readx(); February 15 of the first year of Chongzhen is the "stunning" day in the 24 solar terms. From this solar term, the vast areas of northern China began to enter the busy spring ploughing, so the folk are known as "after the sting festival, the hoe does not stop". This day happens to be the day of Hai, according to the old yellow calendar, February is the day of the auspicious day, called the joy of the day, it is advisable to sacrifice the upper book on the seal to enter the school and travel to the official to take office.

On this day, Jingshi held a grand ceremony for the emperor to borrow the field and plough the land. For the people of Beijing, this is a rare scene. Therefore, on this day, the alleys are empty, the sky has just dawned, and the two sides of Zhengyangmen Street, the south central axis of the outer city, have been crowded, and everyone wants to see the demeanor of today's saints and concubines. Of course, there were already heavily armed officers and soldiers of Zhengyangmen on the street to maintain order, and no one dared to take a step beyond Lei Chi.

At the right moment of the hour, the middle gate of Zhengyang Gate was opened, and the officers and soldiers of the Suzaku Battalion, who were responsible for guarding the southern city walls of the inner and outer cities, opened the road in front, followed by the emperor's personal guard Tengxiang right guard in the Forbidden City, and then followed by the civil and military officials on foot, and then the emperor and the concubine Luan.

"Long live Lord is here!"

The crowd of onlookers was in a commotion, and then they fell to their knees and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor!" Queen Mother Chitose Chitose! ”

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen wore a crown of golden two dragons playing with pearls and wings, and wore extremely gorgeous twelve dragons and twelve chapters of gowns, sitting upright on the Luan car, accepting the people's worship. In fact, he was not interested in this set, but the rebellion lasted for months, and he needed to boost the morale of the people in this way.

Judging from the excitement on the faces of the people and the smiles with tears in their eyes, Zhu Youzhen could say that their loyalty and love for him were indeed from the bottom of their hearts. In this regard, Zhu Youzhen was both very moved and a little guilty, always feeling that he had not done well enough, so that the world was still not peaceful, and the people still had to face all kinds of sufferings and even sacrifices.

Along the way, Zhu Youzhen frequently waved to the people, and the people responded with bursts of cheers. Although the official gentry class has a lot of controversy about this young emperor, and even some people always compare him with the absurd Zhengde Emperor, but in the common people, this long-lived lord is close to the people, down-to-earth, and can always plan for the people. If anyone doesn't even support such a good emperor, he is either sick in the brain or has ulterior motives.

The grand procession crossed the overpass and turned west a short distance to arrive at Xiannongtan. This Xiannong altar is also known as the mountain and river altar, built in the Yongle period, echoing with the Temple of Heaven in the east, is a place dedicated to the royal sacrifice to the gods of Xiannong.

Zhu Youjian got off the Luan Drive, and entered the outer altar with the Empress Rui'er, Concubine Bao Yulian, Concubine Qi Meifeng, Concubine Zhu Cunqi, Concubine Yuanyuan, and Chen Yuanyuan, first went to the Zhai Palace to rest, and then went to the Jufu Hall to change into sacrificial clothes. The so-called ceremonial dress is actually the coarse cloth clothes that the peasants usually wear when they work, and the emperor and his concubine wear this set of clothes to express that they do not forget that farming is the foundation of the country.

With the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wen Zhen Meng chanting "The auspicious time has come, the sacrifice begins", headed by Emperor Chongzhen, everyone solemnly entered the Tai Sui Hall of the main hall of the Xiannong Altar to worship the Tai Sui and the four gods of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

This Tai Sui is named Tai Sui Xingjun, and it is one of the Taoist gods. Taoism's "Shenshu Sutra" says: "Tai Sui, the image of the human king, leads the gods, straightens the direction, the timing of Han luck, and the total success of the year." In ancient astrology, the Tai Sui star and the year star (Jupiter) correspond to the opposite movement, the Tai Sui star to which area, which area of the underground will give birth to "Tai Sui", in this direction to break the ground will alarm the Tai Sui star, rain disaster, so there is "Tai Sui head ground" said. To put it simply, Tai Sui Xingjun is in charge of the good fortune and evil fortune of the year in the world, so he must worship every year.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen doesn't believe in this, but since the people of this era believe it, he, the emperor, must also be pretending. The common people are so devout and godly, they will think that God will bless this year with good weather and more energy. To put it bluntly, this is a psychological suggestion, simple and effective. In the case of science is not yet popular, it is not without its benefits.

Out of the Tai Sui Palace, everyone went to the altar of the gods of the first agricultural altar in turn to pay tribute, this circle down, it took more than half an hour. Finally, I came to the viewing platform, and the highlight of the sacrificial ceremony: the pro-ploughing ceremony, was finally about to begin.

The so-called pro-ploughing ceremony is actually the emperor himself picking up a hoe to plow the land. There is an acre of three-point farmland in front of the viewing platform, and the emperor ploughs the queen's plough, of course, just for show. Then he climbed the ploughing platform and watched the cultivation of hundreds of officials. These officials are usually pampered, with fine skin and tender meat, not to mention that they really let them throw off their arms and do it, and some people can't even lift their hoes, which is simply full of ugliness.

After the distant land is reluctant, the enemy is not very ruthless

Zhu Youzhen thought to himself that his agricultural revolution was counting on these people, which was undoubtedly a big joke in the world. So he called Wen Zhenmeng and quickly ended this nondescript farce. As for the crops in this field, they are usually taken care of, and when the harvest season comes, the grain will be stored in the Shencang, which is regarded as the emperor's own grain. The so-called "one acre and three points of land" comes from this.

When he arrived here, even if the ceremony was completed, according to the old rules, the emperor should drive back to the palace. However, Zhu Youzhen had already made arrangements, and he had already informed the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites that he would go to a royal village in the western suburbs of Beijing to work seriously for a few days, and at the same time take this opportunity to relax.

When the emperor of the Ming Dynasty felt bored in the Forbidden City, he could go to the royal garden to relax. But it is generally to go to Xiyuan, which is Zhongnanhai in the previous life. The West Garden is on the west side of the Forbidden City, in the inner city, there are 700 acres of water surface in it, the buildings and palaces are complete, it is a good place for the emperor and the concubine to relax, and it is also convenient to arrange the guards. At that time, Emperor Jiajing was obsessed with Taoist alchemy, and because he suspected the ministers of noise, he simply moved to Xiyuan, and did not go to court for more than 20 years, and he did not even return to the Forbidden City.

Now that the emperor was ingenious to go out of the city to relax, some ministers instinctively wanted to oppose it. Surprisingly, the Donglin officials, who had the advantage in the imperial court, all supported it, and Zhu Youzhen was able to travel smoothly. In fact, the Donglin Party has their own small abacus, and now is the critical moment for appointing local officials, and the emperor is not in Beijing, so it is much more convenient to act.

After leaving the city from Yongding Gate, Zhu Youzhen asked the civil and military officials not to follow, Luan drove back to the palace, and he and his concubines changed to the royal horse, only escorted by Tengxiang's right guard, and turned to the northwest.

Without the constraints of the palace wall, the breath of spring is coming. Zhu Youzhen's depressed mood was finally swept away, and he was about to whip his horse and gallop, when he suddenly heard a woman behind him shouting: "Your Majesty the Emperor, wait for us!" Desculpe,estouatrasado!”

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