Before this, Zhu Yijun approved the title of the Ministry of Rites on the cultivation ceremony.

Moreover, Zhu Yijun also ordered Xu Wenbi, Pingjiang Bo, Chen Wangmo, and Zhang Juzheng, a scholar, to act as the three dukes, and the privy envoy Fang Fengshi, the scholar Zhang Siwei, the scholar Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials Liu Yingjie, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites Pan Sheng, the secretary of the household department Zhang Xueyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War Liang Menglong, the secretary of the Rong Zheng and Military Department and the deputy privy envoy Yang Zhao, and the secretary of the Criminal Department Wu Baipeng to serve as the nine secretaries, in order to hold the five push and nine push ceremony.

And the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, and the Yin of the Shuntian Mansion have also entered the seeds of the rake and the barley.

And on February 18th.

Zhu Yijun officially left the palace and cultivated his home.

This is the first time that Zhu Yijun has not left the palace as a private visit to Weifu, and the scene is naturally very grand.

The people outside the curtains on both sides of the imperial road have been crowded to the fullness of the streets in order to witness the grand occasion of the emperor leaving the palace.

Even the attics in the distance of the curtain were crowded like a sea of clouds.

And Zhu Yijun himself felt fresh about this grand ceremony of leaving the palace, so he did not feel bored because of this only symbolic etiquette.

What's more, it is now mid-spring, everything is recovering, and the inside and outside of Beijing are dyed with new green, the fragrance of flowers is pervasive, and the temperature is suitable.

This is also a wonderful time to enjoy the scenery and travel a good day.

Zhu Yijun was naturally in a comfortable mood, and quite calmly on the high dragon chariot, through the bead curtain and the sun, and observed these various people in his empire, looking at him.

When he arrived at the cultivation office, Zhu Yijun, under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, personally sacrificed to the agricultural altar, and laid the silk, entered the knighthood, and made the first gift.

After the ceremony, Zhu Yijun arrived at Jitian under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, standing facing south, and the accompanying ministers stood respectfully on the east and west sides.

Zhu Yijun looked at the home field in front of him, and the old branches of the old trees and branches that seemed to have been kissed by the spring breeze overnight, but also looked forward to the fact that the world's agricultural affairs could always be smooth and the grains were abundant.

But as soon as he thought that Daming would soon usher in the climate of the Xiaoice River, with frequent floods and droughts, and the freezing line moving frantically southward, which greatly affected agricultural affairs, leading to the invasion of foreign races in the north and the intensification of civil unrest, he felt that perhaps if he really wanted to pay attention to agriculture, he could not only pay attention to etiquette, but also continue to make other plans.

And when he was outside the spirit, Zhang Xueyan, the head of the household, knelt in front of him at this time, and at the same time, Yin Shi Yingyue of Shuntian Mansion also knelt in front of him with a whip, and said in unison: "Please Your Majesty perform the cultivation ceremony!" ”

Zhu Yijun took the plough in his left hand and the whip in his right hand, and at the same time as the two old peasants and the two old peasants supported the plow, he personally took charge of the plough and began to plow.

Shuntian Fucheng and Tobu Zuo Shilang followed behind him.

Among them, Suncheonfu Cheng was in charge of holding the green box that contained the seeds, while the Zo Shilang of the household department was in charge of sowing seeds, and the elders selected from the Gyeonggi farmers were in charge of covering the soil.

It stands to reason that Zhu Yijun, the emperor, only needs to slap three pushes meaningfully.

But now because he feels fresh, he is still unsatisfied with the third push, and he is ready to continue.

However, at this time, Pan Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly came over and knelt in front of him: "My emperor's rites have moved the sky, and this year will be a bumper harvest, so that all the people in the world will be blessed with mercy!" ”

Seeing this, Zhu Yijun had no choice but to give it to Pan Sheng, then retreated to the side, stood facing south, and looked at Sangong Xingwu Tui and Jiuqing Xingwu Tui saluting.

And when looking at these, the pot-bellied Sangong Jiuqing clumsily stretched out his white fat hands one after another, and tried his best to maintain the cultivation so that it would not shake, Zhu Yijun wrinkled his eyebrows a little, and said in his heart:

"These three princes and nine kings should really also exercise, they can't even stabilize themselves, and when they really want to meet the captive Kou besieged Beijing in the future, don't even be able to hold a knife at that time, not even run."

After Zhu Yijun thought so, at the end of the cultivation ceremony, he said to Xu Wenbi, Zhang Juzheng and other three princes and nine kings who were wiping their sweat: "I have made up my mind, the cultivation ceremony is not as good as his ceremony, when the old practice of Taizu is restored, I and the princes must personally perform this ceremony before spring ploughing every year, in addition, the cultivation ceremony will be added, and it will be changed to nine pushes by the Son of Heaven in the future, thirty-six pushes by the three dukes, and seventy-two pushes by the nine kings, in order to show that the agriculture is heavy!" ”

In Zhu Yijun's view, civil officials want to pay heavy respects, so he should do a good job of encouraging agricultural affairs!

Although the cultivation ceremony is not cumbersome, because according to the Zhou ceremony, it is necessary for the ministers of the three princes and nine ministers to follow the cultivation and perform manual labor.

Therefore, since Hongwu, except for the first year of the throne or when the Son of Heaven is an adult, when he personally performs a cultivation ceremony and nominally lets the people of the world know that the Son of Heaven is really a Ming monarch, the rest of the time, every year only sends Shuntianfu Yin to sacrifice to the agricultural altar.

And the hundred officials didn't think there was anything like this, and they didn't even say that this move was against the ancestral system.

And it is right to say that the Son of Heaven should be like Zhu Yuanzhang and plough every year.

After all, not only the emperor had to plough the field three times, but even the three dukes and nine kings had to follow the ploughing five times and six times.

This amount of labor is nothing to ordinary people, but for the sons of heaven and ministers who are not engaged in production, it is undoubtedly equivalent to a violent exercise.

It's just that who would have thought that today's son turned out to be a person who really attaches importance to agriculture, and conscientiously fulfilled the cultivation ceremony that the civil officials asked him to plough in person, not to mention, he would have to plow in person like Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang every year, and increase the amount of labor in farming.

After hearing this, Xu Wenbi hurriedly looked at Zhang Juzheng and Pan Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and other civil officials.

After Zhang Juzheng's breathing calmed down a little, he knelt in front of Zhu Yijun and said, "My emperor is really a holy monarch who can chase Yao Shun!" ”

Pan Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also said: "The heavy agriculture of the above, the ancestors and ancestors will be very happy under the nine springs, and the sky will also be moved by the manifestation of holy virtue, and will protect the wind and rain of our emperor Ming Kyushu for a longer time!" ”

The other ministers also knelt down and praised Zhu Yijun.

Xu Wenbi and Chen Yumo saw that such nobles also had to kneel down and praise them.

As for his decision, Zhu Yijun didn't know if he was moved by God, but he knew that many of the ministers in front of him seemed to be really moved, and they were all in tears and choked.

There is no way, for the ministers, they have to jump into the pit they dug for themselves, with tears.

After all, you can't ask the Son of Heaven to respect the etiquette system on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Son of Heaven does not support the Son of Heaven when he re-honors it.

"Sir, I remember that this cultivated land is more than 690 acres, right?"

Zhu Yijun specially summoned Zhang Juzheng alone after returning to the palace after letting the ministers level down, and asked about the cultivated field.

Zhang Juzheng replied: "Back to Your Majesty, yes, according to the old practice of becoming a temple, among them, more than 90 acres of land are used for sacrificial items. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "Proposed edict, in the future, the agricultural altar will be used as a special field for trial planting in the new valley!" ”

"And set up Chongnong Temple, manage this part of the field, the temple is responsible for the research and development and introduction of new crops, and can be used in the form of examinations to select some idle but know agriculture of the clan and the nobles and dignitaries and officials to enter the temple as officials, so that they can also do some good things for the world, without having to eat the people's fat and ointment in vain."

Zhang Juzheng said yes.

Next, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Juzheng to draw up a decree because of the end of the cultivation ceremony, and gave the three princes and nine ministers who participated in the cultivation ceremony silk, silver and other things, and other deacons and officials also rewarded things, and even gave a banquet to participate in the cultivation ceremony.

However, at the banquet, the dishes are all boiled corn with pork ribs, fried corn with chili, potato stew, sweet potato tamales, and these are mixed with fresh dishes with various types of newly introduced grains.

These dishes were all made by Zhu Yijun and asked the Inner Court Shangshan to cook, and Guanglu Temple was not responsible, so naturally it could be regarded as the emperor's own silver for a treat.

It stands to reason that the court diet of the Ming Dynasty and the banquets of various ceremonies are all in charge of Guanglu Temple.

But the food in Guanglu Temple is something that few people like to eat, and it is always flashy.

In "Wanli Ye Won the Compilation", a popular proverb mentioned in the Beijing division of the Wanli Dynasty is called "The four major unreliable capitals".

And these four unreliable are the articles of the Hanlin Academy, the knives and guns of the Arsenal, the tea soup of Guanglu Temple, and the prescriptions of the Tai Hospital.

Not to mention the prescription of the Tai Hospital, Zhu Yijun now has a headache and brain fever with the nobles in the palace, and basically asks Li Shizhen to prescribe medicine.

The hereditary form of the medical household system has caused the level of imperial doctors to be very poor.

In terms of food, Zhu Yijun basically uses Shangshan to supervise private banquets.

This time, Zhu Yijun is no exception, just to encourage the promotion of new grains and provide the richness of Daming's agricultural products, he specially prepared a lot of new products at this private banquet.

(End of chapter)