Chapter 31: Li Er's ascension to the throne

The day of Li Er's accession to the throne was well chosen, and it was September 9 of the ninth year of Wude (no more true). This day is the Double Ninth Festival, the reason why this day was chosen is for this reason, Chongyang Festival, that is, there are two days in the sky, although Li Yuan has retreated, but he still has supreme power, but he is not as casual as before, as long as he speaks, no one in the entire empire dares not to listen.

Early in the morning, countless guards began to check whether all the necessary things were ready, all of which were arranged by the guards, and such an important occasion would not be mixed with eunuchs with incomplete limbs, let alone women.

In the square in front of the Taiji Palace, a high altar is built up, embellished with red silk, and the whole altar is as high as nine zhang five, which is the meaning of the ninety-five supreme. The altar has ninety-nine steps, and on each step there are two soldiers in armor, the Fang Tian painting halberd used for the honor guard, the drum humming golden hammer, and the Daguan knife, which are held by these soldiers with both hands, straight towards the sky.

The time soon came to the auspicious time, and the hundreds of military officials below the altar had already stood in line, and the ministers of Tiance Mansion stood proudly at the place closest to the altar, which was the supreme glory, and Qin Qiong also appeared here, and the position of the station was very special, as the only Shangzhu general who was canonized by Li Yuan in the early Tang Dynasty, his position was very high, compared to the current commander of the three armies, Li Jing, who was known as the god of war, was even more advanced, standing in the first place among the generals.

"The emperor has arrived!" A majestic shout opened the prelude to the entire ceremony, and Li Yuan, surrounded by a large group of guards, got up from the Nine Dragons Throne on the Taiji Hall and walked towards the altar.

During this time, Sun Simiao has been conditioning his body. And all the government affairs have been handed over to Li Er, and now his physical condition has improved a lot, at least on the surface, he looks no different from ordinary people. Li Yuan strided. With the majesty cultivated by the pinnacle of power for a long time, the dragon walked towards the altar, and as he walked, the ministers bowed to him, and they all knelt down on the ground and shouted: "Meet my emperor, long live my emperor!" ”

Li Yuan did not stop and directly began to ascend the altar. Ninety-nine steps were quickly left behind him, and he reached the top of the altar, where there was the paper that had been prepared long ago. He held out his hand. Holding the paper written in yellow silk with both hands, after unfolding it, he personally read: "There is now Li Yuan, the emperor of the mortal world in the lower realm, and the emperor of Chan is located in the second son Li Shimin. Pray that God will bless my Tang Dynasty. The country and the people are safe, the wind and rain are smooth, and the six animals are prosperous. The former Sui was brutal, Yuan raised a righteous teacher, and it took nine years of war to achieve peace in the world, and God ........................had mercy on him" Zero Zero always recounted his life, and expressed his life achievements to Shangcang and the reason for Chan to give up the throne.

In short, the ministers below were fascinated by what they heard, and Li Kuan also knelt on the ground below, but he was confused. This is completely fooling their so-called heaven! Li Yuan's original army was what was the original to see the suffering of the people and hold high the banner of righteousness, he was sent by Yang Guang to Taiyuan to suppress the peasant uprising. As a result, he slept with Yang Guang's woman, and at the instigation of Li Er, he decided to rebel. It seems that the ancients were not really completely afraid of the heavens, at least these high-ranking nobles did not believe in karma or anything like that. How many unsightly things they have done themselves, how many of them want the sky to thunder in the eyes of God, but they are still enjoying it from above, which makes them doubt the so-called God, the so-called cause and effect, and thus begin to fool God.

Li Yuan read this fanciful payment for several minutes before finishing it, and finally began to move on to the next item. The ministers stood up and saluted upwards, and three animals were brought up, a horse, with a black mane and a black tail, and a red fur, which was still a foal, not too old and never more than three years old; A cow, a strong ox, and a bull, with strong and well-proportioned muscles all over its body, is a good cow that can do farm work. Finally, there was a sheep, black, which looked like a sheep, but it didn't look like it, and Li Kuan couldn't tell it apart.

"The sacrifice begins!" Zheng Qiao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who served as the master of ceremonies, shouted loudly, the younger brother of the contemporary head of the Zheng family in Xingyang, he did not lose his identity as the master of ceremonies on this occasion, so he shouted very hard, because this is about whether these five surnames and seven hopes can get greater benefits in the years to come, because you give the new emperor enough face, why can't you be too ruthless!

The knife and axe hand, who was already standing beside the three animals, raised the ghost-headed broadsword in his hand, and the light of the knife refracted the light of the sun, and only a cloud of light could not be seen of the blade. The knife and axe hand rose and fell, and the three moving animals were in different places, and the red blood spurted out like a fountain, wetting the red carpet spread on the ground.

"New Emperor, please!" Zheng Qiao shouted again.

"Greetings to the Holy One!" The ministers also bowed and bowed towards the main entrance of the Taiji Palace.

Li Er was wearing a nine-dragon robe, the golden dragon robe was very majestic on him, and it didn't look as sassy as Li Kuan thought before, the slender body supported this dragon robe, the muscles on his shoulders supported a round of red sun and a round of bright moon on his shoulders, and behind him were the heavens and stars, which were all embroidered with gold thread. In addition to these three textures, Li Kuan didn't know most of them, and indeed later generations still knew these twelve chapter patterns.

Li Er wears a purple gold crown on his head, which does not match the crown dress on his body, which is also a kind of implication, Jiao Hualong is wearing a dragon robe, which means that the body has turned into a dragon, and only the hat on the head is left, that is, there is one last procedure, as long as the Jiao head turns into a dragon head, this ritual is completed.

Li Er walked through the passage in the middle of the courtiers, and the carpet stained with the blood of the three animals was stepped on, and the soles of the white deerskin boots were stained with bright red blood, leaving a string of straight wet footprints on the carpet in front of him.

In this square, in addition to the altar, there is also a high platform, there are only three seats on this high platform, this is the position of the Tang Dynasty national teacher, and now there are three Tang Dynasty current national teachers sitting on it, and Li Kuan Yuan Shoucheng sat on the far left, showing his status. Behind him was a great monk, with long eyebrows hanging down to his cheeks, all snow-white without a single variegated color. At this moment, the great monk was fiddling with the Buddha beads in his hand, reciting the Sutra of Death in his mouth, and exceeded the three animals that died just a few days ago. Finally, there was also an old Taoist priest with a long beard hanging down to his chest. The Taoist priest's hair bun on the top of his head was inserted by a sandalwood hairpin, and he was holding a dust whisk in his left hand, and he was holding an inexplicable Dharma seal in his right hand.

All three watched in silence. He didn't make a sound, and it wasn't until Li Er walked through the blood-soaked carpet and left footprints that he spoke: "Zhang Laodao, do you look at it as a real dragon paw print?" Yuan Shoucheng, as the oldest qualification, asked first.

"The dragon comes out of the abyss, the scales and claws are flamboyant, and the cloud is from the dragon, this whole body is surrounded by inexplicable luck. I can't see through it! However, there can be a purple glow around the supreme person, the old Taoist temple, the new emperor, and his whole body is full of clouds. The purple gas is steaming, when it is the supreme among people, but it is a real dragon! "The old Taoist priest who was asked said was this kind of mysterious argument, which seemed very 'professional'.

"Alright. Just the three of us still fight these sloppy eyes! Lao Dao thinks that this should be the real man. Today's holy body is no longer good, looking at this posture is now stiff, I don't know which elixir I have taken, but I still have my life! The crown prince who succeeded to the throne, King Qin, is the only one who still exists among the three eldest sons of the Holy Lord, who else can inherit this throne besides him? Yuan Shoucheng said directly.

"Amitabha! It's just that this emperor with bloody hands is on the throne, I'm afraid it's not a blessing for us Buddhism and Taoism! "The Great Monk is the Taoist Zen master of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang, and one of the two most revered Buddhist identities today. There is also one who is his junior brother Dao Yan Monk, but Dao Yan did not accept Li Yuan's canonization. It's not as good as the national teacher, otherwise there should be four positions here.

"Let's take one step at a time! I hope this majesty will not be killed! Zhang Daoqin stroked his beard and sighed.

"Speaking of this majesty, I have to mention that his second son is a little guy who should not be underestimated, and he probably knows a lot about the methods of our people." Yuan Shoucheng glanced at Li Kuan, who was kneeling below, and spoke.

"You mean, that little guy who knelt in second place in the prince's line? No way! Zhang Daoqin also took a look.

"Amitabha, that little benefactor is probably a Buddha!" The Taoist monk proclaimed a Buddha name in a low voice, and said such a sentence without a beginning or an end.

"The Zen master has a good calculation, I'm afraid you can't save it! The natural Gengjin White Tiger, and has seen blood, I am afraid that your Zen ancestor Bodhidharma ancestor will also frown when he is resurrected! Yuan Shoucheng glanced at the great monk with disdain, if it was so easy, he would have fooled this little guy into the Taoist door wall.

The three national teachers muttered non-stop, but the rituals below were also going on, Li Er had already begun to climb the altar, and the soldiers on both sides crossed the weapons used by the ceremonial guards in their hands to form a corridor that was framed by knives and guns.

Soon, Li Er climbed to the top, Li Yuan had been waiting there for a long time, and seeing Li Er who was gradually approaching, Li Yuan nodded with some deep meaning.

Li Er walked in front of Li Yuan, and the emcee Zheng Qiao shouted: "Kneel!" ”

Li Er knelt down as he said.

"Grant the monarch Qingfeng, behead the rebels in the world, grant the seal of the monarch, hold the supreme power of the world, grant the monarch the crown, and rule the world from now on!" Following the master of ceremonies' words, Li Yuan picked up the sword on the trailer that had been prepared beside him and handed it to Li Er, who took it with both hands and put it on his waist.

There is also a seal, this is not the legendary heirloom jade seal, that thing is still in the hands of Queen Xiao, now it should be either in the hands of Jieli, or it was hidden by Queen Xiao, this will have to wait until the future to eliminate Jieli, after taking back Queen Xiao, there is a chance to obtain, and now this jade seal is Li Yuan ordered people to imitate the style of the jade seal of the country. Li Yuan also handed it to Li Er, who still took it with both hands and held it in his hands and held it above his head.

In the end, Li Yuan stretched out his hand and took off the purple gold crown on Li Er's head, then raised his hands, took off the Pingtian crown on the top of his head, and then put it on Li Er's head.

Finally finished, Li Er helped Li Yuan to walk down from under the altar, Li Kuan rubbed his eyes and saw a scene that made him feel a little complaining: Li Er helped Li Yuan, and when he stepped down from the steps, the bead curtains before and after the Pingtian crown would not shake, what does this mean? Li Er walked very steadily, without any signs of shaking, this is not something that ordinary people can do, Li Kuan thinks that if he is replaced, even if he has practiced horse steps for all these years, it is impossible to do it directly, this must have been practiced. Li Kuan slandered in his heart, his cheap dad must have walked with such an awkward hat behind his back I don't know how many times to do this. It seems that he has long planned to become an emperor, and he thought he was forced to do so!

Of course, no one knew about Li Kuan's belly, and after Li Er helped Li Yuan down the altar, the ministers bowed and worshipped, and they all knelt on the ground, and after the mountain shouted long live, they said in unison: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor." We congratulate the emperor, the emperor, and the world! "The sound of the horse's fart, this thing will never go out of style in any era! (To be continued......)

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