The Great Sacrifice.

Turn left and say that the major events of the country are in the sacrifice and Rong.

Explain the meaning that national affairs are sacrifices and wars, and yesterday we discussed the method for Goguryeo, but it was postponed for further discussion, and today I finally came to the sacrificial site.

An altar located ninety-nine miles away from Chang'an City, it is said that this altar has been there since the Qin and Han dynasties, and no one knows how many years it has been.

I saw that the marquis, civil and military officials, according to the rank of the official, stood at the bottom of the altar, all changed into sacrificial clothes, that is, the kind of long robes, solemn and strict, fortunately it is eight or nine o'clock in the morning, otherwise, it is estimated that a group of old men will fall before the sacrifice begins.

Yu Zhiqian and the rest of the princes were in the front row, Yu Zhiqian was wearing a black sacrificial robe, carrying a small crown of Tongtian, carrying grains on his shoulders, waiting for the memorial to begin.

"The auspicious time has arrived, and the ceremony has begun!"

"The auspicious time has arrived, and the ceremony has begun!"

I saw Yu Zhiqian's cheap father, Yutang, not the lord of the Yu Tang Empire, Yu Ye, holding the sacrificial manuscript in his hand with a solemn face, slowly walked up the steps, and everyone below knelt down, waiting for the emperor to read the manuscript, quite a bit of the principal's speech at the beginning of the school year.

The emperor talked about the changes in the country in the past three years, some of the achievements made, and finally told God that he had done a good job, and then enjoyed the future, and finally burned the sacrificial manuscript, with wisps of green smoke, drifting into the sky, the first step was completed.

The second step is a group of dancers who don't know what to do and think dancers come to the stage to dance, Yu Zhiqian secretly glanced at it, and felt that there was no beauty, I don't know if this kind of dance, if there is really a god, will he like it, anyway, Yu Zhiqian feels that if he is a god, he will definitely not like it, it is so ugly!

After the dance was over, the sacrifice began, and a whole sheep and various things were pulled down on the altar, and then the knife fell in hand, and it was disposed of cleanly, followed by the foreign captives who did not know where to find them, a total of nine people, lined up in a row......

After finishing this, there were envoys from the vassal kingdoms, dressed in their own clothes, kneeling under the altar, reading their own manuscripts, expressing their submission to the Yutang Empire, etc., and almost all of these foreign envoys could memorize these manuscripts, once every three years......

After all this, everyone became nervous, and the most important step came, the emperor began to report everyone's merits, which is related to the future of the nobles and ministers, if they are pushed to the end at this time, there is basically no possibility of turning over.

"Prince Zhiqian, gentle and elegant, sensitive and studious......"

After listening to the content about himself, Yu Zhiqian was a little confused, did he have such a good message in the sacrificial text? Are you so good? Why don't you know?

"King Qing...... Therefore, it was degraded to the common people......"

"King Lu...... Therefore, it was degraded to the common people......"

Yu Zhiqian was stunned for a moment, the eighth prince was demoted to a commoner, and the fifth prince was demoted to a commoner, Yu Zhiqian didn't listen carefully to the next words, but he just felt that the two princes were simply demoted to commoners, it was really child's play!

The group of ministers in the back, whose names were read, looked terrified, and when the emperor said his evaluation, it was not bad, knelt on the ground, breathed a long sigh of relief, and some secretly wiped the sweat from their foreheads.

And some of them, after being read by name and defined as guilty, kowtowed three times and lay on the ground without saying a word, waiting for the end of the sacrifice to be dragged away by the forbidden army.

“……”

The whole sacrifice lasted for about two hours, and finally the emperor finished reading the long manuscript and burned it with his hands, even if it was over, the person who was convicted in this way, resigned, and went to the knighthood would not have any possibility of turning the tables, after all, it had been told to heaven and the ancestors.

After the sacrifice ended, Yu Zhiqian, who had been tortured for three days, rushed directly into the carriage non-stop, found a comfortable position and lay down directly.

In the past three days, as a coachman, riding a tricycle in the ancient land, working as a cook, cooking for the emperor and Cheng Yanjin's group of ministers, all of them are rice buckets, and a few people have eaten dozens of people's meals, Yu Zhiqian finally understands why his buffet is losing money, and it is so special that he can eat it!

In addition, he also has to be a daddy, there were originally seven little milk dogs to raise, but then he injured one, and the remaining six have to be fed every day, and from time to time he has to make a fuss by himself, Yu Zhiqian feels that if he doesn't go back, he will really be tired to death.

Finally able to take a break, Yu Zhiqian lay comfortably on the carriage, looking at the luxurious decoration, looking at the soft collapse, is it uncomfortable? Why did the ancients torture themselves?

Yu Zhiqian looked at the carriage, thinking about how much the contents could be worth, if he didn't have money, would this car be able to make an emergency, anyway, it was the emperor's own car, and it was a big deal to ask for another one after selling it.

"Your Highness!"

When Yu Zhiqian opened his eyes, he saw Wu Sangui's peerless face, staring at Yu Zhiqian with a smile, which made people have the urge to smash it with a fist.

"Grandpa Wu!"

"Your Majesty, please!"

Yu Zhiqian nodded, and reluctantly got up from the soft collapse, Yu Zhiqian looked at Wu Sangui, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Gonggong Wu, I always have a question I want to ask you, do you know Chen Yuanyuan?" ”

Hearing Yu Zhiqian's question, Wu Sangui's shoulders twitched suddenly, and then he said with a reluctant smile on his face: "I don't know where His Highness knew about Chen Yuanyuan?" ”

"Uh, I heard it by accident!"

Wu Sangui let out a long sigh: "That's the old slave's lost youth!" ”

“……”

At this moment, Yu Zhiqian felt that this Wu Sangui was also a person with a story.

"Father!"

After the memorial service, the emperor met a few more ministers, and now they are eating grapes in the car, and there are two palace maids fanning the wind beside him, where did the palace maids come from? A few of the people who danced just now.

"Well, here we are!"

"It's coming!"

Yu Zhiqian didn't know what his father was looking for him, so he could only kneel obediently, lest his father suddenly kneel down and startle himself.

"Do you know what I called here for?"

Yu Zhiqian shook his head, how do you know if he is a roundworm in his stomach......

"Do you know why King Qing and King Lu were demoted to commoners?"

Yu Zhiqian thought for a while: "Is it because of the drug problem before?" ”

Yu Zhiqian's father smiled, and then Jing Ke, who didn't know where to come out, handed over some paper, Yu Zhiqian glanced at it, and couldn't help but grow his mouth: "Father, since it was found out that it was made by King Lu, why did Uncle Eight ......?"

"Guess?"

The emperor threw a grape into his mouth, and then slowly spoke: "Guess! ”

"Father's ......"

The emperor wiped his hands, waved his hand gently, poured himself a glass of wine, and then slowly spoke: "Do you know, the eighth is my favorite younger brother, when we were still the princes, the eighth followed me every day, just like the current seventh and you!" ”

"The eighth child screamed every day, big brother, big brother, what is delicious, fun, and then I did something wrong, punished me, locked me in the palace, it was the eighth child who secretly drilled the dog hole every day, sent me food, and sent me ...... drink"

"Old Eight ......"

Yu Ye fell into the memory, and the tears began to flow out slowly, and finally wiped the tears and let out a long sigh: "Prince, why do you think I want to demote King Qing to a commoner now!" ”

Yu Zhiqian lowered his head, not knowing how to speak, he didn't expect that there were so many stories between his father and King Qing.

"Then why did my father?"

"......" Yu Ye let out a long sigh and stared at Yu Zhiqian: "You want to be the king of freedom?" ”

"Ah, Father, I ......"

Yu Zhiqian didn't know what to say, so he could only lower his head and admit it.

"But you know that from ancient times to the present, there has never been a King of Care, if you don't inherit my position, do you think that the rest of your brothers will ascend the throne, can you be a good King?"

Yu Zhiqian lowered his head and didn't speak, Yu Ye slowly spoke: "You are now the crown prince, you took the initiative to let it down, yes, as long as the prince who doesn't have too much hatred with you ascends the throne, for the sake of fame, I won't move you!" ”

"But do you think someone else will let you go when they come to the throne? King Qing is a lesson I have taught you, go down! ”

"Son's resignation!"

Yu Zhiqian quickly left the emperor's car, what the emperor said Yu Zhiqian roughly understood, and was a little frightened and felt a chill behind his back, his father was really ...... In order to teach himself a lesson, he actually demoted the eighth prince, his favorite royal brother, to a commoner!

"Hey, throne, let it be!"

Yu Zhiqian shook his head, and he was already worried in his heart, if Lao Qi ascended the throne in the future, although he was his own brother, but if it was for the sake of ......

I didn't dare to think about it, it was too terrible, Yu Zhiqian threw this thought behind him.

After the ceremony, everyone began to return, the speed of the return journey was much faster than when they came, almost everyone got into the carriage, returned to Chang'an City, at sunset, the city wall of Chang'an City was already faintly visible, three days of travel, Yu Zhiqian saw a lot of things, the unscrupulous means of survival of the noble family, and the emperor in order to educate the prince showed......

"His Royal Highness the Prince, don't forget that there are still five days before the end of the gambling contract, my old Cheng will go to prepare a dowry for his daughter, this is the eldest son of the old man, Cheng Chumo, you will be close to each other in the future!"

Cheng Chumo and Cheng Yanjin have a lot of similarities, with a beard and big eyes, they look a little dumbfounded, and after seeing Yu Zhiqian, they smiled honestly: "His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Without waiting for Yu Zhiqian to speak, Cheng Yanjin quickly patted the horse away, and Yu Zhiqian could only look at the gambling contract in his hand and silently stuffed it back into his arms.

"Father, did the prince agree to marry my sister?"

At this time, Cheng Chumo couldn't see the stupid appearance at all, his eyes were scurrying around, and he was shining.

"I didn't agree, but the bet contract is in his hands, no matter if you win or lose, your sister will marry her, in front of the emperor, the prince will not regret it!"

"Great!"

Cheng Chumo almost jumped off the horse excitedly, and finally, he could finally get out of the sea of suffering! As soon as he thought of his sister, Cheng Chumo hit a chill, it was terrible, thinking that he was also a brave champion of the three armies, he couldn't beat his old sister, it was too embarrassing to say it!

"What's good, it's cheap!"

After Cheng Yanjin glared at Cheng Chumo, he chased the emperor's car and continued to escort him.

The emperor left for three days, there was no change in Chang'an City, the capital is the same as this country, very stable, but mahjong has quietly risen in this city, and many people who have taken over are a little reluctant.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

"It's finally here!"

"Hey, if I don't come again, I'm going home to play mahjong!"

"Do you have mahjong at home? Lack of people? ”

"My family is missing one ...... three here"

Mahjong spreads much faster than Yu Zhiqian expected, and now the slightly richer people in Chang'an City know about this thing, and some of them have already bought it, but it is not Prince brand mahjong.

When Yu Zhiqian returned to the mansion, a steward ran over: "Your Highness, it's a big deal, Chang'an City is full of sellers of mahjong!" ”

"How are we selling?"

"No, they say that our mahjong is too expensive, we sell fifty taels of one, and others sell three taels ......"

"Aren't there some ministers, the noble family to buy mahjong?"

"No, there is still a backlog of mahjong in the palace!"

"No, this script is wrong!"

According to Yu Zhiqian's assumption, his mahjong should be sold out of stock, and the mahjong produced in the East Palace should also be popular at the door of the East Palace, isn't it right that rich people only buy expensive ones, not the right ones? How to get here, no one wants to sell it if it's a little more expensive!

"Your Highness, what should I do? These mahjong games are made of fine nanmu......"

"I want to think about it, don't worry, let the craftsmen rest for two days first!"

Yu Zhiqian waved his hand, mahjong is a big entry in the East Palace, and it is impossible to discard it so easily, but there is no patent law in this era, and piracy cannot be cracked down, and piracy is rampant in later generations, not to mention ancient times!

"Your Highness, why don't we lower the price?"

Shen Wansan said in a low voice in the spirit of the lord's worries.

Yu Zhiqian glanced at this guy, and now Yu Zhiqian finally understands that his own Shen Wansan and Shen Wansan, who has a cornucopia in history, are completely two people, not to mention making money with this product, there is no idea that does not lose money!

"It's impossible to reduce the price!"

Yu Zhiqian shook his head, price reduction? How is it possible, doesn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to lose face? How much money is set, and you must not go back on your word!

"Wan San!"

"In!"

"Then you make an announcement in the store, June 6th big promotion, Donggong mahjong discount, the original price of one hundred taels is now only fifty taels, and by the way, send a copy of the prince's autograph!"

“…… Your Highness, isn't our original price fifty taels? ”

"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense! I call it promotion, this is called discount, you know! The discount is unprecedentedly strong, five percent off, and I also sent the palace to autograph, by the way, the number is limited, first come, first served, let Lu Bu copy a hundred copies of these words and post them! ”

"Your Highness, Lu Bu has gone to pick up his parents and sister!"

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