"Bongchang fell?"

"Your Majesty, when I was walking on the mountain road, I stepped on the air and fell down the stairs, although my life was unhindered, my leg seemed to be broken, and I had no strength to reach the top."

When Qin Shi Huang heard the news, his face instantly became gloomy.

Because Feng Chang is the minister in charge of ceremonial sacrifices in the Qin State, this time Taishan Feng Zen ceremony, after depreciating Confucianism and announcing the use of Qin rites, it is natural for Feng Chang to preside over the entire ceremony.

It was precisely at the critical moment when the emperor was about to ascend Mount Tai and enshrine Zen, but Fengchang had a problem, which was not a good sign.

The First Emperor did not force Lang Wei to carry Feng Chang, who had broken his leg, to the top of the mountain, but waved his hand, signaling that he knew, and continued to give in.

A few days ago, after it was agreed that Qin Li could be enshrined in Zen, the ministers of the court and the central government rehearsed the process several times, and generally speaking, there would be no chaos. And there are many etiquette officials under the regular rule, which can be used instead, and the impact should not be large, but it just makes people a little uncomfortable.

The team continued to the top of Mount Tai.

Zhao Tuo also heard about Fengchang's fall at this time, and couldn't help but secretly speak, feeling that this thing was really a bit strange, who was not good to fall, just fell Fengchang, who was presiding over the sacrifice.

Zhao Tuo looked up at the sky.

He remembered that in history, Qin Shi Huang sealed Zen and encountered a heavy rainstorm.

The first emperor hid under a big tree to avoid the rain, and after the rain stopped, he took this big tree to protect the meritorious, and gave it the title of "five doctors", and later the five doctors tree also became a scene of Mount Tai.

But at this moment, the sky is cloudless, the sun is shining, it is very hot, and there is no trace of rain.

"That's right, it's been so long since I staggered to seal Zen, how can it be that it happened to be in a storm, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world. This fall seems to be accidental. ”

Zhao Tuo shook his head, didn't think about it anymore, and continued his mountaineering journey.

They still have a long way to go.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Feng Chan's team reached the top of the mountain.

Because it is the height of summer, even if it is already afternoon, the sun is still shining in the sky, and when there is no wind on the top of the mountain, it is very sultry.

Ziying gasped and said: "Finally up the mountain, this Mount Tai is really majestic and difficult to climb, no wonder the people of Qilu are often proud of this mountain." ”

Zhao Tuo said with a smile: "Yes, it is a famous mountain in the world, and after the emperor seals the Zen, the prince can still enjoy the mountain scenery." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned Lang Wei to send two water bladders, gave one to Ziying, and then drank it in a big gulp.

Everyone crawled from morning to afternoon, and they were already tired like dogs, and they were panting when they spoke.

Especially the old ministers Li Si and Kui Xiang, who were sweaty and trembling, sat on the ground and gasped.

The first emperor was calm and relaxed, after all, he climbed to the top by stepping on a chariot, and he was tired of several batches of Lang Wei along the way, and he was still in good spirits.

He ignored the courtiers behind him, and walked to the edge of the mountain with Hu Hai, who was also in high spirits, and looked into the distance.

The green hills are continuous, as if a cyan dragon is winding and crawling, and the place you see is majestic and magnificent, and the scene is very magnificent, so that people can see it in their eyes and not feel open-minded.

In the sky, although the sun has tilted to the west, it is still releasing its power.

"Hu Hai, what do you see?" The First Emperor asked.

Hu Hai rolled his eyes and said, "It's my father's world." ”

The First Emperor laughed and said, "You don't know who you learned from at a young age, and you can already make sycophants." ”

Hu Hai grinned, quietly turned his head, and looked at Zhao Gao, the commander of the CRRC Mansion who was sitting on the ground drinking water in the distance. When Zhao Gao saw it, he also smiled at him.

The First Emperor turned his head to look at the magnificent mountain scenery in front of him again.

"My world is ·····."

Zhao Tuo saw all this in his eyes and thought thoughtfully.

After a while, after the ministers finished resting and tidying up their clothes, the ceremony of sealing Zen officially began. 33

The Lang guards first brought up three big tripods.

Then the cattle, sheep, and pigs were carried to the dingzhong. This is called the Three Prisons.

At that time, Qin Wengong made a deutscation and sacrificed to the White Emperor with this etiquette.

After the three prisons, he began to seal Mount Tai. The so-called Feng Zen refers to two things.

Sealing refers to building an altar on the top of Mount Tai to worship the sky. Zen refers to using Liang Fu as an altar to sacrifice to the ground.

The combination of the two, sealing the heavens and the earth, that is, sealing the Zen. Now, the first emperor is to set up an altar in Mount Tai to sacrifice to the sky.

The emperor, dressed in a crown of heaven and a crown of heaven, personally led his ministers, holding a wooden shovel in his hand and began to shovel the soil and pile up the soil.

Zhao Tuo noticed that Shang Shufu shot Li You very hard in this activity, he pursed his mouth, and did the work of two people by himself, as if he was going to help Feng Chang, who had broken his leg, shovel his soil together.

Finally, the sealed soil is piled up.

It is one foot wide and two feet wide, and nine feet high.

It looks like a pretty big dirt bag.

The First Emperor also ordered someone to take the jade book and write down on it what he wanted to say to the heavens.

This is called telling the heavens.

When the first emperor wrote in his own handwriting, all the ministers stood silently, not daring to make a sound, even Hu Hai, who had always been active, also bowed his head obediently.

But everyone, in their minds, imagined what the First Emperor would say to the heavens in the jade book.

"Is the Emperor showing off his exploits to the heavens?

"Or do you want to make his Great Qin eternal and pass it on for eternity?"

"Or pray to Heaven that he will be able to obtain the law of immortality and rule the world forever?"

Zhao Tuo secretly guessed, very curious. But that's just speculation.

Because this book will not be publicized, after writing, the emperor himself buried it under the sealed soil and sealed it secretly.

It was a conversation between the First Emperor as the Son of Heaven and "Heaven", and no one could know the details.

Zhao Tuo noticed that when the First Emperor was halfway through writing in the jade book, he suddenly paused, and actually glanced back in the direction where he and Hu Hai were.

His movements were quick, as if at random, and then he returned to normal.

Zhao Gao, who had been paying attention to the first emperor, also saw this scene.

Zhao Gao was overjoyed: "The emperor is looking at Hu Hai!" On the other side, Tingwei Li Si frowned slightly.

The ministers were thoughtful.

Only Zhao Tuo knew that although Hu Hai was standing next to him, it was Zhao Tuo who the First Emperor glanced at just now.

Of course, it is very likely that this is just a random action of the First Emperor, and it does not carry any meaning.

In short, after the first emperor finished writing the jade book and buried it in the sealed soil, the ceremony of sealing Mount Tai entered the second half.

The first emperor took his ministers and stood in front of the mound of sealed soil and began to bow down and reach the sky with sincerity.

In the whole process of sealing Mount Tai, there were no accidents.

No clouds and no rain, everything went well.

Li You, who was standing in the rear, breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw that the gift of Feng Taishan had been successfully completed.

"It seems that the things that are common have nothing to do with me, nothing to do."

At the same time, the stone of inscription made by the craftsmen has also been erected.

"The emperor is on the verge of making a clear law, and his subordinates are repairing...

··· The emperor listened to it, leveled the world, and made unremitting efforts to govern. Dream of sleeping at night, building long-term profits, and teaching ······ There is a clear distinction between the noble and the low, men and women are courteous, and they are prudent in their ministry······"

It is also a stone tablet that praises the merits of the emperor.

Different from the Yishan stone carvings that focus on describing the emperor's exploits in destroying the six countries, the focus of the stone of Mount Tai is the formulation of the law after the emperor unifies the world, and the unremitting efforts of the governance, the so-called long-term sleep, the construction of long-term benefits, and finally under the rule of the emperor, let the men and women in the world be obedient, each obey the ministry, and the society is peaceful and stable.

Zhao Tuo secretly exclaimed.

It seems that the emperor has formalized the ideological warfare, and promoted the Mandate of Heaven of the Qin State by sealing the Zen, erecting monuments and carving stones to praise the merits and virtues of Qin, and the two are combined to brainwash and propagandize the scholars of the Six Kingdoms.

It's just, is it really useful to do this?

Now that the ritual of sealing Mount Tai has been completed, they only need to go to the temporary palace on the mountain for the night, and wait until tomorrow after sunrise before descending the mountain.

However, the First Emperor did not leave immediately, he walked to the top of the mountain again and looked at the distant mountain scenery.

This time, he summoned Zhao Tuo to his side. "Your Majesty."

Zhao Tuo spoke softly, stood beside the emperor, and followed to look at the distant scene.

"What do you see?"

The First Emperor opened his mouth and asked the same question he had asked Hu Hai just now.

Zhao Tuo looked at the scene of the flat fields and undulating mountains under Mount Tai.

He said softly: "It will be the top of the mountain, and you can see all the mountains at a glance." ”

The First Emperor raised his eyebrows.

Zhao Tuo's two sentences sounded a little strange at first, but after thinking about it, these strange two sentences and five words were quite subtle, which was exactly the scene and artistic conception they saw now standing on the top of Mount Tai and looking at the mountains in the distance.

"Yes, it has the taste of climbing Mount Tai and the small world as Meng Ke said, and the momentum is generous and majestic, and it is worthy of being a martial arts marquis who conquered the world for me."

The First Emperor complimented.

But his eyes were on the sun in the sky.

Hu Hai said the world.

Zhao Tuo's glance at a glance is small.

All they saw was the place under Mount Tai, but what the First Emperor had been looking at was the sky.

It's the sun that shines in the sky. From the early morning when climbing the mountain, I saw the rising sun. Halfway up the mountain, the sun was in the sky.

And now standing on the top of the mountain, the sun is setting.

The First Emperor silently looked at the brightest star in the sky.

"Zhao Tuo, you said that in the world, there is a sun that never sets?

The sun doesn't set?

Zhao Tuo was stunned and looked up at the sky.

Because it was summer, the sun set very late, so even though it was already afternoon, the sun was still so powerful that it was difficult to look at directly.

But if you pay attention to it, you can see that it is already showing a clear trend of falling westward.

Zhao Tuo immediately reacted, the First Emperor was comparing the sun to himself.

It's just that the current First Emperor is in the prime of life, only forty-one years old, and he is thinking about this kind of problem at this time, is he thinking farther?

Zhao Tuo thought for a while, and replied: "The minister heard Xun Qing's words and the stars rotate, the sun and the moon pass the fire, the four times of the emperor, the yin and yang are magnified, the wind and rain are blessed, all things have their own harmony to live, each has its own nourishment, this is the way of heaven and earth." ”

"The sun rises and the moon sets, the moon sets and the sun rises, the alternation of yin and yang can nourish all things, if the sun has been hanging high in the sky, I am afraid that everything in the world will be burned and destroyed under the scorching sun, when everything will not exist, the world will be a dead silence. Therefore, since the beginning of the world, the sun has always set. ”

"I think there will be no sun in the world that will never set."

The First Emperor turned his head sideways and glanced at Zhao Tuo deeply. Zhao Tuo's face was calm and did not avoid the emperor's gaze.

The First Emperor is parable. Zhao Tuo is also analogy.

The First Emperor was silent and looked at the sun in the sky again.

He whispered in his heart.

"God, I just want to be the sun that never sets, and rule the world forever."

Some people died, but not completely......