Chapter 308: New Year's Pilgrimage
In the spring of 650 AD, on the first day of the first lunar month, Li Chengqian presided over the Great Dynasty Meeting, which was the first Great Dynasty Meeting held by him on the throne. Flash Dance
He has discussed the name of the year with the ministers such as the eldest grandson Wuji, Chu Suiliang, and Li Ji, and finally confirmed it as Yonghui.
On the first day of the first month, after the third watch, countless lanterns are moving on the streets of Chang'an City, and today is the annual court meeting.
The civil and military officials of the imperial court, the assassins and governors from all over the country are rushing towards the Taiji Palace, preparing to participate in the great court meeting and meet the new emperor.
Crowds of people from all directions began to converge on the streets of Chang'an, and servants led horses and carried torches or lanterns to light the way ahead.
A team of Jin Wuwei in the palace stepped on neat steps and came to the palace gate, and the leader held half of the door deed in his hand, and the other half of the door in the hands of the door official could be opened after the other half of the door was in the hands of the door official.
After the inquest was correct, the door deed was divided into two halves, and the two stepped forward and inserted the two halves of the door deed into the corresponding hole, which opened the palace door.
The palace gate slowly opened, and the ministers outside the door had arrived one after another, and stood in line according to the size of their official positions, ready to enter the palace.
In addition to the hundred officials, there are also various princes and kings, old and new princes, envoys from other places, governors, assassins, and envoys of various ethnic groups, all gathered under the Beique Gate.
This time of year is the most lively time in the Tang Dynasty, and today in addition to meeting the emperor, it is also a time to give gifts to the emperor and express loyalty. 35xs
No one wants to be left behind.
At this time, Chang'an City, has been all martial law, in order to prevent accidents, along the street are helmets, fully armed Janissaries, yellow flags, all kinds of honor guards are all over the palace.
The entire palace was the most heavily guarded, and even a single mosquito could not escape the eyes of the Praetorian Guards and fly in from the heavy guards.
After layers of inspection, everyone finally came to the Taiji Hall under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple.
At this time, the atrium is the most heavily defended and highest-guarded place.
At this time, the Taiji Hall has been properly arranged, in addition to the imperial tent, the positions of civil and military officials and guests have also been set.
Under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, everyone entered the lined positions according to their respective status.
The civil officials of the third rank and above were located on the right side facing the emperor, the Jiegong and the Duke of Yu were located on the left side facing the emperor, and the military attachés of the third rank and above were located on the outside of these people, and slightly back.
The governors and assassins from various prefectures and counties are located on the left and right sides of the civil and military ministers above the third rank, and the higher the rank, the higher the rank.
Officials above the sixth rank are located on the right side of the main area, and those below the sixth rank can only stay in the corner.
According to the location of their kingdoms, the envoys from the vassal states were divided into southeast, south, and northwest, and they were after the high-ranking officials of the civil and military ranks. 35xs
Finally, there are some less important, and even perceived as transparent, royal relatives in the last row.
Everyone found their own positions according to their respective identities, and then quietly waited for the emperor's arrival.
At this time, the Shizhong Society sent people to invite the emperor to come to the court and accept all those who came to attend the court meeting.
If the emperor does not come, this great court meeting will not be able to go on at all.
In the Ganlu Palace, Li Chengqian was opening his hands and letting the palace maid put the crown on his body in the same way.
Wearing a black robe embroidered with 12 chapters, leather belts, large belts, swords, pendants, ribbons, etc., the same objects were put on Li Chengqian's body.
After wearing it, Li Chengqian put on gold ornaments, hanging white beads before and after, with the group as the tassel, the color is like its ribbon, the black silk fills the ears, and the hosta is the guide of the flat heavenly crown.
The crown is the second most popular among the costumes of the Son of Heaven, second only to the Great Crown.
After dressing up, Li Chengqian, with the support of the eunuch, walked out of the Ganlu Palace, sat on the public chariot that had been prepared for a long time, and set off for the Taiji Hall under the driving of Shang Yuan.
Li Chengqian got off the court, walked into the Taiji Palace, sat on the throne, sat facing the south, and when the court meeting, the Shang Yuan Bureau would be Chen Yuting.
The car of the Son of Heaven is ten times, and when the Great Dynasty meets, it stops outside the Taiji Palace.
At this time, Fu Baolang, who was in charge of managing the emperor's seal, would put the Zhenguo artifact divine seal and the heirloom jade seal representing the emperor's monarchical power in front of the emperor.
"Everyone knelt down to worship the Tang Prince! Mountain Hoo! Everything was ready, and with Wang Quan's shout, the first day of the first month of the first month of the court meeting also kicked off.
This was the first time that Li Chengqian sat on the throne and accepted the worship of hundreds of officials, envoys of various countries, governors, assassins, and relatives of the emperor.
In the past, he followed everyone to worship his father, the first emperor Taizongwen, and today he finally has the opportunity to experience the feeling of being worshiped by so many people.
"Meet Your Majesty! Banzai! "All those who attended the pilgrimage meeting knelt on the ground, and the mountain shouted long live.
"Up!" Wang Quan shouted, "Bye! ”
Everyone immediately got up, and with a bow, everyone fell to their knees again.
"Mountain Call!"
"Hooray!"
"Rise, bye!"
"Again the mountain!"
"Hooray!"
After the last mountain call, everyone got up and stood up, and the collective kneeling ceremony was completed, and then it was the turn of the prime ministers to bow to the emperor alone and send New Year's greetings.
In order to represent the respect of all the people to the emperor, as for whether it can really represent the people of the world, it is not important at all.
After the kneeling ceremony was completed, the waiter stepped forward to the left front of the emperor and announced, "There is a system!" The crowd bowed down again.
As the emperor, Li Chengqian had to say at this time, "The celebration of taking office is the same as the public." ”
Everyone expressed their gratitude, and once there was a large collective pilgrimage, which finally ended after the last prostration.
If everything goes well, you can move on to the next step, and everyone will give gifts to the emperor.
This is something that all emperors like to see, after all, this day is the time when the emperor can blatantly but unscrupulously accept gifts.
The happiest thing is still to belong to the household department and the ritual department, because the emperor chooses a few favorite items among these things, and the rest is kept and used by them.
This time, in order to show their loyalty, everyone racked their brains.
The envoys from all over the country offered carefully prepared gifts, and Li Chengqian only heard the names at most, but in fact, they were all good names, but they were indiscriminate items.
If it is called a unicorn by the ceremonial officer, you should not think that it is really a unicorn, but an animal with gold leaf, given a high name, and falsely called a unicorn.
As for the unicorn, it is only a legend, it is simply a fictitious product, if the ceremonial official shouts the three words jade unicorn, it means that this is a unicorn carved from jade.
Anyway, it's just for the sake of sounding, things can be average, but the name must be high-end and atmospheric, otherwise there is no way to bring out the dignity of the emperor.