Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 741 The Crown Ceremony

In the main hall, Li Shanduan sat on the south side, and the guest of honor Cui Xin, who was dressed in a black fine attire, looked solemn.

"The reason why a mortal is a human being is also etiquette and righteousness. The beginning of etiquette and righteousness lies in the correct body, uniform appearance, and obedient speech. The proper body, uniform appearance, and obedient speech are followed by etiquette and righteousness."

"Using upright ruler and ministers, loving father and son, and reconciling elders and children, the ruler and ministers are upright, father and son are close, elders and children are in harmony, and then the etiquette and righteousness are established. Therefore, the crown is followed by the preparation. After the preparation, the appearance is upright, the color is uniform, and the speech is smooth. Therefore, it is said: The crowned person is ceremonial. The beginning."

Li Shan has also seen a small video of crowning in his previous life, and he feels that the difference is a bit big. Wang Renbiao, who acts as a praiser behind him, is combing his hair and tying it into a bun.

But... Although Wang Renbiao is quite discriminated against at home, he is a son of an aristocratic family after all. How can he wear his hair in a bun? His hands are strong, and Li Shan's eyes are straight when he pulls it. However, the hall is full of dozens of guests. If you exhale in pain, it becomes a joke.

The busiest person in the crowning ceremony was Wang Renbiao, who tied his hair in a bun and stood beside Cui Xin holding up the decorated Nao.

Cui Xin took the black cloth crown and put it on Li Shan's hair bun, and recited: "On the day of the auspicious month, I will start to add Yuanfu, abandon my young ambitions, follow Er Chengde, and Shoukao Weiqi, to introduce Bi Fu."

Li Shan stood up and saluted, then went to the south room, removed the black cloth crown, Xiaoman and Zhou family re-arranged his hair, and Cui Xin outside also had to wash his hands again.

After a while, Li Shan accepted the second crown, this time it was the Jinxian crown, under normal circumstances, the Yuanyou crown should be used, but Li Shan has already become an official and canonized the county king, so he used the Jinxian crown, and it was Sanliang .

There were three times in total for the crowning ceremony. The third time Li Shan took off his clothes and went out in his inner clothes to accept the title.

In the whole ceremony, the most important thing was Cui Xin, who had crowned Li Shan three times, but the busiest one was the praiser Wang Renbiao, who was busy moving the wine vessel into the house and pouring the wine alone... Li Shan Shan specially instructed that you must never use Yuhuchun, look at the wine cup, you have to pour it down after a cup.

Wang Renbiao was reminded by Li Keshi, the deputy guest, to change the position... The etiquette is so strict that there are strict regulations on which direction the spoon head should go.

Li Shan held the cup for three sacrifices, drank the sweet wine in the cup, inserted the scorpion into the cup, and then bowed to the guests one by one.

At this point, the procedure is basically over. There should have been an instrument of destiny, but a few years ago Ling Jing bestowed the word Huairen... Logically speaking, Ling Jing is also qualified to be the official guest or host, but now he is King Qin's confidant , obviously inappropriate.

Seeing that Li Shan turned into the South Room, he was going to visit his mother, Li Daoxuan said, "The Crown Ceremony was emphasized in the Han Dynasty. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Crown Ceremony was once abolished. Such etiquette is really rare."

"It's been more than 40 years since I last saw such a Han ritual crown ceremony." Chen Shuda nodded slightly. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the crown ceremony was basically abolished, and only the royal family of the Southern Dynasty retained it. Chen Shuda was referring to his elder brother Chen Shubao.

A few years ago, Li Yuan issued an edict to restore the etiquette of the Han family. From the emperor to the prince, the county king, and the officials all set the scale of the crown ceremony, but in fact there were not many implementations. Last year, Li Daoxuan's crown ceremony was basically a Follow the process.

As for Li Shan's crowning ceremony, Cui Xin and Princess Pingyang made great efforts, especially the former, who found many great scholars, traced their roots from ancient books, and strictly followed the Han system... Li Shanguang is very good at rehearsals suffer.

In fact, in history, the crown ceremony in the Sui and Tang Dynasties eventually declined, and it did not really rise until the Northern Song Dynasty. The leaders were Sima Guang and Cheng Yi.

Zhu Yuanzhang expelled Meng Yuan and realized the second revival of the crown ceremony. After the Qing army entered the pass, the crown ceremony basically disappeared. It was not until the era before Li Shan traveled that the crown ceremony was restored.

In the south room, Li Shan prostrated himself in front of Mrs. Zhu's knees, offering her breasts in her hands. Mrs. Zhu returned the salute with tears in her eyes. From the south of the Lingnan to the north, there were frequent changes, but his son rose up vigorously. He is famous all over the world and can be passed down through the ages.

Although the procedure is basically completed, but thanks are still needed, Li Shan said it silently in his heart, and felt that the crowning ceremony really needs to be simplified... No wonder no one has heard of the crowning ceremony with great fanfare in the past few years, it is too troublesome.

Li Shan first paid homage to his mother, then Princess Pingyang, who sat in the inner room as his elder sister, and then went straight out.

Logically speaking, the lonely son should pay homage to his father before the crown ceremony, but Li Shan obviously did not have this intention, and the strong-tempered Princess Zhu and Pingyang also agreed.

First of all, I would like to thank the main guest, deputy guest, and praisers, and treat them with a gift... a glass of wine, and then present five bolts of silk and two pieces of deerskin.

Secondly, I would like to thank all the guests. This process is also called the ceremony of offering sacrifices, er, to drink with all the guests.

The last thing is to meet the emperor and the township doctor. If you are an official, you need to visit the emperor if you are qualified. If you are not an official, you should visit the township doctor.

When it comes to Li Shan, of course he has to enter the palace to meet Li Yuan.

The guest of honor, Cui Xin, held the cup and said in a loud voice: "The wine makes the fragrance, and the beans are neat. Add three to your serving, and the food will rise and fold. The celebration of inheriting the sky, the blessings are boundless."

All the guests raised their glasses together and drank it all in one gulp.

Seeing that there is still time and the process is almost over, the host Li Xiaogong, who has been doing decorations all the time, said with a smile: "This dynasty's crowning ceremony, today is the best."

Prince Zhongyun stroked his beard and said, "But the achievements of the King of Handan are rare."

Li Daoxuan thought for a while, "The second brother was in Baibi back then."

When Li Shimin was crowned at the age of 20, it happened to be the Battle of Hedong, and he led his army to confront Song Jingang at Baibi, so it was naturally impossible to perform the crowning ceremony.

Li Shan thanked them one by one, it doesn't matter if they are familiar or close, but some people come to see the ceremony because of Cui Xin, Li Keshi and others, and they need to thank them one by one.

It dragged on until dusk, Li Shan first thanked and sent off the chief guest, deputy guest, and praisers, then thanked and sent off all the guests, and finally entered the palace to have an audience wearing a black crown, a black robe, and a black knee cover.

In the Ganlu Hall, Li Yuan looked at Li Shan with a smile, and said with a smile: "Such a young man is famous all over the world without being crowned. I am very much looking forward to being crowned today."

Prince Li Jiancheng said in a loud voice: "Father, Huairen is crowned today, and he should be entrusted with a heavy responsibility."

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes, and Li Shimin, who was in the first place, couldn't help but look up. What does this sentence mean?
However, Li Shimin didn't say a word. Recently, unless the foundation was touched, such as the abolition of Daxingtai on Shandong Road, he kept silent on anything else... Li Yuan's attitude has become more and more obvious.

Is this going to hit me again?
Li Shan complained in his heart, but said in his mouth: "Although cotton is a small thing, it is of great benefit to the country and the people. I should do my best."

Li Yuan smiled, "Today Huairen is crowned, and I will reward the five soups of Lishan Mountain, Huairen can choose any of them."

Five mouthfuls of Lishan soup?
Li Shan thought about it in his heart, this reward may not be very good, but it is not bad. In the future, Li Shan... Li Shan?
Don't have Huaqing Pool in the future, only Li Shan Tang...

(End of this chapter)