Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 308 New Year's Court Meeting
In the spring of 650 A.D., on the first day of the first lunar month, Li Chengqian presided over the Great Court Meeting. This was the first Great Court Meeting held when he ascended the throne. He will announce the change of Yuan at this Great Court Meeting, and Datang will change to a new year name.

He had already discussed the year name with Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Li Ji and other ministers, and finally confirmed it as Yonghui.

On the first day of the first lunar month, after the third watch, countless lanterns were moving on the streets of Chang'an City. Today is the annual grand court meeting.

Civil and military officials of the imperial court, governors from all over the country, and governors are rushing to the Taiji Palace, preparing to attend the Great Court Assembly and meet the new emperor.

Crowds of people from all directions on the streets of Chang'an began to gather towards the Taiji Palace. The servants led the horses and held torches or lanterns to lead the master forward, illuminating the road ahead.

A team of Jinwu guards in the palace came to the gate of the palace stepping in neat steps. The leader held half of the door token in his hand, and the other half of the door token in the hands of the gate officer could be combined before the palace gate could be opened.

After the inspection was correct, the door token was divided into two halves. The two stepped forward and inserted the two halves of the door token into the corresponding holes, and only then opened the palace gate.

The gate of the palace opened slowly, and the ministers outside the gate had arrived one after another, and lined up according to their official positions, ready to enter the palace.

In addition to hundreds of officials, there are also various princes and kings, old and new princes, court envoys from other places, governors, governors, and envoys of various ethnic groups, all gathered under the gate of Beique.

This time of year is the busiest time in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to meeting the emperor today, it is also a time to give gifts to the emperor in an open and honest manner to show loyalty.

Nobody wants to be left behind.

At this time, the entire city of Chang'an was under martial law. In order to prevent accidents, there were heavily armored and heavily armed guards along the streets. Yellow banners and various guards of honor were spread throughout the palace.

The defense of the entire imperial palace is the strictest, and even a mosquito can't escape the eyes of the imperial guards and fly in through the heavily guarded guards.

After going through layers of inspections, everyone finally came to the Tai Chi Hall under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple.

At this time, the atrium is the most heavily guarded and most guarded place.

At this time, the interior of the Tai Chi Hall had been properly arranged, and apart from the imperial tent, the positions of civil and military officials and guests had also been set up.

Under the guidance of the etiquette officer, everyone entered the arranged position according to their respective status.

Civil officials of the third rank and above are located on the right side facing the emperor, Duke Jie and Gong Gong are on the left facing the emperor, and military officers of the third rank and above are located on the outside of these people and slightly behind.

The governors and governors from various prefectures and counties are located on the left and right sides of the ministers of civil and military affairs above the third rank. The higher the rank, the higher the ranking.

Officials above the sixth rank are located on the right side of the main area, and those below the sixth rank can only stay in the corner.

The envoys from the vassal states are divided into the southeast and northwest directions according to the position of their country, after the senior officials above the civil and military ranks.

Finally, there are some less important royal family members who are even regarded as transparent, and they are in the last row.

Everyone found their respective positions according to their identities, and then quietly waited for the emperor's arrival.

At this time, the servant will send someone to invite the emperor to come to the court and accept all the people who come to the court meeting to worship.

If the emperor does not come, this grand court will not be able to go on at all.

In the Ganlu Hall, Li Chengqian was opening his hands, allowing the maids to wear the crowns on their bodies.

Wearing Xuanyi clothes embroidered with twelve chapter patterns, leather belts, large belts, swords, pendants, ribbons, etc., all of which were put on Li Chengqian.

After wearing it, put on Li Chengqian a gold ornament with twelve white beads hanging from the front and back.

Dagon Mian ranks second in the emperor's costumes, second only to Da Qiu Mian.

After dressing up, Li Chengqian walked out of the Ganlu Hall with the support of the eunuch, got on the chariot that had been prepared, and set off for the Taiji Hall under the driving of the chariot.

Li Chengqian got off the imperial chariot, walked into the Taiji Hall, and sat on the throne facing south. During the great court meeting, the Shang chariot bureau would meet Chen Yuting.

The emperor's chariot with ten rides stops around outside the Taiji Hall during the great court meeting.

At this time, Fu Baolang, who is in charge of managing the emperor's seal, will put the god seal of the town and the imperial jade seal representing the emperor's divine right in front of the emperor.

"Everyone bows down to the Prince of the Tang Dynasty! Shout out!" Everything was ready, and with Wang Quan's shout, the Great Court Meeting on the first day of the first lunar month was kicking off.

This was the first time Li Chengqian sat on the throne and accepted the worship of officials, envoys, governors, governors, and relatives of the emperor.

In the past, he followed everyone to worship his father, Emperor Taizong Wen, and today he finally had the opportunity to experience the feeling of being worshiped by so many people together.

"Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live!" All the people attending the Great Court Meeting knelt down on the ground and shouted long live.

"Get up!" Wang Quan shouted, "Bye!"

Everyone got up immediately, and with the sound of worship, everyone knelt down on the ground again.

"Mountain hoo!"

"Long live!"

"Get up, bye!"

"Hurr again!"

"Long live!"

After the last mountain call, everyone got up and stood up, the collective kneeling ceremony was completed, and then it was the turn of the prime ministers to kneel down to the emperor individually and send New Year's greetings.

This is used to represent the respect of the people to the emperor. As for whether it can really represent the people of the world, it doesn't matter at all.

After the kneeling ceremony was completed, the attendant stepped forward to the left front of the emperor, announced "There is a system!", and the group knelt down again.

As the emperor, Li Chengqian wanted to say at this time: "The celebration of assuming a new position is equal to that of a public servant."

Everyone expressed their gratitude. Once there was a collective pilgrimage. With the three shouts of long live, the pilgrimage finally ended after the last bow.

If everything goes well, you can proceed to the next step, and everyone will give gifts to the emperor.

This is probably something that all emperors like to hear. After all, this day is the day when the emperor can be blatant and accept gifts without any scruples.

The happiest thing is to belong to the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites, because apart from selecting a few favorite items among these things, the emperor will keep and use the rest.

In order to show their loyalty this time, everyone racked their brains.

The court envoys from all over the country presented carefully prepared gifts, and Li Chengqian at most only listened to the names. In fact, they were all items with nice names, but they were just fake items.

If something is called a unicorn by the etiquette officer, don't think that it is really a unicorn, but an animal with gold leaf on it.

As for the unicorn, it is only limited to legends, and it is a product of fiction. If the ritual officer calls out the word "jade unicorn", it means that it is a unicorn carved from jade.

Anyway, it's just for the sake of sounding good, things can be mediocre, but the name must be high-end and elegant, otherwise there is no way to bring out the dignity of the emperor.

(End of this chapter)