Chapter 021: The Feast

Since the founding of Emperor Taizu, Dachen has had a tradition of sutra feasts.

The place of the large-scale sutra feast is set in the Longhua Palace, the time is set on the ninth day of the first month of each month, every time the big sutra feast, the princes and nobles of Kyoto, the six departments of the Fengge, the Hanlin Yuan and the speech officials all have to participate in the class, and accompany the Son of Heaven to listen in the Longhua Palace.

According to the old practice of Taizu, after the feast, the emperor would order the Honglu Temple to hold a banquet, and invite hundreds of bureaucrats to show grace, and in order to inherit the meaning of frugality, the remaining dishes and delicacies from the banquet can be packed and taken home, and the family can enjoy this heavenly feast. Therefore, the sutra day on the ninth day of the first month of each month is the most desirable day for Kyoto's ministers, and the eligible participants are all happy.

At the beginning of the establishment of the new emperor, it was a good time to be good at learning and diligent in government to calm the hearts of the people, so the first banquet in which Yuan Zheng participated had a more different meaning.

And because the new emperor succeeded to the throne as the nephew of the former emperor, and at the time of the national mourning, Lin Shifan and Wen Jiusheng painstakingly chose "The Book of Rites and Sacrifices" as the opening title of the feast.

Longhua Hall carved leakage room will replace the bronze medal with "Chen", a body of decay of the source Zheng from the Dan on the throne, after the full hall of courtiers cumbersome and solemn three kneeling and nine knocks, long live the mountain call, the feast announced the beginning.

After Wei Chengye escorted the new emperor into the palace and ascended to the throne, he knelt down and turned a copy of the "Book of Rites" with a yellow silk satin cover in the chapter of sacrifice, and after the imperial case was pressed with a ruler, Fang respectfully retreated and stood under the head of the Danqi.

He was the official of the King James Reader, and he was also the exhibition officer of today's great feast, and he was specially responsible for turning the scrolls for the emperor. He is also in the same body today, but there is a short knife with a golden sheath inlaid with a dragon pattern engraved with emerald treasure hanging from his waist, which is extremely dazzling in front of the emperor.

The well-behaved courtiers exchanged glances with each other, and the more daring ones only frequently cast their eyes on the king of Yanling County, who was standing at the head of the team on the west side.

This short knife was originally used by the emperor of the first emperor, and was given to the new emperor Yuan Zheng as a color head at a poetry meeting in the Imperial Garden, and encouraged: The so-called rule of the world, culture and martial arts can not be abolished, and the boy can use this thing to kill the enemy and be a state of mine. At the court meeting three days ago, the new emperor tearfully transferred this thing to Wei Chengye, and informed the first emperor of the entrustment, and Wei Chengye carried this thing with him and entered the palace to read it.

Wen Jiu Shengjin preached the core doctrine of "filial piety has three, great filial piety respects relatives, followed by humiliation, and can be raised under it", the emperors of the three dynasties are brilliant, talking about the past and the present, only the way of benevolence and filial piety is interpreted in a passionate and sonorous way, until the comparison of today's situation once choked up and stopped, and many of the courtiers in the palace who bowed their heads silently wiped their tears.

Someone secretly raised his eyes to look at the people on the throne, and saw that the new emperor was sitting with a solemn face, and secretly sighed in his heart that he didn't want to concentrate like this at a young age, and his heart was even more convinced, so he bowed down carefully and listened to the lecture.

Knowing that his strange contender for the throne, Uncle Yanling County, would embarrass himself sooner or later, Yuan Zheng was on full guard today. Deliberately maintaining solemnity and staring at the two pure golden deer and cranes placed on both sides of the lower end of the Danqi to offer Rui incense platform, the smoke of agarwood incense curled into the nose, and the appearance of his father gradually appeared in his mind.

The father who taught him Tao Hui to share the glory and disgrace with him from afar, endured for more than 40 years but died in an inner palace conspiracy, and also involved the lives of the Wei family. His emperor, who loved dancing and writing and was loving and graceful as the Son of Heaven, died even more unbearable, and no one knows whether he was assassinated by the women of the inner palace or the eunuchs. At the same time, a wave of loneliness swelled up with hatred in my heart, a loneliness that was cold to the bone marrow from before.

Before you know how to hurt others, you have to be forced to learn to kill people first, and you have to be forced to learn to understand others before you understand yourself.

In the vast world, no one can plan for him like his father and elders, and the only ones who can rely on him are himself and his fledgling friends.

The aroma of the sinking water is clearer, but the mind is more and more chaotic.

He thought of his childhood, his innocent childhood surrounded by family and friends, such a thin memory was too few, too far away, so far that after entering Beijing as a hostage, he had forgotten that he had a childhood, many years, and there lived in his body an old man who was stoic and serious.

In Wen Jiusheng's passionate and sad explanation, Lin Shifan was very pleased to see the tears accumulated in the eyes of the new Son of Heaven, and the courtiers at the lower end were even more weeping when they saw the Son of Heaven like this.

When the bronze medal was replaced by the "Si" in the internal supervisor of the carved room, Wen Jiusheng's explanation also stopped.

"The minister's speech has been completed, and it is insulting to listen." Zhang Ping, the eunuch who stood on the side, held a red gold dragon and a cloud pattern tray of Heruyi, and scattered the gold beads and silver beans prepared in advance on the palace, which was also the old practice of Dachen, and the reward was sprinkled on the hall for the lecturer and the ministers to compete for, and the people who grabbed it were not proud.

Yuan Zheng also entered the brocade tent set up on the left side of the palace head under the support of Wei Chengye and a group of celebrant inner supervisors, and the tent had already prepared tables, chairs, and refreshments for the Son of Heaven.

Entering the tent and leaving the eyes of all the ministers, the emotions that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time suddenly relaxed, and tears continued to pour out of his eyes.

Wei Chengye was worried when he saw this, but the faces of several internal supervisors behind him were different, because they were in accordance with the old system for the feast, Yuan Zheng's personal companion Qiao Gongshan was not on the side, but Zhang Ping and the old man in the palace were on the side. Zhang Ping's eyes were even more narrow, and he only lowered his head and did not speak.

Outside the tent, an inner supervisor whispered: "Your Majesty, the king of Yanling County asks to see you." ”

Before the voice fell, the curtain moved, and the king of Yanling County walked in with a golden sword, bent his knees slightly, and before the emperor could order, he got up and sat on the chair of the lower official's hat.

Yuan Zheng hurriedly straightened his sitting posture, bowed slightly and shouted "Sixth Uncle", his expression turned solemn, but the tears under his eyes were still dry.

Yanling Jun has a slightly dark complexion, a strong figure, wearing a vermilion python robe, and looks very noble and proud, he glanced at Yuan Zheng, who was sitting at the top, and said with contempt: "What are you crying about?" If you are the Son of Heaven, you should have the appearance of an emperor! ”

"This is the royal front, please be cautious!"

Wei Chengye shouted categorically, the childishness in his voice was still there, but his eyes had become cold.

The King of Yanling County didn't even move his eyes from Yuan Zheng, and his expression became more and more contemptuous, "Why are you crying?" I didn't drink enough wine and didn't have enough guts, or was the nurse not there and I wasn't full? After saying that, he laughed to himself.

"Uncle Sixth thought it was because he ate too much wine at the banquet and talked nonsense."

Yuan Zheng pressed the anger of being humiliated and said coldly.

At this time, the atmosphere in the tent was treacherous, and Cheng Ye's heavy snort due to the anger at the extreme was in his ears, but the four celebrant inner supervisors standing on the other side were very calm, each bowing their heads silently, as if they were unaware of everything that was happening around them.

"My grandfather Dachen, from the cold and the slight, the five expeditions to the north and the south of the Huainan to determine the world, how heroic! Look at your behavior today. ”

Xu Xu, the king of Yanling County, really drank too much wine, and the more he spoke, the more presumptuous he became, "As the saying goes, the master of the man is the sage, you are so cowardly, it is better to abdicate and let the sage-"

"Hahaha", Yuan Zheng slapped his hands and laughed, which startled the king of Yanling County, who was still talking nonsense.

He didn't pay attention to it, got up from his seat and said, "Look at anyone, so I went to get pen and ink, and I will write a book of Zen." ”

Yuan Zheng was shocked and angry in his heart, and when he saw the actions of the inner supervisors in the tent, he had a thought in his heart, and only looked around at everyone with interesting eyes. Seeing that the knuckles of Cheng Ye's fingers on the handle of the knife had turned white, he shook his hand lightly.

I saw Zhang Ping slowly stand up, walk in front of the emperor and bow his hand and reply respectfully: "Your Majesty has a life, and the villain does not dare to disobey." Then he made a gesture to go to the temple to get something.

But I only heard Cheng Ye shouting, "Dog, you dare!" The treasure light flashed, Zhang Ping fell to the ground and screamed, and the corners of his robe were stained red with blood.

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