Chapter 638
"What a big battle!" Although Zhao Bing did not fall asleep, he felt very tired. He got up reluctantly, washed up, changed his clothes, drank a bowl of porridge, and went out to pay homage to Ci'an Palace. He invited the Empress Dowager to board the car and got on a jade cart behind him. As soon as he left the palace gate, he saw that the ceremonial guards outside the palace had already been lined up. The guards stood with their hands and stood quietly. When they saw two chariots coming to greet the tribute of the ritual officers, Zhao Bing was excited and wide-eyed and said in surprise.
"Your Majesty, this is just a small car. If it is a big car, the scene will be even more spectacular!" Wang Defu, who was serving in the car, made a good move again.
"This is just a small horse. The guards have already been all out?" Zhao Bing looked at the thousands of soldiers in front of him, and then he could not see the head in front, and he could not see the tail behind him, and he said even more surprised.
"Your Majesty, the guards have all been allocated, except for those who stayed in the palace and the palace. They have also drawn more than a thousand cavalry guards from the imperial guards in front of the palace!" Wang De said with a smile.
"It's too extravagant to just leave the palace to respect Buddha, and he has to set up such a large formation!" Zhao Bing frowned. The emperor's new mourning ceremony, which he succeeded to the throne, was in the pursuit of the enemy's army, so everything was in a hurry. Unless during the war, he traveled lightly, and often only had a dozen guards and wandered around. The ceremonial guards he set up today really made him feel that it was too mobilizing.
"Your Majesty did not approve the arrangements of the Ministry of Rites, so he was discharged from the rituals. He did not take any permission to do so!" Wang De saw that His Majesty's face was full of displeasure, and knew that he thought it was too wasteful, so he hurriedly explained.
"Oh, this is the case, but I don't know how to be so arrogant. I'm really ignorant and kill people. Just tell me about this... What's the point of this Lu Book?" Zhao Bing was stunned when he heard this. After recalling that it was indeed his own thing to be sure of such a thing. He thought that the Empress Dowager was rarely leaving the palace, and he had just experienced the war, so he was a little extravagant, which made him happy. But he didn't expect the formation to be so big, and said with a wry smile.
"Your Majesty, this... this little one knows not much, but just a little bit. Otherwise, I would like to ask Shangshu Xu to get in the car and ask him to explain in detail." Wang De hesitated, and saw that the little emperor looked angry and said quickly, "As long as your Majesty doesn't blame the little one for saying badly, then the little one should do his best!"
"Your Majesty, as far as you know, the original intention of the Lu Book is to record the book of guards, escorts, ceremonial guards, clothing, etc. when the emperor travels. Later, he often calls the guard guards themselves. According to the purpose or event occasion of travel, the number of escorts around the emperor and the form of ceremonial guards are different, and they must be strictly implemented in accordance with the relevant etiquette regulations. The emperor's Lu Book is mainly divided into three types: big chariots, law chariots, and small chariots, and their rituals and guards are different. Our dynasty is mainly composed of guides, guides, front and back guards, front and back bands, and emperor chariots, etc. "Wang De saw that the young emperor had no objection to him, and continued.
"Your Majesty, please look ahead!" Suddenly, the music in front of him was loud, and the carriage began to move slowly. The surrounding guards turned around and followed him. Wang De pointed to the front and said, "In the system of our dynasty, the Mausoleum of the Palace, Taichangqing, Situ, the Censorate, and the Minister of War, were in front, and were the six guides. Then there were twelve large flags. The flag was followed by the Qingyou team responsible for the inspection of the clearing ground, holding the crossbow and the spear. Following was the Suzaku team holding the Suzaku flag, holding the spear and the crossbow..."
According to Wang De's statement, Zhao Bing finally understood a little, but he was also troubled by the cumbersome headache. What he could see now was the twelve dragon flags leading from front to back, which seemed to be Feng Bo, Yu Shi flag, Lei Gong and Lightning Mother Flag, Wood, Fire, Earth, Gold, Mercury Flag, Left and Right Flag, and Beidou Flag. Behind the flag is a special convoy, including a compass, a drum cart, a egret, a phoenix cart, a phoenix cart, a phoenix cart, a pixuan cart, etc. Each car is led by four horses, with four drivers and fourteen drivers. In addition, they may be on guard against lying on the road, and each cart has a repairman.
At this point, the guided ceremonial war was over, and then the guided ceremonial war was followed. The pair of people and horses were mainly music and wars. The civil and military officials who accompanied the emperor were also among them. The leading guide of the guided ceremonial war was a guard composed of twelve rows of cavalry holding horizontal knives, bows and arrows, and arranged by cavalry, which was called the "Twelve Levels of Driving ceremonial warriors". Following this was a huge drum band, with two drum commanders responsible for conducting and playing. The band's instruments were mainly various drums, mainly h drums, big drums, chubs, small drums, feather drums, etc., as well as percussion instruments such as flutes, flutes, slings, long and middle rings, big horizontal blows, slings, etc., and percussion instruments such as gold and slings. The entire band was composed of hundreds of people, and according to Wang De's words, if the musicians were traveling, there would be as many as a thousand people.
After the band, there were flag formations composed of various banners, banners, flags, etc. Some accompanying officials and the emperor's imperial horses were also mixed in the flag formation. After the flag formation, there were Qinglong flags and White Tiger flags arranged on the left and right, and behind the two flags was the accompanying imperial officials. In the middle of this team, cavalry and infantry armored soldiers holding weapons were also interspersed.
Then there was the Empress Dowager and the Yulu who were riding on him. According to Wang De, the one who drove the car to him was the Taichang Temple Minister, but Zhao Bing had no impression of him. He was one of the nine ministers a thousand years earlier and had a very noble status. He was now a department under the Shangshu Province. However, a third-rank official was very arrogant to be a driver for him. He was at the core of the entire guard of honor, so the guard was extremely strict, with dozens of drivers surrounded by the front and back, and the generals of the left and right guards on both sides. Following Yulu were the imperial guards and the eunuchs.
On the periphery of these guards, there are many cavalry and infantry of the imperial guards. Each team of imperial guards has different numbers and is led by military generals. The imperial guards are equipped with bows, arrows, swords and other weapons, ready to deal with emergencies at any time. Behind the imperial guards is a ceremonial war consisting of peacock fans, small round fans, square fans, Huang Hui, Jiang Hui, Xuanwu Banner, etc. There is also a "rear drumming" band behind the emperor's carriage. The instruments configured by the band are similar to those of the Yulu Present, but the scale is relatively small, but there are as many as a hundred people at present.
The rear was followed by various carriages specially used by the emperor, including square chariots, small chariots, waist chariots, Jinlu, Xianglu, Gelu, Five deputy chariots, root chariots, Anhui, Siwang chariots, Sheep chariots, Origa, Huangyue chariots, Leopard tail chariots, etc. The left and right Weiwei Guards each led hundreds of soldiers, divided into four rows of horizontal rows, holding large halberds, swords, shields, bows and arrows and crossbows, and followed the leopard tail chariots as covers. Each car was pulled by horses, and there were a number of drivers and followers of different numbers.
The rear guard was at the end of the ceremonial guard. In front was the left and right wing armor team led by two generals, divided into two square formations, front and back, guided by a flag. The soldiers were all wearing horns, armor, holding bows or swords and shields. The outfits of each team were of the same color and arranged in an alternate color. In the middle was the left and right wing yellow guards, divided into twelve rows, holding bows, knives, halberds, shields, peacock buckles, goose feather buckles, chicken feather buckles, etc.
After Huang's command was a war, he held ancient guard weapons such as Shu. Finally, it was a flag formation composed of cavalry and flag teams on the left and right sides of the guards. The flags held by each flag team were painted with the same legendary gods and monsters, such as vanguard, jade horse, yellow dragon, qilin, dragon horse, triangular beast, Xuanwu, and Jinniu. Behind the flag formation, there was a Huang's command consisting of infantry and armored soldiers, and was guarded by cavalry.
After listening to the introduction, Zhao Bing didn't say anything for a long time. The most tycoon king of modern times brought 1,500 entourages on a visit. The 500 tons of gifts became the focus of the people of the world, lamenting that he had money and had nowhere to spend. Wang De said that it would take 261 people to travel, and Emperor Gaozong could not escape. When the ceremonial guard was still used, he used more than 3,000 people to worship Buddha outside the north city this time. If there was a north gate in the palace, I was afraid that the guide team had already arrived in the temple and he was still in the city!
Compared with that little bit of the show, it was just a drizzle, and it was not worth mentioning to us. However, Zhao Bing could also see that the pomp of the etiquette of the ceremonial guards was directly related to the rise and fall of national strength and the changes in the current situation. Even if all the troops and horses left by Qiongzhou were dispatched, they might not be able to collect the number of people needed for the big driver. If there were not many Mongolian war horses seized this time, they would have to worry about whether there were enough horses to pull the cart. All of this was just showing off with a stubborn belly.
"These people are still useful!" Driving onto the main street of Fucheng, the people were already gathered along the way, and there were crowds of people. There may have been no such formation in Qiongzhou. However, Zhao Bing felt that their mentality of watching the excitement was definitely better than that of him. Although they were all crawling on the ground and shouting long live, he still lifted the curtain and stood behind the car railing to respond to the enthusiasm of the people. He suddenly smiled at Wang Dedao.
"Does Your Majesty mean the people? They are your Majesty's people, of course it is useful!" Wang De helped Your Majesty to stop him from falling.
"No, I mean the guys in the Picture Academy, you see, I painted more beautiful than real people!" Zhao Bing pointed to a huge "Emperor's Imperial Formation Picture" painted on a high wall and said with a smile.
"Oh, it was the situation where His Majesty the painting commanded the country to attack the Tartars!" Wang De realized that His Majesty was talking about the "idlemen" in the Hanlin Academy Picture Academy. Since they entered the palace and did nothing all day, he realized that His Majesty would definitely not raise idle people. As soon as the defense battle ended, he ordered them to paint the scenes of the battle in this battle everywhere in the city. On the blank walls everywhere, and even the city walls were filled with slogans and slogans to celebrate victory. Seeing that all the walls along the way were painted, these people were probably tired as grandsons.
"Let them write some slogans on the palace wall tomorrow and draw some scenes of winning victory, which looks festive!" Zhao Bing looked very satisfied and ordered again.
"Yes, I've written it down!" Wang De shrank his neck and waited for the palace walls to be covered with colorful colors. The ministers might have advised him that he had lost his royal majesty...
The Empress Dowager went to burn incense this time to burn incense was Tiannan Temple in Qiongzhou, located outside the northern city of Fucheng. It was built during the Taizu period of this dynasty. At that time, Taizu Yazhou was in Qiongzhou and changed Zhenzhou to Yazhou, collectively known as "Qiongya". By the Xining period of Emperor Shenzong, the Qiongshan County and the Fuzhi successively moved to Fucheng, making Fucheng the cultural, economic and political center of the island. Tiannan Temple in Fucheng became the first Zen forest in Hainan and the largest Buddhist center on the island. Since then, the incense has become popular and the family has full of pilgrims and believers.
Although Zhao Bing always pretended to be a ghost, he was very interested in these "superstitious" activities, but he was also in awe of the unpredictable God for running to this world for no reason, so he followed the Empress Dowager to take three incense sticks of incense to the Buddha. The Empress Dowager had much more wishes, and he blessed this and that. After talking for a long time, he thought the Empress Dowager would be so annoyed to the Buddha.
Of course, the Buddha did not use it in vain. The Empress Dowager donated 300 collars of monk robes, 2,000 silos of incense and oil, and 500 silos of Buddhist scriptures. Since Zhao Bing came, he could not show his feelings, and he could not be stingy. He gritted his teeth and paid 10,000 silence to repair the Buddhist temple and shaped the golden body for the Buddhas. According to the arrangement, the Empress Dowager would listen to the presidency and fast for one day to show his sincerity, so he would have to stay for a long time.
Zhao Bing already had a monk master, and it was enough to listen to him "Amitabha" every day. In order to show his filial piety, he still insisted on accompanying the empress dowager for a while. But the sequelae of not sleeping last night broke out. Thinking that it was really disrespectful to doze off in front of the Buddha, he found a reason to escape from the hall and called a little novice monk to accompany him to the temple.
This Nantian Temple has a history of three hundred years. It has been expanded and rebuilt many times and has become quite large. The temple has three Buddhist temples, more than ten east and west wing rooms and mountain gates. The temples are decorated with Tathagata Buddha, Guanyin Buddha and many Bodhisattvas, which are the holy land of the Zen Forest in Qiongbei. Incense is lingering, and the surrounding forests are lush, covering the sky and the sun, with beautiful scenery and quiet environment, which is a good place for leisure.
At this point, the emperor naturally closed the door and thanked the guests, and cleared all the idle people out of the temple. Zhao Bing followed Wang De, Ni Liang and a few attendants, and Liu Fu, Ying Jieyan and Xu Zongren and other ministers wandered around the temple. Thinking about the temples in their previous lives, almost all became another world of fame and fortune, most of which were commercialized, and even monks were fake. Listening to the monks singing the scriptures and sings here made people feel leisurely and calm, as if they had temporarily forgotten the disputes in the outside world.
"The Master, this pavilion contains three poems written by Li Gang, the former prime minister of our court. Do you go in and watch them?" Walking in front of the Bodhi Pavilion, the little novice stopped and put together the ten steps to perform the rituals.
"Oh, Li Xiang has kept a magic treasure here?" Zhao Bing stopped and turned his head to look at everyone and said.
"Your Majesty, in the second year of Jianyan, Li Xiang was framed and demoted again and again because he advocated the resistance of Jin. He was finally demoted and sent to Wan'an Army to join the army. He crossed the sea north to Haikoupu, but it was not uncommon to visit here. He had never heard of Li Xiang writing poems here!" Xu Zongren frowned.
"As far as I know, Li Xiang was demoted to Qiongzhou. After staying for only three days, he was pardoned and re-activated as Prime Minister and returned to the north in a hurry!" Zhao Bing nodded and said.
Chapter completed!