historical royal courier

Chapter 97
It stands to reason that in the ancient Chinese concept, being a teacher for one day and being a father for life is a very solemn and serious matter, so there should be corresponding etiquette to arrange all this, but on the contrary, since ancient times, Chinese , there has been no special official national formal apprenticeship etiquette.

Confucius said: "I am not without advice for those who have self-cultivated and above."

For pre-Qin scholars, the relationship between master and disciple is a relatively personal relationship, so it is better for the two parties to establish a pure and simple relationship, so the ceremony of apprenticeship has not entered into the official etiquette of the country .

However, the first book in ancient China that formally mentions the ceremony of apprenticeship as an important etiquette, "Tongdian", has not yet been compiled, so this time Li Chengqian's apprenticeship has no fixed etiquette, and it is completely carried out according to the traditional method.

Anyway, neither Li Shimin nor Li Yi cared much about etiquette, and Li Shimin's purpose of holding this apprenticeship ceremony was also to rely on this apprenticeship ceremony to announce to the world that he was the son of destiny and confirm his status in the court.

China's fixed etiquette procedure for apprenticeship is divided into three steps. The first step is to worship the ancestors and the protection god of the industry. The second step is to worship the master, kowtow to the master and the mother, and hand out red envelopes.

Li Yi's industry doesn't know if there are any ancestors, and if there are, he can't find them. As for the industry's protector, could it be the Time and Space Administration?
If there really was one, Li Yi, the one who smuggled by himself, might be the first one to be arrested, so the first step was skipped, and he proceeded directly to the second step.

Li Chengqian did not choose any place in the imperial palace for his apprenticeship, but held it in the Qin Palace. After all, Li Shimin is not yet the emperor, so he still needs to show some appearance in front of the public.

In the hall of Prince Qin's Mansion, Li Shimin and his wife sat first, and Li Yi sat first on the left.

The surroundings of the hall are full of civil and military officials of the court, including the old ministers who are still in the court, Pei Ji, Yuwen Shiji, Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi, as well as the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, who will soon take power, Du Ruhui, Wei Chigong and others.

However, this group of people have different views on this matter. The old Wude ministers who don't know the inside story all looked at Li Yi with doubts, wondering why the young Li Yi could become Li Chengqian's teacher, and some even also expressed disdain,
"Hmph, worshiping a young boy as a teacher, playing tricks!"

The staff members of King Qin's House who knew the inside story all looked at Li Chengqian with envy. After all, to them, Li Yi is now a figure of the fairy family, and Li Chengqian can be regarded as a step up to the sky.

One of our protagonists, Li Chengqian, was pulled up early in the morning to take a bath and change clothes, and now he is walking towards Li Yi step by step with a basket containing the six rituals of apprenticeship.

The six rites of worshiping a teacher are:
Celery (meaning diligent and studious, proficient in business)
Lotus seeds (lotus seeds are bitter, implying painstaking education)

Red beans (meaning good luck)
Jujube (meaning early high school)
Longan (implying the completion of merit and virtue)
Dried lean meat strips (to express the disciple's heart)

Li Yi took the basket from Li Chengqian and put it aside, then took a sip of the tea from Li Chengqian.

Seeing Li Yi drinking tea, Li Chengqian immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times. This is the ceremony of three kowtows. After the ceremony, it came to the third step of lectures.

"Well, I don't have any other disciples. You are my first disciple. I don't have any school rules here. I only have a few requirements for behavior and things. Follow your heart, see yourself clearly, and distinguish what you should do and what you shouldn't do. , well, get up."

After touching Li Chengqian's head, Li Yi pulled him up with a smile.

"Chengqian pays homage to Master."

Seeing that the apprenticeship here is over, Li Shimin immediately stood up with a smile, walked to the center of the hall, and said to the surrounding guests:
"Thank you all for coming to attend the apprenticeship ceremony of the Prince of Qin's Mansion, and thank Mr. Li for accepting the bad boy as an apprentice. From now on, Cheng Qian will be entrusted to Mr. Li to take care of him."

"Well, it should be."

"Heh, pretending to be a wolf with a big tail."

"..."

The gathered crowd gradually dispersed, revealing a man of about eighteen or nineteen years old with several pimples on his face.

Cui Guang was very panicked at this time. He saw that Li Yi was about the same age as himself, but he could be Li Chengqian's teacher, so he inevitably complained in jealousy.

And he thought that no one would notice him when he was standing in the crowd, but he didn't expect that these people would spread out and expose himself. Now that he was exposed to everyone's eyes, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak. .

"Which family are you a child of?"

Li Shimin walked over with a dark face, and scolded people in public at his son's apprenticeship ceremony, and he was scolding his son's master, so he was trying to cause trouble, right?

"I am"

"Your Highness, it's Nizi who is stupid. I'll go back later and teach him a good lesson. I hope His Highness has a lot of people. I'll spare him this time."

Cui Renshi, who was chatting with others, saw his son being stupid, and immediately ran over to protect Cui Guang.

Looking at the official who apologized to him, Li Shimin thought for a while and said:
"Are you Cui Renshi, Counselor of Youwuwei Lujun?"

"It's down."

Seeing that he was recognized, Cui Renshi had a bitter expression on his face. He shouldn't have brought his son out today. He said he wanted to see the world to gain knowledge, but he just watched, why talk too much?

"Hehe, you Qinghe Cui have a different opinion on my son's apprenticeship?"

Li Shimin also remembered when he saw Cui Renshi. Cui Renshi is currently the head of the Qinghe Cui family.

"No, no, I'm here to congratulate His Highness and the Crown Prince, how could there be any other opinions."

"Since there is no one, then why bother to sneer at my son's apprenticeship? If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation today, my Qin Palace is not where you can come and leave whenever you want!"

As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, Yu Chigong and Zhang Gongjin immediately ran over and surrounded Cui Renshi. The two of them were eager for a chance to show themselves. Seeing that Li Chengqian worshiped Li Yi as a teacher, they also wanted to send their son there. If you can't be an apprentice, you can be Li Chengqian's book boy, so of course you have to show your face now.

"Your Highness, you.!"

Seeing Yu Chigong and Zhang Gongjin surrounding him, Cui Renshi's complexion also changed. At this point, it is impossible to give an explanation, because he does not represent his own face, his current face represents The face of the Qinghe Cui family, the number one gentry in the world today.

"Your Highness, you can't do things like this. My son just said something wrong. I will naturally teach him a good lesson when I go back. I, Qinghe Cui, have my own family rules, so I don't have to teach them in public."

To be honest, Master Cui Ren is really not afraid of Li Shimin now. Li Tang Dynasty has just been established, and his own environment is not stable. He really dare not let the Cui family become an enemy. Well, without them, his Li family would not be able to govern this dynasty, and the lessons learned by Emperor Sui Yang are there.

"you"

Hearing that Cui Renshi had pulled the Qinghe Cui family out, Li Shimin was suddenly helpless. No matter how angry he was, he would not dare to say that I sent troops to destroy your Cui family. He still had reason.

"Oh, is Qinghe Cui's face so big? You want to go back safe and sound after scolding someone?"

Holding Li Chengqian with his left hand, Li Yi slowly walked out, stood in front of Cui Guang, took a look, and suddenly slapped him hard.

Snapped!
The audience was in an uproar. This Li Yi is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He doesn't know how powerful the Cui family is, or he is arrogant and ignorant. He thinks that Li Shimin can keep him, but he dares to do it on the spot. As for Li Yi, who has the strength to protect himself, he is not afraid of the Cui family. No one believed it except those from Prince Qin's mansion.

"Guang'er, Li Yi, you dare to do something, and you dare to report your origin. I, Qinghe Cui, will never die with you from now on!"

His son was beaten on the spot, and Master Cui Ren was furious. Unless Li Yi paid the price, his son's life would be ruined. After being insulted like this, how would he be able to gain a foothold in the court in the future.

"Report the history, then don't worry about it, you don't know if you tell me, but I should pay a visit in person in a short time, when the million-dollar army will be displayed at the gate of your Cui family in Qinghe, I hope you can still have today This toughness."

The current Li Yi is no longer the Li Yi of the past. As a superior, such things as being good-tempered are for the subordinates to see. Now that someone has provoked him, of course he has to fight back, otherwise he, Li Yi What is the picture of being busy for so long, the picture is a decisive and decisive life, and the picture is a happy life!
Ignoring the pale-faced Master Cui Ren, Li Yi greeted Li Shimin and said he would go back to prepare the army, then opened the Void Gate and left with Li Chengqian.

(End of this chapter)