Chapter 192: The Spring Festival of the Qin Kingdom (II)
After returning to the royal city from the Wei River, the second half of the spring festival began, in fact, the content at this time has nothing to do with the spring festival. Moreover, this part of the content is carried out in the temple in the royal city, isolating the people, but the concubines of the harem of King Qin and other daughters can also participate in the sacrifices here.
The temple of the Qin State is on the left side of the royal city, covers a very large area, only slightly smaller than the royal palace, and is mainly blue-gray tone, in the position of the central axis of the main hall of the temple, other buildings also take the main hall as the center, expand to both sides, the scale is grand, the atmosphere is solemn.
At this time, the temple was already full of soldiers of the Qin army, singing the song of "no clothes" in unison, in the impassioned singing, Qin Wangzheng led his harem concubines, clans, civil and military officials into the temple, into the temple hall, and the temple hall in the middle of the shrine, enshrined is the emperor of heaven, and next to the emperor of heaven, is the ancestor of the Qin people. Because Daye's mother is one of the ancient emperors of heaven, the Qin people are also qualified to claim to be the son of the emperor, that is, the son of heaven, so the Qin Dynasty Zhou also has legitimacy.
Below the great cause, it is the ancestors of the winning clan of the past dynasties such as Da Fei, Da Lian, Da Luo, Fei Xiao, etc., and then there are the ancestors of the Qin State such as Zhuang Gong, Xiang Gong, Wen Gong, Mu Gong, Xiao Gong, Huiwen Wang, Wu Wang, Zhaoxiang Wang, etc., and there are nearly 100 gods in a dense row.
And on the altar in front of the shrine, there are eight nearly one person high, eight three-legged tripods of blue-gray stand side by side, the tripod shape is solemn and dignified, and the tripod body is engraved with the moon, dragon, phoenix, mountains, rivers, birds, beasts, stars, clouds, thunders, waters, plants and trees, etc., the carving is exquisite, meticulous, symbolizing that all things in heaven and earth are in it, extremely majestic, and people can't help but feel awe-inspiring freely.
These eight three-legged tripods are the famous nine tripods, which are the treasures of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty passed down from generation to generation in the past, and they are also the artifacts of Zhou Tianzi to deter the world.
Legend of the ancient sage king Dayu to control the water, the world to the heart, so Emperor Shun will be the Son of Heaven Zen to Yu, and all parties to pay tribute to the copper mines, spend tens of millions of people's efforts, only to cast nine bronze tripods, on behalf of the world's Ji, Yan, Qing, Xu, Yang, Jing, Yu, Liang, Yong Kyushu, dedicated to Dayu, symbolizing the candidates to surrender to Dayu.
After Dayu took over the position of Tianxiao, he used these nine bronze treasures to hold the tributes of the Kyushu candidates, and sacrificed to the Emperor of Heaven, indicating that his power came from the Emperor of Heaven, and he ruled the world on behalf of the Emperor of Heaven, and could be blessed by the Emperor forever. Therefore, Jiuding has become the treasure of the king of the world, with Jiuding, the king can communicate with the emperor, and get the recognition and protection of the emperor, the country is prosperous, and the throne is eternal.
After the death of Dayu, his son Xia Qi relied on the divine power of the nine bronze tripods, changed the Zen system to the inheritance system, and created the first dynasty in Chinese history - the Xia Dynasty.
After the fall of the Xia Dynasty and the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, the capital was set in Yinhou, and Jiuding was moved here to become the treasure of the Shang Dynasty. After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang, the Zhou Dynasty obtained these nine bronze treasures. After King Cheng of Zhou ascended the throne, Zhou Gongdan built Luoyi, moved Jiuding to the city, and asked King Cheng to personally preside over the ceremony, and placed Jiuding in the temple of Luoyi, since then, Jiuding is owned by the Zhou room, and it is still used as a sacrificial vessel.
Since King Ping of Zhou moved eastward, the Zhou family weakened, so the powerful princes coveted Jiuding. During the period of King Zhou Ding, the state of Chu was strong, and the king of Chu Zhuang led the army to approach the outskirts of Luoyi in the name of attacking Lu Hun's Rong, and the king of Zhou Ding was forced to send the doctor Wang Sun Man to work with the army, and when the king of Chu Zhuang received Wang Sun Man, he asked him about the importance of the nine tripods, although Wang Sun Man rejected it with "the weight of the tripod, the candidates can not ask each other", but this also shows that the candidates have begun to have the heart to destroy the Zhou.
Later, King Chu Ling, King Qin Wu, King Chu Qingxiang, King Qi and other candidates also had the intention to compete for Jiuding, and the Zhou Dynasty maneuvered between the major powers, trying their best to use the major powers to contain each other and do their best to keep Jiuding.
One of the most dangerous was in 307 BC, King Wu of Qin sent Li Ji to lead a hundred chariots to Luoyi, the capital of Zhou, and King Zhou sent soldiers to meet him, King Wu of Qin entered the city to visit Jiuding, and tried to lift the Ding with Meng Ben, but he missed the tripod and broke his tibia and died. Qin Jun thought that he had angered the Emperor of Heaven, so he didn't dare to touch Jiuding again, and the Zhou room finally saved Jiuding from being forced.
But in the period of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the situation of Qin's super-hegemony has been formed, and the Zhou family is finally powerless to return to the sky, in 256 BC, Qin sent troops to attack the Zhou room, and the king of Zhou Ji Yan was defeated by the Qin army, so he had to surrender the city and dedicate Jiuding to the Qin State. The Qin army brought Jiuding back to Xianyang, and when crossing Surabaya, the Baoding representing Yuzhou fell into the river and disappeared, although the Qin army sent people to work in the river, but also found nothing, so the Qin army brought back to Xianyang, only these eight Baoding.
However, even if he only got eight treasure tripods, King Qin Zhaoxiang was still very happy, and placed these eight treasure tripods in the temple of Qin State, which was also used as a sacrificial vessel, and then passed to Qin Wangzheng through King Xiaowen and King Zhuangxiang.
At this time, these eight treasures were filled with tributes to the Emperor of Heaven and the ancestors and kings of the Qin Kingdom. Qin Wangzheng first respectfully knelt in front of the altar, bowed nine times in a row, and then announced the sacrifice to the Emperor of Heaven and the ancestors and kings of the Qin State, expressing his merits in destroying Zhao, and presented several treasures collected from the palace of King Zhao to the altar, including the crown of King Zhao, bronze sword, big seal, etc., as well as the treasure of Zhao State, and the wall of the clan.
Subsequently, the concubines, clans, and civil and military officials also bowed to the god in turn, and Qin Wangzheng began to reward the meritorious soldiers in the battle to destroy Zhao.
The first to be enshrined was Wang Jian, the chief general of the Qin army who attacked Zhao this time, although in this battle to destroy Zhao, the losses of the Qin army were also very heavy, and they were almost defeated by the Zhao army, but after all, they still achieved the final victory in the end, and Wang Jian, as the chief general of the whole army, was naturally indispensable.
And from the point of view of the development of the war, Wang Jian's command basically did not make any mistakes, the reason why he was passive everywhere was that the main reason was that the commander of the Zhao army would be Li Mu, and in the past few decades, Wang Jian was still the first to be able to fight with Li Mu like this, on the other hand, if he hadn't dragged Li Mu in Jingcheng, Yang Duanhe would not have been able to break through Zhangshui and occupy Handan so easily, so the Qin army finally turned defeat into victory, and Wang Jian's role should indeed not be underestimated.
King Zheng of Qin crowned Wang Jian as a general, promoted his title to the rank of chief, increased the number of households by 2,000 households, and gave him 100 gold and 100 yi. The general is the highest military general official position of the Qin State, and it is not permanent, but can only be named the general, all of which are military generals who have made great contributions to the Qin State, such as Sima Cuo, the famous general who captured Bashu for the Qin State, and won the victory of the Battle of Changping. Therefore, Wang Jian was named a general, and he was able to rank alongside these famous generals.
The eldest lord is a title established after the Shang Dynasty reform, ranking the eighteenth among the twenty titles, second only to the Guannei envoy and the waiter, which is equivalent to the position of the secretary of the country, and is already eligible for fiefdoms.
The second person to be awarded was Han Teng, who was named a general, with a small title, 5,000 households of food, 200 eridium gold, and the army of Han Teng's department was given the name Nanyang Army.
In fact, everyone knows that in this battle to destroy Zhao, the biggest credit is not Wang Jian, but Han Teng. The Qin army broke through Zhangshui on the southern front and captured Handan, all of which were the credit of Han Teng's army, and Han Teng led the army to aid Jingcheng, sent people to assassinate Li Mu, and took the lead in breaking through the Dazhai of the Zhao army.
Therefore, although Han Teng was promoted from a local official to a general in one fell swoop, becoming the general second only to Wang Jian in the Qin military, he could lead an army by himself and take charge of himself, almost jumping several levels, but the civil and military ministers of Qin were not surprised, because Qin has always been rewarded for military merits.
The third to be enshrined was Yang Duanhe, who was also named a general, and his title was promoted to a great master, with a thousand households and a hundred gold.
The order of being sealed actually reflects the size of the merit, but Han Teng is a foreign general after all, and his original official position is not high, so he can only be ranked after Wang Jian to be crowned. And Yang Duanhe's ability to be crowned in the third place is completely thanks to Han Teng's blessing. Because after Han Teng entered Zhao to participate in the war, he was assigned to Yang Duan and the commander of the department, so Han Teng's contribution naturally has Yang Duanhe and a share. As a result, not only was the third person to be awarded, but he was also named a general, and the title was one level higher than Han Teng.
Wang Jian was promoted to general, and two more generals were added, and now there are three generals in the Qin State, and the other is Mengwu stationed in Zhaodi. This also constituted the highest power group in the Qin military, which could participate in the major affairs of the court.
The next is that the other generals have not been promoted to official positions, after all, this time the Qin army is only a miserable victory, and the generals have not made any great contributions, but they have won the battle, of course, everyone has merit, but it is not enough to promote the official position, but Qin Wangzheng still promoted their titles to one to two levels according to the table of the generals, and added different numbers of food and gold, and all the Qin soldiers who participated in the war can also be promoted to one level, and those who do not have a title will be given the title of first-class duke.
And many of the generals under Han Teng have also won the reward and become the biggest winner of this reward.
Of course, the rewards for middle and lower-level officers and soldiers will not be carried out at the Jongmyo Temple, and only the main generals will be rewarded here. After rewarding the generals, Qin Wangzheng announced in public that he would give Hehua the title of Princess Langyu, and preside over the daily sacrifice in his place.
Lang Yu was originally the name of Qin Mugong's youngest daughter, born with a unique appearance, brilliant, good at playing the sheng, married Xiao Shi as his wife, settled in Huashan, Xiao Shi is good at blowing the flute, husband and wife ensemble, can be able to move the heavens and the earth, so that the beasts are tamed, and the birds are in unison. Later, the music played by the husband and wife ensemble attracted two green dragons to the lower realm, and the two rode the green dragon to the sky together, and later Qin Mugong built a temple for their husband and wife in Taihua Mountain to commemorate his daughter, and Feng Xiao Shi was the goddess of Taihua Mountain, and the jade was the goddess of Taihua Mountain.
Therefore, Qin Wangzheng made Langyu the title of Hehua, and the meaning is naturally self-evident.