1066 Flags and Tributes
The most noble person in Ryukyu is of course the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, His Majesty Aisin Jueluo Zaichun. In fact, it should be King Shangtai of Ryukyu, and then the Prime Minister Xiao Letian.
However, because Xiao Letian is the emperor's teacher, his ranking is ahead of them. When Zaichun monk Tai walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion one after another to accept everyone's salute, it took ten minutes to sing the ceremonial officials to roar with great enthusiasm.
"Prime Minister of Ryukyu, Wang Shangfu, Emperor of Qing Dynasty... Xiao Letian arrived!"
One sentence made the entire Prime Minister's Mansion fall into absolute silence. The Four Heavenly Kings took the lead in line to greet him. Wang Huaiyuan, Luo Huo, Xiao Hexin, and Sima Yun brought all the ministers to greet him at the main gate. This is the glory of their direct ministers.
The second team was the ministers of the King of Ryukyu and the guests watching the ceremony. They stood at the second gate waiting for Xiao Letian's arrival.
In the innermost hall, Zaichun monk Tai stood behind the crowd to show their lofty status.
The horseshoes trampled on the bluestone road. Xiao Letian, dressed in a military dress, rode a tall Arabian horse. He was covered in black and satin-like fur, but there was no miscellaneous hair. Only four horseshoes had a circle of white, which was the most precious war horse in Ryukyu that stepped on the snow.
Behind Xiao Letian were eighteen formal knights, each riding a pitch-black war horse of the same color, with no wrinkles in the straight military uniform, and the leather boots, armed belts and patent leather hats spotlessly, and his chin was raised proudly.
Wang Huaiyuan and others were about to salute one thousand steps, but suddenly they saw an incredible scene. In the hands of the two flag bearers behind Xiao Letian, one was an ordinary flag with the character Xiao, and the other was the flag of the Ryukyu national treasure.
Hiss... Everyone present took a breath of air. Why did the Prime Minister take out this flag? Isn't this the residual blood flag worshipped in the Temple of the God of War?
The surviving blood flag is a myth of Ryukyu. It was the first time Xiao Letian came to Ryukyu and only brought more than 60 veterans of the Heavenly Kingdom, but these more than 60 people incited a major uprising of 100,000 Chinese.
A night of blood and fire, they defeated the rulers of the Shimazu family, liberated the Ryukyu Kingdom, and laid the foundation for Xiao Letian's first foundation.
On that night, the wing king Shi Dakai personally wrote the three big characters Xiao Letian on the ten white flags. It was the ten battle flags with the characters Xiao Letian that night that inspired 100,000 Chinese to fight bravely. The blood and smoke were soaked in the flags. In the end, each flag was dyed red by the blood of the rebels.
The largest flag of Xiao character is in the hands of Xiao Letian. In that bloody battle, Xiao Letian and his team made the greatest achievements and the price paid was heavy. Even Xiao Letian himself was injured and vomited blood. This flag was condensed by Xiao Letian's blood and was regarded as the ancestor of the battle flag by Ryukyu and was worshipped in the Temple of the God of War.
What does the residual blood flag represent? For the new Ryukyu army, it is a signal that the battle to death will not retreat, the jade will be broken, and the death will be exhausted. Once this flag is raised, the army will no longer receive any orders for retreat or strategic detour, and can only fight to the death to move forward.
Either destroy the enemy or be destroyed by the enemy, and there is no other choice.
The four heavenly kings were twitching their eyes. They really didn't understand why the prime minister wanted to shoot the flag of residual blood, or the biggest side of the worship of the God of War Temple. Could it be that the prime minister had a premonition of the plan?
All the warriors who fought under the silence flag were standing solemnly like a javelin, and a smell of iron blood began to spread, and the entire Prime Minister's Mansion felt something was wrong.
King Shangtai and Zaichun subconsciously looked at each other, and they swallowed, not knowing what was going to happen later, and they were all panicked as if they were holding a rabbit.
Xiao Letian turned over and jumped off the horse, and smiled at everyone, while the two flag bearers stood at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, one left and one right, like two iron statues.
"Relax! There is no war to fight today. This flag is actually for me... I am cheering myself up, don't be so nervous, okay?"
Xiao Letian shook the man's hand and patted the man's shoulder. He called each other's name one by one, and blew into the Prime Minister's Mansion like a gust of spring breeze.
Xiao Letian, who was holding the moon, walked to the hall and accepted the toast from Emperor Tongzhi and the King of Thailand according to the instructions of the ceremonial officer. Then Xiao Letian said a few more opening remarks to congratulate the New Year. The following is the awareness of offering gifts from all parties.
This is the most important part of everyone. Everyone hopes that their gifts can be favored by the Prime Minister.
The carved version of the traveling west presented by Manager Niu made Xiao Letian praise him. The fat man who drank three glasses of fine wine was drunk. Hu Xueyan's vulgarity made Xiao Letian look straight at his thumbs up. Even the old shopkeeper Fan Jian behind him was amazed, thanking Hu Xueyan for his emergency.
Master Long was back too. The wind and cold in the Far East left several frostbite on his face. After the ginseng king was brought out, the audience was full of praise. Xiao Letian said with distress, "You are in a bitter and cold place, it is harder than me. Keep this old ginseng! This is an order, don't disobey!"
Master Long said with rosy eyes, "I am a martial arts fighter, it doesn't matter... Since the Prime Minister insists on rewarding me, I won't refuse..."
Master Long turned his head and said to Wang Huaiyuan, "You are almost like a ghost... I've given you this old ginseng, don't leave some ginseng soup to replenish your vitality!"
Real friends don’t need to be polite. The sincere gift from Master Long is sincere, and Wang Huaiyuan is happy to take it. He took the box and turned his head and handed it to his personal guard. "Please hold it up, make chicken soup for me tomorrow!"
As Master Long came together, Lao Gantou quickly said, "Don't! This is the ginseng king for four hundred years. Don't suck too much at once. Putting a little beard is enough to nourish..."
Master Long smiled and said, "You old dog, you are using nonsense and don't even give the Prime Minister a gift... Prime Minister, this ginseng king was presented by the old ginseng. He is also one of the powerful people who support us the most in the Far East!"
Lao Ganto knelt on the ground, trembling and couldn't even explain clearly, "I've seen... I've seen the Prime Minister..."
Xiao Letian nodded and said, and there were personal soldiers around him who helped Lao Gan up. "If you are an elder, don't kneel down. You can follow him sincerely. This is a great achievement... I heard that you can be said to be a family in the Far East to support the cause of the Volunteer Army! Good thing, although I am not the commander of the Volunteer Army, I also want to reward you. What do you want?"
"I dare not, I dare not ask for rewards... General Xiang takes us to avenge him. This is a great kindness. If we want to report it again, it would be too unkind. Don't, I don't want anything..."
"Hahaha... I don't want it. You are using this strategy of retreating and advancing well. I am willing to use it! Then, just wait a moment, and you will definitely surprise you after a while!"
Let go of the old gintou with a confused look on his face, Xiao Letian continued to receive gifts from all parties, and even he accepted the imperial edict sent by the Sijiu City court with a smile.
After being busy for more than two hours, it was finally the turn of the highlight. King Shangtai walked up quickly with a large plate of vermilion paint, covered with bright yellow silk, covered with gifts.
"Shang Father is here, Xiao Wang congratulates Shang Father!" He lifted up the silk, and the bright yellow dragon jade ring was exposed in front of everyone.
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