Chapter 45: Defending the Royal Position

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If it was the usual matter of the princess's marriage, Li Shen would not have participated at all.

It's good to have a generous gift for people to send back, but Li Shen has watched a TV series where Princess Nanping married Wang Qi's son.

Wang Jue said: "Now the emperor is sage, and his behavior follows the etiquette system. I accepted the princess's visit, not for my own glory, but to show the virtues of the court. He and his wife sat upright on top of him and let the princess bow.

From then on, when the princess marries, if the in-laws are still alive, they have to perform the women's ceremony. If Li Shen were an ordinary person, he would also feel that he should.

But this person, with different status, different views, Li Shen is now a prince of the royal family.

To tell the truth, Li Shen advocated equality for all, and Li Shen was unwilling to do so. Finally, I'm superior, and I've ever gone back?

Moreover, even in later generations, everyone will not be equal, and there will be no class in any era.

Since ancient times, the princess has not knelt down to bow when she got married, and what Wang Jue said is good for virtue, in fact, it shows how capable he is.

You see, even the princess knelt down for me, so today Li Shen is here to stop this from happening, otherwise the officials will not take the royal family seriously in the future.

Tang Chu's marriage was close to the evening in the afternoon, and then Tang changed it to morning, and Li Shen was ready to follow the team to send relatives.

Li Shen didn't want this Wang Jue to erase his prince's class, so Li Tai, that stupid man, apprenticed to Wang Jue in order to apprentice. Li Shen thinks that if you teach Li Tai, you will already look up to you, how much Confucianism is in the court.

People are selfish, and they have always been so.

If you are an ordinary person, you think that everyone should be equal, why should they have special treatment.

But if you are a rich businessman, an official, a celebrity, you will not have such an idea.

So most of us will scold special people every day when they watch videos, Li Shen was also an ordinary person in his previous life, and he didn't have any noble sentiments.

Now that he has finally crossed over to become a human being, someone wants him to become an ordinary person, but Li Shen can't accept it.

Li Shen came with Li Mengjiang, and Li Mengjiang had a good relationship with Princess Nanping, so he sent his relatives over.

Now Li Mengjiang's status in the princess palace is definitely rising step by step, because Li Shen is rich and talks to Li Shimin and the prince.

Sometimes Li Shen would buy a lot of delicious food and bring it back to Li Mengjiang when he left the palace, and Li Mengjiang would also share it with his sisters.

Therefore, the princess of the princess palace and Li Mengjiang are very good, and Li Mengjiang also knows that he has a good brother.

If you marry in the future, you won't be bullied. And Li Shen said more than once that he would save a dowry for Li Mengjiang, and Li Mengjiang felt happy in his heart.

The auspicious time has arrived, and the newcomers worship heaven and earth, as Li Shen expected. Wang Qi started to do the whole thing. It was Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian, who sent his relatives. Wang Jue was quite reluctant for her in-laws to worship the princess, and also asked the princess to bow down to her in-laws like a folk.

Li Xiaogong, as a member of the royal family, first spoke: "After all, the princess was born in the royal family and has a noble status, if she kneels down to worship the minister, she will lose the way of the monarch and the minister, let the country of the feudal lord know, and don't laugh at my lack of etiquette in the Tang Dynasty." ”

Wang Qi said: "The Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and the etiquette that ordinary people still know, why is it turned over in the court, aren't you afraid of outsiders laughing?" Today's monarch Shengming, if the princess starts to bow to her in-laws, wouldn't it be even more virtuous for me? Wang Jue's clever tongue was like a spring, and everyone had nothing to say,

Li Shen saw this scene and couldn't go out of the battle. So he stood up

"Wang Shangshu's words are wrong, the princess is the king, and you are the minister. Now you have to equate the king with the commoners. Do you say that my Li family is not worthy of being a king?

And I don't think it's a virtue to worship a minister, it's a violation of the norm, and the minister doesn't know how to be polite.

A king is a king, and a minister is a minister.

Preaching to the country of Fanbang, my royal family will be a laughing stock. Since ancient times, there has been no reason for kings to worship their ministers. I don't know that Wang Shangshu, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, doesn't even understand this ceremony.

Or does Wang Shangshu want to show his status. I want to win a reputation that is not afraid of imperial power and makes imperial power bow its head?"

Li Shen's words were sharp and straight to the root, leaving Wang Jue speechless for a while, but Li Shen was not ready to let him go.

"Wang Shangshu, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, don't you really understand the etiquette system of monarchs and ministers?

Throughout the ages, from Qin to the present, have you ever seen the king bow down to the people? You seek many excuses to gain fame and reputation.

If you want to follow the example of the people, then why don't you follow the example of the people and pay taxes. Have you forgotten that you enjoy higher treatment than the people?

If you think you are talented and learned, you won't know: the king makes the ministers courteous, and the ministers make the king loyal.

You first admonished the king not to worship, and then asked the king of Wei to bow to the teacher.

Now you still want the princess to kneel? As a courtier, you have repeatedly weakened my royal status, is this how you are loyal to you?

Or do you think that I, Aye, is not courteous enough to you, a minister? Not worthy of your allegiance, or do you have other intentions to weaken the imperial power so much? ”

Every word Li Shen said in the end was like a knife, and the knife slashed at Wang Jue's head. Wang Qi felt that this King Ji wanted his life. If this is confirmed, then it must not be copied all over the house.

"King Ji, His Royal Highness King Ji, the minister has no such intention. Loyal to the Tang Dynasty and loyal to Your Majesty. Loyal to His Majesty. Minister... Minister.. The minister just felt that if he followed the example of the people and bowed down to his in-laws, the people would definitely take the royal family as an example. Since ancient times, filial piety has ruled the world. ”

"Well, you have a point. It is necessary to emulate the people and set an example for the people. Well, since that's the case, you're right.

Tomorrow I will play in the court, Wang Shangshu admonished the people to follow the example, suggesting that the princes and nobles should follow the example of the common people to pay grain and taxes, and cancel the tax-free privileges of the scholars.

Set an example for the people, and let the Aya Chuan Mansion sing the praises of Wang Shangshu's righteousness. Uncle Huang continue, today our royal family will set an example for him" Li Shen finished speaking and retreated to the crowd.

Wang Jue was not lightly frightened, if this matter was really raised in the court, the princes and nobles of the whole country, including the noble families, would not have to hate him to the bone.

Within three days, he would be impeached from office. If Li Shimin adopts it, then his family doesn't know when they will die in vain.

These nobles won't reason with him, this is cutting off people's money.

Li Xiaogong nodded to Li Shen, that means you are still bad. Then he shouted righteously: "The princess kneels ..... before she can say worship the high hall."

"Wait, King Hejian, the old minister thinks that His Royal Highness King Ji is right. The king is the king, the minister is the minister, and the old minister wants to be bad.

Since ancient times, monarchs and ministers are different, and they should not be the same as the people, just forget about this link. Wang Jue said sweating profusely.

The more he thought about it, the more scared he became, and he was also afraid of death. If this thing is really done toughly, it will offend Li Shimin, and what is even more terrible is to offend the noble family. The family was able to dig up all the ancestral graves of his family.

"In that case, then, worship heaven and earth, one worship heaven...., and the second worship earth........ Husband and wife worship each other, "Li Xiaogong also feels that it has been a long time.

I didn't want to waste time, so I immediately completed the etiquette and sent the bride into the new house. The guests began to sit down, accompanied by their mother-in-law's family.

Li Shen, as the prince, sat in the chief with Li Xiaogong, while Li Mengjiang and her sisters were naturally accompanied by female dependents.