Chapter 161 The battle over etiquette begins today
"No matter what method you use, you must consider it carefully. Your Highness is a thoughtful person. If there is any mistake in Brother Qi's place, Your Highness is thinking about old feelings and will not blame Brother Seven. He is afraid that he will blame the uncle of the second clan..."
Maybe it will anger the entire Wang family..." Dao Chi said solemnly.
Wang Qi heard that the Taoist idiot had no specific solution, and his eyes dimmed again. However, when he heard the last sentence, he was surprised and said: "Second uncle? Why does Your Highness blame the second uncle?"
Dao Chi said: "Everyone knows the inconvenience of the Shang Master. Do you think this marriage is easy to break off? Even if the marriage is broken off smoothly, what happens next? Will a family that is despised by His Highness be better than a family that is idle? That's not a good thing to say.
,At this time, even if Seventh Brother really gets an emergency, if there is any chance...if it falls in the eyes of His Highness, he may become the greedy man of the second clan, persecuting his flesh and blood in order to maintain his fame and power..."
Wang Qi's eyes flashed, and his face turned blue and white for a while. He took a few steps back, fell down on the bed, and said bitterly: "Is there no way?"
Dao Chi thought for a while and said: "Although the imperial court has a practice in recent years, the royal family does not marry nobles and ministers, but the legal principles are nothing more than human relationships. The situation of Seventh Brother is naturally different from others." At this point, he said: "If it is
According to the rules, the princess's mother-in-law must also avoid it, but Mr. Jiang has the title of seventh grade. It can be seen that there are no absolutes in everything. Instead of the seventh brother being restless here, it is better to wait for a few days to find time to report to His Highness, be honest and see.
How should we act? Brother Qi is one of the people whom His Highness values most, and we have known each other since childhood, so His Highness will sympathize with Brother Qi's difficulties."
Wang Qi looked better, glanced at Dao Chi, snorted twice, and said: "Why was Erlang so nervous just now? Did he think that my brother would learn from those market women to do stupid things?"
Seeing his playful smile, the Taoist idiot rolled his eyes and said: "The selfless one is a saint, where is the seventh brother?"
Wang Qi sneered twice and said: "The one who knows me is Erlang. Even if he knew it would bring harm to the family, my brother would not bear to take this life."
Dao Chi spoke so plainly that Wang Qi also reacted. At this time, even if he had objections to the marriage, it was not the time to make any changes. Otherwise, it would be more harm than good to cause the prince to dislike the Wang family.
After thinking about this and knowing that it was useless to be anxious, Wang Qi stopped thinking about it and said, "Brother, I can't bear it anymore. I have to go and have a rest." As he spoke, he got up and yawned and went back to his room.
Dao Chi took a long breath, feeling more at ease.
The sounds in the street outside were getting louder and the lights were getting brighter.
Dao Chi got up, pulled on his shoes, walked to the window, looked out onto the street, and saw bright lights outside. Soldiers were standing on both sides of the road.
In the direction of Guanyi, the lights are flashing, as bright as day.
The Crown Prince's car is about to leave for Beijing.
Dao Chi glanced at it for a few times, but the excitement he felt earlier was gone, so he turned around and lay down again.
In the eyes of the courtiers, they may have been anxious these past few days, thinking about "one emperor and one courtier" and so on. When I arrived at Dao Chi's place, half of my heart was settled, and the other half was hanging on.
If you don't get Jinshi, you'll be in disgrace.
When the crown prince ascended the throne, he was given the title of accompanying ministers and subordinates who came to the capital from the dragon. Along with the 169 people who entered the capital, plus Wang Qi, who entered the capital first and several military attachés from the Ceremony and Guards Department, one-third were internal officials, and the remaining
Two-thirds of them will enter the court. Wang Qi cannot escape in the fourth and fifth grades, while Liu Congyun and Chen Chizhong are between the fifth and sixth grades.
However, Dao Chi was embarrassed by his age and had no chance of receiving these official appointments. The prince's intention was tactful, saying that he and Lu Bing would be granted a blessing and sent to study in the Imperial Academy. In fact, there was nothing he could do.
It is a common practice when emperors change to reward meritorious officials, but it would be too absurd to grant official positions to two children who have not passed the boyhood ceremony. Therefore, even if Dao Chi and Lu Bing are close to each other, they will not
Then put him on the official list.
However, there is no official title, and rewards are unavoidable. I just don’t know whether it is gold or something else. It would be great if I could be rewarded with a house... Thinking like this, Dao fell asleep in a daze...
When I woke up again, it was almost noon and I was still woken up by Lu Bing.
Among the royal family members accompanying him, one-third were officials and one-third were chamberlains. These people all went to Beijing with the crown prince early this morning, leaving more than fifty people in the post office to wait for the decree.
Lu Bing got up in the middle of the night with Fan, sent the prince away, and went back to sleep. The royal family members who lived here in the inn returned to the inn one after another, leaving only Dao Chi and Wang Qi without any movement.
Lu Bing came over and found that the brother had slept until the afternoon. He was afraid that they would be uncomfortable, so he hurriedly woke them up.
After confirming that the two of them were just very sleepy and had slept too much, Lu Bingfang felt relieved and said: "On the list at Guanyi, there are only two brothers missing, and we will arrange to stay there tonight."
The Taoist idiot was speechless. Wang Qi touched his chin and said: "His Royal Highness will enter the palace today, and the remaining people who have the intention to enter the capital may have to come tomorrow at the earliest. You can't just hold it in the post, or else my brother will take you there."
Playing?"
When Lu Bing heard this, he was eager to give it a try.
The Taoist idiot touched his stomach. He was tired from driving yesterday and had no appetite. Today he didn't eat for half a day. The Wu Zang Temple couldn't bear it, so he said: "Go back to the hotel to say hello to your aunt, and then report to Liu Sanlang."
It’s better to be prepared.”
"Yeah! Yeah!" Lu Bing smiled and nodded.
Wang Qi lowered his head and glanced at his wrinkled clothes and said, "Just do as Erlang said. Then borrow some clothes from Liu Damao to change."
The inn is on Guanyi Street, only about a hundred feet away from Guanyi. In the time it took to talk, the three of them arrived at Guanyi.
The prince has already entered the capital, and the guards here are not that strict. They are just the palace guards accompanying the palace on duty.
Although Chen Chizhong had no rank, he still followed the crown prince to Beijing with the Bureau of Yiwei, while Liu Congyun was left in Guanyi, and was responsible for the placement of the remaining people together with two subordinates from the Bureau of Officials.
The three of them looked for Liu Congyun and reported, and Wang Qi unceremoniously asked for some clothes and changed into them.
Liu Congyun was not upset and happily gave him the clothes without saying anything. He also made an appointment to have dinner together today to have a happy reunion with Wang Qi.
Wang Qi said with a smile: "Why wait until dinner in the evening? My brother hasn't had breakfast yet. After meeting Aunt Fan's family, we went out to eat out. Liangxiang is famous for its chestnuts. Chestnut chicken and chestnut noodles are both good.
eat."
Liu Congyun heard his heart move and made an appointment to go with him.
Although Mrs. Fan was a wet nurse, the crown prince was not a child after all (at least the crown prince thought so). She was also a foreigner, so it was not easy for her to enter the palace with her, so she stayed in the palace for the time being.
The three of them went to Fan's place. Fan heard that the Wang brothers were going to take Lu Bing for a walk on the street. Even if they had nothing to worry about, they had to tell them not to drink. After all, they were not officials of the palace.
, but he was also a member of the palace. I don’t know how many people were watching, and he asked them to take a few more people and return to the inn before dark.
If it were any other young man, he would probably just feel verbose after hearing these ramblings. But Wang Qi, whose parents died young, felt warm in his heart when he heard this, and he was more well-behaved than Lu Bing when he responded.
Dao Chi saw this and felt really bad. He had probably underestimated one step. If he had supported the marriage between the Wang family and the Lu family, it would have been the most beneficial for Wang Qi to marry Lu Can. He would not have to be evaded by his relatives, but he would also be valued by the prince. .
At that time, he supported Master Wang Qi and was very calm even though he knew the harm to the clan.
Because the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to clans, clan rules sometimes override national laws. Even if Taoist idiots serve as officials, the clan can still use their status as a clan to point fingers at the Taoist idiots. Even if the clan does not suppress others from becoming officials, it can In the officialdom, the clan is also regarded as the head of the horse. Once it is prosperous, everyone will be prosperous, and once it is declining, there will be no two characters in the name of king.
For the clan members of the Wang family to retire, it is not entirely a bad thing. To put it selfishly, it is a good thing.
Now he regrets his original decision because Wang Qi has treated him as his own flesh and blood in recent years, and he doesn't want Wang Qi to be embarrassed...
Beijing, outside Zhengyang Gate.
Under the scorching sun, hundreds of Beijing officials gathered here to welcome the successor emperor. The leader was Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet. Although he had been in office for more than forty years and had been the chief minister of the cabinet for ten years, Yang Tinghe was only sixty years old.
In addition to being the chief minister of the cabinet, he also served as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel for many years. Emperor Daxing was also a playful emperor who did not care about government affairs. Since he trusted Yang Tinghe, the upright chief assistant, he did not interfere much in the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel. Therefore, both internal and external affairs The promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials, except for imperial decrees and grants, were all in the hands of Yang Tinghe.
Although Yang Tinghe was not a man of power, he had been in power for a long time and was respected by many internal and external ministers.
At this moment, Yang Tinghe looked into the Zhengyang Gate, his face as sinking as water. But there were dozens of Beijing officials, large and small, standing behind him, greeting Yang Ting and his female elders in their hearts.
Who says a living person can't be suffocated to death? Something is really going to happen, okay?
Is it easy for everyone? Yesterday I rushed to Liangxiang early in the morning and waited all day. It was about time to turn on the lamp, and then I met the emperor. It was just a meeting. There were a lot of people, and there was nothing else except kowtow. Those with a small Wusha family just kowtowed with the crowd, while those with a big Guansha family just moved to the front row. The emperor did not say a word in private, only the old official in the palace said a few words on behalf of the emperor, and then called everyone Back off.
Because they had to welcome the successor emperor outside Zhengyang Gate this morning, all the officials from the capital returned to the capital overnight.
I waited until this morning and came to line up again before dawn.
Damn it, it turns out that the successor emperor's team arrived early in the morning (7 o'clock in the morning). Everyone happily followed the chief minister and knelt down to welcome the successor emperor, waiting for the successor emperor to enter the palace so that the civil and military ministers could go through the "persuasion" process.
Unexpectedly, this ritual process got stuck when it reached Zhengyang Gate.
The subsequent emperor refused to enter the palace through Dong'an Gate and the Marquis of Wenhua Palace, but wanted to go through Chengtian Gate and enter Chengtian Palace.
However, Yang Tinghe insisted on following the itinerary in the "ceremonial letter" he had prepared before, and the matter became deadlocked.
Several imperial envoys who had been happily waiting for the "service of welcoming Li" were dumbfounded. They didn't know why the emperor insisted on walking through Chengtian Gate, and they didn't understand why Yang Tinghe insisted on the emperor acting in accordance with the "ceremony."
They all scolded their mothers in their hearts, thinking that the emperor was being hypocritical and Yang Tinghe was too stubborn, but they had to persuade one and two others, but in the end, neither the emperor nor the cabinet ministers were willing to take a step back...