The prisoner sacrifice ceremony was formulated during the Zhu Yuanzhang period.

Liu Chun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, offended the emperor a while ago, and now he plans to make up for it, and he must make the emperor happy. So the ceremony was set for the beginning of September, a few days before the emperor's birthday, to celebrate the emperor's birthday, and second, to show his martial prowess to the Fanbang, which happened to be the time when many Fanbang envoys came to present the emperor's birthday gift (by the way, trade).

Korea, Japan, Annam, Ryukyu, Champa, Luzon, Ceylon...... A lot of foreign vassals have come. Coupled with the Western Regions vassals of the Yarkand Khanate, Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Kazakh Khanate, Xiaolievuld Tribe, and Yibuci Tribe, there are more than 20 states in total, which is quite a bit of the flavor of the coming dynasty of all countries.

The envoys of the feudal kings from all over the country, as well as the envoys of the foreign domains, have long come to the capital to live, and the Honglu Temple has set up a banquet to entertain them.

Before the prisoners were sacrificed, the emperor sent noble officials to worship the temples and shrines in the northern and southern suburbs, and informed the ancestors and the gods of heaven and earth of the good news of the victory. At this time, civil and military officials must enter the table to congratulate, and they are not allowed to speak ill of the emperor, and they must pat the emperor's sycophants.

Zhang Wei, Zhu Ying, Li Sanlang and other generals, with prisoners and some generals, came to Wumen from the military camp outside the city.

Along the way, the people vied with each other to watch, pointing at the captives such as Man Su'er.

"I heard that Wang Erlang has won the battle again."

"You just heard about it? The victory battle has been fought a long time ago, and it has been specially delayed until the sacrifice of prisoners on Wanshou Day. ”

"Don't stop winning the battle, I got the exact news, Wang Erlang destroyed a country in the Western Regions, and I heard that he led 3,000 troops to defeat tens of thousands of barbarians!"

"Hey, why didn't Wang Erlang return to Beijing?"

"Wang Erlang wants to guard the Western Regions, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back for a year and a half."

"Your Majesty should let Wang Erlang lead the troops, when will the little Mongolian prince be destroyed."

“……”

Li Ying felt the enthusiasm of the people in the capital, and suddenly felt extremely glorious, and straightened his waist on the horse.

After entering the imperial city, Li Ying didn't need to dismount, and rode all the way to the noon gate, and the imperial city guards guided them to stand in a good position.

Suddenly, the ritual music was great.

"Hundreds of officials are served!"

The civil and military officials entered the ranks in turn and stood neatly in front of the noon gate.

"The envoy of the vassal kingdom is served!"

The envoys of the vassal kings and the envoys of the foreign vassals are arranged in the established positions in turn.

"Ascend!"

Zhu Houzhao wore regular clothes, accompanied the emperor's guard of honor, and came to the Wumen City Tower to take a seat. Today, you must wear regular clothes, and you can't wear other clothes, this rule was formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"The Great General's Pilgrimage!"

Zhang Wei, Zhu Ying, and Li Ying immediately marched forward, crossed the hundred officials and envoys, and bowed to the emperor four times.

Xielulang (Zheng Bapin official) led the military band into the venue, and the musician knelt and bowed, shouting: "The Holy Son of Heaven is above, please play triumphant music!" ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled: "Quasi! ”

"Quasi-triumphant music!"

"Quasi-triumphant music!"

The eunuchs and guards shouted one after another, conveying the emperor's will downstairs.

The Concord Lang raised the knot, and the military band played the triumphal song, in a similar form to that played by the military band of later generations.

Joy, praise and dew.

Wang Yangming, who had just become the secretary of Honglu Temple, opened his throat and shouted: "Xuan Lubu! ”

The official of the emperor's side immediately handed over Lubu to Lubu.

In film and television works, a soldier often appears, riding a horse and holding a banner high, shouting along the way: "Great victory, great victory!" "That banner is Lubu, and it has good news written on it to spread it to all directions.

The Lubu officer was served by Wang Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who came to the Lubu case and stood there quietly waiting.

Wang Yangming shouted again: "Kneel and pinch the wat!" ”

Wang Qiong quickly inserted the wat board into her waist, knelt in front of the case to accept the cloth, and then walked from the middle of the civil and military officials to the established position from north to south, and opened the cloth with the exhibition cloth officials. And announced the world: "Turpan, the feudal state of the Western Regions, invaded the seven guards of Guanxi several times...... Today, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites (who has been promoted), the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and the young Zhan Shi Wang Yuan of the Zhan Mansion, were ordered to govern Shaanxi and Gansu and pass through the Western Regions. With Hui Anbo Zhang Wei, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison Zhu Ying, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard (who has been promoted) Li Ying, he commanded 4,000 troops, ruled over all the departments, broke tens of thousands of thief troops, captured countless people, captured the enemy chieftain Mansuer, destroyed the country of Turpan in the Western Regions, expanded the territory for more than 2,000 miles, and recovered the Warat and Tatar tribes......"

Although he had known the detailed plot for a long time, hearing the Lubu document at this time still shocked the civil and military officials.

It is one thing to oppose the king of the Western Regions, and it is another thing to be excited about the destruction of the country and the expansion of the territory, and the Ming Dynasty has not had such good news for a long time.

Even Shi Jue, who was extremely tough in front of the emperor, now has to admit that Wang Yuan has indeed made amazing achievements, and he can afford to call the Ming Dynasty's Ban Chaowei Huo.

As for those envoys of the vassal kingdom, they were also frightened and firmly remembered the name Wang Yuan. They didn't know the details inside, they only listened to Lubu's nonsense, and thought that Wang Yuan really only brought 4,000 soldiers, so he directly destroyed Turpan.

It is worthy of the Heavenly Empire, a right attendant of the Ministry of Rites can easily destroy the country!

Wang Yangming shouted again: "Sacrifice the prisoner!" ”

The colonel will bring the prisoners to the prisoner sacrifice position, and the north direction will be established.

Zhang Zilin, who was recommended by Prince Liang and reactivated as the secretary of the Criminal Department, came to the noon gate and knelt down to report: "Wang Qiongyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Soldiers: the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the young Zhan Shi Wang Yuan of the Zhan Shifu, Zhang Wei of Hui'anbo, Zhu Ying, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, Li Ying, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the prisoners Sutan Mansuer, Ma Hemu, and Ha Li Ke, etc., who were sacrificed by the Turpan State in the Western Regions, please pay the division. ”

Zhu Houzhao should have said "quasi-playing" and then handed over the prisoner to the criminal department for execution. As a result, this guy didn't play his cards according to common sense, and actually said: "Wait, wait for me to go downstairs and take a look!" ”

The solemn and magnificent sacrifice of the prisoners was ruined in this way.

The civil and military officials were speechless for an instant, holding the wat board one by one, looking down at their toes.

Zhu Houzhao ran down from the city tower, tore off the gauze in Man Su'er's mouth, and asked, "Are you convinced?" ”

Man Su'er didn't understand at all, and only shouted, "Kill me quickly!" ”

Zhu Houzhao said to Li Ying: "Li Sanlang, how does this person's martial arts compare with you?" ”

Li replied: "The minister cannot be the enemy. ”

Zhu Houzhao asked again: "I heard that Erlang was singled out with this guy, so he was captured?" ”

Lee replied, "That's true." Man Suer was pursued by his ministers for half a day, and in desperation, he clamored to fight Wang Shilang alone. Although this guy was captured by Master Wang, in the second time, he hid in the belly of the horse, and Master Wang's calf was cut by him, and his riding skills and knife skills were very powerful. ”

Zhu Houzhao sighed: "You are also a brave person, as the lord of a country, but you can lead your troops to fight on the battlefield, which is also my ambition." In his words, he actually showed envy, Zhu Houzhao said to Zhang Zilin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, "They are all warriors, behead them directly, don't humiliate them anymore." ”

"Commandment." Zhang Zilin said.

Zhu Houzhao returned to the city tower, and the captives were dragged down and beheaded.

Wang Yangming shouted: "Bow! Bow! ”

The generals will prostrate.

Wang Yangming shouted again: "Xing! Bow! ”

And the people will bow their heads and bow down four times.

Wang Yangming shouted again: "Flatten, wat, dance!" ”

The congregation will stand up, tuck the wat board into their waists, and dance together in celebration.

Imagine a triumphant warrior dancing in a group, and the same dance posture has to be performed three times. This thing also originated from the Zhou ceremony, and it was only possible to dance on large occasions.

After the dance, Wang Yangming shouted again: "Kneel!" Long live the mountain! ”

The generals knelt down and shouted, "Hooray!" ”

"Again the mountain!"

"Hooray!"

"Long live the mountain call!"

"Hooray!"

Then, the generals took out the wat board from their waists and bowed to the emperor four times.

Zhang Wei, Zhu Ying, Li Ying and other generals finished their work and were guided by the ceremonial officer to leave the scene of the prisoner sacrifice.

Then there are the civil and military officials, repeating the procedure just now of the triumphant generals, and then shouting long live after dancing. The scene was even grander, hundreds of ministers danced together to celebrate, and the envoys of Fanbang were not qualified to dance along.

The Han nation is also good at singing and dancing!

(PS: Recommend "The Age of Struggle", the rebirth text of White No. 13.) ）