Chapter 444: Spring Sacrifice

In the Beijing Division, although the list has been released, many scholars who rushed to take the exam have no intention of leaving. The Spring Festival Ceremony, unlike previous years, this time, is indeed a grand ceremony. Many wealthy people in the capital are also very happy to be able to enter the palace, which is a blessing for many generations.

Of course, the most are the civilians in the capital, many of them, let alone seeing the emperor, some of them have never even seen what the palace looks like, but they have received a notice from the government that someone will come and lead them into the palace at that time. Some people are first afraid when they hear that such an honor suddenly falls on their heads. The people of the Ming Dynasty, when they see officials, are like mice seeing cats, they are afraid.

Later, I heard from the neighborhood, and several people were invited to the palace to participate in the ceremony, so they were not afraid, and they should go to the temple to burn high incense and show off. Their life has been much better, the grain of Jingshi, since the rice shop was banned, after the government took over, the price of rice has also returned to the original level, but the tax is more than half lower, the original people are boiling in Jingshi, now they are also shouting long live, stable and rich, here, Yang Fan's credit is indispensable. Yang Fan's single-handedly robbing the rich and helping the poor in Beijing has alleviated the excessively large gap between the rich and the poor to a large extent. After Yang Fan left Beijing, the name of this "evil and good man" was handed over to Ge Nie.

However, Ge Nie was obviously much smarter, and he couldn't do this for the people to eat rice bran, so he simply hired some cheap laborers to work in wineries and wineries, and was responsible for delivering wine and making wine.

There are also more patrols in the palace, and many places have also added open and dark sentinels, after all, thousands of civilians enter the palace, in case something happens. That's hard to imagine.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household also have a more selective selection of people, and they pick civilians. are also some women, children, old and weak, such people. In case of a real commotion, it is easy to suppress it. Others are the wealthy merchants in the city, these people, the people of the government are happy to invite them, and they will not make trouble, so they must be the first choice.

When the morning sun rose, the first wave of people was finally brought into Zhengyangmen. The wealthy businessmen and outsiders in the capital are dressed gorgeously one by one. It was as if the palace was for them. Of course, rich businessmen are a minority after all, and officials like business, but it doesn't mean that Zhu Youzhen likes them. This spring festival ceremony is for both the government and the opposition to see, so so many civilians are invited to the palace to watch the ceremony.

As soon as you enter the Zhengyang Gate, there are troops wearing heavy armor on both sides of the long road, holding spears, as a celebration. All the tassels were replaced with red. The people who were still happy and laughing as if they were shopping on the street immediately quieted down, and when they entered the Daming Gate, they didn't even dare to make a loud sound.

The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is the elite today. Since Chongzhen four years. Since Huang Taiji's raid on Beijing, the armaments of the five military governors have been strengthened a lot. More than 3,000 troops are raised in such a place as the Beijing Division. It's also a lot of money. After thousands of civilians entered the palace, they carefully searched their bodies in front of the Chengtian Gate. Just in case you bring in any weapons and get into trouble. Thousands of people looked to the right, through the shadow door. Seeing that the security here is even tighter. On the square in front of the temple, there were three lines of military guards standing in front and back.

All the civilians also set their positions, and there were still five meters away from the lowest step, and with spears or something, it was not very clear to see. However, this does not affect anything, and there are still many people who look forward and want to see the saint today. Today, there is no rule that you must not offend the holy face, this Zhu Youzhen was originally for people to see, if no one came to see, he would also play a hammer.

On both sides of the temple, there are also a lot of guards, for the officials who presided over the ceremony, the most important thing is not that these people can't enjoy it, nor is it that Zhu Youzhen is worshiped like Zhu Youzhen, the king is not happy in the world, the most important thing is Zhu Youzhen's safety, safety is the most important.

The two chief executives of the celebrant also stood on the edge of the temple today, looking at the civilians who were already listed in front of the temple, their eyes swept over like eagles and falcons, in case there was any accident. Baiguan came out of the noon gate and slowly came out of the side road. Yang Fan naturally stood among the hundreds of officials, dressed in a purple gold python robe, which was really red to purple.

"The Holy One has arrived!"

"The Holy One has arrived!"

Woo!

Woo!

The bronze horn sounded, and the civil and military officials who were lined up in front of the temple knelt down and bowed down to the temple. The common people behind also knelt down and shouted, "Long live the saints, long live, long live!" ”

Zhu Youzhen's clothes today, Yang Fan looks a little familiar, very similar to what he saw in the mound of clothes, wearing twelve crowns, if you want to say that it is different, the dragon robe is a little different. The one in the mound enshrined on Longhu Mountain is a real yellow robe. And now the one Zhu Youzhen is wearing, with red lines on a black background, only on the dragon pattern, the gold thread outline is tattooed with a golden dragon. It can be said that the dragon robe on Zhu Youzhen's body, retrospectively, can be regarded as an orthodox Hanfu dragon robe.

"All the ministers are flat!"

"Thank you!" Everyone bowed slowly, then stood up and looked up at Zhu Youzhen at the highest point of the temple. The Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites presided over the ceremony and shouted: "The sacrificial ceremony, begin!" ”

The trombone sounded again, and the queen Zhou on the second step, the prince beside her was standing, watching Zhu Youzhen slowly enter the temple. The first step of the sacrifice is that Zhu Youzhen enters the temple to worship first. Yang Fan took the time to glance at the people who came to watch the ceremony. At the front, many of them were scholars and wealthy businessmen who entered Beijing to take the exam, and behind them were civilians in Beijing.

Yang Fan looked around and saw the black oppressive army, it seemed that the guards this time were also very strict. There may be a lot of bows and arrows and musketeers hidden there, after all, this is the palace, and if something goes wrong, the consequences will be immeasurable. Zhu Youzhen burned incense in the hall and bowed to his ancestors.

Cao Huachun on the side waited quietly.

"Cao Mink Temple, I did it today, did you say that you saved Daming?" Zhu Youzhen bowed, and then handed the incense to Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun was wearing a bullfighting suit, which is not something that ordinary people can wear, and only extremely favored officials will reward such a bullfighting suit. He raised his hand and put the incense in the golden furnace, "Why do you need to save it?" Since his accession to the throne, the actions taken by the Holy Majesty have been extremely wise. The old slave believed that the Ming Dynasty would prosper in the hands of the saints. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said: "Prosperity is not easy to talk about. What I hope now is to be able to stabilize the situation with the help of the new policy. The ancestors of the Ming Dynasty can bless the Ming Dynasty with good wind and rain, as long as the wind and rain are smooth. He bowed again, and then stood up with Cao Huachun's support, straightened his clothes, and said, "Let's go, I want the people to see, this heirloom jade seal and that crop." (To be continued.) )