Chapter 557: Sacrifice to the Heavens

There is righteousness in the sky, and there are mountains in the earth.

This is the ancients' perception of nature, the Tangut people thought that they were blessed by the heavens after repelling the Liao Dynasty's conquest, otherwise how could there be a kamikaze to help them defeat the Liao?

The belief in ghosts and gods is the primitive worship of people, and Tuoba documents are no exception, looking at the miraculous scene, and then looking at the people of the Great Song Dynasty who knelt on the ground and chanted words around him, for a while he began to suspect that the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was blessed by the gods.

At this time, not only did he think so, but the people of the Great Song Dynasty were also trembling with excitement after seeing this wonder, this is a miracle! This is Heaven answering the prayers of the people of Tokyo! Many of them were numb and trembling as they bowed down to the thickest golden rays of the palace.

Ghosts and gods are something to believe in, but they can't explain the strange scene in front of them, so it will naturally come down to the ubiquitous supreme god of heaven, since ancient times, the Chinese people have regarded God as the head of all immortals...... Sometimes it's even above the Jade Emperor, but if you want to ask God who it is, no one can say clearly.

The palace was even more chaotic, Wang Yuyan and Yang Caiwei jumped up like rabbits in an instant after seeing this strange scene, ignoring the rings on their bodies, and went straight to Zishantang, because the prince, the prince, and the princess were all studying there!

And at this moment, there is such a vision, as the heirs of the emperor, they must pray for the emperor, and even accept the courtiers' worship!

The golden light shines directly into the forbidden middle of the imperial city, and the meaning is so obvious that even if no one says or explains, who doesn't know what it means?

This is God proving that the Great Song Dynasty is the orthodoxy of China, this is God proving that the Great Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition to Yanyun is correct, and this is God proving that the official family is a virtuous king! Anyway, this is the favor of God, and no one can say anything out of place.

Ling'er looked at the pillar of light in the sky and kept urging his younger brothers: "Brother Xu, Brother Yun, hurry up!" If this cloud is blown away by the wind, there will be no wonder left! ”

The two younger brothers looked at her with wide eyes and said, "Sister, how do you know?!" ”

Ling'er raised her head proudly and said: "Hmph, naturally my father told me, this strange scene in front of me is actually revealed by the sunlight through the clouds, our forbidden middle school just happens to be under the thickest sunshine, once the wind rises, the clouds have changed This wonder will not be seen!" ”

Syllable......

A violent slam smashed on Ling'er's head, the little girl's eyes were instantly full of tears, and Wang Yuyan and Yang Caiwei on the side looked at her angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about!" Don't dare to talk nonsense at this time...... Your father was on the battlefield! ”

Ling'er stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Ling'er understands this truth, and naturally she will do it in front of the foreign ministers and daughters, but the father's way of learning things is to make people pursue the truth of the origin of things!" Ling'er doesn't want her two younger brothers to become fools......"

Yang Caiwei rolled her eyes helplessly: "You girl, you are smart, you are the best, even if you advocate Gewu like your father, I don't know who will dare to marry you back in the future." ”

Wang Yuyan laughed angrily at Ling'er's words, took her little hand and said, "It's not good for a little girl to be too smart." ”

"The father said that he just likes the intelligence of the eldest lady, Ling'er thinks that it is not a bad thing for women to be smart, but it will make men work harder! For example, the boy of the Cai family, if he doesn't have the ability, he might as well be me! ”

Wang Yuyan and Yang Caiwei looked at each other and were angry, this little girl is getting smarter and smarter, and the boy of the Cai family is afraid that she will really not be worthy of her in the future......

The whole city of Tokyo was shrouded in black clouds, except for the Imperial City, which had several golden rays of sunlight shining on it, and the forbidden city was even illuminated by a thick sunlight, as if it was a window specially left by God.

Now the people of the whole city are flocking to the imperial city, they don't know what this spectacle in front of them represents, but the only thing they know is that this is the instruction of heaven, and the will of heaven cannot be violated! The Great Song Dynasty is now in full swing under the leadership of the official family, is this a praise from God?

Sancai has been prepared on the Temple of Heaven to sacrifice to the heavens, as the saying goes, the hill worships the sky, the square hill sacrifices to the earth, the place of the Great Song Dynasty is outside the city of Tokyo, today's vision is the gift of God to the Emperor Song Tianjia, the emperor is not in the palace, can only let the prince of the prison lead the queen and others to sacrifice to the sky to show gratitude.

That's right, the prince took the queen and other harem nobles, and women can't participate in the sacrifice, especially such a heavy thing as sacrificing to the sky, but there is no way, the official family has not returned so far, so he can only reluctantly let the queen participate, so the Zhongshu Province and the Ministry of Rites quarreled.

Sancai shook his head helplessly, the emperor and queen are already husband and wife, why can't the emperor drive the queen to participate in the sacrifice to the sky? Anyway, it's not her hosting.

Sancai was just thinking that the time was almost up, when he heard a rumbling footsteps, and when he looked up, he was stunned, my heavenly grandfather! How many people are coming to the festival this time?!

The three sects and nine streams of the city of Tokyo came, and the nearby peasants, officials at all levels, scholars, merchants, and ordinary people all rushed to the Temple of Heaven around the royal family of the Heavenly Family.

Heaven is not a casual sacrifice, this is the most solemn and solemn sacrifice ceremony of the Chinese nation, the sacrifice to the sky can be said to have originated in ancient times, popularly speaking, it is a dialogue between man and the sky.

Of course, the ritual of worshipping the heavens is usually presided over by the "Son of Heaven". Through the worship of the heavens, people express their gratitude for the nourishment and nourishment of all things, and pray for the emperor to bless the people of China.

Since ancient times, there has been the belief of "respecting heaven and ancestors", in the eyes of the Chinese ancestors, heaven and earth feed all beings, is the highest god, and the personification of this supreme god is Haotian God!

At the same time, he is also the highest belief in Confucianism...... Confucius respected the Zhou ceremony, and Confucianism naturally regarded the words of this sage as a golden rule, and the great gift of sacrificing to the heavens should naturally be taken the highest value, from the royal family to the common people, all dressed in the most solemn clothes that could be found.

In order to take care of the people, the queen selected ninety-nine people from the people who came to watch the ceremony as worshippers, among these people, there are wealthy families and small people, but they are undoubtedly not officials, everyone knows that this is what the royal family does to take care of the people, and they all sigh at the mercy of the heavenly family.

The young prince walked in the front, wearing a large coat, a gown with sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons and other ornamental patterns, wearing a crown with twelve crowns hanging from the front and back, a large gyu in his waist, holding a town gyu, facing the west and standing on the southeast side of the mound.

He was followed by a group of forbidden nobles, Wang Yuyan, as the queen, was naturally the first person except for the crown prince, and then Yang Caiwei and other relatives.

The royal people were followed by the hundred officials led by Pang Ji, who were an important part of the sacrifice to the heavens.

Ding Wei, Lu Yijian, Lu Zongdao, and others followed behind him, this time even Cai Boyu came, he received the queen's order, be sure to let him participate, after all, it is the concubine of the Great Song Dynasty If he does not come, there will be something missing.

Cai Boyu, who was already making up the number, pulled Yan Shu's sleeve and said, "Is it necessary for us to participate in the sacrifice to the sky?" The official family is still waiting for me to go to Yanyun! ”

Yan Shu frowned and explained: "I usually tell you to read more books, but you don't understand this?" "Zhou Li" records that the Duke of Zhou counseled him to become a king, and the law was laid down for future generations, with the deepest intentions, and the relatives of the family sacrificed in the temple, the inner god also, so it was called internal affairs; The suburban societies and mountains and rivers belong to the gods of the world and a country, and they are all external gods, so they are called foreign affairs. Nowadays, the sacrifice to heaven is to pray to the heavens. It's a grand event of the Great Song Dynasty! ”