The enthronement ceremony of the new Son of Heaven was held as scheduled in Hojing, the capital of the Zhou royal family.

The day of his accession to the throne was chosen long ago. In order to choose such a good day, the royal family took a lot of effort, not only to look at the quality of the day, but also to calculate the time of the participants on the way back and forth.

After all, the enthronement of the Son of Heaven is not an ordinary thing, but one of the biggest things in the world, so there are many factors to consider when choosing the day of enthronement. For example, the distance between the princes and the west, you must know that the transportation in the Western Zhou Dynasty was very inconvenient, even if you are the king of the world, the only way to travel is a carriage.

Therefore, if the royal family wants to let these distant princes come to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the Son of Heaven, it must be notified in advance.

For example, it is necessary to notify Yan Guo, which is far away, of this. The royal official who sent the order set off from Haojing, even if it was a fast horse, it would not be possible to reach Jicheng, the capital of Yan Kingdom, without five to seven days, after all, war horses are also animals, and they need to rest after running for a long time.

After this Yan country received the edict from the royal family, it would take a few days to prepare gifts. This gift is ready, and it will take five to seven days for the monarch of the Yan Kingdom to set off for Hojing.

In this way, at least half a month has passed.

Therefore, after the death of the first son Ji Jing, there will be a long time between the new son of heaven Ji Gongyan ascending the throne, at least more than half a month.

After choosing the day of enthronement, the officials of the royal family also need to prepare clothing, honor guards, chariots and horses for the new emperor, and many other things.

When these things are ready, and the princes from all over the country have come to Hojing, it is time for the new emperor to enthrone the throne.

On the day of his accession to the throne, the new son of heaven Ji Gongyan was dressed in a red crown robe, first of all, to worship the heavens and ancestors, of course, these are all procedural things, although cumbersome, but everything can not be less, but also solemn and serious, not the slightest falsehood.

After the sacrifice to the heavens and ancestors was completed, the whole morning was about to pass.

After worshipping the heavens and ancestors, the new son Ji Gongyan led the hundred officials back to the palace.

After all the people had stood in their designated positions, the royal secretary Nakayamafu announced, "Please enthrone the Son of Heaven ---, sing and dance ---."

The song and dance began, and the new Son of Heaven Ji Gongyan, with the support of the inner servant, walked on the throne of the Son of Heaven step by step.

"Singing and dancing stop, hundreds of officials congratulate the ---," the great uncle who presided over the enthronement ceremony announced.

So the princes and kings who stood under His Highness stepped forward in turn to congratulate him.

First of all, the monarch of the principality stepped forward to congratulate him. Because the vassal states of the Western Zhou Dynasty only have Song, Qi, Zhu, Jiao, Ji, Chen, and Yu, the seven princely states, of which the State of Yu is because its founding monarch Yu Zhong is the younger brother of King Wen of Zhou, so he was named a duke by King Wu of Zhou, and the reason why the monarchs of the other six countries were named dukes is because they are descendants of the previous kings. The descendants of Xia Yu were divided into the Qi Kingdom, and the descendants of Shang Tang were divided into the Song Kingdom. The four descendants of the Yellow Emperor, the Yan Emperor, the Yao State, and the Shun State were respectively divided into Zhu Guo, Jiao Guo, Ji Guo, and Chen Guo.

It can be seen that the other duke states except for the Guo Yu Kingdom are all the descendants of the previous dynasties, and nominally these duchies are actually allied with the Zhou royal family, and their status is higher than that of the countries they have rewarded.

As a result, the kings of Song, Qi, Zhu, Jiao, Ji, Chen, and Yu congratulated the new Son of Heaven in turn.

After the duke's country is congratulated, it will be followed by the marquis' state.

There are many marquis countries, and the countries that can come to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the Son of Heaven are also representative countries, such as Qi and Jin.

If all the vassal states came, it would be too much to take care of. Because from the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the time of Zhou Tianzi Ji Gongyan, all the feudal states added up to at least hundreds.

In addition to the monarch, these hundreds of countries are bringing their ministers, retinues, maids, chamberlains, etc., which is a very large team.

Therefore, whether it is a marquis country, a count country, or a viscount or baron's country, those who can come to Hojing to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the Son of Heaven are all representative countries.

As for those countries that did not have the opportunity to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the Son of Heaven, they only had to bring the gift of Jin to the enthronement of the Son of Heaven.

After the princes of the marquis state congratulated the Son of Heaven one by one, it was the turn of the earl state.

This is not only a pilgrimage process, but also an opportunity for the princes to show in front of the Son of Heaven, so those who were able to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the Son of Heaven do not know how many times they practiced behind their backs for this day.

The princes congratulated one by one in the main hall, but Ying Kang and Zhao Boyu and others who were waiting outside the main hall waited a little too long.

From getting up together in the morning until mid-noon, and then in the afternoon, Yingkang and Zhao Boyu waited outside the main hall. Seeing the new emperor and the ministers coming in and out, he walked out of the palace for a while, and walked in from the outside for a while.

Back and forth, back and forth, time is passing, people are shuttling.

The only thing that remains unchanged is these Yingkang and Zhao Boyu who are waiting outside the main hall, waiting to present gifts to the Son of Heaven.

"Doctor, it's been so long, why haven't we seen the Son of Heaven summon us?" Zhao Boyu couldn't wait, not only asked Ying Kangdao.

"It's good to be a little patient, the ascension of the Son of Heaven to the throne is a major event in the world, and it will take a long time. In addition to worshiping the heavens and ancestors, they also have to accept the congratulations of the princes and monarchs one by one. Yesterday you also saw that, in addition to the dukes and marquis states we saw, there were also counts, viscounts and other countries that we didn't see. Therefore, there are many vassal states that came to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the Son of Heaven. After the kings of these vassal states have congratulated one by one, it will be our turn to offer congratulatory gifts. Yingkang said to Zhao Boyu.

When Zhao Boyu heard this, he was almost stunned.

I thought that this matter would be completed soon, and by the way, I took the opportunity to give a congratulatory gift to the Son of Heaven, so that I could have the honor to see the true face of the Son of Heaven, and return to Qianyi in the future to show off to others.

I didn't think it was so complicated.

After all the princes have finished congratulating one by one, I don't know how long it will be.

"Hey--, I knew that this matter was so complicated, I ......" Zhao Boyu wanted to say that he didn't want to come.

But at a glance, there were not only two people standing here, he and Yingkang, there were many envoys from various countries around them, all of them stood obediently and motionless, and some of the envoys were obviously not young.

Everyone can stand here all the time, what complaints does a young man have to complain about?

"What are you, haven't you seen that these messengers around us are also waiting for the Son of Heaven to summon like us? People can be patient and wait, and we should be patient too. Ying Kang reprimanded Zhao Boyu.

After listening to Yingkang's words, Zhao Boyu stopped talking, and his eyes only stared at the palace hall not far away.

Ying Kang was beside him, and he didn't know which country's envoy he was. The old man was not young, and he had been looking at the palace hall not far away with his eyes half-closed, as if he was sleeping.

Just wait for the moment when the chamberlain summons them into the temple.

(End of chapter)