Zhu Houzhao was already dressed in a costume at this time, and his expression was solemn, and he slowly boarded the royal palace surrounded by the attendants.

After bathing and fasting, Zhu Houzhao was dressed in a gorgeous dress, and the whole person was not angry and arrogant, and he boarded the imperial palace, accompanied by a loud shout, and saw a team of elite internal forbidden troops surrounding the imperial palace and slowly heading towards the outside of the Forbidden City.

On the square outside the palace gate, the civil and military officials who rushed over early also had a bit of solemnity in their expressions at this time.

Everyone knows that the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens is an extremely important thing, and in the past, the Son of Heaven could push the matter of sacrificing to the sky, and if he could not participate, he would not participate, so this time everyone attached great importance to it, and it can be said that it was treated solemnly.

No one wants to evil the Son of Heaven in this matter, otherwise, who knows if the Son of Heaven will give them small shoes to wear.

Just when a group of civil and military officials were waiting for the arrival of the Son of Heaven on the square outside the palace gate, many officials were discussing in private.

Yesterday Zhu Houzhao summoned Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing, Han Kun, Zhang Lun and others to discuss the secrets, but the Son of Heaven did not ask for secrecy of the content of the discussion, so overnight, almost all the officials who cared about the matter of worshiping the heavens knew about the list drawn up by Zhu Houzhao through their own channels.

Although some officials are not prominent in the DPRK and China, they are extremely high on the list, while some officials are in the DPRK and China, but they do not even have their names left on the list.

There is more than one official who has been excluded from the list like this, but there are many of them, obviously these officials have some problems, otherwise Zhu Houzhao would not have turned a blind eye at all.

Why those officials who are obviously in high positions but can't even leave their names on the list are like this, others don't know, but these people know it very well in their hearts.

As the saying goes, if people don't know what they can't do unless they do it, these officials know best in their hearts what they have done and why they are rejected by the Son of Heaven.

It can be seen that all those who have not been able to leave their names on the list look in a trance, and it can be seen that they are absent-minded one by one.

And many officials who are very close to them on weekdays also subconsciously distanced themselves from them at this time, as if they were afraid that the bad luck on the other party would be transmitted to them.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and a group of officials looked up at the palace gate.

At a glance, I saw that at the gate of the palace, a group of people and horses slowly walked out, led by the bright armor of the Ouchi Praetorian Guard, surrounded by the Ouchi Forbidden Army, a royal car slowly drove out.

Under the leadership of Yang Yiqing, all the civil and military officials fell down towards the royal bow that Zhu Houzhao was riding, and the mountain shouted long live.

Zhu Houzhao walked out of the imperial court, high up, as far as his eyes could see, except for those soldiers, the rest of the people all fell to the ground.

I only heard Zhu Houzhao say in a long voice: "The ministers are exempt from courtesy." ”

A group of civil and military officials got up, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites had already made preparations, and according to the process prepared in advance, the civil and military officials followed the imperial palace of the Son of Heaven and set off towards the big altar outside the city.

On the long street, the people are black and oppressive, if it weren't for the soldiers to maintain order, I'm afraid the entire long street has already been blocked by the people.

In the crowd, everyone stretched out their heads one by one to look into the distance.

Among the people, Zhu Houzhao's reputation is simply so good that the folk call Zhu Houzhao is directly called the Holy Son of Heaven.

I have to say that the scene of the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty far exceeds the prosperity of the previous dynasties, at least under the governance of Zhu Houzhao, the Ming Dynasty almost eliminated the situation of the people freezing to death and starving to death.

Of course, I dare not talk about anything absolutely, and it is inevitable to say whether there are still people who freeze to death or starve to death, but relatively speaking, compared with the past, it is not too much to say that it will be eliminated.

Even if there is a natural disaster, the imperial court will also dispatch disaster relief materials to help the victims as soon as possible, and even the imperial court will allocate various materials to help the people restore their homes.

In the past, such things would have been unthinkable, but nowadays, they have become the norm.

It is conceivable that in this situation, no matter how stupid the people are, they can really feel the changes in their lives.

Among the people, some of the scholars who were suppressed by Chu Yi and the Son of Heaven were not old, and they kept slandering and slandering Chu Yi and the reputation of the Son of Heaven, but these people are now shocked to find that their remarks have lost their market among the people.

It can even be said that if they have any slanderous words against the Son of Heaven, once the people know about it, they will definitely tie him up and send him to the government to accuse him of slandering the Son of Heaven.

Gradually, the sound of the mountains shouting long live was heard in the distance, and the sound was like the waves of the sea.

"Long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty......"

The sound of the mountain roared, and if someone looked down from the sky, they would find that with the frame of the Son of Heaven coming slowly, the people on both sides of the road fell down like waves to the frame of the Son of Heaven, shouting long live.

Countless people bowed down to the frame of the Son of Heaven, and only from the earth-shattering sound, we could hear that the sound of the mountain calling for long live came from the bottom of the people's hearts, not just being gathered by people to make a appearance.

Although Zhu Houzhao said that he could learn about some civil affairs through intelligence agencies such as Jinyiwei and Dongchang, he also knew what kind of reputation he had among the people.

But Zhu Houzhao subconsciously thought that the situation reported by Dongchang and Jinyiwei was a bit exaggerated, and it seemed to be complimenting him, so Zhu Houzhao didn't take it to heart.

However, this time Zhu Houzhao went out of the palace and put out the royal car in a bright and bright manner, but he really felt the people's heartfelt support and respect for him.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the people ask for very little, they just want to be free from the cold and hunger, and whoever can do this, they will regard it as a ......."

Suddenly, a passage that Chu Yi had said to him back then came to mind, and Zhu Houzhao didn't quite understand what Chu Yi said at that time, because in Zhu Houzhao's opinion, according to what Chu Yi said, the requirements of the people in the world are too low and too easy to do.

But now it seems that Zhu Houzhao understands that the requirements of the people in the world are indeed very easy and very simple, but I don't know why there are few saints in all dynasties and dynasties?

Condescendingly looking at the people on both sides of the road who worshiped him with great piety, Zhu Houzhao felt extremely emotional in his heart.

"Slow down!"

Zhu Houzhao spoke slowly.

The speed of the frame slowed down, and I saw Zhu Houzhao walking out of the imperial bowl, his figure standing on the imperial bowl, and the people in front of him who had not yet bowed down noticed at a glance the emperor who was dressed in a costume and exuded endless majesty.

Just one glance, many people hurriedly lowered their heads, grateful, reverent bow, while shouting long live, their hearts shouted: "I see Your Majesty's true face, I see Your Majesty's true face......"

"Wait for the Qing to be flat, hurry up and be free of courtesy......"

Zhu Houzhao shouted at the people on both sides.

Zhu Houzhao has lived up to the diligent Taoist health preservation method over the years, it can be said that he is strong and strong, full of energy, and his voice spreads all over the radius of more than 100 zhang as soon as he speaks.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's voice, many people couldn't help but shout long live excitedly, and became more and more devout to Zhu Houzhao.

All the way, Zhu Houzhao stood on top of the car, and the entire capital was filled with the sound of the mountain shouting long live, such a momentum even the civil and military officials who followed the car were stunned, they really didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to have such a high prestige among the people.

At this time, around the altar, the lords of the princes who arrived here first and were waiting for the Son of Heaven under the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites only heard a sound like a tsunami of mountain calls.

Many people were directly stunned, and subconsciously looked over, and saw that the Son of Heaven was slowly coming under the support of hundreds of civil and military officials.

Just when many people were distracted, an official of the Ministry of Rites immediately sang and said: "Your Majesty has arrived, welcome the holy car!" ”

"We meet Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!"

The various princes and lords bowed to Zhu Houzhao respectfully, no matter what they thought in their hearts, but in the face of Zhu Houzhao, who had already reached the peak of his prestige and prestige, there seemed to be no other choice than to bow respectfully.

Zhu Hou took care of it, and saw hundreds of lords of vassal states and envoys sent by many overseas countries bowing down to him.

After everyone bowed down, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said with a solemn expression: "Flat body and no courtesy!" ”

The official of the Ministry of Rites stepped forward and saluted the Son of Heaven and said, "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has arrived, please wait for Your Majesty to wait for the altar to worship the sky!" ”

I saw Zhu Houzhao wearing a big fur, wearing a gown, the gown was embroidered by the most ingenious embroidery girl in the south of the Yangtze River with the sun, moon, mountains, dragons and other patterns, wearing a crown of twelve hanging down before and after, with Dagui inserted in his waist, holding Zhengui in his hand and walking towards the high altar step by step.

The altar is a hundred feet high, and it is not easy to climb from the bottom to the top of the altar with this layer of steps alone.

If this is a scholar who has no power to restrain the chicken, I am afraid that he will not be able to persevere before he is halfway up.

Zhu Houzhao was full of energy, step by step, step by step, and slowly ascended to the altar.

The top of the altar is a hundred zhang high, and there is a fence carved from white jade stone all around, and there is a plane of several zhang in a radius of several zhang to say that it is not big, and it is not small.

The Son of Heaven climbed to the top of the altar step by step, and the civil and military officials who came with the Son of Heaven also followed the altar.

Standing on a step at the top of the altar are Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming and other cabinet elders, and a little down the next step is arranged in order according to their respective official positions.

The space above the altar is large enough, and the civil and military officials, including the lords of the country and the envoys of various countries, are not even crowded on the altar.

"Whirring ......"

The hundred-zhang high altar, there are thousands of steps alone, and many officials have been climbing up, almost being exhausted on the way up, but for those generals, this height is just like that, one by one, calm and relaxed, as steady as Mount Tai.