On the fourth day of December in the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Kaiping of the Great Liang State of the Tiancheng Continent, the crown prince Liang Shengde was in the frontier. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe funeral was coordinated by the Ministry of Rites and Taijoji Temple, which were in charge of the royal family's ceremonies.

The funeral of the emperor in the Great Liang Kingdom has always been responsible for the five envoys of the mountains, and the prime minister is generally responsible for the envoys of the mountains. The crown prince's funeral, of course, did not have such specifications. Therefore, it was Ji Yun who was the secretary of the Ministry of Officials who protected Liang Shengde's funeral, and Ji Yun was responsible for the funeral.

Regarding the funerals of Liang Shengde and Cheng Yiying, Da Liang's history books record it like this:

"Prince Rude is a member of the Shengde, the epigrapher Zhongqing, and the eleventh grandson of Liang Taizu. Born on May 14 of the first year of Taishi. From the empress Shengmuxian, she was made the crown prince at the beginning of her birth. He studied under Cheng Xiangyuan, was diligent and studious since childhood, and was known as a genius.

In the fourth year of the first peace, the fourteenth year of the prince, when the flood broke out in the south of the Yangtze River, the prince invited himself to go to the south of the Yangtze River to deal with the flood. Later, the prince pacified the floods in February, and there were no floods in the south of the Yangtze River for the next five years, which was praised by countless people in the south of the Yangtze River.

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In the second year of Yuanguang, the prince and the weak crown left the East Palace and stayed in the prince's mansion. In the fourth year of Yuanguang, the prince got married and married the daughter of Prime Minister Chengyuan as the crown princess. However, for the next twelve years, the crown princess was nowhere to go. Emperor Jingwu was the crown prince and concubine, but the prince refused......

In March of the seventh year of Kaiping, the prince reported that the princess was happy, and Emperor Jingwu was overjoyed, and gave a pair of mutton fat and white jade Ruyi, a statue of Guanyin sent by jade, more than 100 silk and satin, and countless gold and silver. The fourth day of December in the seventh year of Kaiping, the thirty-fifth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the dear of the Confucian Virtue.

In the same month, on the tenth day of the first month, the crown princess heard that the prince had died, mourned, moved the fetus, and gave birth in the Xishan Reclining Buddha Temple in the western suburbs of Beijing. The crown princess gave birth to dragon and phoenix twins on the same day, but the crown princess had a difficult birth when she was born, and finally died of a blood collapse at the age of thirty, Chinese New Year's Eve, and was virtuous.

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In the same month, on the 22nd, Emperor Jingwu Yizhi, edicted Ji Yun, the secretary of the funeral affairs department, and the chief official of the capital was sent to the ** provincial escort class Zheng Yu.

On the same day, the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple said: 'Refer to the allusions that have been made: 1. The emperor served the crown prince, and the six palaces did not obey. 1. On the day of mourning, a Su Hu was set up in the east of the main hall of the Crown Prince's Palace, and its hooves were Qingsu, and the Yiluan Division was nailed to set up a row. The emperor's clothes were twelve crowns, the 'twelve chapters' crown clothes were embroidered, and the five-clawed dragon boots were embroidered on the black skin. 1. The queen of the day is dressed in the palace, and she mourns at any time, such as a gift in the palace. 1. On the day of mourning, go to the accompanying officials and wear regular clothes and auspicious belts, enter the main gate of the house, and visit the palace. When the time comes, Yi Chang and black belts will stand up, and Yi Ji will retire after mourning. 1. Therefore, the mourning is uniformed, and the accompanying class official is used as a ministerial official, and he has been promoted to the court. 1. When mourning, small burials, large burials, and service days, the begging order is selected by the Taishi Bureau. They still choose their officials at regular intervals, and they only respond to the time when they come before the solstice. …… The emperor mourned within his wives, and the incumbent officials mourned when they were in place. Stop, the emperor took the twelve crowns, the Xuanyi and the 'twelve chapters' crown clothes, and the five-clawed dragon boots embroidered on the black skin. 1. According to the etiquette, spontaneously mourning to the day of release, the emperor did not look at the front and rear halls. 1. It is forbidden to act on the right to mourn spontaneously in music, and it will still be used in the future...... 1. On the day of the service, act, accompany the official to wear regular clothes, auspicious belts, enter the main gate of the palace, and visit the curtain of the crown prince's mansion. When the time comes, the service is declining, the right to retire, change the regular clothes, black belt, to comfort the emperor in the name of the class, and the second shift to the name of the queen to comfort the queen, out of the palace for the auspicious belt to retreat. ……’

…… The official of the ceremony first quoted the blessing text, the military attache of the incense case of the west and east to stand, closed the door to report the class, the incumbent officials all bowed again, the curtain roll, the official of the ceremony, Dr. Taichang, Taichang Qing led the emperor out of the way, before the incense case, please go to the incense, and then on the incense, three incense. The inner servant enters the tea wine, and plays the tea, and the three liquor are in Mao Tho. Lay the knight, play the invitation to Shaoli, read the wish civil official Dongxiang kneeling to read the blessing of the text, play the emperor to cry, and the incumbent officials all cry. As soon as the crying stopped, the former official led the emperor, and the incumbent officials all bowed again. As the leader returned to the second, the civil and military officials retired, Yi Changfu, black belt, and comforted the emperor and queen in the name of the class, and went out of the palace gate, and Yi Ji retreated. Zhao and according to the edict, the internal reading of Zhu Wenguan sent Guozi Siye, and the power of the servant to repair the official Zhang Lan, the leading Taichang Qing sent too often Shaoqing Zhang Wenhao, and praised the introduction of Taichang Qingqing, too often Dr. Mu Qingyun.

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In the same month, on the 23rd, the edict: The crown prince can be given Confucian virtue.

On the same day, the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple said: "Now the crown prince, according to the story of the emperor's service, the day and the month, the thirteenth day and the release." Its civil and military officials were eliminated in one day. …… Go to the official and regular clothes, auspicious belt, enter and Ning Gate, to the door of the apse outside the Yi Hei Belt class, into the name and then worship the emperor, the second shift into the name and then worship the queen to comfort, Yi Ji brought out and Ning Gate, retreat. 'From it.

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In the same month, on the 27th, Prince Rude went out of the funeral, and the ministers and other ministers burned incense before the coffin. The bookkeeper kneels to hold up the book of mourning, and the reader kneels to read the book of mourning. Wen said: 'In the seventh year of Kaiping, in December, on the fourth day of the first month, Prince Rude died on the frontier. On December 27, Ding You, Yue, went out of the east of the prince's house, and the ceremony was also. Fleas cover the night, the pond is a long-cherished ancestor, miscellaneous elephants, and mourning. The emperor Cheng Hua and Xingsi, mourning the guests of the garden, said Hui Hui Xi Chunyang, and the autumn plain. Delie Yumei, edited by the minister. The words say: Only the sky is envied, but the body is dry. Chu Xiu is two poles, and the country has been in the country for hundreds of millions of years. Huang Li Jizhao, the young sea is clear. The history of the scriptures, the heel of the martial arts. Visiting the meal, Zhou Guang reannounced. Wen Fu placed the order, and the Han heir was benevolent. …… Carry the care, and take the miasma to the xi. Come and go, and taunt it. Woohoo lament! Stroke this businessman and remember his star birthday. Often the gift of the middle government, the banquet of the inner court. Fu Yin Yupei, shocked and summoned for no reason;...... Remembering filial piety and respecting life, trance loyalty to the legacy. The sorrow of the emperor's love, the essence of Fuyingrui. Woohoo!'"

Regarding Liang Shengde's funeral, the historian of Liang tried his best to exaggerate it, but in fact, it was ...... Historically, there have inevitably been some discrepancies between the records and facts in history books, and sometimes even serious discrepancies, so serious that people can't tell what the "historical facts" are.

Reality comes out step by step, so it will not be perfect, and there will always be some unacceptable flaws. However, history books are left for future generations to read, and no one wants future generations to see a confused account when they read themselves in the historical books, so the people who wrote it will try their best to embellish historical facts......

However, it is undeniable that the funeral system is the most important content of the "fierce ceremony", one of the five rites in ancient times, and "thick mourning" is one of the most important characteristics of ancient funerals.

People are used to saying "funeral", but funeral and burial are actually separate. Funeral is the early process of funeral rites, which is the act of funeral, and funeral is the later process of funeral rites, mainly the burial and the placement of burial goods.

"Thick funeral" and "thick burial" are two different concepts. "Thick funeral" refers to the fact that the links and ritual contents of the funeral are quite complex and meticulous, and are highly valued; "thick funeral" refers to the large number of funeral vessels, which are precious, and the coffins and burial chambers are luxurious.

The funeral is to see off the deceased and pray for the blessings of the children and grandchildren. Based on this idea, people in ancient times naturally attached great importance to the last ritual of leaving this world completely, advocating "mourning". This is true for the people, and even more so for the royal family, where the funeral ceremony is cumbersome and costly.

In a nutshell...... There are records in the history books that are sometimes true, such as...... On the day of Liang Shengde and Cheng Yiying's funeral, it was indeed lively and cumbersome......

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When the mighty halogen book arrived at the prince's mansion from Liang Xiaocheng, it was the beginning of the rising sun on the horizon.

It's just that it is the middle of winter in the lunar month, and the rising sun is no matter how dazzling it is, without a trace of temperature...... What if you bring a warm temperature? On a day like today, no matter how warm the sun is, I am afraid that it will not warm people's hearts......

Before I arrived at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, I saw the main gate of the Prince's Mansion open from a distance, and the lanterns on both sides shone like day, illuminating the white silk hanging under the door, eaves and pillars of the mansion so white that it was dazzling and dazzling...... White ...... It makes people feel sour uncontrollably......

When I arrived at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, I saw that although there were people coming and going behind the Prince's Mansion, the entire Prince's Mansion was very quiet, almost deadly......

The mighty halogen book stopped steadily in front of the prince's mansion, Leng Qing followed Liang Ruming to get off the halogen book, without Liang Ruming opening his mouth, Leng Qing stepped forward very consciously and supported Liang Ruming with both hands.

After Liang Ruming got out of the book, he didn't rush to the prince's mansion, but stood outside the door of the prince's mansion with a stunned expression, looking up slightly at the plaque with the golden characters on the prince's mansion......

Liang Ruming was silent, standing motionless in place, and Leng Qing naturally could only stand still in place.

Although he didn't know what Liang Ruming was thinking at the moment, he didn't bother Liang Ruming so coldly that he let Liang Ruming be stunned silently.

Liang Ruming and Leng Qing, who were the leaders, were silent, and the halogen book behind the two was naturally more quiet, and everyone didn't even dare to take a breath...... More than 200 people stood in front of the main gate of the Prince's Mansion, but it was so quiet that it could be heard.

Leng Qing quietly accompanied Liang Ruming to stand outside the door of the Prince's Mansion, without saying a word.

After about two or three minutes like this, suddenly a sharp-eyed person saw Liang Ruming standing outside the door of the prince's mansion. After seeing the "Twelve Coins" crown dress worn by Liang Ruming and the imperial book behind Liang Ruming, he was immediately shocked, and then hurriedly rushed out of the main gate of the Prince's Mansion, bowed to Liang Ruming, who was standing quietly in front of the Prince's Mansion, and shouted long live in his mouth.

There are one and there are two, with the beginning of the former, especially the loud voice of "Long live my emperor, long live, long live", more people noticed Liang Ruming standing outside the door of the prince's mansion, and more people kowtowed to Liang Ruming standing outside the prince's mansion, and shouted long live in his mouth......

In the sound of the crowd kneeling down to greet each other and shouting long live, Liang Ruming finally came back to his senses in a trance, and then raised his feet and stepped silently, and with Leng Qing's support, he slowly stepped into the main gate of the prince's mansion.

Different from the time Leng Qing brought Mu Ziru to the Prince's Mansion a few days ago, this time he stepped into the Prince's Mansion, and as far as the eye could see, except for the quiet and silent crowd kneeling on the ground, there were white lanterns and white long silk hanging everywhere in the Prince's Mansion.

There were small pieces of wind blowing in the air from time to time, and those papier-mâché white lanterns and long white silk swayed with the wind......

Ayafu dances with the wind, which is a very meaningful and somewhat wonderful thing, and it can also be pleasing to the eye. It's a pity...... Today, all the people dancing in the wind are white lights and white silk, they are so white and dazzling, there is nothing else but infinitely hurtful feelings.

If those lanterns and aya forgings were replaced with other colors, they might even be able to show a swaying posture......

Supporting Liang Ruming to walk slowly on the passage left by the people who knelt on the ground, Leng Qing looked around silently and found that among those kneeling on the ground were palace maids, eunuchs, guards, and even officials in court clothes.

But now, in front of Liang Ruming, they are undoubtedly equal - no matter how high or low their status is, as long as Liang Ruming does not speak, they can only kneel on the ground in unison, and no one can get up without permission...... Like now......

Liang Ruming is the emperor who stands at the peak of the power of the Great Liang State, even if this emperor is now dying and faltering, as long as Liang Ruming is still standing in this supreme position for a day, no one dares to refute and question Liang Ruming.

Therefore, when Liang Ruming never let those who knelt down to greet him "flat", those people could only kneel quietly on the ground, not daring to raise their heads, not daring to make a sound, and not even daring to move.

It was also until this moment that Leng Qing suddenly couldn't help but want to sigh the benefits of "power" - look, as long as you have great power in your hands, no matter how noble and arrogant people you are, they will eventually kneel at your feet in front of power. Even if most of them are not convinced, they are powerless to resist......

It's no wonder that people in the world are so hungry for rights, but "rights" are too tempting......

With emotion in his heart, Leng Qing quietly supported Liang Ruming all the way forward until he walked into the main hall of the Prince's Mansion - the mourning hall where Liang Shengde and Cheng Yiying's coffins were parked.

When Leng Qing and Mu Ziru came a few days ago, they only needed to stand at the door of the main hall of the Prince's Mansion to see the coffins of Liang Shengde and Cheng Yiying parked in the hall without hindrance. And today, a layer of plain hooves is enclosed in front of the coffins of Liang Shengde and Cheng Yiying, which isolates the coffins of Liang Shengde and Cheng Yiying from the outside world.

In front of Su Hu is still the incense case about half a meter high and half a meter long and half a meter wide, and the table is neatly arranged with incense burners, lit white candles and fruit offerings, and on the left side of the incense table is a large handful of unburned earthy yellow incense.

Perhaps because Liang Shengde and Cheng Yiying are about to go out of the funeral today, there are too many people who come to mourn, so that the small incense burner has been filled with incense sticks of different lengths, and it is impossible to insert excess incense sticks.

A golden basin was placed on each side of Su Wan's incense case, and a eunuch knelt behind the golden basin and hung his head to burn paper. The ashes of paper money after burning are the lightest, and the heat of the flame alone can make those ashes fly all over the sky.