On the eighth day of October, in the Taiji Palace of Chang'an, hundreds of officials gathered.Visit:.Today, it is a ceremony for Li Shimin to canonize the emperor's eldest son, Li Chengqian, as the crown prince.All officials above the seventh grade in Beijing, except for those who stay on duty, are all to Taiji Palace.People from the Turkic mission were also invited to the Taiji Palace to watch the ceremony.Among the officials of the Arsenal Bureau, Zhao Yunze, Yan Liben, Fang Zhi, and Xu Jingzong, all of whom are above the seventh grade, are qualified to come to the Taiji Palace to watch the ceremony today.The so-called "this product" refers to the loose title of officials, not the ministry.For example, Su Dingfang, the captain of the Internal Guard Regiment of the Arsenal Special Administration, has now reached the seventh rank in ministry, but his loose rank is only the eighth rank, so he is not qualified to come to Taiji Palace today.Fang Zhi didn't come to Taiji Palace today because he was taking care of the construction project of the Arsenal Special Administration.Therefore, among the officials of the Arsenal Special Administration, only Zhao Yunze, Yan Liben, and Xu Jingzong came.Today is the canonization ceremony, which is different from the previous court meetings.In the Taiji Palace, all officials have seats.Zhao Yunze, Yan Liben, and Xu Jingzong sat relatively backward and were next to each other.The Turkic mission, on the other hand, was placed at the front near the imperial ranks.Opposite them are members of the royal family of the Tang Dynasty.At about the hour, the drum music started, and in the sound of the singing official Kong Yingda shouting "Your Majesty has arrived", Li Shimin walked out of the side room of Taiji Palace.The hundred officials got up and saluted Li Shimin in unison.After the salute, the monarch and the minister sat down.Li Shimin said loudly: "It has been more than two months since I ascended the throne, and since two months, the state affairs have been complicated.At the beginning of my ascension to the throne, due to the stumbling of state affairs, it was difficult to take care of the rest of the affairs, and I only established the posterity but not the reserve.As the ancient saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day, and a king cannot be without an heir.Today, I summoned all the ministers and workers to gather here, which is a matter of establishing a prince for the Tang Dynasty. ”After a pause, Li Shimin said again: "The establishment of the prince of the country, the ancient direction is to take the elder first.Li Chengqian, the eldest son of the queen of the harem, should be the eldest and should be established as a prince. ”"Your Majesty Shengming" civil and military officials hurriedly cheered for Li Shimin in unison.Kong Yingda shouted at this time: "Li Chengqian, the king of Xuanzhong Mountain, enters the palace" Then, Li Chengqian, who was seven years old, was dressed in court clothes, and walked into the Taiji Hall with square steps.Before walking to the imperial steps, Li Chengqian knelt down on his knees and paid homage to Li Shimin."
Xuanzhao," Li Shimin said.Kong Yingda took a few steps forward, stood in front of Li Chengqian, unfolded the edict and read it."
The emperor's edict said: the establishment of the heir, the strict country, so the inheritance of the guard, so the continuation of the literary industry, Qin Ruo training, Shi Weidian Chang Er Emperor's eldest son Zhongshan King Li Chengqian, the body of the spirit, attack the saint and virtue, teach the deep Yun Se from the Ming Dropout, the earthquake position of the palace, the virtue of the earth, the people and gods belong to the family, the style of the order, the badge of the Huan, is the use of the book for the crown prince.To Qinzai, there is a country and a family, a king and a father, righteousness and two poles, and all nations.He is not virtuous, what is evil, what is not right, what is not the way, and what is respectful is not punishment.Don't be arrogant, don't beWith the second bow, in order to Yang to retire, but carelessly has already established an heir, should be sacrificed to the temple three days later.The crown prince Li Chengqian, the concubines of the harem, the princes, the princesses, the princes, the princes, the princes, the princes, the princesses, the princes, the princesses, the princesses, the princes, the princessesThe content of the edict was gorgeous, obscure, and extremely long, and Zhao Yunze, who was sitting among the hundred officials, was drowsy when he heard it.Yan Liben listened to the full text of the edict with great interest.When he heard the last paragraph, Yan Liben lightly touched Zhao Yunze.Zhao Yunze returned to his position, thinking that something important had appeared in the edict, and hurriedly pricked up his ears and listened carefully.But when the edict was read out, Zhao Yunze didn't find anything in the edict that needed his attention.Zhao Yunze looked at Yan Liben suspiciously.Yan Liben whispered: "Brother Zhao, did you hear it, only courtiers with titles are eligible to participate in the Taimiao Memorial Ceremony in three days, you and I still need to work hard" It turned out that Yan Liben had already guessed what would be written in the last paragraph of the edict."
Well, the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard."
Zhao Yunze answered softly.Regarding Zhao Yunze's words, Yan Li didn't seem to understand.Fortunately, otherwise, Yan Li would have asked Zhao Yunze whose life he wanted to change.After reading the edict, Li Shimin gave Li Chengqian the crown dress and seal letter, and after admonishing Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian sat down at the foot of the imperial stairs and reserved a seat for him.After that, Kong Yingda once again read out Li Shimin's edict and conferred the position of one of the prince's subordinates.Kong Yingda, Ling Hude, Yu Zhining, Zhang Xuansu, Zhao Hongzhi, Wang Renbiao, Cui Zhiji, Wei Zheng and other ministers were named subordinate officials of the East Palace and assisted the prince.During the Wude period, the Tang Dynasty did not set up the three divisions of the prince and the prince, the prince, the prince, the young master, and the three orphans of the prince, the young master, and the young guard, so the grade of the subordinate officials of the East Palace was not high.The highest is the position of Zhan Shi in Yu Zhining's Prince's Mansion, Zheng Sanpin, who is responsible for teaching the prince.The rest, mostly officials of the fourth or fifth grades.Note: At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was no "three orphans".The position of the "three divisions" is the eleventh year of Zhenguan.Since then, there have been various procedures, which will not be detailed here.After the canonization ceremony, it was almost noon, and the ministers returned to their subordinates.In the evening, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and the Turkic envoys came to the Liangyi Hall again.Because, tonight there is a banquet in the Liangyi Hall to celebrate the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.Zhao Yunze cheered up at this moment.The reason why he cheered up was not because he was a foodie, but because Li Shimin would deliver the news to Asid Wumo at the banquet.By the middle of the banquet, the guests were already drunk.With the intention of drinking, Li Shimin said: "Today is the joy of the Tang Dynasty, but it is not interesting to drink and feast like this.My Tang Dynasty established the country with force, and now although the world has been peaceful, but the armament cannot be abolished.Which general is willing to cheer up for me and Zhu Aiqing's martial arts, so as to remind the prince not to ignore martial arts" As soon as Li Shimin's words were finished, Cheng Yanjin staggered to the empty hall in the hall.He bowed his hand to Li Shimin, burped, and said with a big tongue: "What Your Majesty said is exactly what I want Lao Cheng."
My old Cheng has long had itchy hands, so let me play the family boxing skills and show the prince and his colleagues. ”"Haha, Yizhen is also a tiger general, and his boxing skills must be wonderful, so let's act" Li Shimin laughed and responded.Then, Cheng Yanjin took off his official robe, and he actually wore a samurai uniform inside, which seemed to be prepared.Don't look at Cheng Biting Gin and drinking a lot of wine, he started boxing, but he was in place, tiger-like, and not drunk.After a punch, cheers suddenly sounded in the Liangyi Palace."
Sacrifice ugliness, dedication ugliness" Cheng Yanjin was very proud and bowed his hand to Li Shimin and the guests."
Yizhen has worked hard, and I will be rewarded."
Li Shimin beckoned to Cheng Jin.Cheng Yanjin walked in front of Li Shimin, and Li Shimin took out a piece of jade pendant and rewarded Cheng Yanjin.After Cheng bit Jin Shane, he held the jade pendant high with one hand, and returned to his own seat very conspicuously.Li Shimin looked at the stubborn and lost thinking power again, and said: "The Turks are also a state of martial arts, and there is no shortage of brave people.Today, it is rare for your delegation to coincide with its meeting, so it is better for me to let the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers also see how the style of the Turkic warriors is" Zhi Sili hesitated for a moment, then stood up and saluted Li Shimin's chest: "Your Majesty has this Yaxing, and the foreign ministers dare to disobey their orders." ”After speaking, he turned his head, looked at the members of the mission around him, and asked: "Who is willing to play martial arts" Before the people of the Turkic mission could ask for help, Zhao Yunze suddenly stood up.He said loudly to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, it's just a one-person martial arts, and it's very boring.It's better to let the ministers accompany a Turkic warrior to practice a few tricks to cheer up His Majesty and you. ”Before Li Shimin agreed, Cheng Yanjin shouted first: "Okay" With Cheng Yanjin taking the lead, those courtiers of the Tang Dynasty also cheered one after another.Li Shimin nodded and said: "This is very good" Without waiting for the Turks to react, Zhao Yunze walked up to Ashdewumo in a few steps, hugged his fist and said: "This Turkic general is very familiar, a certain talent, I would like to ask this general to practice with a certain one." ”: