In the distance, one can see numerous flags, unfurling in the north wind, which is very powerful.
The waiting crowd outside the city stretched their necks happily and started talking excitedly.
Even if he couldn't see it, he praised him without any words.
In short, I didn't think much of the imperial officers and soldiers before, but at this moment, I feel that the imperial officers and soldiers are good at everything and worthy of praise.
In addition, they were also very curious and wanted to see what it would be like to see tens of thousands of prisoners being captured. They wanted to see it first.
However, there were obviously no prisoners among the vanguard, so everyone was discussing curiously.
"I wonder what the regulations are for this time of offering prisoners?"
"If you ask me, it must be very grand, even more grand than that time during the Wanli period!"
"I think so. During the Wanli period, when the Japanese pirates were defeated, the imperial court presented prisoners in a grand manner. But today, there are tens of thousands of captives. Compared with any previous victory, it is more important!"
"That's right, Jianlu is invincible. Look, he finally vented his anger this time. The prisoner presentation ceremony must be more grand!"
"..."
Amid their discussion, the victorious army was getting closer and closer. It could already be seen clearly that Sun Chuanting was at the head of the team.
After getting closer, the people outside the city cheered one after another, and finally gathered into one voice: "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
If the original war to resist Japan and aid Korea was a bit far away and did not have much impact on the people of the capital, this time the Battle of Jizhou really affected them.
If they fail, it means that the rebels are raging again. The people of the capital, their relatives and friends, no one knows how many people will suffer!
Victory means that they have saved their homeland, their relatives and friends from disaster, and even within the expected future, they will feel at ease. With the powerful government officials and troops here, there will be no more military disasters.
In this way, they certainly felt that this victory was far more important than any previous one.
It was the first time for the soldiers of the Beijing Camp and the Yongwei Camp to see such a grand welcome scene. Listening to the long-reverberated voice of "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious", they all involuntarily straightened their backs and held their heads high.
When Sun Chuanting saw that the first official to greet him was the chief minister He Fengsheng, he quickly dismounted and walked over quickly.
He Fengsheng immediately greeted him with a smile, read out the imperial edict, and arranged for the victorious army to camp outside the city where the canal workers had been isolated.
After reading it out, he smiled bitterly and said to Sun Chuanting: "We had already planned a protocol for offering prisoners, which was even more grand than the sacrifice of prisoners to the Japanese invaders during the Wanli period. As a result, His Majesty went back on his word the next day and proposed a new protocol for offering prisoners.
Mr. Sun, we have to make arrangements quickly, it will be held the day after tomorrow."
"..." Sun Chuanting was speechless for a while after hearing this, but then he thought of something and asked, "Is it the intention of Emperor Taizu to give the treasure to the person in question?"
After hearing this, He Fengsheng smiled bitterly and said: "Who knows, in short, this charter is unheard of, just take a look and do it quickly!"
Sun Chuanting took a memorial given to him by He Fengsheng. After reading it quickly, his eyes lit up and he said: "At this moment, your Majesty's new prisoner is the best!"
He closed his hands and closed the memorial with the new prisoner presentation ceremony. He nodded immediately and said, "Okay, once the camp is set up, I will start making arrangements."
Then, without further ado, Sun Chuanting immediately led the army to the camp.
The people who left the city were a little surprised. Unexpectedly, they did not enter the city. According to their thinking, it was definitely impossible for the army to enter the city, but it was appropriate to take the slave chiefs as prisoners.
As a result, this didn’t happen either!
Although they were all surprised, it did not hinder their enthusiasm to continue watching. Especially after walking through half of the army, when the army escorting the prisoners passed by, they became excited again and cursed loudly these murderers who did all the bad things without blinking an eye.
demon.
If the army hadn't been in front of him, many people would have rushed over.
Inside the capital city, everyone was waiting excitedly as they heard the commotion outside the city. After waiting for a long time, but there was still no movement, they all became anxious.
Thanks to someone who was well-informed, I knew that the prisoner presentation ceremony would be held until the day after tomorrow, so everyone rushed out of the city to watch the excitement first. I was just wondering why the prisoner presentation ceremony had to be postponed.
In fact, Sun Chuanting's guess was not wrong, it was really the reason he said.
After a great victory, the prisoner presentation ceremony was naturally put on the agenda. An ordinary prisoner presentation ceremony was definitely inappropriate. The most solemn one was the victory over the Japanese pirates during the Wanli period. Emperor Wanli personally presided over it, right here at the Meridian Gate.
Chief Assistant He Fengsheng personally took the lead and negotiated the charter with the Minister of Rites, which was more grand than the Wanli period, and reported it to Emperor Chongzhen for his decision.
Originally, Emperor Chongzhen felt very satisfied after seeing it, so he made the decision.
As a result, in the evening, when Emperor Chongzhen had a video chat with Liu Weichao, he showed off his prisoner offering regulations to Liu Weichao with a little showiness.
Liu Weichao was also very interested in this, so he listened carefully to Emperor Chongzhen's introduction.
When the prisoner presentation began, the ceremony officials guided the civil and military officials to stand in order from east to west outside the Meridian Gate, and the officials who led the ceremony led the ceremony officials to place the victory report on the big case and return to their positions.
Afterwards, the general escorted the prisoners to the Meridian Gate and stood behind the military attache's shift in the west. At this time, the bell rang loudly. Emperor Chongzhen wore ordinary clothes and drove to Fengtian Gate (also known as Taihe Gate). The bell stopped.
Afterwards, Honglu Temple came to the imperial chariot, knelt down and asked Emperor Chongzhen to ride on his shoulders. At the same time, with the sound of ritual music, Emperor Chongzhen came to the Meridian Gate Tower and ascended his seat and then stopped to enjoy himself.
The generals whipped their whips into silence, and the entire audience was solemn. The salute officer sang loudly: "Enter!"
Therefore, the officials who presented the Lubu (a message of good news) bowed four times to the Meridian Gate, and the ritual music played again, and the music ended after Ping Ping's death.
At this time, the salute officer sang again: "Enter Lubu!"
The music started again, and the deacon officials raised the case and placed it in the middle way in front of the Meridian Gate, and the music stopped.
The salute officer sang: "Announcement!"
The announcer kneels down, and after he is level, the announcer and the display officer go to the case to get the cloth, and kneel down to announce the cloth. After reading it, they place it on the case. After returning to their seats, they lie down and perform music, perform four prostrations, and are happy after death.
Then, the deacon raised the big case and relocated it to the east of the royal road, and the ceremonial officer guided Xian Lubu and other officials to exit.
At this time, the salute officer sang: "Present the prisoners!"
The general in charge of offering prisoners would escort the captives to the place where they would offer prisoners, and the prisoners would kneel in front of the Meridian Gate facing north.
After that, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment knelt down in front of the Meridian Gate Royal Road, with two ministers on his side, and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "I, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, xxx, please behead Jianlu and go to the city Cao for execution. Please give me the order!"
Moreover, he also accused Jianlu of his crimes, and then bowed to the Meridian Gate.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen personally issued an order to all civil and military officials: "Take it!"
"Take it!" From near to far, the ministers and ministers around the emperor shouted: "Take it"!
The ministers and soldiers nearby also responded accordingly, from two to four, from four to eight, from top to bottom at the Meridian Gate, until the 360 General Jinwu who were guarding the Meridian Gate gathered together.
The sound echoes.
The meaning of taking it is to take it and behead him at Caishikou, and spread it throughout the world.
Emperor Chongzhen accepted the congratulations from hundreds of officials, went to the Ancestral Temple to worship, and presented fermented wine to his ministers. Finally, he issued an imperial edict.
After the entire process was explained, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "How?"
This was his most glorious moment, and it was naturally a bit of a show off.
But who knows, after Liu Weichao listened, he went through it again in his mind, shook his head and said with a smile: "You are a prisoner, I feel you are not majestic and domineering enough!"
"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen heard this and quickly asked, "Then what should we do to be majestic and domineering?"
Of course he wants this "prestige" and "dominance"!
After hearing this, Liu Weichao smiled and said to him: "My feeling is that your prisoner presentation ceremony is a bit highbrow and boring!"
"..." Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked a little doubtfully, "The music is high and the people are quiet? What do you mean?"
Seeing that he didn't understand, Liu Weichao reminded him: "Are you offering prisoners to yourself, to your civil and military officials, or to the common people?"
At this point, without waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to speak, he continued to say to him: "I have told you before that the most important thing is to win the people's morale. For this great victory of yours, you have to publicize your martial arts and win the people's hearts and minds.
Everyone in the world understands how powerful the imperial army is and how to pacify the world is just around the corner. Therefore, it is best to combine it with a military parade so that everyone can see how powerful the Ming army is, do you understand?"
Emperor Chongzhen listened and thought about it for a moment. Before he could understand it, Liu Weichao smiled and said to him: "Wait a minute, I will send you a video of the military parade. You can feel it first!"
"Okay, I'll wait and see!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but look forward to it when he heard it.
After hanging up the video, he waited not long before a sound came from his phone and a video arrived.
Emperor Chongzhen saw it and quickly opened it to read.
This video is from Liu Weichao's recent military parade, a very grand one.
Emperor Chongzhen was attracted by just one look. Especially when the phalanxes passed by, he was immediately attracted by the majestic momentum.
After a long time, after he read it, he immediately contacted Liu Weichao and said a little excitedly: "I understand, I want to show the prestige of Yongwei Camp and Jingying to the people of the world, together with the prisoner presentation ceremony, in this way, let the people of the world know
, I have the strength to bring peace to the world!"
"Haha, that's right!" Liu Weichao heard this and said with a smile, "Show your military power! How about I design it for you?"
He was also joining in the fun, thinking about such an important prisoner parade, and if it was done by him, he would be excited just thinking about it, so he mentioned it casually.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen agreed immediately without even thinking about it.
So, there was this temporary change of heart.
Under the urgent direction of Liu Weichao, the real day of the prisoner sacrifice came quickly.