Chongcheng is less than 600 miles away from the center of Beijing. After Chongcheng, it is Mingtong, the lower county of Beijing.
This means that Chongcheng is the face given to the palace by King Yan Feng Wenyan. Face only goes to Chongcheng.
Feng Wenyan is a king. If you look at it according to the ninth rank of nobles, it is not quite accurate to say that he is a county king.
No matter what kind of king he is, he must ask for instructions from the imperial court when leaving his fiefdom. When entering the capital, he must ask for instructions from the imperial court. If he is a prince, he also needs permission from the palace.
It's more than six hundred miles, and it only takes about a day to travel quickly.
King Yan would not enter the capital for no reason, nor would he enter the capital with only a dozen followers without saying hello in advance.
After receiving the letter, Lao Ba did not dare to be careless and summoned the big guys from the three provinces.
In the Jingzhi Hall, four or five gentlemen studied for a long time, but they couldn't figure out the reason why King Yan Feng Wenyan came to the capital.
King Yan was so crazy that when he arrived in Chongcheng, he asked the local Chongcheng prefect to send someone to inform the palace. The general meaning was that I was here.
It is worth mentioning that King Yan asked the prefect of Chongcheng to send someone to notify the palace, not the court. He did not say what he was doing or why he was coming. He just said he was here.
Then according to the next process, whether King Yan can continue to move forward and enter the capital depends on the palace's wishes.
The interesting part is here. The palace has no idea why he wants to enter the capital, so will it allow him to enter the capital?
Agree, King Yan continues to enter the capital, there is no need to think about this.
The question is, if the palace does not agree, will King Yan really not enter the capital?
In fact, there is no second option. The palace must let King Yan enter the capital because he is here.
If the palace does not allow King Yan to enter the capital, King Yan may continue to enter the capital, or he may go back home. Regardless of whether he continues to go or goes back, it will be considered a falling out.
In the palace, I don't want to fall out with Prince Yan's house.
The imperial court did not want to fall out with Prince Yan's palace.
No one in the whole Zhou Dynasty wants to fall out with Prince Yan's Mansion, for no other reason than his strong strength, strong brand, and no ambition. The main thing is that he is a hard-working and hard-working person.
After the former Yan Palace took root in the West, regardless of whether the emperor ascended the throne or died, or even if there was a change of dynasty, the Yan family never entered the capital.
As the big bosses from the three provinces left the palace and did not deliberately conceal the news, the news of King Yan's entry into the capital spread like wildfire, and people started talking about why King Yan came to the capital.
No matter what the reason was, the palace paid great attention to it, escorted by imperial guards, and sent internal affairs supervisors to the city non-stop to announce the decree.
This is not to allow King Yan to enter the capital, but to send people to charge the city to welcome King Yan to the capital. The standards are unprecedentedly high.
On the third day, the west city gate was wide open. Zhao Tai, the provincial minister under the gate, did not go to court, but specially led the officials of the Ministry of Rites to wait.
God was not kind, and the drizzle was like smoke, filling the space between the sky and the earth. The sky sprinkled raindrops like pearls, which wetted the official robes of all the officials.
The drizzle was like a fine mist, and it was like the uneasy feeling in Zhao Tai's heart that would not go away for a long time.
Halfway through the hour, the legendary "King of Yan" finally appeared. The team was not long, only twelve people, no sedan, no carriage, and twelve horses.
Twelve people, wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats on their heads, with strong war horses on their crotches, are obviously military war horses.
The order of the palace was to be escorted by imperial guards, escorted by the city and escorted by Chongfu, and escorted by soldiers and guards along the way. It seems that King Yan did not agree to this.
As the twelve people entered the city from the west, Zhao Tai asked his entourage to put away their oil umbrellas, let the raindrops wet their official robes, and hurriedly came down from the tower to greet the team.
The guards in the city had been waiting for a long time, forming a human wall on both sides of the station.
After the twelve kings of Yan entered the capital, Zhao Tai also happened to arrive at the gate of the inner city.
"I'm going to serve as an official, and I'm going to serve Zhao Tai, the provincial minister."
Zhao Tai, who looked like an official from the Ministry of Etiquette, saluted and said loudly: "Meet the King of Yan."
King Yan is considered the king of the county, and he is the second rank. Zhao Tai, the servant, is the second rank, so there is no problem in claiming to be a subordinate.
The leader of the twelve riders dismounted and took off his hat.
It was a very recognizable face. Even if it was the first time for everyone present to see King Yan, they could still determine the identity of the other person at the first glance.
His long hair, which was wet from the rain, was simply tied back. He had straight eyebrows and black eyes as sharp as an eagle. After he dismounted neatly, his slender figure was still rugged.
The word "airy and majestic" seems to have been specially customized for King Yan Feng Wenyan. He holds the reins in his left hand and stands tall, as straight as a javelin. He does not appear to be domineering, but he always exudes the air of standing alone between heaven and earth, arrogant among the heroes. of strength.
Feng Wenyan has been running all the way here, but his face does not look too haggard. He bows his hands and salutes: "My lords, I'll welcome you from a distance."
There was not much emotion in his voice, it was business-like, and it was enough to flatter the officials of the Ministry of Rites.
King Feng Wenyan of Yan was not only a county king, but also a military commander. He was a civil servant and a literati. He did not respect military men unless the official position was too different.
But, some generals are just generals, and some generals are called King Yan.
Not to mention all the officials from the Ministry of Rites, even Qian Ji, the head of the three provinces' big bosses, Zhongshu Ling, had to treat Feng Wenyan with courtesy. This was the card of Prince Yan's Mansion.
Zhao Tai, who has always been aloof and arrogant, couldn't help but lower his stature. Speaking of which, the two almost became in-laws. Back then, Zhao Xiong and a group of Zhao family gossips wanted to marry into Prince Yan's palace and marry off Atai's daughter Danniu. Prince Yan's Mansion.
"Your Majesty understands that His Majesty, King Yan, is tired of traveling and traveling, and is leaving the garden..."
Before Zhao Tai could finish speaking, Feng Wenyan calmly interrupted: "The little king needs to enter the palace to meet the Holy Emperor."
Zhao Tai's pupils shrank suddenly: "But something happened to Xi Di?"
"Lord Zhao, you are too worried. Xiguan is fine. Xiao Wang came to Beijing to meet the Holy Emperor because of family matters."
"Family matters?"
Feng Wenyan nodded slightly and didn't explain much, and Zhao Tai couldn't ask further questions.
"It's just that the court has just begun, Your Majesty..."
Feng Wenyan interrupted for the second time: "Master Zhao, please take the little king into the palace. The little king will wait outside the palace. After the court is dismissed, the little king will meet the emperor again."
"This...is fine."
Zhao Tai said nothing more and pointed to the official sedan behind him: "Your Majesty has granted permission. If His Highness enters the palace, he can take the sedan and does not need to walk."
"good."
With a concise and concise word, Feng Wenyan took off his raincoat and entered the sedan chair alone. Six of the eleven personal followers left behind him, one of the other five followed him, and the other four replaced the sedan bearers.
Zhao Tai gave a wry smile, nodded slightly to the officials from the Ministry of Etiquette, and then entered the sedan.
Originally, everyone thought that the scene would be grand, that King Yan would be well-prepared, and that the palace would give him enough respect. However, the two parties did not exchange much greetings, and King Yan did not go to the specially prepared villa in the palace, and everyone also I haven't found out why King Yan came to the capital, and why he was so eager to meet the emperor.
