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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 300: The Beginning of the Grand Meeting

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    On this day, there was a lot of excitement inside and outside the Xiwang Mansion in Suzhou. From the exterior walls, gates, and ceremonial gates to the more than 100 steps of the main hall, the generals of the West Palace who came to participate in the Sufu Province New Government Conference could be seen everywhere.

    They all wore Taiping Heavenly Kingdom robes and hoods, and everyone seemed to be more energetic after losing the money rat tail braid. Even Xu Naizhao and other Qing officials who had surrendered to the Taiping were the same. They straightened their bodies and stood in front of them.  Through mutual introductions from familiar officials, I got to know each other with officials from the West Palace who came from other places. You can hear comments everywhere, "Oh, it turns out that my elder brother is so-and-so, and my younger brother so-and-so is really a famous name that I have admired for a long time."  There are no official rank titles in the Qing Dynasty here, only greetings from brothers who are like equals. However, those with higher Taiping official ranks generally regard themselves as brothers, but Xu Naizhao did not know how many times he called brother.

    The gate of Xiwangfu is three rooms wide and more than four feet deep, and it is more than three feet deep. It is a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain.  On the front and rear eaves pillars are placed frontal squares, flat square squares, three-jointed single bracket brackets, eaves trusses, corner beams, bucket arches, golden trusses and corner beams.  The colorful paintings on Liang Fang were all painted. The dragon and phoenix paintings were originally used only in the Qing Dynasty palace. They were fresh and beautiful. Apparently they were painted not long ago. The column bases were all bluestone-like.

    Starting from the gate and going in, on both sides there is a post three steps and one sentry five steps away. More than 2,000 West Palace guards are waiting in strict formation to protect the West Palace inside and outside.  Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu, who were in charge of security errands inside and outside the Xiwang Mansion, opened their eyes wide and conducted careful inspections, fearing that something might happen.

    And outside, the Taiping Army patrols throughout Suzhou have become more stringent in the past few days. Li Kaifang mobilized nearly 10,000 Taiping Army soldiers to patrol the city, which shows that this event is unprecedented.

    Behind the gate of the West Prince's Mansion is a wide stone courtyard. The east and west corridors are seven rooms wide each, facing each other across the courtyard.  The main hall and the back hall are both on hard tops, each three bays wide, and transitioned by a corridor with a rolling shed roof that is five bays deep.  They are connected as a whole and have an I-shaped plane, so they are commonly called I-shaped halls.

    The main hall is about four feet high, more than six feet wide, and five feet deep.  There is a promenade in front, flat square beams are placed on the forehead beams, one bucket and three liters of brackets are arranged in rows, and a connecting eaves truss is mounted on top.  A T-shaped section is placed at the head of the corridor column to support the eaves truss in front, and a beam in the back to support the moon beam.  There are fourteen long windows with crabapple lattice centers between the steps, and the skirts are embossed with clouds and dragons.  The ribbon ring board is decorated with cloud and phoenix patterns.  The beam structure in the hall is similar to that of a hall, with a canopy pavilion between the stepping pillars and the golden pillars. The golden pillars and the back-stepping pillars frame the beams, and connect the double-step eaves corridor at the back.

    There is a screen door between the back steps of the Ming room, and the back hall is five feet wide.  It is three feet deep and has a corridor at the back.  The beams are made in circles.  It is different from the main hall.  The beams, beams and beams of the main hall and back hall are all decorated with paintings.  There is a small courtyard between the back hall and the back hall.  There are things facing each other.  The apse has a hard top and is as high as the main hall, with a width of three rooms.  There is a corridor in front, flat squares on the forehead squares, and three-liter bucket arches.  The colonnade has a single-sided T-shaped section.  There is a boat canopy between the stepping pillars and the golden pillars, and a large beam is set up between the golden pillars and the back-stepping pillars.  There are eighteen screen doors between the back steps.  There are pads between the door posts and the back steps, and they are divided into nine directions by guide strips. All are painted with murals, depicting deer, cranes, tigers, leopards, lions, elephants, mandarin ducks, ribbon birds, white rabbits, tabby cats and other birds and animals.  Lord.  It is paired with trees, stones, flowers and plants, each with its own meaning.

    According to the regulations of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the main hall is the place where the King of the West presides over military and political affairs in the West Hall.  It is also a place where worship services are held to worship Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother, so it is called the Xifu Temple.

    After three salutes, the generals and generals in the West Hall filed into the main hall according to their official ranks.  Although the main hall is spacious, officials from all over the west hall came here, so the main hall still seemed a bit crowded.  Except for the passage with a width of more than ten feet in the middle, the two compartments are filled with tea bags, and the seats are numbered. After each official handed over the official guard when entering, the west hall guard gave them a number, and everyone held the number in their hands.  Find a seat.

    Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner had negotiated this arrangement. The number of people in the Xiwang Mansion was limited, and they could not accommodate so many officials, so they numbered their seats in advance and just took their seats. They were all in charge of one party.  As a general, you can still abide by this rule, otherwise you will not be qualified to enter the Western Prince's Mansion.  But many generals didn't know why. Seeing that the King of the West gave him a seat as soon as he came up.

    There is a throne base in the hall, which has seven steps. The steps are fewer than the eight steps in the East Palace and the nine steps in the Tianwang Palace. The golden lacquered wood carved tiger pattern throne sits high on the seven-step base.  Behind the throne is a lacquered screen with carved tigers. On the left and right sides of the throne are the Taiping Youxiang high incense table and the Luduan incense table. In front of the throne, there are four incense tables on the left and right of Danbi, and there is a three-legged incense burner on the incense table.  At this time, several female officials from the West Prince's Palace came forward, burned sandalwood in the furnace, and inserted incense sticks into the incense tubes. As a result, the hall was filled with incense and looked solemn and dignified.

    After all the officials took their seats, Li Xuanji, the daughter of the Xiwang Mansion, came out of the back hall and stood on the outside edge of the steps. She opened her teeth lightly and said in a voice like an oriole: "His Royal Highness, the Queen of the West, come to the palace!"

    The officials hurriedly stopped whispering and stood up together. From the back of the hall, King Xi, Queen Xi and several secretaries came out.  The King of the West laughed and walked straight to the steps. All the officials were about to salute, but the King of the West raised his hand and said: "We are discussing the New Deal in the West Hall. As the saying goes, new personnel and new styles, our Kingdom of Heaven wants to restore the Zhou rites, but the customs of the Han and Tang Dynasties did not have this ritual of kneeling. The first innovation of our New Deal is to revolutionize this ritual of kneeling.  Li, how about it?  "

    Xiao Yungui was high-spirited, thinking of shaking the body of a tiger when he came up, so he suddenly came up with this idea, which shocked Zuo Zongtang at the foot of the stairs and Hong Yun'er behind Xiao Yungui. Zuo Zongtang secretly thought about this  Why did the king come so suddenly?  Hong Yun'er secretly stamped her feet, what's wrong with this bastard?

    As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Naizhao took a step forward and said, "His Royal Highness the King of the West wants to repeat the Zhou Rites. However, the Zhou Rites also record the ritual of kneeling three times and nine kowtows to worship Master, Lord of Heaven and Earth. This is the Zhou Rite, and the Celestial Dynasty's  Inside, when you see a superior official kneeling down and saluting, this is the difference between superior and inferior respect. If His Highness the King of the West wants to show kindness to his ministers, he can regulate it individually, but in the grand ceremony, this law cannot be abolished."

    Xu Naizhao's meaning is very clear. Kneeling is a kind of respect that distinguishes between superiors and inferiors. If you, King Xi, feel that you need red tape, you naturally have the right to prevent others from performing this etiquette in private situations, but in formal official situations, this thing is still necessary.  .

    It was only then that Xiao Yungui realized that he had caused a big trouble. There had been no kneeling ceremony before the Song Dynasty, and it was basically a bow.  As for kneeling, that means kneeling to the sky, kneeling to the ground, and kneeling to your parents. It is only used for very important ceremonies.  When the Song Dynasty died, Wen Tianxiang was deported to Dadu. Kublai Khan asked him to kneel. He said, "Kneel down in the south and bow in the north." Kneeling is the custom of you Hu people, and we southerners do it.  Since the Yuan Dynasty, it seems that kneeling down has become a common practice. In the Qing Dynasty, it became even more common for common people to kneel down when they see officials.  The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not get rid of this bad habit. Earlier, the groom of the King of Yan did not kneel down and salute when he saw the Dongguozong, which caused a groom case.

    Naturally, Xiao Yungui didn't know that Zhou Li also said the ritual of kneeling and worshiping, and he couldn't argue. Hong Yun'er on the side hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "The King of the West means that you don't have to do this kneeling ceremony to him. Kneel down and bow to the master of heaven and earth."  , worship the Heavenly Father and the Heavenly King to perform this ceremony. And if I want to carry out the New Deal in the West Palace, I don¡¯t have to stick to the rules. Moreover, when the Zhou rites were popular, the monarchs and ministers all knelt on the ground. If they wanted to kneel, they would kneel together.  Is it possible that even today, when the Zhou rites are resumed, everyone must kneel down? From now on, the kneeling ceremony in the West Hall will be useless except to worship Heavenly Father, Earth, Heavenly King, parents, and Master. Xu Naizhao, the King of the West is not your old one.  Master."

    All the officials chuckled together. In the chuckle, Xu Naizhao nodded slightly, not taking Xi Wang Niang's teasing seriously at all. When he felt that Xi Wang Niang had given him a step, he stopped making any sound.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.  Xiao Yungui was as thick-skinned as a city wall. He didn't even blush and sat down with a smile.

    After all the officials bowed together, Li Xuanji said in a clear voice to excuse herself and watched her seat.  All the officials returned to their seats and sat down together. Then, a leader from the West Hall presented a plate with official photos on it. Li Xuanji unfolded the yellow silk and began to recite the official system of the West Hall and took the official photos.  Issued on the spot.

    Most of the generals knew what their new official positions were. Even Xu Naizhao knew that the King of the West spoke to him alone the day after he returned to Suzhou. Although the governor of Suzhou County demoted his original position in Manchuria,  The official position of the Qing Dynasty, but in Xu Naizhao's view, this Suzhou County is by no means that simple, and the ambition of the Western King is not limited to this. In the future, this Suzhou County may become a place of Longxing like Yingtian Mansion.  After all the officials bowed and thanked him, they each received their official photos.

    There was another small detail in the official photo. After Li Xuanji finished reading it, he presented the official photo with praise. The King of the West stood up in person and asked the officials to come up the steps one by one, and distributed the official photo to each official.  No matter how big or small the official position is!

    During the whole process, the King of the West did not ask anyone for their opinions, and the officials did not express any further opinions. After issuing the official photos, Xiao Yungui said loudly: "Everyone is either the center of the West Palace, or a senior official of the Su Fu side. We, Su Fu, are all  When the province was first established, people named Sufu should go out on errands with the intention of benefiting the people. I don¡¯t care what your intentions are. From today on, since you have received your official photo, you should carefully read the official title printed on the back of the official photo.  The details of what should be done and what cannot be done are all clearly written down. Everyone should remember that it is for the sake of being a minister, for the sake of loyalty to the kingdom of heaven, and for the benefit of the people!"

    All the generals received the order together, and then turned to the back page of the official photo to see that the engravings on it were very clear, and the densely packed fine print clearly stated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's rules on how to deal with corruption, malfeasance, etc., so that all the officials could remember clearly.  I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart.

    Xu Naizhao nodded secretly and said, King Xi wanted to purge the officials, but looking at the harsh laws, it seemed that they were even worse than those in the early Ming Dynasty.

    ????????????????? Then we saw that it was noon, and the King of the West ordered everyone to have dinner at the King¡¯s Mansion. In the afternoon, all counties, counties, and departments gathered together to get acquainted with each other, and discussed with each other how to carry out their respective errands in the future. It is scheduled to be tomorrow at noon.??Start discussing politics.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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