Chapter 16: The Bitterness of Pain
On the sacrificial platform in the western suburbs, the wrestlers and the guards stood far away from the altar, making room for Yue Zhang and Zhu Jianshen. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The two of them came to step on the occasion in advance, preparing to conduct a rehearsal for the day of the sacrifice.
Zhu Jianshen held the sacrificial process bookcase in his hand and looked at the dense etiquette on it.
He finally understood at this moment that when he agreed to the Ministry of Rites, Taishi Ling sacrificed to the sky, the playful eyes of the ministers.
This TM is a cheater at all!
Because of his stuttering, Zhu Jianshen has never participated in the sacrifice. Even the ceremony of worshiping the heavens when he ascended the throne was proposed by the empress dowager, and many steps were simplified and carried out in the Fengtian Temple.
During that ceremony, Zhu Jianshen did not speak from beginning to end, but at the end, he put the watch in the brazier and burned it, and then he did it hastily.
From the bottom of his heart, Zhu Jianshen is looking forward to the matter of sacrificing to the sky. In the face of the imperial family and the Manchu Dynasty, it is so heroic to make their own voice to heaven and earth.
But after learning more about it, he was devastated.
It is no wonder that the emperors of the past dynasties did not engage in this form unless they were auspicious from the sky, or they opened up their territories and won a great war.
The sacrifice is divided into nine ceremonies, which are to welcome the gods, lay the jade silk, enter the group, make the first offering, sub-offering, and finally offer, withdraw the compilation, send the gods, and hope for the disease.
In the interval of each ceremony, the music students must dance the literary dance, and the martial arts dance the eight beautiful dances.
However, these are all side dishes, and the most important thing in these links is that the emperor must be in the right position in each ceremony, and each has never knelt three times and bowed nine times!
After the whole procedure, Zhu Jianshen needs to kneel more than 70 times and deduct more than 200 heads! It lasted more than an hour!
Zhu Jianshen bared his teeth and hissed lightly - this is really exhausting this baby!
He turned his head sideways and looked at Yue Zhang with a complicated expression, Yue Zhang couldn't hold back a smile and twitched the corners of his mouth.
Look at what I'm doing, you're really shooting yourself in the foot.
In our 21st century words, NOZUONODIE, if you don't do it, you won't die!
Zhu Jianshen: "Aiqing, what, what, look?" ”
Yue Zhang: "Your Majesty, a good news or a bad news, which one do you want to hear?" ”
Zhu Jianshen: "Okay, elimination, rest!" ”
Yue Zhang: "The good news is that most of the sacrificial texts are written on gold silk, and it is good to burn them to the heavens." There are only six sentences that need you to say. ”
Zhu Jianshen: "Bad, news, what?" ”
Yue Zhang: "The bad news is, ahem, I seriously suspect that after these nine processes, the emperor is not tired and fainted,"
Zhu Jianshen: "......"
Yue Zhang looked at Zhu Jianshen, who wanted to cry without tears, and finally couldn't hold it back, and laughed out loud gloating.
Zhu Jianshen looked annoyed, he seriously underestimated the difficulty of sacrificing to the heavens, and the creativity of the officials of the Ministry of Rites!
Seeing Yue Zhang, who had no heart and lungs to laugh at him, he said: "Aiqing, be happy alone, it's better to be happy." You, too, accompany, I, come together. ”
Yue Zhang smiled even more happily, "Your Majesty, this is not a minister who is immoral. He pointed to the small book that recorded the sacrificial process, "See, it is clearly written here - all those who accompany the worship, the prince of the clan, the prince of the country, the civil official of the fifth grade, and the military attache of the fourth grade." The minister is not qualified! ”
Zhu Jianshen pulled the corners of his mouth and said with an evil smile: "Aiqing, you treat stuttering for me." Training, recruits. Although, no, very meritorious. But I have always been benevolent and sympathetic to my courtiers. Now, I will specially seal you, for the fourth grade, General Xuanwu. Are you tall and unhappy? ”
Yue Zhang is not happy! Looking at the complicated sacrificial process in his hand, this time it was his turn to cry without tears.
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"That's all?" Zhu Jian took a deep breath and asked.
"Yes, that's all. Your Majesty, on the day of the sacrifice, during the nine ceremonies, you don't have to say a word, just bow down. Finally, you stand here, read these six words aloud, and then throw them into the fire, and the final offering officer will announce the end of the sacrifice. Yue Zhang replied with a straight look.
Since you can't resist, enjoy the process - this is Yue Zhang's understanding of life in his previous life.
Now that he can't escape, he naturally tries his best to help Zhu Jianshen do a good job in this matter. What's more, he was inexplicably promoted?
He guided Zhu Jianshen and familiarized himself with all the processes.
The last, and only problem, falls on this sacrificial text.
Although Zhu Jianshen felt numb in his scalp at the sacrifice, he was very concerned about this matter because he had been overcoming his stuttering these days.
In front of the ministers of heaven and earth and clans, he made his own smooth and majestic voice.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jianshen trembled with excitement. If you can do this, kneel down more than 70 times, and buckle your head more than 200 times, it's worth it!
He picked up the text and glanced at it again.
Just six sentences, just fifty words. But the words represent the unification of heaven and the majesty of the emperor.
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty have all read it out, except for themselves!
Looking at Zhu Jianshen, who was trembling slightly and eagerly looking at him, Yue Zhang also became serious.
In his opinion, Zhu Jianshen is not necessarily a qualified emperor, but it is undeniable that he is a good person.
A person who has dreams and pursuits. A good person who has experienced many hardships and troubles himself, but is still generous and kind to others.
Yue Zhang, no matter in his past or present life, can't see others struggling in suffering.
In the words of the people around him in his previous life, he was a bit of a bad and good person, and he didn't measure himself.
Whether it is all about the previous life, or saving Jiu'er now, and tearing his face with Fang Wu, it is all because of this.
You can say impulsive, or self-conscious. But it's something that's deeply imprinted in the character.
Neither the change of time nor the change of identity can be changed.
He tried his best to make his expression as casual as possible, and said to Zhu Jianshen: "Your Majesty, you have actually spoken very coherently these days. It stands to reason that these six sentences are very simple for your current level. Let's practice these six sentences today, it's not difficult. But on the day of the sacrifice, you have to overcome your worst enemy in the process of treating your stutter - your own fears. ”
Interrupting Zhu Jianshen, who wanted to speak, he continued: "On the day of the sacrifice, you don't look at the ministers, you put me in a position where you can see it, and look at me intently." I look up where I should be fast, and I bow my head where I should be slow. Remember, don't repeat the previous word when it's not smooth. Sacrifice is a solemn thing, and a proper pause and slowing down the pace of speech can give a sense of solemnity. But as soon as it is repeated, it becomes a stammer. ”
Zhu Jianshen saw his serious appearance and nodded heavily.
Yue Zhang smiled, took out the sacrificial words, and under Yue Zhang's constant nodding and bowing command, Zhu Jianshen continued to read aloud on the altar.
The sun slowly moved from due south to west, and time passed moment by moment, until the sky was covered with inky blue, and the two of them continued to practice on the altar.
Where there's a will, there's a way. Hard-working people, the sky does not pay.
I hope you can make a splash and use this sacrifice as a springboard.
In the days to come, you can show your talent and be a competent emperor.
Yue Zhang looked at the voice that was already a little hoarse, but he was still reading, smoothing out Zhu Jianshen, who was not proficient in his own places, thinking like this.