Since ancient times, the ceremony of enshrined in the peaceful and prosperous era of heaven and earth Zhang Xian has always been regarded as a major ritual that must be carried out in the reign of the king, just as Sima Qian said at the beginning of the "Historical Records of Feng Zen Book" - since ancient times, the emperor has been ordained to seal Zen? There are those who have not used it to do things, and those who have not seen Fu Rui and not Taishan are also.

Of course, in fact, not all kings have carried out the great ceremony of canonization, some because they have failed to achieve the great merit of governing the world, some because the merit does not meet the requirements of the grand ceremony, and some have the qualifications to confer the Zen ceremony, but they have not performed the canonization ceremony. It can be seen that although the Zen ceremony is an important means for the kings of the past dynasties to show their merits, especially the Zen Taishan, which can be described as the ideal goal of the life of the ninety-five people, but the etiquette for the qualification of the Zen is also limited, the king thinks that he is ordered by the heavens to rule all the people, although the power is alone, but out of the respect and fear of the heaven, earth, ghosts and gods, he will also measure whether he has achieved the merit worthy of the grand ceremony, if the merit is not good, even if there is this idea, the vast majority of them still dare not take such a grand ceremony seriously, and recorded in history, Maybe in fact he made a move to seal Zen, but he had to play another guise.

For example, Qin II Hu Hai, "Historical Records Feng Zen Book" only said that he traveled eastward to Jieshi Mountain and Hainan, through Mount Tai to reach Huiji, each place according to the ritual sacrifice to the gods, in the first emperor on the stone Lewen chronicle, in order to praise the merits of the first emperor, and said that the first emperor sealed Zen twelve years after the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty perished, the whole text only used the word Feng Zen for the first emperor Taishan canon, for Qin II's "Mount Tai line" did not use the word Feng Zen.

Not to mention that since all time, it is unheard of for a woman to preside over a Zen ceremony.

Even Empress Wen, who once listened to the government in the dynasty and was praised by the historian as the female Zhongyao Shun, affirmed that she laid the rule of the prosperous era of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and never put forward a proposal to seal Zen, and even during her reign, an official in order to flatter, advised Emperor Xiaozong to be able to seal the Zen ceremony, Xiaozong was sick and weak, of course, he could not complete such a grand feat independently, and Empress Wen had an excuse to preside over the ceremony together, but the official was reprimanded by Empress Wen, and finally ended up deposed.

Even though the court was almost occupied by Empress Dowager Wei's henchmen at this time, there were still officials such as Wang Huaizhun who were honest and daring to admonish, and it was impossible for them to agree with the Empress Dowager's obvious violation of the law of etiquette, but Empress Dowager Wei had already prepared to refute those objections one by one-

First of all, the Queen Mother's ceremony was not held in her own name, but on behalf of the Son of Heaven He Yan exercised power, the Son of Heaven was sick and weak, but because of the smooth implementation of the Chayin Order and was consecrated by all the people, and the six years of Lixin did not say Guanzhong, none of the governors under the rule of drought and flood disasters, the grain harvest of the world was peaceful, and even the new Turks who had the enmity of destroying the country with the Great Zhou Dynasty came to surrender, isn't it a matter of universal celebration, shouldn't it be sacrificed to heaven and earth to thank and bless? The sacrifice of the Son of Heaven of the Queen Mother is also to show piety, hope that the heavens will bless the heavens, bless the recovery of the dragon body of the Son of Heaven, and extend the blessings of the monarchy.

There has never been a woman in the world who has presided over the Zen ceremony?

The Queen Mother scoffed: Before the woman was good, there was never a woman to lead the army to fight in the east and west, if everything was restrained by precedent, how many sages and heroes would be buried, the people could not get richer and richer, the country could not become stronger and stronger, and even the etiquette and law could not be more and more perfect, how could society progress, how could human beings develop? Xia Qi used to implement the Zen concession system, but now where is there a king who willingly surrenders the throne to a foreign surname?

Secondly, this time the Empress Dowager does not plan to go to Mount Tai, and even does not plan to move the people to Zhongyue Songshan, but intends to hold it in Xiyue Huashan at the door of the house, and the Queen Mother also admits that the merits of today's son are not as good as Zhou Wuzong, and the Feng Chan Taishan seems a little too public, but if even in Huashan Feng Chan Er and so on have to oppose it...... Could it be that you want to say that today is a son without merit and virtue? ! Didn't Aiqing hear the people under his rule chanting the ode of saintly virtue? This is the desire of the people!

Wang Huaizhun was originally preparing to "recuperate" from Zhishi, but when he saw that he couldn't persuade the Queen Mother to dispel the idea of sealing Zen, and after completing the exhortation work where his duty was, he simply kept silent - the Son of Heaven had already agreed with the queen mother to carry out the Zen ceremony, and he, who was a courtier, was still unforgiving, and maybe he was put on a big hat for committing rebellion, and he had nowhere to redress his grievances.

In this world, it is too difficult to be an official, and it is even more difficult to be a prime minister, and it is even more difficult to be a loyal and upright prime minister.

Jingzhao Wang's sons Zhilan Yushu are talented, and there is really no need for a prime minister position to prove that the family is strong, and the brave retreat is the foundation of peace, Wang Huaizhun knows that Empress Dowager Wei's methods are vicious, but he does not plan to follow in the footsteps of Pei Zheng, but as long as the family is still strong, Empress Dowager Wei has to have scruples, and she will not easily have the idea of cutting grass and eradicating the roots.

Only at this time, Zhishi seemed to be fighting with the Empress Dowager Wei, and the Lingnuma Gong secretly decided that the deadline for the "corpse vegetarian meal" was after the Zen ceremony.

However, before Zhishi, Wang Xiangguo still repeatedly performed his duties, advising the Queen Mother to be cautious in helping the new Turks to capture the Yan and other departments, and proposed that the new Turks and the Great Zhou have the hatred of destroying the country, this time they took the initiative to surrender or harbor treachery, and then there were the Yan Ya tribes who once did the Great Zhou as the main thing, although they had already rebelled, the Great Zhou did not break the contract with its army, but the Great Zhou civil strife was not settled, and the external use of troops should be cautious, not to mention to help the New Turks become powerful? Wang Xiang meant that even if the Great Zhou wanted to use troops against the Yan Dynasty, they should be accepted as their own rule after the attack, and there was no reason why the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were born and died on the battlefield, but the benefits were all occupied by the new Turks.

But Wang Xiang's opinion was once again denied by Wei, Xie and other ministers, their opinion is that the Yan tribes are located in a wild land, which is not conducive to the management of the imperial court, and Wuzong conquered it back then, although it was set up to protect the palace and consume a lot of financial resources and manpower, but it was not as if it was a fictitious thing later? Those barbarians are treacherous and rebellious ministers and thieves in their bones, and they are not trustworthy at all, and most of the tribes of the Yan Dynasty live on nomadism, even if the Great Zhou occupies its territory, the subjects of the Yu monarchy can not bring any benefits, but it is quite wasteful to manage them to build a solid city, so it is better to rule and manage by the Xinju, as long as the Xinju and the Dazhou sign an agreement, and promise to pay tribute to the Great Zhou in the future, wouldn't it be more worry-free and labor-saving?

The Turks have been destroyed, although the new Turks are also established for the Turkic nobles, but it is far less than the Turkic momentum of the year, the Great Zhou can destroy him once, if he rebels again in the future, it will not be wasted to destroy again.

Lingnuma Gong was hard to beat, and in the end he had to remain silent.

He can't say bluntly, even if the new Turks are not stronger than the Turks, how can my Da Zhou compare to the rule of the prosperous era of the past?!

However, regarding the current national strength and what attitude should be towards the new Turks, in private, Xie Raoping's admonitions to the Queen Mother are quite different from those on the surface.

"The minister remembers that back then, the Queen Mother actually had the same idea as Pei Wei, thinking that the grass should be cut down and eradicated before the new Turk became a trend, so as to prevent a big disaster in the future."

Although it is the hottest season of the year, today there is quite a leisure to cook tea, specially summoned Xie Daxiangguo to sit with him, and listened to him mention the old things, and smiled lightly at the corner of his lips: "But no, it is precisely because of this matter that I disagreed with the first emperor, I was awarded the post of approving the chapter on behalf of the year, and I was too complacent, and because of my youth and vigor, I actually fought with the first emperor on the basis of reason, the first emperor was angry with me too arrogant, and it seemed that I was also suspected of hiding ambitions, after this incident, Not only was I no longer allowed to meddle in state affairs, but I suddenly decided to establish a successor. ”

Although it was the first major setback in his life, in the end, the situation had passed, and Empress Dowager Wei's mood was not affected: "Rao Ping mentioned this today, but it is strange that my attitude towards Xinju has suddenly changed? ”

"When the queen mother saw through the new Turk to restore the country and was busy with the eastern expedition and the western expedition to unify the old department, it will become a hidden danger in the future, the minister admired the queen mother's foresight very much, but it is a pity that the first emperor indulged in pleasure, and was tired of using soldiers, did not listen to good advice, and was angry with the queen mother, the minister was really unwilling to be the queen mother, and indeed thought that the new emperor came to vote, and the queen mother would not let her wish."

Xie Raoping lowered his eyes slightly, his eyes fell on the smoky soup noodles in the jade bowl in front of him, although his mouth said about the military affairs, his thoughts seemed to return to his youth, when the two of them used to sit in the pavilion like this, the woman in her prime watched him make tea intently, and her eyelashes did not tremble slightly.

She doesn't know how to make tea, she is the one who teaches her by hand.

For a long time, the tea soup she cooked was really not good in terms of soup or taste, and after all these years, gradually both of them reached the age of sideburns and frost, and her tea art at this time was already greatly improved, but even if it was specially given to him, the two had become different from monarchs and ministers, and he no longer dared to take the liberty of drinking.

The old things were like silk, tightly entangled along the bottom of his heart, and he suddenly felt that his surroundings were so quiet, so quiet that he could clearly feel the hidden pain that had been buried in his heart for many years, and he was moaning quietly at this time.

So he raised his eyes desperately, just to have a look at her again that had nothing to do with dignity, but saw that the woman who was more noble when she was not in her prime, was looking at the flamboyant eaves in a corner outside the pavilion, and the beasts on the eaves were mighty and hideous.

"Rao Ping, it's not the same as it used to be."