Chapter 54 Sacrifice to Heaven and Forgive the World
When Kuang Hua ascended the throne, he needed to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens and tell the world.
The edict was written by the priest Hu Tu, although he was called Hu Tu, but he was not ambiguous at all.
First the people were notified by edict, and then the letters of state were presented to the neighbors.
The ceremonial affairs are presided over by the Great Minister Wendao himself, and he is ordered to assist in the ceremonial affairs of the Wenxiang Temple.
In the past three days, Wen Dao has been running around and working hard for the altar.
Wen Dao is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, he is old and sick, but he has always been strong in presiding over the rituals. It is precisely because of Wendao to preside over the ceremony that within three days, all matters of the ceremony will be arranged.
In the past three days, Han Ming has not participated in the patrol task of the city defense battalion, and at this moment, his mood can be described as extremely complicated.
Prince Kuanghua assigned him a special task. went to the western suburbs to accompany Princess Kuang Yue to relax and relieve her depressed sadness recently.
Looking for Han Ming was carefully considered by Kuang Hua, firstly, Kuang Hua was more at ease with Han Ming, and Kuang Yue was also more familiar with Han Ming. Second, no one else dared to accompany Kuang Yue at this time.
When he first received this task, Han Ming's heart refused.
But after thinking about it, Kuang Yue is also quite pitiful, born in the emperor's family since she was a child, if she didn't have a father who loved her, maybe her fate would be to marry a foreign royal family, and then spend her life with a person she had never met.
She has no mother since she was a child, her father is depressed all day long, her brother is busy every day, and there is no one close to her to accompany her.
Actually, Kuang Yue is still very sensible.
After all, Han Ming thought that he would help if he could. So, he left the city defense camp he held and accompanied Kuang Yue to play and relax in the western suburbs.
Speaking of which, this was the first time Han Ming had relaxed. Looking carefully at the scenery of the western suburbs, I suddenly found that I was too busy in the past, and I had no leisure, so I didn't see the beautiful scenery in the rivers and mountains.
"Thank you. Han Ming said suddenly.
"Well, thank me for what?" Kuang Yue, who was sullen, was suddenly stunned by Han Ming's words, and asked confusedly.
Han Ming looked at the snow around him.
"Thank you for allowing me to stop and take a look at the beautiful scenery around here. I had never noticed that the most beautiful scenery was all around me. ”
Girls' minds are more delicate, and a sentence that has nothing to do with her may have a completely different meaning to the person concerned.
Kuang Yue was listening quietly, but when she heard Han Ming say that the most beautiful scenery was beside him, she looked at herself, her face flushed, she lowered her head, and muttered embarrassedly, and her depressed mood was swept away.
Han Ming saw that Kuang Yue's face was flushed, but he just thought that the weather was cold and frozen, so he didn't care too much.
Eh, this princess is delicate, and she just came out for a short walk, and her body couldn't stand it.
Thinking of this, he felt it, took off his robe, and put it on Kuang Yue.
Kuang Yue was thinking back to what Han Ming had just said, when suddenly a thick velvet robe draped over her. She looked up and looked at Han Ming with wide, puzzled eyes.
Han Ming also looked at her, and at this moment, he suddenly felt that such a Kuang Yue was also quite cute.
"It's cold, let's go back. Don't freeze you. Han Ming said.
"Yes. ”
Kuang Yue didn't listen to Han Ming's words at all, her mind was now full of Han Ming's actions just now. Now she is in turmoil. From childhood to adulthood, no man has ever given her such delicate care like Han Ming.
The next day, it snowed again in Shangjing, this time the snow was heavier, and a thick layer was laid on the ground.
As usual, Han Ming accompanied Kuang Yue for a walk on the snow, and the dull air indoors was difficult to make people feel happy, so Han Ming suggested that Kuang Yue go out for a walk more.
Accompanying Kuang Yue's side, looking at the thick snow scene around her, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, no matter where I went, the beautiful snow scene can always make people happy and forget their troubles.
He looked at Kuang Yue and found that Kuang Yue had been walking stupidly with his head down.
Han Ming suddenly had a childish thought in his heart.
He wrapped a ball of snow from the ground, crumpled it into a ball, and smashed it towards Kuang Yue's back.
Syllable!
It's a pity that Han Ming's accuracy was a little poor, and the snow ball smashed on Kuang Yue's head, making her stumble.
She turned her head and looked at Han Ming in surprise with wide eyes, a lump of snow still remaining on her head.
Han Ming looked at Kuang Yue's appearance, holding his stomach and laughing.
"Hahaha...... Hahaha. You're like that, haha......"
Han Ming smiled so happily for the first time since he hit this world. Thinking that the little devil who was rude and willful in the past had become like this today, Han Ming felt very interesting.
Kuang Yue also went from initial shock, puzzlement to anger, seeing that Han Ming had been laughing, her brain was hot, and all the dignity and orderliness and royal etiquette were all left behind.
grabbed a ball of snow from the ground and threw it at Han Ming. As soon as Han Ming saw Kuang Yue's movements, he knew that something was wrong, and immediately ran back to find cover to cover.
However, how could he have Kuang Yue throw fast, a snow ball hit the bull's-eye and smashed on his head, knocking Han Ming to the ground.
"Hehehe...... Ha ha. Kuang Yue smiled happily. Looking at Han Ming's embarrassment, the evil smile that appeared on her face again.
Not to be outdone, Han Ming grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and threw it at Kuang Yue. However, Kuang Yue had already taken precautions and dodged.
"You dare to beat me, I'm a princess, you dare to beat me!" Kuang Yue said as she gathered snow on the ground, looking like she was going to have a big vote.
"It's a princess who fights. After speaking, Han Ming grabbed a handful of snow on the ground again.
When Kuang Yue saw his movements, she was not to be outdone, and grabbed the gathered snowballs from the ground.
The two sides came and went, and snowballs flew around in the snow, and the fire was extremely ferocious.
In this way, a snowball fight in the western suburbs began that shocked the world and cried ghosts and gods. After a while, both of them were covered in snow grains. Fortunately, there were only two of them around, if they were seen by others, they would definitely accuse Han Ming of the following crimes of attacking the princess.
For the next three days, Han Ming stayed with Kuang Yue, chatting with her, walking with her, playing with her, and forgetting her troubles.
Since having Han Ming's company, although she can't eliminate the pain of losing her father, Kuang Yue no longer acts as sad and sad as she did at the beginning, and she can often see a smile on her face.
The fourth day was the day when the crown prince Kuanghua ascended the throne.
Early in the morning, hundreds of officials gathered to sacrifice to the Temple of Heaven. The Temple of Heaven was built in the eastern suburbs. This time, Kuang Hua ascended the throne, and the commander of the forbidden army replaced the city defense battalion to be responsible for the emperor's travel safety.
Feng Sheng, the commander of the forbidden army, was a middle-aged man, and Han Ming noticed a small scar on the right side of his face and a missing finger on his left hand, which should have been left by the war.
Han Ming also saw Liang Shi, the commander of the Gyeonggi camp, not far away, and what he had seen in the Qinzheng Hall was still the same as if no one was allowed to enter.
Today, the commanders of the three major garrisons in the capital are all gathered, and there is nothing to say about security and defense, and it is guaranteed that not even a single grasshopper can jump in.
Han Ming was also the first time to participate in the legendary emperor's enthronement ceremony, and he was extremely excited.
After waiting for a short time, the prince's honor guard arrived. Kuang Hua wore a crown on his head, dressed in a black robe, and wore a long sword at his waist, with a solemn expression and a noble body, surrounded by a group of honor guards, and walked to the altar.
When the officials saw Kuang Hua arrive, they played drums and bowed.
Kuang Hua followed the drum beat step by step to the altar of heaven, and there was already an old man standing on the altar.
Every time a new emperor ascends the throne, it is the busiest time for the high priest, drafting the ritual system, guiding the enthronement of the regular norms, and most importantly, presiding over the sacrificial ceremony.
The altar is divided into two levels, the high priest stands on the first floor of the altar, and Kuang Hua needs to ascend the first floor first.
After Kuang Hua ascended to the first layer, he was ordered to enter from the outside with both hands in accordance with the edict of the emperor, and the hundred officials saw the edict as if they saw the emperor, and they all knelt down and knocked three times.
Then, the edict was sent to the first layer and handed over to the high priest, and then the high priest held the edict and ascended to the second platform. When the high priest ascended to the second altar with the emperor's edict, the drum music stopped. Immediately after the prince Kuanghua ascended the second-floor altar, there was a case platform on the left and right sides of the second-floor altar, there were some rankings on the platform, and in front of the altar was a big ding.
Han Ming was dazzled by these etiquette procedures, he thought it would not be long, but now it seems that it will take a lot of time.
The high priest first read out the ancient chapter model and told the ancestors of heaven and earth. Then Kuang Hua bowed for the first time, worshiped the sky, and threw the meat sacrifice to the sky in the tripod: the second worship, worshiped the ground, and threw the meat sacrifice to the ground in the tripod: the third worship, worshiped the ancestral god, and knelt three times and knocked nine times in front of the central desk.
Then the high priest read and built it, and preached the merits and the edict of the new emperor. After the edict of the new emperor was read, the drum music started, and the new emperor sacrificed the second sacrifice and the final offering.
The sacrificial activities were carried out for a morning, and at the end, hundreds of officials knelt three times and bowed nine times to welcome the new emperor to ascend the throne.
The enthronement ceremony ended from this, and Kuang Hua was officially appointed as emperor by the crown prince.
Han Ming didn't expect that a simple enthronement ceremony could be held all morning, which was exactly the same as the nature of holding an event on earth, but this was more solemn, and the sense of ceremony was too strong.
As soon as the sacrificial activities were over, the emperor was escorted into the palace by the forbidden army. Watching Kuang Hua walk away, Han Ming also fell into a relaxed body.
In the past three days, he has been running around the city defense camp and Kuang Yue, in addition to accompanying Kuang Yue every day, he also has to deal with some government affairs of the city defense camp.
Although Zhao Ming, Zhang Dabiao, and Xu Hua helped, there were some things that were not within their jurisdiction, so they could only be handled by Han Ming personally, which was really tiring for him.
Today, the emperor's enthronement ceremony is over, and Han Ming can finally have a good rest.
After Kuang Hua ascended the throne, according to the old practice, the new emperor ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world. It is estimated that in a few days, the envoys of the other states should come to the court to congratulate them.