On the twenty-third of the first lunar month, I led hundreds of officials and clan members to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth in front of Xianyang Hall, praying for peace. Returning to the Xianyang Palace, Linxuan ordered the envoys to appoint Zongzheng Yingwu as the chief envoy and the left prime minister Feng Jie as the deputy envoy. The Shaofu was granted the title of Si Xuanzhi: "I appointed Li Shiyun, the daughter of Prime Minister Li Si, as the queen, and ordered the Duke and others to accept the order in a strict manner. Collect all the gifts."
On the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, after everything was ready, Ying Wu took Feng Jie and Feng Si to the Prime Minister's Mansion to accept the offer. A curtain had already been set up at the right door of the Prime Minister's Mansion. When the group arrived, they waited inside the curtain for Li Si to go out to greet them. Then he entered the Prime Minister's Mansion to read out the order, and carried out the process of asking for names, accepting orders, collecting taxes, and announcing the deadline. Naturally, Li Si had already prepared these processes. After Li Si accepted the order, he thanked him in return.
On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, he led everyone to the Ji Temple to report the temple ceremony and inform the Ying family's ancestors about the marriage and the date of the wedding.
On the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month, the most solemn ceremony begins.
Ying Wu and a group of female officials, court uniforms, ceremonial guards, etc. were waiting in the curtain at the entrance of the Prime Minister's Mansion. The curtain for the female officials had already been set up outside Li Shiyun's boudoir. Then they changed clothes, saluted, went out, and saluted.
When everything was ready, Ying Wu came in and announced it again: On the twenty-seventh day of the first month of the sixth year of the Second Qin Dynasty, the Second Emperor envoys Chijie Zongzheng, Ying Wu, and Prime Minister Zuo Feng Jie appointed Li Shiyun, the daughter of Prime Minister Li Si, as the queen, and the queen. Now that you are established, you should fully respect the Tao of women, teach the Tao in the Sixth Palace, and set an example of etiquette throughout the world...
Then he handed Li Shiyun a bunch of messy things such as the queen's seal, personal guard tiger talisman, and orders one by one, and then returned to the palace to resume his duties.
At this point, Li Shiyun has officially become the queen of the second emperor of Qin.
On the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, Ying Wu and his entourage came to the Prime Minister's Mansion again to welcome their daughter. After a set of procedures for sending her daughter off for marriage, Li Shiyun boarded Chongzhai, which was a six-horse carriage. The queen was a female queen, so she naturally corresponded to the emperor's jade. The road is all about driving six.
At noon, a large group of people came in from the gate of Xianyang Palace. I had already led hundreds of civil and military officials to wait in Xianyang Palace. Ritual and musical instruments, temporary dormitories, and furnishing barriers were already prepared.
After the bells and drums rang together, the two met inside the curtain.
I looked at Li Shiyun in front of me curiously. He was not ugly, his face was a bit round, and if he moved his mouth slightly, he had a shallow dimple on each cheek, which was quite cute. If we have to make a comparison, Taoyao is the imperial sister type, while Li Shiyun is the cute type. It's just that the eyebrows don't seem to relax, making the whole person look a little melancholy.
I suddenly felt that I was a little too cruel to Li Shiyun by asking Gongshu to prepare things for Taoyao. Just thinking about it is just a political marriage, I feel relieved.
Seeing that she was a little nervous, I smiled and said softly, "Not used to it?"
Li Shiyun shook his head, biting his lip and did not answer.
I smiled slightly and said no more. She didn't answer my questions. This was very rude unless the female officer didn't teach her. However, I expected that the female officer would not let her big head go unnoticed, but would like to keep it and the sharp blade to see which one is stronger.
After a symbolic meal and a drink of "Hexin" wine, the two of them went back to their temporary tents to change into casual clothes. Then Xiqiqing, the Queen's Young Mansion, sent Li Shiyun back to the prepared Yuan'an Palace.
The next few days were filled with various kinds of gifts, including court greetings, thanksgiving gifts, congratulatory gifts...
It lasted until the 30th of the first lunar month, not including the preliminary preparations. Just these etiquettes took nine days! At this point, the entire process of marrying the queen is over!
Because I felt that Li Shiyun was too young, and I was still a little reluctant to a political marriage, I used the excuse that there were too many government affairs and slept in the Sihai Palace, leaving Li Shiyun alone to guard Yuan'an Palace.
Different from my irritability and Li Shiyun's melancholy, everyone in the court was very happy about this matter.
For Li Si, it was not until this moment that he completely let go of his worries about the Li family and could finally have a good sleep; for Ying Wu, his mission was completed, and after all, the queen is still our equal; for others , now that the queen has been established, they will have a head start in the future. As long as the queen gives birth to a prince, at least they don't have to worry about the sudden collapse of the empire if something happens to the emperor.
I was concentrating on preparing for the tour. It was already December, snow had begun to fall inside and outside Guanzhong, and spring would bloom in two months, so I set the time for the tour in early February.
In addition, it is a matter of scientific examination.
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Xianyang Hall, court meeting.
"Shu Sun Tong, have you started preparing for the scientific examination?" Because this is the first year of the scientific examination, and there are three major ceremonies, there is really no time to organize the scientific examination, so I postponed the time to next autumn.
Shusun Tong immediately stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Back to Your Majesty, I am just about to ask Your Majesty whether we want to build a scientific examination room?"
I waved my hand and said, "No. The scientific examination is held every three years. It would be very expensive to build a separate examination room. Setting the examination room in the Baijia Academy will allow students from all over the country to admire the vast number of books in the Great Qin Library, and it will also save money and food." "
Now I get a headache when I hear that I need to spend money. Wars, city construction, road construction subsidies, bullets... are all gold-eating beasts. Even if the court's tax revenue has increased by a quarter compared to when Ying Zheng was alive, it still can't afford it. It’s made this way, so if you can save money, just save it...
The construction of the new city has begun, but Feng Jie's tendering process is not going well. The only truly powerful businessman is Wushi Mu. Since being treated by Bi Fengjun, he has responded positively. But other businessmen either did not dare to reveal their wealth, or did not have the strength at all, so in the end the imperial court could only make some of the products themselves and "contract" some to Wushi Mu.
We can only wait until the new city is fruitful. In the early stage, only planned markets and residential buildings will be built. It is not appropriate to carry out large-scale construction of real landmark projects now. We will figure out a solution then.
Shusuntong agreed: "Your Majesty is wise! I will take action immediately."
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A month later, Liang found out that I was not going to Li Shiyun's place, so he sent someone to carry Ying Wu to Wan'an Palace, and then sent someone to call me there.
Wan'an Palace.
Both Ying Wu and Liang frowned and looked at me, the atmosphere was a bit heavy.
I couldn't bear it anymore, so I had no choice but to say: "Empress Mother, Zong Zheng, I wouldn't go unless it was me. We are really busy with political affairs!"
Liang showed the momentum of the Queen Mother and frowned: "I heard that you used to run to Mrs. Ba very diligently. Why is it that the Queen is so busy as soon as she enters the palace that she can't even walk a few steps from Sihai Palace to Yuan'an Palace? ?”
I curled my lips, the relationship I cultivated with Taoyao was not comparable to this kind of political marriage!
Ying Wu also opened his mouth to admonish: "Your Majesty, this is not allowed. Not to mention that Your Majesty wants to give birth to a prince as soon as possible. This matter has not spread yet. If it spreads, what will other people think? The old minister is not worried, but the right prime minister If we knew it, wouldn't the emperor and his ministers become jealous?"
