The night sky in the early morning is a deep blue, the Bianhe Street shrouded in mist after the rain, the lonely morning breeze blows lightly, and the graceful weeping willows dance with the wind, spilling a little tears, shaking down the scattered green leaves, and the street is full of wreckage, as if with a deep mourning. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and two hundred lightly armored horsemen slowly came from the carriage guarding a carriage carrying the banner of "Duke Qin's Mansion", and turned to the royal street at the Zhou Bridge.

Today will be the day of mourning for the first emperor and the enthronement of the new monarch. Inheriting the Tang Dynasty ritual system, the official position of real power above the fifth rank can enter the palace, and the official below the fifth rank or idle official can go outside the Mingde Gate, all of them must receive a plain clothes and scarf, wear it to mourn, and also participate in the ceremonial and laying ceremony, and the officials of the ministries and institutes also need to fast, a total of 27 days before they can be released. During this period, it is forbidden to marry and worship at the ancestral hall, eat meat and drink alcohol, but it is absolutely forbidden to cry, not to walk eagles and lackeys, and not to have fun.

"Go to the right! Don't bump into people! There are many people, the carriage goes as slow as a snail, Zhang Yue sat alone in the carriage, opened the curtains from time to time to see, and secretly sighed that there is not even a traffic rule in this era, and the royal street is so wide that there is still a traffic jam.

Stop and go all the way, to the Xuande Gate is simply a sea of people, the sky appears bright, the lighting of the city tower is gradually extinguished, the square is full of cars and horses, there is no foothold at all. Zhang Yue had no choice but to get out of the carriage on Liangmen Street, and asked Yang Xuanli to find a place to stop and wait nearby, and walk to Xuande Gate.

The square was noisy and chaotic, and officials of the Ministry of Rites in white mourning clothes were handing out dresses. Zhang Yue stepped forward, and a group of red-robed officials in front of him who were lined up hurriedly bowed and retreated to the side.

Zhang Yue stepped forward to get a set, except for the white hat, it can be seen that it is worn on the head, and the others are hanging with white belts one by one, I don't know where to tie them, and there are two strings of hemp rope I don't know what it is, and I was completely dumbfounded.

"Zhang Xianggong is still participating in the funeral for the first time, right? Let's put it on the table first, pick it up one by one, and wear it like this! A civil official next to him was also holding a dress, as if he saw Zhang Yue's embarrassment, and said with a slight flattery.

"Thank you very much!" Zhang Yue nodded, put down his clothes, and looked at the civil official.

"This is called Shouxuan!" The officer took a loose hemp rope and tied it around his head, leaving a tail of hemp rope at the back of his head. If a funeral is held for a woman, the hair should be tied with a skull. Why is the mourning dress white? People died and drove the crane to the west, and served the White Emperor of the West among the Five Emperors.

In turn, there are mourning clothes worn on the upper body up to the knees, a negative plate hanging on the back of the neck, a middle negative hanging on the front chest, and a linen cloth six inches long and four inches wide at the heart and chest is called a decay cloth, and the one wrapped around the waist is the waist cloth. There are also three fronts and four pairs of seven-pleated skirts on the lower body with hemp rope to tie the waist, which is called a dress or skirt. Shoes are not required, and the hat is called the crown of mourning, which is a white circle without a top, but there is a beam arch connected to the front and back, and the crown hangs down with a tassel.

Zhang Yue took the official as an example, and quickly dressed up in plain clothes, and then went to the other side to line up, the front was as usual Fan Zhen and other high-ranking officials such as Zhongshu, Privy Council, Xuanhui Yuan and the two divisions of the forbidden army in front of the rank, followed by the six department officials plus the ban army box-level generals, and the idle officials who did not receive real posts were all behind.

Half an hour later, the sky was bright, and the time had already passed in the early morning of the previous day, and then the Xuande Gate was opened, and all the officials in white plain clothes lined up in a white dragon-like queue, passing through the Mingde Gate and the Xuanyou Gate, until they stopped in front of the Long Live Palace. Zhang Yue looked back, and there were still hundreds of people in a team outside the Mingde Gate, so many plain clothes were probably available in the Ministry of Rites, otherwise how could they be made overnight.

Then there are praise officials and chamberlains to guide the ministers into the main hall of the Long Live Palace, the book inside, the ceremonial drive has all been ready, a huge word appeared in front of the ministers, the queen and the prince Zongxun are all dressed in plain clothes, in a large group of chamberlains playing the guard of honor from outside the hall to enter, to the word under the spiritual seat to face the ministers.

All the ministers saluted together, bowed five times and knelt down. The queen returned the gift with the prince, it was a return gift! But he only gestured slightly, because at this time the ministers had the meaning of condolences. With the sound of mourning music, the cry shook the heavens and the earth, and the emperor's body wore a cyan crown dress and a normal crown hat to cover it with a chopping curtain, and was dressed into a huge golden silk nanmu coffin, and the ceremony was completed. The ceremony began again, and the ministers took turns to come forward to pay tribute to the incense, in short, they wanted to cry loudly.

Zhang Yue was in the crowd, and he was still a little fresh at first, not much different from the etiquette of later generations, but this also made him dizzy, his scalp was numb, especially if he wanted to cry, how could he cry. Fan Zhen, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu cried one by one, and they were really full of inner cows.

It was Wang Pu's turn, he lay down in front of the spirit, holding the wat board and crying and knocking, calling the sky and grabbing the earth really made Zhang Yue open his eyes. Zhang Yue is not incomprehensible, the first emperor and Wang Pu do have a deep friendship between monarchs and ministers, as long as Wang Pu Jinyan, he will almost completely adopt it. As a minister, he lost his sight, and then he had to assist the young master, and the pressure in his heart can be imagined. Before the "Qianyou Rebellion" of the Later Han Dynasty, Wang Pu saw that the momentum was wrong and ran out of Tokyo, and now, in the face of a chaotic situation, he can no longer escape.

Wang Pu cried for a long time, until his voice was hoarse, and the queen motioned to the crown prince Zongxun to step forward and pull it up, and then it was Zhang Yue's turn, even if he didn't take care of his life, but his status was still there, and ordinary ministers couldn't compare with him.

Zhang Yue took the lit incense from the chamberlain, and bowed twice with both hands but still couldn't cry, his heart was so anxious that he was in a hurry, but his eyes just couldn't squeeze out a trace of tears, and the action of the feasible worship could not be stopped, seeing that the last worship was over, the queen and the prince next to him were waiting to cry, and the ministers were staring at the back, Zhang Yue slowly inserted the incense into the incense burner, thinking that it was time to say something.

"In the second year of Guangshun, the minister was in Hebei to cut the north of Gao Mohan's first level of dedication, and the first emperor rewarded the merit, and the imperial gift was given the word, the great grace of this teacher and student! Who is the minister, a butcher in Jizhou! How dare you forget the grace of the first emperor's recreation. Ordered to worship the king of Jin, dare not to do it as a brother? In the past six years, the ministers have exhausted their efforts, fought Gaoping, conquered Qinfeng, raised money and grain to recover more than ten states in Hehuang, Hexi, and Guanbei with their own strength, and fought in Youzhou. How is this merit, the minister does not dare to be arrogant, but to protect the country, this heart can be seen from the sun and the moon! Zhang Yue spoke loudly, finished speaking in one breath, and strode back to his original position.

"Is what Yuan Zhen said true?" Wang Pu quietly turned his head, asked in a sand voice, and stared at it with a scrutinizing face, his eyes shining brightly.

Obviously, he misunderstood, in the eyes of scholars and doctors in this era, the emperor is the country, and the state is to maintain the continuation of the court, simply put, to protect the country is to assist the emperor, of course he was very surprised, but a little uncertain. can see that Zhang Yue swore an oath, and in front of the first emperor's corpse, the queen prince and all the ministers, this is by no means unbelievable, it seems that he was in a hurry, and he was very unhappy in his heart.

Zhang Yue rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention, it's not that I want to deceive you, that's what I thought. I mean to protect the country, but do you want to protect the emperor? If you want to be "Huo Guang" to take care of yourself, I can't help you if you're tired. Of course, a gentleman must do what he says, and he must do what he does, and he is not afraid of anyone who hears the sound of the strings.

You have to prevent "Cao Cao" from looking for Zhao Kuangyin, this cargo was originally running fast on the way, and when he heard that the emperor died, he would definitely run back to attend the funeral, and the new monarch couldn't drive him away, so there would be a good show to watch.