Chapter 77 37. Preparing for the Inauguration Ceremony

After the manpower was gathered, the equipment was assembled. In addition to making clothes, there was also a white umbrella bag given by the shogun to represent the power and status of Nagao Kagetora, and the felt saddle cover had to be customized.

In order to make it grand, no matter what was transgressive, swords, spears, axes, hooks, forks, bone bows and arrows were all made temporarily, and then gold foil was applied (as an aside, one gram of gold can now be used to cover two square meters of gold foil, and one gram of gold is only two or three hundred yuan. Even if you cover a whole house with gold foil, it won’t cost much money. It is indeed the best way to show off without spending a lot of money), and all of it was covered with gold, making it brilliant and glorious.

Then, sixty-four tall men over 1.6 meters tall were selected from the remaining three thousand Echigo samurai. This was difficult. After searching for a long time, they could not find enough. In the end, even the troops of Ueno and Musashi were brushed, and sixty-four samurai with not too high status but a height of 1.62 meters were collected.

All of them were given uniform armor and haori, all brand new, and then greased to shine. Then they were asked to practice marching in formation. Two people in a row, each holding a ceremonial guard and performing a drill.

As for the so-called Eight-Yu Dance in the Courtyard, how could it be tolerated? Let's not talk about this. The sixty-four students who were tied up were forced to practice dancing by Kobayata with a small bamboo stick. Kobayata didn't know anything about Zhouli, but the students had learned it themselves. They were asked to practice one of the dances in the court ceremony of each dynasty, but they must be uniform and no one could be fast or slow. The most important thing is to look like the real thing.

As for Gagaku, maybe we can find a few knowledgeable people in Korea or Ryukyu. It's definitely too late to tie them up now, so Kobayata just fooled these rough guys in Kanto. A tone was set for the 128 musicians: unity, tension, seriousness, and liveliness (in layman's terms, it means colorful black. As for the matter of reducing one second, it's the Warring States period now, and reducing one second hasn't happened yet, so what's there to be afraid of?). Anyway, the music should be solemn and serious, but with a sense of joy and congratulation. Anyway, Koyata is responsible for talking, and these musicians are responsible for the actual operation. I guess Koyata is the one who is commanding the experts.

Then there are the remaining 3,000 Echigo samurai foot soldiers who serve as the background. The strong, good-looking and tall ones stand in the front row. The thin, short and ugly ones, sorry, they have to make up the numbers in the back row. Although Koyata has no experience in selling fruits, who doesn't know the principle of displaying fruits? To be seen, of course the good-looking ones are in the front. If there is not a shortage of people, the ugly ones should not be arranged to play.

Then there are the small fish daimyo and the nobles in Kanto. They have to dance and bow in the courtyard as ministers to congratulate Nagao Kagetora.

This thing is the most obvious form of submission. In those days, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao visited the country four times a year and held the first fish banquet in the place of the Jurchens. Jin Taizu Taizong was present as the head of the Jurchen tribe. Wanyan Aguda was ordered to dance and worship at the banquet. Other Jurchen heads submitted to this, but Wanyan Aguda refused. Then Yelu Yanxi felt something was wrong. Sure enough, Wanyan Aguda immediately launched a rebellion against the Liao Kingdom.

When it came to the Central Plains, although it was no longer common for ministers to dance and worship the king at ordinary times or banquets. However, after the imperial examination was over and the Jinshi were selected, these people, as disciples of the emperor, had to dance and worship the emperor in the courtyard at the Thanksgiving Banquet to express their gratitude to their emperor and father.

If the country had a large-scale ceremony, such as the emperor's wedding, the winter solstice sacrifice to heaven and earth, etc., as long as the officials could enter the palace, they had to wear formal clothes and dance and worship according to the rules. In the Song and Ming dynasties, there were full-time palace attendants who were responsible for supervising this matter. Which minister dared to jump blindly, I guarantee that you will be exiled to the mountains and never turn over.

So when Xiao Pingtai saw a famous novel in the past, the protagonist said that since there were so many people in the palace, no one would notice him if he jumped around blindly. Xiao Pingtai could only laugh at him because his brain was underdeveloped. If it happened in the Hongwu and Yongle periods of the Ming Dynasty, he would have been dragged outside the palace and beaten to death. You dare to jump around blindly. I will let you know how powerful the iron hammer of feudalism is.

As for the current situation, these gangsters in Kanto are very well behaved. It is impossible for Wanyan Aguda to disobey orders and not jump. Even if there are a few, Xiao Pingtai is confident that he can deal with them.

Anyway, taking advantage of the power of no one in Kanto daring to touch the tiger whiskers of Nagao Kagetora, none of these people dared to say anything. After being summoned, they were ordered to make a gorgeous new Wufu. Don't dress like a country bumpkin and embarrass the big brother. Don't make me a hunting robe as a formal dress. It should be straight and hanging. Just by hearing the name of the hunting robe, you can tell what it was used for in the past. Now it is time to hold a grand ceremony for my eldest brother's succession. If anyone else wears it, I, Kobayata, will agree, but Nagao Kagetora's sword will not.

Then I asked a monk from the Ashikaga school to teach them a simple dance. After all, wearing a dress with ten or eight layers of clothes, you can't do any big movements, just a few simple postures. The key is to be unified, to be neat and beautiful. Kobayata has Nagao Kagetora standing behind him anyway, so he doesn't care what dissatisfaction these old white-haired and young masters crawling on the ground have. They all have to practice for me, and they can't make any mistakes. After two days of training, they are settled.

There are also thorns like Narita Narita of Oshi Castle. In history, this birdman relied on the fact that he was the first person in Musashi to jump out and defect to Nagao Kagetora. On the way Nagao Kagetora rode into the palace, he didn't dismount to salute, but instead rode on his horse and looked up at Nagao Kagetora. Isn't this equivalent to slapping Nagao Kagetora in the face? What do others think? It turns out that you, Nagao Kagetora, can't even deal with such a stinky salted fish?

Now, Xiao Pingtai would not allow such disgusting thoughts to happen. Xiao Pingtai did not hesitate to pull the big tiger skin of Nagao Kagetora and directly frightened him: Don't think that my ancestor Oe Guangyuan made great contributions in the Kamakura shogunate and had the privilege of meeting the emperor without dismounting. If you keep jumping like this, can you jump over Hojo Ujiyasu and Hojo Ujimasa? They are about to commit seppuku, and you still dare to provoke Nagao Kagetora? The bluff made Narita Nagayasu immediately timid, and the little thought of pretending in his heart immediately disappeared.

As for whether other people are dissatisfied with Xiao Pingtai, it is unknown. Anyway, even if there is, none of these cowards in history dared to jump around in front of Nagao Kagetora. At least they have to wait for Nagao Kagetora to return to the country, and then Echigo will have a heavy snow of up to two meters deep, and then they dare to stab Nagao Kagetora in the back and vent their anger.

After ten days of busy work, everything was finally arranged. Then he quickly informed Nagao Kagetora that your show-off ceremony, ah! No! The inauguration ceremony has been prepared, and you can now show off your arrogance.