Chapter 193: Canonization of the Empress
After the Middle Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty did not have a queen, and this "unwritten" rule began with Tang Xianzong.
The "Disaster of Weiwu" in the Tang Dynasty left a deep shadow on future generations, who believed that as long as they did not establish empresses, these women would not have the ability to enter the center of power and put their beaks in power.
Until the Zhaozong period, the Empress Dowager He shared joys and sorrows with Zhaozong. During those difficult years, Zhaozong's life was in danger, Empress Dowager He was deeply affectionate, and she had to taste the food Zhaozong ate first to prevent poisoning.
Zhaozong was deeply moved and decreed that He should be canonized as empress.
In the third year of Guanghua, Zhaozong was unwilling to be at the mercy of others, and after killing several eunuchs, he angered the eunuchs.
Liu Jishu and Wang Zhongguang, lieutenants of the left and right armies, conspired to abolish Zhaozong, and Liu Jishu led the soldiers to break into the Xuanhua Gate to the Sizheng Palace, and killed the palace people when they saw them. Seeing this situation, Zhaozong, who was in Qiqiaolou, was so frightened that he hid under the dragon bed and was dragged out by Liu Jishu.
At that time, the Empress Dowager He, who was still the queen, was the queen of the world, calm and relaxed, and her expression was calm, and she asked Liu Jishu not to alarm the saint with the respect of the queen. Liu Jishu was shocked by her calmness, and Zhaozong saved his life.
Empress Dowager He followed Zhaozong and wandered away, endured all the hardships, and Li Maozhen was trapped in the city. Zhaozong was hungry and weak, and there were people in the harem who kept starving to death, just like that, Empress Dowager He never complained, and always saved food for Zhaozong to eat first.
As a result, Empress Dowager He became the first empress to be canonized after the middle of the Tang Dynasty.
Now the power of Luoyang Capital has been firmly controlled by Li Ji, in order to show the emperor's grace, he wants to announce the world and canonize the queen.
Canonizing the queen is no different from marrying a civil wife. First of all, you have to ask for the name, Nacai, Najib, Nazheng, and then canonize the queen.
Zhang Mansion, Zhang Wenwei, who finished the court, was a little fluttering at his feet. This indicates that his old Zhang family is about to enter the Tang Dynasty Power Center, and Zhang Wenwei also has two sons, both of whom serve in the court. Once Zhang Wanxi becomes the queen, his Zhang family will soar to 90,000 miles from now on.
"Wanxi, Wanxi!"
"Dad, why is it so late today, my daughter is going to make tea for you."
"Hey, wait......" Zhang Wenwei stopped her: "Daughter, today the ministers of the court have advised the Son of Heaven."
"Dad, you won't be admonished one day. I see, you are deliberately making Your Majesty unhappy, and you are doing it against Your Majesty every day. Zhang Wanxi pouted.
This is probably what Li Ji told her, and there are always a few courtiers jumping out every morning. is like Dugu and Cui Yuan, Li Ji will naturally get angry after a long time, he wants to find someone to talk to, so he found Zhang Wanxi.
Sure enough, it was a girl who was outgoing, Zhang Wenwei sighed in her heart. However, his face was full of joy: "Do you know what the ministers said today?"
"What else can it be, isn't it just those endless state affairs. If you want your daughter to say, you have pushed all these state affairs to Your Majesty, so what do you courtiers want to do? ”
This is a complaint, this is not married yet, why is it towards the emperor.
"Daughter, it's not wrong to say it's a state affair. They wrote that if today's son has passed the year of the weak crown, for my Tang Dynasty and the ancient country, I must be established this morning. Zhang Wenwei said while looking at her daughter's expression.
Sure enough, Zhang Wanxi's expression became very nervous: "He, what did they say?"
"This queen's choice, naturally you have to be cautious. First of all, this family, morality, and appearance are all indispensable, and in the entire Luoyang City, I am afraid that there are few people who are qualified enough. Zhang Wenwei was proud.
Zhang Wanxi's expression was a little gloomy: "There are so many important ministers in the court, so many royal relatives and nobles, I don't know which lady you recommend?"
Zhang Wanxi didn't expect herself, she thought that she must be the right person in the future. One is the family background, and the other is that the woman has both ability and political integrity.
Although his father is a household servant, he is much older than his official position. Moreover, their own virtue and ability are far inferior to others, and these ministers will definitely choose people who are beneficial to them when they elect the queen, and they will not be able to say anything about their turn.
Zhang Wenwei also thought so, although his daughter was favored by the emperor, he didn't dare to think about the position of queen. Zhang Wenwei expected that her daughter would enter the palace in the future, and at most she would be a concubine.
Unexpectedly, the two prime ministers in the court strongly recommended their daughters, which was unexpected. He didn't know that all this was Empress Dowager He's idea.
Empress Dowager He was also afraid that there would be a situation of "Wei Wu's disaster" in the Tang Dynasty, and she was also cautious after thinking about it. Everyone in the world, such as Pei Shu and Dugu, has not thought about it.
What she is afraid of is that once the queen is selected from the gate lord clan, it will be easy to make it difficult to control and return to the old path of harem politics.
The channels for civilians to be promoted were opened in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the imperial examination system selected talents, regardless of their background, this is a great system, leading the world for more than a thousand years.
But in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the power of the gate valve aristocracy was still very large, Qinghe Cui's family, Longxi Li's family, Taiyuan Wang's family, Fanyang Lu's family, Xingyang Zheng's family, the five major gate valves were famous, and then to the Dugu clan and Yuwen clan, the power of these gate valves was added together, and the emperor had to look at their faces.
The emperor wanted to marry the princess into the door valve, but everyone disliked the princess's background and was unwilling to ask for it, which shows how rampant the gate valve system is in the Tang Dynasty.
Although the influence of the gate lord clan in today's era has been greatly weakened, the influence of the Cui clan and the Dugu clan is still not to be underestimated.
Fortunately, with the war in the feudal town, the power of the gate lord has been greatly weakened, although it has gradually withdrawn from the stage of history. In case the queen is ordained from the gate valve again, who knows if they will resurrect.
After thinking about it, whether from a political point of view or from a personal emotional point of view, Empress Dowager He would not choose a queen from the gate lord clan.
Looking at the overall situation, Zhang Wenwei's daughter Zhang Wanxi has become the best candidate.
First, she is deeply loved by Li Ji, and Empress Dowager He also likes this girl, at least on the surface, this girl seems to be very docile and benevolent. Second, her Zhang family is not a member of the scholar clan, and she will not pose too much threat to the imperial power.
Although the future path is unknown, at least for now, Zhang Wanxi is the most suitable.
Without further ado, while those ministers have not yet started. Empress Dowager He hurriedly recruited Kong Lin and Dugu into the palace, explaining to the two that the Empress Dowager was supporting the little daughter of the Zhang family.
Kong Lin and Dugu saw that the Queen Mother had already supported Zhang Wenwei, and they knew that it was useless to persuade them again. If you change to someone else, it's okay if it's your own faction, but if it's a political opponent, you'll inevitably be excluded.
Zhang Wenwei does not form a gang, and he is not a threat to the ministers. After weighing the pros and cons, the two expressed their support.
There were two prime ministers in the court who supported it, and the emperor allowed it. Who would dare to raise objections again, so Zhang Wanxi naturally became the best candidate for the queen.
"Neither, good daughter, it's you they recommend."
Zhang Wanxi's body trembled, actually, could it be herself?
How is it possible, how can I be the queen, how can I be worthy of the position of the lord of the queen's harem.
In private, Zhang Wanxi didn't think that Li Ji would definitely be registered in the future. She didn't dare to ask for anything, as long as Li Ji didn't forget herself, she would be satisfied even if she was canonized as a concubine.
This is thanks to the evil feudal system, in which it is generally believed that it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines.
Of course, Zhang Wanxi hopes that Li Ji will only be consistent with her, but he is the Son of Heaven, how can the Son of Heaven have only one woman. He didn't dare to ask for too much, as long as he had himself in his heart, he would be willing even if he died.
What Zhang Wanxi didn't expect was that those ministers also elected themselves as queens. For a while, the tide of thought fluctuated, and his face turned red.
Zhang Wenwei knew that this daughter had always been shy, and she didn't dare to joke about parting: "Daughter, Your Majesty and the ministers have agreed to make you the queen." The Ministry of Rites has begun to arrange, and it is estimated that it will soon come to ask for the name and accept the lottery, and our Zhang family is really in the shadow of the ancestors. I hope you will do your best to assist Your Majesty and be an example of the Six Palaces. ”
Zhang Wanxi's heart fluctuated, this surprise was too big, she didn't dare to think again: "Dad, my daughter will go back to the room first." As soon as he turned around, he turned around and ran.
After the excitement, Zhang Wenwei sighed again and sat down.
He has loved this daughter since she was a child, and now she is about to get married, and she is quite reluctant in her heart.
At present, the emperor is young, but he will always accept concubines in the future. This daughter has a simple personality, as the saying goes, this palace will never be separated from the power struggle, I don't know if she can be qualified for the position of queen.
This man likes the new and hates the old, in case one day the emperor falls in love with another woman...... Therefore, the most important thing is to have an heir.
If she becomes the queen and has a son and a half daughter, the position of the emperor and queen will be stable.
Rights often come with risks, and if you want to get them, you have to put in the effort.
The canonization of the queen is a major national event, and the Ministry of Rites is very busy, they first check the date, and then look for information. There are also various rules of canonization etiquette, all of which are indispensable.
Since Xianzong, the Tang Dynasty has not been established again. Empress Dowager He, who was canonized during the Zhaozong period, was in a hurry because of the war at that time.
Now it's different, and every rule is indispensable. Finally, they chose a date, and the Ministry of Rites sent officials to Zhang Wenwei's house with the bride price.
The guards stood on both sides in scarlet coats, and the officials carried boxes of dowries, sounded gongs all the way to open the way, and came to Zhang's mansion in a mighty way.
Zhang Wenwei took his family and bowed down to greet him outside the house.
"Congratulations to Lord Zhang, congratulations to Lord Zhang!"
The officials of the Ministry of Rites said hello one after another, this is the future national abbot, and the sycophants have to take the opportunity to take a quick shot.
The process is almost the same, the bride price is given, and the official of the Ministry of Rites holds the big red wedding card, and Zhang Wanxi's birthday is recorded on the post.
There are 30 kinds of rituals, and they all have different symbolic meanings, such as sheep, herbs, and deer, which are taken as auspicious to convey blessings; The glue, lacquer, acacia bell, mandarin duck, phoenix, etc. are used to symbolize the meaning of good marriage between husband and wife; Or take the merits and virtues of each object to motivate and exhort the couple, such as the pampas reed, the cypress, the relics beast, the blessed beast, the fish, the goose, the nine children's wife, etc.
The next thing is to pick a good day to get married, and then a grand canonization ceremony will be held in the palace, and then all the princes will also come to hear the news.
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