Chapter 330: The Grand Court Meeting on the Shangsi Festival
When I woke up the next day, everyone in the backyard began to prepare for the big court meeting. The soldiers took out the horses of Fumeng Lingcha and the three generals, and combed the horse's mane with a brush to make the horse's hair shiny.
It is said that in order to achieve this effect, some people even brushed tung oil and paraffin on the horse hair.
Lieutenant Tian stayed in the backyard and paid the money in person. He went to the West Market and bought several new sets of saddles and bridles, which was equivalent to repackaging the leather seats for his mounts.
He hung the bright stirrup on the saddle and felt someone approaching behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Li Siye. He couldn't help but guiltily pointed at the fat black man and said, "General Li, you are a Turkic horse. At first glance,
This fat hindquarters shows that he is a good horse."
Li Siye smiled dryly and said, "Yes, it is indeed a good horse."
Inexplicably, General Li's expression felt a little cold, and Captain Tian was a little flustered.
Gao Xianzhi stood across the courtyard and called Li Siye: "Siye, go try on your court clothes."
Li Siye turned around and walked to the inner hall, took the court robe from Gao Xianzhi, and carried it back to his room. This court robe is very different from the regular round-neck robe. The round-neck robe absorbs many characteristics of the Hu robe, and the court robe is the real
The essence of Hanfu is the wide robes with big sleeves, straight trains and drooping trains, and strict regulations on the material of the belt. During the dynasty, all civil servants wore Jinxian crowns. The number of beams on the crown gradually decreased according to the official rank. The highest five beams,
The lowest is Liang Liang. The military attache wears Wu Bian on his head, a sword on his waist, and black leather boots on his feet.
Li Siye put on this court dress behind his back and looked at it with a bronze mirror. It was indeed beautiful and majestic, but it was not convenient to take care of. Just the two wide sleeves made him extremely uncomfortable and felt like there was a whistling wind.
Pour it in. This doesn't matter. What's even more uncomfortable is that you have to wear three layers inside and outside. The middle piece inside is the top and bottom skirt, and then the outside is a gauze robe, which is also the top and bottom skirt, but the top robe has completely covered the bottom skirt.
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He took off his court clothes. The Wu Bian with the hairpin on his head was very heavy, but it could not sink as much as the eleven gold and jade belts. He must have suffered a lot during this court visit.
Li Siye walked to the door of the room and opened the window, and unexpectedly saw Gao Xianzhi and Ma Li practicing their steps across the courtyard, and they were doing a full-figured eight-figure step, which was even more exaggerated than what they saw in the drama.
"What are you doing?"
"Of course it's practice to practice the court steps. Everyone in the imperial court must walk steadily and follow each step. If you don't walk well, not only will your colleagues laugh at you, but if the censor who monitors the conduct of the court sees it, you will be charged with contempt for the court.
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"Is it so scary?" Li Siye couldn't help but feel amused by what the two said. He leaned at the window and asked, "Have you two been to a court meeting?"
"No, I listened to what others said." Both of them lowered their heads and looked at their footsteps, as if they had no time to think about Li Siye.
Fumeng Lingcha walked in from the front yard and didn't feel strange at all. He waved to the three of them and said, "Don't practice any gait. When the time comes, follow others' steps and follow them. The key is to learn the worship dance. This worship dance saint
It can be clearly seen from your Majesty's steps that your Majesty will remember anyone who dances with wrong posture or is not respectful enough to the saint."
When the two of them heard this, they immediately became energetic and humbly asked Fumeng Protector for instructions on how to dance this worship dance. Li Siye did not dare to despise the etiquette and quickly left the stage to learn. Fumeng Lingcha personally guided him and raised his hands to demonstrate the movements: "First
Step up your left leg, high-five your hands on the upper right side, then step up your right leg, high-five your hands on the upper left side, turn around to the right, remember not to turn the other way, then slightly bend your waist and shake your sleeves, bend down and kneel on your left leg first,
Kneel down on your right leg, bend down to bow, and then stand up to formally perform the dance ceremony. This time, you will add two small jumps to the above movements. The dance movements are like this..."
Li Siye took a look and realized that this was just the way he played hopscotch when he was a child. Coupled with the charm of Ansai's waist drum movements, it was completely acceptable.
Imagine the scene of thousands of people dancing in the palace wearing purple gauze robes. It is simply not too beautiful. He can abandon the little shame in his heart, as long as it is an action that a human can make, he can do it.
The soldiers who stayed in the backyard were busy all afternoon. At night, Fumeng Lingcha ordered the three of them to eat early and go to bed early. Tomorrow morning, at the first meal of the morning, the court meeting will officially begin. They should get up an hour in advance to prepare early.
Avoid making mistakes when you are busy.
The Great Court Meeting is usually held on Yuan Day, the winter solstice, but this year due to the sudden change of Yuan Tianbao, the Great Court Meeting will be held twice. This time it is held on Shangsi Festival, which is more grand than the Great Court Meeting on Yuan Day. Shangsi Festival is originally the birthday of Huangdi Xuanyuan.
Choosing this day to hold the first imperial meeting in the Tianbao calendar further highlights the political significance of Zhengshuo in China.
Li Siye slept until midnight when he heard someone shaking the door and window. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and sat up, asking, "What time is it now?"
Ma Phosphorus said outside: "It's five o'clock in Yinshi."
He almost cursed in annoyance and complained: "Why did you wake me up at five o'clock?"
"Have you forgotten what festival today is? On the Shangsi Festival, you need to bathe in orchid soup. I ordered the soldiers in the fire room to boil the hot water last night. You and I can wash off the smelly sweat on our bodies. Of course, we must smell good when we meet His Majesty."
"It still smells good." Li Siye muttered and kicked off the quilt, walked over and opened the door for him: "You go and wash it, I want to sleep for a while longer."
"My husband, Meng Zhongcheng, has already gotten up, how can you sleep? If you don't bathe and change clothes before the meeting, you are disrespecting His Majesty the Saint." Ma Fu crossed his arms and pointed in the direction of the Daming Palace.
With this big hat on, could Li Siye sleep peacefully? He had no choice but to put on the middle singlet, hold the skirt of his clothes with his hands and go to the water room with Ma Phosphorus. When he entered the door, he saw that it was not a wooden barrel, but something like a toilet cubicle.
In the small room, the door panel can only cover the waist. There is a large cowhide water bag on the partition above the head, which is tied with a rope. Just pull it lightly and the hot water will flow out of the tie. If you pull it harder, it can be tied again.
Tight bag.
The only condiments used for bathing were green salt and honey locust, and rich and noble people would also use pig pancreas. Li Siye tugged at the mouth of the bundle, and a torrent of hot water poured down from his head. He shivered with pleasure. There was something in the water.
There is a faint scent of orchid. It must be that the soldiers added orchid in advance when boiling the water.
He took off his long hair from the top of his head and washed it with green salt and honey locust. He hadn't washed his hair for more than two months, and it was a little sticky and smelly. After washing it, he felt refreshed and his body had lost a few pounds.
After wiping with a sheep towel, put on a new midfielder, and finally put on court clothes.
When he put on the Wu Bian crown, tied the belt around his chin, and walked out of the yard with a long sword tied around his waist, four soldiers were already waiting at the foot of the steps with their horses.
The horse was wearing a brand-new saddle and stirrups, and even the bridle was made of colorful ribbons, giving it a brand-new look of joy. He walked up to Hei Fatty, and the soldier leading the horse crossed his hands and saluted: "General, please mount the horse."
Li Siye nodded, reached out to grab the reins, put his foot on the stirrup and turned over. Gao Xianzhi and Ma Phosphorus also mounted their horses respectively. When Fumeng Lingcha finally straightened Wu Bian on his horse, he waved to the three of them and said, "Let's go."
It happened that at this time, a long and bright morning bell sounded from the direction of Danfeng Gate, and then the bells rang from the gate towers of the surrounding city walls. This ancient sound seemed to wake up Chang'an and the city that seemed to be sleeping underground.
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They rode out of Pingkangfang and came to the main street of Wangxianmen. They looked up at the sky, which was dark and deep blue, with stars still dotted, and there were roosters crowing all around. They looked up at Longshouyuan, where the terrain was gradually rising, from Chongrenfang to Yongxing.
The square is a gentle slope that is constantly rising, and then there is another step to Guangzhai Yongchang. The Danfeng Gate is already looking up above them.
There is a guard of honor outside the Danfeng Gate to check the fish talisman and fish bags of every official who enters the gate. It is stipulated in the Great Court Meeting that all officials of the ninth rank and above in Beijing must participate, and officials from other places must be above the fifth rank. Officials who do not have fish talismans can present a notice.
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The officials rode through the Danfeng Gate and dismounted on both sides of the imperial bridge. Li Siye raised his head and looked into the distance. Jinwu Guards composed of two guards of honor stood on both sides of the road, extending inward from the imperial bridge to Longwei Road.
A majestic ceremonial guard, standing in armor with a ceremonial knife in hand.
In the square in front of Qifeng Pavilion and Xiangluan Pavilion, there are ceremonial military formations on the left and right. Long and short weapons are arranged in queues. Each team is arranged differently with flags. The military formations are solemn and the armor plates are shining brightly, giving people a sense of majesty.
The officials began to line up in groups in front of the imperial bridge, and the soldiers and attendants led the horses into the stables in front of the Jinwu Guards. Usually the court meeting was divided into four columns, with each civil and military team having their own left and right teams. The large court meeting also included foreign permanent envoys.
He and the tribute envoys from Jizhou Prefecture were joined by Xuanzong's disciples, Baisun, and Prince Consort, thus adding two more columns, a total of six rows.
The Censor and the officials from the Ministry of Rites arranged their positions one by one with the list. They could not offend any officials with a hundred people in the front row, and they had to use their honorifics when speaking softly. But after more than a hundred people, these gentlemen immediately changed their positions.
With a stern face, he began to scold you. Even the head of a state like the governor must behave in front of these petty officials. If you offend them, I will write you contempt for the court meeting on the behavior book, and someone will soon report it.
Come to the province.
Soon, all the people attending the meeting were successfully arranged. There were about more than 10,000 people, and Li Siye was at the position of more than 900. The people began to march forward along the Longwei Road. The queue was huge, and they all took the eight-character official steps.
, there are three rows of officials on each side of Longwei Road on the left and right, slowly going up the ramp.
General Wuwei standing in front of the palace shouted loudly: "Open the palace gate!"