Xiao Jiangyuan was stunned, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Could it be that only the minister thinks it's strong?" ”

"Of course not." Li Longji leaned back on the circle chair and looked away, "You are a person, sometimes you are too demanding of people, if you think I am fine, maybe others can think the same." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan clearly saw the words "duplicity", but he still said solemnly: "Then the minister told everyone: take it seriously." ”

Li Longji breathed a sigh of relief and regained a bit of his past pride and arrogance: "Zhang Xianggong asked you to ask me?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan didn't want to hide it from Li Longji, so he tried very clumsily: "Yes." ”

"You go and tell him, throughout the ages, how can there be an emperor who advocates canonization of Zen?" Li Longji snorted lightly, got up and raised his legs, "Let's go, go to the Ayaqi Hall tonight." ”

After getting the news of Xiao Jiangyuan, Zhang said that he was relieved and began to contact the ministers. After he was the first to submit a proposal to Li Longji to seal the Zen, the Manchu civil and military groups responded, and they were repeatedly on the table, and there was an endless stream.

After resigning three times and making a sufficient gesture, Li Longji finally issued a "Decree of Allowing the Zen to be Sealed", informing the world that he would climb Mount Tai in November of the thirteenth year of Kaiyuan and hold a ceremony to seal Zen!

Since ancient times, there are only a handful of emperors who have sealed Zen: the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and then the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the Emperor of the Heavenly Woman, because the so-called Feng Zen is the highest and grandest imperial ceremony throughout the ages, and it is the ceremony of the emperor "receiving the mandate of heaven and achieving success".

The Confucian scholars in the land of Qilu all thought that Mount Tai was the highest among the mountains, so except for the Emperor of Heaven was sealed in Zhongyue Songshan, the other emperors were sealed in Mount Tai, and they thought that they were really ordered by heaven.

After more than ten years, Li Longji laid peace for the Tang Dynasty, brought stability and tranquility, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment without worrying about food and clothing, and flourished in both culture and martial arts.

And he himself really wants everyone in the world to know what kind of son of heaven he is, what great achievements he has made for this country, and what kind of prosperous era he has led the ministers to make Datang go to!

Xiao Jiangyuan has read all the history books, and naturally knows how great the significance of Feng Chan is, and she knows even more that this significance is not only for the emperor, but also for the courtiers involved. Therefore, after the matter of Feng Chan was decided, not only the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were boiling, but even she was drawn by that yearning and began to look forward to the arrival of November next year.

For such a grand ceremony, even if Li Longji left a full year to prepare, the courtiers still felt that it was not enough. Fortunately, at the moment, there is no need to worry about financial, human and material resources. After years of accumulation, coupled with the fact that Yuwen has a fairly obvious effect of accumulating wealth, the country is rich enough to afford it. All the items needed for this trip, not to mention that they are already in the treasury, even if they are all new, Yu Wenrong can help Li Longji make money.

In terms of grain, although there have been many natural disasters in the past few years, in order to return to Beijing as soon as possible, parents and officials in various localities have managed disasters in a proper and efficient manner, so most of the grain production has been guaranteed, and the granaries in various places are also full, so there is nothing to worry about.

Accompanying horses, then there is no need to worry. Wang Maozhong can't do anything else, raising horses is definitely a good hand, so far, not only is there an endless supply of war horses, but also a number of dancing horses of all colors, all of them are thousands of miles of good horses, and they can also dance to the music, which can be said to have won Li Longji's heart.

As for the round-trip route between Chang'an and Mount Tai, it was the first to be established. Li Longji didn't want to go back, so there was little overlap between the two routes, and it just so happened that he also wanted to take a look at the people's conditions in various places, so naturally the more he could see, the better. In addition, he also deliberately circled two places, which were necessary to go on this trip, one was the land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty, which was also the hometown of his grandmother, and the other was the place where he first learned about the suffering of the people - Luzhou.

I heard that the meeting will pass through Bingzhou, and the colors of Xiao Jiangyuan's regular clothes are brighter - she often wears whatever color of clothes she wears when she reaches what official level, since she has reached the third grade, she has abandoned scarlet and worn purple, and these days she has worn rose red for the first time!

Li Longji also felt that the service he had received recently was much more considerate and thoughtful than before...... She still had reservations about herself before she flirted with her, and she didn't do her best?

After the route was decided, the officials in charge of reception along the way got busy. Many materials need to be prepared along the way, otherwise the road from Chang'an to Mount Tai is far away, and it will be too troublesome. Maybe it's because the matter of Feng Chan is too rare and too big, and the magistrates along the way are also very nervous, some are so considerate that they have prepared more than ten coffins, and some have simply cooked the grain and the results are all rotten, these two are still father and son, and so on, making a lot of jokes.

When this kind of story was written into the recital, played in front of Li Longji, and read by Zhang Jiuling, Zichen Hall was quiet for a moment, and then whether it was Li Longji, who was always pretending to be serious in the last dynasty, or Xiao Jiangyuan, who had always been able to control his emotions well, whether it was Zhang Shuo, who had always had a foreign personality, or Zhang Jiuling, who was introverted and indifferent, they all laughed out loud or deep, shallow, big or small.

"Also...... It's hard for them......" Li Longji endured and said, "Don't criticize them too harshly...... After all...... It's all for ...... Hahaha......"

Zhang said that he thought he had held back: "The minister understands...... Hahaha......"

After the ministers finished discussing and exited the hall, Li Longji supported his forehead with one hand, still not relieved: "It's really ...... and not his father, and his son...... What do you think they think? It's good that today's situation hasn't been seen by the imperial history, otherwise I would say that they don't all have to be impeached for their words and deeds? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan also thought about it seriously: "This trip is far away, and there is no shortage of elderly people, maybe there will really be someone who is unfortunate and needs a coffin...... As for the cooked grain, the minister really can't understand it......"

"Okay, don't talk about it...... Hahaha...... I can't take it anymore......"

The remaining issues of etiquette and safety need to be discussed and resolved by the officials. In terms of etiquette, it is too long ago to refer to it, and in the near future, whether it is the emperor or the emperor of the heavenly empress, there is nothing worth learning from for contemporary monarchs and ministers except for the basic process.

Li Longji was tired of dealing with too trivial matters, so he directly handed over the matter to the scholars of Jixian Academy, who were good at quoting scriptures.

In fact, the process of the canonization ceremony is fixed, and what needs to be changed is the details. There is nothing variable about the sealing ceremony of the sacrifice to the heavens, mainly the Zen ceremony of the sacrifice to the earth. In the past, the worship of heaven was accompanied by the male ancestors of the founding monarch, grandfather or father, and the sacrifice of the land was matched by the female ancestors, and the empress served as the sub-sacrifice of the emperor during the emperor's canonization ceremony, which greatly improved her prestige and status.

The Tang Dynasty and even Li Longji's monarchs and ministers could no longer tolerate the appearance of such a woman, so Zhang Shuo simply changed it completely: the sacrifice to the sky is worthy of the founding emperor Gaozu, and the sacrifice to the earth is matched with Ruizong, the father of the Son of Heaven. In this way, the first dedication of Feng Chan is undoubtedly the Son of Heaven, the second dedication is served by Li Shouli, the eldest grandson of the emperor and the eldest son of Prince Zhang Huai, and the final dedication is Li Xian, the eldest brother of the Son of Heaven.

Li Longji was very satisfied with this arrangement, but Xiao Jiangyuan felt a little regretful - if it weren't for this, the ancestors of the sacrificial land would have been the turn of Empress Zetian.

When the etiquette was finalized, half a year had passed.

The security aspect is much simpler, mainly divided into internal and external points. Inside, at this time, the country and the people are safe, the people are living with peace of mind, there are no bandits and bandits, and there are no assassins who intend to kill the "faint king", at the same time, because of the recruitment system, the soldiers and horses around Li Longji are also much more professional than before, so along the way, it can be said that they are very safe.

Outside, it is nothing more than those tribes that always want to make trouble, such as Turkic, Tibetan, Khitan, etc. Zhang said that he had been a military general for many years, and his first reaction was to send more troops to the frontier to strictly defend it. However, he didn't expect that as soon as this suggestion was put forward at the court meeting, it was opposed by a Lang Zhong of the military department: "The purpose of sealing Zen is to inform God of the achievements and foundation of the saint." The greatest achievement of the saint is not only to settle the people's livelihood, but also to make the country rich and the people strong, and the four seas to be respected! Now we are preparing intensively for Feng Zen, but on the other hand, we are afraid of Rong Di, afraid of Yanbian trouble, don't you think it's ridiculous? ”

The name of the soldier is Pei Guangting, and he is the son of Pei Xingjian, a famous general during the emperor's reign, and his mother, Kudi, was also a female official next to Empress Zetian. When Xiao Jiangyuan was serving by Empress Zetian's side, he had seen one or two sides of the Kudi clan, but Pei Guangting had only been able to meet in recent years.

His appearance is very similar to his mother, and he listens to Empress Zetian, his personality is very similar to his father's, both serious and rigorous, so in the current Zhang Shuo's family's dominant court, it seems that only he dares to refute what Zhang said in person, and only he can make Zhang Shuo not only not annoyed and ashamed, but also really reflect:

"That'...... Pei Langzhong, how is this matter good? ”

Pei Guangting said with a straight face: "Among the four Yi, the Turks are the biggest, as long as the Turks are fine, the other tribes will not dare to do anything." Since the death of Ashinamo, the Turks have been asking me to marry the princess but could not, and the lower officials thought that the prime minister could send envoys over to tell the Turkic khans that as long as they sent princes or important ministers to accompany the saint to confer Zen, the matter of harmony would be expected to be achieved. At that time, regardless of whether they have hostages in my Datang, the matter of being close alone is enough to make them stable and honest, and my Datang will naturally be able to sit back and relax. ”

Zhang said with great joy: "It is worthy of being the son of Pei Gong, Zhang Mou is not as good as - what does the sage think?" ”