tibetan envoys.
However, during this year's New Year's Day gathering, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was obviously a little distracted and kept looking at the dripping copper kettle not far away.
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"What's going on? What are these people doing here?"
Among the business travelers who came and went through the nine gates of Chang'an, there were also traders and pawns.
They were all very curious and kept looking towards the soldiers and convoys who were waiting inside and outside the city gate.
The generals of the nine gates frequently looked at the corona displayed on the city gate tower.
Li Chengqian is sitting in a wheelchair at the moment. Well, there is no carriage prepared today. The only place where he can rest is the wheelchair built by Masaburo.
At this moment, Ning Zhong was carefully massaging Li Chengqian's legs, fearing that the Crown Prince would suffer from cramps due to excessive tension.
Cheng Chubi, the deputy leader of Zuo Nei of the East Palace of the Tang Dynasty, was squatting together with Yuchi Baoqing, the leader of Zuo Nei, bragging and spanking while frequently looking towards the top of the city.
At some point, a flag was hoisted on top of the city and began to wave. It was a signal, indicating that there was only a quarter of an hour left before noon.
"Raise the flag!" Cheng Chubi took a deep breath and shouted sternly. "Form up and prepare!"
Soon, hundreds of elite men, as well as Yu Zhining and other officials of the East Palace, were tidying up their clothes, and Li Chengqian's little heart began to stir up unsatisfactory results.
Six hundred elite men each held a spear, with a bright red triangular flag flying at the tip of the spear.
And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's guard of honor finally unfolded. Inside the city gate, a large number of elites began to pour out, blocking the common people aside first.
Following the order, just as the team was about to move forward, Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and stood up from the wheelchair.
"Your Highness, what are you..." Yu Zhining, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but be stunned.
"Gu Xin knew that he was very uncomfortable sitting in a wheelchair."
Li Chengqian's eyes swept across Zhining and others, and finally fell on Cheng Chubi who was rushing over.
"In that case, please move aside, Your Highness..." What else could Cheng Chubi say? He saluted Li Chengqian respectfully and shouted loudly.
"Beat the drum, call three times!" At this moment, the guard standing above the Mingde Gate watched the team gradually approaching, and saw that the time had reached noon, and immediately shouted loudly.
In an instant, the thunderous drum beat sounded almost from the nine gate towers of Chang'an.
The passionate and shocking sound of war drums seems to be able to change the world.
"Welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back to the capital!" Wu Bi of the Tang Dynasty, both above and below the city, raised their weapons and shouted sharply.
"Prince... then, that's His Highness the Crown Prince?!" The people at Mingde Gate who were blocked by the soldiers on both sides of the avenue couldn't help but widen their eyes at this moment.
They saw the young man wearing complicated and extremely luxurious robes, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers and civil servants, striding towards the city gate.
"It's not that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince injured his foot and is already lame."
"Does this look like a limp?"
"Congratulations to His Majesty the Crown Prince for his recovery from his illness!" At this moment, the Tang Dynasty warriors above and below the city shouted loudly again.
Li Chengqian strode forward. At first, his steps seemed a little tight, and he was even so nervous that he felt like he was going to have cramps again.
But when he saw the onlookers pointing at him, he heard the cheers of those Wu Ben of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Chengqian instantly felt his scalp numb, and his whole body relaxed.
"Congratulations to His Majesty the Crown Prince for donating 1.3 million copies of the book to all the aspiring people in the world." The third shout rang out again.
After hearing these words, the people watching once again heard shocking news.
A donation of 1.3 million books...Where did your Highness get this?
At this moment, two to three hundred people wearing Confucian shirts and Confucian scarves, ranging in age from seven or eight years old to teenagers, suddenly poured out from both sides of the road.
They all bowed respectfully to Li Chengqian in unison. "Thank you, Your Highness, for giving me this book..."
After repeating this greeting three times, the Confucian scholars and Confucian scholars began to merge into the motorcade under the command of the white-haired elder.
Then I heard the high-pitched voices of the children reciting the "Three Character Classic" loudly.
"At the beginning of human beings, their natures are good, their natures are similar, but their habits are far apart..."
As they recited in unison, soon the elite Eastern Palace soldiers also began to recite loudly.
The voices of nearly a thousand people, like a wave, set off a huge wave at the Mingde Gate of Chang'an City...
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Li Chengqian listened to those young, old, powerful, and high-pitched voices. They were all reciting the "Three Character Classic" loudly and excitedly.
After passing through the Mingde Gate and stepping onto the 50-foot-wide Suzaku Street, my eyes suddenly opened up.
From here, you can already see the majestic and tall palace complex.
At this moment, more and more people gathered near Jiumen and heard the words shouted by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
I even saw the vehicles loaded with books being pushed into the city gate. After hearing the news, many poor people rushed to the street and looked around, seeing the vehicles loaded with books.
vehicles passed by.
From time to time, we can see groups of children saluting respectfully towards the marching team and thanking His Highness the Prince for the gift of the book.
Then they began to merge into the team, reciting the "Three Character Classic" loudly as they walked.
The entire city of Chang'an was like boiling water, boiling instantly...