Chapter 482: Worship the Immortal Shrine
The next day, Cheng Yue ordered the gate of the mansion and the city gate to be opened.
Xie Daoqing ordered Chen Baohe to send a will, saying that as women, they were inconvenienced, and ordered Cheng Yue to worship the soldiers of the past dynasties, and the sacrifices were also delivered at the same time.
The sacrifices in the palace are prepared according to the big sacrifice, which is extremely rich and thoughtful, and Xie Daoqing also sent King Rong and King Xiu as escorts to show the kindness of the official family.
As soon as the sky was bright, many civil and military officials poured out of the nest and gathered in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was crowded with people inside and outside, and the crown was crowded. Because there are too many people, only the three officials and above can sit in the main hall, and the rest of the officials can only sit outside the hall.
The civil and military forces of the Great Song Dynasty were the first time to see the Han palace maids in the Yuan Palace, and some of them were the families of officials from all over the Great Song Dynasty before, which is really embarrassing. But fortunately, they have now entered the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and there will be no more possibility of displacement, which is a great luck in misfortune. And if any palace maid can be favored by the governor and give birth to a boy and half a girl, it will be a step to the sky, which is not much better than the concubines in the palace, so the ministers are very polite to the palace maids.
Liu Mengyan and Chen Yizhong are above the hundred officials, but there are still people above them today, that is, Rongwang Zhao and Rui and Xiuwang Zhao and Huan.
The two old princes also arrived early, they are both smart people, Cheng Yue said that he worshiped the Heroic Shrine, obviously to take the opportunity to distinguish which ones are his own people. The current Great Song Dynasty, who would dare to go against the Metropolitan Governor? happened to receive an errand from Xie Daoqing, and the two princes did not dare to slack off, and wanted to get closer to Cheng Yue.
Cheng Yue came out to receive the ministers together with Wan Ze, Nang Jiazhen, Ku Tulun, and Ding Niang. Kutoulon was a head taller than everyone else, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his heroic spirit was compelling, which caused the ministers to exclaim. Zhang Shijie and other generals had heard of Kutoulon's prestige and were even more interested. It's a pity that Ku Toulon is already Cheng Yue's pillow person. They didn't have a chance to challenge her.
Although there were two princes present, as well as two prime ministers with official positions above Cheng Yue and some old ministers from the first grade, Cheng Yue still sat in the first place, and his wife and concubines sat on the left and right, and no one felt that there was anything wrong.
Yang Liangjie and Yu Ruqi, who were building roads in other places, as well as Zhang Wei, Feng Ji, Feng Qi, and Luo Lin, who were guarding Dusong Pass, also hurried back to Lin'an. They are well aware of the importance that Cheng Yue attaches to this matter. I'd rather work hard than be absent.
Cheng Yue was surprised to see these six people, especially the four people from Dusongguan, who had a deep relationship with him, which made him feel pleasantly surprised.
The six of them were very respectful to Cheng Yue, and Cheng Yue smiled and said, "How did the six adults know that I was going to worship the Heroic Spirit today?" Did you rush back? ”
Yang Liangjie said: "When the two officials learned that the Metropolitan Governor had returned, they guessed that the Metropolitan Governor would definitely go to worship the Heroic Spirit, so they rushed back to do their best. ”
Zhang Wei said: "The lower officials and others also think so. On the battlefield, the soldiers died on the battlefield, but there was never a big sacrifice in the court. The lower officials and others had already felt uneasy, and when they heard that the governor of the capital had returned to Lin'an, the four of them took leave, and Pegasus rushed back to Lin'an to participate in the grand event.! ”
Cheng Yue praised loudly: "Well said! If a country wants to be stable and strong, heaven, earth, and people are indispensable. If there are no soldiers in front of them who sacrifice bravely, who can enjoy peace? Receiving the grace of people's dripping water, so many people have paid for your life. Why can you be at ease and ignore it?! People who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality every day. Don't you feel ashamed?! ”
The words were loud, and the ministers were ashamed and embarrassed, and they bowed their heads and said nothing. Civil officials frequently wiped their sweat, and military generals were flushed, even in the Cheng Party.
Cheng Yue looked around for a long time. sighed: "People-oriented, easy to say, difficult to do, always a habit of an official, what to talk about people-oriented?" If it weren't for me today, I would have shouted. How many of you are willing to pay homage to the martyrs? Country, country, no country, where does it come from? The world only knows how narrow it is to worship the ancestors and sages, but forget the people who sacrificed everything for the country! The country is not a family with one surname, but a totem worthy of all of us to dedicate ourselves! The reason why I want to use the red background gold dragon flag is because it represents all of us! Red represents blood, symbolizing that our blood is united and fighting together. The golden dragon represents the people of all ethnic groups, because the dragon itself is antlers, ox ears, tiger whiskers, hyenas, eagle claws, and its body is like a long snake but its body has scales, symbolizing the integration of all ethnic groups to create a peaceful and prosperous world! ”
Cheng Yue had never explained the meaning of the Red Golden Dragon Flag to anyone, and at this moment, the ministers knew the truth contained in it, and they were all excited and enthusiastic!
Cheng Yue said: "Since ancient times, emperors have promised themselves that 'I am the country', and they have abolished the public with private interests, and they are insatiable. As a result, except for the emperor, they are all slaves, so what does the world have to do with the people? Naturally, the people only know their home but not their country! You are all known as loyal martyrs, but when the Yuan army attacked, they only knew how to protect the Zhao family, how many people took care of the people more? Xing, the people are bitter. Death, the people suffer! ”
Cheng Yue was impassioned, silent inside and out. Cheng Yue openly scolded the emperors and ministers present from ancient times to the present, and none of the ministers could answer, but they all had to admit in their hearts that what Cheng Yue said made sense.
After a long time, Wen Tianxiang broke the dullness and sighed: "It's a good sentence 'Xing, the people are bitter.'" Death, the people suffer', be taught today! ”
The ministers couldn't help nodding frequently, Cheng Yue's words can be called an enlightenment and shocking. This sentence should have been said by Zhang Yanghao, an important minister of the Yuan Dynasty, in his later years, but it was said by Cheng Yue decades in advance, and Zhang Yanghao is only seven years old now!
Although Wan Ze and the other three daughters were Mongolians, they also nodded again and again, they didn't know what kind of society Cheng Yue wanted to build, but they could clearly feel that Cheng Yue was setting off a big change.
A great change not seen in a thousand years!
Cheng Yue Huo Ran got up and said, "Don't talk about it, go and worship the heroic spirit." When he walked out of the hall first, Wan Ze and other wives and concubines hurriedly got up and followed, and the ministers followed.
Cheng Yue rarely closed the road in Lin'an, and the people did not complain, but waited on the side of the road early in the morning to wait for Cheng Yue to leave the city.
On both sides of the road, Cheng Yue's army was neatly arranged, dressed in a full set of new-style military uniforms, wearing white gloves on his hands, in good spirits, seeing Cheng Yue appear, he immediately saluted in two rows, and the ground was extremely spectacular, and the ministers were greatly excited.
Cheng Yue returned the salute on the horse, and led the civil and military officials to the north gate along the royal street.
The people on both sides of the street cheered incessantly, and the Metropolitan Governor presided over this great sacrifice, which won the hearts of the people, and the mighty army column made them feel even more fresh.
On a hill ten miles out of the city from the north gate, Cheng Yue chose to build the Zhongling Temple. At that time, there were two Buddhist temples with ordinary incense nearby, which were ordered to be demolished by Cheng Yue, and no one dared to sue.
The Zhongling Temple is built very solemn and elegant, and the scale is grand, which is not much better than the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Cheng Yue. Cheng Yue has the responsibility of defending the land in all dynasties, and the soldiers who died on the battlefield have set up tablets here. As long as there are names, all of them will be entered into it, and there is no shortage of people who have killed Cheng Yue.
The people who manage the shrine are the families of the war dead, and anyone who has no food and clothing can live here. These people are dedicated to cleaning every day, and they are grateful to Cheng Yue and have the most reverence.
There is a memorial arch one mile away from the mountain gate, and you can't gallop here, even if it's Cheng Yue. Kuo Kulun and Ba Ba Han got off the carriage, looked up, and were immediately amazed by Cheng Yue's generosity.
Jin Luxiang came up from behind and led the way for Cheng Yue.
Cheng Yue led everyone up the stairs, and Babahan whispered to the side: "Cheng Yue, can you give us a copy of the drawings of this Loyal Spirit Temple?" I think the Great Khan might want to build one. ”
Cheng Yue nodded and said, "Yes, but it's better to redesign, how can there be exactly the same reason as what I built?" Let's see if the Great Khan wants to build it. ”
It was inconvenient for Babahan to say more, and stepped aside. From a distance, six beautiful women surrounded Cheng Yue, surrounded by a large number of civil and military forces, which was spectacular.
The people in the ancestral hall lined up in front of the mountain gate to greet them, and Cheng Yue nodded to them and entered the ancestral hall.
The shrine is neat and quiet, and some people who have never been here are full of praise. Not to mention worship, it's also good to come and go on an outing.
Cheng Yue offered sacrifices in the palace and himself, and then the ministers stepped forward to contribute, and everyone was generous.
Rows of tablets are placed in the hall, and each tablet is engraved with the name of a shocking ancient gold. In the middle is a jade tablet made of white jade, on which is written - Unsung Hero! It is used to replace thousands of soldiers who died in battle. The words on the jade tablet are written by Cheng Yue himself, and they are also the only ones written by Cheng Yue among all the tablets.
After offering sacrifices, Cheng Yue led the crowd to kneel in the sacrificial hall, unlike other places, the women in the sacrificial hall can also go in and worship together, Kuo Kuolun and Babahan realized Cheng Yue's evil. Seeing that everyone including Wan Ze had all knelt down, Kuo Kuolun and Ba Bahan had to reluctantly kneel beside Cheng Yue.
Kuo Kuolun snorted and glared at Cheng Yue, but saw Cheng Yue's face sad, tears in the corners of his eyes, concentrating on worship, and he didn't pay attention to them at all.
Kuo Kuolun and Babahan looked at each other in shock, and the shock in their hearts was indescribable!
Cheng Yue is an iron-like person in their minds, whether it is facing hundreds of thousands of troops, Kublai Khan and the Manchu Dynasty, he has always been calm and free, how have you ever seen him so out of shape? I thought that his worship of the Heroic Spirit was a conspiracy, but he was really saddened!
Wan Ze, Nang Jiazhen and Ku Toulon also saw Cheng Yue crying for the first time, and they did not feel that he was weak, but were deeply moved by it, and accompanied Cheng Yue to kowtow a few times sincerely.
Cheng Yue finished saluting, put his hands together and bowed: "The heroes and martyrs of the past dynasties are on top, and the younger generation Cheng Yue was ordered by the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to lead his wife and concubines and hundreds of civil and military officials of the Great Song Dynasty to worship the martyrs in the Heroic Shrine. The martyrs are eternal, and the martyrs are immortal! "Say goodbye. (To be continued......)