Chapter 46: The Crown
July of the third year of Zhenguan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yongan County Mansion.
The servants and maids came and went, and they were busy.
Yongan County Mansion, but today is a great joy.
Because Fang Xu is going to perform the crown salute today.
They are known as natural geniuses, Tang Junjie, famous poems in Chang'an, writing books to spread the world, defeating the famous general Hou Junji with few victories and many defeats, and the young master who is also the right counselor doctor of Zhongshu Province and the general of the right military guard is going to pay a crown salute today.
In all eras, crowning means that you are truly an adult, you can take on greater responsibilities, and it also means that you can be knighted......
Fang Ting, who was sitting in the hall, looked at the jubilant servant maid, busy with Fang Xu's crown ceremony. But a sense of loss rose in my heart.
Fang Ting knew in his heart that Li Shimin personally ordered Fang Xu to receive the crown ceremony, which was to prepare for the ******.
Fang Ting knew better that with his son's strength, the conquest ****** was used for him to make meritorious contributions.
With Li Shimin's importance to Fang Xu, the prestige of Fang Xu's name spread all over the world, and after the crown, he made military merits and was knighted.
After Fang Xu was knighted, he would definitely not be able to live in the Yongan County Mansion anymore.
Don't say whether Fang Xu is willing or not, "send people under the fence".
The imperial court will not allow the two lords to live in the same mansion.
The crown ceremony is the crowning ceremony performed by a man at the age of 20 to signify his adulthood.
The Son of Heaven and the princes can advance to the age of twelve. Legend has it that King Wen of Zhou was crowned at the age of twelve, and King Cheng was crowned at the age of fifteen.
Fang Xu is nineteen this year, and under normal circumstances, he will not be crowned until next year.
However, Fang Xu has never been a normal person.
Fang Xu, as a quasi-Confucian who is famous all over the world, and His Majesty the Emperor personally decreed that he was crowned, so he had no choice. Its honor and favor are also the best in the Tang Dynasty.
However, it is strange that Li Shimin ordered Fang Xu to be crowned, but did not specify the person who presided over the crown ceremony.
This is not to say that Fang Xu can't find it, but there are too many people rushing to give Fang Xu the crown.
Whoever dares to open this mouth is not the number one person who is well-known.
There are prime ministers like Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Changsun Wuji, and great Confucians like Kong Yingda, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, and even Confucian generals like Li Jing and Li Tao all have this meaning, but as for Fang Xu's top boss, Cheng Yanjin, it was directly ignored.
You must know that the crown ceremony is a very important gift, and it is a sign of a scholar's adulthood.
The crown ceremony must be presided over by a person of high moral character, and the relationship between the person who presides over the crown ceremony and the person who receives the crown is also extraordinary, the same as that of the master and apprentice who has passed it on to him. It is not an exaggeration to say yes, one is prosperous, and one is lost.
With Fang Xu's strength and potential, it is no wonder that so many people want to grab it.
The person who officiates at the crown ceremony has one of the greatest powers, which is to choose a word for the person who is crowned.
When the man becomes an adult, it is inconvenient to call him by his first name. Especially those who have a high status and a noble status. Therefore, another alias related to the meaning of the original name is called a character to express its virtue. Mortals salute each other, and they will call it the word of virtue. The latter is called the table word.
Just when everyone was scrambling, the auspicious time was approaching, and the most distinguished guests were late, but not too late, just in time for the finale.
In front of Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, eldest grandson Wuji, Kong Yingda, Li Jing, Li Tao and other bigwigs, who else dares to appear in the finale, except for His Majesty the Tang Emperor - Li Shimin?
Everyone was drunk after arguing for a long time, but they didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor to personally preside over the crown ceremony for Fang Xu.
The auspicious time has been passed, and the crown ceremony has begun.
Li Shimin babbled a lot, "Zhou Li" or something, anyway, Fang Xu was not interested at all, he was groggy and almost fell asleep, Li Shimin finally ended.
It's time for the most critical moment, pick up the word.
As for the name, Fang Xu is still very concerned.
If Fang Xuanling, Kong Yingda and others came to preside over the crown ceremony for Fang Xu, they still had to respect the lower Xu in the selection of words.
However, His Majesty the Emperor Li Shimin did not reveal anything at all.
If Li Shimin really takes a dog egg for Fang Xu, Tie Zhu ...... What's more, Fang Xu can only pinch his nose and endure it.
Think about how the historian would write. Fang Xu, Emperor Taizong personally crowned it and gave the word - dog egg. That didn't have to let Fang Xu ......
Of course, even if Fang Xu's psychological endurance is strong, Li Shimin can't afford to lose this person.
Therefore, I only listened to Li Shimin's stroking beard and said slowly: "You are a genius in the world, I hope that you can assist the Tang Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji, make meritorious contributions, and enter the phase. I will grant you the title of Duke and Marquis, and assist me in the Tang Dynasty. I will take the table word for you and call it 'Gongfu'. ”
Fang Xu said in his heart: "This reputation is really a good thing, Li Shimin has worked hard to clear the matter of Xuanwu Sect. Fang Xu's young hero, a genius from heaven, wrote books and said, his name is spread all over the world, and he can be assisted by Fang Xu, doesn't it mean that he Li Shimin is destined to return? ”
The eldest grandson Wuji, the old fox, was moved in his heart, and he had followed Li Shimin for decades, how could he not understand that saying such an important thing on such an important occasion would have no purpose and no purpose.
With the identities of Li Shimin and Fang Xu, today's events must be recorded in the history books.
It seems that this Fang Xu is really amazing, and it has strengthened the idea of the eldest grandson Wuji when he was in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
At this point, the crown is completed.