"May Your Majesty live a long life and a long life! May the Queen Mother and Queen live forever! ”

In front of the Weiyang Palace, the red carpet stretched, and the ministers exceeded a thousand, kneeling down to congratulate, and the sound shook the sky. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The worship of the Han Dynasty is completely different from the kneeling of the Empress of the Mengyuan Dynasty, regardless of whether the ministers of the Son of Heaven are kneeling and sitting, saluting each other, from the etiquette, both sides are equal. And most of the time they kneel (sit) and do not worship, only on special occasions such as birthday celebrations, enthronement, and the first ceremony of the year.

Chaoyi's congratulatory message doesn't have too many tricks, basically the above two sentences, the ministers are all familiar with it, the advantage is that you don't need to rehearse much to unify the caliber, even Zhang Fang, who participated for the first time, can keep up with the rhythm.

The Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother and the Queen all stretched their sleeves and held their backs: "Gentlemen, please rise." ”

The attendants in close proximity voiced in unison: "Gentlemen, please get up." ”

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the Empress."

The so-called "please get up" is of course not for the ministers to stand up, but to change from bowing to sitting and changing to a normal sitting posture.

Emperor Yuan does not have such a big birthday every year, under normal circumstances, he only summons the queen mother, queen, prince, princess and concubines, and gives a banquet close to the external dignitaries and internal officials, the scale is only more than 100 people. But this year is different, coinciding with the 40th birthday of Emperor Yuan, the ceremonial official asked for a big congratulations and amnesty to the world. Emperor Yuan also felt that his body was not as good as before, and he cherished Shou Yuan more, so he was as good as a stream.

Subsequently, Shi Xian read out the edict of the Son of Heaven. The content is nothing more than an official routine text such as thanking God for his favor, the five emperors and gods, the protection of ancestors, and the peace of the world. After that, the ministers congratulated the table, and they couldn't help but sing praises of merit.

Zhang Fang also put on a congratulatory watch, and the door man in Fuzhong caught the knife, he couldn't write this thing, and he didn't like to write.

After some tossing, it was getting late.

After the court, the ministers, under the guidance of the usher, went to the Jade Hall Hall, where the Son of Heaven would hold a banquet and give a banquet to the hundred officials. Of course, this kind of eating and drinking cannot be held in a solemn and solemn palace.

The jade hall hall also belongs to one of the halls of Weiyang Palace, on the right side of the front hall of Weiyang, every major festival, the Son of Heaven gives food, and is more here.

Zhang Fang sat in the front row on the left side of the temple door, ranking in the middle and upper, which was good. Like Xu Kuang, Xu Xin, Yu Tian, the Shi family brothers, and the Jin family brothers, who are all sons of foreign relatives and nobles, because they have no lords, their seats are far inferior to him.

Zhang Fang looked left and right, but he didn't know him, but the middle-aged man with a beard on his face at the top right of the seat smiled at himself and reported to his home: "A certain is Han Bao, the word Jun'an." With such a youthful demeanor, it must be the Marquis of Fuping. ”

Zhang Fang raised his eyebrows, it turned out that he was the one who married the daughter of the Xu family. Well, it's quite impressive, although it's a little older, I guess that Xu Mi will be satisfied.

Zhang Fang smiled at the moment. Although the two have never met, Zhang Fang's recognition is very high - so young, handsome, wearing purple ribbons, and still sitting on this column of marquis, the entire Chang'an noble class can't find a second one.

This Long Sihou Han Bao is also the queen of Xungui, and his father is the former Sima chariot general Han Zeng. Han Bao is nearly thirty years old, more than ten years older than Zhang, and his father Zhang Lin is the same generation, and the two are basically not in the same circle, so Zhang Fang was not familiar with this person before.

Under the words, it confirmed what Xu Xin said, Han Bao did marry Xu Mi next month. To be exact, it's the succession. Han Bao's original partner died of illness last year, so he married Xu's eldest daughter. Han Bao naturally had an invitation, and Zhang Fang said that he would definitely be there to celebrate.

After talking and laughing for a while, there was a faint commotion in the hall, and the two stopped talking, and listened carefully, it turned out that it was time for the ministers to present gifts.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty did not have the habit of receiving heavy gifts on his birthday, the first emperor was filial to the emperor, he knew little about the suffering of the world, and advocated simplicity after ascending the throne, and the Yuan Emperor was also deeply affected, thinking that the ceremony was light and affectionate. Therefore, the hundred officials congratulate the ceremony, it is just a formality, you can send anything, and it is not named.

Hundreds of officials give gifts, only go through the form, seal but not declare. Only the gifts offered by the princes, princesses, and grandchildren will be displayed and recited on the spot, just like the people do longevity, and the children and grandchildren worship the birthday of the elderly.

This kind of family happiness was originally normal, but once everything touched the court, even normal things became abnormal. In this kind of display, the prince's gift becomes very important. From which emperor can feel which prince is more worthy of his heart; The prince changed his methods to please his father in order to obtain undue benefits; The courtiers can usually get a glimpse of the emperor's attitude towards the prince from whether the emperor is satisfied with the gift or not, so as to adjust their sides.

A birthday gift has a lot of mystery.

Emperor Yuan's favor for King Jiyang is well known, but how did everyone know it? Emperor Yuan's many words of praise for the king of Jiyang were said in the harem or to the close ministers, although there were circularies, but it was difficult to verify, and if you wanted to hear the emperor's statement in the public, this gift and birthday celebration was an excellent opportunity.

When hundreds of officials were vying to offer the ceremony, Zhang Fang also took the opportunity to move his position, his eyes swept away, and he was facing the crown prince Liu Biao. Liu Biao nodded to him, stretched out two fingers, and made a "V" gesture - this was an action that Zhang Fang had agreed with him, and making this gesture showed that everything was going according to plan. Of course, Liu Biao didn't know what he meant, he thought it meant "both things are ready", and he also praised Zhang Fangding's gesture.

Zhang put his head and turned his gaze to Liu Kang, the king of Jiyang, who was under Liu Biao, but saw that the corners of the prince's mouth were raised, and his handsome face was full of confident smiles. Clearly, he thought his chance had come again.

"If you're still playing last year's set, you're sorry." Zhang relieved and sighed slightly. To be honest, he didn't want to infiltrate and enter this kind of battle for succession, but he was in the court situation, and he couldn't help it, so he had to stand aside. Sometimes, riding on a wall is less desirable than standing on the wrong side.

Zhang Fang felt that his appearance was not enough to affect the trend of history, and the next emperor was probably Liu Biao, who stood on the winning side. Since this is the case, he has to perform as much as possible, give advice to Liu Biao, and get more impression points from Emperor Yuan. In this way, after Liu Biao ascended the throne, he would be useful.

Although the young marquis of Fuping in history did his best to the emperor's favor, in the final analysis, he was only a courtier, not even a powerful minister. has no real power in his hands, and it is difficult to turn over after being pressed down by the Queen Mother. Since Zhang Fang replaced him, of course he could not accept such a fate. He wants to show his abilities to the future emperor, and at the same time serve as a warning to the future queen mother.

After the ministers finished the ceremony, the next thing was to play meat: the prince and princess presented gifts.

The prince and princess celebrate their birthdays, which is a sign of filial piety. For the Han Dynasty, which attaches great importance to filial piety, it naturally attaches great importance to it, which is completely different from the sacrifice of the county ministers.

The first to offer the ceremony was naturally the crown prince.

Liu Biao came out of the queue and bowed.

Emperor Yuan looked at him with a smile; The queen mother behind the bead curtain smiled, and the queen's smile was slightly nervous, and she grabbed her skirt hard.

The hundred officials were silent and looked at the prince together.

Liu Kang, the king of Jiyang, still had a faint smile.

In the left ear room, Fu Zhaoyi, who was sitting quietly, had an imperceptible sneer in his eyes.

The next moment, everyone listened to the loud report of the crown prince Liu Biao: "Erchen Shouyi, the time has not yet come." ”

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