Chapter 36: The First Pilgrimage
Before dawn in the morning, Liang Duo and his men made breakfast, of course, it was made by the cook, but Liang Duo brought almost all the handymen to help.
There will be three kinds of dynasties, namely the Great Dynasty, the Shuowang Dynasty, and the Chang Dynasty.
The Great Dynasty is only held on the first day, the winter solstice, and the emperor's birthday, and its nature is that hundreds of officials congratulate the emperor, which is ceremonial and large-scale, and is held in the Emperor's Palace.
This Huangji Hall is the Jinluan Hall in the mouth of the people, the earliest called Fengtian Palace, Jiajing Emperor renamed it Huangji Palace, and later Jurchen changed the name to Taihe Palace.
Shuowang Dynasty, held on the first day and fifteenth day of each month, is of the same nature as the Great Dynasty, and is also held in the Imperial Palace, but it is only a pilgrimage and does not discuss political affairs.
The Chang Dynasty is divided into the early dynasty and the late dynasty, the early dynasty deals with political affairs, and the officials who are in Beijing above the sixth rank and the officials who come to Beijing to do business must participate, and the qualifications for performing affairs are stipulated to be above the fourth grade. The late dynasty mainly discussed military matters, with the participation of relevant officials.
Why does it take the fourth grade or more to have the right to do things? Of course, there is a special one, because the lowest officer in charge of each unit is the fourth grade.
Why, then, do you want to ask officials below the fourth rank and above the sixth rank to also participate? Mainly considering the level of some imperial history, this imperial history in other dynasties was subordinate to the imperial history platform, and the Ming Dynasty changed the imperial history platform to the Inspectorate.
The highest prefect of the Inspectorate is the Zuodu Imperial History, among them, there is a supervision of the Imperial History in the Imperial History, the responsibility is to supervise the hundred officials, the level of supervision of the Imperial History is not high, but the power is not small, whether it is a major national event, such as wars, imperial examinations, education, or small things, such as the prince marrying a daughter-in-law, the princess out of the cabinet, etc., the supervision of the imperial history can be advised.
Officials live anywhere, and under normal circumstances, everyone should get up early to prepare, and then rush to the palace to participate in the morning court.
Therefore, many officials participated in the early dynasty hungry.
Of course, the morning is over, and everyone can go home for dinner.
The most serious dynasty in the Ming Dynasty was when the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the elder Zhu was so powerful, no one dared to talk nonsense.
But then it didn't work, some emperors took the lead in not implementing the system, sometimes the court meeting was opened, sometimes it was not opened, according to records, Chenghua twenty-three years once lost the dynasty officials reached 1118 people, such as the aforementioned Wanli Emperor did not go to the court for 30 years, not even the face of the minister, there is something to ask the eunuch to go to the units to find people, what kind of court meeting?
Elder Zhu stipulated that all nobles and civil and military officials in Beijing should attend the court meeting, including all the horses.
After Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen became emperor, he was determined to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't do anything else, but the court meeting system was second only to Da Lao Zhu, and basically no one dared to talk nonsense.
As soon as dawn broke, hundreds of civil and military officials arrived outside the noon gate. Hundreds of officials enter the court by the noon gate, there are five doors at the noon gate, it seems that there are only three doors from the front, in fact, there are two left and right doors that are not easy to be found, the middle door is the royal road, only the emperor can enter and exit from this, the left and right sides of the royal road are for the generals on duty, the captains and other guards rely on the personnel to enter and exit, and the civil and military officials enter from the left and right doors respectively.
The name of the building on the noon gate is "Wufeng Tower", and the bell and drum are set up, which are in charge of the eunuchs.
During the Tianshun period, it was stipulated that the third drum was knocked upstairs, the second door was opened, and the official and military flag schools entered the column first and relied on it, and after the bell was ringed, the civil and military officials who lined up the team entered from the left and right doors.
After the civil and military officials enter the noon gate, they should first stand in line according to the rank in the south of the Jinshui Bridge, wait for the whip to be sounded, and then cross the bridge in order until the Fengtianmen Dan Majesty, at this time, the civil officials are on the left, the military attaches are on the right, the two teams stand opposite each other, stand on both sides of the imperial road, and wait for the emperor to arrive.
The emperor's seat is located in the middle of the corridor of the Fengtian Palace, it is called the golden platform, wait for the music to start, the emperor sits at the imperial gate, at this time the whip is sounded again, the Honglu Temple sings "enter the class", the left and right two classes enter the royal road, do a bow and three kowtow etiquette, and then enter the performance link.
In fact, only the emperor was in the corridor, and the hundred officials were standing in the square. So, what to do when there is a strong wind and heavy rain? No, it's open.
After Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he agreed with the hundred officials not to delay the court meeting for a day, and the only two times he himself did not go to the court was because he was sick and could not come, and he also made self-criticism.
In order not to delay the holding of the court meeting, Zhu Youzhen moved the court meeting indoors and chose to hold it in the Jianji Palace.
Zhang Ping didn't know anything about history, so he didn't go hungry to participate in the early dynasty, so he told Liang Duo to prepare breakfast in the morning, not only did he have to go to the court, but also brought the twenty brothers.
Of course, those twenty people did not have the right to enter the noon gate.
Why did Zhang Ping take twenty brothers to the early dynasty? According to the agreement with Zhu Youzhen yesterday, there will be a military parade today to find trouble for Li Guozhen, and his 20 brothers will follow him to protect the emperor.
Could it be that the emperor still has so many brocade guards and these twenty soldiers? Of course not, the main thing is that Zhang Ping wants to show his loyalty, if there is a fight, his twenty brothers must protect him first.
When he arrived outside the noon gate, Zhang Ping found that Wang Chengen was outside the noon gate, and he felt strange, why didn't this old king follow Emperor Zhu Youzhen? What are you doing here?
Wang Chengen saw Zhang Ping and hurriedly came over, "The emperor asked our family to wait for the governor here." β
"What are you waiting for me?"
"Hey! Governor, you don't know, there are regulations in the last dynasty, and our family has sent you a tooth card. β
There are regulations in the imperial court, the officials who participate in the court meeting must have a tooth card, the tooth card is only issued to the officials in Beijing, used to enter and exit the imperial city, the tooth card management is very strict, the loss or damage of the tooth card must be punished, the officials from other places to participate in the court meeting must go to the relevant departments to handle naturalization, the issuance of temporary tooth card, no tooth card is not allowed to enter, the palace guard only recognizes the card does not recognize the person, hard rules.
"Thanks, Wang!"
"The emperor said, you want to go in early, I'll take you."
"That's not good, since I'm a minister, I should take the lead in enforcing the rules."
Wang Chengen smiled, "The emperor knows that the governor will be like this, so he sent our family to come first, and the emperor asked our family to tell the governor that Li Jiantai is back, and Li Jiantai will be dealt with first today." β
Zhang Ping smiled, "I see." β
Wang Chengen arrived outside the noon gate and caused the consternation of the officials, why did the prince come to this place, didn't he follow the emperor? But seeing Wang Chengen smiling and talking to Zhang Ping, everyone was even more stunned, who is this person? Ask each other and everyone doesn't know.
Some people were even more surprised to see that Zhang Ping was actually wearing a five-catch python suit, and there are only two people who can wear a five-catch python suit, one is the emperor, one is the prince, and the two who can wear the five-catch python clothes are King Yong and King Ding, the two princes are too young to go to the court, even if the court will not go to this place outside the noon gate, just follow the emperor directly.
Could it be that someone from the vassal king's family came? Everyone thinks that it should not be, the state has regulations, without the approval of the emperor, the vassal king and his descendants cannot leave the fiefdom, even if the vassal king's family comes, it is not used to participate in the early dynasty? Strange!
So, who is this person?
Wang Chengen returned to the palace after arching his hand, Zhang Ping didn't pay attention to everyone's eyes, anyway, everyone knew who Lao Tzu was when he went to court.
There are three fathers attending the court meeting today, namely Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, Zhang Shize, the Duke of the United Kingdom, and Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo.
I didn't want to come too early, but I still came early, and Zhang Ping came to an official, "What's your name?" β
The official replied: "Zhu Guoshou of the Ministry of War!" β
"What position?"
"Outside."
"Do you see if Taikang is coming?"
Zhu Guoshou looked at it, "It's here." β
"That?"
Zhu Guoshou pointed to Zhang Ping, and Zhang Ping saw that there was a tall old man in his sixties who was not very fat, so he nodded.
The reason why he wants to ask who is Zhang Guoji is that Zhang Guoji is his grandfather, if Zhang Guoji speaks in the court, no matter what happens, he can't feel that what Zhang Guoji said is wrong and refute it, and second, someone dares to be rude to Zhang Guoji, and he can't stand by, your mother, this is one of the only three elders in this world, who dares to be rude to my grandfather, then I will be unkind to whom.
Zhang Ping's only three are Zhang Yan, Zhang Guoji and Zhang Guoji's old lady.
As for Zhu Youzhen, Zhou Yufeng, and Yuan Yiyuan, they can't be regarded as elders, they can only be emperors, empresses, and concubines.
Of course, it's completely okay for people to be their own elders, and they are also elders, but they can't stick to it, this is the principle.
Of course, in Cining Palace, he had already called Aunt Yuan Yiyuan, which was out of politeness.
Of course, Zhang Ping also knew that no one dared to be rude to Zhang Guoji, if that was the case, first of all, Emperor Zhu Youzhen would not agree, what if? Are there any good people among these princes?
The drums on the Wufeng Tower were beaten three times, and the officials began to enter the noon gate.
According to the regulations, civil and military officials entered through the door in accordance with the regulations of the left and the right, and Zhang Ping's current position is the governor of the left capital of the Chinese army, which belongs to the military attache series, and he entered through the door on the right.
After entering the door, everyone lined up in front of Jinshui Bridge, and Zhang Ping stood in the middle of the middle of the inadversary, which attracted everyone's attention.
But after entering the noon gate, no one dares to speak, the royal history on duty stares at it, dares to speak casually, the imperial history on duty must come to correct, say you, you have to listen, afterwards, people have to record, but also report to the emperor, it is not a big deal, but there are no rules, in addition, it is also an appraisal of your respect for the royal family.
The silent whip sounded, and the officials began to stand in line and walked to the back, passing through the Imperial Gate, and finally entering the Jianji Hall and standing according to the regulations.
Zhu Youzhen came in from the back door, Wang Chengen and a group of eunuchs followed behind, and then, Zhu Youzhen sat down on the throne, except for Wang Chengen, the other eunuchs stood aside, and the brocade guards guarded around the palace, and there were more than 20 brocade guards wearing flying fish suits standing solemnly at the door.
Under the shouting of the officials of Honglu Temple, all the officials bowed three times and bowed nine times to Zhu Youzhen.
Zhu Youzhan looked at the ministers, found Zhang Ping in the queue of military attachΓ©s, and signaled Zhang Ping to step forward.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this morning, I will first introduce you to an Aiqing."
The officials who signaled all looked at Zhang Ping.
There is something wrong with this Zhu Youzhen's speech! All the courtiers are ministers, how did they become Aiqing here in Zhang Ping?
"Ministers, his original name is Zhang Ping, is the nephew of the Queen Mother's family, has been contributing to the court for several years, some time ago, General Zhou Yuji defended Ningwu Pass, repelled Li Zicheng, General Zhou Yuji was finally slashed three times by Liukou, hundreds of arrows in his body, almost sacrificed his life for the country, and finally was saved by Zhang Ping, you also saw that it was a young man like him who dared to rescue General Zhou Yuji under the siege of hundreds of thousands of Liukou's army, it can be seen how heroic he is, grateful for Zhang Ping's exploits, proposed by the queen, I have already ordered Zhang Pingbai to be a son under the knees of the Queen Mother, and gave him the name Zhu Cixuan. β
"There is one thing that everyone may know, yesterday the imperial court raided the return of the Yan Pavilion, these return to the fornication of the rogues, but also Zhu Cixuan detected, Jin Yiwei must carefully review, find out the first evil, according to Zhu Cixuan's suggestion, the first evil must be punished, and the threat will never ask. The results of the interrogation are limited to three days. β
Then Zhu Youzhen smiled, "I was originally going to crown Zhu Cixuan as the king, but Zhu Cixuan resolutely refused to be crowned, and Zhente awarded him the position of Governor of the Left Capital of the Chinese Army, hoping that Zhu Cixuan would make new contributions." β
After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, all the people with him looked at Zhang Ping, wow! No wonder this young man is wearing a five-catch python robe, it turns out that he is already the queen mother's righteous son, and the emperor also gave him a name, he is considered a royal person, he should be! Should! But what is shocking is that this little guy is not simple, he dares to rescue Zhou Yuji in the army of hundreds of thousands of rogues, it is really not simple, and he also solved the case of returning to the enemy, why is it so awesome?
The only thing that was stunned was Zhang Guoji, this child was from his old Zhang family? Why didn't he recognize it, who the hell was this kid?
Alas! Such a big matter, why didn't this girl know to inform my father in advance?