The Temple of Heaven is located in the south of the capital, on the east side of Yongdingmen Inner Street in Dongcheng District.

Early in the morning, Zhu Youxiao got up early, bathed and changed clothes, and came here accompanied by the ministers of civil and military affairs.

The emperor personally recruited, so he naturally wanted to please a good fortune.

Then, it is inevitable to worship the heavens.

To be honest, since experiencing the rebirth of the crossing and having the golden finger, Zhu Youxiao is already a staunch theist.

In fact, the dispute between gods and gods is not important.

Even the earth in the 21st century in the previous life was just a speck of dust in the universe.

It can be said that the understanding of all things in the universe has just begun.

Theoretically, any galaxy has a great probability of having one or several living planets.

In the vast universe, it is impossible for life to occur only in the solar system where the earth is located.

With sunlight, water, and the right distance between planets and stars, life is bound to arise.

Then, among those countless star systems, there may be cultivation civilizations, and technological civilizations may also exceed people's imagination.

How can you be sure that there are no immortals in this boundless universe? Don't have a tech ship capable of space jumping?

Therefore, reverence for the universe and reverence for the heavens is the spiritual sustenance of people.

Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has had the belief of "respecting heaven and ancestors".

In the Qianqing Palace of the Imperial City, in the bright room, the four big characters of "Respecting Heaven and Ancestor" are hung high.

In the hearts of the Chinese ancestors, heaven and earth nourish all living beings and are the supreme gods.

The common name of heaven is "Haotian God" (also known as "Huangtian God", and the opposite earth is "Houtu").

Sacrificing to heaven is the most solemn and solemn sacrificial ceremony of the Chinese nation, which originated in ancient times and is a form of "communication" between man and heaven.

The ceremony is usually presided over by the emperor, and the worship of the heavens is used to express people's gratitude for the selfless nourishment of mankind and the nourishment of all things, and to pray for the emperor to bless the people of China.

After Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital to Beijing, he built a large hall in the south of Zhengyangmen according to the regulations of Nanjing, and built it in the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420), and enshrined heaven and earth.

In the ninth year of Jiajing (1530), Emperor Sejong changed the system of heaven and earth and built another mound in the south of the main shrine.

When the emperor of the Ming Dynasty sacrificed to the sky, he also took off his shoes to show his piety.

At this point, the festival has developed to its most perfect period.

The auspicious time has arrived, under the leadership of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Youxiao changed his sacrificial clothes from the southeast side of the Zhaoxiang Gate, entered the mound altar from the left door, and then went to the middle platform to worship......

At the end of the huge worship ceremony, it was almost noon.

Zhu Youxiao returned to the palace, had lunch, talked with the queen for a while, and began the final preparations before the expedition.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and other generals, as well as Li Dingguo, Hao Shaoqi, and Hong'er, several generals of the Guards, came to the imperial city to greet them.

Empress Zhang Yan, with some red eyes, led several concubines and a team of female officials to send Emperor Zhu Youxiao to the noon gate.

"Yan'er, don't worry, I will definitely return victorious."

Bidding farewell to the queen, Zhu Youxiao was dressed in golden scale armor, wearing a bright red cloak, an armed belt around his waist, wearing two three-eyed eyes and a Xuantie divine sword, and flew majestically to the back of the snow-stepping horse waiting on the side.

"Let's go!"

With a wave of his hand, he took the lead and led the generals along East Chang'an Avenue towards the Guangqu Gate in the east.

Because the scale of the expedition was too large, and there were many carriages and horses, this expedition, all the soldiers gathered on the super official road outside the Guangqu Gate, lined up, so as not to be unable to perform.

Under the silent watchful eyes of the people along the way, Zhu Youxiao led the team of generals and officers and quickly went out of Guangqumen.

Here, Yan Yingyuan, the Prime Minister of the Empire, had been waiting for a long time with the ministers of civil and military affairs who had stayed behind.

"Your Majesty! Everyone, please fill this cup. ”

Yan Yingyuan took a step forward, and the two entourages behind him, one holding the tray where the wine glasses and wine jugs were placed, and the other holding the wine jug, filling the wine glasses in the large tray with wine, he handed the wine glasses to Zhu Youxiao and the generals one by one.

"Drink to win!" ……

Everyone shouted in unison, raised their heads, and drank the wine from the glass!

Subsequently, under the attention of Yan Yingyuan and other left-behind officials, Zhu Youxiao was not verbose, and waved his big hand forward fiercely, "Go on the expedition!" ”

With the emperor's order, Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Zongmin immediately marched with the Blue Dragon Legion and the White Tiger Legion as the front army.

Zhu Youxiao personally led the Boy Guards and the Qilin Army led by Wang Qinian, plus 60,000 logistics soldiers, with Sun Chuanting as the commander of the expeditionary force, as the center of the Chinese army.

Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew led the Vermilion Bird Legion and the Xuanwu Legion.

All kinds of military flags were displayed, and the sound of carriages and horses rumbled.

The vast contingent of 450,000 field troops, 30,000 guards scouts, 60,000 logistics troops, and several thousand new-style four-wheeled carriages spread for more than ten miles and began to move neatly towards the front.

The north wind was cold, and each legion first raised the royal golden dragon flag with the sun and moon, and then the various military flags representing their own legions.

Dense flags of all colors, waving in the wind, hunting!

The Green Dragon Flag, the White Tiger Flag, the Vermilion Bird Flag, the Xuanwu Flag, the Qilin Flag, and the Seven Killing Flags of the Guards Scouts, thousands of large and small flags, all the way high, look majestic!

These large and small battle flags were designed by the emperor himself, supervised by the empress, and made by the craftsmen of the imperial military equipment department.

Because Zhu Youxiao opened his mind, the designs of various military flags were very novel and chic, and they were majestic.

For example, the royal golden dragon flag, with a bright red base, on one side is a five-clawed golden dragon with the sun and moon in its mouth, soaring clouds and mist, and on the other side is a black and shiny "Ming" character, which makes people look up unconsciously.

The lifelike battle flags of the five gods and beasts of all colors are vivid, vivid, and also the big red is the base, one side is the pattern of the five gods, and the other side is a big "Ming" word.

Only the Seven Kills Battle Flag is a little special, it is based on black, with the Big Dipper Seven Stars pattern on both sides, and a big blood-colored character in the middle: "Kill"!

The visual effect of 500,000 troops dressed in black clothes and black armor marching at the same time is extremely shocking.

What's more, these soldiers are so neat, there are 8,000 light armored cavalry shouting back and forth, and there are even four-wheeled carriages with swarthy cannons......

The army is everywhere, and the evil retreats!

The current soldiers are walking with their chests up and walking together, and they are very emotional.

It's so majestic!

Such a mighty and majestic army, an ordinary enemy, let alone coming to fight, is probably scared to death.

The soldiers straightened their chests more and more, and even the sound of footsteps gradually became uniform.