Jingming

Chapter 76 Why Are You Always Suspicious of Your Majesty (Happy New Year)
On the second day of May, the Rijingmen no longer smoked.

It was the first time for the emperor to hold a sutra banquet. To show his importance, it was confirmed before today's Chang Dynasty that it would be dismissed.

After the Rijing Gate caught fire, the banquet continued as usual, and the emperor had already sent a signal that he would not go to war because of this incident.

The emperor's mind has indeed reassured the hearts of too many people.

Although this matter has nothing to do with them, who knows who will fall into the water when there is a storm?

Not all the academicians of the Hanlin Academy were able to participate in the banquet. Those who had not yet left the academy, those with insufficient qualifications, and those ordinary eight or nine ranks were not eligible to attend the banquet.

But for this first Sutra banquet, the emperor wanted to see all the people registered in the Imperial Academy, and they all participated in the banquet after the lecture.

Jingyan Jingyan is because there are both sutras and feasts.

It is an honor to be able to eat the sutra feast.

For this honor, those who can participate have fasted and burned incense, cleansed and bathed.

The emperor paid so much attention to it that he was almost burned to death and still held the sutra banquet as usual. After they went back yesterday, they had another violent meal: it was because they were dazed by the rain yesterday, and they had to be more cautious about their appearance.

Jing Yan is unusual.

Emphasizing the sutra feast is to tell the literati all over the world that the emperor is willing to govern the country under the teaching of the sages and rely on the literati all over the world.

All the members of the Imperial Academy were able to attend this sutra banquet, which also expressed the emperor's emphasis on talents.

There is another possibility that makes everyone's heart beat faster: Will the emperor promote anyone else at this sutra banquet?
After the fire, will His Majesty want to be loyal to his subjects more urgently?

Hanlin bachelors are noble and noble, but only when they start to take up real positions can they rise faster.

Many corners of the capital are beginning to prepare for entering the palace.

In the Yang Mansion, Yang Shen is the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and he has already woken up.Yang Tinghe, the bachelor, is still the keynote speaker today.

Yang Shen, who was already a little stressed, was very worried: "Father, Your Majesty will let all the nobles attend the banquet, and you don't need to know the banquet. After the fire at Rijingmen, it will be held as usual, like early morning. Do you have any plans to write an article on the Sutra Banquet?"

Yang Tinghe felt uneasy just like Zhu Houcong reprimanding Zhang Zuo: "Don't lie! Your Majesty values ​​the Sutra Banquet so much, it's a good thing! Why do you always suspect what His Majesty is going to do? Are you looking forward to chaos in the court?"

"...the son is just worried about the father!"

"I've made it through all the storms!" Yang Tinghe sighed, "Yongxiu, although you have a bit of talent, you are really too young for this matter in court. Look more, think more, and talk less!"

"...the son is just asking his father for advice."

"The day your majesty first looked at the court, you couldn't help but speak out?" Yang Tinghe was still a little scared when he recalled it, and his face was very stern, "in terms of heart, skill, and eloquence, you can't see that your majesty is superior to you. Do you think I have no choice but to ride a tiger? Now that the government is getting more and more treacherous, you must be cautious in everything! Today you are just a book exhibitor, don't say a word!"

Jingyan is Jingyan. What can the emperor do on the occasion of telling Confucian classics and affirming the meaning of the scriptures?
Yang Tinghe was not worried.First, he listened to politics, listened to lectures, and listened to persuasion in the past few days, and then he was calm and rational yesterday. The emperor paid attention to the sutra feast only because he understood the symbolic meaning of the sutra feast.

As for whether it was a feast of knowing the scriptures, the emperor restored the old system of using honored officials.It's just a kind of glory, it doesn't involve actual profit, so why stop it?

Thinking about it now, it was the best time for the emperor to be aggressive during his first court meeting before he ascended the throne.

Only at this stage when the new king has just ascended the throne, the important ministers just can't object to everything.In that case, the suspicion of seizing power is too obvious.

Yang Tinghe looked at his son, although he nodded and listened to the training, but he was still dissatisfied with his own judgment. He could only feel helpless: he became famous as a young man, he was the top student in high school, and he was arrogant.

He is still not convinced that he can't even compare with a 15-year-old child.

Don't care about so much, Yang Tinghe is the lecturer today, he has to make preparations early.

At dawn, the Hanlin scholars gathered outside the Meridian Gate.

All of them are outstanding among the imperial examinations: the top three in the first class can be directly awarded the position of the Imperial Academy;

Non-Hanlin does not join the cabinet.

Everyone standing here has a starting point far higher than that of the same department, and has a greater future.

At the forefront of them are the cabinet scholars, the six ministers, the left and right censors, Guozijian Jijiu and other important officials.

The left door opened, and the Wenhua Hall was ready.

Guo Xun is in charge of this feast of knowing the scriptures.

It used to be a custom for Xunchen to serve as the banquet for knowledge of scriptures.However, after the Tianshun period, the chief assistant of the cabinet usually served concurrently.

It is also customary for other cabinet ministers to have a banquet with Zhijing.

Naturally, there is no need to bother them to arrange the specific experience organization preparation work.

This is an experience and an honor.

Today's glory belongs to Guo Xun first.First it was the feast of knowing the scriptures, and yesterday he was ordered to represent the five armies' governors' mansions to participate in the dismantling and reorganization of the Beijing camp. Guo Xun became the first among the ministers to be reused by the new king.

Today's glory still belongs to the two lecturers, Yang Tinghe and Shi Ping, and to the two expositors, Yang Shen and Zhang Bi.

Needless to say, Yang Tinghe had him as the lecturer for the first sutra banquet, which had a greater symbolic meaning.

And Shi Jing is currently in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and he was the chief examiner for last year's general examination.

As for the two exhibitors responsible for translating the "handouts" for lecturers, they were all Jinshi in the sixth year of Zhengde.Yang Yingkui, who went to Liangxiang to deliver the instrument, was from the same department as them, and now he and Mao Cheng have been chilling together.

Yang Shen and Zhang Bi did not need to be selected by the emperor himself, they were elected by the Imperial Academy.

One is the son of Shoufu, and the other is from Shishou of Jingzhou Prefecture, a fellow villager of Yuan Zonggao.

There is sophistication everywhere.

The classroom is ready, and the generals of the Han Dynasty are guarding inside and outside the Wenhua Hall.

Guanglu Temple has also started preparations for the banquet after the sutra feast.

In the Qianqing Palace, after experiencing a fire in front of his house, the emperor continued his morning run when he saw that the rain had stopped today. The harem that was panicked yesterday was also relieved.

After the morning run, Zhu Houcong, who was dressed properly again, stepped out of the palace gate: "Let's go, listen to the lecture."

After leaving the gate of Qianqing, Hui Anbo Zhang Wei, the guard in charge today, knelt down.

Guo Xunzhuyu was in front, and Zhang Wei, who had the merit of welcoming him, also participated in yesterday's banquet. Right now, he showed his sincere respect for the emperor, and he also had some thoughts related to the reset of the three major battalions.

"Get up." After Zhu Houcong asked him to get up, he just smiled.

Around Zhang Wei, there were guards who had seen Zhu Houcong run in the morning in the palace. The emperor's persistence and perseverance infected them day after day.

Not to mention that when they were waiting just now, Zhang Zuo came over and asked them to wait, saying that the emperor hadn't finished running.

The house was on fire the night before, and today they can still run with peace of mind. They really admire His Majesty's calmness.

If Zhu Houcong had no special circumstances in the palace, he would always walk.

But today is different, the sutra feast is a special ritual occasion.

After sitting on the steps, the emperor, surrounded by the imperial guards and guards of honor, began to move towards the Wenhua Palace.

The door of the Meridian Gate was also opened, and the civil servants who were lucky enough to attend the Jingyan also began to gather outside the Zuoshun Gate.

When the matter came to an end, Yang Tinghe couldn't help becoming nervous again: Will there really be no accidents today?

Although the son is not a star in terms of worldly sophistication, he is really smart.

(End of this chapter)