Chapter 112: Etiquette

Yang Xuanning in the Imperial Palace, qΒ(5). c0m/

Although it was daytime, the sky was black, the clouds were heavy, and he looked up at the sky, thoughtful, and silent.

Yang Xuanning stood in front of the hall for a while, the snowflakes fell again, it rained for a day last night, stopped for a while this morning, and now it is down again, although the internal strength is profound, but seeing this, I can't help but shudder, and return to the hall.

This is the place where Yang Xuanning is in power, in fact, the area is not large, there are warm basins nearby, and after calming down, he asked: "Mr. Cabinet Zhu, have you already entered the palace?"

"Your Majesty, you have already entered the palace, in the government hall. The female officer said in reply.

In fact, at this time, although the official enthronement has not yet been officially enthroned, it is also stipulated that the officials will be named at almost seven o'clock, and the office will officially start at eight o'clock, with a two-hour break at noon and an end at five o'clock in the afternoon. "Call the gentlemen, put aside the political affairs for a while, come to see the widow, and set up a small banquet in the side hall, ah, especially my newly made hot pot. Yang Xuanning said.

"Commandment. ”

For the last dynasty, or the officials who work in the imperial city, all the nine products above, basically provide a meal at noon, the reason is very simple, it is inconvenient to enter and exit, the imperial city is important, it is not allowed to bring guards and servants, and it is not allowed to call people who buy outside to enter the imperial city, go out to buy food, and also delay time, so it is provided for free.

To this end, a special kitchen was also set up in the imperial city, called "Hundred Kitchens", which was given food and drink according to the standards set by the official products, and if it exceeded the standard, it was paid for by itself, and the location had a special space, and a long case was placed in the long corridor room. Wenchen and military generals sat around the case and ate Chinese food collectively, which is called "corridor meal". When the time comes, the scene is quite spectacular.

Of course. The prime minister is different, he has a special "Taiwan Kitchen Division", and every noon, there is no need to go out, and the officials come to the government hall as usual. When the menu is served, a subordinate loudly announces the name of each dish, and if the prime minister is interested in a dish, he opens his mouth to order it, and the servant will record it, and then bring it in.

There are even snacks and drinks, which are on call, and the current treatment is soy milk, and it will be summer. There is also a reserve of ice added to make an ice sour plum soup. This kind of treatment not only shows courtesy. It also shows the status of the prime minister.

As for the feast, there are also specifications. Generally speaking. It is divided into six categories: state banquet, Chinese banquet, big banquet, medium banquet, small banquet, and regular banquet

The state banquet is mostly similar to the enthronement. It is used to canonize the queen or crown prince, and to be used at important times during the big festival

The Chinese banquet is a major festive day, the big banquet of the ministers and the harem, generally the emperor, the queen mother, the queen's birthday, and the annual Spring Festival emperor entertains the ministers, or the great victory celebration, etc., these two items, are the emperor's prerogatives, the queen can occasionally hold a Chinese banquet.

The big banquet is actually very extravagant, and generally speaking, the highest specification is this

In the middle of the banquet, in the palace of the country, if there is anything, this banquet is set up to express grandeur

A small banquet is eighteen exquisite dishes, generally speaking, there is no major event, and the emperor entertains the prime minister of the cabinet, all of which are of this specification

Regular banquet, basically twelve courses per person (note, this era is one person and one banquet), the emperor eats himself every day is this specification, the queen, the crown prince, the queen mother, there are nine dishes, and the prime minister's inner kitchen, daily lunch, exquisite, in fact, is according to this specification, just take seven, and the kings are equal

As for the hot pot, it was actually made by Yang Xuanning, and it is now popular in the official family, especially when enjoying the snow in winter.

At this moment, the prime ministers of the cabinet also put down all kinds of documents, the prime minister has great power, but the responsibility is also heavy, and everyone is busy every day and cannot rest.

Li Bo's injury has healed, but he is also a little tired after working so hard, put down the scroll, and said: "Lu Miaozi, I advise you, it is better to marry a wife and concubine, you are only over fifty years old, and you can still have children, otherwise, how will the title and land be passed on in the future?"

"That's it, your apprentice Lei Jiuzhi, mixed up in the casino, can he be on the table?" Yu Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief, waiting for the officials of the Taiwan Kitchen Division to come to sing the dishes, and also said jokingly.

Li Baiyao also said: "Let's not talk about the title, that is, I and other cabinet ministers, the official rank is granted 800 acres of land, 500 acres of political participation in Pingzhang Shi Teen, 1,300 mu, annual rice, 600 yuan for the official, 400 stone for participating in politics and Pingzhang Shiteren, 1,000 stone Lu rice, and 600,000 yuan in Yulu, which is really generous, and can't afford to raise it, right? Lu Miaozi smiled bitterly and said: "Your Excellency, you have all the opportunities, you can share yin and yang, and the major affairs of the country are all in your hands, can you still take care of my family affairs?"

Wei Zheng, who had not spoken, took a sip and said, "Yes, as a cabinet minister, you still act like this, without a wife and a home, how can you set an example for hundreds of officials?"

Before he finished speaking, Lu Miaozi intercepted him: "Everyone, what are you talking about?Well, what do you think of Liu Ziyi's matter?" "Liu Shangshu is seventy-one this year, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and he has been sick recently, and it is difficult to be a director, last time he resigned, he was retired, I think the king means that after he ascends the throne, he will be crowned and then retired.ap..cn." Speaking of this, Yu Xuan straightened his body, and said solemnly: "I also lost the monarch and ministers, I went to see him last time, and I also advised him to rest more, and now he is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War, it is Lord Pei Ju, this person is also the minister of the first dynasty, enough to serve, and when Liu Shangshu retires, he can serve as the secretary of the Ministry of War." ”

Yu Xuan didn't know the inside story, but Lu Miaozi knew that Pei Ju was Shi Zhixuan, this person served as an important minister of the country, I don't know if it was a curse or a blessing, he was silent for a while, looked at Li Bo, and said: "Maybe that's it, everything still depends on the holy will, no matter what, Xu Shiji is still using troops against Zhu Cang recently, and it can't be delayed." ”

At this moment, there was a will outside, this is a metaphor, at this time, as a cabinet minister, there is no need to kneel down and shout long live, at that moment, the six people went out, at this time, the snowflakes have fallen an inch thick.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please come in, the king has already waited. Walking to the front of the hall, the guard bowed his head and saluted, and spoke.

"Yes, I see. The ministers only nodded slightly to indicate that they understood. This was already very polite, and he waved his hand and entered the temple.

The temple was burned with coals, and as soon as you entered the door, it was warm. A few maids hurriedly stepped forward to untie their coats for them. And he withdrew from the temple.

"The ministers came to the king. ”

Yang Xuanning said lightly: "When it is not a big gift, it doesn't have to be like this, gentlemen, get up, today." We kings and ministers drank together and talked something. ”

After a few words, everyone washed their hands, sat down, and the feast began, and their own maids served dishes and songs and dances, and for a while, although it was cold and snowy outside, it was warm as spring inside.

There is also a large charcoal stove, which not only warms the temple. There is also a wine jug, and when it is warmed, the wine is slightly steaming. And he brought it up, and the maid poured it into the glass. The smell of wine permeated the temple.

And on every table. There is a hot pot with smokeless charcoal. It is filled with a variety of raw materials and can be eaten as you go.

Yang Xuanning raised his glass, the wine can not be too warm, at this time, but I saw a lot of small green dregs in the wine, like a small ant floating, at this time, the wine-making technology is not developed, the wine brewed, not only has the dregs, but also the degree is quite low, the wine without filtration is "paste", the filtered place is sake, and there are many ants in the sake.

Thinking of this, Yang Xuanning raised his glass and said: "Green ant new brew wine, red clay small stove, late day snow desire, can drink a glass of nothing." ”

As soon as this poem came out, all the ministers had their eyes lit up, laughed, and drank their glasses.

Yang Xuanning is very satisfied with this, now the palace uses wine, about three taels, at this time, there is no distillation of liquor, so up to the court, to the officials, down to the Li Min, drinking rice wine, the alcohol content is between 3% and 10%, such as what is drunk now, it is only about 5%.

Li Bai, 100 poems of fighting wine, drinking 300 cups, if it is this kind of wine syrup, it is possible.

Yang Xuanning was very satisfied with this kind of alcohol, thinking that this kind of wine, even if you don't know how to drink, you can drink some, and if the amount of wine is a little better, you can drink a lot, and the atmosphere will come out.

A banquet for several hours, if the ground is drunk in the high degree of wine of later generations, according to the etiquette system, many of them must be drunk, and most of the officials may be drunk to death, now, there is no big problem.

After a drink, everyone poured themselves their own dishes.

Yang Xuanning was in his previous life, due to illness, so the amount of alcohol was very shallow, but at this time, he drank it with sweet and sour taste, and the taste was excellent, and the alcohol was not high.

Laughing and talking with Mr. Zhu right now, and enjoying the song and dance of the newcomer.

After a few more drinks, I thought of my parents again, if my parents were here and feasted with me, it would be so good

This kind of feeling together, suddenly the heart is empty, there is no landing, the singing and dancing in the hall, although it has attracted the appreciation of all gentlemen, but it is a cloud of fog, as if not seen, holding a cup alone.

At this moment, thirty more Kabuki floated out of the apse door like butterflies, singing and dancing to the melodious sound of drums.

A woman in the middle, dressed in a blue dress, high and tight-fitting waist, more and more prominent waist slenderness and slenderness, only to see the skirt rolling, long sleeves fluttering, this woman's graceful singing, with a charming dance, everyone is difficult to take their eyes off her.

Just listen to this female leader singing:

The rain and dew in front of the calyx building are new, and the people in Chang'an City are peaceful.

The dragon ranks the fire tree with a thousand heavy flames, and the chicken steps on the lotus long live the spring.

The third and fifth opera spring stage of the imperial palace, the rain and wind are not jealous.

The Western Regions Lantern Wheel Thousand Shadow Tree, Donghua Jinque Ten Thousand Reopened.

Dizzying and breathtaking, the woman bowed down, and then took the dancers and exited the temple from the way she came.

"Wang, this is Ji Qian, Shang Xiufang brought by everyone, and this song was also written by her. The female officer who was waiting, seeing that there was a confused look on his face, stepped forward and said.

"I see, this dance music is indeed brilliant and admirable. Yang Xuanning was relieved, he remembered that this woman seemed to be following Shang Xiufang, but the others no longer remembered.

At the moment, he didn't mean it, sat up with his original leaning body, and in the blink of an eye, he waved his hand to let the maids withdraw: "The widow wants to build a great unification, and the first is to promote ritual music, and the cabinet can first lead the Hanlin Academy and the Taichang Division, and set up a ceremony." Determine the rituals of the suburban community and temple, and secondly, determine the rites of the monarch and ministers. All crowns, chariots, ceremonial guards, halogen books, calligraphy, etc., must be possessed. ”

"The minister understands that the minister will first build a big ceremony, and then set a small ceremony, thinking that it is customized. Li Bo said.

Modern people are unable to understand the primacy of etiquette. As a technologically backward unified country, the rule of the lowest cost has always been the goal pursued by the ancient regime. And etiquette is exactly that.

The core principles of etiquette. It is kissing, respecting, and the difference between men and women. These basic principles regulate and constrain the daily life of the subject object, i.e., the family life, on the other hand. Plays a direct role at the higher level of socio-political life.

Etiquette is a code of conduct that regulates the internal relations of the aristocratic bureaucracy. The etiquette system, and the adjustment of the internal life of the family and the social life between the families, these two kinds greatly regulated the society, so that the cost consumption of disorder was minimized, as a norm with a considerable degree of prestige, but also gave legitimacy to the existing political, economic and cultural pattern at that time, and more importantly. Through this ubiquity, it is imperceptibly integrated into the social system.

Rites are the law, and the law is the rites. Therefore, not only all dynasties attached importance to the etiquette system. Zhu Yuanzhang is called the queen. The first thing is to establish a ritual system, which shows its importance.

"The great affairs of the country. In the sacrifice, the king wants to ascend to the extreme, and the same needs to be the case, and the minister thinks that the first big sacrifice is the top. The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Yu sat upright and said solemnly.

"What is a great sacrifice?"

"The great sacrificer, the first sacrifice to heaven and earth, heaven and earth, the emperor and the queen of the earth are also, when the first to build the two altars of heaven and earth to the great sacrifice, in the future, as for the temple of heaven in winter, sacrifice to the emperor, the summer solstice and the altar of the earth, sacrifice the earth. ”

"Very good, the widow first built the two altars of heaven and earth, and every year it will be sacrificed. ”

"Secondly, the temple of the emperor, the king is the emperor of the founding of the country, you can first sacrifice to the heaven and earth, and then ascend to the pole, and then posthumously seal the first emperor of the three generations, enter the temple, and then the descendants of the king, if there is a successor to the unification, the temple can be sacrificed first, and then you can ascend to the pole. ”

"I heard that the temple sacrifice also has a sacrifice to the emperors of the previous generations, and there is a record of the rites?" Yang Xuanning asked.

"Yes, since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the cemetery was built to worship the first emperor

"That's good, build the inner temple, for my family's temple, and build the outer temple, one hall at a time, all the emperors of the past dynasties, all enter this temple, to be served by incense. ”

This was originally created by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and now it is naturally opened by him.

"After the minister's decree, after that, he will build a shrine, opposite to the temple, to be a sacrifice, these three are the great gifts of the Son of Heaven's personal sacrifice, and they must not be sacrificed, and only after the three sacrifices can they ascend to the pole and receive the gift of hundreds of millions of subjects, as the Son of Heaven. ”

She, in ancient times, referred to the god of the land, and Ji, referred to the god of grains. In an agricultural country, Sheji is equal to the world, so Sheji represents the land, and the temple represents blood, both of which are symbols of the country.

"The Book of Rites: Qu Lixia": "The monarch died in the society." It means that the king and the country (land) live and die together.

"As for the middle ceremony, sacrifice to the mountains and rivers, canonize the gods on the ground, and sacrifice Tai Sui, Xingchen, Fengyun and thunderstorm, Yue Zhen, Haidu, Qixu, Sizhong, Si Ming, Si Min, Si Lu, Shou Xing, etc., but it is not the Son of Heaven to sacrifice, send the sacrifice can be, Luoyang City, all the buildings have, but the two altars of heaven and earth, Sheji and Zongmiao, must be rebuilt, in order to show the new unification. Yu Xuan said it one by one.

"The widow understands that the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites can be built, and the ceremony of the widow's ascension to the pole must also be organized. ”

"The minister is guilty of capital crimes, dare to ask the king when he will ascend to the pole?"

"The saint died this year, the widow does not want to take his year, this year is the fourteenth year of the great cause, the widow on the first day of the first month of the next year, ascended to the emperor. "There is no need for mysticism on this issue, it is enough to explain it early.

"Your Majesty, there must not be a day without a king in the world, and the Holy One has collapsed, so the King should ascend to the pole this year to correspond to the number of days. Li Bo hurriedly advised: "The three major sacrifices have been completed, and they can be modified slightly, and the king should ascend the throne as soon as possible. ”

Yang Xuanning has been convinced of the mysterious power since the reincarnation of the soul, and when he heard this, his heart moved, Li Tang originally had a mandate of heaven, although it is said that the general trend has changed now, but it is better to call the emperor first.

Thinking of this, he said, "What the gentleman is thinking about is, when will he ascend the throne?"

"Your Majesty, next month, the ritual system will be prepared, and the king will be enthroned as emperor in response to the mandate of heaven. ”

"How's the general ceremony?"

"The king, when choosing auspiciousness, first set up the throne in the main hall, set up the treasure case in front, place the jade seal of the country, set the bell and drum time for Qin Tianjian to sound, in the morning, the king first personally sacrificed the two altars of heaven and earth, the temple, the sheji, after the sacrifice, the bell and drum were sounded, the crown dress was changed, the civil and military officials entered from the noon gate, and the king came out from the middle gate and sat down on the throne. Hundreds of officials on the table, under the leadership of the Honglu Temple praise officer, the mountain shouts long live, long live, the prime minister takes the jade seal of the country, presents the king, the king seals, on the throne ascending the edict, first the edict issued by the court, and then the gate of the imperial city is held, when the edict is read on the city tower, the subjects listen to it under the city, and then pass the decree to all over the place, thinking that it is listening. ”

Yang Xuanning knew that this was just a simple explanation, in fact, the ceremony was countless times more complicated than what was said, but this was the matter of the subjects, he thought about it and nodded.

It must be noted that in the past, TV movies, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live", were often used, in fact, this is only in the enthronement, and once in ten days, the great court is so, under normal circumstances, on weekdays, the monarch and ministers meet for office matters, usually, as long as one bow and one salute, called "holy ten thousand blessings".

"As for the dress, please ask the king to make sure. The Ministry of Rites Shang Shu asked solemnly.

Yang Xuanning couldn't help but have a headache, he thought about it, and said: "The clothes of the widow, first divided into the crown clothes when ascending the throne, the big sacrifice, the crown clothes when canonization, the crown clothes when the day is ten days, the crown clothes when presiding over the daily small dynasty, and the daily casual clothes. ”

In this era, I realized how stupid it is for the emperor to always wear the kind of formal uniform in TV and movies, which is the formal uniform, which is equivalent to the emperor's uniform, and I have to wear it, how can I wear it in normal times? It's always about the same set, don't you feel tired?

Moreover, it is not a color at all, let alone yellow.

"After ascending to the pole, I want to canonize the queen, when the jade seal is engraved, and ask the king to show it, what should I do?"

Yang Xuanning groaned, and said: "The widow first set up a jade seal, and engraved the Son of Heaven to make an order in the sky, which is used for special canonization and removal of queens, princes, and ministers. ”

"The widow also set up a jade seal, on which the Son of Heaven is engraved to govern the country by heaven, and it is a political affair in peacetime, all from this seal. ”

"The widow also set up a jade seal, engraved on it the Son of Heaven to crusade against the sky, is to peacetime military, all out of this seal. ”

"The widow also set up a jade seal, on which the Son of Heaven was engraved with heaven and the state, so as to connect with all the countries, and they all used this seal. ”

"The widow also set up a jade seal, engraved with the Son of Heaven to worship the heavens, is to sacrifice and canonize the ghosts and gods, as well as the three generations of the meritorious heroes, with this seal. ”

"The widow also set up a jade seal, engraved with the seal of the Kaiyuan line, the widow ascended the throne, set up the Kaiyuan, as a private seal of the widow, dedicated to the will, the external will, in order to use this seal, not added to the court more than seven products, regardless of the inner court, the emperor can also open the seal in the future. ”

"These six seals, are carved with white jade, dragon buttons, purple ink, the queen and the prince, will also carve jade seals, the queen will be the pole of the Kun position, thought that the treasure of the queen of the past dynasties, the prince to the hidden dragon in the abyss as a treasure, the rest, all with gold seals. ”

These things are all big things, after saying it in one breath, Yang Xuanning couldn't help sighing, but this is also a helpless thing, it must be decided by him personally, this is the ancestral family law in the future.

"Commandment. ”

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