Chapter 30: The Great Pilgrimage
Before dawn, Jia Hui was dragged up by the maid to wash and change clothes.
In a daze, he put on the equipment he wore on the court.
Different from the previous court meeting, this time the court is to be knighted, according to the rules, you need to wear honor armor to the palace, and then change into court clothes after the canonization, in order to show that you are knighted because of your military exploits.
Only military generals have this honor, and they have the exclusive qualification to wear armor and hide armor, of course, the armor that exceeds the number of pro-soldiers cannot be hidden, and they will be killed if they are caught.
Although relatives will also be knighted, they are not qualified to wear armor, if there is even one piece of armor in the family, they will be dismissed at least and exiled at worst.
This is the most significant sign to distinguish Wuxun from his relatives, and in addition, it is also to prevent his relatives from messing with politics.
As for civil officials, of course, civil officials can also lead troops to fight, but in this way, they have to make a choice, continue to be a civil official, they can only wear the standard armor of the local government treasury, even if they hide a set of armor at home, the treatment is similar to that of foreign relatives. The other way is to turn into a general.
Fortunately, he already had a medal before, and he was awarded General Zhaoyong for the first time in Zhengsanpin, so he could wear a purple robe.
He wears a large-sleeved purple brocade robe embroidered with a leopard complement, a golden phoenix winged hood, a red tassel on the top, and a necklace around the neck.
The robe is covered with bright copper-colored mountain armor, the shoulders are covered with arms, the arms are tied with arms, the collar is surrounded by a neckkerchief, the chest is covered with a carapace, the middle of the chest and back is decorated with a heart protection mirror, the waist is surrounded by gold and belly, tied with a silk belt, and the outer is tied with a gold belt and a red hedge, with a wooden sword.
Feet on cowhide soap boots, legs bound shin armor, foot armor.
After wearing a set, tired and sweating, Jia Hui also completely sobered up.
"Hey, wearing this on the battlefield, I'm afraid I'm not going to be shot as a target!" Jia Hui looked at herself in the bronze mirror and moved her body.
The maids around chuckled.
"A dog can't spit out ivory from his mouth, what should he shoot at a target!" Jia Yu had already put on his court clothes and walked over.
My dog is the first time to go to court, and I am afraid that something will go wrong, so I will come and take a look.
Although he is no longer a super duke, he is still a first-class general in the official residence, with a red shirt and a seven-beam crown on his head.
The left side of the waist also has an extra tooth tag than the civil official court uniform.
"Erhui, please father Jin An!" When Jia Hui really wanted to kneel down and ask for peace, Jia Yu hurriedly supported him.
"Don't be polite, your armor is inconvenient to salute, how about it, but it's cleaned up?" Jia Yu carefully checked his son's dress, and when he saw that he didn't find any problems, he pulled Jia Hui out.
The left and right are just worn for a while, and they still have to change their clothes after the canonization.
The official of Chunhuafang is also a member of the Jia family, and he has already opened the door and waited for the two heads of the family to go out.
Jia Huishu's son is a knight, so he naturally wants to open another line, and he will be the head of that line at that time.
Jia Hui was originally going to ride a horse to the court according to the rules, but Jia Yu still called him to the carriage.
"Dad, if our military attache doesn't ride a horse to the court, won't anyone impeach?" Jia Hui was a little uneasy.
"Play a hammer, this time except for the Ministry of Rites pouring out of Luoyang, what other civil officials do you think are here? Not to mention the Imperial History. ”
"Yes, the Governor of Toki Province is in charge of the imperial history." Jia Hui blurted out.
Jia Yu was already accustomed to the habit of the dog subconsciously raising the bar, so he just took a sip of hot tea and took a bite of the bun.
"This winter's patrol is the patrol of the imperial history are all shrunk in the car, oh, isn't the one in front of the left is him? According to the law, he, a seventh-grade sesame official, is not worthy of riding in a carriage, and he himself has not followed the rules, can he still manage us?
Peace of mind, Lao Tzu knows the rules, just wait until you get to Xingjin Bridge and then change into a horse. ”
"I see, that's fine." Jia Hui was relieved.
He has been a good citizen who has obeyed the law for two lifetimes, and he still has a sense of reverence for these rules.
A bowl of preserved egg and lean porridge was filled from the small porridge bucket on the carriage, and he ate it in three or two bites, and he wanted to eat it again, but Jia Yu hurriedly stopped it.
"One bowl is enough, one bowl is enough, it's not good to drink too much and think about it!"
The big-bellied man Jia Hui pursed his lips, reluctantly put down the bowl, ate another bun, and drank a small cup of tea.
The standard meal is down, and the hunger is finally suppressed.
After a while, they arrived at Xingjin Bridge, and a carriage stopped here, and those who were not good enough hurriedly got off, and the generals also hurriedly changed their horses. After the carriage left in a noisy but orderly manner, the remaining civil officials carrying high-ranking officials and martial artists on horses entered the palace first, followed by low-ranking civil officials and military generals.
Walk all the way to Yingtianmen.
There is already a group of people waiting here.
"Brother Jia, Brother Jia!" An eight-foot-tall vat sprang out of the crowd... Ah no, a big black-faced man with a big waist and a round waist.
"Ah, Brother Lu, you arrived so early!" Jia Hui was a little surprised.
"Brother Hun, who is this?" Jia Yu looked at the burly man.
"Ah, Dad, let me introduce you, this is the child's strong hero in the northwest, my big brother Rudalu! Brother Lu, this is my father, a first-class Shenwei general who forgives the public! Jia Hui introduced each other.
"Ah, it turned out to be an uncle who pardoned, sprinkled... Ruda meets his uncle! ”
Jia Yu hurriedly grabbed Luda's arm and almost flashed his waist.
"Hehehe, there's no need to be polite, General Lu is also going to be knighted?"
"No, our big brother Lu is a fierce man who has climbed six times first, and a champion general of the twelfth turn!" Jia Hui showed off.
"Hahaha, I can't compare to you, brother!"
Luda was originally a catcher in Pingliang, and his life was as plain as water, but more than half a year ago, he invaded and killed all the way to Pingliang, which aroused Luda's chivalrous spirit of fighting for justice and defending the country.
After helping Pingliang to defend the city and repelling the attack of Heshuote's partial division, he gathered a group of heroes who also wanted to protect their families and defend the country and do a career, attacked the camp outside the city at night, and joined the Daqi border army with the head of the main general.
Within half a year, with the army conquered more than a dozen cities, the first time to ascend, including six victories with fewer blows, the northwest shock, known as "the first fierce general in Gansu", "the first general in the northwest"!
has worked hard for twelve turns, but because he has only been in the army for half a year, he was still a lowly title before, so the title will not be very high.
But the title of champion general is indispensable.
Jia Hui and he met at the Yanlailou party, chatted very closely, and in the few days after leaving for Luoyang, the relationship grew by leaps and bounds, and the brothers and brothers had already begun to cry out.
After a few more shudderings, Yu Shi came to inform everyone that the shift was in line.
"General Lu and my son are waiting here for a while, the old man is going to arrange the shift." After saying that, and a few more polite words with Luda, Jia Yu turned around and left, and walked towards the team of Wuxun on the right.
"Brother Lu, the imperial history is starting to stare at us, let's go to Dadu to protect them."
"Cheng, listen to my brother."
The two also came to the ranks of the military attachés.
It was another politeness, and since they knew what their title was in advance, everyone began to guess what the title was.
"Yo, are they all here?" Chen Jingyuan's voice came from afar.
"I'll wait to meet the four princes!"
"You don't have to be polite, it's all raw." Chen Jingyuan hurriedly helped up several grandfather-level veterans. also entered the military attaché's team.
"Hey, Chen Si, are you lame?" Jia Hui saw that Chen Jingyuan was walking in the wrong posture.
"Almost, didn't I go to the plateau with you, causing the emperor's grandfather and father to be frightened for several months, and they beat me up after they went back yesterday, if it weren't for today's court meeting, it is estimated that I would be beaten for several days and not get out of bed."
"Hey, how did you get on our team? Aren't you knighted with a couple of your brothers? Shui Che asked.
"Hey, I've traveled a lot of miles all the way, going up the plateau, climbing icebergs, and presiding over the construction of the administrative framework of the plateau, which is a real credit!
Unlike my brothers who feed their military exploits to their mouths, a few people who are close to the Great Wall are called criminals, all of them are hacked to death and called victory, and if they go into the mountains to suppress a bandit, they dare to call victory, even if they fail to escape from the mountains and suppress bandits, they can be called mutual victories and defeats, strategic transfers, I don't care to be crowned kings with them, lose points! Chen Jingyuan looked disdainful.
"Besides, the emperor's grandfather has personally set the king name for me a long time ago, which can be compared to the number selected by my brothers and the Ministry of Rites? In order to show the difference. ”
"But then you won't be the target of public criticism?" Shi Yuanxiu was a little worried.
"Hehe, it's a mediocrity not to attract jealousy, now that Prince Ying's brother died of smallpox for five years, the queen mother has nothing to do, and the closest to the East Palace are the second brother, the third brother and me.
In any case, as an older prince, I will definitely be targeted, whether I want to fight or not, the two elder brothers in front or those bear children in the back will come to tease me. Rather than being framed and imprisoned, it's better to..."
Chen Jingyuan was silent when he said this, but the high-ranking officials in the northwest who heard his words around him knew it.
There is nothing to say, Taizong was able to ascend the throne by relying on the Liaodong generals formed by the conquest of Liaodong.
The emperor was able to ascend the throne by relying on the Jixuan border army that he had stayed in when he was young.
Even if it is mediocre now, there is also the descendant force of the Jiangnan Beiwei Army.
The prince joined the army and trained, in order to have a descendant force, coupled with the subordinate officials of the palace, and have the opportunity to dominate the civil and military forces in advance, but this is the beginning of the test of the heir.
Every move he makes will be recorded, how to deal with the army, how to train civilian officials, how to balance civil and military, these are all compulsory courses to become an emperor, and the princes who enter the finals through these procedures do not know how high or low their ability is, but there will definitely be no mediocrity.
The emperor picked out in this way has military power in his hands, civil officials have cronies, and he also has a certain ability.
Gu cultivators who have mutual restraint and take turns to sit in the village, even if they are defeated, it doesn't matter, they won't be liquidated anyway. Just push another prince up next time, these are the secrets that all the nobles know well, and they are never passed on.
Only those civil official families who started the imperial examination were buried in the dark, thinking that this group of martial artists had not fully evolved into a political family, and there was still this undeserved humanity in their hearts.
Now, the descendants of the four princes are their northwest border army.
It doesn't matter to them at all, anyway, the other princes' foreign families are not from the northwest, and Chen Jingyuan's performance on the plateau also proves his character and strength, and there is no need to choose again.
Jia Hui pulled Luda to explain to him, and Luda felt the shock from the Great Qi court for the first time.
The silent whip sounded three times, and the Yingtianmen, which was still a little noisy, immediately quieted down, the palace gate was wide open, and the two classes of civil and military forces stood solemnly in front, and when the palace gate was fully opened, the great uncle of the Ministry of Rites and the Metropolitan Governor Cai Guogong Duan Cheng led the team, according to the rhythm of the "Chaohui Music" from the Ming Hall, solemn but maintained a certain speed towards the Ming Hall.
After the civil and military classes entered, Jia Hui and the others were also lined up neatly, led by Lu Guan and the four chief military officers, who also followed the rhythm and entered at the end of the two classes.
Jia Hui is in first place on the left in the second row. It took a while to reach the magnificent Ming Hall.
"The four doors open all countries to come, and the examination is retired to recruit talents. It's like an imperial palace and solid, poor for thousands of years! ”
Jia Hui sighed.
"Huh? Good sentences, good sentences, it smells like Li Taibai's legacy, you wrote it? Chen Jingyuan came over.
"Huh? Ah, yes, I felt it. ”
Jia Hui's old face flushed.
There is indeed Li Taibai in this world, but there is no "Mingtang Fu".
Mainly because Mingtang was built more than ten years ago, and Taibai has never seen it.
In that case, then this endowment belongs to me.
"Tut, I told you a long time ago not to write that Raushzi miscellaneous drama, you don't have that talent, just write poetry and songs, you have that literary talent, look, isn't this coming out?"
"Ahem!" Jie Yi Yushi reminded the two not to talk to each other.
Jia Hui and Chen Jingyuan immediately quieted down.
Everyone was waiting for the canonization ceremony to begin in this cold wind, and everyone was a battle-hardened man, but they were not afraid of the cold.
After some procedures in the Ming Hall, the roll call was finally taken by the Han general, from high to low, and Lu Guan, who was in the first place, entered the Ming Hall first.
After waiting for about half an hour, the chief military officer of Guyuan also walked up, and Jia Hui's originally calm heart became more and more excited.
After waiting for another cup of tea, it was finally time for me.
"Xuan, the general of the cavalry army of the Anxi Duhufu, and the general of Zhaoyong, Jia Hui, are here!" The old eunuch, who had been shouting for almost an hour, was still full of energy.
"Chen Jia Hui is here!" Jia Hui took a roll call and walked to Mingtang step by step according to the rhythm of "Chaohui Music".
At the end of the "Chaohui Music", Jia Hui also climbed to the top of the Ming Hall, and at the moment of stepping into the Ming Hall, the new "Chaohui Music" sounded, which attracted the surprise of the civil and military forces and sighed the coincidence.
The emperor sat upright in His Majesty Dan, and the twelve heavenly crowns covered his face, making the emperor more and more mysterious.
Jia Hui has seen the emperor's face, and he is not very smart.
"General Zhaoyong Jia Hui stepped forward to listen to the seal." The emperor's slow and majestic voice came down, and the entire Ming Hall echoed with the royal voice of the Son of Heaven.
"Minister, Jia Hui, knock to see Your Majesty!"
The big eunuch Xia Shouzhong took out a holy decree from the jade plate held by the little eunuch beside him, looked at the mark, and confirmed that it was Jia Hui's holy decree.
"I said: I only rule the world with literature, and fight chaos with force. And the military commander will be the pillar of the imperial court and the dry city of the country. It is able to be both civil and military, and to make efforts to repay the service, but it can be praised for its achievements and not praised for its favor. ”
"General Er Zhaoyong, Anxi cavalry general Jia Hui, burning salary, breaking the country in the Quartet, fighting in the four fields, capturing the thief chief in front of His Majesty, military exploits in the Quartet, the thief is still frightened when he hears it, and he is awarded the county marquis Li Yiran. Aid to the past and the present, close to the forbidden.
Zi Er was awarded the title of Zuozhu State, the title of General Sima of the Army, the Doctor of Zishan, the Marquis of Wuwei County, and the commander of 3,000 battalions. The tin is destined to be in the play, and the power is vibrant. Deeply attached to the Yuan and my Jun Lie, Gong Xuan Huaxia, smoked with Zhaolu cloth, temporarily Xi Wuben, Qinzai. ”
Although there was a guess in his heart, Jia Hui's heart was still excited and wanted to cry.
"Minister Jia Hui thank Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"
"Excuse me, flat."
The little eunuch guided Jia Hui to a small room, where several palace maids had already taken their court clothes and were ready to put them on themselves at any time, this was the court dress they had tailored before.
The little eunuch who followed up was the first to untie Jia Hui's armor, and the movements in groups of two and two were skillful, and the armor had already faded after three strokes and five divisions by two.
Two more palace maids stood on a low stool, untying their hair and combing it again, surrounded by a group of palace maids, they took off Jia Hui's clothes, Jia Hui has been used to being served and dressed for so many years, and she did not show any panic at all, and honestly watched the court clothes put on one by one.
Just as I hung up my teeth, my hair was combed.
Look at yourself in the bronze mirror in the corner.
Dressed in soap-edged green clothes, soap-edged red robes.
Dressed with a square heart curved collar, holding a tooth wat in his hand.
The clothes cover the knees, and the waist is wrapped with a large belt, a leather belt, a jade pendant, and a ribbon.
Then there is a palace maid on the low stool with a seven-beam cage scarf crown that symbolizes the marquis, a golden cicada accessory on the front and back of the forehead crown, and a carved feather symbolizing the county marquis on the left side.
I'm different from before, Jia Hui thought.
The whole process was no more than a pillar of incense, and a border army general outside also happened to listen to his knighthood edict and was brought over.
Nodding his head and saying hello, Jia Hui went back again to thank him.
"Hou Jiahui of Wuwei County, thank my emperor Longen again, I wish my emperor a long time!"
"Excuse me, flat." The Emperor replied mechanically again.
Jia Hui understood, turned around and retreated to the ranks of martial artists, sitting behind the kings and dukes, the first of the princes.
Looking at the steps between the hall and the square, how many people in the world are crazy about stepping on you.
And I, this leads to Mingtang, and it will be a lifetime as soon as I go.