With the decree of the imperial court, Luoyang Kyoto fell into a hurry, and the decrees from all walks of life made the horses step on the light dust, and passed through the square gate that had just been opened early, and galloped away. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info looked at the envoys of the Son of Heaven who were sent at the same time and rushed to various places, some senior and experienced city gate officials had vaguely guessed that something great must be about to happen, and it was rare to send multiple envoys at the same time like this, just once when Emperor Wu died and announced to the world.

The bell of the mutual market rang, and the palace envoys in charge of procurement also came to the market, but the number of people in the Yellow Gate and the scale of procurement today can be said to be unprecedented, so the people in the streets and alleys also knew that the court and China were going to hold sacrificial activities on the summer solstice, and the Son of Heaven would come in person, and all the vassal kings would be edicted to enter Beijing. The vassal kings gathered together, but the dynasty had never had a grand occasion, even during the mourning of the Wu Empire, the court did not let them come back, and it was stipulated that the vassal kings who served the mourning could only sacrifice from afar, which made the people talk about it, what the hell is the flesh and blood of the heavenly family, Lao Tzu is not even allowed to run to the funeral when he dies, it is not as good as ordinary people, and more good people have speculated that this is for fear that the vassal king will lead troops into Beijing and make trouble, after all, these vassal kings have military power in their hands.

These royal secrets made the people of Kyoto very relishful for a while, chatting about the conversation after tea and dinner, but it became gossip after a thousand times, and after the freshness passed, no one mentioned it again, but I didn't expect that after a few years, the imperial court did the opposite, and let all the princes and grandchildren enter Luoyang, Kyoto, and once again set off the curiosity of the people who eat melons.

At this moment, the old Wang Xiang's mansion was as calm as usual, the old man adhered to the Confucian precept of rising at dawn, with the support of the old servant, went out of the door, and moved his legs and feet tremblingly in the small courtyard where he lived alone, and finally, he spoke to the lotus flower that had just revealed the buds in the courtyard, and the old servant knew his temper, and did not dissuade him, but silently carried over a chair made of rattan and put it beside Wang Xiang.

"Father, the child has come to greet you."

Wang Xiang didn't look back, he knew that it was his son Wang Lie who came to greet him with good morning as usual, sighed, and slowly sat on the rattan chair.

"Da Lang, Luoyang City is about to start to be unpeaceful again, what do you think of the edict of the Son of Heaven ordering all the vassal kings to enter Beijing?"

Wang Lie replied respectfully: "The child is dull, but he just thinks that everything is abnormal. ”

"Why is it abnormal?"

"The Son of Heaven is a good joke, never pay attention to state affairs, why did he suddenly think of reopening the sacrifice, the winter solstice sacrifice to the sky, the summer solstice sacrifice although the emperor is good at it, but diligent as the first emperor, there is no convention, so this sacrificial ritual exists in name only in my dynasty, long live suddenly to restore this weekly ceremony, it is not quite in line with common sense, there is an abnormality that is a demon, this is one of them. Zhang Maoxian was originally the descendant of the Linjin Hou, helping the Queen Mother to fight for power before parting ways with the old master, I heard that I went to Yangjiazhuang not long ago, and returned to the dynasty with a disgraced face, and after a few days, I went to the Taoist Song Shu to invite the ancient ceremony of the Son of Heaven to sacrifice heaven and earth, and the strange thing is that this Dao Song Shu was not submitted to the Queen Mother through the Central Council, but directly sent to the hands of Wan Sui, so he also got an errand of the chief preparer, this Zhang Maoxian was sandwiched between the Linjin Hou and the Queen Mother, which was already very complicated, and now there is another long live, and it is even more incomprehensible, and the second is also. Wang Lie talked eloquently.

In ancient times, the sacrifice was indeed a great event, and the level and object of the sacrifice were strictly limited, according to the provisions of the Book of Rites, the Son of Heaven sacrificed heaven and earth, sacrificed to the four directions, sacrificed to the mountains and rivers, and sacrificed to the five rituals. The princes worship, sacrifice the mountains and rivers, and sacrifice the five rituals. The doctor sacrifices five rituals.

That is to say, the sacrifice of heaven and earth is exclusive to the Son of Heaven, and the princes can only sacrifice to the mountains and rivers, and as for the scholars, they can only sacrifice to the gods of the household, the god of the stove, the god of the earth, the god of the door, and the god of the line, that is, the five rituals. Therefore, since the Zhou Dynasty, the sacrifice has long gone beyond the scope of feudal superstition, but has the meaning of a conventional political symbol, that is, to declare the sovereignty and the legitimacy of the king to the princes, courtiers, and even the people of the whole world.

Wang Xiang nodded slowly with a pleased smile: "Seeing the subtlety and knowing, peeking at a glimpse and seeing the whole leopard, with the ability to enter the wood, in the past few years, the reading and cultivation of nature, Dalang has grown." ”

Wang Xiang has a deep personality, and he never easily praises the younger generations, and Wang Lie can't help but be secretly happy to be praised by his strict father.

"But there's one thing you haven't seen, what you're thinking is just scratching the surface, and the real point is not here, but something else." Wang Xiang didn't wait for Wang Lie's triumph to pass, and a basin of cold water was splashed on his head.

Wang Lie said respectfully: "The child is dull, and he also asks his father to teach." ”

Wang Xiang habitually narrowed his faint old eyes, and said slowly in a voice full of vicissitudes: "I served the kings of the two dynasties for my father, and the King of Wei did not dare to call himself the emperor, not because he didn't want to, but he didn't dare to hear. The first emperor was Wei Chen in the past, breaking the example of not sealing the princes of the opposite sex, leaving a hundred feet for the Manchu magnates, and a further opportunity to reap the heart of the strong, but if it was only by virtue of this, he would not dare to be the emperor, and the root of the courage of the first emperor to seize Cao Wei Jiangshan was actually in the hearts of the people. Inheriting the hearts of the people of the world who have worked hard for two generations of his father and brother, lightly punished the people, and won the trust of the people, the first emperor finally took a key step to leapfrog the people. As long as there is the will of the people, even if the princes rebel and rebel, they will not be able to move the foundation of the Jin Dynasty, because the will of the people will have an endless source of soldiers, money and land, and some victories and defeats can not change the general trend, and the world can naturally spread the word. Speaking of this, Wang Xiang withdrew his ethereal eyes, as if returning to reality from distant memories, and looked at his son: "Do you know what method the first emperor used back then to finally settle the country and change the dynasty?" ”

Wang Lie shook his head: "Listening to his father's words, the child knows that he is shallow in learning, but he is a frog at the bottom of the well, he thinks too highly of himself on weekdays, and sincerely admits his mistake to his father, and the child must reflect on himself and think more in the future." ”

Wang Xiang nodded: "Shame is almost brave, and when you see your shortcomings, you will find a way to grow." Remember the words of the father, can not be passed on to a third person to know, the first emperor is to let the henchmen in the court meeting, by the first emperor presided over the sacrificial ceremony, to test the ministers and the world, see that the vast majority of people are seconded, the first emperor finally made up his mind, in the sacrifice of the ancient ceremony and added a Zen ceremony, since then, Cao Wei several generations of hard work, blood and sweat to lay the iron bucket of the country into the Sima clan. This sacrifice is not simple, attacking the heart, surrendering the soldiers without a fight, the ability of the first emperor to figure out the general trend of the people's hearts, it is really unpredictable. ”

After listening to his father's words, Wang Lie had a sense of openness, and a lot of incomprehension suddenly opened up in an instant, looking at his father's old appearance, he was deeply respectful from the depths of his heart, and threw himself to the ground, Jiang was still old and spicy after all, what others saw was lively, and what his father saw was the door: "Father, the child still has something unknown, how should I and other clans deal with it next?" Wang Lie's question is the finishing touch to the vital interests of the people, the fortune and disgrace of the Wang family and even the clan faction are inseparable from the choice that Wang Xiang is about to make, and it has become imminent and life-and-death.