Before the Tang Dynasty, the emperor sacrificed to the suburbs of the temple and the shrine, mainly to the ancestors of the temple; The sun and moon, the gods, the land, the mountains and rivers and the banners of the emperors and sages are the main worships to the gods of heaven and earth; Take Fuxi, Shennong, Queen Mother of the West, Taiyi Gods and so on as small rituals, mainly pray for the valley. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

There is a saying in the left: The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong. Whoever sends an official to make a sacrifice, the Son of Heaven personally presides over it, and he cannot pretend to be a hundred officials. However, since the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese etiquette and law inherited from the Qin and Han dynasties have changed significantly, and the five dynasties have changed one by one, and the cumbersome etiquette has been repeatedly deleted. After Guo Wei established the country, he changed the system of the Son of Heaven to seal Zen, mixed it with the Taimiao sacrifice, etc., and set it up as a suburban temple festival, which was held once a year on the first day.

And Guo Rong is now presiding over the ritual between the small and medium-sized rituals, mainly on behalf of the king to recover the old frontier, sacrifice to the ancestors, the peasants, the banner, the city god, etc., the land is lost and recovered, the incense of the gods has to be continued, and at the same time, the right to govern Youzhou is also announced.

On the day of the sacrifice and the next day, all those who are above the fifth rank will be bathed and fasted, and will wear auspicious clothes according to the rank. However, when the army went out on the expedition, in addition to high-ranking officials and important ministers, few even brought high-grade dresses, and many officers at the command and envoy level of the troops present had no choice but to wear the uniforms of the Great Red Army to participate.

At this time, on the square outside the Yuanhe Palace, the huge mound built by the big wood temporarily was a piece of vermilion under the high altar, only a few high-ranking officials in front of them were dressed in purple robes, according to the rank and status, and they were listed in turn after the emperor's steps. And on the high altar of the mound, there are burnt wood stoves, scabs, burning stoves and service tables, as well as the sacred treasury, the divine kitchen, the slaughtering pavilion, the sacrificial utensils, etc.

As soon as the auspicious time arrives, Guo Rong first ascends the altar, and the attendant reads out the speech at the foot of the steps, theoretically at this time to have fun, the honor guard wears a big red auspicious suit, holding a feather and a dance of eight hundreds, this is derived from the Zhou ceremony, according to the specifications: the Son of Heaven uses eight hundreds, the princes use six hundreds, the secretary doctor uses four hundreds, and the scholars use two hundreds. One hundred refers to a column of eight people, and eight hundred is eight columns of sixty-four people.

Now that the war is outside, it is obvious that the number of honor guards has not been gathered, and the procedure is omitted, and the ceremonial officer leads the service of the animal, which has a prescribed rank, the highest being the "foal", or too strong. The prison is full of cattle, sheep, and pigs, and the other princes use them as a few prisons, with sheep and pigs but no cattle, and buffalo and bison generally cannot be enshrined.

Then the sacrifice officially began, and the ceremonial officials first offered incense and candles, and Guo Rong put incense on it, and burned yellow paper in the copper furnace. After finishing and then offering the ox ear, Guo Rong picked up a symbolic drop of blood in the wine cup, and sprinkled it in front of the shrine with a sip, so what is called the person who holds the cow ear is reflected here.

Finally, Guo Rong led the civil and military officials to hold the wooden fasting card with the inscription in advance to pray for blessings, this ritual is completed, and then the wooden fasting card will be taken home and placed in the shrine at home.

The ceremony was carried out for an hour, and the high altar of the mound could be removed two days after completion, Guo Rong then led the civil and military into the Yuanhe Palace, which had been arranged by the palace and was on duty with the attendants. Because this imperial city was built in the era of Yerod, it was used very little, the hall was too wide so that the light was a little dim, and the facilities were not complete, there were no rules and couches, and the ministers could only stand in two shifts to listen to the government, but it was much better than holding it in the barracks.

And the imperial couch that Guo Rong sat on was carried out of the city by Han Tong that day, Guo Rong considered that he had to settle things here, praised Han Tong, and asked the soldiers of the palace to carry them back and resettle. It was not until the damaged Lifang in Youzhou City was cleaned up and repaired, and the defense was re-established that he did not enter the city on this day.

After the ceremony, as usual, it was a large number of speeches that were read out by the inner servants, and the highest level of the levy was the right to fill the que, the bachelor of Hanlin, the bachelor of Duanming Palace, and the Dou Yi of Tongping Zhangshi, he first came out and played: "Now the restoration of Youzhou, when the administrative division is reset, after consultation with colleagues, it is advisable to set up according to the Changxing and Qing Tai dynasties, and still set up Youzhou, with jurisdiction over nine counties, and Zhuo and Shun two military states, and the northern border is divided into Tan and Jing two military states, and Ji and Ping are the lower states, please decide!" ”

Dou Yi's suggestion is nothing more than to set up three more military states to divide power to check and balance the military government in Youzhou and weaken the troops, but setting it up in this way on the border is easy to cause inconsistencies in power, which is undoubtedly very unfavorable.

"Youzhou is newly restored, consolidating border defense, what suggestions do you have?" Guo Rong was noncommittal, but he reset the tone and turned his head to look at the privy councillor Wei Renpu, Wang Pu, Zhang Yue and others.

Wei Renpu and Wang Pu also discussed, but they deviated a little from Zhang Yue's opinion, and they looked at each other silently. Zhang Yue then came out and said: "The minister thinks that the two military states of Zhuo and Shun can be abolished, and each of these two places has an army, and there are at least three or more armies in Juyongguan, and the southeast is connected with Cangzhou, and the number of troops can be appropriately reduced." In addition, Tan, Ji, and Ping can be set up in three lower states, and Jingzhou can also be removed. Youzhou can be placed in Beiping Mansion and governs the south of Yanshan.

The person who judges the affairs of the government is the chief military and political officer, and its subordinate soldiers and horses are under the jurisdiction of the army to assist in the army, and the north is divided into soldiers and horses according to the defense line, which is directly under the Beiping Mansion. Corresponding to the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses, there is another political envoy of Beiping Prefecture, and this terms of reference can refer to the envoy of the Ministry of Economic Strategy as a bad official, in charge of government affairs, criminal investigation, finance and taxation, etc., please consider Your Majesty! ”

The military attache was sent from the Later Tang Dynasty, when the central government was set up under the feudal town to try to divide power, but later it did not achieve the purpose of cutting the domain, but it was set up from time to time, and it was at the same level as the commander and the commander, but the latter was a formal official position.

Zhang Yue finished speaking in one breath of the comprehensive planning of the military and political affairs of Youzhou, which can be regarded as comprehensive, in fact, according to his idea, it is to set up a strategic envoy, the local implementation of the separation of powers, and the division of power in the hands of the second-level chief officer, and the judgment of government affairs can only be coordinated in the middle when the war is removed, but this is difficult to pass, so it is necessary to retreat to the second, which is also feasible.

"What do you think?" Guo Rong nodded, of course he understood the benefits of Zhang Yue's division of states and counties, there is a division and opposition between military and political powers, and at the same time, military power is relatively centralized, as long as the right person is used, the government will soon be able to resume operation.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Wei Renpu came out first, and Wang Pu glanced at Zhang Yue deeply, and also agreed.

"Good! The selection of the principal is decided first! Guo Rong waved his hand to indicate approval, and the general servants who were accompanying him immediately presented the list of major generals who had made meritorious contributions in battle, and these were the candidates who were designated as the remaining Youzhou.

After writing, Guo Rong looked up after reading the roster, and officially issued an edict: "To inspect the school Taibao, Zhen'an Jiedu envoy, guard Ma Budu Yu waited for Han Lingkun to inspect the school Taiwei, Beiping Mansion to stay, and sentenced the Beiping Military Government; Xue Wenqian, the former Jingzhou Thorn Shi, was under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture's Soldiers and Horses, and the former Diezhou Zhizhou Ming Jinpeng was the vice-president.

Guo Chong was the political envoy of Beiping Prefecture with the inspection of the school Taiwei, Tongping Zhangshi, and Tianping Jiedu, and Zhang Zangying of Puzhou Thorn History, and Bian Ren Zhaoquan of Jizhou Thorn Shi knew Beiping Mansion, and Congduo was the Jizhou Thorn History of Cangzhou Qianning Army and Horses, and Gao Zhongyi of Dizhou Thorn Shi was Danzhou Thorn History, and Pinglu Yanei made An Shouzhong as Pingzhou Thorn History. ”

Guo Rong finished his speech quickly, looking a little tired, and the civil and military officials mentioned in the edict hurriedly went out to thank him, and before he could come, he went straight to the palace to announce the edict.

"After receiving the edict, the ministers can go to their posts first, and all the meritorious soldiers can be rewarded when they return to Beijing. Five days later, the Hebei Zhuzhen Army was rewarded first, that is, the class division, tentatively scheduled for March 15, the royal drive back to Beijing, the generals of the forbidden army guards, can set their own itinerary during this period to return to the south. ”

The main event was set, the palace court meeting was completed, Guo Rong set up the Yuan and the palace side hall to give a banquet, but because of fasting, this banquet was also vegetarian, but it was not common for the emperor to drink a banquet with his ministers, which was a great reward for the officers at the military envoy level.