When Li Chengqian took a deep breath and opened the imperial edict.
When Li Chengqian was doing this, there was a man thousands of miles away in Chang'an who happened to do the same thing.
Of course, this is a coincidence. The current Tang Dynasty does not have the strength to unify time in various places.
Today's Chang'an City is destined to be a lively Chang'an City, because after the Tang Dynasty completely captured Goguryeo, the "Datang Weekly" naturally published the latest article as soon as possible in order to announce this to all the people of the Tang Dynasty. good news.
The entire Chang'an City has been excited about this for a long time, because the people of Tang Dynasty in Goguryeo are not aware of it, at least the people of Chang'an City know it.
Therefore, His Majesty the Tang Dynasty went to Mount Tai to enshrine the Zen, and Chang'an will also hold a ceremony to worship the heavens on the same day. I hope that the people near Chang'an can come to participate.
Naturally, the people of Chang'an would not miss such a major event.
It was just like the military parade a few years ago, except that today a large number of people gathered in the square, and all the people entered according to certain designated areas.
Similarly, the soldiers left behind by the Sixteenth Guards of Chang'an divided the entire square and its surroundings into areas to accommodate more people and prevent stampedes in these areas.
As a major event of the Tang Dynasty, although today is not a festival in the traditional sense, the Tang Dynasty will completely wipe out all the countries in the hinterland from now on, which also means that the future development of the Tang Dynasty will steadily move westward.
So Li Ke naturally arranged for wires to be pulled here from the Evernight City of the Tang Dynasty, and then also arranged the speakers. Although these speakers are incomparable to those of later generations, at best they are at the level of the large speakers that were widely available in rural village chiefs’ homes more than a thousand years later.
But there is naturally no problem in transmitting sound, and the speakers designed by Li Ke can cover the entire square at least so that everyone who arrived today can hear clearly what is being said.
Today's process was jointly formulated by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Propaganda, and Li Ke was not involved.
When Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang decided on an auspicious time, the Minister of Culture Chu Suiliang, who presided over the ceremony, announced the official start of the ceremony.
Just as the heaven-sacrifice ceremony began, some soldiers shouted from Mingde behind their city: "The imperial edict has arrived!"
The sudden shout made everyone stunned for a moment, but then a group of cavalry came quickly in this direction along the road in the middle, and the one riding in the middle was Chang Lin.
Seeing Chang Lin, everyone was stunned for a moment. Didn't Chang Lin follow His Majesty to Mount Tai? Did he rush back again?
Li Ke was stunned for a moment, but now he was in his position, while Chang Lin walked directly to the podium where he spoke.
After first giving Li Ke a serious salute, Chang Lin said: "Your Highness, I came back with your Majesty's decree written from Mount Tai, and I want it to be read out at the ceremony to sacrifice to heaven."
"Chang Chamberlain, please start." Li Ke nodded. Li Shimin was going to declare the decree, who could stop him?
Chu Suiliang, who was standing in front of the microphone, quickly changed his words, "Now I would like to ask Chang Lin, the chamberlain and the provincial minister, to read out His Majesty's imperial edict."
Chang Lin returned the courtesy to Chu Suiliang, then walked to the microphone and opened the imperial edict in his hand.
"The left-behind officials from Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province received the order." Chang Lin spoke first.
Everyone was stunned for a moment. The format of this imperial edict was obviously wrong. This should not be an imperial edict in the conventional sense. However, the officials from the three provinces immediately stood up from their positions and then bent down to salute.
On such an important occasion, the Tang Dynasty did not require kneeling to receive someone, so just bend down and salute.
"Since Pangu created the sky, the Three Emperors established the country, and the Five Emperors established the territory. Our Central Plains formed the Chinese civilization, and since then it has become the central country in the world, and it is China."
"Counting from the time when the Three Emperors established the country, China's civilization has been passed down for no less than five thousand years. During these five thousand years, the people of China have never cut off the inheritance. From Cangjie's creation of characters, through stone carvings, tortoise carvings, bamboo slips, and written records With the continuous spread of Chinese civilization."
"Dynasties have changed during this period, and disasters have been repeated, but the people of China and the civilization of China have recorded the rise and fall of this fertile and naturally chosen land one by one in writing."
"People will grow old and dynasties will disappear, but inheritance will not, culture will not, and civilization will not."
"The culture that condenses five thousand years of civilization has created too many miracles on this land. Now, although we, the Tang Dynasty, have inherited the situation of the previous dynasty and become a new dynasty on this land. But the Tang Dynasty is still our China A piece of civilization.”
"But the Tang Dynasty may become the most splendid period of our Chinese civilization in the future. So far, the Tang Dynasty has only been established for more than 20 years, but it has gradually taken back many of the lands where our Chinese people once spread."
"Now, the four seas are unified, and the scattered Chinese people have also returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty, and the world is one family. But I, the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, bear unprecedented responsibilities."
"The Tang Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty of the Li family, but the Tang Dynasty of the people of the world. The royal family of the Tang Dynasty has the responsibility to advance and retreat together with the people of the world and establish a foundation for eternity."
"Recalling the early years of Zhenguan, great disasters occurred all over the world, and rumors spread among the people. The rumors were that I, Li Shimin, had gained the throne unfairly, killed his brothers and forcibly married his sisters-in-law. Therefore, heaven brought disasters to the Tang Dynasty. As a result, internal and external troubles, natural and man-made disasters occurred frequently. "
When Chang Lin read this, everyone felt a sudden shock in their hearts. Oh my god, did your Majesty even dare to say this directly? It seems that His Majesty has really solved the knot in his heart?
Li Ke, who was sitting on the stage, was also a little stunned. Although he didn't know what his father's imperial edict was about, his father dared to say such things. It was obvious that this kind of heart was rare among all emperors in the past. Someone who can do it.
"But I, Li Shimin, have secretly vowed to become a good emperor since I succeeded to the throne. But after several years, although I have made some achievements, my abilities are ultimately limited."
"However, although I, Li Shimin, am not very capable, I gave birth to a good son. And now, I, the Tang Dynasty, have gathered the Chinese people scattered across China and accomplished some of the greatest achievements that have ever been done before."
"Moreover, we, the Tang Dynasty, have accomplished a feat that has never been done before in the history of the dynasties, allowing the people to have enough food and good food! Let the people have houses to live in, clothes to wear, food to eat, and education to do. Come on!"
"In the future, the people of the Tang Dynasty will not only have houses to live in, but also live in good houses. Not only will they have clothes to wear, but they will also be able to wear silk and satin. They will not only have enough to eat but also eat well! Common people, women Everyone has the opportunity to wait and pay homage to the Prime Minister!"
"From now on, we, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, no longer fight to protect the royal family of the Tang Dynasty and the nobles of the world, but to protect the people, their families, and the civilization of China."
