Chapter 404 under one person, over ten thousand people
The sixth year of Wude, the first day of the first lunar month.
The first day of the first lunar month, the New Year. This day is also an important etiquette activity for the court, and the day of the grand ceremony of the dynasty.
"Sanlang, please help me see if it's all right?"
Early in the morning, before dawn, the door drums were not even opened, and the whole house was already busy. Today, Li Chao was going to celebrate the emperor, and even Lao Tieqin made an exception today to attend court.
Originally, this rank is only the sixth-rank martial arts rank, but the father of a foreign official is not qualified to attend court, even if there is a fourth-rank founding count. But today is the main dynasty, and basically all officials in Beijing have to go to the palace to congratulate him.
On this day, all the officials were very busy. Officials in Beijing had to go to congratulate the emperor, and after that, they had to go to congratulate the prince. Then those internal and external women with imperial edicts also had to go to the palace to congratulate the queen.
Even local officials far away from all over the country, on this day, officials from all over the country from all over the country were dressed in official uniforms and went to their yamen to hold a ceremony to celebrate the distance, and wanted to dance on the mountain and shout for fourteen times.
After attending the ceremony, paying homage to the emperor and the prince, officials will also greet each other.
The Li family is now the founding uncle of Ningmin County, Li Chao is the founding Duke of Wu'an County, Cui Yingying is the wife of Rongguo, and Qiniang is the wife of the county.
The family of four must enter the palace to congratulate.
Cui Yingying started bathing in the middle of the night, and then began to take out the phoenix crown and robe of Mrs. Rongguo, whom I had given. In order to enter the palace to celebrate, Cui Yingying dressed up for a long time.
Li Chao looked at Cui Yingying and didn't recognize her anymore. She looked a bit like she was when she was newlywed, but these crowns, veils, dresses, hairpins, etc. were indeed gorgeous and unremarkable. The clothes, jewelry, etc. on her body were probably worth thousands of guan, and she could buy hundreds of acres of land.
“It looks pretty good.”
Cui Yingying also had a golden plum blossom pattern on her eyebrows, which looked really elegant and luxurious.
Li Chao also changed into a very sexy outfit today, with a purple robe, a goldfish bag on his jade belt, and a jade scepter.
"Will Your Majesty announce an edict to abolish the crown prince at the grand dynasty meeting today?" Cui Yingying asked.
Li Chao played with the jade ring on his finger and shook his head, "No, Yang Wengan has not yet entered Beijing."
Having said that, he always felt that things would not go so smoothly. If the current situation really develops, the emperor summoned Yang Wengan to the capital, and then controlled the people from the Eastern Palace one by one, and then announced the deposed prince and appointed the King of Qin as the crown prince. This would be very smooth.
He always feels that there will be repetitions.
But now he doesn't want to pour cold water on Li Shimin. Li Shimin won't listen to anything he says at this time. He is also looking forward to it. Just do this just happening, without the need for swords and swords, this is the best.
But no matter now, it is impossible to declare the deposed crown prince today. Before Yang Wengan entered the capital, the court must control the old subordinates of other officials who had personally visited the Eastern Palace to avoid any accidents. On the other hand, today is the main dynasty meeting, which is a day for congratulations. There will be hundreds of officials coming to congratulate and worship in foreign countries. On such a day, it is not advisable to make a big news for exchange of the Great Custody.
The Tang Dynasty's court meeting system was actually the larger the court meeting, the more etiquette it was, and it did not talk about any important state affairs. The major court meetings were all etiquette, and only talked about small things. One major event was discussed at the small court meeting, and more important military and national affairs were discussed only when the emperor and the prime minister met.
After a long time of busyness, everything was ready.
It was almost five o'clock this time.
Lao Niu still took on the task of opening the door and setting off firecrackers and burning incense.
And the two girls Qiuyue and Dongqing prepared dumplings early to deliver them.
It is also a traditional custom to eat dumplings on the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year. In addition, gold, silver, and copper coins will be wrapped in the dumplings. Those who eat them will be lucky.
Qiuyue brought Li Chao a plate of dumplings, six. The meaning was that six and six were very smooth. The girl smiled. Li Chao knew that there must be something to do. Sure enough, he ate the gold.
My father also ate money, and Qiniang and Cui Yingying both ate money.
"The drums are sounding, it's time to go out!"
Dongqing took a few big boxes, which were fruit platters, and "bring Pepsi Daji box to the car to eat."
This Pepsi Daji box is mainly made of many dried fruits, with many styles, and is named Pepsi Daji box, which is also pleasing.
Go out and get in the car.
Neighbors Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda and Lu Deming from the same house also went out at this time. The servants of each family were carrying lanterns and rushing cars.
Li Chao and his father ride horses, and the same is true for other families, men ride horses and women ride cars.
Fang Xuanling and Li Chao looked at each other, with smiles on their faces.
Walking all the way to the Meridian Gate, countless officials and female relatives were waiting there for the palace gate to open.
There were not many officials in the capital, but because of the large number of foreign officials gathered, the number of officials outside the Meridian Gate exceeded 1,000. Even if there were three court officials in one state on average, there were more than 1,000 officials outside the court. In addition, the number of officials in the capital, and even those lords and nobles without actual positions was astonishing.
"I don't know if I don't know the official position if I don't want to Chang'an!"
Ma Zhou celebrated the New Year at his home yesterday. He is now the third-rank governor of Shangzhou. With Li Chao, his wealth is not bad. He bought a house in Beijing. It is not big, but it is not bad either.
"Yes, if you encounter any one outside the Meridian Gate, it may be a prince." Li Chao replied with a smile.
Ma Zhou couldn't help but said, "I heard that the prince has been imprisoned and is about to be deposed."
This news is actually not news.
The prince was placed under house arrest in Wude Hall. Although the court did not have a formal notice, everyone knows Chang'an City. Now everyone thinks that the prince is finished.
Ma Zhou was very happy. He first followed Li Chao to the East Palace, but later Li Chao turned to the King of Qin. He felt a little strange at the time. Now it seems that it is not strange at all. Li Sanlang has a good vision and has expected that it will be today.
The Meridian Gate finally opened and officials entered one after another.
The officials went to the Golden Palace to congratulate, while the women went to the harem to congratulate.
There was no queen in Li Yuan's harem, and Concubine Wan was in charge of Concubine Wan, so today they went to congratulate Concubine Wan.
There were too many officials who were congratulating the emperor, and there were so many that they could not accommodate them at all. Many officials could only line up outside the hall far away, and even the emperor could not see one. They could only follow the instructions of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and dance to the mountain.
Li Chaoguan Gao Juexiu didn't have to stand outside early in the morning to blow the cold wind. He lined up inside the hall and was still very far ahead.
Today, the ceremony is not ranked by titles or official positions, but by official ranks, and the class is ranked by this category.
Li Chao's original rank is from the second-rank Guanglu Dafu and the third-rank Wensan rank. There are only Kaifu Yi and Sansi and Tejin above. The only ones who are higher than him are the General of the Cavalry and the General of the Supplementary Kingdom. His rank is equivalent to the General of the State-State General of the Military General.
But literature is better than martial arts.
All the important officials in the court, but the court will be quite boring. They follow the command of the officials of the Ministry of Rites one by one.
Li Yuan looked a little haggard today. Although he was gorgeously dressed, his eyes were red.
When he accepted the tribute from all officials and foreign envoys, he was distracted several times.
The prince missed today's Zhengdan ceremony.
Under the emperor, that position was empty.
Li Shimin's ranks are among the top officials, below one person and above ten thousand.
Compared to Li Yuan's haggardness and distractedness, Li Shimin was undoubtedly excited today.
The countries of the world worshipped, including the East Girl, the White Lan Kingdom, the White Wolf Kingdom, the Duomian Kingdom, and the West Mountain Eight Kingdoms. These things that should have been worthy of Li Yuan’s happiness, and he just sat there in a daze.
Officials issued an edict to grant these twelve kings of the country to be granted the titles of county kings, dukes, county marquis, etc., and twelve quaizhou were established, and these twelve people were granted as governors and governors. A lot of things were rewarded!
The dynasty meeting ended early and the emperor returned to the palace.
All officials don’t have to pay homage to the prince this year, and they are preparing to pay homage to the Qin Palace.
Li Shimin was extremely excited and did not refuse. Li Chao shook his head secretly, saying that he had not become the prince yet, and now he accepted the congratulations from all officials. This is a disagreement between Yu Li.
"Mr. Fang, please advise Your Highness. At this moment, you need to be more and more cautious."
Fang Xuanling pondered for a while, "It's time for now, everything is natural and there will be no more accidents. Your Highness accepts the worship of all officials, and it's nothing."
Even Fang Xuanling said such words, Zhang Chao knew that no one could really listen to his words.
"I feel a little uncomfortable today, so I won't go to the Qin Palace, so I'll go back first."
Fang Xuanling looked at Li Chao's leaving figure and was a little surprised. He stood there and thought for a while, turned around to chase Li Shimin's car.
"The officials are willing to come to congratulate His Highness, which shows the people's will. Why do we refuse to congratulate him?" Changsun Wuji had different opinions on Fang Xuanling's reposting of Li Chao. He believed that he should accept it and should make it lively. In the end, everyone knew that the officials supported the King of Qin.
Li Shimin said, "Wen Yuan said he was not feeling well? Then I'll send someone to express condolences later."
When I returned to the Grand Secretary’s degree, I saw Wei Zheng coming from the opposite door.
"All officials went to the Qin Palace to congratulate him, why did Wenyuan not go?"
"Xuancheng, didn't you go?" Li Chao smiled.
"Hahaha, how about playing chess together?" Wei Zheng said.
"It's exactly what I want!"
Li's Mansion.
The two of them slowly played chess, both a little absent-minded.
"The prince shouldn't have done this." Wei Zheng sighed.
"This position is not easy to sit. The prince is not as good as the King of Qin. This is not a big deal, but in recent years, many of the prince's actions are a bit too..."
"You want to be stupid, right?" Wei Zheng said very directly.
"hehe."
"It is not scary to have no talent, but what is afraid of is that you have no virtue. If you have no talent and no virtue, you are unwilling to accept advice and listen to advice, it is really hopeless. The Sui Dynasty unified the world, but in the end it was destroyed in the second lifetime. Emperor Wen deposed the mediocre Yang Yong and established the Congrui King of Jin, but the Sui Dynasty died faster."
Li Chao shook his head, "Jiancheng is not Yang Yong, nor is Qin Wang Yang Guang. I believe that if the King of Qin was appointed as the crown prince, it would definitely be better than Jiancheng. In the future, he would definitely be more prosperous and powerful with the Tang Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!