In spring, when the snow is gone in the south building, I am alarmed by the letter of flowers during the lantern season. The light rain makes it cold. I lean against the dry wall.
Don't lean on the railing too often. Look at the layers of smoke and water. Where is Beijing? Covered by dusk clouds.
——"The Resentment of Zhaojun" Wan Qiyong (Song Dynasty)
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On this morning, before Mao hour arrived, the square outside the palace gate was already filled with officials, in small groups. Some were laughing and inviting people to have dinner tonight, or they were whispering and discussing the contents of today's morning court.
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The court meetings in Xuanzong's dynasty were divided into small dynasties, middle dynasties and large dynasties. The small dynasties were mainly convened for temporary important matters, and were held to accept the visit of the crown prince. The small dynasties required officials from the third rank and above to participate, and were generally held in Bohe.
held in the palace.
China and North Korea generally refer to the monthly "Suo Wang Chao" and the "regular court" that comes every day or every three or five days. This is the most frequent court meeting in the Tang Dynasty, and officials of fifth rank and above must be present. Most of China and North Korea are in attendance
Held in Zhengdian.
The Great Court is a court meeting on New Year's Day, the Winter Solstice, a court meeting for receiving foreign missions, a court meeting for conferring titles on senior officials, etc. The Great Court Meeting is usually held in the Hanyuan Hall. Beijing officials of ninth rank or above, who come to Beijing from other places to report on their duties, and officials who are on official business, the scene is extremely grand.
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Different court gatherings have completely different etiquette, the clothes worn by the monarchs and ministers attending the court gatherings, and the music played are also different.
Take the New Year’s Day dynasty as an example:
High-ranking officials of the third rank and above can wear purple silk robes with large flowers and a belt decorated with gold and jade. Officials of the fourth and fifth ranks can wear red silk robes with small flowers. Officials of the sixth rank can wear double silk silk robes.
Yellow robes. The seventh rank wears green robes with a rhinoceros belt decorated with east silver. The eighth and ninth ranks wear green robes with brass belts.
When the court meeting is in progress, the ceremony leader will loudly direct the ministers to salute at the foot of the steps, and the praisers will help the ceremony and raise their voices.
They shouted: "Go!", and the courtiers would bend down and hold their hands in their hands, and walk quickly in small steps.
They shouted: "Take off the tallow trees!" Civil and military officials took off their shoes.
They shouted: "Untie the sword!" The general quickly untied the sword hanging from the waist of his court uniform.
They shouted: "Fuck!" All civil and military officials were about to kneel down and fall down.
They shouted: "Xing!" before the officials could stand up.
All civil and military officials must follow the instructions of the ceremony and follow the instructions step by step. Otherwise, they will be impeached by the censor for not following the rules of the court ceremony.
After the first etiquette is completed, the servant will go to the emperor to receive the imperial edict. After returning, he will go to the northeast position of the officials, face the west, and loudly announce "There is a system!"
All civil and military officials knelt down and worshiped again, and the etiquette was repeated again.
Only then did the waiter declare: "The celebration of taking office is the same as the public."
All civil and military officials knelt down and bowed their heads twice.
Then, the officials danced and shouted "Long live, long live, long live" in unison, and then knelt down again and bowed their heads twice, pushing the festive atmosphere to a climax.
This is the end of the most solemn worship ceremony of the year.
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When the bells of Hanyuan Hall rang, the ceremony announced loudly: "The hour of Mao has arrived, it is time to ascend to the court!" The praisers stood by to help the ceremony loudly and loudly.
"Hundred officials enter the palace!! Come!"
More than a thousand officials were divided into two columns, the left column was led by the left prime minister Chen Xilie, and the right column was led by the right prime minister Li Linfu of Zhongshu Ling. They bent down and held their hands, and walked quickly towards the magnificent Hanyuan Hall.
Hanyuan Hall is extremely spacious and can accommodate ten thousand people. It stands majestically on Longshou Plain.
When the ministers enter the palace, officials from the third rank and above all have seats to sit and listen to the government affairs, while officials from the fourth rank and above stand behind them, arranged in the order of three provinces, six ministries, nine ministers, five temples, and scattered officials.
On this day of the court meeting, Prince Li Heng, who was sitting on the jade steps, had a dull expression and became even more silent.
In the case of Wei Jian that year, his two friends Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming were exiled and executed, and he was forced to divorce the Crown Princess. The Crown Prince and his men suffered an unprecedented blow.
In the same year, the Du Youlin case broke out. Du Youlin, Du Liangdi's father, was beaten to death, and the prince was forced to divorce his beloved concubine Du Youlin.
The prince divorced his wife twice in one year, which was unprecedented in ancient times. From then on, the prince was cautious in his words and deeds, and kept a low profile. Not only did he not make friends with outsiders, he rarely even left the East Palace. In this way, he could not escape the open and secret arrows.
This time, the Luo Congji Network targeted him again, and he didn’t know if he could survive it. Li Heng lamented in his heart: “When I was named the crown prince, I was ambitious and high-spirited, and was determined to create an eternal foundation for the Tang Dynasty. The Taifu warned himself,
The most dangerous position in the world is the East Palace. It is a prophecy. If there is anything to add, the most dangerous place in the world is to stay in the East Palace and the prince will grow old. Once I was angry and thought that instead of being so scared, it would be better
Forget about being deposed. The Taifu knelt down and cried: 'Which of the deposed princes has been able to die peacefully and well? Why don't you see Li Chengqian?'"
When Li Heng was thinking wildly, he heard the melodious sound of the ceremony: "Your Majesty has arrived!"
All the officials stood in silence. Li Heng quickly stood with his hands down, waiting for his father to arrive.
The jade chime sounded, and nearly a hundred guards filed in, with long knives on their waists and golden melons in their hands, looking majestic. Dozens of eunuchs lined up on both sides of the jade steps. Finally, there were a dozen palace maids, holding silk umbrellas in their hands, surrounding them.
Lead the emperor into the palace.
Xuanzong's head was wrapped in a futou, and he was dressed in a round-collared ocher yellow robe and a leather belt around his waist, looking casual and casual. Gao Lishi stood beside him, looking at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose.
Xuanzong sat down and looked around the ministers. The ministers bowed and said: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Xuanzong smiled and said, "Everyone loves you Pingsheng!"
All officials return to their posts.
Xuanzong calmed down and said to the ministers: "According to the memorial submitted by the Ministry of War, Fan Yang's army has recently won many great victories in the battles against the Xi and Khitan tribes. It shocked Ji and You, and revived the reputation of the Tang Dynasty. His contribution is in Sheji."
, the benefits will last for a long time, and must not be ignored. Xuan'an Lushan enters the palace!"
"Xuan Ping Lu, Fan Yang Jiedu Envoy, and Yu Shi Dafu An Lu Shan enter the palace!" The ceremony announced loudly.
An Lushan held his belly, ran into the hall with small steps, fell to his knees with a plop, crawled to Xuanzong's feet, hugged Xuanzong's boots, and lowered his head to smell the nose of his boots.
After the salute, An Lushan burst into tears: "I haven't seen my father for a long time. I have worked hard for the country, but my income is reduced like this. I am so stupid that I can't share your worries for your majesty. I feel so ashamed!"
The ministers in the court looked at each other in confusion. They thought to themselves that Fatty An's acting was too exaggerated. We really can't stand such clumsy and flattering tactics. However, in recent years, everyone has taken advantage of Fatty An, so
He said nothing and quietly watched Fatty An's performance.
An Lushan had runny nose and tears, and his court clothes were in a mess from crying. Xuanzong looked amused, and he joked: "I have lost weight, but you are getting more and more blessed. I don't know what's going on in your huge belly."
What are you pretending to be so big? (What is there in your belly that is so big?)"
An Lushan held back his tears, looked stern, and replied swornly: "I don't have anything else in my heart, I can only be loyal to His Majesty! (There is nothing left, I have a pure heart and ears!)"
When Xuanzong heard this, he was quite moved. Xuanzong said: "My beloved, you are so loyal and you have come to see the prince. I remember that the last time you came to Chang'an, the prince inspected the river for me. You missed it."
When Li Heng heard this, he nodded slightly and smiled at An Lushan.
Unexpectedly, An Lushan did not step forward and asked with a confused look: "I am from a foreigner. I don't understand the etiquette of the court. I don't know what the official position of the prince is?"
Xuanzong laughed and scolded: "You hozen, don't be rude. The prince is the crown prince. After I live forever, the crown prince will ascend the throne and be honored with great treasures. He will protect my people of the Tang Dynasty on my behalf."
An Lushan seemed to understand and replied: "I am stupid. I have always only known that there is Your Majesty, but I don't know that there is a crown prince in the Tang Dynasty." After saying this, he reluctantly saluted the prince.
An Lushan's move shocked the civil and military officials in the court, who thought that this fool did not understand the rules. These two sentences completely offended the prince. Everyone knew that An Lushan was acting, pretending to be stupid.
In a roundabout way, he expressed his loyalty to the Holy One. However, the risk of this move was too high. If the Holy One succeeded to the throne and the prince succeeded him, then Fatty An would hold military power. How could Li Heng tolerate him? All the ministers in court could not help but shake their heads. Hu people are Hu people.
People are simple-minded and stupid. If you want to flatter a saint, you don't have to risk your life and risk your future!
As expected, An Lushan looked honest and honest, but was actually cunning. Even though Li Heng was quite wealthy, he couldn't help but his face darkened. It was only because of the Holy Emperor and the civil and military officials that he did not have an attack on the spot.
However, Xuanzong was very happy with Long Yan. He didn't know that An Lushan was acting, but this fat man would not hesitate to offend the future emperor in order to please himself. This foolish loyalty was indeed unmatched by anyone.