Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 399 Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties

On August 26th, the 24th year of Jian'an, the enthronement ceremony, which had been prepared for more than half a year, finally began.

The ceremony was held in the southern suburbs of Xiangyang.

In late autumn, the sun rises slowly, and the cool wind gently blows the earth, swaying the yellowish weeds with the wind.

The southern suburb is at the foot of Mount Xian. There is a distance from Xiangyang City to Mount Xian. There is a forest at the foot of the mountain. The forest grows densely.

If you want to go to Xianshan, you have to go through the trail through this forest.However, the ceremony was not on Mount Xian, but on the grass outside the forest, and a high platform had already been built at this time.

Groups of Jingzhou soldiers lined up neatly to wrap up the entire ceremony site, with three floors inside and three floors outside.The Han's flag fluttered with the wind, and under the breeze, a row of carriages slowly drove to the southern suburbs of the sacrificial platform.

"Kong Ming and Xiaoqing made a lot of fun, but I have pity on my old bones. The road outside Xiangyang City should be repaired. It is full of potholes. I heard that Xianshan Mountain is going to start classes again? How can the road not be repaired? "

Jia Xu got out of the carriage and complained to Xue Yong, the prefect of Nanjun, who greeted him next to him.

He was wearing a purple robe, which was delivered to the mansion the day before yesterday. It was said to be the official uniform of the new dynasty. It was made of Shu brocade, beautiful and very comfortable to wear.

It was this bumpy road that tortured the old man over 74 years old.

Xue Yong smiled and said: "Hasn't Xiangyang been at war for the past two years? Xianshan was closed before the school. The king said that people's livelihood should be taken care of first, but the road has not been repaired. Please don't worry, I will do it this year. This issue."

"Ah."

The new Shangshu Zuo Pushe Jia Xu nodded and entered the venue under the guidance of his attendants.

The list of officials was reported to Liu Bei by Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang last month. After Liu Bei made some revisions, it was announced directly at the court meeting at the end of last month, and it was not released until he was enthroned.

Because there is no need for this, the transfer of officials is normal, and there is no need to make adjustments after ascension to the throne.

However, at present, only the list of officials has been promulgated, including the prefects of the counties, the governors of the prefectures, and the important officials of the imperial court.

These things are intended to be used as rewards for meritorious officials after Liu Bei ascends the throne, so arrange the official positions first, and then do the rewards afterwards.

At the moment, there were already many people sitting in the venue, and many mats were arranged under the venue, arranged according to the size and rank of the officials. Those who could participate in this ceremony were at least officials of the sixth rank or above. Even Xue Yong, the prefect of Nanjun, could only When welcoming guests, it can be seen how high the standard system is.

Jia Xu is a servant of Shangshu, and he is the third grade.In fact, Liu Bei wanted him to be the Minister of the Book, and he was ranked as the deputy prime minister of the three provinces, but the old man thought that he was not an old minister of Liu Bei, and there were many factions of talents under Liu Bei's command. Interact with others in private, and resolutely refuse to accept the position of deputy prime minister.

In desperation, Liu Bei had no choice but to let him shoot for Shang Shu Zuo Pu.However, after the opening of the new dynasty, the three princes were to be established. In the past, there was only Taifu Xu Jing. Now that Taifu was abolished and the positions of Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong were restored, Liu Bei asked him to concurrently serve as Taiwei, so that in name his position was Taiwei and Shangshu Zuo Pushe, Cong Yipin, has the post of recorder and minister, and participates in the central political decision-making.

After he got there, he was placed in the first row.

Sitting in the first row is naturally only the prime minister, the general, the third prince, and the generals of the hussars, the chariots, and the guards.

It's just that some people are missing.

Zhang Fei was recommended by Shen Chen as the Hussar General. Although the Hussar General and the Chariot General Wei were on the same level, when arranging the seats, the Hussar General was often only under the General.

But Liu Bei crossed out Zhang Fei's name, changed Shen Chen to General Hussars, and made Zhang Fei General Chariots.

Since Zhang Fei was still guarding Xiliang, he was absent.

Not only Zhang Fei.

None of the generals guarding the border, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong, came.

On the contrary, Xu Shu withdrew from Hanzhong and is currently appointed by Liu Bei as the minister of the family, and is the chief official of the three provinces with Pang Tong and Fazheng.

Soon there were more and more people at the venue, and they arrived one after another.

According to the usual practice, all the officials should have got up early and followed today's protagonist Liu Bei to the venue.

Then there are still some steps before the ceremony starts. For example, before Liu Bei arrives at the venue with all the officials, the guard of honor will play music.

But that rule is a bit torturing. Only the emperor can sit in the luanyu carriage, and then the prime minister, the general and the third prince can ride in a carriage or ride a horse, and the rest have to walk.

In order to take care of some old people who followed him to fight, Liu Bei ordered everyone to go to the venue by themselves before the ceremony, so there is no need to go through this process.

At this moment, in the first row below, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, Taiwei Jia Xu, Situ Xu Jing, Sikong Huang Zhu, Hussar General Shen Chen, and General Wei Ma Chao were already sitting in their seats.

The second row and the third row are the second rank and the second rank. The head of the Nine Ministers, Taichang Qing Lai Gong, needs to preside over the ceremony. The new Guanglu Xun Mi Zhu, Shaofu Zhang Song, Zongzheng Liu Yan, Tingwei Wang Mou, eunuch Zhou Lin, chief minister Li Hui and others were all present.

There are also Shangshu Ling Pang Tong, Zhongshu Cheng Fazheng, and Menxia Qing Xu Shu. Zhao Yun, who made great contributions to killing Cao Chun in Dongxing embankment and was so powerful in Huainan, was promoted to the post general, and the latter general Huang Zhong moved to the former general. Left and right generals.

However, Wei Yan and Pang De were not here. They were guarding Jiangdong with Guan Yu at this time, and only Ma Chao and Zhao Yun followed Liu Bei back to the court. Therefore, the four generals are currently absent, and only Zhao Yun is present.

The rest of the officials below the third grade are various. At present, in the Liu Bei Group system, the Yuan Cong faction and the Jingzhou faction still occupy high positions.

For example, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Shi Ren, Liu Yan, Yuan Wei, Xia Houzuan, these old people who followed Liu Bei when he was in Youzhou or Xuzhou, had always held higher positions, even if their abilities were not outstanding, their qualifications were still high. gave them a great help.

For example, Liu Yan was a chariot general in history, and Yuan Chen was a general who conquered the west. Shiren and Mi Fang's status in Jingzhou was only lower than Guan Yu's, so they were generally around the third rank to the second rank.

However, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, and Xia Houzuan have died of illness for several years. If they are here, the positions of the Sangong and Jiuqing may have to be changed.

There is also the Jingzhou faction.

For example, Yi Ji, Li Yan, Han Ran and others who followed the earlier ones are not bad, at least they are at the third-rank level.Yin Guan, Xiang Lang, Xi Zhen, Ma Jun, Ma Liang, Pang Shanmin, Kuai Qi and others are all county guards above the fourth rank and above, belonging to the middle and high ranks.

In contrast, the Yizhou faction is much worse.

In addition to Fazheng, Meng Da, Zhang Song, Li Hui, Pang Xi, and Wu Ban, who surrendered to Liu Bei in the early days, Wu Yi, Fei Guan, Zhang Yi, and Wu Lan, who surrendered to Liu Bei in the Battle of Zigui, had higher status .

The rest of Yan Yan, Yang Huai, Gao Pei, Deng Xian, Leng Bao, Zhang Ren, Liu Gui, Fu Jin, Xiang Cun, Lei Tong, Yang Ren, etc. belonged to the third-tier mid-level generals.

Basically, they are between the fourth and fifth ranks. At present, Yan Yan Zhangren is the regular general of the fourth rank, and the rest are either generals from the fourth rank, or partial generals and generals from the fifth rank or the fifth rank.

But as the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.

It is true that the Yizhou faction was promoted slowly due to late joining, poor qualifications, and other reasons.But compared to them, at least some people are at the bottom.

Yangzhou faction.

If Liu Bei hadn't ignored Zhuge Liang's opposition and forcibly promoted Zhuge Jin to Zhongshu Zuopushe, perhaps the Yangzhou faction would not even have a fourth-rank or higher official.

But there is no way.

An official position is a radish and a pit.

He joined the team early, has deep qualifications, and made a lot of contributions, so he naturally occupies a high position.

The faction in Yangzhou supported Sun Quan and resisted stubbornly. It would be good if he didn't punish him. It is obviously impossible to get promoted quickly.

Therefore, in the future, they will probably have to wait for someone to make great contributions, otherwise the Yangzhou faction will never be able to lift its head.

of course.

Most of the generals were not present because they had to guard against Cao Wei and some ethnic minorities in the southwest.

There were hundreds of people in the arena, most of whom were civil servants.

Such as Prime Minister, Sangong Jiuqing, Prince Taifu, Da Changqiu, Prince Shaofu, General Master, Chief Officials of Three Provinces, Left and Right Servants, Six Cao Shangshu, Zhongshu, Menxia, ​​Supervisory Yuan, Yushitai, Sangongsuo And its subordinate officials and so on.

For example, Lu Xun currently serves as Shang Shulang of Shangshutai, where he was shot by Shangshuling, Zuopu, Shangshu Zuocheng, and Liucao Shangshu. According to the previous rank, he was ranked four hundred stones, but now he is from the seventh rank.

However, being Shang Shulang is not a bad thing. Although the Shang Shulang, Zhongshumi, and Menxia Shi in the three provinces are only the lowest positions, they are not the officials of the three provinces. Show-faced staff officer.

Once you can put forward constructive opinions, you will be promoted soon if you say it is not good.

Therefore, many officials are scrambling to become members of the three provinces, hoping to participate in the highest political decision-making of the central government.It's just that not everyone can be a member of the three provinces, and you must have a strategy.

Therefore, Liu Bei's staff group is the majority at present, such as Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Fazheng, Jia Xu, and Xu Shu's five major advisers will not be mentioned.

There are also advisers such as Ma Liang, Huang Quan, Li Yan, Liu Ba, Yang Yi, Deng Zhi, Zheng Du, Jiang Wan, Yin Guan, Xi Zhen, Liao Li and so on. Political advisor.

Even Ma Zhong, who later became the general of Zhennan in the Shu Han Dynasty, is currently the right minister under the door.

Don't think that Ma Zhong is a military general. In fact, he is a civil servant.

The crowd is bustling at the moment, and now the officials are divided into nine grades. Originally, Shen Chen planned to divide them into three grades with nine to six grades, six to three grades, and two to first grades.

But Zhuge Liang thought it was inappropriate, so he re-divided the ninth to seventh ranks as township and county officials, all wearing green robes.Ranks six to four are state and county officials, all wearing red robes.Ranks three to one are state-level officials, wearing purple robes.

Because Liu Bei currently has only four states under his command, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Yangzhou, and Jiaozhou. The pastoral positions of these four states are high and powerful. They should not be at the state and county level, but at the deputy state level directly under the central government.

So now all officials above the third rank wear purple robes, those above the sixth rank wear red robes, and those above the ninth rank wear green robes. Everyone has a clear hierarchy and sits down separately, waiting for the opening of the ceremony.

After a while, there was a loud shout: "The king is here!"

The officials suddenly stopped whispering to each other, but looked to one side.

I saw the carriage parked outside the venue. Surrounded by Chen Dao, Xue Yong, who was in charge of the order of the venue today, and Lai Gong, who was in charge of the ceremony, Liu Bei got off the carriage and walked into the venue.

He is still wearing the robes of the princes and kings, because one of the contents of the ceremony is to change clothes, so he must first wear the robes of the princes and kings before he can replace them with the clothes that symbolize the emperor.

He heard the sound of the horn and the sound of the drums. Liu Bei walked slowly into the venue and climbed up the steps to the high platform used for sacrifice.

"salute!"

The praise officer shouted.

Music is suspended.

The officials stood up, bowed their hands to the high platform and saluted: "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"No courtesy, sit down!"

Liu Bei pressed his hands down.

"Thank you king!"

The ministers sat down in response.

Taichangqing Lai Gong then said, "Welcome God!"

The process of the emperor offering sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth and ancestors is the same.

First light the firewood of the burnt wood stove to let the smoke rise, which means the communication between the world and heaven.

Afterwards, they bow down to the gods and ancestors of all walks of life on the altar, and then offer jade, silk, three animals, five grains, wine and so on.

This process has nine procedures in accordance with the Zhou rituals, which are divided into welcoming the gods, laying jade and silk, entering the zu, first offering, second offering, final offering, withdrawing food, sending the gods off, and watching the fire.

In addition to offering sacrifices to gods, there are also ancestors.

In addition to carrying up the spiritual throne of his father Liu Hong, Liu Bei is the 24th generation emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Under Lai Gong's guidance, Liu Bei continued to pray to his ancestors according to the etiquette.

At the end, the sacrificial ceremony is over, and it is the enthronement ceremony.

Because the previous sacrificial ceremony was actually Liu Bei praying to heaven and ancestors, telling them that the great man was usurped by Cao Pi, and now he must take on the responsibility of revitalizing the great man, conveying this matter to God and ancestors, and praying for the permission and protection of the gods and ancestors .

So now after passing this matter to God through sacrifice, it means that the above has already known and obtained permission, and Liu Bei can officially ascend the throne.

Seeing Lai Gong burning the jade silk letter written by Liu Bei himself, and passing the news to his ancestors Han Gaozu Liu Bang, Han Wendi, Han Jingdi and other wise emperors, Liu Bei took out a new jade silk letter and began to write Read below.

"In the autumn of the 26th year of Jian'an, August Bingwu, the emperor's ministers dared to use Xuan Mu to declare to the God of Heaven and the God of Houtu: Han Dynasty has the world, and there is no limit to history. Wang Mang usurped the robbers in the past, Emperor Guangwu was furious and punished, and the country was restored. Now Cao Cao resists the soldiers and tolerates them, but Zipi carries his fierce rebellion and steals the artifacts. The officials and soldiers thought that the country was ruined, and it was time to repair it. Heir to the second ancestor of Wu, and Gong Xing was punished by heaven. But he was not virtuous, and he was afraid of the throne of the emperor, so he asked the common people , and barbarian princes outside, he said that the destiny cannot be left unanswered, the ancestral property cannot be replaced for a long time, and the world cannot be left without a master. Leading the land like looking forward, there is only one person. Fear the power of the sky, and fear that the Han state will be annihilated on the earth. I would like to choose the day of the Yuan Dynasty, and go to the altar with a hundred officials, and receive the emperor's seal and ribbon. Repair the burnt sputum, and tell the class to the great god. Only the great god will honor it! Zuo is in the Han family, and it will be in the world forever."

After finishing speaking, he threw the treasure in his hand into the burnt wood stove and burned it, showing the situation to heaven.

The description is now complete.

Then came the official enthronement ceremony, with music, dancing, and bells and drums.

Liu Bei went to change clothes and put on Dai Gongmian's uniform, and when he came back on stage, he had already put on the Twelve Chapters of Emperor's costume.

Lai Gong sang again.

This time, all the officials will kneel down with their hands raised and their brows flat, proclaiming long live, proclaiming themselves as ministers, and establishing the distinction between monarchs and ministers.

After that, Liu Bei officially promulgated the edict of enthronement, announced the reform of the Yuan Dynasty and amnesty to the world at the same time, and then gave a banquet to the officials. The activity ceremony lasted until the afternoon, and finally came to an end.

Since then.

After the old Han regime crashed last September.

A new Han regime was established in the south in August of the 26th year of Jian'an, which was also the first year of Zhang Wu!

this period.

Therefore, it is also called the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties!
(End of this chapter)