After leaving the capital, under the escort of the Golden Feather Guards on the left and right, a team of several miles traveled slowly on the official road.
The bumpy official road was filled with loess a few days ago by officials from the Ministry of Works. If the emperor sprained his ankle and fell on the way to the ceremony, the Minister of Works and the Minister of Works would have been done.
At their current speed of travel, they can probably arrive at the altar around noon
Tang Ning looked at the slowly moving crowd behind him and sighed that it was fortunate that it was winter rather than summer. Otherwise, if we didn't wait to reach the west, some people would die on the road.
When I woke up in the morning, although it was a little cold, I didn’t feel cold as I walked.
It is naturally impossible to keep this team of hundreds or thousands of people neatly. Although there are courtesy officials patrol all the way, they turn a blind eye to most cases.
Grand Secretary Zhang was exempted from attending the ceremony due to physical reasons. As the Prime Minister, Wang Xiang must attend.
Tang Ning was a few steps behind, looked at Wang Xiang walking in front of the civil servant, and asked: Does Wang Xiang feel okay?
Although he had walked for more than a few miles, Wang Xiang still had no flushing face or breathing, and said: I'm worried about it, my legs and feet are quite neat, so there is still no problem walking and climbing mountains.
These old ministers in the court were in good health. Although Wang Xiang was old, he seemed to be more energetic than the young officials behind him.
Tang Ning looked back and saw some young officials sweating on their foreheads and their faces were gone.
He walked beside Wang Xiang and whispered: At the ceremony later, Wang Xiang should be more careful and protect himself
Wang Xiang raised his eyebrows suddenly and asked: What does it mean?
Tang Ning didn't say anything, just looked up and looked ahead
Wang Xiang looked over and finally stayed on King Kang.
He was silent for a while and asked: How sure?
Tang Ning said: Preventing troubles before it happens
Wang Xiang thought for a long time, looked at him and said solemnly: Your Majesty cannot make any mistakes
Tang Ning said: Do your best
After an hour, everyone had already reached the foot of the West Mountain. It took about an hour to climb the mountain. At this time, the team became even more scattered. Everyone supported each other and climbed. The ritual officers in the crowd were exhausted and did not blame them for this behavior.
Now it is not very important, but when you go to the altar on the top of the mountain, no matter the royal family or the powerful officials, you must not make noise, cough or spit. Before this, the first thing to do is to ensure that they can climb up
The East Gate Guard escorted the mountain to the bottom of the mountain and could not go up the mountain. The mountain road could not accommodate so many people. On both sides, there were soldiers from the right West Gate Guard.
Chen Huang walked in the front, even though his legs were already a little sore, he looked up at the top of the mountain with a hint of excitement.
For the emperor, nothing is more exciting than to promote the achievements that are enough to boast before the ancestors and ancestors, and to promote them again in front of the powerful and powerful people in the ceremony.
This festival is enough to be recorded in history and to make him famous throughout the ages
Thinking of this, the sourness on his legs seemed to disappear in an instant
Chen Huang, who was immersed in excitement, naturally did not notice that, not far behind him, King Kang looked up at the top of the mountain, and the excitement and fanaticism on his face were even more than him.
……
With Tang Ning's current body, even if the Xishan Mountain is twice as high as twice, it is not difficult for him.
But it was different for the rest. When they climbed to the last distance, everyone, including Emperor Chen, stopped on the steps to rest.
This is their last rest time. Once they step onto the top of the mountain, everyone must abide by the ritual rules of the festival until the end of the festival
The ceremony is divided into welcoming the gods, laying silk, and offering tribute...
Several steps such as removing food and giving gifts to gods are lengthy and etiquette. Each sacrificial link has music and dance. These are strictly stipulated in etiquette, and each step is led by Emperor Chen and assisted by the royal family.
This seems much easier for the rest of the people. They just need to stand in place, bow from time to time, get up, and then bow again.
The first procedure of the ceremony was when Emperor Chen walked to the gods and ancestors to sing incense and bow to him, which was called "Welcome the Gods". The ceremony was accompanied by music, and the music sounded very solemn. Everyone held their breath and did not dare to make any noise. The only thing between the music was the mountain wind and the occasional bird song.
After the silk is laid, the Wang Xiang reads the sacrificial text
This sacrificial text is very long and has a fixed format. The previous paragraphs even Tang Ning sound a bit obscure.
The following content is a bit easy to understand
It roughly means that during the years of Emperor Chen's reign, he purged the court, stormed foreign countries and stabilized the country, the people lived and worked in peace, had surplus grain every year, the national treasury was full, and so on...
It is obviously a very shameful thing to brag about his achievements in front of the gods and ancestors. Seeing Emperor Chen’s face flushed and overjoyed, Tang Ning understood why he had to set up the festival in Xishan.
His eyes looked at King Kang, and when he saw King Kang just lowered his head and stood in his position, he knew that he had not yet waited for a good opportunity to take action.
The festival has many processes and cumbersome procedures, and it takes more than two hours to end.
During this period, a thousand right West Gate guards guarded outside the altar, while the rest were distributed on mountain roads and in various parts of the West Mountain, responsible for the warning
Back Mountain
A commander led a hundred subordinates and stood outside a dense forest somewhere, questioning: What's going on? It's been one night, why haven't they come back yet?
One person looked ahead and said: It was dark at night. Did they fall off the cliff?
The captain looked at him, pointed at the few people, and said: You guys, go to the forest over there to see
More than ten people heard this and walked towards the dense forest beside the cliff.
The captain's eyes flashed with excitement, turned around and looked towards the direction of the altar, murmured: Success or failure is here, whether it is life or death, it is today...
The group waited outside the forest for a long time, but did not see anyone coming out of the forest. A hint of vigilance appeared on his face. He reached back and signaled slowly towards the forest.
……
On the altar
A noisy bird song suddenly came from the sky ahead. Tang Ning raised his head and saw a group of birds startled from the forest in the back mountain and flew over their heads.
At this time, the ceremony has already reached the stage of offering tribute
This process requires the royal family to kneel and worship three times and nine times, including Emperor Chen.
Women are not allowed to participate in the ceremony, so the Empress Dowager Zhao Man and the concubines in the palace did not come here. Only Emperor Chen, King Fu, King Duan, King Kang, and King Run were qualified to perform this great gift.
After Emperor Chen took office, he did not speak for a long time when he saw the ritual officer. He looked up.
The ritual officer was about to announce the start of the ceremony, but he saw that everyone was in place. Only King Kang was standing at the edge of the altar and whispered: Your Highness, King Kang, take your seat quickly!
King Kang just looked at him with a smile on his lips
Emperor Chen turned around, looked at King Kang, frowned and said: Why are you still standing there? Why don’t you take your seat quickly!
What are you doing? King Kang looked at him, smiled slightly, took two steps back, stood behind a team of guards, and asked with a smile: Of course, it was a rebellion--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The bumpy official road was filled with loess a few days ago by officials from the Ministry of Works. If the emperor sprained his ankle and fell on the way to the ceremony, the Minister of Works and the Minister of Works would have been done.
At their current speed of travel, they can probably arrive at the altar around noon
Tang Ning looked at the slowly moving crowd behind him and sighed that it was fortunate that it was winter rather than summer. Otherwise, if we didn't wait to reach the west, some people would die on the road.
When I woke up in the morning, although it was a little cold, I didn’t feel cold as I walked.
It is naturally impossible to keep this team of hundreds or thousands of people neatly. Although there are courtesy officials patrol all the way, they turn a blind eye to most cases.
Grand Secretary Zhang was exempted from attending the ceremony due to physical reasons. As the Prime Minister, Wang Xiang must attend.
Tang Ning was a few steps behind, looked at Wang Xiang walking in front of the civil servant, and asked: Does Wang Xiang feel okay?
Although he had walked for more than a few miles, Wang Xiang still had no flushing face or breathing, and said: I'm worried about it, my legs and feet are quite neat, so there is still no problem walking and climbing mountains.
These old ministers in the court were in good health. Although Wang Xiang was old, he seemed to be more energetic than the young officials behind him.
Tang Ning looked back and saw some young officials sweating on their foreheads and their faces were gone.
He walked beside Wang Xiang and whispered: At the ceremony later, Wang Xiang should be more careful and protect himself
Wang Xiang raised his eyebrows suddenly and asked: What does it mean?
Tang Ning didn't say anything, just looked up and looked ahead
Wang Xiang looked over and finally stayed on King Kang.
He was silent for a while and asked: How sure?
Tang Ning said: Preventing troubles before it happens
Wang Xiang thought for a long time, looked at him and said solemnly: Your Majesty cannot make any mistakes
Tang Ning said: Do your best
After an hour, everyone had already reached the foot of the West Mountain. It took about an hour to climb the mountain. At this time, the team became even more scattered. Everyone supported each other and climbed. The ritual officers in the crowd were exhausted and did not blame them for this behavior.
Now it is not very important, but when you go to the altar on the top of the mountain, no matter the royal family or the powerful officials, you must not make noise, cough or spit. Before this, the first thing to do is to ensure that they can climb up
The East Gate Guard escorted the mountain to the bottom of the mountain and could not go up the mountain. The mountain road could not accommodate so many people. On both sides, there were soldiers from the right West Gate Guard.
Chen Huang walked in the front, even though his legs were already a little sore, he looked up at the top of the mountain with a hint of excitement.
For the emperor, nothing is more exciting than to promote the achievements that are enough to boast before the ancestors and ancestors, and to promote them again in front of the powerful and powerful people in the ceremony.
This festival is enough to be recorded in history and to make him famous throughout the ages
Thinking of this, the sourness on his legs seemed to disappear in an instant
Chen Huang, who was immersed in excitement, naturally did not notice that, not far behind him, King Kang looked up at the top of the mountain, and the excitement and fanaticism on his face were even more than him.
……
With Tang Ning's current body, even if the Xishan Mountain is twice as high as twice, it is not difficult for him.
But it was different for the rest. When they climbed to the last distance, everyone, including Emperor Chen, stopped on the steps to rest.
This is their last rest time. Once they step onto the top of the mountain, everyone must abide by the ritual rules of the festival until the end of the festival
The ceremony is divided into welcoming the gods, laying silk, and offering tribute...
Several steps such as removing food and giving gifts to gods are lengthy and etiquette. Each sacrificial link has music and dance. These are strictly stipulated in etiquette, and each step is led by Emperor Chen and assisted by the royal family.
This seems much easier for the rest of the people. They just need to stand in place, bow from time to time, get up, and then bow again.
The first procedure of the ceremony was when Emperor Chen walked to the gods and ancestors to sing incense and bow to him, which was called "Welcome the Gods". The ceremony was accompanied by music, and the music sounded very solemn. Everyone held their breath and did not dare to make any noise. The only thing between the music was the mountain wind and the occasional bird song.
After the silk is laid, the Wang Xiang reads the sacrificial text
This sacrificial text is very long and has a fixed format. The previous paragraphs even Tang Ning sound a bit obscure.
The following content is a bit easy to understand
It roughly means that during the years of Emperor Chen's reign, he purged the court, stormed foreign countries and stabilized the country, the people lived and worked in peace, had surplus grain every year, the national treasury was full, and so on...
It is obviously a very shameful thing to brag about his achievements in front of the gods and ancestors. Seeing Emperor Chen’s face flushed and overjoyed, Tang Ning understood why he had to set up the festival in Xishan.
His eyes looked at King Kang, and when he saw King Kang just lowered his head and stood in his position, he knew that he had not yet waited for a good opportunity to take action.
The festival has many processes and cumbersome procedures, and it takes more than two hours to end.
During this period, a thousand right West Gate guards guarded outside the altar, while the rest were distributed on mountain roads and in various parts of the West Mountain, responsible for the warning
Back Mountain
A commander led a hundred subordinates and stood outside a dense forest somewhere, questioning: What's going on? It's been one night, why haven't they come back yet?
One person looked ahead and said: It was dark at night. Did they fall off the cliff?
The captain looked at him, pointed at the few people, and said: You guys, go to the forest over there to see
More than ten people heard this and walked towards the dense forest beside the cliff.
The captain's eyes flashed with excitement, turned around and looked towards the direction of the altar, murmured: Success or failure is here, whether it is life or death, it is today...
The group waited outside the forest for a long time, but did not see anyone coming out of the forest. A hint of vigilance appeared on his face. He reached back and signaled slowly towards the forest.
……
On the altar
A noisy bird song suddenly came from the sky ahead. Tang Ning raised his head and saw a group of birds startled from the forest in the back mountain and flew over their heads.
At this time, the ceremony has already reached the stage of offering tribute
This process requires the royal family to kneel and worship three times and nine times, including Emperor Chen.
Women are not allowed to participate in the ceremony, so the Empress Dowager Zhao Man and the concubines in the palace did not come here. Only Emperor Chen, King Fu, King Duan, King Kang, and King Run were qualified to perform this great gift.
After Emperor Chen took office, he did not speak for a long time when he saw the ritual officer. He looked up.
The ritual officer was about to announce the start of the ceremony, but he saw that everyone was in place. Only King Kang was standing at the edge of the altar and whispered: Your Highness, King Kang, take your seat quickly!
King Kang just looked at him with a smile on his lips
Emperor Chen turned around, looked at King Kang, frowned and said: Why are you still standing there? Why don’t you take your seat quickly!
What are you doing? King Kang looked at him, smiled slightly, took two steps back, stood behind a team of guards, and asked with a smile: Of course, it was a rebellion--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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