On the second day of May, there was no more smoke coming out of the Rijing Gate.
The emperor held the sutra feast for the first time. To show his respect, he had already decided to give it up before today's Chang Dynasty.
After the fire at the Rijing Gate, the feast continued as usual, and the emperor had already sent a signal that he would not go to war over this incident.
The emperor's broad mind has indeed reassured many people's hearts.
Although this matter has nothing to do with them, who knows who will fall into the water due to the storm?
Not all the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy are eligible to attend the Sutra Banquet. Those who have not yet left the academy and have insufficient qualifications, as well as those ordinary eighth- and ninth-grade scholars, are not originally qualified to attend the Sutra Banquet.
But for this first sutra banquet, the emperor wanted to meet all the people registered in the Hanlin Academy, and everyone participated in the banquet after the sutra lecture.
Jingyan Jingyan is because there are both sutras and banquets.
It is an honor to be able to eat the sutra feast.
For this honor, those who can participate fast, burn incense, cleanse and bathe.
The emperor paid so much attention to it that he almost got burned to death but still held the sutra feast as usual. After they returned yesterday, they had another violent bath: not only because they were soaked in the rain yesterday, but also because they had to be more careful about their appearance.
The Sutra feast is extraordinary.
Paying attention to scripture feasts is to tell the world's scholars that the emperor is willing to govern the country under the guidance of the saints and by relying on the world's scholars.
The fact that all members of the Hanlin Academy could attend this sutra banquet also expressed the emperor's importance to talents.
There is another possibility that makes everyone's heart beat faster: Will the emperor promote anyone else at this sutra feast?
After the fire, will His Majesty be more eager to have loyal ministers?
Hanlin bachelors are noble, but only when they start to take up actual positions can they rise faster.
Many corners of the capital began to prepare for entering the palace.
In the Yang Mansion, Yang Shen, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, has also gotten up. Yang Tinghe, the bachelor, is still giving the lecture today.
Yang Shen, who was already a little stressed, was worried: "Father, Your Majesty dismissed the court to hold a Sutra banquet, and allowed all the concubines to attend the Sutra banquet, and you don't need to know about the Sutra banquet. After the fire of Rijingmen, it will be held as usual, like breakfast Do you have any plans to write something at the sutra banquet?"
Yang Tinghe felt as uneasy as Zhu Houcong scolded Zhang Zuo: "Don't lie! It's a good thing that Your Majesty attaches great importance to the Sutra Feast! Why do you always wonder if His Majesty is going to start a war? Do you want to cause chaos in the court?"
"...The son is just worried about his father!"
"I have been through so many storms!" Yang Tinghe sighed, "Yong Xiu, although you have some talent, you are really too young for this matter in court. Read more, think more, and talk less!"
"...The son is just asking his father for advice."
"On the day His Majesty first visited the DPRK, couldn't you restrain yourself from making false claims?" Yang Tinghe was still a little scared when he recalled it, with a very stern expression on his face, "In terms of character, skills, and eloquence, you can't see that Your Majesty is superior to you. Do you think that I have no other choice in the palace, just because I am riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off? Now that the government is getting more and more treacherous, you must be cautious in everything! Today you are just a secretary, don't say a word!"
A Jingyan is a Jingyan. What can the emperor do when he talks about Confucian classics and affirms their meaning?
Yang Tinghe was not worried. First, he listened to politics, lectures, and advice in the past few days, and then he was calm and rational yesterday. The emperor only valued the Sutra Feast because he understood the symbolic meaning of the Sutra Feast.
As for whether it was a banquet for learning scriptures, the emperor restored the old system of using honorable ministers. It's just an honor and doesn't involve any practical benefits, so why stop it?
Thinking about it now, it was really the best time for the emperor to be aggressive before he ascended the throne and during his first court meeting.
Only at this stage when the new king has just ascended the throne, it is difficult for important ministers to oppose everything. In that case, the suspicion of seizing power would be too obvious.
Yang Tinghe looked at his son, although he nodded and listened to the instruction, but he was still dissatisfied with his own judgment, and he could only feel helpless: The young man is famous, he is the number one scholar in high school, he is arrogant.
He was not convinced that he could not even compete with a fifteen-year-old child.
He couldn't care less. Yang Tinghe was a lecturer today, so he had to make preparations early.
At dawn, the Hanlin scholars gathered outside the Meridian Gate.
All of them are outstanding in the academic field: the top three in the first class will be directly awarded a position in the Hanlin Academy; the top two in the top class can be admitted to the Hanlin Academy as a scholar or a government official.
Those who are not Hanlin will not join the cabinet.
Everyone standing here has a much higher starting point than those in the same field, and has a greater future.
At the forefront of them were the cabinet ministers, the six ministers, the left and right censors, the Imperial College Jijiu and other important ministers.
The left door is opened, and the Wenyuan Pavilion is ready.
This time, Guo Xun was in charge of the banquet.
It was originally customary for Xunchen to be responsible for the banquet. But after the Tianshun period, the chief minister of the cabinet usually held the post concurrently.
It is also customary for other cabinet ministers to know the banquet together.
There is no need to trouble them to arrange the specific experience organization preparation work personally.
This is an experience and an honor.
Today's glory belongs first to Guo Xun. First, there was the Zhijing Banquet, and yesterday he was ordered to participate in the dismantling of Cai Chai and the reorganization of the Beijing camp on behalf of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. Guo Xun became the first person among the honorary ministers to be important to the new emperor.
Today's glory still belongs to the two lecturers, Yang Tinghe and Shi Yue, and to the two scribes, Yang Shen and Zhang Bi.
Needless to say, Yang Tinghe served as the lecturer for this first sutra feast, which had greater symbolic significance.
Shi Yun is currently in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and he took the exam last year.
As for the two Zhan Shuguan responsible for translating "lecture notes" for lecturers, they were both Jinshi in the sixth year of Zhengde. Yang Yingkui, who went to Liangxiang to deliver ritual notes, was in the same class as them, and now he has died with Mao Cheng.
Yang Shen and Zhang Bi are not so critical. They were recommended by the Hanlin Academy.
One is the son of the chief minister, and the other is from Shishou in Jingzhou Prefecture, a fellow villager of Yuan Zonggao.
There is sophistication everywhere.
The classroom is ready, and the Han generals are guarding inside and outside the Wenhua Hall.
After the banquet, Guanglu Temple has also begun preparations.
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, which had been frightened yesterday, felt much relieved.
Zhu Houcong, who was dressed again after his morning run, stepped out of the palace gate: "Let's go and listen to the lecture."
After leaving the Qianqing Gate, 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 and protecting, also participated in yesterday's banquet. Now he showed his sincere respect for the emperor, and also had some thoughts related to the reset of the three major camps.
"Let's get started." After Zhu Houcong asked him to get up, he just smiled.
Zhang Wei was surrounded by guards who had seen Zhu Houcong running in the palace in the morning. 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 had not finished running yet.
There was a fire at their house the night before, but they were still able to run with peace of mind today. They really admired His Majesty's calmness.
Unless there are special circumstances in the palace, Zhu Houcong will always walk.
But today is different. The sutra feast was a special ceremonial occasion.
After sitting on the Buhu, the emperor began to move towards the Wenhua Hall, surrounded by imperial guards and honor guards.
The door of the Meridian Gate was also opened, and the civil servants who had the honor to attend the Sutra Banquet began to gather outside the Zuoshun Gate first.
When things came to a close, Yang Tinghe couldn't help but become nervous again: Will there really be any accidents today?
Although my son is not a bad person in terms of human sophistication, he is really smart.
