Chapter 105: Crowning the marriage and being promoted to the state shepherd
Chapter 105: Crowned, Married and Promoted to State Priest
The first year of Zhongping passed in turmoil, and Liu Zhang turned seventeen this year. The ancients usually crowned Liu Zhang at the age of twenty, unless there were special circumstances. Now Liu Yan wants to marry Cai Yong, so Liu Yan decided to crown Liu Zhang in advance. Liu Hong
When he heard that Liu Zhang was going to be crowned, he immediately expressed that he would be the guest of honor at Liu Zhang's crowning ceremony. This guest of honor is the one who puts the hat on Liu Zhang, usually done by his parents or elders. However, as the emperor, Liu Hong can also be regarded as Liu Zhang's elder brother.
It is reasonable to be Liu Zhang's official guest.
In the first month of the first lunar month, just after the New Year, Luoyang once again entered a festive period. Originally, Liu Zhang's coronation ceremony should be scheduled in March. Liu Hong did not agree, so he ordered Taichang to choose a day in the first month to perform the coronation ceremony for Liu Zhang. Taichang speculated that Liu Zhang would be crowned.
With great intention, the day for Liu Zhang's crowning ceremony was set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!
According to Liu Zhang's memory, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month should be the Lantern Festival, but from the second day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the new year, Liu Zhang was served by the Han court. On the second day of the first lunar month, Taichang, one of the nine ministers, took Tai Chang
All the officials of Chang Temple were brought to Liu Zhang's home just to arrange the things needed for the crown ceremony. In the end, Taichang Ling almost fainted Liu Zhang with one sentence.
It turned out that although arrangements were made at Liu Zhang's home, the place for the crowning ceremony was in the palace. Liu Hong decided to salute Liu Zhang at the Taimiao Temple! The Taimiao Temple was a place to worship the ancestors of the Han Dynasty, and the crowning ceremony was not just about honor. The Han Dynasty
There are not even 10,000 but 8,000 clan members. Except for the emperor and the crown prince, probably no one has ever performed a crowning ceremony in the Imperial Ancestral Temple!
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Liu Zhang was dragged up early in the morning. After being raped by a dozen big men and his young wife, he threw his elephant, dragon and horse on his horse and headed to the Ancestral Temple. When he arrived at the Ancestral Temple, everyone except the emperor had already
Everyone is here. When Liu Hong arrives, the crowning ceremony will officially begin.
In order to take care of Liu Hong, who had a hard time getting up early, Tai Chang deliberately placed the auspicious time for the crowning ceremony at the end of the chen hour, which is around nine o'clock in the morning. However, Liu Hong was still late, but fortunately it was not auspicious.
hour.
When Liu Hong arrived at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Liu Yan immediately gave him Liu Zhang's auspicious clothes and the crown used for the crown ceremony. Liu Hong found that what Liu Yan had given him was actually the costume used by the common people for the crown ceremony, so he immediately threw it aside and ordered Zhang
Rang held up a set of auspicious clothes and a crown. The civil and military officials attending Liu Zhang's coronation ceremony looked at the auspicious clothes in Zhang Rang's hands, and the crown was immediately shocked, because it was a set of royal crown robes.
Originally, Yuan Wei didn't want to attend Liu Zhang's crown ceremony, but he had to come because the emperor personally presided over the crown ceremony. If he dared not to come, wouldn't he be disrespectful to the emperor. Now seeing Zhang Rang's crown ceremony, Yuan Wei
Wei immediately wanted to jump out and object, but he suddenly found a sharp gaze directed at him. When he looked up, he saw that it was Liu Hong.
The emperor has expressed his stance! Yuan Wei can only retreat bitterly, and the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family dare not go against Liu Hong. You know, Yuan Wei is not stupid. Now is the time when the world is in chaos. If Liu Hong issues a secret edict
, as long as the imperial army releases a little water when the Yellow Turbans attack the city, or sends people to pretend to be bandits, the Yuan family can be destroyed!
Yuan Wei had no objection, but Liu Yan could not agree. Even though Liu Zhang was a clan member of the Han Dynasty, but not a prince, how could he wear princely clothes? This was transgression! Even if the emperor agreed, it would not work! To put it bluntly, Liu Hong also had a stubborn temper.
When both of them refused to relax, Liu Hong said angrily: "Believe it or not, I will make the emperor's younger brother a prince now?"
Liu Yan retreated, and the crowning ceremony could be carried out, but Liu Zhang stood aside and almost fell asleep! In fact, the crowning ceremony is very simple, that is, wearing auspicious clothes and asking the elders to help wear three hats. The first one is added with a leather bean, and the second one is
The crown was lengthened, and finally the crown of virtue was added. There were congratulatory messages from the elders. Unfortunately, Liu Zhang was tortured so hard that he didn't listen to a word Liu Hong said.
After the crowning ceremony, Liu Hong did not let the ministers leave, but directly ordered Zhang Rang to touch a roll of yellow silk. It turned out to be an imperial edict. Everyone thought that Liu Hong was going to give Liu Zhang an official position, but unexpectedly, Zhang Rang read it.
To everyone's surprise, this imperial edict granted marriage to Liu Zhang, and the woman was the daughter of Cai Yong and Cai Bojie!
After the marriage was granted, Liu Hong left, leaving only a group of stunned people staring at Liu Zhang with envy, not only because he had received the emperor's marriage grant, but also because Cai Yan was a beautiful and talented woman famous in Luoyang! She was also a great scholar named Cai Yong.
The reputation of Liu Zhang was of great benefit to Liu Zhang, a warrior. However, Liu Hong asked Liu Zhang to have his marriage be carried out according to the etiquette of the princes and need to wait for eight months. Liu Zhang laughed at that time. If it were not for the fear of overstepping, Liu Zhang would have wanted to be regarded as the emperor.
If the gift comes, then you can wait for one year! Liu Zhang felt cold all over just thinking about marrying a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl. Especially during the wedding ceremony, what did you ask him to do? Could it be that he was molesting his little sister! Liu Zhang
Don’t want to be a weird uncle yet!
The first month passed and Liu Zhang's life was back on track. The only thing that made him a little depressed was that he had a nickname! Liu Zhang's nickname was Ji Yu! Every time he heard people call him Ji Yu, he would think of his previous life. He thought he had let go.
Only in the end did he realize that he had not let go at all. This result made Liu Zhang depressed.
Liu Hong is getting better and better now. Yuan Feng, this unlucky boy, finally couldn't bear the recurrence of his old illness after Liu Zhang crowned him, and died of a sudden illness. Liu Hong was so happy that he gave him the posthumous title of Father Announcer. Because Yuan Feng died
If he takes the position of Sikong, he can sell it again. Liu Hong has always been good to people who can help him make money!
Since Sangong had clearly marked the price, Liu Hong would naturally not let go of the post of Situ. As for the original Situ Yuan Wei, Liu Hong found an excuse to get rid of him, and sent someone to tell Yuan Wei that if he still wanted to be the Situ, he would have to spend money.
Buy it! Yuan Wei resigned in anger. Now that he was dismissed, he quit his job completely! Liu Hong didn't care about Yuan Wei. He smiled and sold the three positions of Situ, Taiwei and Sikong again.
Once again, Taiwei Duan Jiong, Situ Cui Lie, Taiwei Fan Ling, and Sikong Zhang Wen all invested tens of millions to five million to buy the three men.
These have nothing to do with Liu Zhang. Anyway, his official position does not require money to buy, but Liu Yan is a little unhappy. To be honest, Liu Yan has stayed in Youzhou for almost ten years. At over fifty years old, he really can't stand the climate in Youzhou.
, he submitted his resignation to Liu Hong. How could Liu Hong ask Liu Yan to resign? In order to appease Liu Yan, Liu Hong transferred him back to Luoyang and continued to serve as Zongzheng, one of the Nine Qings. Why was Liu Yan given the position of Zongzheng? Because of this position
Non-Han clan members cannot hold the position, and other positions must be purchased with money!
Liu Yan was very satisfied to be able to return to Luoyang. As for the official position, he was open to it. However, there were still 20,000 elite troops in Youzhou, which Liu Zhang was reluctant to part with. So, Liu Zhang found Liu Hong, hoping to replenish the Huben camp.
You must know that when Liu Zhang took over Huben Camp, it had a strength of 40,000. Now it only has 25,000 people, of which 3,000 are Liu Zhang's personal guards.
Recruiting troops requires money, and Liu Hong is certainly not happy. Although he can allocate money from the Yulin army, other Yulin generals also paid money. Liu Hong may be a foolish king, but he is a very reputable businessman.
In order not to embarrass Liu Hong, Liu Zhang told him that there were still 20,000 troops in Youzhou.
When Liu Hong heard this, he immediately agreed. Because now the governor and the prefect can recruit troops by themselves, but the money for recruiting troops does not need to be paid by the court. The soldiers in Jixian County were recruited by Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, and there was no reason to leave them to others. When Huang Zhong took 20,000
After the troops arrived in Luoyang, Liu Zhang immediately asked them to station themselves at the Mangshan camp. Looking at the cement barracks, Huang Zhong and Yan Yan were stunned.
The Han Dynasty was becoming more and more chaotic every day, and Liu Yan was a little uneasy staying in Luoyang. On this day, Liu Yan summoned all four sons in the family to discuss a countermeasure. Now Liu Yan's four sons have been in officialdom for a long time, and the eldest son Liu Yan
Fan was already the general of Zuo Zhonglang, the second son Liu Dan was the imperial censor, and the third son Liu Mao had also become the Sima of another department.
Liu Yan told his four sons about the idea of escape. Except for Liu Zhang, the other three sons did not agree. Of course, if Liu Yan did not ask them to leave Luoyang, they would not object if Liu Yan wanted to take refuge. So, Liu Yan
Yan then only discussed with Liu Zhang. After all, he was the only one who had such a vision. What Liu Yan didn't know was that Liu Zhang was actually thinking about taking refuge. However, Liu Zhang thought much more than Liu Yan. He not only wanted to
Take refuge and develop!
Looking at his youngest son sitting aside with twinkling eyes, Liu Yan expressed his thoughts. It turned out that he wanted to take refuge in Jiaozhou. After all, the imperial court had already pacified Jiaozhi. But if Liu Yan was allowed to go to Jiaozhi, wouldn't that be Liu Zhang's plan?
All in vain? After thinking for a long time, Liu Zhang said: "I heard people say that Yizhou has the spirit of an emperor!"
Liu Yan was shocked, but his heart was pounding. As a member of the Han clan, who doesn't want to be the emperor? But thinking about it, it's not that easy to do it. After discussing it for a long time, Liu Yan decided to write to the emperor first
, asked him to implement the state pastoral system, and then strive to go to Yizhou to be a state pastor.
Within a few days, an eloquent memorial was placed on Liu Hong's desk. In the memorial, Liu Yan said to the emperor: "How can you think that the governor is so weak that he can't ban him, and he uses people who are not his, and often increases riots?
It is recommended to appoint a shepherd to control Fangxia and select important ministers to take charge of their posts..."
After Liu Hong read it, he felt that what Liu Yan said was very reasonable, so he discussed it in the court. There were not many loyal and upright people in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty. Although there were many people who could see the disadvantages, they were all for their own interests.
Who cares whether the Han Dynasty will be defeated or not. As a result, Liu Yan's memorial was unanimously approved, and all the civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty who were qualified to be state pastors became active, and Liu Hong's pockets began to flood with money again.
Since it was Liu Yan who proposed the restoration of the state pastoral system, Liu Hong would naturally not forget his good deeds and left him a state pastoral position. Yizhou has the spirit of an emperor, so Liu Yan would not choose another place. The righteous Liu
With a wave of Hongda's hand, Yizhou Mu was returned to Liu Yan. Of course, there were also several states where no one wanted to buy the Mu. For example, in Youzhou, Liu Hong gave the position of Youzhou Mu to Liu Yu, one of the clan members of the Han Dynasty.