Chapter 1079: The Founding Ceremony
Xin Xianying told Li Yi that in addition to the empress, the following emperors and concubines have fourteen ranks: Zhaoyi is better than the prime minister, and the lord is better than the princes and kings; Jieyu is regarded as a prince, a prince of the twentieth rank; Jing'e is more than 2,000 stones, and the lord is more than 19 Guanneihou; When you go to Rong Hua, the title here has fallen more sharply, and it is regarded as a sixteenth-class mastery; And the beauties who followed regarded it as two thousand stones, and the jue was less than the fifteenth-class ones. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Then there are "eight sons", "seven sons", "beloved", "long envoy", "young envoy", "five senses", "shunchang", and finally there are no juan, republic, entertainment spirit, baolin, good envoy, and night, all of which are regarded as a hundred stones.
Obviously, the top of the rankings are different in terms of the palace they live in, the daily use, the number of attendants, and even the daily clothing and accessories. The imperial concubines of Emperor Hongwu were afraid to be at the back.
Through Xin Xianying's introduction, Li Yi found that there were many mistakes in later TV dramas. The Ouchi guards only patrol the main hall and the outer city, and there are no guards in the inner city harem. Whenever there is contact with the outer city, the concubines are not allowed to participate, even the palace maids are not allowed to participate, and it is all the eunuchs who do it. For example, transporting water, delivering food and food, purchasing supplies, etc.
To put it simply, there are no women in the outer city of the palace, and there are no men in the harem of the inner city except for the emperor. The women of the harem, without the emperor's order, will not be able to walk out of the harem for half a step in their lives.
Then someone asked, what to do if you are sick, the imperial doctor is a man.
There is a system, accompanied by the eunuchs and palace maids directly under the emperor's lineage throughout the whole process, and all the eunuchs and palace maids of the concubine's palace are present, and no one is allowed to leave the whole process. If you don't know each other before entering the palace, the imperial doctor won't know what the princess looks like for the rest of your life.
What concubine waved her hand, and all the eunuchs and maids in the palace left, it was all nonsense. The eunuchs and maids directly under His Majesty will not leave at all, and will immediately reach the emperor. When the emperor is angry, all the things of the eighteen generations of ancestors can be turned out for you, and the anger of the Son of Heaven will immediately be bloody.
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In the first year of Wude, on the first day of October, the Tang Empire ushered in the grandest and most solemn ceremony: the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Wude, which was also the founding ceremony of the Tang Empire.
At the Temple of Heaven outside Jicheng, millions of soldiers and civilians came here, and at the same time, the states of the Tang Empire also had a team to watch and worship, and for a time there were tens of millions of soldiers and civilians who watched and worshipped within a radius of more than ten miles. It was really noisy gongs and drums, firecrackers, colorful flags, and crowds.
The people spontaneously gathered here, indicating the beginning of the prosperity of the Tang Wude Dynasty.
The sun with a large basin in the sky was overjoyed, and the spherical tiger body shook violently, sprinkling the warmest light in autumn.
Around the Temple of Heaven, 200,000 Tang Army soldiers guarded, and on both sides of the avenue leading to Jicheng from the Temple of Heaven, 100,000 Tang troops were on guard. The mighty soldiers are all brightly armored, and the swords and guns in their hands are like a forest of sharp edges. The majestic and energetic show the world the prosperity of the Tang Empire.
At the end of the day, Li Yi drove out of the palace, hundreds of officials surrounded by dragons, thousands of honor guards, canopies, banners stretched out for more than ten miles on the official road, and there was no edge in sight.
Everywhere Li Yi passed, the soldiers and people of the Tang Army fell to the ground like waves, and the mountains shouted long live.
Li Yi stood on the dragon and accepted the worship of all the people, he struggled for so many years, and finally, he ushered in this day.
At the end of the day, Li Yi came to the Temple of Heaven.
When Li Yi ascended the Temple of Heaven, the surroundings immediately fell silent.
The first is to worship heaven and earth.
Coupled with the pedestal, there is almost a 30-zhang Temple of Heaven Hall, which is very magnificent in ancient times and today. Li Yi entered the altar of worshipping heaven on the side of the temple through the Dan Bridge in front of the main hall, and when he came to the altar, the civil and military officials and the master of ceremonies walked all the way into the altar from the steps on both sides of the Dan Bridge.
At this time, sixty-four young talents holding feather fans and wearing Confucian shirts came to the left side of the square in front of the main hall to line up. At the same time, the sound of clicking footsteps sounded, and sixty-four burly warriors who refined their armor, holding the mountain opening axe in their right hand and the tiger striped shield in their left hand, came to the right side of the square in front of the main hall to line up.
Two arrays of vertical and horizontal eight columns.
The lupine shirt represents the prosperity of the Tang Empire.
The warrior represents the soldiers of the Tang Empire, following the mighty and majestic posture of the Wude Emperor Li Yi to conquer the world.
The gods and goddesses are set up on both sides of the altar, which are divided into seven groups according to the subordinate relationship, each group has a cyan curtain to form a god tent, and six groups on both sides and three groups on one side. A group in the middle of the arch guard, this group has the main position: the god card of the Emperor of Heaven. On both sides are from the gods, grasp the sun, moon and stars, wind, rain, thunder and lightning and other god tablets.
In front of each god tablet, there are three animals and a large number of offerings such as wine, fresh fruits, and delicacies. There are more than 1,000 pieces of utensils and ritual utensils used to store sacrifices alone.
There is a sandalwood tripod in the southwest of the altar, there is a fire pillar sky lantern in the southeast, the sandalwood is misty color, the altar is shrouded in the shape of smoke and clouds, and the candle flame shakes during the period, giving people a mysterious and unpredictable feeling.
In front of the altar of the Heavenly Sacrifice, Li Yi put his hands on his chest, his two thumbs facing each other, and solemnly bowed on the golden futon in the center.
At this time, there is a master of ceremonies kneeling on the incense pillar.
Li Yi took the incense in his hand, and at this moment, Li Yi, the martial emperor who worshiped the incense, represented hundreds of millions of people in the whole world, and asked the emperor God to bring happiness to the emerging Tang Empire.
He sincerely prayed to heaven: "Bless my country forever, and the country and the people will be safe!" ”
When the Hongliang voice of Emperor Wude Li Yi reached the surroundings outside the altar, the musicians outside the Temple of Heaven played solemn music.
The phalanx of lupine shirts who had been waiting in the square for a long time danced the Wende dance, and the burly warriors danced the Wude dance with an axe in one hand and a shield in the other. The rhythmic dance steps express the Tang Empire's reverence for the heavens, and at the same time it is the expectation of a better life.
At this time, Li Yi, the Wude Emperor in front of the altar of the Heavenly Gods, got up and picked up the Ming and Huang edicts on the altar and unfolded them.
Xu Maogong, Yue Fei and other civil and military officials put their hands on the ground, and their foreheads were bowed to the back of their hands without moving. Their slightly trembling bodies showed the agitation in their hearts.
Li Yi began to read out aloud the sacrificial astronomy: "Fengtian carrier, the minister opened the throne of the Tang Dynasty, should inherit the will of the three emperors and five emperors, and sympathize with the suffering of the Chinese people." Govern the four seasons and the five elements, cultivate the five grains, care for the people, measure the Quartet, and open the mountain and the road to connect the world. ”
"In the past, the world was in turmoil, and the people were struggling to make a living, at this time of crisis in China, Emperor Lai and the protection of the gods of the Quartet helped the ministers to obey the foreign tribes in the north and rebelled in the south. As a result, there is a peaceful and prosperous era of today's Tang Kingdom. It is also dependent on the gods of the changing seasons, and the replacement is orderly. The wind and drizzle should come from time to time. The sky is silent and there is faith, and the earth is silent and things are made. As a result, this is the land of China, my Tang Dynasty has a bumper harvest of grains, and six animals are prosperous. The people have no suffering from hunger and cold, and there is no disaster of war and fire in the country, which is all given by the gods of the Emperor of Heaven. ”
"Today, the minister opened the country and succeeded to the throne, in order to repay the grace of the gods of the emperor, the minister held a ceremony to worship the heavens. Various offerings are offered, such as jade, gold, three animals and six animals, sake and grains. Beggar Emperor Heaven and all the gods to feast together, protect my Tang Dynasty and the people! ”
Baiguan bowed his head and said: "Beggar Emperor Heaven and all the gods feast together, protect my Tang Dynasty and the people!" ”
This is the end of the festival.
Dian Wei, the general of the pro-guard army, led people to carry out the golden dragon chair, which was set up at the door of the main hall of the Temple of Heaven with a height of thirty zhang, facing south.
At this point, the sacrifice to heaven is completed, and the enthronement ceremony begins.
Xu Maogong and Yue Fei led hundreds of civil and military officials, and the mountain shouted: "Tell the heaven and earth to complete the ceremony, please succeed to the emperor's throne!" ”
Li Yi's expression was solemn, but his heart was very agitated. I saw that he had just put down the sacrificial text to worship the heavens, and all the officials behind him came up. Xu Maogong supported Li Yi's left arm, Yue Fei supported Li Yi's right arm, and the rest of the hundred officials followed behind, and everyone gathered Li Yi to the front of the main hall.
Hundreds of officials hugged Li Yi to sit down on the dragon chair, and then walked down the steps, and arranged according to the grade in front of the steps.
At this time, Hua Xin came to Li Yi with a gold case and knelt down in front of him, only to see that the gold case was a bright yellow dragon robe.
Then, Wang Lang's excited teeth chattered, held up a treasure case, knelt in front of Li Yi, and saw that a gorgeous crown was placed on this treasure case.
Li Yi could only sit solemnly on the dragon chair and look ahead. The eyes of the empty hole to see something mysterious and mysterious, but in my heart I was pondering, this ancient etiquette is really cumbersome, if according to my thoughts, the head of Jicheng City will recite the founding ceremony of the country.
However, in ancient times, the imperial power was above all else. Above the hundreds of millions of people, there is only Li Yi alone. Therefore, in order to show the royal majesty, how grand can be as grand as there are, how many procedures there can be, and the more grand the procedures, the more the more the majesty of the emperor can be demonstrated.
Therefore, when Hua Xin, Wang Lang and others knelt and retreated. Xu Maogong and Yue Fei before the civil and military forces glanced at each other, bowed down and went up the steps again. Xu Maogong knelt next to the Jin case, and Yue Fei knelt next to the treasure case.
Xu Maogong took the dragon robe and put it on Li Yi's body. Yue Fei held the crown and carefully brought it for Li Yi.
Looking at these two important ministers around him, Li Yi was very pleased.
And Xu Maogong and Yue Fei didn't dare to look at Li Yi, that would be disrespectful. After the two went down the steps to enter the shift, the official in charge of the master of ceremonies sang: "Shift arrangement!" ”
Hundreds of officials stood in position, holding the board and lined up into two classes, both civil and military, and bowed first.
After the sound of the heavy horn sounded, the hundred officials immediately changed their bowing to kneeling, and bowed three times: "Long live my emperor, long live!" ”
At this time, Li Yi, who was crowned with a dragon robe, raised his hand slightly and said, "Flat." ”
The sound of the horn stopped, and after the hundred officials were flattened, the master of ceremonies began to sing the promise again, so the ministers knelt three times and knocked nine times again.
After the ceremony, the master of ceremonies led Xu Maogong to Li Yi's dragon seat and sang: "Kneel." ”
So, Xu Maogong knelt in front of Li Yi, and thrust his hand into his waist against the board.
The master of ceremonies sang, and all the officials knelt down again.
At this time, the master of ceremonies took out the treasure box, opened it and took out the jade seal inside, and gave it to Xu Maogong.
Xu Maogong hurriedly took it with both hands in his heart, presented it to Li Yi, and said: "Your Majesty has ascended the throne, and the ministers are respectfully on the jade seal."
Li Yi was already tired when he sat down, and he didn't know why these people were so able to toss in ancient times. But for the sake of the emperor's prestige, Li Yi still needs to persevere.
So, Li Yi took the jade seal presented by Xu Maogong.