Chapter 5: The First Year of Jianning

Liu Hong looked at the two low-eyed eunuchs standing in front of him, and didn't know what to say for a while, after all, this was his first day in office.

After hesitating for a while, Liu Hong opened his mouth and said, with a somewhat consultative tone: "I...... I...... I'm hungry, can you get me something to eat? ”

"Yui." The two eunuchs bowed their heads in response, and then they went out of the Jianzhang Palace and acted on orders.

After a while, Liu Hong sat cross-legged beside the food table and feasted, he was indeed hungry, early this morning, he went straight to Luoyang under the escort of the Yulin Army, he didn't eat much, this day was tossed, he was already hungry and poor.

The two eunuchs stood in the distance, waiting for the order from Liu Hong at any time, but Liu Hong was a little embarrassed, he looked at the two eunuchs and asked tentatively, "Why don't you come and eat some too." ”

Plop, the sound of falling to the ground.

"What are you doing?" Liu Hong looked at the two people who knelt on the ground, a little strange.

"Slaves and maids disturb His Majesty's food, and the crime deserves death." One of the eunuchs replied.

Liu Hong pursed his lips slightly, he only felt inexplicable, is this the emperor? But after thinking about it, Liu Hong still said: "I...... No, I forgive you for your innocence, all right, all right, get up, come and talk to me. ”

"Oh, thank you, Your Majesty." The two said in unison, and then walked in front of Liu Hong.

Liu Honghuan asked the two of them some childish questions with interest, how big is this palace? How many people are there? What's there to do......

As the night deepened, a middle-aged eunuch walked into Jianzhang Palace, came to Liu Hong, bent down and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to go to bed." ”

Liu Hong was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the vast night outside the palace gate through the wide open palace gate, oh, it was already dark, and time passed so quickly.

"Oh, well, I'll sleep." Liu Hong responded, just arrived, in the face of this unknown future, different people and things, he still had some fear after all.

"By the way, what's your name two?" Looking at the two people who followed the middle-aged eunuch, Liu Hong suddenly asked.

The group stopped, and then the two young eunuchs slowly turned around, saluted separately and replied:

"Back to Your Majesty, slave and maid Zhang Rang."

"Back to Your Majesty, slave Zhao Zhong."

"Hmm." Liu Hong nodded, signaling that he understood, and waved his hand to disperse.

After a while, two palace maids came in turn, one served Liu Hong to strip and go to bed, and the other went to warm Liu Hong's warm bed.

The cold winter has arrived, and we must put an end to all the hidden dangers that make the Son of Heaven infected with wind and cold.

Under the service of the palace maid, Liu Hong's heart suddenly had a different kind of throbbing, although he is a pavilion marquis, but the family background has long declined, his mother sold most of the family property in order to keep his title, in fact, there are not a few servants in the family, only a few old servants left by his grandfather who are not paid, so from childhood to adulthood, he dresses and sits and no one wears, and now it is suddenly like a second situation, so it is difficult for him to bear the restlessness in his heart.

"Your Majesty." The palace maid of Miao Ling exclaimed in surprise, looking at the snow-white right wrist that was grabbed by Liu Hong, and her cheeks were instantly dyed crimson.

Looking at the shy and shy look of the young palace maid in front of him, Liu Hong couldn't help but become more and more impatient, he picked up the chin of the young palace maid and looked at the girl in front of him.

"Your Majesty, there will be a ceremony tomorrow."

For a long time, the young palace maid chattered authentically, with indescribable caution.

"Ahem." Liu Hong coughed dryly a few times, then let go of his hand, and the young palace maid pretended to be casual and continued to change Liu Hong's clothes, but her red face betrayed her.

When everything was cleaned up, the two palace maids got up and retired, Liu Hong lay on the couch, and there was a girl's fragrance in the quilt, and he suddenly felt that this is really a promising career.

Outside the Jianzhang Palace, the two palace maids walked by the wall, the winter moon was bright, the cold light was faint, and a trace of discoloration flashed in the eyes of the palace maids, she knew that in this deep palace, where was her own way out, and who was her own reliance.

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The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Liu Hong was aroused, and he finished washing under the service of the palace maid, and then Liu Hong stretched out his arms and asked the palace maid to change into the Son of Heaven for him.

The only thing Liu Hong is a little disappointed is that it is not the young palace maid who served him last night, although this palace maid is also very beautiful, but the experience since childhood and the influence of his mother Dong still make him prefer the kind of shy and weak girl, yes, Dong is a strong woman, but every strong person will never like someone who is as strong as him, thinking of the young palace maid last night with a red face and a look of shame, Liu Hong couldn't help but smile.

After everything was cleaned up, Liu Hong walked out of the Jianzhang Palace surrounded by the eunuchs on the left and right, outside the palace gate, the soldiers who greeted him had been waiting for a long time, and the black and crimson flags covered the sky and the sun.

At the time of the creation of the Han grass, the Qin system, for the water virtue, still black, the long-dead Emperor Gaozu is the northern black emperor who is sacrificed today, although this position was invented by his old man himself.

To the filial piety of the emperor, the national strength is flourishing, in order to seek political status, the hundred scholars in the opposition in the dynasty in order to seek political status, then the emperor to change the virtue, change back and forth, to the present dynasty, the real establishment of the fire virtue as the foundation of the country, so later generations often have "four hundred years of the Yan Han" and the like.

Although the five virtues have changed, but the old ancestor, the black emperor of the north, cannot be changed, therefore, such as the northern army and other long-inherited armies, the banner is mostly black color, and the flag of the army directly under the Son of Heaven such as Yulin and Huben is red.

"The Son of Heaven is driving." With the eunuchs singing and shouting, Liu Hong boarded the Qinggai Emperor's car, and then there was the sound of the armor of the soldiers saluting.

After the ceremony, under the escort of countless elite Han families, this Qinggai Emperor car drove mightily to the political center of the Han family-Jiade Palace, where hundreds of civil and military officials have been waiting for a long time.

Under the eyes of the hundreds of officials of the imperial court and the generals of the Han family, Liu Hong walked towards the Jiade Hall step by step, and every few steps were accompanied by the sound of black clouds crushing the city's armor hitting the ground.

At the end of the line, there are some things placed on the high emperor's case, Liu Hong is the Han family clan after all, under the influence of his ears and eyes since childhood, he knows what it is, it is the Han family's heirloom - the jade seal of the country, the Chixiao sword of the Gaozu White Snake uprising, and the twelve crowns.

Liu Hong stepped onto the stage and came to the emperor's case, and then the queen mother Dou Miao, who was standing next to the emperor's case, put on the crown of the twelve emperors for Liu Hong according to the etiquette system, with the Chixiao sword, and handed over the jade seal of the country to Liu Hong's right hand.

At this time, a middle-aged eunuch shouted at the door of the Jiade Palace: "Trend." ”

Then the civil and military officials quickly entered the Jiade Hall in small steps, among them, the meritorious heroes, the princes, and the military attachΓ©s were arranged in the west in order, facing the east, headed by the general Dou Wu; The civil officials were arranged in the east from the third duke, facing west, headed by Situ Huguang.

Then a middle-aged official wearing a court uniform came out of the ranks, this is a great order, under the jurisdiction of Da Honglu, one of the nine kings, with a rank of 600 stones, and is the official in charge of communication etiquette.

"The Son of Heaven is coming." The Great Commander sang loudly, and then nine more concierges stood in different directions of the Garter Hall and repeated the words of their prefect in order for all the officials to hear clearly.

"Ministers meet the Son of Heaven." The aftermath of the protocol's words dissipated in the Jiade Palace, and the civil and military officials, the princes and kings bowed to Liu Hong in front of the emperor's case under the leadership of Dou Wu and Hu Guang.

Since ancient times, "only the name and the instrument can not be faked with people", from now on, as long as Liu Hong does not do anything to anger and resentment before he takes power, then no one will be able to shake his position.

"After the ceremony, the Son of Heaven moved, sacrificed to the mound and the square hill, and told heaven and earth." The Great Commander sang loudly.

The mound and the square mound are the Temple of Heaven and the platform in the Ming and Qing dynasties in the later generations, it can also be said to be its prototype, it is the place where the Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties worship heaven and earth, because at this time people still think that "the sky is round and the place is round", so the name of the place where the heaven and earth are sacrificed is also very simple.

After the sacrifice was completed in the southern suburbs of Liu Hongluo City, Daxing Ling sang loudly again: "After the ceremony, the Son of Heaven moved to the Taimiao and told the ancestors and ancestors." ”

Hundreds of officials and important ministers and soldiers of the Han family surrounded the car of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and the queen mother Dou Miao, and drove towards the Taimiao.

When everything is done and returns to the Jiade Palace, it is night again, Liu Hong is tired enough, but all this is necessary, only after sacrificing heaven and earth and ancestors, it shows that he is ordered by heaven and earth and ancestors, and this son of heaven is truly justified.

And this set of procedures has been reduced, the so-called "nothing is greater than the right position, and the ceremony is not more prosperous than the change of the yuan", how can such important things as the enthronement ceremony only take a day?

According to the Han system, the emperor can only hold the enthronement ceremony one month after his death, which also has a variety of ceremonies such as music, dance, bells and drums, and banquets, but the first emperor Liu Zhi has no children, and Liu Hong is a clan and inherits the unification, so he can only be as fast as the knife cuts the mess, and the name is set first, otherwise it will be chaotic later.

"Your Majesty, please read it." An official handed Liu Hong both hands after drafting the decree.

Liu Hong took it, put it on the emperor's case, pretended to look at it a few times, nodded, and then picked up the jade seal next to his right hand and covered it with the silk book.

This edict will reach every corner of the empire as quickly as possible by the empire's kiosk system, and it will announce to the people of the empire that the empire has a new master.

The rise of one era is always accompanied by the end of another, and the era belonging to Liu Hong began.

This year, thirteen-year-old Liu Hong stayed away from Anguo County and went to Luoyang, that is, the Son of Heaven, to change the Yuan to Jianning, and amnesty the world.

This year, in a house north of Zhuo County, Zhuo County, Youzhou, Liu Bei, who was only seven years old, reluctantly recited the article to his father Liu Hong, and kept complaining about his previous cleverness.

This year, countless heroes who will shine in the future began to gradually appear on the stage of history.

This year is 168 A.D., winter has arrived, and the cold wind is blowing.