Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 674
Zhenguan five years, Xinmao.

In February, on Jiachen ([-]th), the emperor returned to Beijing from Jiucheng Palace in Qizhou.

The emperor held a court meeting.

The eldest grandson Wuji once again requested to hold a crowning ceremony for the crown prince, because the emperor came back late, and the originally planned auspicious day of February 24 has been missed, and the auspicious day will be February [-].

"Today, the east is booming. I'm afraid of farming. It should be changed to October." Li Shimin replied expressionlessly while sitting on the imperial seat.

Xiao Yu, who paid homage to the prime minister three times and dismissed him three times today, also participated in the court meeting. Xiao Yu, the current crown prince and grand tutor, stepped forward and said, "According to the yin and yang, it is not as good as February!"

Li Shimin still directly dismissed it, "Good luck and bad fortune depend on people. If you rely on Yin and Yang at every turn, regardless of etiquette, can you get auspiciousness? If you follow the principles, you will naturally have auspiciousness. Farming is the busiest time, so don't lose the opportunity."

After rejecting the requests of several prime ministers, the emperor said slowly, "Speaking of ancient rituals, the emperor in ancient times went to the fields to plow in person every year, expressing his emphasis on agriculture. "Book of Rites · Jitong" says that the emperor personally plowed in the southern suburbs to share Qi Sheng. "Gu Liang Zhuan" the son of heaven plowed by himself, and he prospered together. The theory of salt and iron in the Han Dynasty also said, so spring plowed by himself to encourage farmers.

"I read history books recently, and I often read that the ancient emperors farmed in person. The Zhou Li notes said that the ancient kings were the sons of heaven and rich in the world, but they must privately set aside fields. There are three reasons for covering them. One is to honor the ancestral temple. Filial piety, the second is to teach the people to be diligent, and there will be no shortage of diligence, and the third is to hear that the descendants know the hardships of farming and there is nothing to do."

"Zhou Tianzi, personally plowed thousands of acres of land."

"In the past, the son of heaven bowed to Zhu Hong to borrow a thousand acres; the princes borrowed a hundred acres to crown and green Hong, and bowed to them. To serve the world, the mountains and rivers, and the state of the country to precede the ancients... ".

"However, Jin moved to the south, and the later Wei came from Yunshuo. The Central Plains was divided, and it was mixed with Rong Rong. Zhou and Sui were the generations. This ceremony has been abolished for a long time."

Li Shimin said loudly, "Just now, all the ministers thought that we should restore the ancient rituals and crown the crown prince. I think this proposal is very good. Back then, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ended the 300-year split between the North and the South, got rid of the old customs, restored the Zhou Li Han system, and restored The clothes of the Han family are very well done. It’s just that some etiquettes have not been restored, such as the crown ceremony, and the ceremony of clearing the fields.”

The emperor talked for a long time, and finally expressed his plan. To restore the ancient rituals, not only the crown rituals, but also the land cultivation rituals should be restored.

"Sinong Temple chose thousands of acres of land in the outskirts of the city, as a gift for the emperor to cultivate and borrow, and personally sacrificed to the ancestors of the farmers, and bowed to the emperor."

He also proposed that the princes and officials should also restore this ancient ritual. According to the Zhou ritual, the emperor himself cultivated a thousand acres, and the princes had a hundred acres. The rest of the first to ninth rank officials have [-] to [-] mu each.

The hall was full of astonishment, no one could have imagined that the emperor would restore such an ancient ritual.

But the problem is, originally everyone was going to discuss the crowning ceremony for the crown prince, but now the emperor said that February delayed the farming season and wanted to change it to October, but the emperor just proposed to resume the plowing ceremony. It was the time for the crowning ceremony of the original prince.

This can't help but make people think about it.

The system of plowing and clearing land began in the Zhou Dynasty. The original intention was to let the ruling group of slave owners know the difficulty of farming. Therefore, the system of plowing and clearing land was established at the beginning of Zhou Dynasty, and it will be regarded as a very grand ceremony of the country. Every year, nine days before the beginning of spring, the emperor will fast and bathe in advance to show respect and sincerity. On the day of plowing in the beginning of spring, a grand ceremony of plowing and clearing the field will be held. Nine strokes by the Qing, 27 strokes by the doctor, and finally the common people plowed a thousand acres of land.

The original intention of this system is very good, and it shows the great courtesy of the ruling class to agriculture.

Since the implementation of the system, the descendants have followed it and never replaced it. King Xuan of Zhou once caused a lot of discussion because he did not borrow thousands of acres.During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty issued an edict saying, "I will lead the world to farm for rice production, and the queen will take care of the mulberry to serve as a sacrificial service." .

Although there was great chaos in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Five Hus were in chaos, and they traveled southward in their clothes. Emperor Wen personally plowed the fields twice to encourage spring plowing.

But this is only a flash in the pan.

Today, Li Shimin wants to revive the ritual of clearing the fields that has been abandoned for hundreds of years, and the prime ministers have no reason to object.But when the crown prince was about to hold the coronation ceremony, he proposed that the crown prince's coronation ceremony should be postponed to October, which is intriguing.

The emperor not only had to hold the plowing ceremony himself, but even all the officials in the capital had to perform the plowing ceremony on the public or private fields or their own farms, and the local officials even had to bring the local officials to hold the plowing ceremony. , To lead the people to work hard on the field.

Li Shimin easily took the wrong direction, turning the court discussion into a discussion on the restoration of farming and borrowing rituals, such as choosing whether to choose the southern suburbs or the eastern suburbs, such as offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, Sheji, and Shennong, or whether to build a viewing platform. It is convenient for the emperor to watch the princes and officials plowing the fields.

How many imperial guards should be mobilized, and should there be some more activities, such as playing a polo game or something.In addition, to hold such an important ceremony, who should be invited to attend, whether to amnesty the world, or to reward those 80-[-]-year-old old people with clothes, and whether to confer birth to some noble children, etc.

Kong Yingda proposed that after the spring plowing, the world should be amnesty.

And Lu Deming suggested that after the spring plowing, you can consider changing the yuan to celebrate.

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A group of ministers such as the Minister of the Six Departments and the Nine Ministers had a heated discussion, but the seven prime ministers were silent there.

Qin Lang has been scrutinizing Li Shimin's micro-expressions all the time, always feeling that the emperor has been holding his breath today, returning to Beijing with emotions, and this court meeting is more like a rivalry with the prime ministers.

It is likely that the Zhengshitang rejected the emperor's decree and slapped Li Shimin in the face, which made the emperor very dissatisfied, so he came back this time to find trouble.

Li Shimin wanted to hold a plowing ceremony, but he made a big show, just to sacrifice to Shennong, and then in the thousand-acre field, he helped the plow to copy one or two back and forth, and the rest of the field was not cultivated by royal slaves.His pro-cultivation ceremony is so grand, so there is no delay?

"His Majesty!"

Uncle Guo's eldest grandson Wuji stood up, "I think the emperor's plowing ceremony and the crown prince's coronation ceremony are not in conflict, on the contrary, first perform the crowning ceremony for the prince, and then hold the emperor's plowing ceremony, which is unprecedented. A great event, the best is the best, and the best is the best!"

"I request that the double ceremony be held before and after!"

Li Shimin said slowly, "The plowing ceremony has been abandoned for hundreds of years. Now that it is going to be restored, it has to be grand and grand. Time is running out. If we want to hold the Crown Prince's Coronation Ceremony again, it may not be possible if it is too late."

Shangshu Youpu shot, and the queen's uncle Xu Guogong Gao Shilian also stood up, "Your Majesty, I think I can do it well if I come in time. I am willing to personally supervise the preparation of the etiquette, and I will definitely be able to do it well."

Wei Zheng also stood up at this time, "Your Majesty, the left servant She Fanggong can be responsible for preparing the plowing ceremony, and the right servant She Gaogong can prepare for the crown prince's coronation ceremony. All the ministries and departments should cooperate with each other and work together. It should be in time. "

All the prime ministers believed that February was auspicious and suitable for the Crown Prince to be crowned, but October was an inauspicious month and not suitable for the Crown Prince to be crowned. Moreover, by October, the Crown Prince would have turned thirteen and could be called 14 years old.

According to the rituals of the Zhou Dynasty, the crown prince will be crowned at twelve years old. This year, the crown prince has reached the age of twelve, so he just happens to be crowned.

All of a sudden, the prime ministers came to admonish and demanded that the two ceremonies should be performed together, and that the crown prince's coronation ceremony should be performed first, the emperor's plowing ceremony should be followed, and then the empress's silkworm ceremony should be held.

The three ceremonies followed in turn, followed by this year's special science and technology competition.

Although the emperor repeatedly looked for reasons, the prime ministers insisted on it.

When encountering such a group of stubborn prime ministers, especially when they were very unanimous, Li Shimin had no choice. In the past, Fang Xuanling must have always comprehended the will of the emperor, not to mention that his brother-in-law and eldest grandson Wuji followed him. He was like a roundworm in his stomach, but this time.

The emperor returned to Beijing in a hurry, and fought against the prime ministers in anger. This round was obviously lost.

Although Xiao Yu, Yang Shidao, Wen Yanbo, etc. were no longer prime ministers, their attitudes were unanimous. They all believed that since the ancient rituals were to be restored, the coronation ceremony was also a grand ceremony that could not be neglected.

"I have thought about it carefully, and I think what you said is reasonable."

Facing the surprisingly unanimous attitude of the ministers, after being silent for a long time, Li Shimin unexpectedly expressed a rare compromise. Qin Lang also admired him a lot. This is Li Shimin's excellence.

Although he was angry and dissatisfied, he was able to weigh the pros and cons, and he was able to compromise and bow his head. He was by no means the stubborn and conceited man like Yang Guang who went straight to the dark.

"Then Zuo Pushe will be in charge of the preparations for the plowing ceremony, and You Pushe will be in charge of the ceremony for crowning the crown prince."

Xiao Yu played again at this time, saying that February 24 is auspicious, suitable for crowning the crown prince, and February 27 is also auspicious, suitable for plowing ceremony.

The emperor figured it out, and then the court discussion entered the specific discussion of two etiquettes.

Regarding the Crown Prince's Crown Ceremony, Li Shimin appointed Kaifuyi and Li Jing, the third minister, to crown the crown prince's guest of honor, the left servant of the Shangshu shot Fang Xuanling's praise crown, the right servant of the Shangshu shot Sikong Gao Shilian, Kaifuyi and the third Situ official minister Pingzhang Chief Sun Wuji, Kaifu Yisi Third Division Hussar General Military Department Shangshu Donggong Zhan Shishe Sikong Pingzhang Shi Qin Lang were responsible for the three crowns, and finally Wei Zheng announced the imperial edict.

Li Shimin originally wanted Taiwei Qin Qiong to crown Chengqian, but Qin Qiong didn't enter Beijing this year and is still in Songzhou, Jiannan, and it was too late, so he had to ask Li Jing, another great hero, to crown Chengqian It just happened that although Li Jing had to confer the fiefdom, he hadn't gone to the fiefdom yet.

Fang Xuanling stepped forward and asked the emperor to give the crown prince a letter.

Teachers and elders bestowed the title of the crowned person, and the name will be replaced by the name in the future, and the corresponding words of the same generation will not be called. For example, Li Yuan has the word Shude. No one dared to call the emperor's name, because no one could be more noble than the emperor.

Li Shimin has no words, because he has never been crowned, and he has led the army to fight since he was 16 years old. He was already the king of Qin who led the army in battle at a young age, and even became an official Taiwei.

Qin Qiong's nickname is Shubao, which means that the Qin family also had the tradition of the gentry, and a crowning ceremony was held for him. Qin Lang's nickname is Huailiang, and he has not held a crowning ceremony, but because he entered the official position early, he has not yet been crowned. age, but because he was already an official, he took his name in advance. Later, Qin Lang went straight up, just like Li Shimin, and didn't go to the coronation ceremony again.

"clever!"

The emperor pondered for a long time, and finally gave Cheng Qian a sign.

The crown prince has inherited Qian, and his words are brilliant!

(End of this chapter)