In the Daming Palace, the maids and eunuchs got busy early in the morning.

Today is the 24th anniversary of the founding of the Tang Dynasty. It is the first time that the National Day has been established, and a military parade has been specially arranged.

Whether it is Li Shimin or Empress Changsun, numerous people in the palace will participate in today's National Day celebration and watch the military parade on the tower of Zhuque Gate.

"Brother Ninth, do you think I'm pretty in this outfit?"

Sizi put on his clothes and went to find Li Zhi.

She is ten years old this year and has already made her own judgments about good and evil, beauty and ugliness.

She was going to participate in such an important ceremony, so she naturally wanted to dress beautifully.

Today, all the worthy people in Chang'an City will watch the military parade at Zhuque Gate.

To a certain extent, today is also a time for beauty to compete with each other.

"Sizi, you are beautiful and look good no matter what you wear."

Li Zhi answered perfunctorily without even looking at it.

"Brother Ninth, please raise your head! If you do this again, I will tell my second brother not to leave the palace with me in the future. Aye has arranged a lesson for you."

Sizi felt that she had worked hard to dress up all morning, but she didn't hear any compliments that made her feel comfortable, and she felt very unhappy.

"Your clothes are an improved version of the latest styles produced by the Chu Prince's Clothing Shop. In addition, the silk used is of the highest quality. With the clothes you have, you will definitely look stunning."

Li Zhidang didn't hear anything, and walked around Sizi twice in a serious manner before expressing his opinion.

As he got older, Li Shimin's requirements for Li Zhi gradually became higher.

As in the past, I basically didn’t have to think about leaving the palace and going to the annex of Prince Chu’s Mansion every day.

Although the teacher assigned to Li Zhi was not as perverted as Li Chengqian's, he was not much better.

This made Li Zhi extremely depressed.

Therefore, he cherishes the opportunity to leave the palace only a few times a month.

"You know what's going on. Let's go to Zhuque Gate together first. I heard that the military parade started walking on Zhuque Street at seven o'clock in the morning. We took a new type of telescope, stood on the tower above Zhuque Gate, and said

Maybe we can see the military parade slowly approaching us. I heard that this military parade is held according to my second brother's idea, and it will be very exciting when it comes."

Si Zi had extraordinary confidence in Li Kuan.

Of course, these confidences are also based on Li Kuan's brilliant achievements in the past.

"Huh? That's a good idea. I originally thought about going there as time goes by, because there is nothing to do if I go there early. It would be better to just stand there and watch the people around me chatting in boredom. I might as well stay in the palace.

But if you can use a telescope to see the parade, it will be different."

After Li Zhi heard this, he immediately put on his clothes under the service of the palace maid, then had some breakfast, and then left the palace with Si Zi first.

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"Everyone, please stand in your position and don't move around at will. There are Jinwu Guards and Qianniu Guards everywhere around the Suzaku Gate. Don't let any misunderstandings occur and delay the performance."

Zixia is going to take the stage in person today and lead the military band to play marching music.

After a month of rehearsal, Zixia has a deeper understanding of the importance of this piece.

Especially at the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty, when 10,000 troops were rehearsing accompanied by marching music, she still vividly remembered the scene that made people's blood boil.

"Miss Zixia, someone from Baiqisi will come over in a moment to inform your majesty when he will come out. Then we will start playing immediately after hearing the instructions. Your majesty has never heard this march before. This is a surprise prepared by His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

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Liu Jie was arranged by Xu Jingzong today to help the military band with various communication matters.

"Liu Langjun, don't worry, we are already very familiar with this music. And every role in our band is assigned double the number of people. Even if some people are nervous, it will not affect the overall effect."

At this time, although Zixia was nervous in her heart, she showed a kind of confidence.

She was actually very excited to be able to participate in such a grand occasion.

Liu Jie: "Well, it's already past eight o'clock now, and there are already many people in the stands. Soon His Majesty and the ministers of the DPRK will also board the Suzaku Gate. You can relax a little. The hardest part will be later.

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"Kujo-kun, the Tang Dynasty's military parade seems to be very large."

In the stands in front of the Suzaku Gate, Hideki Konoe and Shinichi Kujo and other envoys from various vassal states were already waiting in the stands.

As a good opportunity to show the military might of the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites naturally invited all the foreign envoys in Beijing.

Of course, even if they are not invited, these people will find a way to watch such a good opportunity to understand the military power of the Tang Dynasty.

"Today is the Founding Day of the Tang Dynasty. It is the first time to hold a National Day celebration and hold a military parade. Naturally, the entire Tang Dynasty attaches great importance to it. Before you look over, there are already countless people on both sides of Zhuque Street.

Are you ready to watch?"

Feeling the solemnity in front of the Suzaku Gate, Kujo Shinichi became even more convinced to hug Datang's thigh as thick as an elephant.

The longer he stayed in Chang'an City, the less he wanted to go back to Nara.

Sometimes, he felt that the air in Chang'an City was relatively fresh and the moon was rounder than that of Japan.

"I don't know what difference these troops will show you after a month of closed training at the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty. I am looking forward to today's military parade more and more."

During this period, although Konoe Hideki made many inquiries, he found almost nothing about the information inside the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty.

"It seems they are already heading this way."

Kujo Shin squinted his eyes and vaguely saw a dark procession coming towards the Suzaku Gate in the distance on Suzaku Street.

"If only we had a pair of telescopes!"

As the production of telescopes increased, every general in the Tang Dynasty already had a telescope in hand.

Even team commanders in some key positions can be assigned a telescope.

However, as a military item, telescopes are not for sale.

Each telescope has its own number, and someone from the Chuwangfu Glass Workshop records who owns each telescope.

The Tang Army strictly managed the telescopes and regularly checked the maintenance status and whether they were lost.

Therefore, although Hideki Konoe had heard about telescopes, he had never had the opportunity to own one.

It must be said that this was something that he felt very sorry for.

Especially near the viewing platform, there were already some Tang people holding telescopes and looking into the distance with great interest.

Konoe Hideki's heart felt even more itchy.

"Unless you join the Tang Dynasty and become a Tang person, like the Turks like Qibi Heli, you will not have the opportunity to own a telescope. I heard that the people of the Tang Dynasty called telescopes 'clairvoyance'. As long as you

With a telescope, ordinary people can clearly see the situation hundreds of meters away;

Even some good telescopes can directly see the situation several miles away very clearly. Think about it, on the battlefield, if the scouts are equipped with such clairvoyance, what secrets can the other side have?"

Kujoshin’s knowledge of a bunch of telescopes is much deeper than that of Konoe Hideki.

Even when he returned to China for the first time, he vaguely knew that the watchman of the East China Sea Fishery had a special artifact in his hands.

"There are only eight hundred people in Chang'an who have telescopes, if not one thousand. I don't believe we can't get one even if we spend a lot of money."

Konoe Hideki has obviously not been tested by reality, and believes that all Tang people are like Japanese people, who will do anything for gold and silver.

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"Brother Ninth, look! Is it Uncle Qin who is riding the big white horse at the head?"

At the Zhuque Gate Tower, Sizi held a pair of binoculars and excitedly pulled Li Zhi to watch together.

"Uncle Qin is the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty. It is only natural that he should lead the reviewing troops."

Li Zhi picked up the telescope while talking.

After simply adjusting the focus, a clear scene appeared in the lens.

As frequent visitors to the Prince of Chu's Mansion, the telescopes in the hands of Si Zi and Li Zhi were naturally the latest.

Under the leadership of Chen Dali, the glass workshop is now becoming more and more proficient in making lenses.

Not only has the production of microscopes and magnifying glasses increased significantly, but the production of telescopes, various myopia glasses, and reading glasses has also continued to soar.

"It turns out that 10,000 people gathering together is so spectacular. It's hard to imagine hundreds of thousands of people appearing on the battlefield together during a war."

Sizi looked at the slowly advancing phalanx in the camera, and his heart was filled with shock.

When watching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", everyone just watched the battle involving tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people, and there was nothing special about it.

But now that 10,000 flesh-and-blood soldiers appeared in front of me, the feeling was completely different.

"Although there are dozens of phalanxes marching side by side, the team is not chaotic at all. Sizi, I am looking forward to the military parade in a while."

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"Your Majesty is here!"

Accompanied by the shrill voice of the little eunuch, Li Shimin appeared in front of everyone on the tower of Zhuque Gate.
To be continued...