Chapter 320: Death

"Zhou Li? Moon Order": "Unearthed cattle to send cold." ”

On the day of the beginning of spring, the prefecture and the farmers whip the native cattle, symbolizing the beginning of spring ploughing, in order to show good omen and encourage farming.

Agriculture is the foundation of all industries, spring is the first year old, this "spring" ceremony, especially after the official promulgation of the "Tu Niu Jing", can be more and more grand.

On the day after the winter solstice festival, it is necessary to use mulberry wood as a skeleton to take soil and shape it into a native cow, and stand outside the county government.

The production of spring cattle is very particular, the body length of spring cattle is three feet six inches five, symbolizing three hundred and sixty-five days a year;

The oxtail is 1 foot 2 inches long, symbolizing the 12 months of the year;

The four hooves symbolize the four seasons;

The wicker symbolizes spring; The whip is 2 feet 4 inches long, representing the 24 solar terms.

The day before the beginning of spring, on the outskirts of Kuizhou, an altar was erected, called "Xiannong Altar".

Early in the morning, the officials had to take a shower, wear plain clothes, and walk in front of them.

Four men carry the clay sculpture of the spring ox as a symbol, and the magistrate county sends an official to serve as the "spring official", holding a colorful willow whip in his hand, imitating the action of driving the cow all the way, and driving the spring ox to the Xiannong altar for sacrifice.

Men, women and children from all over the world should rush to the Xiannong altar with spring cattle, sing Yangyang songs, and pray for a good year.

In addition to the meaning of exhorting and exhorting agriculture and encouraging spring ploughing, it is also a form of celebrating the New Year and gathering and partying.

The next day, the spring cow was driven back to the county government, and the wine and fruit were set up in the lobby to be worshipped.

On the left and right sides in front of the county office, the people bought and sold small spring cattle made of mud and gave them to each other.

It is still a spring market here, and Su You has also made a large gathering of 10,000 surnames according to the number of roads in Meishan Silkworm Market, buying and selling farm tools, exchanging silkworm seeds, and planting seedlings and rapeseeds.

The women who choose vegetable seedlings and silkworm seeds wear cut spring swallows and spring butterflies as ornaments on their heads, which is called "Dai Chun".

Spring rolls and spring cakes are also sold in the market. Everyone buys and tastes, which is called "biting spring".

There is a bamboo tube standing in front of the county office, guarded by the officials, and officials observing from the side.

The bamboo tube is filled with chicken fluff, and according to the calendar, the yang energy rises again at the beginning of spring.

The newly arrived Fengjie Zhixian guarded the bamboo tube and waited, and when the fluff gently floated upwards and gently floated out of the bamboo tube, it meant that the time for the beginning of spring had arrived.

Immediately the gongs and drums were sounded, and the men carried the spring oxen out from the county yamen and smashed them in front of the yamen.

Men, women and children are scrambling to grab the mud from the spring cows, and it is said that if the mud is taken back and scattered in the family's field, it will bless this year's rice and wheat harvest.

In addition to the formal occasion of the county government, each township and village also has its own ceremony.

There are still spring oxen hunting, but this ritual is performed by farmers who play the role of "Gomang God", indicating that the will of the gods awakens the ploughing cattle that are idle in winter and prepares for farming.

The child whipped the earth cow, and the learning weng hit the spring first.

The yellow hooves of the ox are white and the horns are white, and the shepherd boy is green and green.

The soil veins should be rained and ointment, not as happy as today.

The child is not hungry when he hears the year, and the cow is not fat when he hears the year.

The ears of wheat are the brooms of the clouds, and the rice is also full of pearls.

The fields are plowed but the mountains are ploughed, when will the cattle be idle from now on?

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This year's Kuizhou will achieve "ploughing the fields but plowing the mountains" ahead of schedule.

In the first year of the large-scale popularization of rice fields, Su You made a demonstration in Liangjia Zhuangzi.

Tanhualang's assurance, coupled with the divine blessing of a set of "Southwest Agricultural Books" and the temptation of rice seeds with a yield of 400 catties per mu, as well as the instigation of his own son, Liang Laowai said that he could do it for a year to see the effect.

What we need to do today is to nourish the fields and pick up mud and dung.

The thick chicken manure under the citrus trees and the cow dung from the cattle pens should be picked out, one is to clean the corrals and poultry pens, and the other is to prepare compost.

After a winter, there will be small gaps in the field, and you need to go down to the field to explore with your feet, and then fill it with your feet in the thin mud to prevent water leakage.

After that, it is necessary to apply the field ridge, dig out the mud in the field, and apply a thick layer to the inside of the field.

The next thing is to sort out the farm tools, Su You took advantage of this time to dig a pig manure pit for the Liang family, repair a pigsty, build a chicken shed, and implement captivity.

The pig baby is a gelding pig cub in Kelong, and after the effect comes out, Su You is ready to make this place a seedling base in Kuizhou.

Another thing that can be done is to cut the branches of the citrus tree horizontally with a knife, remove a circle of skin, and then wrap it in soil mixed with grass ash, tie it with straw, and after the spring it will grow roots, cut it and plant it in the ground, and it will become a new citrus tree.

Liang Yuanwai was skeptical in his heart, if there is really such a way, then why are citrus trees still not all over the world?

Su You laughed, there is a promotion process for everything. Today's Kelongli, Shijiabao, Lingjing, citrus, tea trees, dipterocarpus in these places, aren't they everywhere?

After these things are done, it is time to distribute rice seeds on the kang stove in a blink of an eye, carefully level the seedling bed in the field, and prepare to cultivate rice seedlings.

On this day, Sun Xiu hurriedly came to Liang Yuanwaizhuang, wearing filial piety clothes and holding the newspaper, and cried when he saw Su You.

The official family is dead!

At the beginning of the year, the official family was still in good health, and on the eve of the New Year, he also went to Longtu and Tianzhang Pavilion to summon auxiliary ministers, close attendants, deputy envoys of the three divisions, Taiwan officials, princes, clansmen, horse captains, and chief military officers to watch the imperial books of the ancestors together.

After that, Baowen Pavilion wrote the Feibai Book, distributed it to the ministers, and made a "Book Viewing Poem", so that the ministers could be harmonious.

Finally, a banquet was held in the Jade Palace, and the edict scholar Wang Qi wrote a preface to the poem, and published the stone in the pavilion.

Gengzi day, we will meet again in Tianzhang Pavilion, watch Ruiwu, re-feast in the Jade Palace, and pour the ministers' wine: "The world has been quiet for a long time, today's joy, with the Qing and others, it is advisable to get drunk." ”

During the banquet, everyone was rewarded with forbidden flowers, gold plates, and incense, and Han Qi was called to the royal couch and given a piece of wine alone. poured a group of ministers into a staggered manner, and gave up at dusk.

At both banquets, the prince Zhao Shu participated.

However, in the eighth year of Jiayou, it seems that Lord Ke, when February arrived, a succession of important ministers died.

The first is the field situation of the young master of the crown prince.

The old man has served in the privy council for a long time, is familiar with the border affairs of Western Xia, and is a versatile civil and military talent. A lifetime of learning from Guangtai, hoarding fields, and eliminating redundant troops; Ce Yuanhao paid the money, returned the encroachment, did not add the New Year's coin, and entered the green salt; Credits for the victims...... The list goes on.

In the battle of Baozhou, this duke had killed hundreds of soldiers, and the court was resolute, and then it was greatly used. But he died childless.

In March, the crown prince died in Shipang.

Pang Taishi, the general of the Yang family, is a standard legalist person, who governs the people with love and generosity, and governs the army with deep law.

And those who committed crimes in the army were cut off or flogged to death. It is not without reason that he was hacked out of the story.

In the same month, Li Zhaoliang, the envoy of the Zhaode Army Festival and the secretary of Tongping Zhang, passed away.

This is an approachable old man, who is well-versed in recent affairs, sensitive, and good at commissioning officials, and has never made a mistake in several feudal towns in his life. But his wife died early, the three concubines in the family made a fuss, and the old man was shrewd and capable all his life, so he had no choice.

The death of several important ministers, the official family could not participate, because he also began to get sick.

He once fell into a deep coma and woke up again, saying that he was lost in a dream, and later met three people, named General Tang, General Ge, and General Zhou, who escorted him back.

So he built the palace view, and sealed the immortal hidden shadow Tang General said Daohua Zhenjun, Shangling Feixing Ge General said to protect Zheng Zhenjun, and the direct envoy Fei Zhenzhou General said Dingzhi Zhenjun.

He also named the god Ying Hou Bian Que as the god Ying Gong.

This year, there is a big competition, in March Jiazi, the official family supported the sick body and held a palace examination.

Yi Chou, the Eucharist recovered, and the Zaichen congratulated him on the door of the East.

On the day of Xin Wei, the official family's diet and daily life were quite peaceful, but when it was time to rest in the evening, he suddenly sat up, anxious to ask for medicine, and asked someone to summon the queen.

When Empress Cao arrived, the official could only point to his chest, and he was speechless.

The queen hurriedly summoned the medical officer to see her, administered medicine, and burned the wormwood, but it was too late.

In the night, it collapsed. Left and right want to open the palace gate and let the auxiliary ministers enter the palace.

Empress Cao was in danger and decisive: "How can the palace door be opened at night!" Secret Ministers, Tomorrow Dawn is forbidden! ”

The medical officer had already left the palace, re-summoned him, and kept him on guard.

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Su You closed his eyes. His dealings with the old man were once on the palace exam, once after the title, once at the Jinmingchi Garden Party, and once at the Third Division.

There was not much contact, but the old man was kind to him, and he remembered.

Through the empress, the magistrate was instructed to take care of herself.

Forcefully overcame public opinion and selected him as Tanhua.

Qu Yi replied to protect him, so that he did not fall into the mud in the capital, but had to be released.

The rapid pacification of the incident in the Longchang period may also have the meaning of Zhao Zhen.

This is a restrained and gentle emperor, in terms of character, rare among emperors.

But as a national leader, especially a national leader in times of crisis, this character also has his fatal flaws.

However, Su You would rather work under this kind of emperor than go to Liu Bang, Li Shimin, and Zhu Yuanzhang to find abuse.