Chapter 894 - Long Learning
The dragon robe is a manifestation of the emperor's identity and a symbol of the supreme world in the world. Therefore, on the gown in Zhao Yu's hand, the dragon pattern is the most prominent, distributed everywhere, and the other two shoulders are woven with the sun and the moon, and the stars and mountains are weaved. And there were pheasants embroidered on his sleeves, but when he said this, he was laughed at by Su Lan and Wang De, saying that it was called 'Hua Worm'. Frightened, he didn't dare to comment on the other uncertain ornaments above, so as not to show timidity and make people laugh.
"Official, on this robe, there are a total of twelve dragon patterns, which are woven on the shoulders and the front and back plackets. In addition, the sun and moon are woven on both shoulders, the stars and mountains are woven on the back, and the two sleeves are decorated with Chinese insects. Six kinds of ornaments, such as Zongyi, algae, fire, powdered rice, 黼, and 黻, are listed on both sides of the front and rear dragons, with a total of 12 chapters. Su Lan saw the little emperor's embarrassed face, knowing that he definitely didn't know, so he pointed to the ornaments on his robe and explained them one by one.
"What do you mean by all these things?" Zhao Hao nodded some ornaments on his robe.
"Official, these twelve coats of arms are for the exclusive use of the emperor, and if others use them without permission, it is trespassing. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty in the first year of the Great Cause decreed the system of chapter uniforms, determined the position of the coat of arms on the crown, and said: on the left and right cheeks for the sun and the moon respectively, when the back collar and the stars are down, and the mountain dragon and nine things, each re-line 12,...... The quality of clothing is Xuan, such as mountain, dragon, Chinese insect, fire, Zongyi, etc., and woven into five things: clothing quality is silk, plus algae, powdered rice, yellow, and yellow. The number of clothes is all counted, this is nine chapters, and three Chen, and twelve are also. As for the crown prince, Hou Bo, Zinan, Gu Qing, and princes, they are respectively nine chapters, seven chapters, five chapters, and three chapters. Su Lan said.
"Tang with the Sui system, Song and Tang system, I still take twelve coats of arms for the emperor's uniform. Just now, the official family said that the Chinese insect is like a pheasant, although there is a deviation, but it is not far away, this is a golden chicken, take its literary and scientific beauty, which means that the king wants to be famous; Flour rice, that is, white rice, is taken to nourish people, which means that the emperor should nourish all the people; Algae, take it clean, which means that the emperor should be of high character. Su Lan breathed a sigh of relief and said again
"黻, its shape is two contradictory self words, take their backs from evil to good, in order to show that the emperor distinguishes right from wrong; fire, then take its light, which means that the emperor should be bright and upright; Zong Yi, take its loyalty and filial piety, symbolizing the virtues of loyalty and filial piety of the emperor; The mountain is admired by its people, indicating that the emperor acted steadily; And the sun, moon, and stars, taking their clarity, means that the imperial power shines in all directions; 黼, that is, the axe, is used to cut it, indicating that the emperor should be able and resolute; And the dragon is to take its ability to change in all ways, hoping that the emperor will be good at judging the situation. ”
"Oh, I see! The sun and the moon are divided on both shoulders, and the stars are listed on the back, and I will carry the sun and the moon on my shoulders and the stars on my back. Zhao Yu nodded and smiled. He can see that these twelve chapters come from the nature of heaven and earth, which is the beautification and refinement of natural objects, and then gives the beautiful meaning of natural objects to the emperor, making the emperor the embodiment of the perfection and beauty between heaven and earth, which is also a way to improve the identity of the emperor.
"The official family turns around, and the slave and maid will tie the jade belt for you!" Su Lan said as she tried on the little emperor's clothes, and after putting on her uniform and changing into boots, she took the jade belt and said.
"How can Sister Su know so much about this, he hasn't seen you say it before!" Zhao Yu obediently raised his hands and turned around.
"The official family hasn't asked before! Now the slave and maid are filled in the clothes, of course, they must be familiar with the regulations and uses, if the slightest mistake makes the official family lose their manners, the slave and maid can not afford it. Su Lan said.
"But I forgot about it, I really have Sister Lao these days!" Seeing the many clothes placed in the temple, it takes a lot of time to sort them out, and they have to be prepared according to their needs.
"This is the duty of the slave and maid, how hard it is!" Su Lan raised her head and looked at the little emperor and chuckled.
"Alas, although this dress is beautiful, it is too awkward, do I have to wear this one for my wedding?" Zhao Yu had already made up his mind in his heart, and after the wedding, he would be promoted to the throne to avoid the pain of this hard work, but he couldn't speak at the moment, he shrugged his shoulders and felt that he was more restrained.
"The official family is a gown, which is worn during the sacrifice of heaven and earth, the temple, and the celebrations of the New Year's Day, the winter solstice, and the holy festival, and the robe is used for weddings." Su Lan said.
"In the past, I sacrificed to the heavens and the Zhengdan Dynasty didn't wear court clothes?" Zhao Yu said in surprise when he heard this.
"The official family used to wear regular clothes, but they were divided into vermilion and bright yellow, not court clothes!" Su Lan chuckled when she heard this.
"These guys are fooling me!" Zhao Yu suddenly woke up when he heard this, "They usually ask me to abide by the etiquette and law, and I don't say a word when I wear regular clothes to the court every day, but they change their clothes, thinking that they are fooling me as a fool." ”
"The official family can't say the same, the dynasty is outside, and the official family is not pro-government, so it is natural to be simple. Now it is different, all kinds of clothing are ready, for this purpose, thousands of weavers and embroidery girls in the official workshop were mobilized to work day and night, and it took 100 days to complete. But the days are still too tight, and some places are inevitably rough. Su Lan said.
"This is the best dress I've ever worn in my life, but I can't satisfy my sister?" Zhao Hao said with some surprise. Not to mention that in this life, he has never worn it in his previous life, and the most expensive is the formal clothes that he bought with a month's salary to fill the façade, and he is reluctant to wear them on weekdays.
"The officials don't know, when I was in the past, the royal clothes were all made by Yangzhou and Hangzhou officials, and I heard my father say that the emperor's clothes often take years to weave, and the materials consumed are countless, and these are all rushed and of course not exquisite." Su Lan tied the jade belt for the little emperor, flattened the placket, and took a step back to look up and down.
"Really? It seems that the Queen Mother still has a lot of vision in letting her sister preside over the Shangyi Bureau, and this kind of insight is only afraid that there will be no two more people in the palace. Zhao Yu turned around and said, but he was quite emotional in his heart, this piece of clothing is only afraid that the taxes of a large county are not enough, if it is in the prosperous era, it is understandable, high consumption can also boost GDP, but at present, it is tantamount to drinking water to quench thirst, and even the inside is dismantled for the sake of face.
"The slave maid is also reluctant, but she still has to be promoted by the Queen Mother." Su Lan put the crown hat on the little emperor, looked at it again and smiled, "This one fits quite well, the official family will try that coat again, it will be worn in a few days!" ”
"Do you have to try on all these clothes?" Zhao Yu was a little embarrassed.
"Of course, these are all for the official family." Su Lan nodded and said, "The clothes of the Son of Heaven, a big crown, are worn by the emperor during major ceremonies such as the Great Dynasty Meeting and the Great Order; The second is called the crown, which is used for the national ceremony; Three are said to be the crown of heaven, the silk robe; Fourth, it is said that the robe is walked; The five are called shirt robes, and the six are narrow robes, which are the clothes of the Son of Heaven's worship, court meeting, pro-cultivation and family affairs, and Yanju; Seven said that the imperial reading uniform, is the Son of Heaven after the rise of the dynasty. ”
Zhao Hao's most annoying thing is to change clothes, not to mention that it is very cumbersome, don't think that one person can wear a neat one, and a few people can't wear it for half an hour. At that moment, Wang De went out to supervise the sorting out of the dowry in the main hall, and now Su Lan led the two little palace maids who had just entered the palace to serve, put them on and then took off their tired noses and sweated.
The fur suit he changed on, in Zhao Hao's opinion, was not as gorgeous and beautiful as the gown, it was a crimson gauze robe, which was woven into a cloud dragon red gold strip yarn. Bai Luo square heart curved collar, white socks and black legs, wearing a crown of heaven on his head, twenty-four beams, plus Jin Boshan. It is used for ceremonies such as New Year's Day, Winter Solstice, Wuri Shuo Dynasty Meeting, and Great Book Life, and is the first service. In fact, the court clothes of the emperors of the past dynasties were all based on the Zhou rites, so they were passed down from generation to generation, and the so-called inheritance was not something that he thought could be changed if it was not good-looking.
The emperor's regular clothes of the Great Song Dynasty are this kind of yellow or red regimental collar robes, jade red belts, soap boots, but there is no dragon pattern, so it is naturally not the commonly known dragon robe. In the Song Dynasty, from the emperor to the hundred officials, in addition to the sacrificial and solemn court meetings, they generally wore the shape of the head, which was also significantly different from the previous generation. The image of the official eunuch mostly uses straight feet, and the servants, tolerances or low-status musicians mostly use cross-legged or round-legged feet, while the emperor wears a straight-legged head.
The emperor's clothes are full of patterns, and it is impossible for the concubines to wear the same clothes. Zhao Yu asked casually, the queen's clothes are also divided into four kinds, one is Yiyi, the second is Zhuyi, the third is ceremonial clothes, and the fourth is Juyi.
The clothes were worn by the queen when she was registered, assisted in sacrifices, and participated in court meetings. Its coat is dark blue with a pattern of cuizhai (a small, brightly colored bird). The collar has a black and white pattern, and the cuffs and edges are decorated with red Luo. The waist garment has a large belt, and the belt is the same color as the clothes. The color of the knee cover with the clothes, painted Zhai as the pattern, green socks, gold ornaments, white jade double wear. 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. On weekdays, the guests will wear a hairpin dress with no color limit.
In addition, although women do not wear hats, they need jewelry, so when the queen wears a dress, she must also wear makeup on her head, with a gorgeous crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes, twelve flowers, and two temples to make wide. However, what made Zhao Yu happy was that the queen's clothes and her own clothes were the most expensive clothes, which were rarely worn at ordinary times, and were only taken when the emperor was canonized or sacrificed, so that there was less wear and tear, and it could be used for many years, and there was no need to update it every year. The costumes of the other concubines imitate the queen's crown dress, which is of course simpler than it, and is used for various ceremonial wear......
Soon in December, after obtaining a lot of evidence, Zhao Yu summoned Wang Zhen, the servant of the ministry, to the capital for questioning, and then ordered him to be detained, and reported to the two provinces, saying that because he was dissatisfied with the saint, he used his power to snarmine his cronies, form a private party, and slander the name of the saint, in order to prevent His Majesty from pro-government. Now his officials are removed, interrogated strictly, and his party is further excavated.
As soon as the holy decree was issued, the whole court was shocked, Wang Zhen was in the court when he established his own dynasty, and he left a good impression on everyone, and he was good at making friends, so there were many people in the court who were friendly with him, but no one thought that Wang Zhen secretly planned this matter. After that, people who were close to him were taken away by the guards from time to time for questioning, and some of them never returned, which inevitably made the officials of the DPRK and China rumor, lest they be involved.
After several days of inquiry, Zhao Yu was pleased that although Wang Zhen was dissatisfied with himself, he did not collude with Meng Yuan to commit treason, which also avoided a purge. After all, he is the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites of the court, and there are not many people who are officials through his hands, if he is treasonous, in order to ensure safety, these people have to be temporarily suspended, examined one by one, and even expelled from the court. And those who have a close relationship with Wang Zhen will also be implicated, even if they are not ordered to become officials, at least they must be transferred from the center to sit on the cold bench, and it will be difficult to be promoted and used.
After some review, Zhao Yu told the Queen Mother to discuss with several Zaizhi and decided that the matter would not be expanded and would stop at Wang Zhen. Subsequently, Shangshu Province issued an edict to remove Wang Zhen from office and exile him to Chenzhou for supervision. More than a dozen people, including Li Kuan and Ding Qi, the main participants, were sent to the border pass to fill the army, while the more than 40 people who joined the Nanping Society were either directly dismissed from office or demoted to local positions, and were all expelled from the capital, depending on the degree of their participation.
Although other officials who had close ties with him were not punished, they were all punished, which made him think about it. And Lu Xiufu asked for punishment and asked Zhishi to return to his hometown, and the Queen Mother remembered his merits and only fined him three months. As the chief officials of the Ministry of Incident, Deng Guangjian and Chen Zhongwei were both demoted and retained for poor supervision and improper employment, fined for half a year, and ordered to think bitterly.
The boots finally landed, and all the ministers were secretly glad that the little emperor did not take the opportunity to clean them, but they were all palpitating. You must know that everyone witnessed the situation at that time, and the little emperor immediately mobilized troops to control the situation when he found out that the situation was wrong, but none of the armed forces in the city disobeyed the order, let alone questioned it. The garrison in the Gyeonggi area, after receiving the order, immediately ended all operations and returned to the camp without knowing the reason, which shows its prestige and strong control in the army.
Then this matter involved the Zuo Division of Shangshu Province, which was under the jurisdiction of Zuo Xiang Lu Xiufu, but the little emperor dared to stretch out his hand to it, but he did not dare to question it in person. And when the little emperor defended himself, there were many former ministers of the marshal mansion who came out to testify in the palace, and everyone found that he could not only effectively control the army, but also had the ability to manipulate the situation even if he was strong among the civil ministers, so no one dared to challenge him anymore.
After dealing with this matter, it is time to 'kowtow' the day, originally according to the custom, at the end of the year, the emperor not only has to worship the temple, heaven and earth, hold suburban sacrifices, but also send envoys to sacrifice the mausoleum. But this year is different, the day of Zhao Yu's wedding is set on the 25th day of the lunar month, and the pro-government will be on the first day of next year, and these two major events will also be sacrificed to the ancestors and heaven and earth, that is to say, the remaining days he will sacrifice to the temple, heaven and earth and the mausoleum of the first emperor three times.
Of course Zhao Yu didn't do it, not to mention how much it cost, he just didn't do other things, but these could toss him enough, kowtow to his knees and make him suffer from a concussion. So, Zhao Yu convened the crowd to discuss whether the ceremony could be simplified, eliminating duplication of work, so as not to disturb the people and save some countrymen, and he felt that everyone could agree, after all, they had to accompany them when they kowtowed......