"PS: I'm sorry, I was reminded by a book friend, I learned that I made a mistake in calculating the area of "Suwangfu", and I mistakenly recorded the 100x100 unit as acres. So, it should be two hectares, or thirty acres, in today's terms, 20,000 square meters, I'm sorry."

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Different from the unfathomable ghosts and gods of the Chu State, the Wei people respected "heaven and earth" more, and in the customs of Wei, there was also a common saying that "heaven and earth are the father and mother of the earth", which obviously regarded "heaven and earth" as the supreme deity that nurtured all beings.

In order to show respect and awe to these two supreme priests and goddesses, since the early days of the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, a special building was built in the southern suburbs and the northern suburbs respectively, which were "Yuanqiu" and "Fangqiu".

Among them, the mound in the southern suburbs worships the sky, and the square mound sacrifice ground in the northern suburbs, which alludes to the contemporary people's cognitive concept of "the sky is round and the place is round".

And in the past few days, Zhao Hongrun and others have said that they are actually referring to the "worship of heaven" part of the "worship heaven and earth" ceremony.

The venue of the worship of heaven is in the southern suburbs of Daliang.

Circle, round also.

Therefore, to put it bluntly, the mound is a circular high platform, also known as the "Temple of Heaven", which is a place dedicated to presiding over the ritual of worshiping the heavens.

Don't look at the number of times this Temple of Heaven is not used, but because of its special status, not only the Ministry of Industry renovates this building every year, but the Ministry of Rites will also send troops to garrison it to prevent people from coming to cause trouble and damage.

It is no exaggeration to say that unless it is a ceremony to worship the heavens, the Wei people will not easily approach this place, so as not to disturb the 'Heavenly Father'.

This is also true for the "Fangqiu" in the northern suburbs, but I will not repeat it here.

On April 15 of the 17th year of Hongde, the army originally stationed here. According to tradition, the Praetorian Guard and the honor guard of the Ministry of Rites will take over, and the latter two armies will take over this special day of worship.

The former is responsible for policing, as for the latter. It is said that it is an honor guard under the deployment of the ceremony, which goes without saying.

In the early morning of the same day, Wei Tianzi and hundreds of officials from the court gathered in the south of the city, and then walked to the Temple of Heaven.

Yes, on foot.

On this day, even if it is as noble as Wei Tianzi, he must respectfully walk to the Temple of Heaven and not take the imperial chariot to show respect and awe for the Heavenly Father. and the importance of the ritual of worshipping the heavens.

And in this large team that walked from the south gate of Daliang to the Temple of Heaven, it naturally included Zhao Hongrun.

"Hongrun, you don't look very good."

Beside Zhao Hongrun, Yongwang Hongyu looked at the eighth brother with bloodshot eyes in wonder, quite puzzled.

After all, in his opinion, this eighth brother is not the kind of person who will be affected by today's heavenly sacrifice ceremony.

Sure enough, Zhao Hongrun's helpless whispered explanation made Yongwang Hongyu suddenly realize. There are also some who can't cry or laugh.

"Yesterday, my father rewarded me with a mansion, and I was so excited. I didn't sleep all night. ”

Fighting with spirit, Zhao Hongrun whispered.

"That's a ......."

Yongwang Hongyu shook his head with a wry smile, and then said in a low voice: "Brother Wei heard about it, it's a house in Qingping Lane, Zhengyang North Street, right?" …… Well, that mansion is a little old, but the scale is not inferior to that of a brother's palace. Go back and ask the Ministry of Industry to repair and reorganize. ”

"Lord Meng Kui, the left waiter, started construction yesterday." Zhao Hongrun said.

"So fast?"

Yongwang Hongyu was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled with relief: "I forgot for my brother, the relationship between the Ministry of Industry and you is very good." …… There is an approval document about your Su Wangfu, as well as an order to enter and exit the city and enter and exit the palace. Can you give it to the guards around you? ”

"Not yet, it is said that after I move to the palace, the sect will send someone to send it. …… By the way, when the time comes, Brother Yongwang's order to enter and exit the palace and enter and exit the city, I asked Shen Yu and them to make a special trip to the palace. ”

"That's not in a hurry." Yongwang Hongyu waved his hand with a smile, and then said with a smile: "In short, congratulations to Hongrun." …… You are not far from your brother's palace, and you will have to come and sit in your brother's house in the future. ”

"Naturally."

Zhao Hongrun replied with a smile.

I have to say that he is really sleepy at the moment, and he can't wait to go back to make up for sleep immediately, but he also understands that if he really dares to do such a thing that violates the ritual on such a day, I believe that his father will immediately regain all his previous promises and tell him to continue to stay in the palace obediently.

After all, today is a momentous day that cannot afford to go wrong.

"People...... That's a lot. ”

Turning his head to look at both sides of the aisle, looking at the crowd of onlookers, Zhao Hongrun muttered.

To tell the truth, the so-called "walkway" is just a passage divided by the Praetorian Guards among the people of Daliang who are all over the sky.

In this passage, Wei Tianzi led his son, as well as hundreds of officials from the court and the central government, to walk to the Temple of Heaven under the watchful eyes of the people on both sides.

The dense crowd made Zhao Hongrun feel as if he had returned to the time when he had an army of 80,000 in his hands, and it was incredible that there were more than 80,000 people who came to watch the ceremony today.

For those who have a heart, today is an excellent opportunity to increase their prestige and reputation in the eyes of the people of Daliang.

But on the other hand, if someone messes up today, it's definitely not something that can be exposed by being scolded in two sentences.

Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun saw Shen Yu and others mixed in the crowd.

It's a pity that the team that Zhao Hongrun is in, even if it is the guards, is not qualified to follow. But anyone who can follow Wei Tianzi in the team today is either a child of the Ji clan, or a hundred officials in the court, and in addition, even the princess, Zongwei, and even the concubines in the palace are not qualified to participate.

However, it was previously said that the queen mother of the prince of the East Palace, the queen Wang, may appear in the procession of worshipping the heavens, but at the moment, it seems that this is just an unreliable fake news.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites, that are quite following the ancient rites, even if they are queens, they should refuse to refuse, to some extent, they are the most difficult to deal with in the six departments.

In the past, when Zhao Hongrun was learning court etiquette, he suffered a lot in the hands of those etiquette masters, and those old-fashioned and stubborn guys. All belong to the Ministry of Rites.

"What about His Royal Highness King Su? Do you see Your Highness? ”

Far away, in the crowd, Yang Yu Xing, who was dressed as a man, was squeezed around in the crowd with Princess Yulong, Mi Jiang, and Mi Rui, who were also dressed as men, under the protection of Shen Yu and other sect guards.

The smallest sheep's tongue apricot. Looking at Zhao Hongrun's figure in the crowd on tiptoe, it's a pity that she is too short, she is only fourteen years old, and she is more than a head behind the people around her, so even if she is on tiptoe, she can only vaguely see the team in that aisle, and she can't see where Zhao Hongrun is in the team at all.

And beside her, Mi Jiang frowned and looked at the crowd around her. She had always hated this kind of crowded environment, if it weren't for the fact that she hated staying in the high walls and deep palaces, she wouldn't have listened to the ideas of Princess Yulong and Yangyu Xing and mixed in this kind of place.

And Princess Yulong was also learning the appearance of the sheep's tongue apricot, and after standing on tiptoe and looking at it from a distance for a while, she finally gave up, turned back to the Zongwei Shen Yu beside her and complained: "Shen Yu, this is not clear at all." ”

"I said it earlier......

Shen Yu showed a wry smile.

In fact. He originally proposed to take them directly to the Temple of Heaven, after all, by virtue of their status. Although it is impossible to ascend to the Temple of Heaven, it is close to the Praetorian Guards who are responsible for maintaining order, and it is not a problem to find the closest position to the high altar in advance.

But Princess Yulong and the others had to go to the Temple of Heaven with Zhao Hongrun, which made the guards suffer, and the ten people were like hens protecting the chickens. escorted them all the way over, and I don't know how many people in the beam were stared at.

"Let's go to the Temple of Heaven first, here...... It's too crowded. ”

Shen Yu whispered.

Princess Yulong and Yangyu Xing glanced at each other, and nodded a little sheepishly: "Okay then." ”

The south gate of Daliang is not far from the Temple of Heaven. At most, it's only two or three miles away, no, when Shen Yu and the others protected Princess Yulong and squeezed out of the sea of people again, Zhao Hongrun was already close to the Temple of Heaven over there.

I saw that at this time, under the Temple of Heaven, there was already a guard of honor under the ceremony, to be precise, it was the "Ritual Priest", I saw that these people were all good-looking, handsome, wearing bright armor and holding spears, standing on the three-story platform of the Temple of Heaven, their movements were neat, like sculptures, motionless, and they looked really mighty.

Of course, it only looks mighty, in fact, this group of people is just a showman, and their combat effectiveness, not to mention that it is comparable to the six battalions of the garrison such as the Junshui Battalion, even if it is the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Shui Army, it is enough to bully them.

But it is undeniable that this guard of honor is really good-looking, and when it is used as a façade, it can really bluff a large number of people, such as the people of Daliang who don't know what to do.

At this time, Wei Tianzi stopped under the Temple of Heaven, only to see him dressed properly, and worship the sky nine times, and then stepped on the first step.

At this time, the drums on the Temple of Heaven rang out in unison, and the court musicians began to play the music in unison, and at the same time, the countless people who followed Wei Tianzi and others to the vicinity of the Temple of Heaven also quieted down one by one, closed their mouths and opened their eyes.

The Temple of Heaven is really high.

It is divided into three floors of high platforms, each of which is about three zhang apart, and it is said that the specific value has a special meaning, but Zhao Hongrun is not clear about this.

When they stepped onto the first high platform, the guards who escorted Wei Tianzi and his party stopped here and retreated to both sides.

When they arrived at the second high platform, the vast majority of the officials in the central government also stopped, only to see them facing the third high platform, standing with a vertical arch, without saying a word.

Only Zhao Hongrun and other princes, as well as several ministers of the Ministry of Rites who assisted in this ceremony, were qualified to follow Wei Tianzi to the top platform.

"I don't know how much it cost to make this thing at the time......

Standing on the highest platform, Zhao Hongrun looked around, don't look at this high platform is simply stacked with white stones, God knows how much manpower and material resources it takes to use this kind of stone four or five feet long and about three feet wide to neatly stack a high altar.

"Huh?"

Just looking around, Zhao Hongrun suddenly felt that someone was looking at him, turned his head to look, but found that beside the prince Hongli of the East Palace, there was a strange young man looking at him, and when Zhao Hongrun noticed the other party, the person smiled slightly at Zhao Hongrun.

"Who's that?" Zhao Hongrun whispered to Yongwang Hongyu beside him.

"Luo Ying...... The sacrificial text to be recited in the East Palace will be written by this person. ”

Yongwang Hongyu smiled slightly, lowered his voice and explained. (To be continued.) )