Obviously tomorrow is the day of the celebration, but the entire Chang'an City seems to have entered a state of excitement and anxiety. Almost everyone is discussing tomorrow's celebration, and martial law has been imposed near the South City Gate today to be responsible for this military parade. The team held a rehearsal.
The rehearsal was held at night, using the form of lighting torches. The overall rehearsal was completed very beautifully. Although Li Ke was not present, he had received an on-site report. This kind of large-scale organizational ability has been ours since ancient times. Strengths.
The streets of Chang'an City were hung with celebratory flags.
It is estimated that there will be a lot of people entering the celebration tomorrow, but it is impossible for all people to go to the relevant locations. For example, there will definitely be a large number of people gathering on both sides of Zhuque Street, which will be the main street tomorrow.
Although the main military parade ceremony is held outside the city gate, some can be seen inside. After all, the main venue for the military parade outside the city tomorrow will accommodate about 100,000 people at most.
But on the auxiliary roads on both sides, that is, outside the informal venue, it is estimated that a large number of people will gather spontaneously, so I don't know how many people there are.
Fortunately, there are enough soldiers in the Sixteenth Guards of Chang'an, so safety is definitely guaranteed.
In the early morning of October 1st, before the sun had risen, many people were already gathering in the south of Chang'an City. A considerable part of these people came from people living near Chang'an City, and some lived in Chang'an City. But for today Some people came early to occupy a spot, went to stay with relatives outside the city, or even spent the night in the wild.
But when they gathered at the city gate, soldiers from the 16th Guards used ropes to pull a fence around all the main places near the city gate. Although it was just a simple rope-pulled fence, no one made a collision.
Today, most stores in Chang'an are on holiday, especially all the stores under Li Ke's name. Naturally, the employees of Li Ke's store have some preferential treatment. They can enter the internal venue, although it is not the main one. The viewing platform, but you must know that the viewing platforms next to this are very rare.
Everyone including the theater, shopping malls, etc. got this party, and they all got a printed temporary invitation letter in advance.
At four o'clock in the morning on October 1st, most houses in Chang'an City had already turned on their lights. Ordinary people who had received invitations, as well as some people who came from afar, had to put on their cleanest clothes.
For example, some of the brothel girls in the theater also wore their own relatively grand clothes today. Of course, they seemed to be closer to each other. Helian Liuli and the others all had better seats, and Yang Anning and the others were all here, just close to each other. A simple grandstand built of wood and similar to a staircase under the city wall of Chang'an City.
Although it is simple, it can accommodate the largest number of people. On this day, I did not care about this.
The location of the stands here is already quite important. In addition to the people arranged by Li Ke, these places include the families of some ministers, children of aristocratic families, family members, etc.
Orphans like Li Xiaojiu, who was adopted by Li Ke, were also allowed to attend the ceremony today, but they were located in the mass area, on the opposite side of the square.
In addition to these, special passages have been reserved around the entire square, as well as dozens of temporary toilets. These toilets are located in very secluded areas to avoid the presence of anxious people.
Although most people will definitely not eat or drink much today, there are still some people who enter earlier. For example, ordinary people, they enter earlier, and the toilet must be reserved.
The relevant passage to the bathroom has already been reserved, so they won't be able to find it.
At six o'clock in the morning, people started to enter the city gate. These were the most ordinary people. Although the invitation did not ask them to come so early, they still took the initiative to come early because they knew , there must be big shots coming later, and they can't cause trouble to His Highness.
But what surprised them was that after the soldiers who were already standing here politely checked their invitations, someone personally guided them to their positions and told them that there were places to drink water and toilets nearby. place.
These people came too early, so they still need to prepare some water to prevent them from getting thirsty. It doesn't matter if they are hungry. It doesn't matter if they go hungry for a whole day.
However, there were also some smart people who brought their own water.
Li Xiaojiu and the others were the ones who came here early. They were all small in stature, but when they sat here they sat very straight and serious, and they were all wearing their cleanest clothes. A suit of clothes.
At seven o'clock in the morning, some people who got seats under the city wall began to enter, and the celebration officially started at nine o'clock in the morning.
Yang Anning and the others arrived here early. They were not qualified to accompany His Highness to stand on the city wall, but they were satisfied to be able to sit here, so they did not want to cause trouble and came here early.
And there are more and more people around them.
At eight o'clock in the morning, everyone attending the ceremony was already sitting in their seats, and hundreds of thousands of people had gathered in the entire square.
Although everyone's voices are very quiet, when they come together they are not quiet.
At this time, the military band consisting of a total of 720 people began to enter. They will be divided into two parts and stand on both sides of Mingde Gate. Directly opposite Mingde Gate is the flag-raising part.
At the same time as the military band entered the city, envoys from various countries on the city tower, various court officials, military generals, and clan members from the Tang Dynasty began to board the Mingdemen city tower one after another.
After they all went up, Li Shimin took Queen Changsun, Li Chengqian, Li Ke, Li Zhi and other royal members to the Chenglou.
Empress Changsun and others took their seats directly first, while Li Shimin, Li Chengqian, Li Ke and others naturally sat down in the middle first, and behind them sat ministers, military generals, etc.
"Your Highness, you have some strength. I think Yu Shangshu should learn from you." Li Ke sat down here, and Cheng Yaojin, who happened to be behind him, said eagerly.
"Cheng Heizi, what do you mean?" Yu Shinan's face looked a little ugly.
"Hehe, I don't mean anything. Look at His Highness's organizational skills and orderliness. It's not like your Ministry of Etiquette. There are always some surprises in the celebrations held every year." Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.
The Tang Dynasty held some celebrations every year, such as offering sacrifices to heaven. For example, the Temple of Heaven was located outside Mingde Gate, southeast of Mingde Gate.
Although the Ministry of Etiquette does a good job every year, there are actually some minor problems every time when offering sacrifices to heaven. Of course, they are not major problems.
