As the emperor came to Xijing Chang'an, the first task was of course to go to the temple to worship.

Because the Dahan Temple is in the southern suburbs, it was fortunate that it was not affected by the war of that year and was well preserved.

In terms of the idealistic rhetoric at that time, this is also one of the important reasons why the Han Dynasty was able to continue the country and continue the mountains and rivers.

Although Emperor Shun of Han later built a temple on the outskirts of Luoyang, the temple in Chang'an was built by Emperor Gao after all.

It is the ancestral temple of the Liu family, which has irrefutable legitimacy.

The emperor's sacrifice is a very solemn thing, and according to tradition and etiquette, there are sacrifices throughout the year.

This year's summer festival was chosen in Chang'an.

Before the sacrifice, the emperor had to bathe and fast for three days as a sign of respect for his ancestors and Haotian.

This is the first time since Liu Zhi ascended the throne to Chang'an to worship the temple and the eleventh tomb, which is naturally very solemn.

Although Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is also a descendant of Gaozu, he is not a direct descendant after all, which is somewhat unsatisfactory.

Therefore, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Xiu sacrificed to the ancestral tombs on a large scale to declare his legitimacy and calm the people's hearts.

In the fifth year of the establishment of the martial arts, Emperor Guangwu issued an edict to the relevant departments together with the Chang'an government to repair the Xijing Garden Mausoleum destroyed by the Red Mei Peasant Rebel Army, restore the sealed soil, rebuild the dormitory temple, and plant trees.

In the summer and April of the same year, Bingzi, fortunately Chang'an, began to pay homage to the high temple, and then there was something to do with the eleventh tomb.

In the eighteenth year of Jianwu, Emperor Guangwu toured Chang'an to the west again, and the ancestor worship ceremony was the same as before.

In the second year, Emperor Guangwu specially sent officials to Chang'an, Xijing, to posthumously honor Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty as Zhongzong, Emperor Zhao and Emperor Yuan in Taimiao, and Emperor Cheng, Emperor Wai, and Emperor Ping in Chang'an.

In the twenty-second year of Jianwu, Emperor Guangwu came to Chang'an again, the ancestral temple, and the eleventh tomb.

In the first year of the Middle Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu, who was 61 years old at the time, visited Chang'an, paid homage to Gaozu Changling, and posthumously crowned the mother of Emperor Wen of Han as Empress Gao in this year, and enshrined in Gaozu Temple.

And the tablet of Empress Lu was also moved back to the cemetery, and the four seasons of sacrifice were retained.

Since then, after successive generations of emperors ascended the throne, they would first come to Chang'an to worship the high temple and the eleventh tombs.

When Liu Zhi succeeded to the throne, because the first few years had been turbulent, he had never had the opportunity to come to Chenling.

Later, although he became pro-government, it was a pity that the regime was unstable, and there were no conditions to come to Chang'an, so he finally mastered the military power and was busy developing the national economy.

In recent years, several important ministers have written to urge him to come and worship.

In the Han Dynasty, filial piety ruled the world, and Liu Zhi did not come to worship the high temple for a long time, which was unreasonable and reasonable.

This time he finally decided to come to Chang'an, and the whole court was jubilant.

The officials who came to worship were not only Zong Zheng and Taichang Siqing, but also the head of the Hanlin Academy, Taishi Ling, Taifu Siqing and so on.

General Jinggi Wei and General Yulin Junwei all came with the car, and Liu Zhi even passed the book in advance, summoning General Zhenxi and General Zhenbei, who were not far from Chang'an.

Others, such as the Zhongchang attendant, the guard lieutenant, etc., were even accompanied by two Shangshu.

Chang'an Jing Zhaoyin rushed directly to Fufeng County to pick up the car, which shows how grand this sacrificial event is.

The sacrificial ceremonies of the Han Dynasty had a well-established procedure and became a national sacrificial system, and until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the suburban rituals basically continued to use the Han system.

The sacrifices used in the sacrifice are generally cows, sheep and pigs, but only pigs and sheep are often used when sacrificing Chiyou.

The human animals commonly used in the pre-Qin period were not used in the Han Dynasty, and unless there were special sacrificial activities, such as war, prisoners would be used to sacrifice the heroic spirits who died in battle.

On the day of the sacrifice, the imperial servant personally drove for the emperor, accompanied by General Gyeonggi Wei, and his name was Dajia.

After that, they were respectively Sima car, evil car, Jidao car, and Jingshu order car, all of which were the specifications of the four-horse driving royal.

Then there are thirteen members of the elephant chariot and the drum band, which play the prescribed "sacrificial songs", such as and so on.

For the court music composed during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che ordered the talented son Sima Xiangru to compose the lyrics and Li Yannian to score the music.

After that, there are two Shidaohou, four Chang'an Duwei, ten Chang'an Pavilion chiefs driving, Chang'an Order, Jing Zhaopeng History, and so on.

The accompanying subordinate officials, retinues, officials, etc., are mighty, plus the escort of the imperial history, the servant shooting, etc., at a glance, like a long dragon.

All kinds of ceremonial cars such as Wugang car, nine car, Yunhan car, Pixuan car, halberd car, Luanqi car, Jianhua car, dazzling to see.

After that, it was the representatives of the local famous families in Chang'an, who were fortunate enough to be selected to accompany the emperor to worship, which was naturally a supreme honor.

Therefore, all of them behaved solemnly, and although the weather had begun to get hot, they were all dressed in heavy dresses, and no one was slack.

And finally, a team of squads? Flags, royal horse teams, sixteen pairs of runes, a number of canopies, gang drums, golden root cars, etc. are lined up on the road.

The grandeur of the scene opened the eyes of the people of Chang'an, but such a thing has not been seen for more than 20 years.

Nowadays, the young people in Chang'an City have no chance to see it, and those middle-aged and elderly people who have seen Emperor Hanshun worship their ancestors are also full of emotion.

"There was no such big pomp and circumstance when the first emperor was the emperor, but His Majesty still has momentum."

This ancestor worship is indeed on a grand scale, and the cost is amazing, if it weren't for the fact that the country has become strong in the past two years, it really can't afford it, so it can only be lowered.

Speaking of various sacrificial ceremonies, in the Han Dynasty, there were many names, such as time sacrifices, moon sacrifices, annual sacrifices, four seasons sacrifices, and so on.

What to sacrifice Haotian, sacrifice to the soil, sacrifice Taiyi, sacrifice to the Yellow Emperor, sacrifice to Chiyou, worship ancestors, sow seeds, autumn harvest, festivals, pray for good weather and so on.

There are as many as 25 rituals a year.

The rest of the temporary sacrificial activities held due to special circumstances are countless.

Most of the emperors of the Han Dynasty were keen on sacrifices, the most exaggerated of which was the Han Ai Emperor, who is said to have sacrificed 37,000 times a year when he was sick, an average of more than 100 times a day.

This number is enough to make people jaw-dropping, of course, these sacrifices were not held by him personally, and witch blessings were popular in the Western Han Dynasty.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the use of witchcraft was banned, and the sacrifices were held by regular ceremonial officials, not to mention that the Eastern Han Dynasty itself was not as keen on sacrifice as the Western Han Dynasty.

After Liu Zhi ascended the throne, because he did not fear ghosts and gods, except for the prescribed ceremonial activities, the rest were basically abolished.

However, after all, ancestor worship activities are different from others, and they have extraordinary significance for the Han people.

In particular, Liu Zhi succeeded to the throne as a vassal king, and he needed this kind of ceremony to establish his orthodox status.

For an emperor, in addition to worshipping his ancestors, there is also a sacrifice of great significance in his life.

That is the great ceremony of Dai Zong's canonization.

Mount Tai Feng Zen, originated from the ancient emperor Feng Zen sacrifice, is the ancient etiquette.

According to Zhang Shoujie's explanation: "This Mount Tai is built as an altar to sacrifice to the sky and repay the merits of the sky, so it is said to be sealed." This Mount Tai is on the hill to remove the ground, and the work of repaying the land, so it is called Zen.

The first emperor in history to be consecrated was Qin Shi Huang, who toured the counties in the east in the twenty-eighth year, that is, the third year after the unification of the Six Kingdoms.

More than 70 Confucian doctors from Qi and Lu were summoned to the foot of Mount Tai, the "first mountain in the world", to discuss the ceremony of sealing Zen to show that he was the emperor who was ordered by heaven.

The Confucian scholars had different opinions and were difficult to implement. So he retired from all the Confucian scholars, borrowed the original Qin State to worship the Yong God, sealed Mount Tai, Zen Liang father, carved a stone to praise Qin De.

After that, the second is the great joy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in March of the first year of Yuan Feng, Emperor Wu led his ministers to the east, to Mount Tai.

Send people to stand on the top of Dai, and after that, patrol the sea in the east. In April, he returned to Mount Tai and set his own Zen etiquette.

Since then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has come to Mount Tai five times to hold the Zen sealing ceremony.

However, the historical records are vague about this, and Sima Qian's father and son were unable to accompany him for various reasons, which is his lifelong regret as a historian.

Before his death, his father Sima talked about "holding on to the hand and crying", lamenting, "Today's son takes over the thousand-year-old system, seals Mount Tai, and the rest can not be followed, it is a fate and a husband!" Fate Bianfu".

After Emperor Wu, the emperor of the Han Dynasty only Emperor Guangwu Feng Chan, he was in the 32nd year of Jianwu on February 12, leading the ministers to Fenggao.

More than 1,500 servants were sent to repair the mountain road, and more than 3,000 horsemen were stationed on the Dengfeng platform.

On the 25th, Zen Liangfu Mountain, the year name was changed to Jianwu Zhongyuan.

What is the significance of the Zen Ceremony to the emperor?

In the ancient Chinese political system, Feng Chan can be said to be the grandest, but also the most controversial ceremony.

Historians of the ancient school in the early Republic of China even believed that this was purely an activity between the Warring States period and the Qin and Han dynasties, which Qi Confucianism fabricated out of thin air, and was used by monarchs who were happy to consolidate their political power and boast of their achievements.

In fact, the purpose of Feng Zen is to show that the emperor was ordered by the king to be in heaven, to pray to heaven for peace, to express gratitude for the merit of protection, and of course, to report how outstanding the emperor's political achievements were.

Its essence is to consolidate the imperial power and whitewash the peace, with a kind of divine meaning of monarchical power.

This kind of behavior, which is obviously boasting about his own political achievements, is not qualified for any emperor.

It can be clearly verified in history that there are only six Chinese emperors who have really held a ceremony to seal Zen in Mount Tai:

Qin Shi Emperor Zhao Zheng, Han Shizong Xiaowu Emperor Liu Che, Han Shizu Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, Tang Gaozong Xiao Emperor Li Zhi, Tang Xuanzong Ming Emperor Li Longji, and Song Zhenzong Yuanxiao Emperor Zhao Heng.

Except for Song Zhenzong, who has no self-knowledge, the other five emperors either have the merit of expanding the territory or have the achievements of setting things right.

If only from the point of view of opening up the territory, Liu Zhi thinks that he is also qualified to hold the Zen Sealing Ceremony.

However, he felt that as a traverser, he was far from even meeting his own expectations for the country, and if he went to Feng Zen now, he could only say that he was also a great person.

So, that's something he's never considered yet.

As for whether he will go in the future, it depends on what he can build Dahan into in the future.

The festival was held for three days before it ended, and it was torn from top to bottom.

Liu Zhi rested for two days before recovering, and sent someone to summon Huangfu Gui, Zhang Huan and Duan Cheng into the palace.

The famous "Liangzhou Sanming" in later generations has finally gathered.

Among these three, Zhang Huan is still the first time to face the saint, and Huangfu Gui went to Luoyang in Beijing to meet him in the early years.

Needless to say, Duan Cheng was one of the first heroes to follow Liu Zhi, and the powerful minister Liang Ji was executed by his own hands.

Because of this relationship, the relationship between him and Liu Zhi is also the closest, and for many years, the two have been exchanging private letters in addition to official business.

Liu Zhi also admires Confucian generals like Huangfu Gui very much, he is the lightest of the generals in the frontier, and has always advocated equal emphasis on grace and power.

Therefore, Liu Zhi placed him in the Northern Xiongnu, hoping to promote ethnic integration and alleviate the sharp contradictions between the two ethnic groups.

Obviously, Huangfu Gui did not disappoint him, for so many years, he has guarded the northern Xinjiang with remarkable results.

Among the three, the one with the least sense of existence is Zhang Huan, in fact, this person is good at the art of war and is good at fighting, but the Han has been too peaceful now, so he has no place to use.

This time, the emperor worshiped his ancestors in Chang'an, and suddenly summoned their three major generals back, which in the eyes of those who care, is definitely a precursor to His Majesty's use of troops.

It's just that the Han Dynasty now has a vast territory and is in a stage of rapid development, and many civil servants in the court are very opposed to sending troops in their hearts.

After all, the situation today is very different from what it was then, and no one can threaten the security of the country, and there is no need for any more land expansion.

However, the emperor did not publicly declare his intention to go to war, so they also held back for the time being, and waited and seeed.

Seeing the three generals, Liu Zhi exchanged a few words with them without hurrying, and then directly opened the sect and pointed to the map.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, what shape does the territory map of the Great Han Dynasty look like?"

This is a strange question, and it is also a very mysterious question, the middle of the three people has the most straightforward personality, and there is no taboo in speaking.

"The minister thinks...... If you exclude the South Seas, it looks like a horseshoe. ”

"Haha...... You can say that again! ”

Liu Zhi patted the case and smiled: "It's like a horseshoe, I look left and right, I feel a little eyesore, I don't know how the three generals feel?" ”

This is simply not too obvious, His Majesty the Emperor wants to fight, which is naturally good news for the generals who have been idle for a long time.

"Your Majesty means that you want to attack Faqiang and Verdant Qiang?"

Duan Cheng's eyes lit up, he was an authentic martial artist, and in the past few years, he had been idle for a long time.

It is adjacent to the Western Regions he guards, and if the emperor intends to crusade, then he will definitely be the one to do.

The so-called Faqiang and other places are the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the western Sichuan and northwest Guizhou regions, which cover a vast area but have complex and treacherous terrain.

For a long time, only a few Qiang tribes were scattered there, and most of them were difficult to attack because they were steep mountains.

The key is that it is still a vast and sparsely populated barren land, and the cost of using troops is extremely high, and the results are very small, and it is not proportional at all.

Therefore, since the Qin and Han dynasties, there has never been a precedent for the use of troops in the southwest.

This situation, Liu Zhi, as the emperor, cannot be unclear, since he can bring it up, there is naturally a reason why he must fight.

Of course, this is not something that should be considered as a Han general, they just need to look at the emperor and fight wherever they want.

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