Man Tanghong

Chapter 235 An Old Man Who Wants to Die for Li Yuan
Li Yuanji's letter to Li Xiuning was very simple, just one sentence.

"Sister, be sure to bring Li Jing and other people under your command, and wait for the opportunity to be transferred to Hebei Road. '

Since Li Yuanji couldn't grasp the soft power of Li Shentong, he could only work hard on the hard power of Li Jing and others.

Li Yuanji originally planned to bring Li Jing and others under his command step by step.

Now it seems that we have to speed up our pace.

Li Yuanji did not pin his hopes on Li Shentong's loyalty to their 'Neutral Alliance'.

As long as there is a possibility of Li Shentong's betrayal, then he has to be prepared for Li Shentong's betrayal.

Li Yuanji must ensure that the power in his hands can keep him safe.

"Your Highness, the Heavenly Official from the Ministry of Rites has arrived."

After Li Yuanji wrote the letter and sent it out, the female officer guarding the front hall rushed to the main hall to report.

Li Yuanji ordered the female officer to bring the officials of the Ministry of Rites to the main hall.

Three days later it will be the day of his coronation ceremony, and there is a set of cumbersome procedures to go.

The Ministry of Rites must send someone over to talk to him about the rituals, and tell him some rituals he doesn't know.

He is the only son of Li Yuan who is crowned as a prince.

Therefore, the procedure for his coronation is more cumbersome than that of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

After the officials of the Ministry of Rites arrived at the main hall, Li Yuanji chatted with the officials of the Ministry of Rites about the ritual process, which roughly consists of four steps: ancestor worship, determination, reward, and gift offering.

That is, there are more rules, more etiquette, and more people watching the ceremony.

Officials from the Ministry of Rituals revealed that Li Yuan had ordered all officials in Beijing to attend the ceremony.

Those who are absent without reason (keeping filial piety) will be dismissed from office.

Li Yuan also issued an order to the envoys of various countries in Beijing that all of them must be present to watch the ceremony.

Those who are absent without reason will be listed as not included in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan rarely made such harsh orders, which shows how much Li Yuan attaches importance to this matter.

After Li Yuanji finished chatting with the officials of the Ministry of Rites about the ceremony, he sent someone to give the officials of the Ministry of Rites away from Wude Hall.

In the next three days, Li Yuanji prepared for the coronation at the residence.

During the period, Zheng Guanyin brought a whole set of dresses made by himself, and the grandson also brought a set of dresses made by himself.

Li Yuanji doesn't need to wear it, but they must give it to them.

Because they are Li Yuanji's sisters-in-law, when Li Yuanji is crowned, they must give Li Yuanji an outfit.

And it must be sewn with your own hands, not artificial hands.

Because it is sewn by hand, it can better reflect the opinions of Li Yuanji and his brothers, and they are brothers and sisters.

Although some of them wished to kill each other among their brothers, they still managed to get along in harmony on the surface.

After three days of preparations at the mansion, on his birthday, Li Yuanji wore nine pins on his head, a blue gown, a light red skirt, embroidered with nine chapters, a pair of jade pendants around his waist, and a sword on his shoulders. Surrounded by all the people in the house, they rushed to the temple.

The big temple is inside the Anshang Gate on the southeast side of Taiji Palace.

When Li Yuanji arrived at the temple, it was still dark, but all the civil and military personnel had already arrived.

A group of civil and military people all wear crowns and dresses, which have different colors according to their grades, different beads hanging on them, and different accessories, and all of them are equipped with ritual swords, even civil servants are the same.

Officials of the Tang Dynasty seldom wear this set of clothes on weekdays, and they only wear it like this on such important occasions.

At least, this is the first time for Li Yuanji to wear a crown and something like a skirt.

It is also the first time to see civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty wearing a crown.

After Li Yuanji arrived, he found his place without greeting the officials, and stayed there lazily.

Not long after, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin both brought their officials and dressed solemnly to the front of the temple.

As the elder brother, he gave Li Yuanji a few words of encouragement in public.

After today, you will be an adult, so what should you do?

Li Yuanji basically goes in with his left ear and out with his right ear.

Because Li Yuanji knew in his heart that no matter how nice Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin said, they didn't think so in their hearts.

They may even hope in their hearts that they can hang themselves in the temple today.

In that case, they can 'fight each other' with more confidence.

Not long after Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin arrived.

Facing a white belly in the sky, Li Yuan appeared in front of the temple in his own dragon.

The twelve-pronged hat, the dark blue top, the bright red bottom, the pattern of the twelve chapters, and the shining golden sword all look like a blink of an eye.

Among the crowd in front of the temple, his clothes are the most gorgeous and the best.

In addition to being envious, other people can only envy, because this kind of clothes is not something you can wear if you have money.

It's no wonder that Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin fought hard for the throne. Maybe they just wanted to wear the clothes Li Yuan was wearing, maybe.

Li Yuan disembarked from the dragon, and after accepting the salutes from the ministers.

He shouted happily: "Where is my son?"

Li Yuanji murmured in his heart, walked out of the train, and walked to the most middle position in front of the temple.

Became the most beautiful boy in the audience.

But Li Yuanji didn't care too much.

Because of Li Yuan's greeting, he inexplicably thought of the phrase 'what is my son's obedience'.

Fortunately, his name is not Fengxian, otherwise Li Yuan would be in danger.

"My son, come forward quickly and let my father take a good look."

Li Yuan looked like a loving father, and greeted Li Yuanji up the stairs.

After observing Li Yuanji carefully, he asked about Li Yuanji's condition.

It wasn't until the officials from the Ministry of Rites carefully reminded him that the auspicious time was coming soon that Li Yuan stopped to exchange pleasantries.

Li Yuanji could tell that Li Yuan desperately needed to find a well-behaved son and tell him everything in his heart.

After Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin completely started to pinch each other for the position under his buttocks, he was the first two big.

Seeing the two sons pinching more and more vigorously, he couldn't stop him no matter what, he was the first and the second eldest, and he had a lot of things in his stomach that he needed to talk to.

Li Yuanji felt that when Li Yuan saw his son in the past, he always thought he was an asshole, but when he looked at him now, he must think he was pretty.

Because he is a little muddled, he will fight hard with Li Yuan, but he will not add trouble to Li Yuan's heart.

When Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were crazily making things difficult for Li Yuan, even if he was an asshole, Li Yuan still looked at him with good features.

Li Yuan reluctantly let go of Li Yuanji, and started the process.

Even if it is the heavenly official from the Ministry of Rites, give a compliment and go through a process.

First, various advocacy departments began to play music, and then Li Yuan entered the temple, worshiped the ancestors, told the ancestors that there was a son in the family who had grown up, how could he have a future, and so on, fooled the ancestors, burned incense for the ancestors, burned After finishing the sacrificial table, he called Li Yuanji into the hall.

Li Yuanji entered the palace, facing a group of Li family ancestors who had turned into ghosts, he was also fooling around.

Then, amidst Li Yuan's admonition, he offered incense to his ancestors.

After Li Yuanji was offered incense, Li Yuan told his ancestors against his conscience that he was ignorant and learned nothing, and he hadn't accomplished any great careers, so he had no face to crown his son.

Then Yan Zhishan, a descendant of Yan Hui, one of the ten philosophers of Confucianism, the head of the 72 sages of Confucianism, and one of the five great sages of Confucianism, was invited to crown Li Yuanji.

Yan Zhishan was almost eighty years old, and he wobbled when he walked, as if he could be blown by a gust of wind.

After being forcibly invited to the temple by Li Yuan, seeing the curly and brown hair on Li Yuanji's head, he wanted to die on the spot.

Under Li Yuan's urging, when crowning Li Yuanji, he kept saying that he was a sinner of Confucianism and a sinner of the Han family.

He was not afraid of offending others, so he said it in front of Li Yuan and Li Yuanji.

Apart from pretending not to hear, Li Yuan and Li Yuanji could only pretend not to hear.

Not to mention that he is really the kind of disciple of a sage who is so knowledgeable that people look up to him. Just because of his age, there is no way for Li Yuan and Li Yuanji to feel bad about him.

I'm almost eighty, and I've already become a centenarian.

If someone breaks the law, it's the same as if he didn't break the law. What can you do with him?

Even if they were chattering in front of Li Yuan's face, they criticized Li's entry into the Central Plains, introduced Hu's blood into the Central Plains, and messed up the blood of the Han family.

Li Yuan could only listen, and at the end of the day, he had to send someone to send him back to the mansion, and ask for warmth.

After Yan Zhishan crowned Li Yuanji and left a nondescript name, he strongly demanded that Li Yuan not leave a single word about this matter, and pretend it never happened, otherwise he would die for Li Yuan to see.

Li Yuan agreed with a depressed face, and asked Li Jiancheng to go out and send him back to the mansion respectfully.

Before leaving, he also specifically explained that he must take good care of the person, and if he misses a hair, he will ask for guilt.

After Yan Zhishan left.

Li Yuan patted Li Yuanji's shoulder with emotion and said: "In order to invite people from the Yan family to crown you, I bleed a lot for my father."

When Li Yuan approached Yan Zhishan for the first time and asked Yan Zhishan to crown Li Yuanji.

Yan Zhishan felt that Yan's family had been humiliated, and asked his children and grandchildren to beat out the people sent by Li Yuan.

Li Yuan finally invited Li Gang, Pei Ju, and Kong An, the 31st generation grandson of Confucius, to come forward to talk about the matter together, and promised to benefit the poor students all over the world, so he invited Yan Zhishan.

Within three years, government schools in various places will nearly triple their enrollment.

The money and food needed have doubled several times.

Not a small sum.

If it wasn't for the benefit of Datang, Li Yuan might not even agree.

"Thank you for your father's love, so can I not use the word Wuyi?"

Li Yuanji said a little depressed.

Yan Zhishan disgusted him enough and gave him a very representative nickname.

Wuyi, obviously refers to the Wuhu in Chaohua.

That is to say he is an idiot.

How could he accept it.

Li Yuan is well aware of how ambiguous this word is, so he said without hesitation: "I don't like this word either, so I don't need it. Anyway, Yan Zhishan also said that there is no word for him to crown you." .

I will ask Li Gang to get you another one later. "

Although Li Gang now focuses on teaching other royal heirs, he also taught Li Yuanji for two years at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

He is qualified to give Li Yuanji the title.

Since Yan Zhishan didn't want their father and son to mention this matter, he certainly wouldn't mention it to others, so Li Yuan declared that Yan Zhishan didn't take the word for Li Yuanji.

Yan Zhishan would pinch his nose and admit it.

Because of this kind of thing, if it gets out, others will only praise Yan Zhishan for his courage and integrity.

After all, in the eyes of the common people, anyone who dares to confront the emperor is a manifestation of being unafraid of power and having a strong character.

(End of this chapter)