Seeing that the controversy broke out again, Lu Xiufu, who presided over the matter, couldn't help but be worried. He knew that the crown ceremony of the princes of the Great Song Dynasty actually began in the Zhenzong period, but not all princes had this blessing; Huizong was the main period of the revival of the crown ceremony, and the princes basically performed the crown ceremony. But after the southern crossing, the crown ceremony of the prince was abolished again, and the crown ceremony was only performed on the prince in the Rijong Dynasty, so whether the royal crown ceremony was performed mainly depended on the emperor's wishes, rather than being controlled by the law of etiquette.

So the problem came, the little emperor took the initiative to perform the crown ceremony, one is that he must follow the etiquette system, so as not to fall into the handle and leave a stigma in history. But for so many years, how could the little emperor act in accordance with the etiquette law, and the little things left by the ancestors were like rags, which were shaken out when they were used, and discarded when they were useless. And he doesn't like cumbersome ceremonial things the most, and he can save trouble.

If this makes things even more troublesome, then the little emperor's request for a crown ceremony is deliberately disruptive, that is, for the second reason - he does not want to get married. Lu Xiufu knew that the little emperor once said, 'Don't get rid of the Tartars, don't seek family affairs', which also includes the big wedding. And he knew that he was not satisfied with the matter after the establishment of the post-establishment this time, if it weren't for the Queen Mother's blind insistence and her filial piety, he was afraid that he would have turned his face long ago.

For so many years, everyone knows that the little emperor acts, and if he is opposed by everyone, but he is unable to resist, he will deliberately make things happen, making everyone make mistakes, and finally have to do what he thinks. At the moment, he probably thought that there would be a dispute when he wanted to perform the crown ceremony, and the ancient system was twenty and crowned, so he had a reason to refuse the crown ceremony, and it became a natural thing to postpone the wedding, and he successfully got out.

The more Lu Xiufu thought about it, the more it was like this, and the problem was that the Queen Mother was also determined to marry His Majesty this time, and the reason for this was needless to say, and she no longer allowed her to threaten her and force her to comply. But before that, Ying Jieyan and Liu Huang went to Jining Temple on the order of the Queen Mother, and also wanted to persuade the little emperor on this ground, but not only failed to scare him, but was startled by his remarks of abandoning the country and leaving.

When the little emperor returned to the palace, he was also extremely deferential, and set up the Wu family as the queen according to the requirements of the queen mother and everyone, and arranged the concubine. Then he began to sell the items in the vault to raise funds for the wedding, and also took the initiative to inquire about the preparations for the wedding. When everyone was happy that he had changed his temper, His Majesty suddenly seized the loophole in the wedding arrangement and launched a counterattack, and this reason was enough to convince the Queen Mother that she could not act against etiquette!

Lu Xiufu thought about the cause and effect, and couldn't help but sigh, the queen mother and the little emperor were competing, but they affected the ministers, making them in a dilemma, and they couldn't go up and down. However, in his heart, he still hopes that the little emperor will be in power as soon as possible, of course, this is not only because he is grateful that he has not moved his position as prime minister for many years, but also for the sake of the country.

Looking back at the time when the young emperor succeeded to the throne in front of the mausoleum of the first emperor, the Xing dynasty was repeatedly defeated and had to avoid the sea. At that time, Zhang Shijie was in charge of the military government as a privy envoy, and all the ministers were either attached to it, or dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and it was not an exaggeration to say that the fate of the court was hanging by a thread. At this time, he turned the tide, and when the building was about to collapse, he defeated the Mengyuan army in a row, and only then did he get a chance to breathe.

Then in the Qiongzhou Dynasty, the little emperor relied on his wisdom and courage to not only successfully recover power, but also solve many shortcomings in the court, and led the army and the people through the most difficult period. Its civil and martial arts, not only Lu Xiufu had to admire, but there were a few people in the Manchu Dynasty who were disrespectful, it can be said that the little emperor's resourcefulness and ability are not inferior to Taizu, and he is several times stronger than the previous emperors.

At present, the little emperor has left the dynasty to 'recuperate', and the queen mother has come to the court to listen to the government. But Lu Xiufu understands that it is not that the Queen Mother has the talent to govern the country, it is precisely the little emperor who has laid a good foundation, and he is not far away from the Beijing Division, and he is still secretly controlling the government and politics, so that Xiaoxiao does not dare to move.

But if because of the big wedding, the little emperor can't return to the government for a long time, Lu Xiufu doesn't dare to think about what will happen next? Will the army loyal to His Majesty launch a 'military admonition' because of this, and the Qing monarch will support the little emperor in his own government. After thinking about it, he felt that whether it was for the people or the country, he, the prime minister, had to stand up at this moment, even if he angered the little emperor, he would have to promote this matter, and his marriage would have to be knotted, and if he didn't get married, he had to get married!

So at the assembly, Lu Xiufu spoke. He said that the old system could not be kept, and the etiquette should also change with the times. At that time, Sima Guang revised the "Rites and Rites" in accordance with the changes of the times, simplifying and adapting the procedures, making it easy for the monarchs and ministers to the common people to grasp, so that they could be implemented in the world. Zhu Xi's "Zhu Zi's Family Rites" only follows the main rituals of Sima Guang's "Shuyi", but stipulates that the crown year is 15 to 20 years for men, and puts forward corresponding requirements in terms of knowledge, and there is no innovation.

Therefore, Lu Xiufu thought that the emperor's crown ceremony should refer to Sima Guang's "Rites and Rites", and His Majesty is an immortal genius, and now in troubled times, there is no need to be too rigid with the old system, but should conform to current affairs, let the little emperor govern as soon as possible, and it is right to lead the military government. Anyway, it means that special affairs are done, the people are the foundation of everything, the country is ruined and the people are scattered, and any etiquette is useless.

After listening to it, everyone thinks that Lu Xiufu's words are not unreasonable, what is the most important thing at the moment? Restoring the Central Plains and expelling the Tartars is the focus, and in order to achieve the goal, the ritual law must also make way for this matter. At that time, Sima Guang re-revised the etiquette, and it was precisely because of the prevalence of Buddhism at that time that had a strong impact on Confucian culture, and this time he advocated the revival of rituals such as crowns, marriages, funerals, and sacrifices in the whole society, so as to carry forward the Confucian cultural tradition. Why can't they just do it?

Everyone unified their thinking, things were easy to do, and soon a detailed implementation of the crown ceremony was introduced. Then it was presented to the Empress Dowager, and the edict was requested, and the auspicious day was selected by the Taishi Bureau, and the Taichang Temple referred to the old ceremony, and the officials purchased the relevant rituals needed for the crown ceremony, and held the crown ceremony for the emperor in the Wende Palace. Of course, before the crown ceremony, the emperor should be asked to tell the heaven and earth, the temple, and send envoys to pay tribute to the shrine, the tombs, the palace, etc.

For this simplified version of the crown ceremony, Zhao Yu is basically satisfied, not only does it cost less money, the procedure is simple, and he also has a lot less trouble. On the day of the crown ceremony, the civil and military officials stood in the order of the previous dynasty, and the officials of the ceremony, the general secretary, and the doctor Taichang led the crown and praised the crown in place. The crown of Tai Changqing is crowned, and the crown is praised by the cabinet official. Then he followed the "three advances": one folded the scarf, then added the beam crown, and then added the crown, and then went to the east side hall to change into court clothes and put it in place.

Originally, according to the ritual system, a second edict should be read by the etiquette, and the content of the reading was given to the prince, which meant that on the one hand, it expressed the expectations of the elders, and on the other hand, it indicated that he had grown up. But this important procedure is also saved this time, just because there are very few people in the Great Song Dynasty who take the words for the prince, and even if they take it, who dares to call the emperor his words, it is either crazy or tired......

Another obstacle was removed, and Zhao Hao's marriage process began to accelerate. On the tenth day of October in the eighth year of Xiangxing, the Empress Dowager edict: After the emperor accepted it, he ordered the Hanlin Bachelor, the Imperial History Zhongcheng, the two provinces and the Taichang Rite officials to examine the history of the six rites in ancient and modern times, and refer to the allusions of the "Tongli", which is a formula. The ministers discussed the survey again, and Deng Guang recommended that you don't need to say yin and yang, and the right minister Wen Tianxiang also said that it was impossible, and the queen mother accepted it.

On October 20, 80, the three provinces and the Privy Council said: "Six rites, order the envoys to be honored, to ask the name, to be najib, to be admonished, to be announced, to send the consul to be the envoy, and to serve as the attendant or judge the official of the sect and the regent of the sect to be the deputy envoy." Take the provincial power of the old Shangshu as the queen's line. Nacai, ask the name on the same day, the next day Najib, Nacheng, and the deadline. Nacheng uses Gu Gui as a cub, not a goose. 'Invitation period' is changed to 'announcement period' according to the "Opening Ceremony", and 'personal welcome' is 'order to be welcomed'. Before the collection, choose a day to tell heaven and earth, the temple. Emperor Linxuan issued a book, and on the same day, he sent an envoy and a deputy to the first order, and then sent a welcome envoy, so that hundreds of civil and military officials would be greeted by the first class. ”

Xu Zongren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also said: "According to the "Kaiyuan Ceremony", Na Cai and Na Cheng are used together, and Naji and Nacheng are sent on their own days. At present, there is no commission to send one envoy or each envoy. and in accordance with the regulations of the booklet. The Empress Dowager's edict: "Each envoy will be dispatched, and the Wende Hall will issue a system and set up a battle according to the book." On the same day, Lu Hideo, the left minister, wrote a book and a book. The academy is on the six ceremonies, and the text is prepared.

Zhao Hao has become an observer at the moment, and the excitement in the court has nothing to do with it. He only smiled wryly as he listened, and it was said that these procedures often take months, if not years, to take them. I don't know if they are worried about their own changes, or if they are eager to get themselves in power, anyway, everything breaks the norm and moves forward at a dizzying speed. In fact, these six rites are similar to modern times, but they are simpler or more complex.

What is done is to ask the matchmaker to explore the style, the truth and the truth. The ancients believed that the wild goose "sang with the husband", was single-minded, and was worth learning; Therefore, when Nacai took a wild goose as a greeting gift. However, everyone felt that the little emperor's wedding was a hundred-year event, and they couldn't just take a wild goose to get into trouble, so they changed it to Gu Gui. It means that the two families of men and women understand each other before the marriage, confirm that the other party's family is innocent, healthy, dignified, and has a good family education.

After the woman promised to discuss the marriage, the man's family took the initiative to send the "Geng Book" with the man's name and date of birth to the matchmaker's house and ask the Geng book. After the exchange of Geng books between the two parties, the man asked the fortune teller to calculate whether the "fortune phase" was appropriate. If you are together, you will be married, and if you are not together, you will give up. Najib is a gift engagement, the man and woman "eight characters" match, the man's family will formally prepare a gift and ask the matchmaker to come to the door with the "Letter of Appointment" to propose.

After the man receives the letter of consent from the woman, he will take the gift on an auspicious day and the matchmaker will accompany the man's father and son to the woman's house to recognize the official engagement of the in-laws. The woman returns the gift of the future son-in-law with an even amount of money, and the woman returns the man with shoes or embroidered handkerchiefs as gifts through the matchmaker. At this time, men and women who are married are not allowed to meet in public. After the two parties are officially engaged, the man will also prepare a banquet, inform relatives and friends of the successful engagement with the "League Book", and invite relatives and friends to a banquet.

After the marriage date is decided, the man writes the "Petition" in the name of his parents and sends a matchmaker to deliver it to the woman. Greeting is the last of the six ceremonies, that is, the groom personally marries the bride, so it is also called the completion of marriage, a beautiful woman will enter the emperor's harem and become the queen of the mother's world, and the common people marry in the same procedure, but the emperor will never go to greet the family in person, but let the queen's family ceremoniously send to the door, that is, the so-called Kaiyuan ceremony, so that the emperor from passive to active.

Of course, these ceremonies are only limited to the queen alone, but the selected concubines do not have this treatment, although they look at the high status, in fact, they are equivalent to the concubines of the people, and the lower status is the girl in the room. Therefore, the woman who was selected as the queen could naturally receive a bride price from the emperor, and every event would be gifted, and it was many times richer than the people.

And in order to make Zhao Hao feel relieved and not have to worry about money, the Queen Mother took out her own private money of 500,000 guan to help, and the imperial court also took out half of the 2 million guan from the customs duties as his wedding expenses. And he thinks that these people are worried that they will be moths again because of financial problems, so they have donated generously. And Zhao Yu thought about it, he had an agreement with Lu Xiufu back then, and this tariff was originally intended to be used as the income of the inner treasury, but after recovering Jiangnan, he understood that the imperial court spent a lot of money and did not collect it, but now it has become their help, which is really unreasonable!

But things have come to this point, and Zhao Yu has no intention of bothering with them, anyway, let's get the money in his hands first. And he still has a lot of things to worry about, especially Li Sanniang, whose home is far away in Qiongzhou, and it is difficult for his parents, brothers and sisters to arrive for a while, only his cousin Wu Qin is in Beijing, and it is difficult for his level and financial resources to buy a decent mansion in Beijing, but he can't live in the palace before the wedding, and he has to choose another place to live.

And everything has to wait for his mother and brother to come to Beijing and pass the edict, then he can give the house, so that Li Sanniang can have a maiden family in Beijing. As for the others, Zhao Yu doesn't worry about it, those families are all families, and they have a lot of savings, so there is no problem in buying a mansion in Beijing. Only Lei Yan's family is in poor condition, but the Queen Mother has also decreed the return of her family's old residence in Beijing.

Zhao Yu thought that Li Sanniang could not be allowed to return to the army to be married, and at this time, the house was too conspicuous, so he placed it in Yingjieyan's house. A 'revenge' for the old man's oppression of himself for many years can also elevate Li Sanniang's identity and avoid those messy gossip. In addition, it is possible to extort the old man's dowry money to make himself feel more comfortable......