Chapter 301 Meeting


    Fei Qian lowered his head, waiting for the summons. Standing next to him was Zhang Liao.


    ?Although the emperor is basically under house arrest by Dong Zhuo, sometimes he will still use it as a formal decoration, such as today.


    ??Fei Qian is now outside the palace wall of the North Palace. After all, he is just a minister of the Zuo Department and cannot enter and leave the palace at will, so he can only wait outside the palace gate.


    The court meeting has been going on for some time, and I don’t know what the specific situation is?


    This is just a small court meeting, and not all court officials are required to participate. At most, there are only three ministers and nine ministers. And under the current situation, the nine ministers basically have no say, so Master Cai Yong does not have any say. Come.


    I was involved in the previous incident at Hangu Pass, so I waited here with Zhang Liao.


    Fei Qian looked at the clothes he was wearing, and then at the clothes Zhang Liao was wearing. He suddenly thought of zongzi for some reason...


    Ahem…


    The colors of court clothes in the Han Dynasty were not one type, but were determined according to the changes of the seasons. They were divided into five colors, namely green in spring, red in summer, yellow in season and summer, white in autumn and black in winter.


    In the clothing of the Han Dynasty, although the prototype of the strict hierarchy of feudal society gradually emerged, it has not yet reached the perversion of later generations, detailing every inch of fabric, every pattern, and every piece of jewelry. Therefore, although the official positions may be different in size, the styles of court uniforms Generally similar, its characteristics are cicada crown, red clothes, square heart, Tianling, jade photos and red shoes. There is not much difference in form between official and civilian wear.


    According to the classification of clothes, there are two types: one is the curved skirt, that is, the skirt is curved from the collar to the armpit; the other is the straight skirt, the skirt is vertical from the collar downwards, this kind of Zen clothes is also called "襜褕". Because the Quju style of clothing is both long and wide, sometimes things that should not be exposed are accidentally exposed. Therefore, in formal occasions, you must wear Quju Zen clothes, and you also need to expose the collar of the middle coat. Come.


    ?These clothes are basically common to both officials and civilians. Regardless of the official position, there is not much difference in style. However, the raw materials of the cloth can clearly show the difference in grade.


    The top of the product will not be used to use thick hemp cloth, and Bai Ding must not use silk cloth. The main thing is to distinguish the external clothing of the official position, one is the seal and the other is the crown.


    As for sealing ribbons, Zhang Liao''s was higher than Fei Qian''s own. It used a black ribbon with a copper seal, while the one hanging around Fei Qian''s waist was a yellow ribbon with a copper seal.


    As for the crown, due to differences in civil and military affairs, Zhang Liao wore the He crown, while Fei Qian himself wore the Jinxian crown.


    The He Guan, actually, is not much different from the Jinxian Guan. However, one of the distinctive features of the He Guan is that there are two heli tails inserted on the top of the crown. They are not as long as those in some TV movies, which is about About ten centimeters, trembling in the wind...


    ?The Jinxian crown is actually the Confucian crown that Fei Qian usually wears. It is just lined with a scarf and has a beam on the crown. The beam on the crown more or less represents the level of the position. Feiqian is now a beam, which is the lowest Jinxian crown, and the highest is three beams.


    So now, except for this difference, Fei Qian and Zhang Liao are mostly the same. They are both wearing Zen clothes with curved skirts made of blue silk cloth, with the white middle clothes exposed - they are really like those black and green ones. The rice dumplings wrapped in old leaves have been boiled in water for a long time. The leaves crack and a section of white rice filling comes out of the rice dumpling...


    Zhang Liao was obviously a little nervous. Although his expression did not change much, his ears and temples were already sweating.


    As for Fei Qian himself, he had a negotiation with Li Ru yesterday. Relatively speaking, he had some confidence and was not so nervous.


    ??A small yellow doorman ran out from inside and shouted loudly: "Xuanqi Duwei Zhang, the minister on the left has an audience in front of Fei Palace!"


    The surrounding Huben also shouted in unison: "Qidu Wei Zhang, the minister on the left is here to meet you in front of the Fei Palace!"


    ?Zhang Liaofei hurriedly followed behind the small yellow door, clasped his hands and hid his hands in his sleeves. He did not look away and lowered his head slightly. He only looked at the piece of land in front of him. With his shoulders straight and his back straight, he followed step by step.


    As Zhang Liao and Fei Qian walked into the palace little by little, every time they walked in, the Huben guards on both sides shouted loudly: "Captain Zhang, the captain of the cavalry, I have an audience in front of the palace of Fei, the assistant minister on the left!"


    It was completely different from the last time when Fei Qian was promoted to Minister of Zuo and quietly went to pay homage to the emperor.


    The dignity of the Han family should be like this!


    ?Arrived in front of the Deyang Gate outside the Deyang Hall, the Xiaohuang Gate stopped. The Huben guards in front of the hall stepped forward and once again confirmed the seals and ribbons of Zhang Liao and Fei Qian.


    ?Soon, the guards in front of Deyang Gate withdrew a little to both sides, allowing Zhang Liao and Fei Qian to enter. Deyang Hall is the main hall of the North Palace. There is Deyang Gate in front of the hall, and there are East Pavilion and West Pavilion between Deyang Hall and Deyang Gate.


    ?Xiaohuangmen is in the front, Zhang Liao is in the middle, and Fei Qian is following at the back, walking inside.


    Deyang Hall is the largest building in the North Palace. It is very majestic. Although Fei Qian cannot move his head to look around, he can still secretly roll his eyes...


    Deyang Hall is located on a high platform. The steps are two feet high. There is a large patterned stone altar in the middle. The steps made of white jade, like pillars made of gold foil, shine with a blinding richness.


    There is an approach bridge in front of the steps. I don’t know where the water is coming from, but it pours on His Highness. The sound of running water adds to the royal solemnity.


    After walking onto the approach bridge, Fei Qian quickly closed his eyes and began to play the role of a good boy seriously. After all, there were guards wearing bright light armor on both sides at this time, and they were standing so close. There was one person within ten steps. Continue into the main hall.


    ?Besides, there is a ceremonial officer standing beside the door of the main hall, with bright eyes, who is responsible for supervising the etiquette of the people attending the meeting. If he is caught in any way, it will immediately be a crime of impoliteness in front of the palace.


    ?At the entrance of the main hall, the mission of the small yellow gate that led the way was completed, and then another person was responsible for reporting inside...


    After a while, the voice of announcement came from inside, and the formal audience began.


    ??The etiquette officer at the entrance of the main hall shouted with a long tail: "Come in~~"


    ?Zhang Liao and Fei Qian walked forward step by step. When they arrived in front of the main hall, they heard the ceremony official shouting: "Li~~"


    The two of them quickly stood upright.


    “揖～～”


    Fei Qian didn''t care to see what happened to Zhang Liao. He quickly followed the etiquette officer''s order, raised his hands and raised his forehead, and bowed ninety degrees. After a short pause, he straightened up...


    stand


    Hands are once again at the level of the eyebrows, then both knees are on the ground at the same time, slowly bow down, palms are on the ground, forehead is on the palms, then straighten the upper body, and at the same time the hands are at the level of the eyebrows...


    “Goodbye~~”


    ?Perform the same action of praying before...


    “Xing～～”


    ?Hands at eyebrow level, stand up, stand straight and put your hands down.


    Fei Qian breathed a sigh of relief at this time. The small official had no choice. Meeting the emperor formally was so cumbersome.


    Emperor Liu Xie was sitting on the throne, looking at Fei Qian who was saluting at the entrance of the palace from a distance, he seemed familiar...


    Don’t think that the Han Dynasty was founded by Liu Bang, a gangster leader, so there wasn’t much etiquette... There is an interesting side story. Isn’t there a saying about the Five Virtues? It’s the one set up by Ji Yanran’s godfather in Xun Qin Ji. In fact, in the Han Dynasty, the virtue of water was not the virtue of fire at the beginning, but the virtue of water... Ahem... It''s not scary if the gangsters are uneducated. What''s scary is that the leader of the gangsters became the emperor...


    (End of this chapter)