Chapter 226: Outside Xuanwu Gate

The eunuch's voice was loud and sharp, which had already alarmed many ministers. They thought strangely: "Chen Wanrong was favored by the emperor today, and asked the prince to lead the horse and to introduce the generals in Lingyan Pavilion to himself. It can be said that the honor and favor are unparalleled. Why did he knock him back to his original form in the blink of an eye and ask him to go to the banquet with the military weapon prisoners?"

Although the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to technology, the military weapon surveillance was much worse than the soldiers who returned from triumphant return. He asked Chen Wanrong to go with the military weapon surveillance instead of following Guo Qianguan and the others. What else could this be to bring Chen Wanrong back to its original form?

"Can Chen Wanrong do something that made the emperor unhappy and took the opportunity to punish him?" Some ministers began to guess. If this is true, Chen Wanrong's future would be a little bad, and many people began to worry about Chen Wanrong.

Chen Wanrong didn't understand Ruizong's intention, so he didn't think about it, so he followed Ye Tianheng and the others.

Looking at Chen Wanrong's back, Fei Junxing and others who only know how to fight did not realize something was wrong. They were very sorry that they could not go with Chen Wanrong.

Many eunuchs, palace maids, and tragic servants took those old and weak ministers to Xuanwu Gate.

Xuanwu Gate is on the north side of Tai Chi Palace. It is a bit of a journey from Daming Palace to Tai Chi Palace. However, everyone was happy and walked with ease. They arrived soon.

"This is Xuanwu Gate! I finally arrived at Xuanwu Gate!" Chen Wanrong came to Xuanwu Gate and was very excited.

If there was no Xuanwu Gate Incident, would Emperor Taizong of Tang ascend to the throne? Although Li Yuan was Emperor Gaozu and was considered the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he was not the founder of the Tang Dynasty, but Emperor Taizong of Tang. Emperor Taizong of Tang played an irreplaceable role in the creation of the Tang Dynasty. However, Li Yuan did not make him the crown prince, but Li Jiancheng was established.

After all, Li Yuan was very afraid of this son who was extremely meritorious and had restrictions everywhere.

Li Shimin is the most respected emperor, but if there was no "Xuanwu Gate Incident", could he become an emperor? No one can tell.

The Xuanwu Gate Incident has an irreplaceable role in Chinese history. It is the "Xuanwu Gate Incident" that opened a glorious page in Chinese history!

Chen Wanrong was very yearning for Xuanwu Gate and had long wanted to come and see it. However, the guards here are tightly guarded and will not open for a while, and there is no chance. Now, I finally got here, and the excitement in my heart cannot be described by the pen and mo.

The place where the banquet is held is not Xuanwu Gate, but because a grand singing and dancing are held here. Every festival or the court has a major festive celebration, singing and dancing are held at Xuanwu Gate. Today, this singing and dancing are necessary, and then the banquet is given.

Nowadays, Xuanwumen is crowded with people. The people who come to watch the ceremony include not only civil officials, military generals, soldiers, gentry and celebrities, as well as foreign envoys. It is roughly estimated that there are no less than two thousand people coming today.

Standing on the wall of Xuanwu Gate, Chen Wanrong felt as if he was standing on the Tiananmen Gate Tower, and he felt very honored.

At this time, the outside of Xuanwu Gate was pitch black and there was nothing strange about it. If you want to say something strange, it would be the big drums outside, one side after another, no less than hundreds of sides. Behind each drum stand a tall and strong man with red cloth wrapped around his head and drumsticks in his hands, standing quietly.

In the middle of the big drum, there were two sides of the Jie drum, and one person stood in front of the two sides of the Jie drum. One was the prince Li Longji, and the other was a musician with beautiful eyes. The two were just the same, holding drumsticks in their hands and standing quietly behind the Jie drum, calm and relaxed, and kept in peace.

"It's the prince! It's the prince! The prince is the master!" The minister with good eyes has recognized Li Longji and is very surprised.

"The sound of the prince is so rare! I heard it today, so please comfort my life!" Many ministers stroked their beards, looking forward to hearing the jealous drum played by Li Longji.

Li Longji's musical talent is well known to everyone, and he yearns for it very much. However, Li Longji is plagued by state affairs and rarely plays it once. Unexpectedly, Li Longji plays the Keji drum himself today, which is a surprise, a big surprise!

Ruizong stood on the city tower, looked at Xuanwu Gate, and ordered: "Let's start!"

"Celebrating the great victory in Tubo, music starts!" The eunuch's loud voice sounded.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Longji and the young man around him raised the drumsticks and hit the drum, making a "bang" sound.

The Jie drum has a thin waist and skin on both sides. Ram skin is generally used as a drum skin, so it is called Jie drum. It was originally a musical instrument from Kucha, Gaochang and other countries in the Western Regions. It was later spread to the Tang Dynasty and became a widely circulated instrument.

The Jie drum mainly emits the second yang rule among the twelve ancient rules. The music sounds are rapid, intense and loud, and suitable for playing fast-paced music. If used on the battlefield, it will make people feel passionate.

Li Longji is the best at playing with Jie Gu. He believes that Jie Gu is the leader of Bayin and other instruments cannot be compared with it.

Although it was a drum sound, it was so wonderful that it seemed to hit the heart of a person. Chen Wanrong's heart was shocked for no reason, and his mouth became wide open unnaturally. Many ministers were even more unbearable and even screamed out: "Ah!"

Li Longji is worthy of being a music master with outstanding talents. He makes everyone hold their breath for one move!

"Dong!" When Li Longji beat the Jie drum, the drumsticks in the hands of hundreds of strong men smashed on the drums. The sounds of hundreds of big drums gathered together, and a shocking sound in the world, and the earth trembled.

The sound was so amazing. Chen Wanrong saw the lips of many people around him twitching, but he couldn't hear what they were saying. He probably was surprised.

One drum after another sounded, and it spread from afar.

The drum sounds like thunder, the magnificence of the rivers and mountains are heard from a hundred miles, making people feel passionate. When I heard the drum sound like thunder on the battlefield that day, the feeling was just like that, and Chen Wanrong's blood boiled again.

A few ignitions appeared in the darkness, and the flames became more and more. Finally, they gathered into four long dragons and moved towards Xuanwu Gate from four different directions.

The sound of thunderous hooves came from the rumbling drums, and teams of heavy armored cavalry drove over in neat formations. The torches in their hands gathered into a fire dragon, which seemed particularly conspicuous in the quiet night.

Now the song "Qin King Breaking the Formation Music" that must be played. This song has a very high status in the Tang Dynasty. It must be played whenever there are major celebrations. The scale depends on the situation.

When Chen Wanrong came back from Tubo, he only admired small music and dances. Now, so many people gathered together in Xuanwu Gate, so he naturally had to play large music and dances. There were two thousand cavalrymen dispatched alone.

Chen Wanrong knew the momentum of the two thousand cavalry advancing. The rumbling sound of hooves and neat formations were the best explanation.

The cavalry drove to Xuanwu Gate and began to dance with the sound of drums. The left round, the right side, the first side, the next side, the Yuli, the goose, the ji Zhang, the yishu, the interlaced bend and stretched, the head and tail returned, and the back and forth, which was no different from the real battlefield.

Looking at the cavalry rushing back and forth, Chen Wanrong's battle with Tubo appeared in front of him: the artillery fire in Shibao City, the galloping of Dafeichuan, the heavy rain in Jishi Mountain, the mud, the dangerous path, the blood flowing in the sunset city, the piles of corpses during the decisive battle, the blood flowing over the insteps of his feet...

Not only was Chen Wanrong immersed in his memories, but who did not recall the bloody battle of Geshuhan and others? Cheng Xiaotian's unforgettable battle in Doma, he chased with 5,000 light cavalry and tens of thousands of Tubo troops. In the battle of Nujiang, he was in an unfavorable situation. In the critical moment, heavy infantry led by Geshuhan arrived. The soldiers were wearing heavy armor and holding Mo swords, and rushed over from the Nujiang one by one. The Mo swords in their hands emitted dazzling light in the sun, like a huge mirror.

The cannon fire roared, the sword light flashed, the drum sounded like thunder, the cry continued, the corpses were piled up like mountains, and blood flowed. Only those who had experienced these scenes knew how much impact it had on people.

As long as you are an individual, you will fight with weapons when you are in that situation!

Chen Wanrong's memories were interrupted by the loud singing, and the horse army sang loudly: "The emperor wind in all the seas is cushioned, and the virtue of a thousand years is clear; the military uniform is not enough, and today it is successful."

"Today's success?" Chen Wanrong murmured in his heart.

I heard the cavalry sing down, "The Lord is saint and the Lord is loyal and dedicated to the great plan; after the Lord sees the rebellion, it will be peaceful and autumn."

The music of the Breaking Formation was originally after Li Shimin attacked Liu Wuzhou. The people welcomed each other. The soldiers used old songs to fill in new lyrics and sang "Breaking Formation". It was widely circulated and became a military song of the Tang army. After Emperor Taizong of Tang ascended the throne, he ordered someone to organize and write lyrics, and the "Breaking Formation Music of the King of Qin" was published.

The biggest feature of this song is that it is as powerful as a rainbow and has a shocking power, making people feel excited. Hundreds of big drums are beating, and the drum sounds are like thunder. The Śrāvakas are so exciting. How exciting is that?

After the drums stopped and the singing disappeared, the entire Xuanwu Gate was silent and no one spoke.

Although no one spoke, their excitement was written on their faces, and everyone was very excited, as if they had just come down from the battlefield where life and death were intertwined.

Wherever Chen Wanrong looked, he saw Ye Tianheng holding the crutch in his hand tightly. He held it too tightly and his hands turned blue, as if he was not holding a crutch, but a weapon, and he was almost chopping down at someone.

Not only Ye Tianheng performed like this, but who is not like this, Zhang Deming and others?

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!" Suddenly, a shocking shout sounded, from the mouths of thousands of people.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!" Chen Wanrong and the others shouted, even Ruizong was cheering.

The shout of Xuanwu Gate is amazing. With Xuanwu Gate as the center, the shout of "Long Live the Tang Dynasty" expanded rapidly and soon spread throughout Chang'an.

Chang'an is the first city in human history with a population of more than one million. In addition, foreign merchants, envoys, Tang army garrisons, and the number of people coming and going was hundreds of thousands.

The sound of "Long Live the Tang Dynasty" comes from the mouths of millions of people. The momentum is not something that can be clearly stated by witnesses. The earth is trembling and the floating clouds stop drifting!

One shout after another sounded, and the whole of Chang'an was boiling!

After a long time, I finally stopped.

"Set firecrackers!" Ruizong issued an order.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of firecrackers sounded, with Xuanwu Gate as the center, Leyouyuan, on the bank of Qujiang, inside and outside the city, the sound of firecrackers could be heard everywhere, and the flash of firecrackers could be seen everywhere.

Amid the sound of firecrackers, earth-shaking cheers came: "Long live the Tang Dynasty! Long live China! Long live the emperor!"

In the three years, although the emperor was put last, Ruizong still heard it and was happy in his heart. It was so good to be an emperor! Especially the feeling of admiration for all people is too wonderful!

"Torch!" Ruizong's voice was trembling with excitement.

The cavalry under Xuanwu Gate rushed away with torches. They used the torches in their hands to light other torches, and the other torches ignited other torches. They lit one by one, and with Xuanwu Gate as the dragon, a fire dragon quickly rushed to the distance.

In just a moment, Chang'an was shrouded in a fire, shining like daylight.

The celebration reached its peak, and then it was time to give a feast.

Rui's purpose was to let everyone leave Xuanwu Gate and rushed to the banquet.

The place where the banquet was given was in the Linde Hall of the Daming Palace. In front of the Daming Palace was the place where the court meeting was held, the office where the ministers handled official affairs, and behind it was the inner courtyard, which was a garden area, which was mainly a place for banquets and music and dance.

Although Chen Wanrong was a celebrity in front of Ruizong, he had never been to Neiting. This was his first time to come to Neiting. Looking at the sea of ​​flowers and stone mountains, he was very surprised. He had long heard that Neiting is the most beautiful and the essence of the Daming Palace. It is better to see it at once than to hear it. At first sight is much better than to imagine.

Linde Hall is rammed earth and bricked on all four walls. It is 130 meters long from north to south and 80 meters wide from east to west. It is huge in scale and is enough to accommodate thousands of people.

As soon as he entered Linde Hall, Chen Wanrong was shocked. The furnishings in Linde Hall were magnificent, and he didn't know how luxurious the emperor's life was if he didn't enter. Chen Wanrong knew that Ruizong was a very frugal person, and he didn't have any high demands on eating, so he could just live a good life. Sometimes, Ruizong's meal was worse than a wealthy businessman.

When I thought about it, this is normal. This is a royal banquet, so it is naturally awesome, magnificent, luxurious, otherwise it cannot show royal elegance.

The palace maids and eunuchs shuttled back and forth, leading the people who entered the palace to take their seats. Chen Wanrong arranged it to be on the side of the military weapon surveillance. This time, the military weapon surveillance showed its face. First, they built emergency weapons and artillery, and more importantly, a general who was a good craftsman, was Chen Wanrong.

After Chen Wanrong became famous all over the world, when people mentioned Chen Wanrong, they always said, "Chen Jianjun was born in a military weapon supervisor! He is a good craftsman in the Tang Dynasty!"

The recognition and praise of the people is the reason why Ye Tianheng and his friends regard Chen Wanrong as the military weapon and the flag monitoring.

The people in the military weapon prison were all together. Just as they were about to sit down, something unexpected happened. An eunuch hurried to convey Ruizong's oral order: "Ye Tianheng has been working hard for the Tang Dynasty for decades and has made great contributions. He should be the chief of the military weapon prison!"

Who is in the chief? Is it still unclear to the military weapon supervisor? Is it necessary to speak in Ruizong? What is An's mind?

"Me? I, I'll be in the chief?" As soon as the eunuch conveyed it, Ye Tianheng was so surprised that his chin hit the foot.

The military weapon supervisor Chen Wanrong is the leader. After he arrived, the promotion of the military weapon supervisor was obvious to all. Logically, Chen Wanrong should be the chief. I don’t know what Ruizong thought, but he actually wanted Ye Tianheng to be the chief.

"Master Ye, please sit down!" Chen Wanrong held Ye Tianheng and took his seat.

Ye Tianheng was both happy and a little unbearable: "My friend, this chief should have been sitting there, but I'm...

Chen Wanrong wanted to follow the military weapon surveillance instead of the generals, but Chen Wanrong wanted to ignore it. With Ye Tianheng's case, Chen Wanrong suddenly realized that Ruizong was playing tricks again, which was a great way.

Ruizong deliberately kept Chen Wanrong away and prevented Chen Wanrong from being too popular and arranged it deliberately.

Today, the prince led Chen Wanrong to the horse, and the prince introduced the general of Lingyan Pavilion. The ministers had long believed that Chen Wanrong was a celebrity in front of Ruizong or was left to Li Longji. This was a huge trust.

Ruizong also thought so. Of course, the emperor's work is far beyond imagination. The impression has been caused. If Ruizong shows favor again, then Chen Wanrong will be more eye-catching. As soon as the limelight comes, some things will be difficult to deal with. Therefore, Ruizong decided to cool down Chen Wanrong.

First, he asked Chen Wanrong to follow the military weapon supervisor, and not follow the generals, which made many ministers speculate. In addition, those ministers who originally wanted to curry favor with Chen Wanrong were playing the drums. Ruizong was trying to suppress him, a young boy. Do I have to curry favor with him again?
To be continued...