There are clouds in the left: The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong.

"Worship" is sacrifice, and "Rong" represents the national military.

For modern people, military affairs are naturally the top national events, and how can the feudal superstitious activities of sacrifice be called national events

But in ancient times, sacrifice was an important state event that was even higher than the military affairs, not only in ancient China, but also in the feudal Ming Dynasty all over the world.

And the most intensive period of sacrificial activities in ancient China is undoubtedly around the end of the year, Wu Zhi as a court official, this year is not easy at all, of course, not only Wu Zhi is not easy, the Manchu Dynasty Wu, even the emperor and empress, these days are busy to death, tired to death.

The ancient imperial court attached great importance to various ceremonial activities before and after the New Year, and the Song Dynasty was the most complete and perfect dynasty in China's past dynasties.

Not to mention the dress code when participating in various annual activities and ceremonies of the imperial court, from the emperor and empress to the hundred officials, what style of clothes to wear for what activities, what color of clothes to wear, and even whether to wear gold or jade have strict requirements.

New Year's Day has passed a few days, but Wu Zhi still has to participate in various activities to worship the heavens and gods in the imperial court and the palace every day, sometimes one stop is a morning, what makes Wu Zhi collapse even more is that because the current emperor Zhao Ji is superstitious about Taoism, so the sacrifice activities that will end on the fifteenth day of the first month will now be postponed to the twentieth.

However, what made Wu Zhi strange was that in the entire imperial court, Wu Zhi felt very difficult about the sacrifice activities of the New Year, and the other officials seemed to have long been used to it, and every time they participated in the sacrifice ceremony, they were very calm.

Of course, there are also slippery heads, such as Zhu Mian, who use official excuses, unless it is related to Zhao Ji's activities, otherwise they will not suffer this crime at all.

But the overall performance of the officials still makes Wu Zhi admire, because every time the sacrifice is held, the officials not only abide by the etiquette step by step, but even their expressions do not seem to be fake, and they are very pious What makes Wu Zhi even more puzzled is that even Zhao Ji, who has always been greedy for pleasure, will not be sloppy at all when sacrificing, and his every move is very serious.

At first, Wu Zhi only thought that he was a descendant and was not used to this kind of sacrificial activities, but after participating in a whole set of sacrificial activities, Wu Zhi also found that he felt tired when he participated in this kind of sacrificial activities, not just because he was not used to it, but because of his concept in the final analysis.

Wu Zhi felt that these sacrificial activities were superstitious, meaningless, and naturally boring.

Zhao Ji and hundreds of officials have been educated by Confucianism since childhood, and in their hearts, God is the greatest, and all rituals are to conform to the will of heaven and pray for the well-being of heaven, which is a major event related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and it is a very serious matter.

In the final analysis, the ancients had faith, but Wu Zhi did not.

The last sacrificial activity of the imperial court was Zhao Ji led a hundred officials to the suburbs of Bianjing to visit the Jade Emperor, Zhao Ji received a lot of Taoist priests around him, there was a Taoist priest named Lin Lingsu before Zhao Ji fooled Zhao Ji and said that he was the reincarnation of the boy around the Jade Emperor, Zhao Ji was convinced of this, so the Jade Emperor was the supreme god in his heart.

To say that this Taoist priest's ability to fool people is also clever, other Taoist priests all pat on the back and say that Zhao Ji is the reincarnation of the Jade Emperor in the sky, and the most inferior is Qu Xingjun, but Lin Lingsu said that he was a little fairy, but it also made Zhao Ji convinced

Smelling the sandalwood incense in the lobby of the Taoist temple, Wu Zhi in the hundred officials suddenly had a wonderful feeling of emptiness, looking at a statue of a god beside him, knocking on the statue of the Emperor of the East Crape Myrtle, Wu Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly, and then held the Taoist salute in his hand, and bowed to the statue of the Emperor Ziwei devoutly.

People, it's better to have faith.

During this period of the New Year, Wu Zhi was busy and did not have a good year, but the ladies in the family were very happy this year, and they did not have to participate in any sacrificial activities.

Xiao Xie Qing is spending the New Year with Wu Zhi's family, after the year Wu Zhi gave the New Year's money, he asked Shi Qian to send him to Qingzhou to reunite with his parents, Tai College will not open until the first month, and then Xiao Xie Qing will come to Bianjing with his father and mother.

As for why Xie Xuan came to Bianjing, if he wasn't promoted again, his promotion to the governor of Qingzhou was already high, and he would have to work in Qingzhou for three hundred or eight years at the earliest before he could continue to rise.

He came to Bianjing to attend an important celebration.

Not only Xie Xuan is going to come to Bianjing, but Song Jiang and Lu Zhishen in Qingzhou and Wu Yong in Jiangnan will come to Bianjing to participate in this celebration.

This is also why Song Jiang and the others did not come to Bianjing to meet with Wu Zhi during the New Year, and they were all waiting for the end of the first month to come.

The end of the first month is the beginning of February, and the day when the second dragon raises its head in February is the birthday of the four babies in Wu Zhi's family.

When the time comes, Wu Zhi will definitely invite everyone who can be invited.

Seeing that it was almost February, Wu Zhi's family was busy preparing for the birthday celebration on February 2, but Wu Zhi's family had not yet drawn up the invitation list, but they received an invitation first.

It is not uncommon to receive an invitation at the end of the year, even if Wu Zhi is no longer treated well in the imperial court, there are still a few good officials, but this time the invitation received, Wu Zhi opened it and was stunned.

Stuck tonight, I'll change a chapter first, sorry, sorry

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