The weather in October was a little cold in Beijing, but the Ming Dynasty ushered in the busiest season. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe annual northern winter wheat is sowing season, and agriculture is the foundation of the country and the livelihood of the people. Therefore, in China, successive emperors attached great importance to farming, and the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were certainly no exception.

The Ming Dynasty is a big agricultural country, and agriculture is the most important foundation of agricultural society. This is an unchangeable fact, and the rise or fall of agriculture is related to the fate of the country. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty since the eighteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, there is a shrine in Beijing, the shrine is the god of the land, the god of grains, the emperor will personally lead the ministers every year, with high-standard etiquette, worship the shrine altar, in order to pray for the country's wind and rain.

The Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty, located in the North China Plain, is dominated by wheat, wheat is mainly planted in winter wheat, winter wheat is planted in a slightly warmer place, generally sown in mid-to-late September to early October, and matures from the end of May to mid-to-late June of the following year. Therefore, Chongzhen has just ascended the throne, and it is particularly important to worship the altar of the shrine, one to show that the new emperor attaches importance to farming, and the other is to be close to the people, in order to win the hearts of the people.

The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. Chongzhen attached great importance to this worship ceremony, and the Chinese military officials, ** female dependents, and royal family members in Beijing were all required to participate. The specific sacrificial procedures were properly arranged by the Ministry of Rites, and Chongzhen recalled Xu Guangqi, who was living in Shanghai with a crown belt, and appointed him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, compared with his contemporaries, Xu Guangqi took a different path. He is not like Hai Rui who carries the coffin to persuade the faint king, nor is he addicted to chanting and singing like Tang Xianzu. He was down-to-earth in his efforts to introduce advanced technology, which was a no-brainer at the time. But Chongzhen attaches the most importance to Xu Guangqi's advantage, in Chongzhen's layout, the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, does not meet the characteristics of Xu Guangqi, Xu Guangqi's specialty lies in agriculture, science. In the eyes of ordinary scholars and doctors in the Ming Dynasty, Xu Guangqi was a special alternative, but he was a talent that Chongzhen couldn't ask for. Therefore, when Chongzhen waited for the regime to stabilize, he recalled Xu Guangqi, who was idle at home.

For Chongzhen, the symbolic meaning is greater than the reality, and Chongzhen wants to explain to the world that the emperor attaches great importance to farming.

People do not stand on the soil, and they do not eat grain. In front of the door of the shrine, there are five colors of soil: blue in the east, red in the south, white in the west, black in the north, and yellow in the center. Huang, symbolizing the Yellow Emperor in the center, rules the world because he is assisted by the earth god who holds a rope in his hand and rules the four directions. Qing, a symbol of Oriental Taihao, is assisted by the wood god who holds a compass in charge of spring. Red, symbolizing the Southern Emperor of Yan, is assisted by the god of fire who holds a weighing pole and is in charge of summer. White, symbolizing Shaohao in the West, is assisted by the golden god who holds a curved ruler in charge of autumn. Black, a symbol of the northern jay, is assisted by the water god who holds a hammer and rules the winter.

The east is the green dragon, the south is the red bird, the west is the white tiger, the north is the Xuanwu, and the center is the god of the center. It symbolizes that the whole world is not the king's land.

The sacrificial ceremony was very grand, and the front of the altar was full of Manchu civil and military personnel. Solemn and gorgeous, the brightly colored flags fluttered in the fierce wind.

Chongzhen and Queen Zhou put the first pillar of incense on the altar together, and prayed together: "May God bless me with a bright day, and the wind and rain will be smooth." ”

Then, the civil and military officials offered incense in turn and prayed together! The ceremony is very cumbersome, but Chongzhen is very patient, because Chongzhen understands that only by setting an example for hundreds of officials can the officials of the Ming Dynasty really attach importance to farming from the heart!

After the tedious and solemn ceremony, Chongzhen led his ministers to the farmland on the outskirts of Beijing to sow the first wheat seed. Then, with the joint efforts of all the ministers, they completed the task of cultivating fifty acres of land, and the scene was quite spectacular. Fifty acres is a big burden for the ministers, especially for those civil officials who only read poetry and books all day, and it is even more ugly.

At the beginning, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty thought that Chongzhen was just putting on a show, but they didn't expect that Chongzhen was full of energy, even if he was sweating profusely, he still had no intention of stopping. This makes these civil and military more embarrassed, these vulgar jobs, they really disdain to do them, but now they have to do it.

But among these ministers, there is only one person, and this is Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Xu Guangqi is very capable, without the squeamishness unique to people in officialdom, and has the simplicity of ordinary people. In addition to work, Chongzhen looked at Xu Guangqi from time to time, and was very satisfied. Sure enough, Xu Guangqi lived up to expectations!

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