In the blink of an eye, a few days have passed, and the people of Luoyang have not yet come out of the lively atmosphere of the Spring Festival, and they have ushered in another major event, that is, Liu Hong, the son of heaven, wants to wear Canadian dollars and perform a crown salute.

The crowning ceremony, which will now mark adulthood, will also be crowned with a solemn ceremony. And the profession of the emperor is the most precocious, basically the teenage ministers will treat you as an adult, and they will be happy to fight with you in all kinds of wits and courage.

However, the emperor's coming-of-age ceremony is still a major event celebrated by the whole country, and the clan will hold the highest ceremony of the dynasty for him.

The crown ceremony of the emperor of the Han Dynasty is called the Canadian dollar service, since the crown ceremony of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty was announced

After "pardoning the world", the rules of the emperor's crown ceremony and amnesty for the world were opened. When Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty was crowned, he not only rewarded him greatly, but also reduced taxes and celebrated the whole world.

Moreover, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty added a yuan suit, in order to distinguish it from the crown ceremony of his subordinates, and show the extraordinariness of the emperor, and specially wrote a crown speech, which was the beginning of another crown for later emperors.

It can be seen that the grandeur of the emperor's crown ceremony, if according to the ancient Zhou ceremony, the emperor cannot be in charge of the government before the crown ceremony.

At that time, Qin Shi Huang was twenty-two years old before he began to take charge of the government, and the scholars of the two Han Dynasty also strictly abided by this etiquette.

Basically, men who are not crowned are not eligible for entry. There is a story recorded in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Zhou Fang was a sixteen-year-old Shijun official.

Shizu patrolled Runan, summoned the rafters to test the scriptures, and saw Zhou Fang

"It's especially good at reading

I want to worship as a guard. And because Zhou Fang had not yet performed the crown salute, he directly rejected this good opportunity that others couldn't ask for. However, Liu Hong's situation is special, after the death of the general Dou Wu, the Empress Dowager Dou was imprisoned in Nangong Yuntai, which is considered to have lost the right to listen to the government. But the huge court can't be without people, so the officials and ministers also acquiesced to Liu Hong's pro-government. said that it was pro-government, but in fact, many things were decided by Shang Shutai led by Sangong Jiuqing and Taifu. Although these are not in line with etiquette, they can only be done on a special basis. However, the ministers still hope that the Son of Heaven can take charge as soon as possible. Therefore, Liu Hong's crown ceremony was also held very grandly, and Zongzheng Mansion began to prepare for relevant matters last year. Jiazi Day of the first month of the fourth year of Jianning, the day of the Son of Heaven Liu Hong plus the Yuan service. The imperial court also attached great importance to this, and the Empress Dowager Dou, who was originally claustrophobic, was also invited out by the Son of Heaven, accompanied by the Empress Dowager Dong and the noble Song Qing and many beautiful girls in the harem. The coronation ceremony of the Son of Heaven is different from ordinary people, and the location is chosen in the temple to inform the gods and ancestors. In ancient society, sacrifice was considered a national event alongside the military, so-called

"The major affairs of the country are only worshiped and honored". In the sacrifice, the sacrifice to the sky is the top priority of the country, and the most solemn of the sacrifice is the sacrifice to the sky.

The emperors of the past dynasties did not dare to slack off and sacrifice to the heavens, and every year on a specific day, they led their ministers to burn incense and pray for the peace of the country and the people.

Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, is dressed in Canadian dollars and performs the crown ceremony, which is naturally no exception, and the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky is also necessary. Secondly, the choice of the guest of honor this time is also very particular, and he must be highly respected, Liu Hong has no elders, and there are very few kings in Beijing among the kings of the clan.

So after thinking about it, I decided to ask Taifu Hu Guang to take the role, after all, he is his own division commander, and in any respect, he is qualified to serve.

When Hu Guang received the news, he was also very excited, such an honor can be shown off for a lifetime. As a guest, it is not so easy to be a guest, and you must start fasting three days in advance to show holiness and solemnity.

Those who are eligible to attend the emperor's Canadian dollar dress ceremony, in addition to the clan, the important ministers of the court can basically be listed.

In addition, there are some celebrities who will also be specially invited by His Majesty. In the Han Dynasty, the ceremonies of ordinary people were very grand and cumbersome, not to mention the emperor.

However, the difference between the two is still obvious, after the efforts of several generations of emperors, the ritual has become more like worshipping ancestors, mainly to reflect the authority of the emperor.

Greetings that show the humility and courtesy of the host are naturally omitted. As an emperor, he must maintain his majesty at all times, and the main ritual that is retained is the Sanga.

Of course, what Liu Hong is kneeling on cannot be the guest of honor, it can only be the ancestral tablet in the temple, and the first plus is the ancient style of deep clothes.

And the last addition, which is also the official crown dress worn by the emperor to worship the sky, symbolizes that from today onwards, it is officially authorized by the ancestors to start pro-government.

In the end, it was the emperor who led the ministers to worship in the temple, withdrew from the temple, and then the ministers returned to the Deyang Hall and agreed on a series of reward policies.

This matter is related to the whole country, and it is impossible for Liu Hong to decide privately, so he convened hundreds of officials and ministers to agree.

One of the most critical questions is whether to exempt from taxation, and if so, for a few more years.

Others, such as amnesty for the whole world, universal celebrations, lavish rewards, and so on, are not a problem. In the past few years since Liu Hong ascended the throne, the country has suffered disasters for many years, resulting in a shortage of food rations and a large number of displaced people abandoning their land to wander.

The victims, who had no food or clothing, rose up and looted everywhere, and the situation was terrible. In addition, the border passes are often plundered by foreign races, and the imperial court's finances are tight.

If the emperor performs the crown salute and is exempted from the whole country for a few more years, won't it soon be overstretched.

Therefore, Cao Song, the secretary of the Great Division, first stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the current fiscal revenue and expenditure of the imperial court are somewhat unbalanced, and the policy of exempting the people from paying taxes needs to be carefully considered. "Dasi Nong is in charge of the imperial court's taxes, money, salt, iron, and state revenues and expenditures.

It's easy to pay taxes, and they don't have to do a lot of things, but when it's time to spend, the rest of the department just knows how to reach out and ask for money.

There is no income, and once the few dollars in the treasury are used up, who will go to? It's not their responsibility that something happened.

Therefore, for the officials of the Dasi Nong Mansion, it is natural that the more money, the better, and only when there is money can things be done.

Sikong Qiaoxuan also agreed, Dasi Nongfu was his direct subordinate and knew their difficulties. And according to the old practice of the Han Dynasty, taxes were generally exempted for three to five years, and he was really not optimistic, and the existing financial resources of the imperial court could still support it.

The treasury is not full enough, this is something that everyone knows well, especially these pillars of the country, who are clear in their hearts.

Everyone wondered if the emperor was embarrassed to say it himself, so he wanted to take the next step through the mouths of his courtiers.

After all, there is this old precedent, and many people are looking forward to it, if His Majesty directly announces it, I am afraid it will cause many people to resent.

This kind of thing was done a lot in the past when Emperor Shun was the emperor, but after Liu Hong ascended the throne, they almost never encountered such a situation.

Therefore, the courtiers echoed the voice, and said that now that the country is in difficulty, it is good to give amnesty to the world, and just reward some more things and rejoice with the people.

So Liu Hong thought about it, and then said: "Order, today I will pay a new yuan service and begin to amnesty the world, and at the same time give the king, the lord, the nobles, and the ministers the following gold and silk. Bestow the rank of baron and occupier of the people. for the second level of the father, the three elders, the filial piety, and the Litian people; Widows, widows, lonely, lonely, stubborn, and poor cannot survive on their own. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The officials and ministers immediately bowed. After Liu Hong announced the decree, he was also in a very comfortable mood, and asked with a smile: "Do you have other things to discuss?" If not, I'll declare the feast open! Today, the monarchs and ministers are happy, and they are not drunk and do not return. ”

"Wait!" At this time, Yuan Feng, the servant, suddenly stood up and said: "The amnesty that Your Majesty said about the world can include the party?" After hearing this, the officials and ministers all glanced at Yuan Feng in surprise, they didn't expect Yuan Feng to mention the party on this happy day, which is the taboo of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and the taboo of the ten permanent servants.

Wu Yong didn't expect Yuan Feng to dare to ask like this, and at the same time, he was also thinking about who was defined as a party member.

The so-called party members, in fact, after the two disasters of the party, the anti-eunuch scholar group was severely attacked, and many people were brutally persecuted and suppressed.

The first disaster of the party occurred in the ninth year of Yanxi, and the cause was that the eunuchs Zhao Jin, Hou Lan and other henchmen committed crimes with Zhang Fan, Xu Xuan and others, and deliberately committed crimes before the amnesty, hoping to escape punishment, while officials such as Cheng Jin, Zhai Chao, Liu Zhen, and Huang Fu were not afraid of the powerful, and still dealt with these people according to the law after the amnesty.

The eunuchs and others made suggestions to Emperor Huan, and Emperor Huan listened to the words of one side and punished these officials heavily. Most of the ministers, local officials, and ordinary people of the DPRK and China sided with the scholars, and accused the eunuchs of disorderly administration, doing evil, and rejecting loyalty.

As a result, they were dismissed one after another, Cheng Jin, Liu Zhen and others were finally killed in prison, and Cen Hui, Zhang Mu and others fled and were spared.

Thinking of this, Wu Yong thought of Cheng Zhao again, Cheng Jin is Cheng Zhao's father, after her father was killed, her family was also implicated, and she died, and she fled.

Later, Li Ying and others deliberately confessed to the children of eunuchs in prison. The eunuchs and others were afraid of implicating themselves, so they made a statement to Emperor Huan, saying that it was time for the day to grant amnesty to the world.

So on June Gengshen Day of the same year, it was changed to Yongkang and amnesty was granted to the world. The party members were released, but they were released to the fields and deposed for life, which is known in history as "the first disaster of the party".

And the second disaster of the party occurred in the first year of Jianning, that is, when Liu Honggang ascended the throne. The reason is that Liu Hong ascended the throne, and Dou Miao was respected as the queen mother.

Dou Wu was appointed as a general because he was Dou Miao's father, and Chen Fan was reappointed as a lieutenant, and the two took charge of the government together with Situ Hu Guang.

Famous scholars Li Ying, Du Mi, Yin Xun, Liu Yu and others were able to be re-employed, and most of the people believed that the sages were in the court, and the peaceful and prosperous era was coming.

The eunuch leaders Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others flattered and served in front of the Empress Dowager Dou, and the Empress Dowager Dou repeatedly gave orders at their instigation.

Chen Fan, Dou Wu and others thought that eunuchs interfered in court politics in this way, so they discussed privately and took advantage of the celestial phenomenon of the solar eclipse to write to the Empress Dowager, asking for the removal of eunuchs from participating in politics, but Empress Dowager Dou thought that it was normal for eunuchs to participate in politics since the time of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty.

Although the eunuchs Guan Ba and Su Kang were executed at the suggestion of Dou Wu and others, they protected Cao Jie and others and did not want the scholars to punish them.

So Dou Wu and others prepared to use force to get rid of the eunuchs Cao Jie and Wang Fu. As a result, the eunuchs learned of the scholars' plan, so they formed a blood alliance, launched a coup d'état, and together with the emperor's nurse Zhao Rao, deceived the young Emperor Ling, killed the eunuch Shan Bing, who was close to the scholars, robbed the seals, seals, charms, and festivals, coerced Shangshu to falsely pass the edict, kidnapped the Empress Dowager Dou, and pursued Dou Wu and Chen Fan.

Afterwards, Dou Wu was killed, Chen Fan committed suicide, and Empress Dowager Dou was claustrophobic in Nangong Yuntai. Many officials sympathized with the Shi Dafu party and wrote to Liu Hong one after another.

Seeing that Dou Wu, Chen Fan, Li Ying, Du Mi and other fame were still there, the eunuchs refused to give up, so they slandered Emperor Ling, framing the party members for "wanting to seek social peace", intending to rebel.

Emperor Ling of Han, who was only fourteen years old, was deceived by them, so he set up a large prison to track down the scholars and the party. So more than 100 people, including Li Ying, Du Mi, Zhai Chao, Liu Ru, Xun Yi, Fan Fan, and Yu Fang, were imprisoned and executed.

Six or seven hundred scholars were arrested, killed, exiled, and imprisoned in various places. Thinking of this, Wu Yong also looked at Liu Hong, the son of heaven, to see how he handled this matter.

Many people in later generations believed that the scourge of the party was a fundamental injury to the Han Dynasty, and no one dared to disobey the eunuchs anymore, which laid the groundwork for the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the eventual demise of the Han Dynasty.

"Oh? What do you think is a good way to deal with this? Everyone was slightly stunned, they couldn't feel any emotional changes from the tone of the Son of Heaven, and they didn't know how to answer for a while.

At this time, Situ Xu Xun was the first to stand up and speak: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the party members are very involved and should not be included in the amnesty. Liu Hong nodded and continued to ask, "Does anyone have a different opinion?" Everyone looked at each other, but no one dared to raise an objection.

So Liu Hong issued an edict, and the emperor was subdued and amnesty was granted to the world. There are differences between the ministers and the following, but the party will not forgive.

Although Wu Yong is also very sympathetic to the party, he does not dare to raise objections at the risk of public criticism now.

What's more, he still has a lot of places to rely on the Ten Standing Servants in the future, and if he speaks for the party members at this time, he will completely turn against the Ten Standing Servants.

For the sake of these people who don't know, it's not worth it. If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan! After that, no one else expressed his opinion, so Liu Hong, the son of heaven, held a grand and lively banquet in the Deyang Hall to celebrate.