Chastity Layman

  Chapter 126 Ascension to the Throne

  Won a hundred gold horseshoes for nothing, but Qin Lang didn't feel the slightest joy.

  The morning drum of Chang'an Drum Tower is still beating one after another, as if beating on his heart. Qin Lang had no choice but to hurry out of the Taiji Palace and head for the East Palace.

   Along the way, no one stopped him to check the fish talisman and family registration, the left and right Wuhou patrolling cavalry, the left and right guard guards, and the left and right school captains guarding the gate guards.

  East Palace, Lizheng Hall.

  Li Shimin had already put on the Yumian for today's enthronement ceremony. He stood in front of the full-length bronze mirror, looking at the strange self in the mirror, feeling excited and nervous.

  He stretched out his hand to tug on the dress robe of the twelve coats of arms, always feeling that there were still a few unevennesses in this comforting and docile dress robe.

  Changsun Wuji came in.

   "Your Majesty, everything has been prepared, but Qin Lang just came to report, but the Supreme Emperor refused to come."

   Li Shimin was startled for a moment.

   "Are you prepared for an emergency?"

   "We have made a record in advance to prevent the emperor from coming."

   "So it's okay even if the emperor doesn't come?"

"It really won't affect the ceremonies, but it will still have some bad effects." Changsun Wuji said, "I heard that Qin Lang went to Taiji Palace yesterday afternoon and played mahjong with the Supreme Emperor and Pei Ji all day. This morning, the Supreme Emperor refused to come because he was too tired, this Qin Lang is incapable of doing things."

   Li Shimin waved his hand.

   "Actually, the Supreme Emperor just didn't want to come. The other reasons are just reasons. If that's the case, then forget it. Qin Sanlang also worked hard, so I can't blame him for this. Let him also prepare for the ceremony and attend the ceremony later."

   "Why don't I invite the Supreme Emperor myself?" Changsun Wuji said.

   "Did you invite me?"

"let me try."

   "Okay." Li Shimin finally agreed.

Changsun Wuji rushed to the Taiji Palace in person, and waited for a long time before seeing the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan. After explaining his intention, Li Yuan just said coldly, "I already said that I am tired today and don't want to go to the East Palace to receive court congratulations. Why is Erlang not willing? "

  Changsun Wuji was scolded by Li Yuan and kicked out, so he had no choice but to return. After hearing this, Li Shimin responded blankly.

   "Go, the ceremony is about to begin!"

   Li Shimin greeted his eldest grandson Wuji to go to the outer palace of the East Palace. This is his era, even if there is no Supreme Emperor, it will not affect it.

  When the ministers see the emperor, they form the court, and when the king sees the court, they form the meeting, so it is called the court meeting.

  Although the Tang Dynasty was established not long ago, it followed the Sui system, and there were external courts, internal courts, and central courts.

The Outer Dynasty was held at Chengtianmen, the main entrance of Taiji Palace, just like the important ceremonies held at Tiananmen Square in later generations. Some of the most important ceremonies in the Tang Dynasty, such as succession to the throne, canonization of princes, reception of tribute envoys from various countries, and guests from all over the world, were also held here to celebrate New Year’s Day, Winter solstice, release of amnesty...

  It’s just that Li Shimin has given up the Taiji Palace to the Supreme Emperor to live in, so his enthronement ceremony was held in the East Palace, and the south gate of the East Palace is the Chongming Gate.

  At this moment, Qin Lang was outside Chongming Gate.

Since Li Shimin was the crown prince in the East Palace, the imperial court built a waiting room outside the Chongming Gate. The waiting room was originally used for officials outside the Chengtian Gate. What's more, I have to get up and rush to the outside of the Taiji Palace to wait for the night to open the palace gate and enter the palace early.

  In order to allow court officials to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, the East Palace also has this courtyard.

  Censor Du Yan came with two supervisors and began roll call.

  In addition to impeaching officials, Yushitai also had another important duty to maintain etiquette and order during court meetings.

Today is a big ceremony, unlike the usual regular participants, only one or two hundred officials, including fifth-rank civil servants, attended the meeting. Yibin was also invited to come.

  Du Yan took the roll call with his subordinates and divided them into classes.

   "Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, Shangzhu Kingdom, Sanqi Changshi, Zhenfu Sicheng, Yi Guogong Qin Lang!"

   "Yes!" Qin Lang got up to answer his name.

  Du Yan nodded to Qin Lang, then picked up a pen and made a mark on the notebook, "Eighteenth in the third-rank class of the East Class, remember your position, don't stand by the wrong side later."

  Qin Lang hurriedly wrote down that everyone's position in the court meeting was regulated, and they couldn't mess around, otherwise they would be impeached. Moreover, different levels of court meetings have different positions because the number of participants is different.

  In general, the position of the court class is based on the standard of civil left and military right, and according to the rank of the ministry.

  The shift of the prime minister is the first, followed by the shift of the nine ranks of officials.

  Because the ancients regarded the east as the left and the west as the right, the military commander class is also called the western class, and the literary class is also called the eastern class.

Qin Lang himself is the duke of the country. This is from the rank of the first rank, and the honor of the upper pillar, which is regarded as the second rank. However, when scheduling shifts, they are ranked according to their rank. If there is a rank but no rank, then the prince will be ranked first. After the officials of the first rank, the king of the county ranks behind the officers of the second rank, and the Duke of the state ranks behind the officers of the third rank. If the surname is different and the surname is the same, then the seniority will come first.

  Qin Lang's Sanjie is Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, which is Wenjie, so he was ranked in the east class.

  He has two responsibilities, from the third-rank casual rider to the regular attendant and the fourth-rank lower-rank Fu Sicheng, to the senior rank, so he is ranked in the third-rank class. Because Qin Lang has a Duke, he ranked eighteenth in the class of third grade literature.

In today's Grand Court Meeting, those who are ranked at the front are those with the title of prime minister, the left servant shoots Xiao Yu, the right servant shoots Feng Lun, the Zhongshu Ling Yu Wenshu, the servant Chen Shuda, and the inspector Zhongshu Ling Fang Xuanling , Gao Shilian, the school inspector, a total of six people.

  Then there is Pei Ji, a minister of the first grade, who is Sikong, one of the only three remaining companies in Datang.

  It turned out that Li Shimin and Yuan Ji were also Sangongs, but one died and the other is now the emperor. Only Pei Ji has the title of first-rank Sangong, so today Pei Ji is still ranked first among the hundred officials.

  Below Pei Ji, there are the princes of the clan, that is, the brothers of the current emperor.

   Then there is the second-rank class. Now the second-rank officials in the Tang Dynasty, apart from the ministers who are the prime ministers, there are only three orphans in the East Palace and the five major governors.

  Qin Qiong is the governor of Liangzhou and the general of the left guard. His class is also a second-rank official, but he is a second-rank official in the Spanish class. Because he has not yet returned to Beijing, he has no place today.

  Sun Wuji, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Du Ruhui, Minister of the Ministry of War, and others are all third-rank officers. They are in the same class as Qin Lang, but they are in the front.

   One by one, the roll call was registered, and after the roll call was completed and the shift was arranged, the gate of the palace over there finally opened.

  So under the leadership of Du Yan, all the officials moved to the palace gate according to their own shifts.

  Arrived in front of the palace gate, he stopped again to accept the amulet checks from the guards and captains.

They have a thick list of family affiliations, and every official has a record file there. If you want to enter the palace at this time, you have to take out your fish amulet first, and then sign up. Can enter the palace.

   "Qin Lang, regular attendant on loose horses!"

"exist!"

Wearing a three-beam crown and a purple robe, Qin Lang took out his fish talisman from the goldfish bag and handed it to the captain for inspection. The fish talisman had his name, appearance and other text descriptions, and half of it was in Qin Lang's hand. Half of them are in the hands of the guards.

   After confirming, Qin Lang handed over his saber to the captain for safekeeping, and even the small meat-eating knife he brought with him had to be taken off and handed over, and he was not allowed to bring any weapons into the palace.

  The procedures are extremely complicated.

  Fortunately, it is already August. The sun has not yet come out yet, but the morning breeze is cool. Although everyone is wearing a very formal dress, they don't feel bored. It's just that the queuing time is a bit long.

   and so on went through various procedures, and finally came to the side hall of Chongming Gate.

  There are only a few people in the first-rank and second-rank teams of the eastern and western civil and military classes, and they are mainly composed of clan princes and county kings. The third-rank class is very lively, and most of them are familiar faces.

  The prime ministers and senior officials in the court are basically concentrated in the third-rank team.

  Qin Lang, a sixteen-year-old young man in a purple robe with a jade belt and a three-beam crown, was squeezed in among them, and he was quite high in the ranking, so he stood out.

  Looking in front of him and behind him were either Shangshu or Jiuqing and Jianzheng, Qin Lang also felt unnatural. The person in front of Qin Lang was Sun Wuji, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Wei Zheng, Secretary and Supervisor next to Qin Lang.

  Everyone was dressed in purple robes and jade belts, and was led to their seats by the supervisory censors. Fortunately, they all had cushions, so they didn't have to stand tired.

   It’s just that everyone sat a little far away, so it’s not convenient to whisper and discuss in private. He winked at Wei Zheng, but Wei Zheng ignored him at all.

   It was Changsun Wuji who joked with him, "I heard that Sanlang played mahjong with the Supreme Emperor yesterday, but he showed his power and won gold ten thousand taels overnight?"

   "The last one was indeed, but I didn't count it. In the end, the Supreme Emperor rewarded me with a hundred horseshoe gold before leaving."

Changsun Wuji smiled, "One day Sanlang will also come to my house to play mahjong. I heard that since the Supreme Emperor fell in love with this game, it has become popular in Chang'an City. As a result, the price of ivory has skyrocketed, and those who sell ivory have made a fortune."

  Changsun Wuji is the uncle of the country, Li Lizhi's biological uncle, so naturally he is also Qin Lang's wife-in-law. Qin Lang dared not neglect, and even decided to choose an auspicious day to visit.

  The eldest grandson Wuji looked at this niece and son-in-law, a little envious of Qin Qiong, for a concubine was so promising.

  Emperor Li Shimin enters the palace...

  After an entire hour of tedious enthronement ceremony, it was finally coming to an end.

  The whole ceremony, in fact, everyone came to watch the ceremony. An imperial edict was read out, and there was no discussion session.

  The new emperor ascended the throne and changed to Zhenguan, and next year will be the first year of Zhenguan.

  Announced amnesty for the whole world, exempted Guannei and six prefectures including Pu, Qin, and Shanxi from taxes and rents for two years, and other states in the world were exempted from servants for one year. It is specially decreed that the emperor's name should not be tabooed in the name of Zhongshi and Min, but the word Shimin should not be used together.

  Those over 80 years old will be given millet and silk, and centenarians will be awarded honorary titles.

  Civilian and military officials above the fifth rank will be awarded a rank of nobility, those below the sixth rank will be given a rank of honor, and all officials will be given millet and silk!

   It is recorded in the history books that civil and military officials of the fifth rank and above who have no titles before have a first-level title, but this is only a false title, and there is still a big difference from the actual title.

  (end of this chapter)