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Chapter 2694, Volume 82, [-] Red tape, dog p is not
October.

In this month, there is the Thousand Autumn Festival for the crown prince.

The sixth day of October this year was the first Qianqiu Festival that Xiao Shiwu officially celebrated as the crown prince; but because he was about to formally ascend the throne in more than two months, it was also the first Qianqiu Festival that Xiao Shiwu celebrated as the crown prince. The last and last Thousand Autumn Festival of the Crown Prince.

The emperor also chose this month to officially confer Wanxi as Empress Xiaoyi.

It was the first time in the history of the Qing Dynasty that the old emperor canonized the birth mother of the crown prince as a queen—even in the history of the Qing Dynasty, so there were no ready-made old rules to follow in all ceremonies , can only move in accordance with the original practice of canonizing the queen, or the heir emperor chasing the mother's queen, and move towards the canonization ceremony of Wanxi.

For example, when the Qing Dynasty enshrines a queen, it should be sacrificed to heaven, earth, and the apse of the Taimiao—but this is all for the emperor's big marriage and the canonization of a queen; The gods of the father and emperor are put together.

Wanxi is not the queen of the emperor's wedding book, and the old emperor himself has not died at this time, so it is inappropriate at all.

The ministers of the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple then petitioned the emperor.

In response to the impact on the court's series of rules for the canonization of Wanxi, the emperor also made a special decree.

What the emperor first said was the traditional Manchu rule of not shaving their hair when they keep their filial piety.

This rule seems to be just a matter of shaving or not, which is not a big deal, but it is related to the most representative national customs of the Qing Dynasty.Just like when the Qing Dynasty just entered the customs, it was a question of whether to "shave your hair" or "keep your head".

The emperor has always attached the most importance to the Manchu tradition. He has been in power for decades, and every year he must emphasize the persistence of tradition.How many clan princes were disqualified from inheriting titles because they could not bow horses, ride horses and shoot, or were not proficient in Manchu language—but when it comes to the most important national custom of whether to shave their hair or not when observing filial piety, the emperor is here The time was changed.

"If you don't shave your hair, then you don't sacrifice to the gods for three years, it's not auspicious. And it's related to the national code, it's absolutely impossible." The emperor also pretended that this was the teaching of the empress dowager, saying that the ancestor's old system was for the sake of Necessary for worshiping the gods.

——Although the ancestors are important, compared with the gods, there is a judgment on which is more important and which is light.

Therefore, in order to sacrifice to the gods, after the fifteenth day ascended the throne, the emperor himself died, and the younger fifteenth would not have to shave his hair for three years-"If the future emperor wants to imitate the ancient rituals, he should think about the filial piety of the emperor, which is different from the common people. .”

The filial piety of the emperor, "pure filial piety, but the sincerity of the heart", does not lie in those superficial red tapes, so Xiao Shiwu can become the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty to keep his filial piety without having to shave his hair for three years.

After the emperor first changed the most important thing in the rules of the Manchu ancestors, he calmly mentioned the matter of canonization Wanxi.

The emperor's decree is a long one, what to say first, what to say later, he has deep considerations in his heart-first change the national customs, and then talk about the matter of canonization.

"Empress Xiaoyi's divine card, ascended to worship the first hall", there is no need to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, the back hall of the Taimiao—because I am not dead yet.

"The descendants of future generations, when there is a book for the mother, they will follow my decree." But in front of him, it is not Xiao Shiwu who is going to give the mother, but he, the old emperor, canonize that person himself.

Although the emperor was exempted from the ceremonies of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and the apse of the Taimiao, the meaning in the decree could not be more clear—for the sake of this child, I can change the most important three-year mourning period in the national customs and not allow hair to be shaved For the sake of their mother and son, what else can't I change?
Even if it's just a ritual reduction, it's just because it's too troublesome, and it's not suitable if I'm still alive, and I'll be promoted to the Tai Temple after I die...

For the sake of their mother and son, the ancestral rules of the Qing Dynasty have been ignored for many years.Those red tapes that you care about are nothing with me and their mother and son.

(End of this chapter)