Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 95 New Year’s Day greetings, changes in Taihe

When Emperor Jing'an was in power, he held the Early Dynasty, which was also called Yumen Tingzheng.

However, later, Emperor Jing'an canceled the imperial gate to listen to government affairs, and military and political affairs were generally discussed by convening the ministers of the South Study Room and the ministers of discussion to hold an imperial meeting.

Sometimes an enlarged imperial meeting would be held, and the participants would be more cabinet bachelors, six ministers, etc., which was equivalent to the regular dynasty of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Of course, there are major dynasties in the Great Zhou Dynasty, such as New Year's Day greetings.

The work of the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was mainly to approve memorials, which was a very heavy job.

If you want to be a good emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, you need to have a certain degree of reading skills, otherwise you will not be able to approve even the memorials.

A system of approving memorials, coupled with imperial meetings, allowed the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty to centralize power to a greater degree than all previous Chinese dynasties, and the imperial power was very great.

It's the first day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Chengtai, New Year's Day.

Three full years have passed since Emperor Chengtai ascended the throne.

As usual, there is a New Year's Day congratulations on this day. This is a big court meeting, and even the Supreme Emperor Jing'an will be enthroned.

The venue for New Year's Day greetings is naturally the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the imperial palace.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is the highest-level building in the Great Zhou Dynasty, also known as the "Jinluan Hall". It stands in the center of the imperial palace. It is the largest palace in the imperial palace and the first of the three major palaces in the outer dynasty.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is eleven rooms wide and five rooms deep. It has a golden glazed tile roof, pillars, doors, windows, walls and other places painted in red. The inside and outside of the hall are decorated with thousands of golden dragon patterns. Ten ridged beasts are installed at the corners of the roof, making a total of seventy statues. Two big pillars.

In the hall, there is a golden brick floor. In the bright room, there is a throne for the emperor. On both sides of the throne, there are six gold pillars wrapped with dragons. On both sides of the throne, there are treasure elephants, Luduan, cranes and incense pavilions.

There is a broad platform outside the hall, called Danbi. There are sundial, Jialiang, bronze turtle, bronze crane, and bronze tripod on the Danbi. There is a three-story white marble stone base, surrounded by railings, and there are drainage channels under the railings. Stone faucet.

On New Year's Day, Emperor Chengtai got up at midnight. After getting up, he ate an apple that meant "peace all year round", then performed a pen ceremony in the Nuan Pavilion of Baohe Hall, and then saluted the ancestral tablets with Emperor Jing'an.

Then, Emperor Jing'an and Emperor Chengtai each returned to their palaces to wait.

At dawn, hundreds of people including princes, nobles, civil and military officials gathered outside the Meridian Gate of the palace, and were then led by officials from the Ministry of Rites to stand in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony to wait.

After the Qintian Supervisor reported the time, officials from the Ministry of Rites went to the Palace of Qianqing and the Palace of Baohe to invite Emperor Jing'an and Emperor Chengtai to the Palace of Taihe.

At this time, the bells and drums were ringing at the Meridian Gate. Emperor Jing'an and Emperor Chengtai wore court attire and rode on a chariot. They first went to the Hall of Zhonghe to ascend their seats, accepted the kneeling worship of the imperial officials, and then went to the Hall of Taihe to ascend to the Hall of Taihe amidst the music of Zhonghe Shao music. seat.

Two hundred and ten banquet tables have been set up inside and outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Among them, the banquet tables of Emperor Jing'an and Emperor Chengtai were placed on the ground in the middle of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. There were also some banquet tables for nobles and nobles in the hall.

The banquet tables for everyone else were placed under the corridor in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, inside the temporary yellow curtain set up in front of the platform of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and in the eight temporary blue cloth curtain tents set up in the courtyard of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

After Emperor Jing'an and Emperor Chengtai were enthroned in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Zhonghe Shao music was suspended, and three whips sounded outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Following the order of the Honglu Temple officials, the princes, nobles, civil and military officials all In its place.

The proclaimer held the inscriptions in his hand, and together with the two cabinet bachelors, came to the center of His Highness Taihe, knelt down facing north, and read out the inscriptions from Emperor Jing'an and Emperor Chengtai.

Next, the music was supposed to be played again. The princes, nobles, civil and military officials all knelt three times and kowtowed nine times. Emperor Jing'an and Emperor Chengtai sat down to drink tea. After drinking tea, the whip was sounded three times, and the congratulatory ceremony was over. Feast...

However, today, when the memorandum was read out, something unexpected happened in the Hall of Supreme Harmony!

Prince Yizhi, the former fifth prince, who was standing in the palace, took advantage of the quiet gap inside and outside the palace to suddenly step out of the queue, with a serious face, and said loudly to Emperor Jing'an: "Father, I have something to report! "

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Jing'an and Emperor Chengtai couldn't help but frown. Emperor Chengtai gritted his teeth and immediately realized that the fifth brother was going to cause trouble today. Now is the occasion of New Year's Day greetings, not the time to make trouble. Prince Yoshichi's move is rude and presumptuous.

Emperor Chengtai looked at Emperor Jing'an. Emperor Jing'an's expression became serious and he said in a deep voice to Prince Yizhi: "We are currently congratulating you, so we can't do anything!"

Prince Yizhi, however, continued to say loudly: "What I have reported today is very important. Please forgive me for being rude! What I want to report is that I, Emperor Chengtai of the Great Zhou Dynasty, have unworthy virtues and are mean and vicious. It will harm the country and the people, and if this continues, our great Zhou Dynasty will be in danger!"

Emperor Jing'an yelled angrily: "How presumptuous!"

Yuan Qingbai, who was standing in the palace, also gritted his teeth and realized that Prince Yizhi was going to cause a big trouble today, and he, the minister in charge of the bodyguard, had to play his role...

Prince Yizhi suddenly glanced at Prince Hesu in the crowd. Prince Hesu hesitated for a moment and then stepped forward: "Old minister seconded the proposal!"

Emperor Jing'an couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Emperor Chengtai's eyes were half-opened, but his teeth were clenched and his fists were clenched.

Both generations of emperors realized that Prince Yoshichi was going to cause big trouble today!
Prince Hesu was a prince conferred by the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty, the generation before Emperor Jing'an. He is over sixty years old this year and is the cousin of Emperor Jing'an.

On such an occasion today, even Prince Hesu suddenly came out to second the proposal, which was already a big deal.

But this is just the beginning.

Then, Prince Yizhi suddenly glanced at the Prince of Beijing in the crowd. The Prince of Beijing also hesitated for a moment and then stepped forward: "Please forgive me for being rude. Prince Yizhi just started, I also Seconded!"

Then, Prince Dongping stepped forward and said, "I also second the proposal!"

The Prince of Nan'an County stepped forward: "I also second the proposal!"

The Prince of Xining County stepped forward: "I also second the proposal!"

Beijing, Dongping, Nan'an, Xining, the four founding kings with different surnames conferred by Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty are all here!
Emperor Jing'an stared at Prince Yizhi with sharp eyes.

Prince Yoshichi said loudly: "Father, although it is not in line with etiquette for my son to do something during the New Year's Day greetings, I still have no choice but to do it. What I have to do today is really important. For my great Zhou Dynasty and the people of the world, I have come to remonstrate with you today with a death wish!"

Without waiting for Emperor Jing'an to respond, Prince Yizhi said loudly: "Just the day before yesterday, there was a rare winter thunder in Shenjing!"

"As the saying goes, 'If there is no thunder in winter, the country will be in ruins if the army rises; if there is thunder in autumn, thieves will be everywhere'!"

"As the saying goes, 'Winter thunder shakes, and all things fail'!"

"The so-called 'winter thunder, grass and trees fall in summer, autumn insects do not hide, it is suitable for the dead to live, it is suitable for those who sting to sing, the six animals do not eat, and many people die'!"

"This is a very ominous sign!"

"I believe that the reason why there are thunders in winter is mainly because I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, are currently reigning Emperor Chengtai, who is unworthy of his moral integrity, is mean and vicious, and brings disaster to the country and the people!"

These words were very bold and outrageous, and very shocking.

Some of the princes and nobles in the palace were shocked.

Yuan Qingbai gritted his teeth and was already waiting for the decree to mobilize the emperor's personal army to take the person...

　Starting tomorrow, each chapter will be increased to 4,000 words.

　　
　
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