Chapter 324: Longevity (1)

March 18 is the period of longevity, according to the established ritual note of the Ministry of Rites, on this day the emperor is in the imperial palace and the forbidden city inside and outside the palace by the kings of the clan, the minister of civil and military affairs, the envoys of the foreign domain, the people and the elderly. () On March 17, Kangxi returned to the palace from Changchun Garden, in order to make the distant subjects Xian have to rely on the guard of honor and look up to the sky, so he set up dozens of miles of sandwich roads, and knotted the colorful shed to celebrate the ceremony of longevity. After Luan drove into the city, the emperor took a sedan chair from the west gate of Jingshan, and entered the palace from the Shenwu Gate, but considering that Luan drove and drove in two places, it would take time, and I was afraid that it would not be possible, in order to avoid this section, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Shuose, etc., according to the meaning of Songzhu and others, was ordered to prepare two kinds of the same book, and displayed a class in each of the two places in the palace garden, only waiting for the holy car.

At dawn that day, Kangxi set off from Changchun Garden and returned to the palace first by the Queen Mother. Changchun Garden palace gate outside the big driving book, is according to the order of the whole guard of honor of the day, for the suburbs, patrol with the five-color dragon flag yellow, red, blue, white, black five-color dragon flag hunting in the wind, embroidered gold double dragon Cuihua feather fan high, in the furnishings, by the big driver of the book first open the road, carrying the treasure bottle, embroidered the golden saddle of the five elephants forward, respectively in the left, right, middle of the royal road, and then in turn lined up the big chariot, the small pony, the jade chariot, the big chariot, the royal sedan five times, followed by the school captain in the dress, The priest and the musician are lined up, each holding an armed bow and knife, and holding a flute and drum to guide the way.

The middle of the queue is a dazzling place, it is inside and outside by 28 Huang Ling, Hua Jinding, safflower clothes, harrier shoes of the infantry captain carried by the cool step, the step chariot to the crank bright yellow umbrella cover, ten white horses as the column leader, and then on both sides is the minister wearing python robes to supplement the clothes, the leading guards, the deacons and eunuchs, etc., more than 100 people support, and then there are 100 foot guards and honor guards, divided into two layers each holding a bow and holding a bow, a slip into a goose wing row to escort the guards. This star and moon ring arch is the Kangxi royal chariot, at a glance is the top of the feather brilliant, endless, Kangxi imperial chariot is followed by the queen mother's Luan driving honor guard, but also the umbrella cover, banners, knots and Yue clusters, dense palace people, guards shadow servant, after the two palace honor guards, is the military appearance of the Eight Banners Brigade, the infantry army, the two battalions of the escort army, thousands of horses, fill the overflow of the road, really a good image of Yuntun thunder.

From Changchun Garden to Xizhimen, a total of 17 miles along the way, each has the official and civil gentry to ask for permission to build the celebration dragon shed, the prayer altar, the drama stage and the size of the color square, etc., when the holy car passes through the place, everywhere can be carried out to receive the ceremony of the driving line knocking. According to the original etiquette note, the emperor and grandson need to be supported and accompanied, so as to perform the ceremony and fulfill the importance of filial piety. Later, Kangxi considered that the road was far away, and the number of rituals was cumbersome, and he was afraid that everyone would not be able to take care of it, so he simply exempted most of the emperors and grandsons from accompanying them, and only ordered the county prince and above to accompany the elder brother on foot, and the rest of the people were ordered to chant at the Qingfan Temple scripture altar in the gate of the palace of Changchun Garden, and when Luan drove off, he knelt and bowed to congratulate him.

Qingfan Temple is located in the side of the small east gate of Changchun Garden, in front of the temple through the big palace gate straight road is in the center, there is a five-color brocade big color wall, the wall is red color satin knot with the four big characters of "longevity without borders", echoing the double couplet on the big color square in front of the temple, "the whole world works together with three more wishes, and the earth calls long live the sound together". The longevity altar built in the big color square here, is the first altar of the royal road, the emperors are headed by Yinxi, all recite the longevity scripture here; there is a slightly smaller altar behind the altar, with the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace in charge of the eunuch adviser to the head of the Qianqing Palace, also recited here.

When the ceremonial guard out of the Changchun Garden Flower Cave, through the double gate, when the holy car entered the palace gate, there was a leading eunuch rushed to inform here, everyone then prepared early, when Luan drove through the altar, the ministers of the sects present had already left the table and knelt down, and Song Hu longevity was boundless. However, Kangxi did not have the will to stop here, it was still slowly moving forward with the halo book and the imperial chariot according to the seal, and when the guard of honor behind him had also passed the Caifang road, the foreman kneeling in front of Yin Yu stood up, stared at the distant honor guard for a while, a trace of complexity flashed on his face, and said casually to the people behind him, "All the younger brothers are also up." At this time, among the python robes and jade belts behind him, a person with a thin face barely raised his head, looking at the distant Luan for a while, and looked for a familiar figure in the four regiments of Longji clothes that accompanied him, but he still found nothing, and couldn't help but have a gloomy color in his eyes.

The Yin Yu in front of him stood up with Yin Yu, and was already dusting the dust on his robe with great disdain, but when he saw him, he couldn't help but show a look of contempt on his face, and at the moment when he stood up on his knees, he immediately sneered, "People are proud of themselves at the moment, maybe they will follow the holy car to talk back, why don't the thirteenth brother chase after him, lest after today, Ming'er won't see the driver's share, right? People say that brothers are one, why can't I see it?" These words caused Yinzhen to hurriedly turn around, and hurriedly shouted, "Ninth brother, in front of people, can't you say a few words?" Yinzhen, who was originally kneeling behind Yinxiang, didn't realize it, but after listening to Yinxiang's words, Fang noticed Yinxiang's expression, saw that he was struggling to get up, and was hesitating whether to get close to Yinxiang, so he heard Yinxiang say coldly, "Heh, which of the people present is not a brother, and the younger brother won't bother Brother Jiu!" Yinzhen heard this, and suddenly thought of his proud brother, Fang wanted to stretch out the hand and punched back into his sleeve, his palm clenched tightly, and his heart was indescribably crooked.

The person Yinxiang is looking for is naturally Yinzhen, but although Yinzhen is in the royal guard of honor, but he has another will, on the one hand, he is also in charge of the errand of the guard, on the other hand, he has to work with the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to jointly organize this longevity ceremony, which is different from other emperors, even if it is noisy and lively before and after, but can not watch the scenery for a moment The leisure and elegance of the scenery, but to walk back and forth to take care of it, so that people are respectively in front of the Puqing Temple, Wanshou Temple and other places to pick up the Wenda, Ma Qi to pass the news, Yinxiang at this moment naturally can not find him. However, after this, it was a bitter Yinzhen, and when Kangxi rose, he fell to comfort the elderly officials and people in various provinces, and he had to kneel and knock with everyone; Fortunately, Baozhu has always been a capable person, and with Yinzhen by his side, he can help him a little bit or two, and it also reduces Yinzhen's extra thoughts.