Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 248
That night, Qin Lang stayed in Qi Guogong's mansion in Qinrenfang.

At night, the sound of firecrackers, one after another, is very lively.This year's life is difficult, but everyone is handing out more firecrackers, so as to completely blow away the bad luck of the year.

In the middle of the night, the sound of firecrackers stopped for a while.

But soon the sound of firecrackers resounded throughout the city.

"Sanlang, it's already the first year of Zhenguan New Year's Day."

Yuxiao hugged Qin Lang and said, "Why didn't you ask Youwei to serve you?"

"I want to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new with you, and our children."

In a simple sentence, Yu Xiao was so excited that she pushed Qin Lang down.

"What?"

"Officer, I want it."

"No, you have such a big belly, don't hurt the child."

"Take it lightly and you'll be fine, quick."

Yuxiao seemed to be on fire, her eyes were red and pink.

Qin Lang didn't dare to push her too hard, so in the end he had to cooperate halfway and halfway.

After a lot of tossing, she fell asleep with a satisfied smile, but Qin Lang couldn't fall asleep.

With one hand resting on the jade flute and the other on his head, he opened his eyes wide and listened to the occasional sound of explosions coming from outside the window.

The sound of firecrackers removes the old year, and always replaces the old talisman with the new peach. Wude is over, and Zhenguan has come.

Before dawn, Qin Lang got up with two dark circles under his eyes, took a shower and changed clothes, and changed into court clothes.

Qin Qiong over there is also ready, and the two of them will go out together.

Today is the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting, and it takes a whole day. In fact, this kind of grand court meeting is a kind of ceremony, which is very cumbersome, but it is essential for the emperor and the court to show etiquette.

Especially this year is the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, the first Zhengdan Dynasty after the emperor ascended the throne.

It was the first time for many Hu Renfan envoys to see the new emperor.

Ah Huang brought warm dumplings.

It was kept warm in the food box, "Hurry up and eat a little, I guess I will be hungry today."

Today's Grand Court will be held in Tai Chi Palace, which is even more grand than the day Li Shimin ascended the throne. In fact, it is equivalent to the grand military parade of later generations. It is also held on the city gate tower. There will be many ceremonies, activities and so on.

It is estimated that it will not be completed in a few hours.

The dumplings on the first day of the new year were really good. There were beef fillings, leek fillings, and shrimp fillings. Qin Lang ate twenty of them by himself.

On the streets of Chang'an, carriages and horses gathered together, with continuous lights, like fire dragons, heading straight for Taiji Palace.

It was not yet dawn, but the patrol cavalry of the Right Jinwu Guard and the street shop warriors were already fully armed and on duty in the streets. At the gates of every corner square, there were large groups of patrolling troops standing loyally.

Looking at these former subordinates, in this cold night, they all wore cloaks on the outside of their armor and jackets on the inside, Qin Lang was quite satisfied.

All the money he had worked so hard to get for the court before had played a role. The guards were well treated and equipped.

The sky suddenly began to snowflakes, one by one, like goose feathers.

"Snow is good. On the new year's day in Zhenguan, it will snow heavily. The heavy snow heralds a good year!" Qin Lang was very happy. In winter, people are afraid of snow and look forward to it. But looking forward to the snow, heavy snow can freeze the insects in the ground to death, especially after the big locusts this autumn, there must be many locust eggs in the ground, and a heavy snow can freeze most of the locust eggs to death.

And the snow is heavy, and there will be enough rain next year.

If there is no snow or heavy snow in the winter, next year will definitely be a disaster year of either drought or locusts.

There were still some dumplings left in the food box, Qin Lang ate a few for the leopard's head that stepped down, and gave the rest to the guards, but they all said that they had already eaten before the door.

In the end, Qin Lang didn't force himself, and gave the leopard his head to eat.

Before arriving at the imperial city, you have to wait in line for the palace gate to open. Fortunately, you can enter the waiting courtyard to warm up and wait.

Today, whether it is civil servants, military generals or scattered officials, everyone in Beijing is here, and everyone keeps saying hello to each other.

Niu Jinda, Su Lie, Li Jinxing and others who came back from Youzhou all crowded in front of Qin Lang to pay their respects.

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From dawn to noon, Qin Lang really felt a bit exhausted, especially today the snow was still falling non-stop, it fell for a long time, and the snow covered his knees.

At the court meeting, Qin Lang followed the nineteen officials and danced three times.

Zhongshu orders to present auspicious auspiciousness from all over the world, and attends to Zhongzuo to offer tributes from all over the world.

Honglu Temple also played the letters of credence and congratulations from the envoys of the feudal vassals!
The etiquette is complicated and very strict. From the left and right servants to the officials of Sanxun, they must worship, dance and sing according to the salute, and there is no mistake at all.

The above table and that entry are all about various scenes, such as where a white deer appears, where a meteorite falls, etc., or what kind of turtle, what Jiahe, etc. appear.

It's just a waste of time. Qin Lang doesn't believe in auspiciousness, but he also knows that this is what the court needs, and it sounds good to have some auspiciousness.

As for the letters of congratulations from the envoys of various countries, how many of them actually came to congratulate them, and some of them were Hu merchants pretending to be envoys.

But this ceremony cannot be missed.

Between the greetings, there are also bells and drums playing music from Taichang Temple.

The tossing stomach growled, and finally the court meeting ended and the emperor gave a banquet.

At the banquet, the emperor gave cypress leaves and imperial wine to the ministers. He didn't know what this meant, but the ministers who received the cypress leaves and imperial wine all wrote poems to congratulate them.

It's no surprise that Qin Lang found two poems that were more suitable for the occasion and recited them, which aroused a lot of praise.

Emperor Li Shimin has been drinking in the palace, a harmonious scene of monarchs and ministers enjoying together, and those envoys in various clothes and strange looks are accompanying, which also sets off the appearance of everyone more civilized.

This year's Zhengdan banquet has added many new dishes.

Dongpo pork, boiled chicken, roast duck, ham, bacon, sausage, in addition to many fresh vegetables, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, onion...

Li Shimin changed the crown of the crown at the Great Court Meeting, and put on the Tongtian Crown and the crimson gauze robe, which were as red as a big rooster.

Qin Lang also wore a court dress as required, but he was so focused on wine and meat that he was so hungry that he was so hungry.

However, his Diaochan crown is quite conspicuous, and he sat next to the prime ministers at a young age.

Many vassal envoys are secretly asking about this person's identity.

"Son of Heaven!" someone said.

"The emperor's first favorite!"

"It's not just as simple as the emperor's son-in-law's favorite minister, this man has a lot of tricks!"

Others laughed inwardly and said of the recent romantic scandal, "Aunts and nephews eat everything!"

After eating and drinking, Qin Lang looked at these barbarians for a while, and at the guard of honor in front of the palace for a while.

I have to say that the ceremonial guards of the Great Tang Dynasty are really spiritual. Not to mention that all of them are strong men over 1.8 meters, and they are all the children of high-ranking officials. With this shiny armor and mighty embroidered robe, they are also divided into Various colors, holding various ritual vessels such as painted halberds and pumpkins.

These guards of honor did show the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty in front of the vassals, which is as amazing as a military parade.

An eunuch came to Qin Lang.

"Your Majesty called Duke Yi to come forward."

Li Shimin was very happy today, he was a little tipsy from drinking, he waved to Qin Lang with a smile, took Qin Lang's hand and sat on the same couch with him.

"Sanlang, I am very happy today, very happy, all of this is due to you."

"Your Majesty, I just did some of my duty."

Li Shimin was very happy. Today's big scene made him truly feel what it means to be the master of the world.Especially the congratulations of the envoys from all directions made him even more happy. Turkic Jieli Khan sent Zhishisili to congratulate, and Tuli also sent Ashina Simo to congratulate. Even the Western Turkic Khan Send envoys to congratulate.

Gaochang Kingdom, Yanqi Kingdom, Silla, Baekje and other countries also came to congratulate. Even Goguryeo, the little overlord of the Northeast, this time the king also sent a prince to personally send a letter of congratulations.

Everyone gave face, which made Li Shimin very face.

"Sanlang, every country pays tribute, and I, the Tang Dynasty, will be rewarded. I will leave this reward to you. You must not lose face by losing etiquette."

Qin Lang nodded, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

The transshipment department originally had the job of trading in the market, and this tribute and reward itself was actually a kind of official tribute trade, how could Qin Lang not understand it.

"The imperial examination will be held in the next year. This year is the first subject in Zhenguan. It must be done well. I said before that it will not change if you do the Zhigong examination."

The emperor was happy and planned to add an official to Qin Lang.

Before Qin Lang Zhi Gongju, after all, he was still a bachelor of Chongxian Hall, but now he is just a transfer envoy, so Li Shimin said, "I will grant you the title of Bachelor of Imperial Academy."

The name Hanlin originated in the Han Dynasty.

But this Hanlin bachelor has never happened before.

The emperor simply said a few words, there is no fixed number of academicians, no rank, and it is just a false title to put it bluntly.However, Li Shimin also said that the Transshipment Department is now in charge of many affairs and has important responsibilities. The emperor has some matters related to the Transshipment Department. urgent need.

So the emperor simply appointed Qin Lang as the Hanlin scholar, and asked him to draft some edicts related to the transshipment department that needed to be kept secret.

"Your Majesty, is this against the system?"

According to Li Shimin's idea, the imperial edict drafted by the Hanlin scholar is actually the central edict, and it was issued directly for execution without going through the Ministry of Zhongshu and the Ministry of Education. Theoretically speaking, this is an illegal edict. refusal to enforce.

In fact, in all dynasties, this kind of situation has happened. Sometimes the emperor wrote the edict himself, or it was drafted and issued by his close ministers. This kind of order is also called internal system. It is completely different from the edicts drafted by the people in the imperial court. A book drafted by a human being is an imperial edict that has completely gone through legal procedures.

However, under the monarchy system, the emperor's central decree is actually unavoidable, just like the emperor's direct appointment of officials without going through Zhongshu's door. Although this kind of official is called oblique official, it is also popular.

To put it bluntly, Li Shimin is actually further strengthening the imperial power and taking away the power of the prime minister.

Without this Hanlin bachelor, the imperial decree can be issued in the same way, but now a Hanlin scholar is required to draft the imperial edict, which means that Li Shimin may not only want the imperial edict drafted by the Hanlin to be completely without the Zhongshu, but may also gradually pass the imperial edict. Some edicts also have to be handed over to Zhongshumen, which is actually tantamount to slowly encroaching on the right of Zhongshu Sheren to draft edicts.

After all, Zhongshu Sheren is directly under Zhongshu Ling and Zhongshu Shilang, and the Hanlin Bachelor is obviously the emperor's personal.

The emperor's desire for power is really extraordinary. He tried every means to seize power, even the power of drafting edicts, he had to step in and fight for some of it.

Qin Lang was finally conferred the post of Hanlin Bachelor by the emperor at the banquet in the Zhengdan Dynasty. This is an oblique official, and the prime ministers and political participants had no knowledge of it beforehand.

Xiefeng officials know the internal system, and the prime ministers are not very good-looking, but because this is announced by the emperor on the banquet at Zhengdan, there are many local officials and foreign envoys, and the prime ministers are not easy to refute, so they are just like this. Calculated.

However, Qin Lang keenly felt that the eyes of all the officials in the palace were not friendly to him.

(End of this chapter)