Before dawn, Jia Hui was dragged up by the maid to wash and change clothes.
In a daze, he put on his own equipment that he would wear to the court.
Different from the previous great court meetings, this time you have to be knighted when you go to court. According to the rules, you need to wear ceremonial armor to go to the palace. After the canonization is completed, you change into court clothes to show that you have been knighted for your military exploits.
Only military generals have this honor and the exclusive qualification to wear armor and hide armor. Of course, armor that exceeds the number of personal soldiers cannot be hidden. If caught, they will be beheaded.
Although relatives can also be knighted, they are not qualified to wear armor. If there is even a piece of armor in the family, they will be dismissed from the knighthood or exiled at the worst.
This is the most obvious sign to distinguish Wu Xun from his relatives. In addition, it also prevents his relatives from disrupting the government.
As for civil servants, of course civil servants can lead troops to fight, but in this case they have to make a choice. If they continue to be civil servants, they can only wear the standard armor from the local treasury. Even if they have a set of armor hidden at home, they will be treated like relatives. Another way is to become a general.
Fortunately, I already had a rank before. I was awarded the rank of General Zhaoyong at the beginning of the third rank, so I can wear purple robes.
Wearing a long-sleeved purple brocade robe embroidered with leopard patches, a golden phoenix-winged hood, a red tassel on the top, a collar and a piece of armor.
The outer part of the robe is covered with a bright bronze mountain mantle, the shoulders are covered with arms, the arms are covered with armbands, the collar is wrapped with a handkerchief, the chest is tied with an armor ribbon, the heart-protecting mirror is embroidered in the middle of the chest and back, and the waist is pinned with a gold belly. It is bound with a silk belt, a gold belt, a red garland, and a wooden sword.
The feet wear leather soap boots, and the legs are bound with greaves and foot armor.
After putting on one suit, Jia Hui woke up completely after breaking out in sweat from exhaustion.
"Hey, wearing this on the battlefield, I'm afraid I will be shot as a target!" Jia Hui looked at herself in the bronze mirror and moved her body.
The maids around them chuckled.
"If a dog can't spit out ivory, why should it be used as a target?" Jia She had already put on his court clothes and walked over.
It was the first time for my dog to go to court. I was afraid of making any mistakes, so I came over to have a look.
Although he is no longer a super duke, he is still a first-class general with a first-class official position. He is still wearing a red robe and a seven-beam crown. Since this first-class general comes from the lintel of the Duke of the country, he still retains the jade cicada, but Compared with the Liang Guan of the Duke, the cage scarf is missing.
There is also an extra tooth tag on the left side of the waist compared to the civil official court uniform.
"Er Hui respectfully wishes father Jin'an!" When Jia Hui was about to kneel down to say goodbye, Jia She quickly supported him.
"There's no need to be polite. You're wearing armor and it's hard to salute. How about it, but it's packed properly?" Jia She carefully checked his son's clothes. When he found nothing wrong, he took Jia Hui out of the house.
You only wear it for a while, but you still have to change clothes after the canonization.
The official of Chunhua Square is also a member of the Jia family. He has already opened the gate and is waiting for the two family heads to go out.
When the concubine Jia Hui won the title, he would naturally start a new lineage, and by then he would be the head of that lineage.
Jia Hui was originally going to ride to court according to the rules, but Jia She still called him to the carriage.
"Dad, if our military attaché doesn't ride to court, won't someone impeach him?" Jia Hui was a little uneasy.
"Flick the hammer, except for the Ministry of Rites who came out of Luoyang this time, do you think there are any other civil servants here? Let alone the censor."
"Yes, Duji Road patrol censor." Jia Hui blurted out.
Jia She was already used to the dog's subconscious quarrel, so he just took a sip of hot tea and took a bite of the bun.
"In this winter, even the patrol censors are huddled in the carriage. Well, isn't he the one in the front left? According to the law, he, a seventh-grade official, is not qualified to ride in a carriage. He himself does not follow the rules. Can you still control us?
Don't worry, I know the rules, just wait until you get to Xingjin Bridge and then put on the horse. "
"I see, then it's okay." Jia Hui felt relieved.
Both of them have been good and law-abiding citizens throughout their lives, and they still have a reverence for these rules.
I took a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge from the small porridge bucket on the carriage. I ate it in a few mouthfuls and wanted to eat more. Jia She quickly stopped him.
"One bowl is enough. One bowl is enough. If you drink too much, it will be bad if you want to pay tribute!"
Jia Hui, a big-bellied man, curled his lips, put down the bowl reluctantly, ate another bun, and drank a small cup of tea.
Normally, I ate my whole meal and finally suppressed my hunger.
After a while, we arrived at Xingjin Bridge. A group of carriages stopped here. Those who were not good enough got off quickly, and the generals also quickly changed their horses. After the carriage left noisily but orderly, the civil servants carrying high-ranking officials and the military heroes riding horses entered the palace first, followed closely by the low-level civil servants and military generals.
Walk all the way to Yingtian Gate.
There is already a group of people waiting here.
"Brother Jia, Brother Jia!" A big eight-foot-tall tank came out of the crowd... No, a big man with a black face and a round waist.
"Ah, Brother Lu, you arrived so early!" Jia Hui was a little surprised.
"Brother Hui, who is this?" Jia She looked at the burly man.
"Ah, dad, let me introduce to you. This is a hero who has made a fortune in the northwest. I am Brother Ludalu! Brother Lu, this is my father, a first-class mighty general." Jia Hui introduced each other.
"Ah, it turns out it's Uncle Pardon, Sa... Ruda pays homage to uncle!"
Jia She quickly grabbed Ruda's arm, almost dodging his waist.
"Hehehe, no need to be polite, General Lu is going to be knighted too?"
"No, Brother Lu is a fierce man who has climbed six times first, and is a champion general in the twelfth rank!" Jia Hui showed off.
"Hahaha, I can't compare to you, brother!"
Ruda was originally a head catcher in Pingliang, and his life was as ordinary as water. However, more than half a year ago, Heshuote invaded and killed all the way to Pingliang. This actually inspired Ruda to act chivalrously and defend his family and country.
After helping Pingliang defend the city and repelling Heshuote's attack, he gathered a group of heroes who also wanted to defend their country and do something good. They attacked the camp outside the city at night and took the general's head to join the army. Qi border army.
Within half a year, he conquered more than a dozen cities with the army, ascending first every time, and won six times with fewer hits and more hits. He was so powerful in the northwest that he was known as "the most powerful general in Gansu" and "the first general in the northwest"!
He has accumulated twelve rounds of merit, but because he has only joined the army for half a year, and his previous job was as a headhunter, his title will not be very high.
But the title of Champion General is indispensable.
Jia Hui met him at a party in Yanlailou, and they got along very well. Within a few days of setting off for Luoyang, their relationship developed by leaps and bounds, and they began to call each other brother and brother.
After a few more shudders, the censor came to inform everyone that they had to arrange their shifts.
"General Lu and my son will wait here for a moment. I'm going to schedule my shift." After saying that, after saying a few more polite words to Lu Da, Jia She turned around and left, walking towards Wu Xun's team on the right.
"Brother Lu, the censors are starting to glare at us. Let's go find the capital to protect them."
"Okay, listen to brother."
The two of them also came to the ranks of the conferred military attachés.
There was another round of polite greetings. Since everyone knew what title they had in advance, everyone began to guess what the title was.
"Hey, are you all here?" Chen Jingyuan's voice came from far away.
"I'll meet the fourth prince later!"
"You don't need to be polite, it's already embarrassing." Chen Jingyuan quickly helped several grandfather-level veterans up. He also joined the military attache's corps.
"Hey, Chen Si, are you lame?" Jia Hui saw that Chen Jingyuan's walking posture was wrong.
"Almost. Didn't I go to the plateau with you? It made Grandpa Huang and my father frightened for several months. Yesterday, you guys beat me after they went back. If it hadn't been for today's court meeting, I would have been beaten. I couldn’t get out of bed for several days.”
"Hey, then why did you join our team? Aren't you knighted together with your brothers?" Shui Che asked.
"Hey, I have traveled thousands of miles, climbed the plateau, climbed icebergs, and presided over the establishment of the administrative framework of the plateau. These are real contributions!
Unlike some of my brothers who put military merit in their mouths, if a few people get close to the Great Wall, it is called a border attack, if they are all hacked to death, it is called a victory, if they enter the mountain to suppress a bandit, it is called a victory, so forget it. If the mountain bandits fail to escape, it can be said that there is a mutual victory or defeat. The strategy has changed. I don't want to join them to become the king and lose points! "Chen Jingyuan looked disdainful.
"Besides, Grandpa Huang has personally chosen the royal title for me a long time ago. How can this be compared with my brothers who asked the Ministry of Rites to choose the title? It's just to show the difference."
"But won't you become the target of public criticism?" Shi Yuanxiu was a little worried.
"Hehe, you are mediocre if you don't make people jealous. It has been five years since Prince Ying's brother died of smallpox. My mother has nothing to do anymore. The closest ones to the East Palace are my second brother, third brother and me.
In any case, as the eldest prince, I will definitely be targeted. Whether I want to fight or not, the two brothers in front and the naughty brothers behind will come to tease me. Rather than being framed and imprisoned, it would be better..."
Chen Jingyuan fell silent when he said this, but the senior officials in the northwest who heard his words knew it well.
There is nothing to say. Taizong's accession to the throne relied on the Liaodong generals formed by conquering Liaodong.
The emperor's accession to the throne depended on the Jixuan Border Army, which he had served in when he was young.
Even if they are mediocre now, there is still a direct force like the Jiangnan Bei Japanese Army.
The prince joined the army to gain experience in order to have a direct line of power, and to be paired with the palace officials, he would have the opportunity to control the civil and military affairs in advance, but this was the beginning of the test for the heir.
Every move you make will be recorded. How to deal with the army, how to train civilian officials, and how to balance civil and military affairs. These are all required courses for becoming an emperor. The princes who enter the finals through these procedures have unknown abilities, but they are absolutely There will be no mediocrity.
The emperor selected in this way has military power, civil servants have cronies, and he also has certain abilities.
Yang Gu, who are in check with each other, take turns to be the boss. It doesn't matter even if they lose, they won't be liquidated anyway. Next time, just push another prince up. These are secrets that are well known to the nobles of each family and are never spread to others.
Only those civil servants from the imperial family were kept in the dark, thinking that these warriors had not yet fully evolved into a political family, and that they still had a certain humanity in their hearts that they should not have.
Now, the direct force of the fourth prince is their northwest frontier army.
It didn't matter to them at all. Anyway, none of the other princes' wives were from the northwest. Chen Jingyuan's performance on the plateau also proved his character and strength, so there was no need to choose.
Jia Hui pulled Ruda to explain to him, and Ruda felt the shock from the Da Qi court for the first time.
With the sound of the quiet whip three times, the originally noisy Yingtianmen immediately fell silent. The palace door opened wide, and the two civil and military teams stood in front of it. When the palace door was fully opened, the team led by the Grand Duke of the Ministry of Rites and the Grand Governor Cai Guogong Duan Cheng took care of them. Following the rhythm of "Chaohui Music" coming from the Mingtang, he walked towards the Mingtang solemnly but maintaining a certain speed.
After both the civil and military squads entered, Jia Hui and others also lined up in order, led by Lu Guan and the four chief military officers, who also followed the rhythm and entered at the end of the two squads.
Jia Hui is ranked first from the left in the second row. After walking for a while, we arrived at the magnificent Mingtang.
"The four gates are opened, and all the nations are coming, and the talented people are recruited after passing the examination. Just like the emperor's residence and solidification, it will be a leisurely life for thousands of years!"
Jia Hui sighed.
"Huh? What a good sentence. It seems to be a legacy of Li Taibai. Did you write it?" Chen Jingyuan came over.
"Huh? Ah, yes, that's what I felt."
Jia Hui's face turned red.
There is indeed Li Taibai in this world, but there is no such thing as "Ming Tang Fu".
Mainly because Mingtang was built more than ten years ago and Taibai has never seen it.
In this case, this poem belongs to me.
"Tsk tsk, I told you not to write that Laoshizi drama anymore. You don't have that talent. Just write poems and songs. You have that literary talent. Look, isn't this coming out?"
"Ahem!" Yushi Jiuyi reminded the two of them not to whisper to each other.
Jia Hui and Chen Jingyuan immediately fell silent.
Everyone was waiting in the cold wind for the canonization ceremony to begin. Everyone was a warrior who had experienced hundreds of battles, and none of them were afraid of the cold.
After some procedures in the Mingtang, the Han generals finally called the names. From high to low, Lu Guan, who ranked first, entered the Mingtang first.
After waiting for about half an hour, the commander-in-chief of Guyuan also walked up, and Jia Hui's originally calm heart became more and more excited.
After waiting for another cup of tea, I finally arrived.
"Xuan, General of the Cavalry of the Anxi Protectorate, General Zhaoyong Jia Hui comes to see you!" The old eunuch who had been shouting for almost an hour was still very angry.
"Your Majesty, Jia Hui, come to see you!" Jia Hui called out and walked to the Mingtang step by step according to the rhythm of "Chaohui Music".
At the end of the "Chaohui Music", Jia Hui also climbed to the top of the Mingtang. The moment he stepped into the Mingtang, a new "Chaohui Music" sounded, which attracted civil and military officials to marvel at the coincidence.
The emperor was sitting upright in front of His Majesty Dan. His face was covered by the twelve flat crowns, making the emperor even more mysterious.
Jia Hui had seen the emperor's face, and he didn't look very smart.
"General Zhaoyong Jia Hui came forward to accept the title." The emperor's slow and majestic voice came down, and the emperor's royal voice echoed throughout the Mingtang.
"Your Majesty, Jia Hui, comes to see you!"
The great eunuch Xia Shouzhong took out an imperial edict from the jade plate held by the little eunuch beside him. He looked at the mark and confirmed that it was Jia Hui's imperial edict.
"The imperial edict says: I govern the world with literature and quell chaos with force. Military commanders and generals are the mainstay of the imperial court and the foundation of the country. They are able to do both civil and military affairs, and they can dedicate their efforts to return results, but their achievements can be wasted if they are not praised and favored. Huh."
"General Er Zhaoyong and General of the Anxi Cavalry Army Jia Hui spent a lot of time, conquered the country in all directions, fought in all fields, captured the thieves and chiefs in front of your majesty, and made military achievements in all directions. The thieves are still afraid of hearing about it, so they were awarded the title of county. Hou Li Yiran is also. Youyuan is quite pastoral in ancient and modern times, and is close to the ban.
Zite granted you the title of Zuozhu Kingdom, the title of Grand Sima, Grand General, Minister of the Ministry of War, Zishan Dafu, Wuwei County Marquis, and Admiral of three thousand battalions. Xi's edict was in play, which inspired Yi Di. I am deeply attached to my noble hero, whose merits have been declared in China. I am fumigated with the magic of Zhaolu cloth, and I have been temporarily decorated with Wu Bian. I am so proud. "
Although there were speculations in his mind, Jia Hui was still excited and wanted to cry.
"Your Majesty, Jia Hui, thanks you. Long live my emperor!"
"No courtesy, stay on your own."
The little eunuch guided Jia Hui to a small room. Several palace maids had already prepared court uniforms and were ready to put them on themselves. These were the court uniforms that had been tailor-made before.
The little eunuch who followed was the first to untie Jia Hui's armor. He moved in pairs and skillfully, taking off the armor in three strokes, five divisions, and two strokes.
Two more palace maids stood on low stools, untying their hair and combing it back together. They were also surrounded by a group of palace maids. They took off Jia Hui's clothes. Jia Hui had become accustomed to being served and dressed over the years, and she didn't care at all. He looked flustered and looked at the court clothes being put on one by one.
Just when the tooth plaque was hung up, the hair was combed.
Look at yourself in the bronze mirror in the corner.
Wearing Zaoyuan Qingluo Yi, Zaoyuan Red Luo Shang.
The clothes are decorated with square heart-shaped collars and they hold tooth wats in their hands.
The clothes cover the knees, and the waist is wrapped with a large belt, a leather belt, a jade pendant, and a ribbon.
Then the maid on the low stool wears a seven-beam cage scarf crown symbolizing the marquis, golden cicada accessories on the front and back of the forehead crown, and a carved feather symbolizing the county prince on the left side.
I am different from before, Jia Hui thought.
The whole process took no more than one stick of incense, and a frontier general outside had just finished listening to his edict on knighthood and was led over.
After nodding and saying hello, Jia Hui went back to thank him again.
"My lord, Jia Hui, the Marquis of Wuwei County, would like to thank my emperor again for his kindness. I only hope that my emperor will be happy forever!"
"No courtesy, stay on your own." The emperor answered mechanically again.
Jia Hui understood, turned around and returned to the military ranks. He was sitting behind the kings and dukes, at the head of the princes.
Looking at the steps between the bright hall and the square, there are so many people in the world who are crazy about stepping on you.
And for me, this leads to the bright hall, and once I leave, it will last a lifetime.
