"The silver candle is long and purple is long, and the forbidden city is bright in spring. Thousands of weak willows are weeping and trivial, and hundreds of warblers are around the chapter. The sound of the sword followed the jade step, and the clothes provoked the incense of the royal furnace. On the pond of Enbo, the king of the dynasty dyed Han. ”

Hearing the drums of the neighborhood, Lin Feng woke up from his dream. "Book of Tang": "At dusk, the door is closed with 800 drums; Five more two o'clock, the drum from the inside, the street drum Cheng Zhen, the square market door is opened, the drum is three thousand, and the color is stopped. "Since the former Tang Dynasty began to strictly plan the square in the city, the big drums placed in the neighborhoods were sounded at dusk and early morning every day, mainly used to guard against thieves, and also had the role of telling the time to open the door. The sound of the drum has nothing to do with the hundred officials going to court, but the hundred officials can judge the time according to the sound of the drum. "Five watches and two o'clock" is equivalent to about five o'clock in the morning today.

Last night, Lin Feng wrote too late, and he could be said to be so tired that he fell asleep, but he didn't think about the early dynasty, and this morning, he immediately remembered the poem of Jia Zhi, a scholar in the late middle school of Tang Xuanzong, "The Early Dynasty Daming Palace Presents Two Provinces to Friends". In his poems, Jia Zhi portrays the court rituals of the early dynasty as usual, from far to near, from entering the dynasty to retreating from the dynasty, with clear layers, elegant and dignified.

As soon as he washed his face, Lin Feng heard someone knock on the door: "Lin Yilang, are you up?" ”

Who could it be, so early, but the voice sounded familiar. Lin Feng walked out of the house softly, hurriedly walked across the courtyard, and opened the courtyard door.

The person outside the door he knew, it was Li Qiang, the coachman of King Zheng's mansion, and Lin Feng, Wei San, and Sun Cuo rode in his car when they went out to find a base.

Li Qiang saw that the courtyard door was opened, and immediately took a step back, and said respectfully: "Lin Yilang, last night, King Zheng stayed a little late in the palace, and after coming back, he kept complaining that he didn't catch up to congratulate you in person. At the same time, King Zheng also instructed the villain to wait for Lin Yilang to go to the court from now on. ”

It's worthy of being a good apprentice of mine, and it's really thoughtful. Lin Feng secretly praised and said to Li Qiang peacefully: "Xie Lu, thank His Royal Highness King Zheng for his kindness, and Lin is grateful." You come in the room and wait, I'll soon put on my official clothes. ”

"No, Lin Yilang, you can go by yourself. I'm still waiting outside, last night, the villain just told Lord Han the approximate location of your mansion, I'm afraid that Lord Han won't be able to find this place when he comes. Li Qiang took a step back and said respectfully.

"Then, you're in for you!" It was the first time for Lin Feng to be waited on like this, and he was a little unaccustomed to it, so he left the door open and hurried into the house.

Before Lin Feng could fully put on his official uniform, he heard Han Xizai's loud voice shouting outside the courtyard: "Lin boy, you're too uninteresting, aren't you?" ”

Lin Feng hurriedly walked towards the gate of the courtyard while tying the buttons on his official uniform, and said to Han Xizai who "came to the door" with a smile: "I don't know where Lin made Lord Han angry?" ”

"You were fortunate to have Sheng Long yesterday, and you didn't even inform me first, so I treat you as a good friend in vain." Han Xizai grabbed Lin Feng with one hand, and stuffed a roll of paper into his arms with the other hand, "I wrote a pair of words as a congratulatory gift, see if you like it or not?" ”

Lin Feng hurriedly unfolded it and took a look, and the four big characters of "Kunpeng Spreading Wings" were written on it, with a square shape, straight strokes, and a strong pen, which was exactly the eight-point book that Han Xizai was good at. This eight-point book was created by the king of the Qin Dynasty, and it is recorded that it is two points for eight points for cutting Cheng Miaoli, and eight points for cutting Li Si's small seal, hence the name eight points. It later evolved into today's regular script, also known as the "True Book".

"Of course I do. I'm afraid I can't afford the word Kunpeng. Lin Feng knew that his brush was too indiscriminate, and he appreciated really good calligraphy in his heart.

"If you like it! Let's go together. Han Xizai grabbed Lin Feng's hand and pulled his car, and Li Qiang had to follow behind with an empty car.

At this time, the sky was still hazy, but Lin Feng saw through the car window that lanterns were constantly lit in the mansions on both sides of the avenue, and there were also people at the door cleaning up the carriages or horses, so he couldn't help asking, "Lord Han, are there many people involved in this Chaoyi?" Do you usually wake up so early? ”

It seems that it is a great pleasure in life to be able to wait for Mr. Lin Fenglin, who seems to know everything, to ask for advice. Han Xizai originally rushed from his home in Qijiashan in the south of the city to the northeast of the city where Lin Feng was located, he got up much earlier than usual, and was covering his mouth and yawning, as soon as he heard this, he was exactly the same as Li Yu's performance when he first heard Lin Feng say that he asked for advice, and immediately came to his senses, straightened his body, and said loudly:

"The Book of Songs? Qi Feng? "Chicken Song" cloud: "The chicken is singing, and the morning is surging." 'The former Tang Dynasty Zheng Zhizhi recorded in the "Ming Emperor's Miscellaneous Records": "The five drums are at the beginning, the fire is full of doors, and the desire will be towards the court, and the Xuan cover is like a city." That's exactly what it is now. Since ancient times, the Son of Heaven has paid attention to 'diligent government', the so-called 'longing for prosperity and sleep', and the directors of the court did not dare to slack off. These hundred officials, because they are scattered in this Jinling City, of course, they have to get up early. As for the personnel of the early dynasty, the short-lived Later Tang in the north had a "Book of Tang? It is recorded in the "Chronicles of Officials" that civil and military officials serve more than nine grades and look at the sun, that is, they enter the court on the first and fifteenth days of the first month; The five grades of civil officials and the daily pilgrimage of the superintendent of the imperial history, the staff of the foreign lang, and the doctor of Taichang are called the 'mouth counselors'; the military attachés of the three grades or more are called the "nine staff officers" because they go to the court nine times a month; The military attache has more than five grades, and he is called "six counselors"; Hongwen, Chongwenguan, and Guozijian students are four times old, that is to say, there are different regulations on the dynasty according to the grade. ”

Lin Feng asked, "What are the particularities of the court?" Although he dabbled in these contents in his previous life, he really didn't like the etiquette of worshipping back and forth, so he didn't remember these contents carefully.

"The etiquette of the last dynasty is referred to as 'Chaoyi' and 'Chaoli'. Since ancient times, there are two main kinds, one is the emperor and the minister in the court to handle the government affairs of the ceremony, is called the 'constant court ceremony', the so-called 'court ceremony' and 'court ceremony' in the literature and historical books, mostly this kind; one is the emperor in the Yuanzheng, winter solstice and other festivals of the civil and military officials, the princes of the kingdom and foreign envoys, the court, by the ministers and other congratulations, called the 'great court, or 'the gift of the court', 'the court'. In comparison, the specifications of the Great Dynasty Ceremony, that is, the Pilgrimage Ceremony, are higher than those of the Ordinary Dynasty. ”

Han Xizai rarely had the opportunity and desire to show off, and talked about these etiquette systems from the beginning.

"Let's talk about Chang Chaoyi first. The Book of Rites says that the palace of the Son of Heaven in ancient times had five gates - Gao Gate, Kumen, Pheasant Gate, Ying Gate, and Road Gate; There were three dynasties - the Outer Dynasty, the Zhi Dynasty, and the Yan Dynasty. In the outer court, the Son of Heaven was outside the Kumen, and the princes were inside the Kumen. There are major events in the country, and the inquiries to the people are in the outer courts, not in the places where the courts are always in the courts. Governing the dynasty, outside the road gate, is the place where the court listens to the government every day. The Yan Dynasty, in the road gate, is a place to discuss matters with the clans and clansmen, and it is the place to govern after retreating from the dynasty. ”

"How do you stand when you are in the middle of the court?" Lin Feng was determined to be a good student at this moment and satisfy Han Xizai's addiction to being a good teacher.

"Zhou Li? Xia Guan" mentions that there is a special position in the court ceremony - the priest, and one of his duties is 'the position of the court, distinguishing its nobility and inferiority'. The Book of Rites stipulates: the Son of Heaven faces south, the three princes face north and east is up, the lonely face is east and north is up, the king is facing west and north is up, the royal family is on the right side of the road gate, facing south and east is up, and the right of the big servant and the subordinate officials of the big servant are on the left side of the road gate, facing south and west are up. The position of the court has been decided, and the ministers and kings come to the court, bow and salute, and the king answers the salute and take their places; Then listen to the government; After the matter was completed, the ministers returned to the office. My Tang Dynasty continued the pre-Tang Dynasty system, the emperor sat in the Taiji Hall and looked at the court every month, and the Liangyi Hall was a place to listen to the court every day. ”