Chapter 165: Li Shimin, the First Emperor of the Ages
"Meet everyone!"
"I've seen the official!"
When Li Shimin arrived, except for Sun Simiao, who had already become a monk, everyone knelt down and bowed to the man at the door.
Lu Zhe was also kneeling down.
After coming to ancient times for so long, Lu Zhe is also used to kneeling and bowing. It's not because of servility, it's because of the locals.
In ancient times, when tables and chairs were not invented, everyone knelt and sit, and the ritual of kneeling was the same as bowing and shaking hands in later generations, and its symbolic meaning was somewhat different from that of later generations, and it was a relatively common formal social etiquette.
When he came to the Tang Dynasty, Lu Zhe was already accustomed to kneeling and bowing, not to mention the elders of the mountain gate such as the ghost elder Sun Simiao, even Lu Zhe and Yang Hongyi and others met for the first time, and after exchanging names, they also knelt down to each other and officially saluted.
And a bit similar to the meaning of kneeling and worshipping in later generations, that is, the five bodies are thrown to the ground.
Lu Zhe sometimes can't figure out that some of the predecessors who have crossed over have come to the Han and Tang Dynasties, and they would rather die than kneel, if you kneel to others, others will return the salute, and in the same year, the guests will bow down to you and you don't return the salute, doesn't it seem very rude?
"Flat!" Lu Zhe's ears came with a low and heavy Kansai accent.
"Xie Guanjia (everyone)."
Then the people got up.
Thanks to this era, the etiquette is not as strict as that of later generations, and the power of the king is not so unlimited, Lu Zhe can look up and look directly at this eternal Zhenguan Emperor. You must know that in the Braided Dynasty, the courtiers did not dare to look at the emperor's face, "Look up at the king, deliberately assassinate the king, and kill him!" This is written into the Great Qing Law.
Therefore, Lu Zhezai carefully looked at this famous Tang Taizong. In the description of this emperor through the ages in later generations, Li Shimin was described as a very handsome and atmospheric character. "A thin waist and a back seven feet long, a large rectangular face and a high nose bridge,
The two sword eyebrows are lined with tiger eyes, and their eyes are like black jade. The brilliance is shining with a water chestnut mouth, and the lips do not need to be puffed up, and a pair of ingots are lined up......
But in fact, Li Shimin is not the handsome and masculine described in the romance story, killing a lot of small fresh meat in seconds.
In front of Lu Zhe, he is a fat, stocky black fat man, I don't know if it's because of the relationship of Xianbei blood, his forehead is very wide, his beard is also very long, he has a long beard, his eyes are slightly hanged, his figure is very tall, almost 1.75 meters tall, in ancient times when it was difficult for men to have a figure of 1.6 meters, it looks quite tall. At this moment, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and he looked as if there was a dark cloud of anger brewing on his face, not angry but self-assured.
This person looked a little scary, this was Lu Zhe's first reaction when he saw Li Shimin.
The history books say that Li Shimin is "a strong crown and beard", "the posture of the dragon and the phoenix, the face of the sky." When he really saw Li Shimin, Lu Zhe began to understand why the Tang Dynasty regarded fat as beauty, and also began to understand why Li Yuan didn't like Li Shimin a little, probably because his appearance was too majestic.
The square face, some hanged eyes, thick beard, and not too thick lips give people a feeling of not being angry and arrogant, coupled with a fat and tall figure, and a deep and deep voice.
How so? It's like a natural leader. That's right, it's like the principal of your school or the big leader of the company, the typical leadership posture and appearance, every time he looks at you, it will make you feel that you have committed a big mistake again.
No wonder after Li Mi surrendered to Li Yuan, when he saw Li Shimin, he couldn't help but blurt out, "True Ying Lord." ”
Li Shimin's appearance is indeed suitable for being a leader, it is said that the civil and military officials feel a little nervous when they see his appearance, according to historical records, "Taizong is majestic and solemn, and those who enter the hundreds of bureaucrats have lost their measures", it is said that even bigwigs such as Fang Xuanling are sometimes frightened by Li Shimin's majestic face.
Although there is an exaggeration in the history books, thinking that Fang Xuanling, as the prime minister of a country, can become tracheitis in ancient times when male power was in power, it is not excluded that he is timid, so when Lu Zhe saw Li Shimin's appearance, he also felt that what was recorded in the history books might be true.
Li Shimin just glanced at everyone present, and suddenly it was as if someone had put a big silence technique, everyone was a little silent, and the noisy and chaotic scene just now suddenly became orderly and quiet.
When Li Shimin's gaze swept over the crowd, he only stopped at Sun Simiao and Lu Zhe for a moment, bowed to Sun Simiao, and said that there was a long way to go, and Li Shimin looked at the bed behind them.
"Brother is all right?" Seeing that the fat old man on the bed was drinking water hard with the support of the maid, Li Shimin walked a few steps, came to Li Yuan, and saluted in person.
Probably because the Li Tang royal family has Hu blood, in the Tang Dynasty, some customs of the royal family had a strong nomadic taste, and then spread to the folk popularity, and calling the father brother is one of them.
In the Li Tang Dynasty, the word elder brother was used to address his father, such as the letter written by Li Shimin to Li Zhi, and the signature was "elder brother". And sometimes he still calls his father according to his father's ranking, for example, Tang Xuanzong called his father the third brother,
It is said that the slang in some areas of Shanxi now still calls the father brother and the mother sister, I don't know if it is the legacy of Li Tang.
"Erlang has a heart, and he is lonely." Li Yuan on the bed finally squeezed out a few words, and Li Shimin's expression softened a lot.
"Shimin heard that someone came to report that it was my brother's ......" Li Shimin wanted to speak and stopped, "But since my brother is fine, it is a great fortune for the country, and I hope that my brother will take care of the dragon's body." ”
"Erlang is busy with state affairs, and there is no obstacle to being alone, so it's better to run the national government." Obvious impatience flashed across Li Yuan's face.
"My brother is not in good health, as a son of man, seeing that my brother is so frail, how can the people of the world have the heart to run the country's politics?" After that, Li Shimin, who was still majestic just now, burst into tears, like a filial son who was close to his father.
"As the Son of Heaven, he should put the world first, why bother to be this child? The lonely body, the lonely heart has its own fixed number, no need to say more! Li Yuan is also the image of a strict father.
"I'm lonely, Erlang will go by himself." Li Yuanwu turned over and ignored Li Shimin anymore.
"No!" Li Shimin bowed and saluted, and then commanded the surrounding palace maids and the yellow gate
"You wait for good people to serve the emperor, if there is a mistake, I will not tolerate it!"
"No!" All the Huangmen officials and palace maids knelt on the ground again, trembling and sweating like pulp.
And one of them threw himself to the ground, trembling all over.
"The slave died, the slave died, the slave saw it with his own eyes at the time, and the imperial doctors also confirmed it......"
"This is the Emperor's Bedroom, it should not be noisy, just come out and talk about it." Looking at the trembling old yellow door, the sad expression on Li Shimin's face no longer appeared, and he regained his majestic appearance.
"No!" The old Huangmen who went to report the funeral just now tried a few times, and finally stood up tremblingly, his body trembling.
Li Shimin's prestige, that's it!
"All the imperial doctors, come with you." Li Shimin slowly ordered.
"No!" Together with the order of the doctor Xu, the imperial doctor knelt down again.
"Please also bother Daochang Sun and this young man, and move to the side hall." Facing the Medicine King, Tang Taizong finally had a soft expression. After saying that, he took the lead and walked out.
This politician is really a natural actor. Looking at Li Yuan and Li Shimin's performance of the strict father and filial son, the drama of respecting the teachings, the two of them are simply at their fingertips, as well as Tang Taizong's kung fu of crying when he says he cries and changes his face when he turns his head, Lu Zhe can't help but give a not low evaluation of this emperor through the ages.
This is Li Shimin, the first emperor of the ages, there is something. followed a group of people to the side hall, looking at the thick and fat back in front of him, I don't know why, a dull and murderous spread out, and Lu Zhe's heart became more and more nervous, and his palms kept sweating.
He finally realized what it was like for those civil and military officials to be intimidated by Li Shimin's momentum.