Tiantang

Chapter 417 One empress and six concubines
Chapter 424 First Empress and Sixth Concubine

Chen Xilie and other ministers attached great importance to the emperor's canonization of the harem, because it was related to the state system and the order of the imperial court, so it should not be underestimated.

Zhang Xuan was "blocked" at the gate of the palace, and couldn't help smiling bitterly.

It seems that if he does not confer the harem, Chen Xilie and others will not let him go to the harem to reunite with the ladies.

"Chen Zaifu, let me make a long-term calculation?" Zhang Xuan let out a long breath.

Chen Xilie's face turned serious, "Your Majesty, the canonization of the harem and the prince is related to the state system and the order of the inner court... Please also issue an edict immediately, and I will wait for the canonization ceremony to secure the harem."

Chen Xilie and the others really couldn't wait any longer.Because from Chang'an, they have repeatedly advised Zhang Xuan to be a concubine in the harem, but Zhang Xuan has been unable to issue an edict.As of today, the new dynasty has been established for two months, and the capital has also been moved to Luoyang, the central capital. If it is not canonized, it will lose the dignity of the court and the emperor.

Yang Guozhong, Zhang Xun, Guo Ziyi, Gongsun Liang, Pei Mian, and Yan Zhenqing all bowed down together, "Your Majesty, please issue an edict!"

Zhang Xuan sighed, hesitated for a while, "Forget it, I will issue an edict right now."

Zhang Xuan turned back to the palace.

Chen Xilie and the others quickly followed.

Entering Zhang Xuan's imperial study, Chen Xilie and others lined up on both sides, standing silently, waiting for Zhang Xuan's order.

Zhang Xuan looked around at the crowd, paused for a moment, and then said loudly, "Chen Zaifu, draw up an edict: canonize Cui Ying as empress—"

When Zhang Xuan said this, he hesitated a little.In his heart, the status of his women is actually equal, and he is unwilling to cause a rift in the relationship between the women. However, subject to the etiquette of this era, he has to follow the etiquette. In this way, all the women There is a level gap and an invisible gap between them.

This is the key to Zhang Xuan's delay in making up his mind to confer the harem.

He was silent for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Canonize Su Hudong as Concubine Hui, Wan Chun as Concubine Ning, Li Tengkong as Concubine Shu, Yang Yuqing (Sister Yang) as Concubine Li, Yang Yulian as Concubine Hui, Fengming as Concubine Hui Concubine Yi..."

After Zhang Xuan finished speaking, Chen Xilie's gray brows immediately frowned, he stood up and bowed down, "Your Majesty, according to the etiquette system, the inner palace has a queen, four concubines, nine concubines, Jieyu, beauties... There are definite rules and regulations, and it is not in accordance with the etiquette system that His Majesty canonize the six concubines at the same time... Please make some adjustments, Your Majesty."

The concubines and concubines in the emperor's harem are also divided into ranks, and the ranks are strict, not much worse than the imperial court's system of civil servants and generals.Zhang Xuan canonized one empress and six concubines in this way, obviously in the eyes of Chen Xilie and others, it was a bit out of place.

But Zhang Xuan has made up his mind, there is only one queen, so there is no other way, it can only be Cui Ying.Except for Cui Ying, Zhang Xuan decided to make them all concubines, so that they would have equal status, so as not to hurt the harmony between them.

In fact, Zhang Xuan was a little too worried.From the day Zhang Xuan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, all the women began to secretly "check their seats", automatically distinguishing high from low from low to low.

Cui Ying is of course the head of the harem, and Su Hudong is the princess of Huihe, with a tall family background, and Huihe sent troops to help Zhang Xuan win the world and made great contributions, so Su Hudong is ranked after Cui Ying.And Wan Chun is Princess Li Tang, and one of the two wives that Zhang Xuan's matchmaker is marrying into the mansion, so it is justifiable to be ranked behind Su Hudong.

Li Tengkong also has the title of Mrs. County, ranking fourth.Sanjie Yang came in first, ranking fifth.Yang Yulian ranked sixth, and Hua Nuer felt that she was at the end of all the girls.

Zhang Xuan looked at Chen Xilie and smiled, "Chen Zaifu, the so-called etiquette system is also set by the emperor. I am the emperor, and I set up a new dynasty, so today I will set new rules for this harem. Increase to six concubines, rank The ranks are the same, regardless of superiority or inferiority. That's it."

Although Zhang Xuan smiled, his voice was extremely firm.

Chen Xilie was startled, and exchanged glances with Yang Guozhong and the others, not daring to openly disobey Zhang Xuan's intentions, so they all nodded in agreement.

In fact, Zhang Xuan was right.As the emperor of the new dynasty, he has the power to establish new rules and rituals, and he does not necessarily have to follow Li Tang's rituals.It's just that in order to avoid unnecessary wrangling, Zhang Xuan followed Li Tang's system in many irrelevant matters, and did not make systematic updates.

But it's only a matter of time.After Zhang Xuan pacified the Siyi, he would spare time and energy to reset the political etiquette, social system and legal system of the Chinese dynasty.

"Your Majesty, please canonize the prince and princess." Zhang Xun stepped forward and said.

In fact, Zhang Xuan now has only one son and two twin daughters, both of whom are under one year old.Xiao Zhangqian is too young, it is too early to enshrine the crown prince of the East Palace, so he can only be crowned king for the time being.

Zhang Xuan already had a plan for this, and after hearing Zhang Xun's words, he nodded and said loudly, "A draft edict: Canonize Zhang Gan as Duanwang. Canonize Zhang Ruoran as Princess An, and Zhang Hanyan as Princess Dingguo. There is no food for now."

Originally, both the prince and the princess had food and land, but because Zhang Xuan's child was too young, Chen Xilie and others felt that Zhang Xuan's canonization was very appropriate.Anyway, titles and titles are likely to change at any time, so there is no need to be serious at this time.

Chen Xilie and the others were about to take their orders and leave, and the imperial court immediately issued a formal canonization edict to announce it to the world, but unexpectedly Zhang Xuan said flatly, "The proposed edict: Canonize Zhang Xiuxiu as the princess of Ningguo, with two thousand households in Shiyi. Canonization Li Susu is the lord of Zhaoyang County, Xiao Shisanlang is Xiaoyaohou, and there are two thousand households in Shiyi."

Chen Xilie and the others were shocked.

Chen Xilie also knew that Zhang Xiuxiu was the adopted daughter of Zhang Xuan's mother, the Empress Dowager Liu, and now she is the young wife of the Cui family, and she has a good relationship with Zhang Xuan.Since she is the emperor's righteous sister—and Zhang Xiuxiu is also the queen's sister-in-law, it is not too much for the emperor to confer the title of a eldest princess on the basis of multiple affections.

But who is this Li Susu? The emperor suddenly canonized him as the county king and paid back [-] households in the city!And who is Xiao Shisanlang? Isn't it too outrageous to be named Marquis for no reason?

"This...Your Majesty..." Chen Xilie, Yang Guozhong, Gongsun Liang and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, and were about to speak out when they saw Zhang Xun and Guo Ziyi secretly winking at them, so they forced themselves not to speak.

Zhang Xuan glanced at Chen Xilie and the others, but didn't explain anything, he knew Guo Ziyi and Zhang Xun would explain for him.Besides, as an emperor, if he insisted on canonizing someone, Chen Xilie and others would not be able to stop him.

Xiao Shisanlang didn't care about fame and fame, even as a general in the army, he was listless. He was used to being carefree, and he really couldn't stand the restraint in the army and the tyranny in the officialdom.But although Xiao Shisanlang's reputation is not obvious, his credit is no worse than that of people like Nan Jiyun. Zhang Xuan took this opportunity to canonize him as a marquis, and then made his wife Li Susu a princess title, which can be regarded as a gift to Xiao Shisan. Saburo explained.

Zhang Xuan knew that Shisanlang Xiao and his wife would accept it, even if Shisanlang Xiao was indifferent to fame and fortune, he still had a son.He must consider for his wife and children.

As for the canonization of Zhang Xiuxiu, in addition to family considerations, Zhang Xuan also had political considerations.Zhang Xiuxiu married the Cui family on behalf of the royal family. The higher the status of Zhang Xiuxiu, the higher the status of her, her husband Cui Huan and the entire Cui family in the noble family. This is irreplaceable for Zhang Xuan to win over the noble family. role.

As a result, the Cui family is already prominent for a while.It is the natal family of Empress Cui Ying, and there is also a governor of Guannei Road, plus Zhang Xiuxiu, the eldest princess of Ningguo, the Cui family has a faint tendency to become the head of the noble family.

Zhang Xuan thought for a while, then said calmly, "In addition, Zhang Jiuming was conferred the title of King of Qinghe County, with [-] households in Shiyi. Zhang Jiugao was canonized as King of Pingling County, with [-] households in Shiyi. The other clan heirs, Chen Zaifu, you Xiangguo Let's discuss the punishment, I can do anything."

Zhang Xuan finally agreed to canonize the two uncles Zhang Jiuming and Zhang Jiugao and their heirs.In any case, these are his relatives of the emperor, so the so-called one person attains the Tao and ascends to heaven, that's what it is.

Chen Xilie and others knelt down on the ground and took orders to leave.

After such a commotion, Zhang Xuan's thought of going to the back garden to reunite with the girls faded away.In addition, it was already getting late, so I decided not to go, and just rested in the Huaxia Palace.

On the second day, there was no court meeting.

Chen Xilie successively promulgated six canonization edicts for the emperor, one canonization of Cui Ying as empress, and bestowed golden books and jade scrolls.The second way conferred Su Hudong and other six daughters as concubines and sent them to Houyuan.The third canonize Zhang Xiuxiu as Princess Ningguo and send it to the Cui Mansion.The fourth canonize the eldest son of the emperor, Zhang Qian, as Duan Wang, and the emperor's daughters Zhang Ruoran and Zhang Hanyan as Princess An and Princess Dinguo.The fifth canonize Xiao Shisanlang as Xiaoyaohou and Li Susu as Zhaoyang Princess, and send them to Xiao's mansion.The sixth way canonized Zhang Jiuming and Zhang Jiugao as county kings and sent them to the Zhang family of the royal family.

It is a matter of course for the new emperor to ascend the throne and enshrine concubines and relatives, so these edicts did not cause any movement in the capital.

But in the Cui family and the Xiao family, it caused a great "repercussion".

Cui Yinggui is the empress, and her mother honors the world.Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xiuxiu, the wife of the eldest son Cui Huan, took another step to the sky and became the eldest princess of the dynasty.For the Cui family, this is a great favor.

Cui Ju and his wife led a group of relatives and servants in the mansion, prostrated themselves on the ground in gratitude, facing the direction of the palace, shouting long live.

When he got the news, Zhang Xiuxiu was talking to his sister Li Susu in Xiao Shisanlang's mansion. He heard that she was canonized by the emperor as Princess Ningguo, and her sister was also canonized as princess, and her brother-in-law was also awarded Marquis Xiaoyao. The two sisters cried His face was covered with tears, he couldn't help himself, and fell to the ground crying.

The two sisters have their own hearts of gratitude and repayment, but they also have the joys and sorrows of remembering their life experience.They were originally Li Yong's granddaughters. After Li Yong's death, they lived in prostitutes. If Zhang Xuan, a nobleman, did not appear, how could they be where they are today?
From the singer to today's eldest princess and princess, the noble ladies who are among the high-level dignitaries in the capital enjoy the glory and wealth in the world. How can such a contrast prevent the two women from being agitated and unable to control themselves.

Xiao Shisanlang also sighed beside him.

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