"I ordered the ceremonial institute to formulate the ceremony for the queen's acceptance as soon as possible." Lan
Seeing that the officials had decided on the candidates, Liu E quickly summoned Mrs. Xu and asked the other party to quickly supervise the ceremonial court and draw up the procedures.
The emperor's wedding this time is different from the previous three dynasties. Taizu, Taizong, and Zhenzong all followed the ceremony of queen registration.
The nature of being a queen and being a queen are different.
The former was promoted from a concubine to a queen, and the ceremony was a canonization ceremony. For example, Taizu canonized the Wang family of Langya as his queen, Taizong canonized the Li family of Longxi as his queen, and Zhenzong canonized the Guo family, the wife of Qin State, as his queen.
And these don't apply now.
After all, when the official was the prince, he did not accept a princess, and until now, the official is still unmarried.
Those who fail to pay attention to etiquette are the foundation of etiquette. Lan
During this period, there were a lot of arguments within the ceremonial courtyard about how to perform posthumous rites.
One group advocates restoring the Tang system based on the "Kaiyuan Rites of the Tang Dynasty" and performing twenty-two posthumous rites, first predicting auspicious days, and then offering sacrifices to heaven and earth.
After setting an auspicious day, the emperor Linxuan ordered envoys to carry out matters such as accepting gifts, asking for names, and accepting auspiciousness.
The other group insists on following the stories of the previous dynasty, taking the rites of the queen as a reference, and adopting the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty to formulate the rites of the present dynasty.
Compared with the Tang Dynasty's etiquette for accepting a queen and naming a queen, the procedures for the emperor's wedding in the Song Dynasty were much shorter. In terms of procedures, there were nearly ten items reduced.
However, the reduction of procedures does not mean that the content is lost, such as reporting to heaven and earth, ancestral temples, emperor Linxuan issuing certificates, accepting gifts, etc. These necessary processes still exist.
While the two factions were arguing endlessly, two edicts were issued from the ban. Lan
One is an edict from the Queen Mother urging the Court of Ceremonies to come up with the procedures as soon as possible, and the other is an edict from the officials ordering them to be frugal in everything.
These two edicts also put an end to the controversy.
The simplicity faction headed by Livy gained the upper hand.
The world is vast, and the official family is the largest.
Since officials advocate simplicity, everything is naturally centered on frugality.
As the saying goes, what goes up leads to deeds. Since Li Jie intends to change the custom of lavish marriage and generous marriage, he himself must set an example.
Liu Taiwei's Mansion. Lan
Wang Mengzheng, who lives in Bianliang, was disappointed when he learned that Qinghe Zhang's daughter was elected as the queen.
Wang Mengzheng also hoped that his daughter would be able to honor the world as a mother, but as a result, his daughter did not become the queen.
It has to be said that the greed of human beings is endless.
At first, Wang Mengzheng just wanted to use the Liu family's channels to send his daughter to the palace. Even if she could not become a queen, she would be better off as a concubine.
But as things progressed, he gradually felt that it would be great if he could become a queen.
Seeing his daughter reach the finals, only to lose the last place, this feeling was even worse than killing him.
Although this dynasty strictly limits the rights of relatives, she is the queen! Lan
If a prince can be born to an official family, as long as the prince does not die unexpectedly, then the next prince will have half of his own blood.
In the future, when the new emperor ascends the throne, will he treat his mother's family badly?
Just like Wang Mengzheng, Yingzhou Guo family was also disappointed.
Although the Guo family is also a related family (Guo Chong's son Guo Shoulin's wife is Taizong's empress Li's sister), today, the Guo family has long declined.
For the Guo family and the Wang family, they flocked to the queen's position that was looked down upon by the wealthy families.
Although he was unable to hold the position of an important minister due to his family background, there was absolutely no problem in maintaining wealth for two generations.
If a prince is born, the minimum is Fukuzawa III. Lan
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at the same time.
Sifang Pavilion.
"Servant Minister, I have heard from you that the number of envoys for this trip to Khitan has been decided."
Yuan Ying rushed to the small courtyard with a happy face to announce the good news. Lan
"oh?"
"who is it?"
Upon hearing the news, Han Zuo grabbed Yuan Ying's arm and asked quickly.
"The envoy is Feng Yuan, a direct scholar of Longtuge."
Yuan Ying reported the news immediately.
"It's actually him?"
Han Zuo had heard of Feng Yuan's reputation. Lan
Starting from Feng Yuan's great-grandfather, the three generations of the Feng family were all astronomical and calendar judges in the Southern Han Dynasty. When Liu Yu surrendered to the Song court, the Feng family also followed into the Song Dynasty.
After arriving in Kaifeng, Feng Yuan's father, Feng Bing, was still employed and was awarded the title of Tianjian Baozheng by the Song Dynasty (observing the changes of the sun, moon and stars, and measuring fortune and misfortune).
Astronomers are not only high-risk, they are also technical officers and their room for advancement is extremely limited.
Feng Bing did not want his son Feng Yuan to continue to take over the ancestral business, so he asked Feng Yuan to learn the classics from Sun Shi.
Feng Yuan lived up to expectations. He first studied under the famous Confucian Sun Shi, and then became friends with the erudite Cui Haozheng and studied the Five Classics together.
In the first year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Feng Yuanzhong, who was thirty-four years old, was a Jinshi. He successively served as Linjiang County Lieutenant, Imperial College Lecturer (teacher), Jingyan Official, Prince Zhongyun, Donggong Official, Longtuge Direct Bachelor and Assistant Lecturer. .
"Well, it's this person!" Lan
Yuan Ying nodded repeatedly, and then changed the subject.
"Servant, do we want it?"
With that said, Yuanying made a gift-giving gesture.
"Are you related?"
Han Zuo glanced at Yuanying without leaving any trace, saying that he might try giving gifts.
After all, Feng Yuan's mission to the Khitan was for Goryeo affairs, and Feng Yuan was stingy and greedy. If he could really give a gift, it would indeed be a good choice.
(When Feng Yuan was in the Imperial Academy, during an office banquet, he held a banquet with the wine he was given, and then took the money for the wine home. Lan
In addition, after Feng Yuan's death, his family fortune was huge. The huge wealth means that based on his income, it should not be that much at all. The source of the huge wealth is unknown, and corruption is inevitable)
"The Imperial College has said that Guo Zhen has always been on good terms with Feng Yuan, so we might be able to give this a try."
Han Zuo and Yuan Ying's mission to the Song Dynasty was not only to beg the Song Dynasty to mediate the relationship between Goryeo and Khitan, but also to obtain scriptures.
During the Second Liao-Li War, the Liao army burned the capital of Goryeo to ashes, and countless scriptures were burned to the ground.
Although Goryeo later re-collected private collections, some parts were inevitably missing.
To this day, many lost classics are still found in Korea every year.
In order to obtain scriptures, it was natural to have to deal with the Imperial College. Yuan Ying took this opportunity to get acquainted with Guo Zhen. Lan
"Guo Zhen?"
Han Zuo looked puzzled. Obviously, he had never heard of this name.
"What's the connection between him and Feng Shidao?"
Yuan Ying bowed slightly and said: "Guo Zhen once studied under the famous Confucian Sun Xi. At the beginning of the year, it was recommended by Sun Xi and Feng Yuan that Guo Zhen became the direct lecturer of the Imperial Academy."
"What's this person's reputation like?"
Han Zuo's expression changed. With this relationship, he could take a walk.
"Maybe you can give it a try." Lan
In fact, Yuanying was quite sure about this matter, otherwise, he wouldn't have brought it up.
There is a saying in the Song Dynasty that the Bianliang Bureau was not easy. Guo Zhen just arrived in Bianliang this year, and his life was very difficult.
After discovering this, Yuanying immediately asked someone to inquire about Guo Zhen.
Guo Zhen lost his father when he was young. Not long after, his mother Bian remarried, and Guo Zhen had no uncles and few brothers.
In short, his family provided little help.
After collecting this information, Yuan Ying gave Guo Zhen a small gift.
As expected, Guo Zhen accepted it. Lan
With the "little gift" as a guide, it shouldn't be a big problem for Guo Zhen to come forward and make an appointment with Feng Yuan.
