October 19th is an auspicious day for getting married.
On this day, the entire Bianliang City was dyed red, even though Li Jie repeatedly emphasized that the wedding does not need to be a big deal.
But it still could not withstand the enthusiasm of the people in Beijing.
After learning about the emperor's wedding, every household in the capital put a touch of beautiful colors on their doors.
The rich wear red silk, the poor wear red silk, and those with bare houses will also find ways to hang red objects.
early morning.
Fan Zhongyan walked out of the rental house and couldn't help but sigh when he saw the festive atmosphere in the street.
"Your Majesty is truly what the people want."
Although Fan Zhongyan is not a member of the wedding team, the emperor's wedding is such an important event. In recent days, the top priority in the court is His Majesty's wedding.
Therefore, he clearly knew that the imperial court had no intention of making a big deal.
The scenes on the street are all organized voluntarily by the people.
In fact, it is right to think about it. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, a series of new policies have sprung up and been introduced without interruption.
Although it did not benefit the people's livelihood very much, anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Majesty will definitely be the Holy Lord of the Song Dynasty.
In addition, the Song Dynasty also swept away its previous weakness and won two consecutive victories. Now, the people of the Song Dynasty are so powerful that when they see the Khitan and Dangxiang people again, they can hold their heads high and even laugh in their faces.
From now on, the people of the Song Dynasty will be the first class people!
All the Khitans and Dangxiang people had to step aside.
Afternoon.
The back pavilion of Wende Hall.
Li Jie, wearing a heavenly crown and a crimson gauze robe, is quietly waiting for the auspicious moment. Later, he will go to the Wende Hall and personally canonize Zhang as the queen in front of all the officials of the court.
However, Zhang was not present at the time of the canonization.
"Your Majesty, Xianggong Lu's letter has arrived."
At this moment, Zhang Mao walked in holding an urgent memorial.
"Send it up."
"yes."
A month has passed since Lu Yijian left the capital. Calculating the time, this memorial should have been sent out seven or eight days ago.
I don’t know how the negotiations in Xiazhou are going.
Not surprisingly, Li Deming would not refuse the conditions proposed by the Song Dynasty.
After all, Li Jie was not as fastidious as Taizong and Zhenzong. Food, grass, and iron tools were all in minute details.
Future wars will be dominated by firearms.
For semi-agrarian and semi-nomadic regimes such as Xiazhou Dangxiang and Khitan, firearms are dimensionality reduction strikes.
No matter how many swords and guns you use, they are not worth one cannonball.
The cavalry that nomadic regimes relied on in the past could only become targets.
Soon, Zhang Maoze presented the note to Li Jie.
Opening the memorial, Li Jie read it quickly.
No surprises!
Xiazhou Dangxiang agreed to the trade treaty. From the date of signing of the treaty, Xiazhou Dangxiang will assist the Song Dynasty and severely crack down on border smuggling.
Moreover, for all smuggled items seized by the Song Anti-Smuggling Team, Xiazhou Party Xiang will compensate them accordingly based on the value of the smuggled items.
However, the standard of compensation has been changed. Initially, the Song Dynasty proposed a tenfold fine.
Li Deming felt that ten times was too much and couldn't accept it. Then, with Lu Yijian's half discussion and half threat, the two sides reached a consensus.
For a period of three years!
Within three years, the fine was reduced from ten times to five times.
Three years later, it recovered to ten times. In this way, it can be regarded as giving Xiazhou Dangxiang a certain buffer space.
On this point, Lu Yijian did not report it first, but made a decision on the spot.
certainly.
Slight modifications are also within Lu Yijian's authority.
After all, the Song Dynasty and Xingzhou are far apart, and even if we work hard, it will take less than half a month to go back and forth.
If everything had to be reported to the court, the negotiation would not last for a year and a half, and it would probably be impossible to reach a conclusion.
In Li Jie's view, talking for a year and a half is undoubtedly extremely inefficient.
Too procrastinating!
Therefore, Li Jie gave Lu Yijian the right to make decisions on some details.
Only those mediocre masters will firmly control power in their own hands and will not be willing to delegate it even a little bit.
For Li Jie, moderate decentralization will not have any negative consequences, but will improve work efficiency.
"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come. It's time to go to the front hall."
After a while, Zhang Mao reminded me carefully.
"Um."
Li Jie nodded slightly, then put down his papers, followed the footsteps of the courtesy officer, and slowly walked out of the back cabinet.
After leaving the pavilion gate, Li Jie took the chariot out of the west gate and headed towards the main hall of Wende Hall.
"Your Majesty is here!"
Inside the palace.
With the sound of a whip and the playing of ritual music, all the officials in the hall immediately straightened their clothes and bowed respectfully in the direction of the throne.
"Welcome Your Majesty!"
"flat."
Looking at the officials in the audience, Li Jie sat on the throne with a calm expression.
After being the emperor for a long time, I have seen this kind of scene often, and I have become accustomed to it.
If it were anyone else, seeing such a scene, he might have all kinds of emotions, but he just felt it was cumbersome.
No matter how fancy it is, etiquette cannot escape its essence.
The essence of etiquette is the way to govern people, using etiquette as a shackle to educate all people.
To put it bluntly, the emergence of etiquette is to tame all peoples and artificially divide "people" into three, six or nine grades. Different people follow different etiquette.
The king is benevolent and his ministers are loyal, the father is kind and the son is filial, the brothers and sisters are respectful, the husband and wife follow him, and the elders and children are orderly, they are all products within its framework.
Various etiquettes subtly change people's cognition.
Stupid people and cannibalism also originate from this.
In fact, Li Jie did not want to rule the world with etiquette.
Whether the world is governed well or not, the people's support is the real criterion.
Just like when a person drinks water and knows whether it is warm or cold, the people have a strong balance in their hearts. If the emperor is fatuous, no matter how much he preaches, he will not be able to make the people live happily.
If the people live a happy life, who will go and rebel when they have enough to eat and nothing to do?
Who else would go out and spread negative emotions?
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After the officials bowed three times, Kou Zhun walked out of the class, then faced the officials, took the book of canonizing the queen from the hands of the chamberlain, and went to the Xuan to announce it.
[The Yucui clan of the Qinghe Zhang family belongs to a high-ranking family and belongs to the Zhongying Jia clan. They have a leisurely and harmonious character and a majestic and graceful style.
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The good fortune is great, and the country depends on it. Keep the records in mind, it is a warning!
Can be made a queen!]
After the reading is finished, everyone bows again.
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
"Congratulations to the Great Song Dynasty!"
Every time he prays, the officials follow the ceremony officer and congratulate him in unison.
Repeat this three times and the ceremony is over.
Immediately afterwards, Liu E came on the stage and, in the name of the Queen Mother, ordered the wedding envoys to depart from the Wende Hall and go to the Queen's residence to welcome the Queen into the palace.
After a while, the wedding team set off, and all the officials left, and turned to shout to Xuandemen. Officials other than envoys should wait at Xuandemen.
When all the officials left, Li Jie also followed the ceremony officials to the Funing Hall.