"It's coming, it's coming, it's Lord Fei from the Ministry of Rites......"

There was a commotion in the crowd, and many people let out a burst of low shouts.

Soon, chaos ensued, and many of the officers came out and made a path, and many of them retreated, and naturally a few shouts and curses were inevitable.

Fei Hong sat in the sedan chair, heard the shouting and scolding outside, turned a deaf ear, the sedan chair entered the Confucius Temple, and then, the adults from various departments in Nanjing had come one after another.

The roads became more and more congested, but fortunately, there were servants who were struggling to maintain order, and there was no chaos.

As for Wang Shouren and Xu Qian, they were late, and they finally arrived when they pinched the time.

As soon as they arrived, there was a burst of cheers from the crowd, this time everyone was well-behaved, but there was no need to drive away, naturally, someone gave way to a road, Nanjing is one of the birthplaces of Wang Xue, Wang Xue is the most prosperous, Wang Shouren's status in Wang Xue, is Cheng Zi and Zhu Zi in Wang Xue, and Xu Qian is also the most high-profile figure in Wang Xue.

Many people have some kind of spontaneous respect for the two of them, and even when Wang Shouren's sedan chair passed, many people bowed to Wang Shouren's sedan chair.

When I entered the Confucius Temple, many people were already gathered together.

Up to the ministers, there are many Confucians, and even some students, all invited to come here, everyone did not greet, such a solemn occasion, when they met, they could signal their chins.

As for the priests in the Confucius Temple, the pressure is not small at this time, because the time is in a hurry, there is not much time to prepare, and there are too many people for official sacrifices, and many priests are afraid of something going wrong, so they are too cautious.

However, everyone is a person who understands the rules, and they follow the steps step by step, first under the guidance of the priest, and then by the various books. Then it is according to the grade of the fish into the mouth, first into the Dacheng Palace, everyone is lined up in shifts, after burning incense, it is the ritual music, the so-called "smell the music and know the virtue, watch the dance and clear the heart, know the etiquette Mingren, the ceremony is happy." Neutralization and education", so this dance music is the top priority of the sacrifice, and for a while, the music of the Dacheng Hall bursts. Male dancers dance in Confucian shirts.

It's just that this scene really fucking blinded Xu someone's eyes, and it was just a matter of dancing, but a group of big men with wide sleeves jumped out with stubbled beards and danced with their hands, which really made Xu someone's appetite great.

After the ritual music, it is the ritual text. This sacrificial text is the hand of the Ministry of Rites, and the so-called sacrificial text is for the ghosts and gods on the one hand, and on the other hand. But it was also said to himself, the voice of the ceremonial official was sonorous, and the tone in the hall was melodious: "Wen Sheng, my ancestor, Grace Haiyu ......"

Such lengthy sacrifices. I used a stick of incense, and finally I finally feasted on it. For the prayer to conclude the prayer.

After the sacrifice, the upper and lower officials and students all respectfully performed the student salute, and then turned to the temple to worship the saints and ancestors, a big salute down, the atmosphere was tense, not to mention, many people were already a little tired, and many people's foreheads were already soaked with sweat.

After worshipping the ancestors of the sages and ancestors of the temple, the ceremonial officials invited you to go to the side hall to rest first, because the sacrifice to the Confucian Temple is a long ceremony, there are no four or five hours, and it cannot be ended, and on official occasions, most of the adults who sacrifice are not young, and young people like Xu Qian are still very few, so it is inevitable that they will have to rest in the middle.

In the side hall, all the adults sat down one after another, and the ceremonial officials and priests ordered people to bring tea inscriptions, and everyone was not polite, and they ate and used them one after another.

At this time, it was a tense moment for everyone, Fei Hong squinted, he had the reserve of the Ministry of Rites, showing a taciturn attitude, in fact, in his heart, he secretly had a little guard, the sacrificial texts were all drafted by the Ministry of Rites, that is to say, this qiē was also arranged by the Ministry of Rites, but the crux of the problem was that the Wang Xue officials headed by Wang Shouren did not ask for revisions, that is, they seemed to approve of the sacrificial texts.

If this is the case, and all of them go down according to the script of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Shouren, the leader of Wang Xue, not only wants to worship Zhu Fuzi, but also greatly praise Zhu Fuzi, but they are so fanfare, and even so respectful to Zhu Fuzi, and call him the same as the sage and the first teacher, aren't they afraid of slapping themselves in the face?

You know, in this era, other things can be discussed, but if you make a compromise on political opinions and learning, this is a very evasive thing, and the academic dispute between Wang Xue and Lixue is precisely because the two concepts are opposite, water and fire are incompatible, and even the basic purpose is completely different, so there is such a sharp dispute. Once you recognize Zhu Fuzi's lofty status and call him the master of all ages, since he is a teacher, then how can a disciple and protégé overthrow his own teacher?

This...... It seems difficult to explain, there are many people who worship Confucius in Wang Xue, but most of them are informal occasions, and no one cares about you when you raise your legs and leave, or it is a national ceremony, you are mixed in the crowd, and no one pays attention to it, but today, with Wang Shouren's status, it is obviously very inappropriate.

In fact, Fei Hong muttered in his heart, and other officials were also muttering in his heart, and they couldn't help but guess Wang Shouren and Xu Qian's thoughts, but they didn't have a clue at all, in fact, many of the people sitting here were Wang Xue officials and Confucians, and most of them sweated for them.

It's just that their status, on this occasion, seems to be only cautious in words and deeds, everyone is eating tea in silence, not saying a word, but in their hearts, it is very complicated, and some people quietly look at Wang Shouren and Xu Qian's faces. However, Wang Shouren sat upright and did not say a word, while Xu Qian seemed to be very interested in the pastries of the Confucian Temple, and it seemed that the young man had a good appetite and was still eating there, and the other hand copied the tea inscription, and did not seem to put his mind on the follow-up sacrifice.

Zhu Mao, who was in the last seat, seemed calm and relaxed, the doctor surnamed Wu had found it, and he suddenly found that he had found a killer feature, and with this killer feature, he was not worried at all, what tricks the person surnamed Xu played, it seemed that he was in control, and there was nothing to worry about.

He even looked at Wang Shouren coldly, showing a little disdain in his heart.

One qiē and one qiē seemed to be very calm, and after a short break for half an hour, the ceremonial officials came in and invited you to the left and right halls to worship the sages, and everyone moved one after another.

The emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry, and the princes inside are indifferent and calm, but they are anxious about the people outside, and countless people outside, although they are not qualified to participate in such a grand event, but in their hearts, they are extremely concerned about this sacrifice, and they are looking forward to the news one by one, and there are also good deeds, from the sound of ritual music and movement inside, they roughly guessed where it was going.

"Hurry up, the music is almost over, after this ritual music, it is time to worship the Holy Master in the Dacheng Hall......"

"Oh, yes, this is the second burst of ritual music, I think you have already gone to the Temple of Enlightenment, I am afraid that in less than half an hour, the sacrifice of the Temple of Enlightenment will end, I want to rest again, ready to sacrifice to the sages."

"It's just that I don't know what kind of sacrificial text the sages use, this sacrificial text is not trivial."

"I heard from the people inside, it seems that this sacrificial text has been written by the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites is in order, it seems to be ......."

"But this is not necessarily, don't you know, there is also an additional sacrifice?"

The so-called additional sacrifice, is the Song Dynasty handed down the rules, is a national sacrifice at that time, the Son of Heaven personally led a hundred officials to the Confucian Temple to worship, originally read the sacrificial text, but suddenly another official may be excited, suddenly jumped out, it seems that the Ministry of Rites of the sacrificial text is not enough to express their reverence for the holy and sage, and at the end of this, free play, continue a few sentences of sacrifice.

At that time, the official occasion was so unruly, how could you suddenly speak, this official consciously lost his words, and was panicked for a while, who knew that at that time, it was rumored to be a beautiful talk, even the Son of Heaven praised it very much, and even issued a decree to commend it.

In the Ming Dynasty, there has never been such an outrageous thing, but the Ming Dynasty in etiquette, the Great Song Dynasty is highly respected, in a sense, although no one practiced, but this situation, but everyone acquiesced.

It's just that everyone sticks to the rules, for fear of becoming the focus of everyone, so they don't go out of line.

And the imperial court neither supports nor encourages such a thing, because although it is a beautiful talk, if it is encouraged, everyone will follow suit, and then it will have to cause chaos.

At this time, there was another sound of ritual music, but it was much shorter than before, and everyone had already guessed that this was the beginning of the sacrifice to the sages, and everyone held their breath.

In the temple, the sages worshipped one by one, and finally, they finally arrived at Zhu Fuzi.

Under the bronze statue of Zhu Fuzi, the ceremonial official took out the sacrificial text, which was not out of the ordinary.

"The age is ugly...... Dazai Wushi, Zhaoqi Hongmeng, the founder of Xiude, Shaode Yixing ......"

Judging from the article written by the Ministry of Rites, this time the sacrificial text to Zhu Fuzi obviously gave Zhu Fuzi enough face, among which the great master of Wu was even blinded to the eyes of all Wang Xuemen, but the scholars in the world were all protégés of Cheng Zhu, saying that they were my teachers, and no one could say anything, but now Wang Shouren is one of the main priests, which is worth playing.

At this time, the teacher pays attention to obedience and respect, that is to say, the teacher must not be disobeyed, Zhu Fuzi is not only my teacher, but also naturally, is your Wang Shouren's teacher, as a disciple of the disciple, do not carry forward the learning of the teacher, but do the opposite, this is to deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestor, the crime is great!

As for the other officials of Wang Xue, when they heard this sacrificial text, they couldn't help frowning, and they couldn't help but glance at Fei Hong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, a few times, but in their hearts, they couldn't help but mutter.

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Basically have a meeting every day, and the time for code words is not very much, so you can only code words all night, alas, it's finally good, you don't need to really don't stay up all night, it hurts your body, especially on such a cold day!