Biyu listened to the noisy and shouting of these envoys, so he gave them an idea: "Most of the small countries such as you border the Great Jin Dynasty, but the southeast, northwest and northwest directions are different, of course, you can't judge the distance and the near. Although the whole world is not the king's land, but Luoyang is the place where the Son of Heaven lives, and it is naturally the center of the world. ”

Everyone said yes, so everyone came to the resting place of the palace, sorted according to the distance from Luoyang, because what everyone said lacked sufficient accuracy and credibility, so they could only be discharged in an approximate order: the nearest Xiongnu, Murong Xianbei, Yuwen Xianbei, Fuyu, Ma Han, Chen Han, Wa Guo; followed by Qiuzi, Linyi, Funan, and Dawan; Finally, there is Daqin.

The auspicious time has arrived, and the festival is about to begin. Sima Yan didn't use the jade chariot, but took the chariot out of the palace and came to the round hill, the place where the heavens were worshipped. At this time, Sima Yan had already changed into the highest standard dress, the crown. He wore a crown of heaven with a black crown on it. The flat crown is two feet two inches long, seven inches wide, the front is round and the back, and there are twelve white jade beads hanging from the front and back. He wears a gown, a black top, and a red bottom. The garment is embroidered with 12 chapters: sun, moon, stars, mountain, dragon, Chinese insect, algae, zongyi, fire, pink rice, yellow, and yellow. Not only the emperor, but also the ministers and ministers of status also wore crowns, but the specifications differed according to the rank. There are also crowns on the heads of the three dukes and princes, but the white jade beads hanging before and after are less than the emperor's, which is nine; The robe on the body is missing the sun, moon, and stars, which are nine chapters. Zhuqing's crown is second-class, and the white jade beads on the crown are seven; The gon on the body is less than the three princes, and there are fewer mountains and dragons, which are seven chapters.

Sima Yan and the attendants walked up to the altar, and the sacrifice officially began. There is a very complicated process for the emperor to worship the heavens, when to play music, when to guide the emperor to bow down, how to praise and sing, and how to offer various blessings...... Every step and every link must be carried out in strict accordance with the etiquette regulations.

Shu Yan, Biyu and other lower-ranking officials and envoys watched from afar. The Xiongnu envoy Liu Mang was whispering to Fan Wen and others: "On weekdays, the Chinese pay the most attention to rank and humility, and the emperor is regarded as the Son of Heaven, which is sacred and cannot be desecrated, but in a ceremony like today, the Son of Heaven and his subordinates wear the same uniform, which is really strange." ”

The others didn't know much about it, and they all talked about it. Biyu listened and reprimanded: "What do you barbarians know? Although the uniforms look similar, they are actually far from the same. ”

"It's the same black and red gown, what's the difference?"

"Absolutely. You only see the color and shape of the garment, but you don't know that the ornamentation on the garment is the most meaningful. ”

Liu Mang, Fan Wen and others also paid attention to the ornaments on the garments at first, but those ornaments were colorful and strange, and they couldn't tell what was embroidered. wanted to ask Biyu again, but Biyu turned his face away and didn't bother to explain it to these people.

Shu Yan knew that Biyu disdained the envoys and had no patience to explain to them. So he had to round the field for him and said: "There are twelve kinds of ornaments: the sun, the moon, and the stars are hung in the high sky, taking the meaning of their presence and shine; The mountain represents the meaning of majesty and stability; The dragon has the meaning of miracle and auspiciousness; The feathers of the Chinese insect are gorgeous, and there is a colorful meaning; Zongyi represents the sacrifice, which has the meaning of inheritance for thousands of generations; Algae has the meaning of innocence; Fire has the meaning of prosperity and development; Flour rice has the meaning of abundant food; 黼 has the meaning of strong majesty and decisive decision; 黻 represents the meaning of turning evil to good. As the ruler of the world, the emperor's robe naturally includes all the twelve chapters of ornamentation; The robes of the three princes and the princes could not have the sun, moon, or stars, but as important ministers of the imperial court, they could have nine chapters below the mountain and the dragon; The status of Zhu Qing is not as important as that of the Three Princes, so there are no mountains and dragons in their garments, only the following seven chapters of Hua Worm. Knowing the difference between the garments, look at the crown. The difference between the crown is the beads on it, which correspond to the gown's garment, and are also divided into three classes: twelve, nine, and seven. ”

After listening to Shu Yan's explanation, everyone suddenly realized, and then carefully observed the crowns of the emperor and ministers on the altar, and it was really not bad at all.

At this time, Sima Yan had already finished laying the jade coins under the escort of Taichang and the waiters, and then he would enter the liquor wine, livestock and twenty-four various sacrifices. However, every time they entered the memorial service, everyone found that after the emperor knelt down in front of the throne of God Haotian and offered sacrifices, he turned around and repeated this link in front of a throne on the left-hand side. It was also found that there were several divine seats around the lower level of the Haotian God Throne, and several assistant priests went to those gods to make offerings.

Park Hee-jin didn't understand, so he asked Shu Yan and said, "There is only one heaven, why are there so many gods at the ceremony of worshipping the sky?" ”

Shu Yan smiled when he heard this: "Envoy Park doesn't know. In fact, the altar is divided into three layers, and there is a majestic staircase around the altar to connect the upper and lower levels. The uppermost seat, facing north and south, is the throne of God Haotian; On the second floor of the altar, that is, at the first step under the throne of Haotian God, according to the five elements of east, south, middle, west and north and the five seasons of spring, summer, season, summer, autumn and winter, there are five gods of green, red, yellow, white and black; The third layer, which is under the five gods, there are other gods......"

Park Hee-jin counted the directions with his hands, and then thought for a while: "There are five gods in the five directions, which are located around the Haotian God, so according to this, the Yellow Emperor corresponding to the season and summer season and the central direction should be located in the center?" ”

"There is only one heaven, and it is impossible for anyone to be equal to Haotian God. Although the Yellow Emperor corresponds to the central direction, he also corresponds to the summer season, so he and the Red Emperor corresponding to the summer are placed together at the Majesty's steps in the south, one to the east and the other to the west. ”

"That's not right," Moreño said, looking at the altar, "I obviously saw that there is a god seat on the left hand side of the Haotian God Throne?" ”

"That, that's the throne of Emperor Xuan, the ancestor of the Great Jin Dynasty." Shu Yan said.

"Emperor Xuan, the ancestor of Kaiji?" Moreño was inexplicable, "As far as I know, our current majesty is the first emperor of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, how can there be another Emperor Xuan?" ”

"Although His Majesty is the first official emperor of the Jin Dynasty, the establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty began with His Majesty's grandfather, and through the management of His Majesty's uncle and father, it laid the foundation for His Majesty's ascension to the throne. Even so, nominally they were still Cao Wei's courtiers, not the real emperor. His Majesty accepted the Zen concession of Emperor Wei, and after ascending the throne, he thanked the achievements of his fathers and ancestors, and posthumously named them Emperor Xuan, Emperor Jing, and Emperor Wen. ”

Yuwen Xianbei's envoy Yuwen Xi is the son of Yuwen Xianbei Shan Yu, just like Liu Mang's family background, their parents have followed Sima Yi to fight, so they are very familiar with Sima's growth process. He wanted to reveal his understanding of the Great Jin in front of the other envoys, so he preemptively said without thinking: "Your Great Qin and other countries are too far away from here, and you may not know much about the history of the Great Jin, Shu Lang is right, the ancestor of the foundation of this dynasty is Sima Yi......"

This sentence frightened Shu Yan, and he hurriedly stopped him: "Rude! In such a large court, he dared to call the name of the ancestor of this dynasty! ”

Biyu also heard it, and rebuked with contempt: "Bold barbarian, I really don't know how to be polite!" He said to Shu Yan again, "How do you teach these envoys of Fanbang?" How dare you say such a disrespectful word, be careful that you will also suffer sin! ”

As soon as Yuwen Xi said this, he understood, and he was so frightened that he secretly shrank back. In fact, not only the Chinese, but even the Xiongnu and Xianbei ethnic groups, due to the cultural influence of the Great Jin Dynasty, also pay attention to the avoidance of the names of their ancestors. What's more, yesterday Shu Yan specially told these envoys: The names of the emperors of this dynasty, such as "Yi, Shi, Zhao, and Yan", must not be said or written in front of the public.

Park Hee-jin and the others were secretly amused when they saw that Yu Wenxin didn't show his face, but lost face. Liu Mang has some connections with Yuwen Xi's family background, and when he saw that his friend was ugly, he hurriedly said something else to continue to ask Shu Yan: "Although Emperor Xuan is eloquent and has boundless achievements, he is always the emperor of people." As you said just now, no one can be on an equal footing with Haotian God, even the gods of the five directions are under the Majesty's ranks, why do you enshrine the god position of Emperor Gaozu Xuan of this dynasty next to Haotian God? ”

"That's understandable." Shu Yan smiled and said, "It's like a guest in your house, no matter how distinguished the guest is, there must be a host to accompany the guest at the banquet." Although Haotian God is the only one in the world, he can still be regarded as the most honorable guest invited by the imperial court, how can he do it without a master next to him? And this master, most of the previous dynasties will choose the founding emperor of their respective dynasties. As for this dynasty, of course, it is Emperor Xuan, the ancestor of the Great Jin Dynasty. ”

"Well, reasonable, reasonable." Liu Mang nodded when he heard this, "According to this, there should also be a master next to the throne of the gods of the five directions, right?" However, there are a total of three emperors in the Great Jin Dynasty: Emperor Xuan, Emperor Jing, and Emperor Wen, how can they accompany the five gods? ”

Of course, the five gods also have a human emperor to match, but not the emperor of this dynasty, but the five emperors of the ancient period. Not only the Great Jin, but also all dynasties. The Oriental Green Emperor used Fuxi to match; The Red Emperor of the South is matched with the Yan Emperor; The Central Yellow Emperor is matched with Xuanyuan; The White Emperor of the West uses Shao Hao to match; The Black Emperor of the North used 颛顼 matching. ”

At this time, everyone saw that after each emperor worshiped the god of Haotian, there were five priests who worshiped the five gods until all the sacrificial ceremonies were completed.

The etiquette of the ceremony is very cumbersome, the process is very complicated, and every step and even every move has strict regulations, which cannot be described here.

The envoys of the Quartet were impressed by the strength of the Celestial Empire, the completeness of the etiquette, and the profundity of culture through the grand chariots, luxurious crowns, and majestic ceremonies to worship the heavens. They all wanted to learn more so that they could return to their king when they returned home, so they each took out the wat board on their waist and tried their best to make records.

Seeing their appearance, Biyu laughed twice and said: "Haotian God is the highest god in the sky, and only the Son of Heaven of the Great Jin Dynasty is qualified to sacrifice under the whole world. ”

Lin Yi's envoy Fan Wen and the others were so frightened that they hurriedly laughed and said, "How dare we be more polite!" I'm going to make more records, just so that the king of our kingdom can feel more about what he has seen and heard in the kingdom, so that he can admire the Celestial Empire even more. ”

The envoy of the Wa Kingdom, Kaito Chuanyi, seemed to suddenly realize something, and he asked Shu Yan and Biyu: "The five gods are under the Haotian God, and correspondingly, our Zhufan countries are also under the Great Jin Heavenly Empire, we are not qualified to worship the Haotian God, but it should always be possible to worship the five gods, right?" ”

Moreño, the envoy of Great Qin, listened to Haito Chuanyi's words, and also clapped his hands in agreement: "That's right, the gods of the five directions correspond to their respective directions, and each country is also from the four directions, wouldn't it be good for us to worship the god corresponding to our own country?" Take our Great Qin as an example, it is located in the west, so we should worship the god corresponding to the west, the White Emperor, right? ”

"Well, that's a good idea."

Everyone agreed. As a result, Fuyu, Ma Han, Chen Han, and Wa Guo recognized the Dongfang Qingdi; Lin Yi and Funan recognized the Red Emperor of the South; Qiuzi, Dawan, and Daqin recognized the White Emperor of the West; The Xiongnu and Xianbei recognized the Black Emperor of the North.

Shu Yan listened to everyone's statement and said with a smile: "The gods of the four directions have been worshipped, but what about the Yellow Emperor in the center?" ”

Everyone has no idea, but there is still a way to compare jade: "The Yellow Emperor corresponds to the central government, so let the people of the Celestial Empire worship him." ”

Shu Yan smiled after hearing this, although he felt that everyone's ideas were a bit absurd, but they seemed to be reasonable and interesting.

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