Chapter 65: Enthronement Ceremony

On the eleventh day of the first month of 626 A.D., Li Shimin chose to ascend the throne on this day, nearly five months earlier than recorded in history.

The reason why he is so anxious is naturally to stabilize people's hearts, and secondly, to consolidate the regime, only when he really becomes the emperor, many things can be done more handy!

Li Shimin was an ambitious emperor, and his enthronement ceremony was simple but also full of majesty.

The process of the whole enthronement ceremony is very simple, first announced the edict of the Emperor Taishang, Li Yuan personally handed over the jade seal of the country to Li Shimin, and then the musicians in the palace played music, Liu Liuer helped Li Shimin to ascend the throne to accept the congratulations of the hundred officials, and Li Shimin announced that Li Yuan was honored as the emperor, and at the same time amnesty was granted to the world, and finally it was to sacrifice to the temple, Sheji and the people.

Although these processes are simple to say, it takes half a day to complete them. Li Siyuan, as an emerging aristocrat, naturally he doesn't understand many of the process rules in the canon, Cheng Chuliang, Qin Huaiyu and other fox friends also know very little, but the people in the court have always been reliable, and they have already sent people to guide them, and they stumbled through the whole process.

People who have been busy for most of the day have long wanted to take a break, and when the waiter announced the end of the ceremony, Cheng Chuliang was the first to jump out, pulling Li Siyuan to greet Qin Huaiyu and the others, and wanted to go to the Qinglou to drink flower wine.

Although he was disgusted with going to a place like Qinglou for fireworks, Li Siyuan also knew that Cheng Chuliang had good intentions, he wanted to get along with these second-generation officials and the rich second-generation, and it would be much easier to do things in the future, so he didn't object.

A group of gentlemen walked towards the outside of the palace with their heads shaken, and were stopped by Liu'er as soon as they reached the door: "Where are the sons?" Although His Majesty's enthronement ceremony is over, but there will be a reward in Taiji Palace for a while, it is better for a few sons not to walk around, so as not to delay the business! After saying that, Liu'er drifted away.

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, shook his head, and walked towards the Taiji Hall with a sad face.

In the Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, a pair of eyes staring downward, and his face was not sure whether it was because of excitement or because of the cold weather, which added a bit of majesty to him.

"I have first ascended to the great treasure, and in the future, I hope that all Aiqing will fulfill their duties and fulfill their duties!" Li Shimin's words were clear and loud, and echoed throughout the earth: "Today is my enthronement ceremony, it should be a celebration of the whole world, I have announced amnesty to the world, but for my heroes of the Tang Dynasty, I have not yet been rewarded, Liu'er, you will announce the reward edict now!" ”

Liu'er took a step forward: "Declare Your Majesty's will!" Reading this, he glanced at His Highness's people, and saw that everyone was kneeling on the ground, so he continued to read: "I have inherited the grace of heaven and have to ascend to the great treasure, and now I have changed the Yuan Zhenguan and rewarded the meritorious ministers at the same time!" The eldest grandson Wuji, with both ability and political integrity, was named the general of Zuo Wuhou, and rewarded thousands of acres of fertile land; Cheng bites the gold, repeatedly accomplishes miraculous feats, changes the Duke of Su to the Duke of Lu Guo, and rewards 500 acres for two days; Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, quick thinking, fair handling of things Feng Shangshu Province, left and right servants shoot .............."

It took half an hour to award a reward, Li Siyuan is not surprised by this, from the emperor to ordinary bureaucrats, who is not willing to use some people who have the same heart as themselves!

Just when Li Siyuan was about to fall asleep when he listened, Liu'er finally read his name: "Li Siyuan of Jingyang County, offering strange treasures, this time he presented a Quyuan plough for my Tang Dynasty, and he was specially named the founding county candidate, and he appreciated thousands of acres of fertile land!" Chin this! ”

For such a heavy reward for Li Siyuan, there was an uproar in the Taiji Palace, but it is not surprising that a young man with no identity background and an age of less than 20 years old has become a Hou Ye, how can everyone have no opinion?

"Your Majesty!" Wei Zheng stood up and shouted, "I don't know where this Quyuan plough is? It's worth the position of a marquis! Why is my Datang title so cheap? ”

Li Shimin seemed to have expected this, and only smiled slightly after hearing this: "Presumably all of you Aiqing have such doubts, so let Li Siyuan himself explain it to you!" ”

With a brush, hundreds of eyes suddenly locked on Li Siyuan, Li Siyuan was also calm, coughed lightly and cleared his throat: "Quyuan plow is not a divine thing, but it can save a cow for farmers in the past, that is to say, with Quyuan plow, my Datang people can cultivate twice as much land and double as much grain every year!" ”

After he finished speaking, there was no other sound in the hall for a long time, and it really reached the point where a needle drop could be heard.

"Wei Zheng!" Li Shimin was the first to break the silence: "You think it's worth it now!" ”

"Value! It's a blessing from heaven! Congratulations to Your Majesty for getting the generous gift from God when you first ascend to the Great Treasure, this is really the blessing of my Tang Dynasty and the blessing of the people! Wei Zheng knew the weight of this double, and knelt on the ground at this time and patted his ass.

Li Shimin nodded with a smile: "I have ordered the household department to supervise the manufacture of this thing, and I believe that everyone will be able to see this kind of plough after the beginning of spring." You don't have to worry about whether it really works, not only did the Li family apply it last year, but I also tried it myself. With that, he glanced at Six Ears and motioned for him to continue.

The six ears understood, took another holy decree from the plate behind him, and read it aloud: "The eldest grandson, born in a famous family, dignified and virtuous, can be the mother of the world, specially named the queen, in charge of the affairs of the six palaces; The prince Li Chengqian, who is kind-hearted, smart and wise, is the prince of the East Palace; The prince Li Tai, smart and clever, filial piety is commendable, the king of Yue, and the governor of Yangzhou. Chin this! ”

After the six ears finished reading, Li Shimin raised his arms: "Everyone Aiqing get up!" Then the people thanked themselves and stood up.

"If you have nothing to do, go back early to rest!" Li Shimin continued: "Li Siyuan stays! ”

After everyone in the hall received the order, they left the Taiji Hall in twos and threes, only Li Siyuan stood alone in the hall, staring at each other with big eyes and Li Shimin.

"Li Siyuan, why don't you look at me and don't speak? But are you dissatisfied that I only gave you a false lord, but not real power? ”

Li Siyuan hurriedly knelt down: "Weichen didn't mean that, he was just curious why His Highness left me!" ”

After listening to Li Siyuan's words, Li Shimin nodded: "Leaving you is naturally something to tell you, one is to tell you that the real power is not given to you to protect you, after all, you are still young, you must know that the court is not as deep as the society, and the water in it is deep, and when you experience two years of training, I will reuse you!" ”

"Weichen thinks it's good that this is good, you can easily enjoy the benefits of the imperial court, and you don't have to take any responsibilities and risks!"

"Haha!" Li Shimin accidentally laughed out loud: "You kid is really indifferent to fame and fortune!" However, your idle days won't be long, and when you're more mature, it's time to help me! ”

After saying this, he said, "The second thing you have to keep in mind is not to be careless! According to the secret report, *Ji Jieli is gathering a large army and preparing to commit my Datang, and he has also set up a special assassin team to catch you back*, you have to be more careful yourself! ”

Without waiting for Li Siyuan to thank him for his kindness, Li Shimin's next words shocked him into a cold sweat: "If you are captured, I will send the top assassins to kill you, and you also know that * is extremely powerful, and I will never allow a second person besides me to have this kind of weapon!" ”