Great Tang princess

Chapter 867 Li Xian abdicates

Time soon ushered in the winter solstice, and there is also a court meeting on this day.

The ministers walked out of the house early, opened the car door and got into the car under the light of the street lamp.

Although today's cars do not have air-conditioning, people will get up early and put a few pots of hot water in the car in advance, so that the temperature in the car will not be too cold.

After getting in the car, the hot water was taken away, the driver started the car, the headlights turned on, and slowly drove towards the palace.

In fact, the brightness of the current car lights is really not good, but still the same sentence, in this era, it is an extremely advanced black technology.

Many pedestrians who got up early to open the store were still full of curiosity and amazement after seeing it.

Especially for many foreigners living in Chang'an, this thing is no different from a fairy car.

No, even more than that to some extent.

After all, in many of their myths and legends, the carriage of the gods is also a carriage, and it needs horses to pull it.

However, a black, iron-clad car like Datang can run by itself without anything being pulled in front.

Not only can it run by itself, but it is also fast.

Many foreigners have seen black-painted cars speeding past on the road outside the city, and they seem to run faster than the fairy mounts in myths and legends.

The aged ministers sighed with emotion, this thing is much more comfortable than a carriage, and it surpasses in all aspects.

Although the royal family is no longer with the aristocratic family, many ministers feel that the times have changed, and survival has gradually become difficult.

But at least the royal family has not done anything to kill the donkey, and the treatment of courtiers now is actually much higher than before.

At the same time, in the Princess Mansion, Shangguan Wan'er got up early, and after finishing the daily exercise with Li Yuechen, she took a sip of breakfast, then went out side by side and got into the car.

Today's court meeting Li Yuechen was also going to attend, so he took Shangguan Wan'er's car and went together.

In the car, looking at the dark sky outside the window, Li Yuechen wondered whether the ministers' working hours should be changed in the future.

Although technology has advanced rapidly in the past few years, and the working mode of the imperial court has also changed to doing five days off and two days off.

But before the electric lights were rolled out, people's rhythm of life remained unchanged, so the working hours did not change.

It is still necessary to get up at Yin time every day, go out before dawn, and prepare for court early.

But it is different now, the electric lights are gradually spreading out, and people's life rhythm is gradually pulling back.

Especially for the new generation of young people, it is common for them not to go home to play outside after sunset.

Nowadays, anyone who works in the imperial court has electric lights at home.

Although electricity prices are much higher now, the imperial court provides subsidies in this area, so even officials from poor backgrounds can afford it.

With electric lights, the time to go to bed is naturally much later than before, and gradually there is a nightlife.

So Li Yuechen is thinking about changing his working hours to nine to five?
To be honest, this should be feasible, after all the prerequisites are met, and I believe that most of the ministers will not object.

After all, most of the ministers who can get into the court are not too young, and no one wants to get up in the dark to go to work in the morning.

Wouldn't it be great if the working hours could be later and you could get up and have breakfast when you were free?
Then he turned his head and told Shangguan Wan'er what he thought: "Wan'er, what do you think?"

Shangguan Wan'er nodded in agreement: "Very good, this way, being a courtier will be much easier."

"You think so too?"

"Of course, at least I don't have to rush to have breakfast with His Highness every day." Shangguan Wan'er replied with a smile.

"That's true..." Li Yuechen also nodded with a smile.

……

When they arrived outside the Danfeng Gate, the ministers had almost arrived and were greeting their colleagues in the square.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the overall atmosphere is good. We greet each other and go through inspections. It’s almost time to go to court.

At this time, the sky began to turn white, and the sun was about to come out.

The ministers entered the hall one after another and sat down in their seats.

Li Yuechen in front of him has been thinking for years, should he completely cancel this kneeling posture when facing up and replace it with a chair?

Anyway, there is nothing wrong with the emperor sitting on the top and the courtiers sitting below.

But in the end, I decided to wait. Changing customs is never such a simple matter. This point should be changed slowly with the development of the times.

Li Xian, whose hair was mostly gray, came to the Xuanzheng Hall with a health ball on his face obviously not awake, and then began to go up to court.

Today's court meeting has been simplified a lot, and it is not like before to talk about all the trivial things.

Those matters are resolved by the cabinet, but anything that can be said at the court meeting is not easy to be directly decided by the cabinet.

After discussing several major national affairs, the court fell into silence.

If there is no accident, then it is time to retreat, and then the various departments go back to their offices, doing what they should do.

However, today is different. Li Xian on the dragon chair suddenly changed his sleepy expression just now, and said loudly: "I have been on the throne for more than ten years, and I am not in good health now, so I thought, almost It's time to pass the throne to the crown prince and enjoy the blessings..."

Hearing the emperor start complaining about his career, the ministers were not too surprised.

After all, the prince has basically been handling the affairs of the court over the past few years. The emperor can be said to have done nothing except going to court.

So he said that he was going to abdicate, but it was not really a surprise.

It's just that what the ministers didn't expect was that it would be so early.

Originally, I thought this situation would last for a few more years, why do I feel that the emperor is somewhat impatient to abdicate?
But now is not the time to think about these things, the emperor continued: "In these years, the crown prince has basically been handling the government affairs. I think all the loves are aware of how well you are doing... Regarding the matter of my passing on the crown prince, all the loves can't help it." Have something to say?"

That's all it said, asking them is not asking for their consent, it's really just a notification.

The ministers hope that such a shrewd prince will not be allowed to take over, and someone who is easy to fool will come up.

The question is is it possible?

The emperor has been paving the way for the crown prince all these years. If their opposition was really useful, things would not have come to this point.

But what can I do, I am afraid that the future will be even more difficult.

This prince was taught by the Eldest Princess herself. When he was young, he was even like Emperor Taizong, a ruthless person who criss-crossed the battlefield and personally rushed to the front line to chop people.

With such an emperor coming to power, I am afraid that during his reign, the imperial power will still be highly concentrated.

Perhaps not only during his reign, judging from the current education methods within the royal family, I'm afraid it will be like this in the future.

While the ministers were thinking about the future, Li Xian, who was sitting on the dragon throne, continued: "Since there is no objection, then the matter will be settled!"

As he spoke, he raised his right hand and waved it lightly twice.

Sun Jingbang beside him immediately took out the imperial edict and began to recite it aloud.

He probably said something about the greatness of the world, how the royal family of Li and Tang Dynasty has been doing, and how it has been since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In the end is the theme: "The crown prince is rich again, a genius in the sky, both civil and military. Since the beginning of his early years, he has made great achievements in the army..."

Anyway, it is the father who praises his son and tells his early resume.

It was so awesome to fight against Tubo back then, so I was the first to rush in.

Then how powerful he was when he beat Li Jinmie, he had full command... and so on and so on.

"It is said that the emperor is located in Chongrun, and the ceremonies prepared by the department are given by the time book. The officials and chief officials of the public, the priests and the scholars of the four directions. It should be learned and presented only, so as to honor my will!"

After these words came out, the content of this edict was completely clear, and it was an edict to pass on the throne.

But the ministers all looked puzzled, it was against the rules to do so.after all……

At this time, Li Chongrun, who was at the front, got up and saluted: "My son, I would like to obey the holy will!"

He agreed so readily that the ministers were completely confused and said that this was against the rules!
The Yushi doctor Pei Tan couldn't help getting up to start spraying.

According to ancient rituals, even if the emperor passes the throne to a prince, he must refuse it three times before agreeing. How could he agree so directly?

In addition, the emperor is also, you have to invite three times first, and then issue an edict at the end, how can things be done like this?
Apart from Pei Tan, many ministers who had reacted were ready to vent their anger.

However, the emperor didn't give this opportunity at all, he stood up and waved his hands: "In this case, this matter is settled, let's retreat!"

After finishing speaking, before all the officials saluted, he got up and slipped away, running faster than a rabbit.

Pei Tan and others who had just stood up looked up, and saw that the emperor had slipped away, and he froze in place for a while, not knowing whether he should continue spraying or not.

Don't squirt, it's already getting up.Spray it, the person has already left, so you can't spit on the prince, or you will leave a bad impression before you ascend the throne.

I'm afraid that as soon as he ascends the throne at that time, the first thing he will do is to take a knife on himself.

While he was standing there in a dilemma, the other ministers had already stood up and started to walk out in an orderly manner.

Anyway, the emperor said that he had retired from the court. Now that the Li family is so self-willed, there is no need for them to spend time here, right?

Seeing that other people started to go out, Pei Tan was too embarrassed to stay where he was. After thinking about it, he could only wave his hands helplessly, put away the wat board, and followed outside.

Li Yuechen, who was sitting at the front, didn't leave immediately, and laughed silently on the spot.

In fact, this was also decided after she discussed with Li Xian. She always felt that the drama of rejecting three times was true and unnecessary, and it only added hypocrisy.

So there is no need to engage in so many falsehoods at all, just issue the edict of passing the position directly, and then agree to it.

So there was the scene in the court today.

Pei Tan's look just now was really funny, making Li Yuechen's shoulders tremble non-stop.

At this time, Li Chongrun came over and patted her on the shoulder: "Okay, aunt, don't laugh anymore, everyone is gone."

"Hahaha……"

After being reminded by him, Li Yuechen laughed out loud, even sitting and laughing was uncomfortable, and lay down on the ground.

Li Chongrun raised his eyebrows helplessly: "Every time I see my aunt like this, I feel very envious..."

"What are you envious of?" Li Yuechen who finally finished laughing stopped and asked.

"The appearance of my aunt at this time is indistinguishable from when I was a child, and her personality has never changed." Li Chongrun replied.

In the eyes of people in this period, it is a very bad thing for Li Yuechen to smile like a child at such an age.

Although Li Chongrun did not put Confucianism first in the education he experienced since he was a child, he was still affected by some circumstances to some extent.

Li Yuechen stood up and patted him on the shoulder: "There is no beginning, but there is an end. Remember, don't forget the original intention, and you will always be there!"

After saying that, without waiting for his answer, he turned around and left the hall.

Looking at the back of her leaving, Li Chongrun couldn't help thinking that he still didn't know enough about this aunt.

For so many years, I always feel that she is not like a mortal, but like a fairy who descended from the sky to travel the world.

……

After the emperor issued the abdication edict, the rest of the matter was much simpler.

The cabinet immediately received the news that the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor will be held on the morning of the New Year's Eve, and there will be a military parade at the same time. Ministers and foreign envoys are invited to watch the ceremony together.

You must know that during the Chinese New Year, it is not only officials from Chang'an, but officials above a certain level all over the country.

This is enough to show that this so-called military parade is definitely not something as simple as a whim.

Could it be that there is going to be another war?
But if you think about it carefully, it is impossible. Now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the world is peaceful, so how can there be so many battles to fight?

Then it is only possible to build momentum for the new emperor, because since ancient times, when the new emperor came to the throne, he would either do something or kill a few people to stabilize his position.

Otherwise, you can think about what Emperor Gaozong was like when he first ascended the throne.

So the same sentence, now that the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful, and the world is peaceful, it is impossible to stabilize the position through war.

But how many people were killed?Nowadays, there are not many high-ranking ministers in the imperial court. Under the cabinet system, even Shangguan Wan'er is far from being a powerful minister.

So the rest may be to build momentum for the new emperor. The prince was originally from the army, and he has a natural affection in the army.

A military parade at such a time, to put it bluntly, is to show your strength and tell others not to make trouble, or you will be beaten!

It doesn't matter whether it's for foreigners or the ministers of the DPRK and China, it's the same, it means that you have power in your hands.

Since this is the case, the ministers will not say anything, just cooperate obediently, and just follow and watch when the time comes.

Speaking of the rapid development of technology in the military in recent years, just look at the cars that are standard equipment for court ministers today.

The ministers are actually very curious about what kind of equipment has been developed in the military, but they don't know if it will be displayed at the military parade.

Compared with the ministers, the foreign envoys were all drumming in their hearts, thinking carefully whether their country had offended Datang.

After all, this kind of military parade always feels like the mobilization before the war.

(End of this chapter)