I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

The chariot originally referred to Emperor Cheng's chariot, but later developed into a special chariot for participating in important events.

According to the rank of Tang Dynasty princes, the following are chariot and chariot wheels, and the first rank of prince and military officers are elephant chariots. From the rest to the second and third grades, leather chariots. Fourth grade, wooden chariot. The fifth grade is a chariot.

The elephant chariot, the red liner, the eight chariots on the scale, the flag on the left, the flag painted with a dragon, one rising and one falling.

On the right is a halberd. The leather chariot is decorated with leather, built on the left and made of silk. I am like a chariot. The wooden chariot is decorated with lacquer, and the rest is the same as the leather chariot. Zhen chariot, curved wall, bronze one. All the chariots, materials, covers, and flags are all red.

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Li Shen was a prince of the first rank, so he used a four-chariot elephant chariot, which was a chariot drawn by four horses. According to the emperor's golden chariot, it was six chariots, and the prince's chariot was five chariots.

This is actually Li Shen's first time riding on this thing, which was given to him by Li Shimin yesterday. But it does look impressive.

Li Shen's elephant chariot went through the west gate of the palace. Li Shen needed to go to the Ganlu Hall and start the process from there.

Li Shimin had made preparations early. The court musicians had already set up a curtain in the north of the East Hall yesterday, set up a throne on the east steps of the Taiji Hall, set up a resting place for officials in the court, and arranged musical instrument stands.

As soon as Li Shimin came out of the west room, he started playing music, and Li Shen followed.

Today, Li Shimin wore a Tongtian crown and a crimson gauze robe, looking very solemn. According to the drill plan, Li Shen followed from the right side to Anhuan Qiu, which is the place where sacrifices are made.

The sacrificial supplies have been prepared here. First, worship the heaven and earth, and then worship the ancestors.

Li Shen was like a puppet. He would do whatever the Zong Zhengshi's etiquette officer called him, for fear that if he accidentally did something wrong, Li Shimin would punish him.

After paying homage, Li Shimin began to comfort his ancestors again, saying a lot of words that Li Shen could not understand. It didn't end until noon. Li Shen knelt with soreness in his back and then followed Li Shimin to the Tai Chi Hall.

Because hundreds of officials and envoys from various countries had been waiting here for a long time, Li Shimin came to the banquet and all officials congratulated him. After that, the emperor and his ministers had fun together, while Li Shen sat beside Li Shimin and passed the time.

This meal would take at least two hours before he could go to welcome her in person, and the ministers transferred to Prince Ji's Mansion to prepare for the wedding.

At this moment in the Lu Mansion, Lu's father, Lu Shuang, took his daughter to the ancestral hall early in the morning to worship their ancestors. Then wait until dusk when the prince comes to greet the bride. According to the ancient etiquette in the Tang Dynasty, the wedding must be at dusk.

"I heard that you had three thousand tables of banquets on Zhuque Street?" Li Shimin turned to ask Li Shen in his spare time.

"Yes, Aye. Brother said that Aye wants to show off the wealth of the Tang Dynasty. I will show them today how grand it is for any prince of the Tang Dynasty to get married."

"Haha, good! As expected of me, the son of the Li family, I have courage." Li Shimin laughed and praised Li Shen. It immediately attracted a lot of attention.

"In this case, you go to the Zhuque City Gate and have a look. I heard that it is your food. You can't let them see your people." Li Shimin was a little drunk, otherwise Prince Li Shen would not have to go and see him. people below.

"It's Aye," Li Shen replied as he didn't want to stay here anymore.

Today's Zhuque Street cannot be described as lively, it can be said to be a sea of ​​people. Not only those who eat, but also those who watch the excitement.

The 2th Guards of Nanya came with [-] people to guard here just in case. The soldiers, including the prison guards, all complained about Li Shen.

You said you were going to hold a banquet, so you held a banquet, but you had to hold the banquet at the entrance of the palace, which made the soldiers and generals stand ready, fearing that something would go wrong and cause some trouble.

Li Shen walked up to the gate tower of Zhuque City. Three thousand tables occupied the entire street. Li Shen could not see him in the distance.

Li Shen thought for a long time and finally didn't say a word, just stood and watched. He also wanted to say to the people below, eat well and drink well.

But there were too many people, many of whom were far away, and it was impossible to hear what he said.

Wang Xuance saw Li Shen and made two gestures to Li Shen, which meant that everything went well. Li Shen nodded, indicating that he understood, and then went down the tower and returned to Tai Chi Hall.

Li Shen was so bored that he finally made it to the end of the banquet, and it was almost evening. Li Shimin stood up and said:

"Go to greet your prime minister, take over my sect, and show your respect to Commander Xu."

Li Shen knew this was the rule, so he bowed his head and accepted the order.

After walking out of the palace, he got on the elephant chariot and led the wedding team from Xirao to Lu Mansion. Li Shen's wedding team was quite large, with more than 100 dudes related to Li Shen included in the team.

Li Shen assigned them a task, which was to throw money. From the imperial palace to the Lu Mansion. All the people along the way had a share.

Prince Ji's wedding was a grand event for the people of Chang'an. The road from the imperial palace to the Lu Mansion was lined with Chang'an people.

Li Shen pulled hundreds of carts of copper coins and used tens of thousands of them to scatter money along the way. Li Shen's words are that happiness alone is not as good as happiness among everyone.

Pretending to be an uncle is the favorite thing for dandies to do. Each person has a car, stands on the car, and throws them into the crowd one by one. After throwing one car, they go to the next car.

It's not your own money anyway, so you won't feel bad if you throw it away.

The ministers also came out of the palace, as well as envoys from various countries. Seeing the scenes on Zhuque Street was extremely shocking.

Many envoys had not seen the wedding customs of the Tang Dynasty and chose to follow Li Shen's team to see the excitement.

When they saw the dandies frantically throwing money away, all of them looked surprised. The Tang Dynasty was really rich. A prince got married with such a great fanfare, throwing money around to enjoy the people.

It was obvious that Li Shimin's goal was achieved as soon as he left the palace.

Although they heard that Prince Ji was rich, they could not imagine that a prince of the Tang Dynasty could be so rich.

The banquets held by tens of thousands of people and the money thrown out by tens of thousands of people told them that the Tang Dynasty was now invincible.

Especially a few very low-key Tubo envoys. They arrived in Chang'an yesterday and stayed at Honglu Temple together.

Today, I followed a group of envoys to the palace. The scene I just saw,

"Deputy Prime Minister, is the Tang Dynasty already so rich?" They were all coming to the Tang Dynasty for the first time. They had heard that the Tang Dynasty was rich before, but they were all nobles and thought that no matter how rich they were, they would just live with them. Pretty much the same.

But they didn't expect that they would see this scene as soon as they arrived in Datang. When a prince who is a concubine gets married, he spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on common people.

Their family assets don't even amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"Alas, His Highness Prince Ji is indeed as rich as the country. I still don't believe what the Prime Minister said before. This prince can support an army of 10,000+.

I wonder how many other princes there are like this in the Tang Dynasty? How can we, the Tubo Kingdom, fight against them? It's a big mistake for the country. "

How did he know that Lao Li's family had such a solitary seedling?

This is also the reason why Lu Dongzan took the risk to kill Li Shen. In recent years, it was because of Li Shen that the economy of the Tang Dynasty was boosted.

The news reported by Lu Dongzan from Chang'an said between the lines that Li Shen was slowly changing the Tang Dynasty.

He also learned from his own channels about the Tang Dynasty's current policies towards Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. Combining what Li Shen did against Tubo, Lu Dongzan had already guessed Li Shen's plan.

It's just that Li Shen's plan has penetrated too deeply into Tubo. He wants to stop it, but the tribal nobles who benefit will not stop it.

This is the terrible thing about vested interest groups. That's why Lu Dongzan thought of a way to intercept and kill Li Shen.

As soon as Li Shen dies, all plans will stop.

But he miscalculated.