Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 116 The Prince's Wedding!

Winter is coming and spring is coming, and the prince's wedding date is coming as promised.

"Your Majesty, the three emperors and five emperors established rituals for the world. During Yao and Shun, there were five rituals. At the time of Duke Zhou, the rituals and music were promoted, the system was established, and the people were in harmony.

"After the violent Qin came to power, ignoring the etiquette and law, Your Majesty eliminated the violent Qin and established the Han Dynasty. We are incompetent, and we have received His Majesty's love, and the ceremony will be restored, and the world will be prosperous."

"According to the auspicious rituals of ancient times, the auspicious rituals of the prince should last for three years, but now Your Majesty insists on doing it with the rituals of a doctor, which is really inappropriate!"

The great Confucian uncle Sun Tong shook his head and persuaded Liu Bang bitterly.

The courtroom was quiet, and most of the ministers looked at him with disdain. Today's Confucians are not very popular. When Liu Bang asked people to teach his children, he always asked Huang Lao, not Confucians.Even by Liu Ying's side, the Confucian Scholars were poor, and [-] to [-]% of them were high-ranking scholars of the Huang-Lao School.

Confucianism does not have a market, and in the entire temple, Shusuntong is the only Confucian great sage who can do it.

When Liu Bang heard his words, his face suddenly became displeased.

"Marriage in three months is a scholar-official? Nai Gong got married in three days. Do you think I am a commoner?"

"When Your Majesty got married, the big Han was not established, the rituals were broken, and the music was broken. How can the violent Qin be compared with the big Han?"

Uncle Sun Tong stroked his beard and flattered in a righteous manner.

Liu Bang grinned, "You're right."

The Confucian scholars headed by Shusun Tong breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, the three schools of law, Huang Lao, and Confucianism all insisted on governing the country by rules.The Qin Dynasty did not pay much attention to etiquette, but it still formulated a lot of etiquette, such as the emperor, the imperial edict, and the zhen. These can be regarded as etiquette.

As for the etiquette in the early Han Dynasty, it was established by the great scholar Sun Tong. He figured out [-]%, and Zhang Cang made the remaining [-]%.

Shusun Tong hurriedly added: "What's more, the family of marriage is Prime Minister Cao, so it is disrespectful to Prime Minister Cao."

Liu Bang looked at Cao Can, "Is that so?"

Cao Can's face was cold, "I never felt disrespectful."

"Hahaha, did you hear that?"

"Let's just say it straight, the prince will get married this month, even if Confucius is reborn, come to persuade him, he will get married this month!!"

Liu Bang also straightened his face and said fiercely.

The Confucian scholars in the temple were in an uproar, and they all looked at Shusuntong. Shusuntong was stunned. After a while, he suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Yes! Good! Good!"

Everyone looked at Uncle Sun Tong who clapped and applauded in confusion, bewildered.

Liu Bang was also a little surprised, he put away his fierce expression, "You were against me just now, why do you want to praise me now?"

Shusun Tong said with a smile: "Your Majesty said to Confucius, but it reminded me of one thing."

"Back then, Kong Li, the son of Confucius, only used the rituals of the common people to get married. Everyone was puzzled and came to ask questions. Kong Li said: This is because I want to fulfill my filial piety! What if I temporarily let go of rituals for the sake of filial piety? "

"Now that the prince gets married in March, isn't it an act of filial piety? This is an act worthy of Chen's praise!"

Uncle Suntong said loudly.

The Confucians were stunned, is there such an allusion?Why don't we know?They looked at each other, puzzled in their eyes.

"Hahaha, Uncle Suntong said it well! Let's do it like this!"

Everyone quickly began to prepare for the prince's wedding, and the main person in charge, of course, was also served by Uncle Sun Tong.

When Shusuntong walked out of the temple, a group of Confucianists chased after him.

"Ji Si-kun!!"

Shusuntong looked at the many audiences and saluted with a smile.

"Your Majesty ignores the etiquette. As the minister in charge of etiquette, you do not dissuade you. Why is this?"

"It is to fulfill the filial piety of the prince."

"Then why don't we know the story of Kong Li you mentioned?"

"Because you read too few books, instead of arguing with me, go back and read more!"

Several people could not refute and left helplessly.

Shusuntong was known as the Confucian sect of the Han family. Among the Confucian sages in the early Han Dynasty, his status even surpassed that of Zhang Cang.

This is from Xue County. He was first a doctor of Qin Daizhao, and then was named a doctor by Qin Ershi. Seeing that Qin was about to perish, he hurriedly fled, and returned to Xiang Liang, followed by King Huai of Chu, and served Xiang Yu. Finally, he joined the Han.How should I put it, saying that the six surnamed family slaves must have passed, but this one's position is still not firm.

After he surrendered to Liu Bang, he went to see Liu Bang in a Confucian robe. Liu Bang looked disgusted and ignored him, so Shu Suntong immediately put on Chu people's clothes, and Liu Bang began to use him.When he defected to Liu Bang, there were more than 100 Confucian scholars around him, but he didn't recommend any of them to Liu Bang, and specially recommended some former bandits and robbers to Liu Bang.

His disciples were very angry and scolded him: "I have followed him for so many years, and today I have followed him to join Liu Bang, but he does not recommend us, but specifically recommends those big bad guys. I really don't know why this is!"

After Shusuntong heard about it, he said to them: "King Han is now fighting the world in a rain of spears and arrows. Can you go to war? So now I can only recommend him those warriors who can charge into battle, cut generals and draw flags. You have to wait, I will not forget you."

Later, when Liu Bang became emperor, he was very opposed to etiquette. However, at the banquet, the ministers would drink too much, shout, and even draw swords and strike posts. It's not a bad thing, so I found Shu Suntong.

Shusuntong recruited a lot of Confucian scholars, but because Shusuntong promised Liu Bang that he would formulate the etiquette from simplicity, the Confucian scholars were very dissatisfied, thinking that he violated the ancient etiquette, saying that he was an official by slapping his beard and beating horses, and he served There are more than a dozen of the lords, etc. Shusuntong is not angry, but just said with a smile: "If you are really contemptuous of Confucianism, you don't know how time changes!"

This guy is good at making up allusions, and he is good at making up allusions. Once Liu Bang needs it, he can create any allusions. At the beginning, even Qin Ershi was greatly rewarded by him. People, he is frugal, does not seek benefits for himself, and has formulated a new set of etiquette for the new era.

Therefore, this is a very controversial figure. The Grand Historian praised him as a great Han Confucian, while Sima Guang scolded him as a sinner who caused the loss of ancient rituals.

"Luan Bu!! I hacked him!!"

Liu Chang growled angrily and stretched out a finger.

This time, as strong as Luan Bu, he was also a little hesitant. He put his hand on the scabbard and said, "Your Majesty. Forget it, forget it."

Shusun Tong looked at Liu Chang with a smile, and said, "Please, King Tang, follow this valet."

"If you don't let me in today, when I go to Tang country, the first thing I will do is to cook all the Confucian scholars in the whole country and have a Confucian banquet!"

Luan Bu's face darkened, but he didn't speak.

Shusuntong was not afraid, and explained: "In the ritual of auspicious days, there are rules for the positions of everyone. King Tang is a prince and cannot sit at the same seat with other ministers. He is on the left. This is to show your might and status. Among the ministers, is it not worthy of your prestige?"

Liu Chang laughed, "You're right."

But Liu Chang reacted immediately and shouted: "I don't want to sit in the ranks of the ministers. The person who gets married is my elder brother! My elder brother is married, why can't I sit next to him?!"

"This is the etiquette formulated by His Majesty, and we must abide by it. If King Tang is not satisfied, you can tell His Majesty, but I know that King Tang is a person who knows righteousness and will never make trouble on the auspicious day of his brother. Xianming, no one in Chang'an does not know."

"Hahaha, forget it, for the sake of my brother, I'll spare you this time!"

Tang Wang swaggered and left here with his two servants and his valet.

The crown prince, the emperor and the queen are sitting on the top, the princes are sitting on the left side of them, the distance is still relatively far, the ministers and the other close relatives are sitting on the lower position on the right side, farther than the princes, said It was a wedding, but there was no wedding celebration, everyone was very serious, and it was said that they had to sacrifice ancestors or something.

Liu Chang looked at the empty case in front of him and asked angrily, "King Liang, why don't you even have something to eat?"

"Eldest brother, don't talk, I'll have something to eat later."

Shusuntong quickly stepped forward and said loudly: "The auspicious time is coming!!!"

He used a very strange tone, and Liu Chang couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body. Then, there were all kinds of etiquette. The etiquette formulated by Uncle Sun Tong was much simpler than the ancient ones. See the prototype of later weddings, such as worship, toast and so on.

Liu Bang personally toasted Liu Ying and ordered him to welcome his relatives. Liu Ying was ordered to go to marry him, and went with Yan to wait until Liu Ying came back again. The wife made a bow and asked her to cross the gate together, and then shared the meat on the same case with Liu Ying, and each held a scoop of wine to each other, bowed down to their parents, and then to the guests.

Then, the guests can sit in their seats and put food and drink, and everyone can finally stop sulking, laughing, drinking wine, and under the music, everyone can dance at any time and do whatever they want.

Hearing the music, Liu Bang couldn't help it. He wanted to get up and dance several times, but Lu Zhi held him back again and again. Parents must maintain their dignity and cannot be as casual as the guests.

Liu Bang was very helpless, shaking his legs, looking up, Liu Chang jumped really vigorously, and quickly circled around his second brother.

Liu Bang looked at Lu Zhi again, his eyes full of pleading.

(End of this chapter)