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3. Five stars avoid tomorrow

When more elders from Huazhou came to the palace, the prime minister led all officials to gather together to report to Guangshun.

The emperor finally formally agreed to tour the Fengshan Huayue in the form of an edict.

So the officials and scholars who were summoned to compile ritual notes in Jixian Academy and the History Museum worked harder to record complex auspiciousness, and held fierce discussions and corrections around etiquette. Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, although the etiquette system has followed the ancient system, it has made many innovations in order to adapt to the times, mainly three times, namely the Zhenguan Ceremony, the Ceremony and the Kaiyuan Ceremony. Especially the Kaiyuan Ceremony, the appearance of the "Six Dictas of Tang" compiled at the same time shows that the Tang Dynasty wanted to create a prosperous era through the ritual system.

Then, if you want to show the atmosphere of revival and even return to prosperity, this "Xingyuan Lecture" is particularly important.

Therefore, the tone of Xingyuan Literature is that most of them follow the Kaiyuan Literature, innovate appropriately, and have the momentum of continuing the past and opening up the future.

On the second day of the seventh month, the emperor who had a full term food issued another edict saying, "The emperor traveled for five years and went to the group for four dynasties, and this was a common ritual." Therefore, I wanted to go to Huayue Fengshan, and passed through Jingzhao Prefecture and Huazhou. It was the autumn harvest, and the carriages and horses were not allowed to trample on the crops or disturb the people. In addition, the prince was left to supervise the country.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the Fengshan team was concentrated in the palace near Zhenyangguan, Daming Palace. The chief censor Mu Zan and the attendant of the palace Li Jiang led a group of picking up the relics, replenishing the palace, and the censors, and others, held a letter to protest before the temple, and once again fiercely opposed the emperor's Fengshan act. Among them, Li Jiang said loudly: "I have never heard of Yao, Shun and Yu, nor have I ever heard of Zhou Wen and Zhou Wu, and I have only heard of the First Emperor's patrol to the East Mountains and erected a monument, but he lost his way and destroyed the country, which was ridiculed by generations. There are also stories of Han Wu's attacks, and more than half of the household registration in the world have been lost. Now Your Majesty has not had the virtue of three generations, nor has the achievements of Qin and Han Wu. Why did he insist on Fengshan Huayue to show that the world is not wide?"

The emperor did not see Li Jiang, but only asked the official to express his instructions to comfort you, saying that the location of Huayue was the foundation of my China, and it was also the leader of the Longxing Land in Guanzhong. I hope to revive the Emperor and Tang Dynasty with you, so I did this.

"Sacrificing to the mountains is a national ritual system, not a private ceremony for Your Majesty. If you hope to calm down and eliminate disasters, you can order a prime minister to take a letter to Huayue, and there is no need for Your Majesty to come in person!" Li Jiang is also familiar with etiquette and talks freely, and everyone present changes their colors and moves.

At this moment, Wei Gao walked out of the Fengshan train with his sword and shouted at Li Jiang, "How can you know? Fortunately, Fengshan is a national ceremony. If you dare to discuss martial arts rituals before leaving the army, you will definitely be killed by Ya's banner."

But Li Jiang turned around and stood up, facing Wei Gao without any fear.

Wei Gao was furious and said that I was the Minister of the Central Secretariat. According to the etiquette, I met the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and the Minister of the Central Secretariat. If you don’t want to bow, you dare not to obey?

Li Jiang pointed to the pattern on his censor's uniform, "I am the envoy official personally taught by His Majesty. When I see you, the Secretariat, how can I bow down to you!"

The scene was in chaos, and Wei Gao was about to break out, but was stopped by Gao Yue. "Li Jiang, as the censor of the Third Court, has the responsibility of speaking out and resisting the truth, and cannot be punished."

"The third rank of the emperor agrees with Fengshan, all out of selfishness; the third rank of the emperor agrees with Fengshan, all hope to speculate!" Li Jiang shouted loudly, and the emperor's central officials were in a mess, erected Li Jiang and dragged him outside the Daming Palace. Li Jiang could not touch the ground, but he still cursed loudly and turned to shout to Mu Zan: "The public is on the Constitutional Platform, and faces the scene today, are there no words?"

At this time, Mu Zan suddenly became timid in the face of the black and heavy ministers' rule, but he was unwilling to retreat completely but had a reputation. He could only answer Li Jiang: "There is full of sincerity, and it is all in the memorial."

"Mu Xiangming, you are so confused and selfish. You are talking about memorials, but you don't know that Your Majesty has the power to cut off freedom. Wouldn't it be that you are looking for fish by the tree?" Li Jiang's voice gradually drifted away.

Du You stepped forward and said to Mu Zan earnestly: "Xiangming, I was shocked to hear that Lingtang is now ill. As sons, we cannot let our sick mothers be displaced again!"

As soon as this was said, Mu Zan knew that the other party was actually threatening in disguise. If he dared to say nonsense, he would immediately suffer a long time. At that time, his mother was ill in bed. If he was alone, he would not be by his side when his mother died. If he took her on the road, he would probably "be unable to die" halfway through.

So Muzan could only keep silent.

Afterwards, the envoys of Fengshan said that the auspicious time had arrived, and the large group of people began to advance to their destination Huazhou along the Dongyuan Gate of the Daming Palace.

Among the team, there were 77 participants in the Secretariat, 262 participants in the provinces and towns (Han Yu and others were also among them), 37 people in the palace, 531 people in the Shangshu Province, 95 envoys from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 550 children from the Shenwei Palace, 300 children from the city patrol supervisors, 1,400 soldiers from the Fangzhen towns, 1,400 soldiers from Jiannan, Huaihai, Lingnan and other places;

There was also a team dedicated to escorting the "Huangbo Heavenly Book", with Princess Lingxu, Princess Yiyang, Princess Deyang, Princess Yun'an, and all the royal families and relatives. A total of 257 people set out first. The Heavenly Book was placed in the Golden Jade God Carriage, carried by King Pu and King Tong himself. In the smaller carriage, Empress Zhaode's Godly Lord and Heavenly Book were placed.

At the gate of the country, the prince of the governor and the official group of spring palace came to see him off. Liu Yuxi, Wang Ji and Wang Shuwen were all among them. Liu Zongyuan was the Minister of Rites at this time, and he was in the Fengshan queue, and the two were not in the same place.

Prince Li Song lowered his head, feeling extremely painful and reluctant. Then suddenly he felt a little regretful and scared, and asked Liu Yuxi: "I have never heard of the truth that the emperor is patrolling and storing the country..."

Liu Yuxi was helpless, but at this moment he felt that the arrow was on the string, so he whispered to the prince: "How can Your Highness hesitate? Si Tianjian observed the celestial phenomena and said to the five stars (the five stars of gold, wood, water, fire, earth) gathered in the East Well to avoid the sun, and the auspicious clouds above the capital were all clearly recorded in the History Museum. The five-star avoidance of the sun is to tell me that the ministers should avoid the wiseness of the Lord, so the matters decided by Your Majesty, His Highness can implement them."

Li Song shook his head in pain, not saying anything until he saw:

In the huge golden and jade cart, the emperor slowly rolled up the curtain, and his distorted, disappointed, angry, and puzzled face appeared in front of him without any obstruction.

Li Song was so scared that his feet softened. He hurriedly knelt in front of the emperor's carriage with other officials.

However, when the accompanying officers and soldiers came to the side of the car, the emperor's expression became gentle and blurred...

Looking at the rolling wheels, Li Song was still in shock and covered his chest, feeling that his heart was almost bursting out. He was covered in sweat and said repeatedly in his heart:

"What my father wanted me to see must be the second expression, and must be the second... The previous expression is his true view of me. The reason why I saw it was definitely accidental and unintentional..."

Li Song knew: The emperor was also a father, and the reason why he hated himself deeply was very simple - when he agreed to Fengshan, he betrayed his father at a critical moment because of his own selfish desires.
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