Chapter 648 Congratulations (Part 2) (Additional update for the leader, who changed the human empire)
The musicians struck the bell and played Jia Le with ease.
Shao Xun subconsciously looked at the empty hall.
The guards in the palace are wearing armor and holding halberds, and everyone is standing respectfully...
The incense is burned, and everything is ready. It is all thanks to Wang Jun. It is very good.
He Shi Shiran knelt down behind the table and signaled to Yangman.
Yangman understood and immediately left the palace gate. The music stopped and the officials stood up.
There is no doubt that as long as they are Liang officials, they are all ministers of Liang Gong and have the status of monarch and minister. After all, this is the true feudal state.
Yang Man returned to the palace again, knelt down with great ceremony, and said: "Ming Gong, all ministers and officials are here, please come in to congratulate me."
"Yes." Shao Xun stretched out his hand. Reach out and say.
Yangman stood up and went out of the palace again.
Shao Xun waited quietly.
This is also the first time for him.
It is the first time for me to receive congratulations from my ministers as a monarch, and it is also such a solemn occasion.
He knew very well that the Zhengdan greeting was the most important political event in the six months since the establishment of Liang State, and it was an indispensable part of establishing his dominance in Liang State.
What was played just now is "music", and the greetings are "rituals". Together they are "rituals and music".
If today's serious political activity is messed up, it will be "the collapse of etiquette and the collapse of music".
Yang Kai, who "takes the initiative to work overtime", stood behind the palace gate. When he saw the first person entering, he shouted loudly: "Congratulations on the entry of Prime Minister Yu Chen."
The music started again. .
Shao Xun sat steadily and looked at the gray-haired Yu Chen. The two people's eyes met, and both were filled with emotion.
When the music stopped, Yu Chen had already knelt on the ground.
Liu Bai, the former prince (Sima Quan) who was a member of the State of Liang and now a member of the State of Liang, accepted the gift brought by Yu Chen and said, "My minister Yu Chen presents you with a white jade. Congratulations."
"No courtesy." Shao Xun stood up and said with his hands supported.
Yu Chen stood up and bowed, then looked at Shao Xun. The two looked at each other and smiled.
Everyone knows that today's worship has profound meaning, and the status of the monarch and his ministers has been determined, even if their status is Weng's son-in-law.
The clerk came over quietly, guided Yu Chen out, and stood outside the palace door.
The so-called "Zhi Zhi" means bringing a gift.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, every time there was a formal meeting, Cao Cao would ring the bell at the Wenchang Hall of Ye Palace to receive congratulations at the seventh quarter of the night, and the civil servants and generals would enter the court carrying zhi.
Neither Shao Xun nor Cao Cao were emperors, and there were not so many etiquette requirements.
If it is the emperor's congratulations, Yu Chen will kneel down and bow when he enters the palace gate, and then come to the throne and bow a second time. At this time, the emperor will stand up. After the second prayer, the emperor sat down and Yu Chen bowed again, three times before and after.
The congratulators did not need to say anything extra during the whole process. Even the words of congratulation were said by Da Honglu, and the process was strictly followed.
As for gifts, kings, dukes, marquises, Sangong, Tejin, etc. will give white jade, and those with two thousand stones will be given furs, and so on. According to the size of official items, they will be given silk, lamb, etc. Geese, pheasants and other gifts.
To put it simply, Cao and Shao’s greeting gifts were actually a simplified and modified version of the emperor’s greeting gift. After all, they are not the emperor, and regardless of whether it is a principality or a kingdom, the official positions are different. Many of the court officials equipped by the emperor do not have them at all.
After Yu Chen paid his congratulations, Pan Tao, the imperial censor, came in and presented a white jade.
When I knelt down and worshiped, it was nothing, but suddenly I felt very complicated.
The person sitting high above was originally a soldier, a slave soldier who had never made his mark for generations, but he was a descendant of the Xingyang Pan family who had been a member of the Xingyang family for generations and had produced countless talents.
Normally, can two people meet? Shao Xun even struggled to see him.
But now it is he, a proud member of the family, who kneels respectfully.
This bow seemed to have broken something, which made Pan Tao feel extremely complicated.
According to the education he received since childhood and the values he has received as an adult, there is a monarch-subordinate etiquette between him and Shao Xun, although many people nowadays don't particularly care.
Pan Tao left quickly.
The next one belongs to Taiwei Pei Kang, but he is still recuperating in Xuchang, so he is exempted from attending the Zhengdan Festival.
Then there are the left and right military divisions and chief historians of the General's Mansion.
The next step is to batch them according to their levels...
I have been busy until six o'clock in the day when the water is leaking, and the first stage of the greeting gift is over.
Liang Palace guards came in one after another and placed a few cases.
It’s time for dinner.
However, only higher-ranking officials can eat inside, while middle- and lower-ranking officials give meals under the corridor outside the palace-the hierarchy is very strict, and this is also part of the etiquette.
Yuchen, Pan Tao, Wang Yan, Lu Zhi, Pei Miao, Shangshu Liuqing, General Shi, Sima, Supervisor, etc., a total of about twenty people, entered and sat behind the desk.
“What a wonderful scene.” Wang Yan said with emotion as he looked at the furnishings in the palace. To be honest, like Pan Tao, he was not completely calm yet.
Regardless of their status, people from the Langya Wang family are usually treated politely by the emperor, but on the solemn occasion of the Zhengdan Dynasty, family status is no longer important and gives way to the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers.
You used to be able to call "Shao Quanzhong" at home, and you could talk and laugh happily when meeting each other, and it seemed that you were neither big nor small, but today, you have realized the difference between superiors and subordinates, and the difference between monarch and ministers - although Lao Wang is not Liang Guo officials do not need to pay this courtesy.
With a heavy heart, Wang Yan felt that he might never call him "Quan Zhong" again, nor would he talk to him as an equal in the tone of a political ally.
It’s different. Lao Deng is in a very complicated mood.
Celebrities, rich families, and family members all over the world have grown up in the belly of your daughter, and you still want me to worship you!
Shang Shuling Pei Miao's mentality is relatively good.
Although he came from a wealthy family, he did not have the same psychological baggage as Wang Yan. As early as when Liang Gong was the military chief of the Yanzhou shogunate, he regarded himself as a subordinate, although there was no distinction between monarch and minister at that time.
He accepted today's scene quickly and understood that this was a step that Mr. Liang had to take.
It has been half a year since Liang Guo was established. We just took this opportunity to clean up the slightly loose atmosphere before and integrate the Caotai team into a serious political power.
Ceremony is something that cannot be seen or touched, but you have to admit that after performing the ceremony of kneeling down and paying homage in the main hall and under the bell, there has been a subtle change in your psychology.
Lu Zhi is more free and easy than Pei Miao.
No, maybe it’s not free and easy, but indifferent. That's not his focus.
It’s just a matter of going through the ceremony according to the procedure, business is business, that’s okay.
He is more concerned about the distribution of power in the future, and has always been thinking about this kind of thing. Until now, he is still thinking about Hebei and Bingzhou, and he is very worried.
In short, thousands of people have different faces and thoughts.
Three quarters of an hour later, Shao Xun returned to his seat in the main hall.
The sound of music started playing again, and Cai Cheng, the minister in the palace, brought a meal, a soup, and a glass of wine to Shao Xun's case, and all the officials stood up at the same time.
"Everyone sit down." Shao Xun seemed to feel that the atmosphere was too solemn and serious, so he smiled and said: "Eat quickly."
The guards entered one after another, and Put rice, soup, and wine on the table in front of everyone.
Shao Xun picked up the wine glass and pondered his emotions for a while.
The music stops.
"I-" he said.
"Ming Gong." Cai Cheng reminded softly.
Shao Xun understood and said helplessly: "I came to Luoyang more than ten years ago. At that time, I was just a soldier in Pan Yuan. Later I entered Luo and stayed at Piyong for several months. I also killed the thieves in front of Kaiyang Gate. He captured Sima Yi in the palace, defeated Ji Sang in Feixiang, and defeated Shi Le in Yema Gang. He was favored and promoted to a high rank. Looking back on the past, he was filled with emotion. This cup.”
“Drink this cup.” All the ministers raised their glasses and drank it all.
Shao Xun handed the wine glass to Cai Cheng and said: "Although the barbarians have banned violence for more than ten years, the world has become a little peaceful, but there are thieves in Qin, rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, and monsters in Qi, and Ma Fang has not yet arrived. At the time of Nanshan. "
"You are all my pillars. You should know what I mean. This year, I will divide my army to attack. "The Owl's Nest in Hanoi."
"The military struggle requires the division and brigade to be rectified, and the officials must follow the law. All major affairs in the country have been entrusted to you. Don't let me distract you." , have another drink.”
Shao Xun took the glass from Cai Cheng and drank it in one gulp.
Everyone also drank it all.
Shao Xun sat back happily and clapped his hands.
The music started playing, and a group of dancers presented by Princess Xiangcheng quietly entered the room and started a cheerful dance. There was also a person with a melodious voice who sang a song, which diluted some of the original slightness in the palace. A serious atmosphere.
The officials in the corridor had different expressions when they heard the singing.
Some people continued to eat and drink, unfazed.
Some people stopped eating and looked complicated.
Some people sighed, wishing that they could not go inside to watch the singing and dancing.
Especially some of the lower-level generals couldn't help but cast their eyes in the direction of the palace gate, causing the civil servants who were scholars to burst into laughter.
A country bumpkin who has never seen the world!
However, wasn’t the person sitting at the top of the hall also a country bumpkin before?
Today, you are standing high and accepting everyone's worship, so what can you say?
How many scholars can compare to his current status?
Which of the beauties in the back house is not a person of noble birth? Now they are competing to flatter themselves and seek favor.
Well, what’s the difference between men and women, scholars?
Kneel down and bow down, forget his origin from now on, just work with peace of mind and seek wealth for yourself and your family.
Otherwise, you will just keep adding to your heart.
The dance music gradually reached its climax, and the sky was already bright.
The golden sunshine falls on the Guanfeng Hall, and the clouds rise and linger for a long time.
(End of this chapter)