Chapter 61: The Great Worship

Since the Tang Dynasty, the edict was written on yellow and white linen paper and published in the court, which was called "Xuan Ma". After the pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info this will become the synonym of the edict and the general. In the official position, Xuanma of the Great Song Dynasty worshiped the prime minister, and it was the highest pursuit of scholars.

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The official family of the Great Song Dynasty also satisfied the literati's attention to the ceremony, and the process of worshipping the prime minister was extremely grand, which was called the Great Worship, which meant to worship the official position, and the meaning of the Great Worship was self-evident.

Needless to say, the emperor had to be present in person, but also to exchange salutes and thanks with the appointed governor, which is the imperial power's respect for the prime minister's power, and vice versa.

The guests present also have the governor's political affairs, the privy envoy, and the three envoys are all ministers, and the so-called prime minister is the same as the Zhongshu Sect Pingzhangshi, and the position of the prime minister is not limited by seniority, not to ascend in order, and not to be based on internal and external superiority, and completely determined by the emperor's preferences.

This is also the way for the imperial power to control the prime minister, and if you don't like it, you can remove the prime minister at any time.

Of course, Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Great Song Dynasty, was a very smart monarch, and the weakening of the prime minister's power started with him, and in order to achieve the goal, he even set up several deputy ministers to participate in political affairs to supervise and limit the power of Tongping Zhangshi.

The Privy Envoy, the Deputy Privy Envoy, the Third Envoy and the Governor are all considered to be ministers.

After the Great Worship is removed, it can be drafted and promulgated by the Hanlin Scholars, and it will be issued to the imperial court and sent to the public and private in the world.

Liu E was wearing a court dress, which was dark blue with a Cui Zhai pattern. There are black and white patterns on the collar, the cuffs and the edge of the clothes are decorated with red Luo, and the bottom is painted with Zhai as the pattern, green socks, gold ornaments, and white jade. When the queen is a silkworm, she wears a bow robe, which is made of yellow Luo, and the shape is like a Yi clothes, but there is no Hui Zhai pattern.

The waist dress is large, with the gorgeous Nine Dragons and Four Phoenix Crowns, with twelve flowers, and the temples are wide and look unusually dignified and solemn.

She deliberately chose a courtly dress to attend this ceremony, in order to make Kou Zhun feel the royal respect for him, after all, the official family is seriously ill and cannot come, and he should be more thoughtful as the queen, and the royal family can not be rude.

Zhou Zhan, a bachelor of Hanlin, Ding Wei, the governor of the government, and the privy envoy Cao Yu all stood facing the south, Kou Zheng stood at the front and waited, he wanted to see the demeanor of the prince, and after entering the Kaifeng Mansion, he heard rumors along the way, the prince was benevolent and loved the people, and he had the resources of God to debunk the conspiracy of the Liao envoys, and respected the teacher and personally supported the coffin for Wang Dan.

There are countless words to praise his appearance, Feng Shen is handsome, and the words of sword eyebrows and starry eyes are about to grind Kou Zhun's ears out of calluses, I haven't seen the prince for many years, I don't know how his appearance has become like this.

But when he saw that only the queen Liu E came out of the apse, his face changed greatly, and he asked Zhou Zhan, a Hanlin scholar on the side, "Why is there only the queen mother?" Where is the official? Where is the crown prince? ”

The others were also surprised, and Lu Zongdao, who was a counselor, questioned Zhou Zhan: "Didn't you explain it to the inner servant?" ”

Zhou Zhan said with a bitter face: "The lower official has already instructed Chen Tong, the envoy, how can the queen not know about this?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Kou Zhun's face became extremely ugly, and the queen had nothing to say, but how could this important ceremony of great worship be dictated by a woman?

Kou Zhun, who had always been upright, suddenly felt uncomfortable as if his body was crawling with small insects, and he couldn't help but open his mouth, but Xiang Minzhong, a scholar of the Zhaowenguan University next to him, stretched out his hand and grabbed him: "Kou Laoxi, you are still like this, you just can't let go of it in your heart, the queen is wearing a gorgeous costume to pay a big tribute to the official family, what are you not satisfied with?" ”

"How can the queen be compared to the official family? If you retreat, you will also have to be presided over by the crown prince! ”

"How can the prince take on such a heavy responsibility at such a young age?"

"What's wrong with Minzhong today? The big festival is important! ”

"You old man still has a straight temper, and you have forgotten the ghost tricks of the court for many years? It was a mistake for you to come back to pay respects, and now you want to push the prince to a dead end? ”

Kou Zhun listened to Xiang Minzhong's words and his face was ugly: "Could it have come to such a point, eh, it's all because I lost my words after drinking back then, otherwise how could the prince have a chicken Si Chen?" ”

The whispering of the two caused the queen to be dissatisfied, and when the court worshipped her, Liu E was too disrespectful.

Ding Wei is the only one with a calm face, everything is expected, as long as the big bow is over, the queen will be a fait accompli.

Whether the official family is present or not, it is the same, unless the serious illness is cured, the queen will take over the imperial power alone!

The atmosphere of the whole hall is weird, Kou Zhun doesn't care, Lu Zongdao glared angrily, Xiang Minzhong wandered out of the world, Cao Yu didn't care about himself, only Zhou Zhan, a bachelor of Hanlin, took over the edict and read it out with fear.

Liu E, who is on the top, is already pale, and the green tendons are beating on the slightly wrinkled forehead, the original majesty of the mother in the world has been replaced by a cold temperament, without him, Kou Zhun actually worships and does not accept it!

It is the queen who worships, and what is not awarded is the edict!

"Queen Mother, Xuan Ma worships the prime minister, the big worship is an important weapon granted by the state, there is no official family to give it, please replace it with the prince!"

These words pierced Liu E like a sharp blade, she didn't expect that even Kou Zhun, who was about to pay homage to the prime minister, did not recognize the rights in her hands.

Ding Wei opened his mouth and said: "The prince is young, even if he comes, he has to be the mother of the mother, why bother? ”

This is a change of concept, the meaning of the prince coming and not coming is completely different, coming is to replace the official family to grant the post of Kou Zhun Prime Minister, and if he does not come, the queen is replacing the official family, there is a world of difference between the two.

Lu Zongdao opened his mouth to refute: "Although the queen can supervise the country, she can't grant heavy weapons on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the prince of the prince kingdom will grant it on behalf of his father, and heaven and earth are reasonable!" ”

His words were polite and courteous, and it was really irrefutable, even the old Xiang Minzhong was constantly nodding, but Ding Wei looked at the sun outside the door and said: "The auspicious time has come, it is not appropriate to delay, or everything is simple, the queen is the wife of the official family, the master of the harem is the world, and the people still have the saying that husband and wife are one, why not?" ”

His sycophant slapped Liu E's heart, and he loosened his brows and smiled slightly: "What Ding Xianggong said is that husband and wife are one." Why can't I bring the official family to pay my respects? ”

"Could it be that the queen mother wants to do Lu Wu's deeds?!"

After Kou Zhun finished speaking, he began to regret it, this is too serious, Taizu in order to stop the phenomenon of the dictatorship of his relatives, specially set up the law of the ancestors, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, the Song Chengtang system, Wu Zetian's experience is not far away, how can he turn a blind eye?

Brigadier Kou compared Liu E's behavior to the first queen in history, Lu Pheasant, and Wu Zetian, who changed the dynasty, which is a bit too heavy, after all, the official family is still there, the prince is young, and it is reasonable for the queen to supervise the country.

Liu E's face became wonderful again, red and white, Kou Zhun's words were too extreme, she simply forced herself to give way, this is something she absolutely can't accept, the queen of the world was slapped in the face in front of everyone, how can this evil breath be put down.

But Liu E must make a choice, whether to put down her face and invite the prince to come, or to keep being tough?

The result is self-evident, she must put down her face, after all, she can't afford the reputation of Lu Wu's evil, and Da Song's relatives don't have any rights at all.