Seeing this scene, some of the family members of the martyrs nearby couldn't hold back and started crying again.
Because this represents the Tang Dynasty's recognition of them and their achievements. What an honor it is to be buried under the national flag? !
Although there was no national flag in the past dynasties, there were military flags, and military flags were attached great importance to in all dynasties. There were complete systems and ways to use military flags. Although the national flag was just born not long ago, for the Tang Dynasty, because of the "Datang Weekly" "Propaganda, everyone knows that the National Flag of the Tang Dynasty represents the Tang Dynasty! Now, the coffins of these martyrs are covered with national flags.
You must know that when many people die, they may not even have any clothes and can only wrap themselves in a straw mat.
After all the martyrs' coffins were covered with national flags, the martyrs' entry ceremony officially began.
They will start from here and go along the newly built official road to the Datang National Martyrs Cemetery about 10 miles away, which has been completely constructed.
Of course, Li Shimin and all of them will go together.
Soon, all the carriages were ready, but princes like Li Shimin and Li Ke naturally did not ride in carriages, but chose to ride horses. The clothes on everyone's body when they set off today were either black or light-colored.
No one wears gorgeous clothes. Even ordinary people know this. Of course, there are not many people who have brightly colored clothes.
Even Li Shimin and Li Ke's prince uniforms were mainly black today. Of course, others did not dare to dress randomly.
Going to the Martyrs Cemetery, these envoys have nothing to do, and they don't need to go.
But like Empress Changsun, they will all go together.
But what surprised Li Ke and the others was that many people followed the procession of martyrs to the National Martyrs Cemetery.
Qin Qiong, who was responsible for the security work, came over and made inquiries.
"Does Your Majesty want soldiers to separate them? There are too many people." Qin Qiong asked in a low voice.
"No, let them follow. The songs those soldiers sang just now are very good. Since our army of the Tang Dynasty is the army of the people, the people's army. In this case, why should I be afraid of my people, my people?" Li Shimin looked calm. He shook his head and said.
"Yes!" Qin Qiong bent down and bowed his head in return, and then quickly went to inform the relevant personnel.
The word "people" is not Li Ke's original creation. Li Shimin also knew what it meant. "Mencius·Jinxin·Xia" has relevant records: The three treasures of princes: land, people, and political affairs. Those who possess precious pearls and jade will bring disaster to their bodies.
Today's military parade and related ceremonies gave countless shocks to the people of the Tang Dynasty. Although there were only a dozen or two hundred thousand people who could watch the ceremony directly, there were too many people who saw it from a distance.
And today's event can be said to have touched the inner pride of countless people in the Tang Dynasty. They may not have much culture, but if someone tells them this great truth, they will understand it! Therefore, many people spontaneously wanted to send these martyrs a ride.
When we arrived at the Martyrs Cemetery, Li Ke had nothing to do, because the main procedures here were in charge of the Ministry of Rites. Well, the Ministry of Rites finally came into play. In fact, even though the Ministry of Rites was in charge here, Li Ke also asked them to try their best to carry out the relevant procedures. Everything has been streamlined a lot.
Most of them are based on military salutes and national salutes. The procedure is relatively simple, but definitely solemn enough.
If we follow the rules of the Ministry of Rites, it will probably take at least a long time to finish here. Considering that we will come to worship every year in the future, there is no need for those complicated procedures.
The entire Martyrs Cemetery will be garrisoned by the security forces for a long time. There will be keepers here, but the keepers will be recruited from veterans and others. There are no restrictions on the entry and exit of the people.
There is also a square at the entrance of the Martyrs Cemetery. There is a small monument to the heroes. Behind this, there will be some large forest of steles on which the names of all the martyrs will be engraved.
Some unknown soldiers will be marked with the army they served and their hometown.
The layout here is very similar to the public cemeteries of later generations, except that the distance between each cemetery is larger.
After Li Shimin and the others left, many people came in spontaneously to worship.
After leaving the Martyrs Cemetery and on the way back, Li Shimin said with some emotion: "After today, the military spirit of the Tang Dynasty will be established, and the Tang Dynasty will have no worries."
"Good job." Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and praised him.
"Actually, I just put them in the position where they should exist. Those who serve the country and the people deserve the respect of the country and the people." Li Ke nodded seriously.
"Today's impact can be said to be huge. I'm afraid that after today, the situation of the surrounding small countries will fundamentally change." Li Shimin thought for a while and said. "Pharmacist, what do you think our next strategic direction should be?"
"Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Qin has given the Tang army a good start, but in terms of strategic targets, I am afraid that Goguryeo and Xue Yantuo are our next targets. However, today the envoys of Xue Yantuo and Goguryeo are here to watch today's military parade. It should take a few years to be honest, and within this time, we can complete the restructuring of our Datang army to the end." Li Jing said.
"Indeed, but I think it would be safer for the Xue Yantuo tribe to send envoys to investigate the Xue tribe and the Yantuo tribe to see if they can be divided." Fang Xuanling said next to him.
"There is no problem with this, but I'm afraid we have to cooperate with Huo Shangshu in this regard." Fang Xuanling looked at Huo Gang next to him.
"No problem." Huo Gang nodded slightly. Intelligence work was their job, so he would naturally not refuse.
Li Ke did not participate in their discussion. Today, the Tang Dynasty has taken the most critical step. If the Tang Dynasty can be given another two years, then the Tang army will be confident that whether it is Xue Yantuo, Khitan or Shi Weidu became a singing and dancing ethnic minority.
The trouble of Goguryeo will have to be solved sooner or later, but as for Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty is not the former Sui Dynasty, and the current Tang Dynasty does not need to directly and slowly disintegrate them as it did in history.
In the Honglu Temple in Chang'an City, Del Valle and Said, today's shock made them have other thoughts. They had no choice but to buy weapons from the Tang Dynasty. The reason why they talked about And, in fact, another idea is that they do not want to lose all their domestic wealth to Datang.
Although they also made a lot of profits from Byzantium through these goods from Datang, they also had to buy military weapons and equipment, and these also required money. So they didn't want to buy it.
The main reason is that they are not fools. Didn't Datang sell weapons to both sides just to make them evenly matched? Although it is impossible to reconcile the hatred between them, it is impossible to reconcile, but tactical peace talks can be made.
But after today...the two of them have somewhat changed their minds. What if one of them doesn't buy it and the other one does? The weapons of the Tang Dynasty were so powerful!
Entering Chang'an City, Li Ke was distracted. Suddenly Li Shimin next to him looked at Li Ke, squinted his eyes and said, "Li Ke, come, do you have anything to tell me about Changle?"
