Chapter 800: New Year's Ritual (Part II)
PS: Because today is the New Year's meeting outside the province, there are only two chapters, friends wish me to draw the grand prize!
After standing in place, it didn't take long for the festival to begin.
Chen Fei only had time to hurriedly glance at the people around him, and found that they were all a group of middle-aged people in their thirties and forties, who did not know each other, so he retracted his gaze stupidly, and in the shouts of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, followed the movements of saluting before and after, left and right, to welcome His Majesty's arrival.
The bells, drums, and flags lead six flights, and the Jade Emperor first painted dragon clothes. The smoke of Taitan is exhausted, and the hearts of all nations return with the color.
In the sound of bells and drums, Li Shimin's honor guard marched mightily. Chen Fei quietly poked his head out and looked curiously at the honor guard from far to near, this was the first time he saw Li Shimin's honor guard.
Walking in the front are several carriages moving side by side, guiding the whole team forward, and then behind are soldiers in armor and holding big horns in their hands, "woo woo~" The low horn sound has a special sense of oppression, making people dare not look up.
Behind the trumpeters is the propaganda team, which is commanded by one person sitting in a carriage, followed by a person who plays, and then there are soldiers holding various flags, which are flying in the air. After that, it was the jade chariot that Li Shimin was riding, and it was also the core of the whole team, with extremely strict defense, surrounded by heavily guarded Praetorian Guards, wearing armor and knives, with an inoffensive majesty, guarding the side.
In the end, it was a rear team composed of a mixture of cavalry and the Praetorian Guard, pressing forward in formation.
The entire honor guard team counted no less than 3,000 people, and the momentum was huge, which opened Chen Fei's eyes.
At the same time, he also lamented that the TV series is all deceitful, how can an emperor travel without a team of 100 people? Look at Li Shimin, the number of honor guards is probably more than 4,000, and there are no less than 1,000 people who play alone. Tut-tut......
As soon as Li Shimin's jade chariot arrived, Wan Fu stepped forward to help him get off the jade chariot, followed by the prince, carefully supported by two eunuchs, and the father and son climbed the altar step by step.
All the officials under the altar bowed and bowed, unable to raise their heads or make a sound, and Chen Fei also suppressed his usual active temperament and tried to make himself ..... Doesn't look so lively?
In fact, he stood at the end of the duke's phalanx, and as long as his movements were not exaggerated, no one would notice him.
After climbing to the top of the altar, Li Shimin faced the ministers, and at this time, the officials of the Ministry of Rites shouted "Mountain Call". The ministers bowed and shouted, "Long live!" ”
The official of the Ministry of Rites shouted again: "Mountain hoo! ”
The ministers bowed again and shouted: "Long live!" ”
"Again the mountain!"
The ministers bowed again, "Long live!" ”
In the distance, there is a faint echo of the mountains, all the shouts just now, the sound of long live is endless, and the birds and birds in the forest are flying, which is very auspicious.
There was a book that recorded: "Five-colored clouds rise, and birds follow people; Long live the mountain, from heaven to earth. That's what I said.
Li Shimin was obviously very useful, and stretched out his hand to help the ministers and let everyone be even.
Chen Fei saw such a scene for the first time, obviously a bit of a hillbilly entering the city, ignorant and following everyone to do such and such actions.
After the tedious etiquette was done, Chen Fei was still sweating profusely, he didn't know how many times he knelt and how many unknown words he shouted, anyway, he followed what others did, and he didn't have a temper at all.
Just when he thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, the most torturous thing came. Kong Yingda took the stage in a dress and respectfully handed over a roll of paper to Li Shimin. When the roll of paper was unfolded, Chen Fei suddenly felt a little desperate.
Why? Because this roll of paper is a little too long, right? The part was expanded, and the eunuch held it, and the remaining part that was not unfolded was a thick volume, which made people a little helpless when they looked at it.
The most annoying thing in my life is that the leader says long and unnutritious words in front of him, and he wants to sleep when he hears it. I didn't expect to experience such pain again after arriving in the Tang Dynasty.
As soon as Li Shimin opened his mouth, he confirmed Chen Fei's thoughts, and what made him feel even more painful was that this was an obscure classical Chinese, and he couldn't understand the meaning of many sentences at all, don't say think about it, think about it!
One by one, the notes were like hypnotic charms, fluttering from a long distance, urging Chen Fei to be drowsy, and the bitter thing was that now he was standing, he couldn't sleep if he wanted to, and the standing posture was very tired, holding an ivory board in his hand, he had to stand up straight and look at Li Shimin on the high platform, otherwise there would be a ceremonial official behind your back, and you would be rude at the festival and disrespectful to Your Majesty.
In the end, Chen Fei didn't know how to get through this painful process, and when Li Shimin finished reading, he let out a long breath, and then ....... It's a more painful torment.
He finally found that the so-called festival was not as interesting as he imagined, either listening to Li Shimin reading a long series of manuscripts, or following everyone to do one set of salutes after another, it seemed that people other than him were still happy and intoxicated.
He even noticed that some people had pleasant expressions on their faces, as if they were in... Enjoy the process? Sure enough, there are strange people everywhere, what's wrong with liking to bow and kowtow?
The next thing is that Kong Yingda is reciting a long list of things, and when he reads a paragraph, the hundred officials will do a set of etiquette actions accordingly, and they will be happy.
Chen Fei finally experienced the "Tang Dynasty culture". The festival is a very serious matter, and the reason why Chen Fei feels so tired is probably because of the different questions he has received since he was a child, and the ancient etiquette and precepts still make it a little difficult for him to adapt.
But by the time Kong Yingda finished reading, he was almost gradually adapting to this rhythm.
Next, two Taoist priests suddenly came up on the stage, one was older, with a fluttering white beard, and the other was a little younger, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, quite the taste of a middle-aged handsome old man.
"Could it be... The two of them, right? Chen Fei muttered in his heart.
The next two Taoist priests' actions should be regarded as confirming Chen Fei's thoughts, and they prayed with Li Shimin for blessings and prayers, praying for the wind and rain to be smooth and benefit the people of the Tang Dynasty.
There are naturally only two national teachers who can take the stage with Li Shimin to do things, and those who were called national teachers during the Zhenguan period seem to be the only famous Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang.
It is said that the two of them deduced the "Tui Bei Tu" made by the heavenly machine to predict what would happen two thousand years later, and according to the history that Chen Fei knew, everything that happened in the Tang Dynasty for more than 1,400 years was actually confirmed! In other words, they have at least accurately deduced what happened more than 1,400 years later, and there is almost no deviation in the slightest!
"Tui Bei Tu" is also known as the first "divine book". Of course, there is still controversy as to whether the book was really written by Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang, and what it was originally is also an uncertain mystery in the archaeological community, so it is impossible to draw conclusions about it.
But this did not affect Chen Fei's reverence for the two of them at all, and he almost worshipped them as god operators.
"Well, if you have a chance, you must find two seniors to help me calculate a hexagram, I always feel that Taiming Daoist is a little fooling me." Chen Fei had a small abacus in his heart, thinking about how to find the two national teachers, and let them "ask" them to help him tell his fortune.
The two who were praying with Li Shimin on the high platform suddenly felt cold for no reason, seemingly... What are you worried about? Could it be that you hit a demon today?
(End of chapter)