'Whoever governs a man, do not be in a hurry to be polite; There are five scriptures for rituals, and nothing is more important than sacrifices. ’

- "The Book of Rites"

As soon as the time passed, the Ministry of Rites, Taichang Temple, and the officials and mausoleum households stationed in the imperial mausoleum were busy lightly. For example, in the temple of Qi'en, each of them is furnished with animals and calves, wine, incense, candles, silk, etc.; Altars, spirit flags, ritual vessels, and tablets are set up at the Fang Ze Altar......

In short, those who invite the gods invite the gods, those who set the table set the table, and the queue is silently preparing for the emperor's sacrifice.

Zhu Yuanzhang and his son also waited early in the Golden Palace outside the Beiqi Gate.

At the end of the day, Tai Changqing came in and asked: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time is coming, please move Fang Zetan with His Royal Highness." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't move at all and said, "Don't worry, wait." ”

"Yes." Tai Changqing dared to talk nonsense, so he had to tiptoe back and wait outside.

When the sky was bright outside, he saw that there was no movement in the Golden Palace, and he couldn't wait, so he had to go in again to invite him.

"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has arrived, and if you don't move again, I'm afraid that the sacrifice will be delayed."

"No hurry, wait." Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't get up.

"Father, it's really not early." Zhu Biao also helped to persuade.

"It's okay to delay for a while, our family hasn't arrived yet." Zhu Yuanzhang folded the sleeves of his wide cyan robe and said, "Your grandmother must also want to see a few more grandchildren." It's too late to be happy, how can you be angry? ”

"Father is saying?!" The prince, who was still in the dark, stood up at once.

"Hmm." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled incomprehensibly and said, "They should be almost there." ”

"You didn't say it sooner!" Zhu Biao didn't finish speaking, turned his head and ran out with his robe.

"That's what I said earlier." Seeing his son disappear at the door of the hall, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly: "It's very boring to sit here alone." ”

~~

Zhu Biao ran out of the imperial city in one breath, passed the Jinshui Bridge, and ran up the long Shinto, and saw five princes wearing sacrificial clothes walking in under the Lingxing Gate in the distance, who were not his five younger brothers?

"Old ......" Zhu Biao wanted to call them loudly, but his throat trembled, and he couldn't make a sound.

"Big brother!" The five younger brothers also saw the prince and immediately rushed over.

The brothers, who had been absent for more than half a year, finally reunited in the center of Shinto, under the witness of thirty pairs of stone statues.

"Second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth......" Zhu Biao stretched out his arms as much as he could, wanting to hold his younger brothers in his arms.

"Big brother, woo...... We miss you to death......" The six brothers hugged each other and wept bitterly.

On the Jinshui Bridge in the distance, Zhu Yuanzhang wiped the corners of his eyes, looked back at the big grave of his parents, and grinned: "Dad, mother, happy, right?" Our old Zhu family is prosperous again. ”

After speaking, he turned around and ordered: "Let them come over quickly, if they miss the auspicious time, their grandmother will blame." ”

"Whoa." Tai Changqing responded respectfully, and his heart was paralyzed......

~~

In early autumn, the wind was blowing, and the imperial tomb sacrifice was silent.

At three o'clock, the royal ancestor worship ceremony officially began.

The hundreds of officials accompanying the priests were all dressed in green robes and lined up neatly in front of Fang Ze's altar. The ceremony was solemn and there was no music.

At the beginning of the ceremony, the celebrant sang, "The deacons do their own business." ”

The inner praise officer sang: "Bit." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang climbed onto the altar with a solemn expression.

The crown prince was one position behind him.

Behind the crown prince were the kings of Qin, Jin, Yan, Wu, and Chu.

After that, it was the honorable minister led by the Duke of Korea, a hundred civil and military officials......

After everyone took their seats, the inner praise official sang: "Incense." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang went to the incense case, and the deacon Hou Tang of Zhongshan held the incense box and asked the emperor to incense three times.

At the end, the inner praise official sang: "Do four prostrations." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took half a step back, and in front of the imperial case, he slowly bowed four times and kowtowed to his parents' mausoleum.

The princes and all the attendants also bowed four times and prostrated their heads.

After getting up, the inner praise official sang: "Lay silk." ”

The deacon held the silk to the front of the imperial case, and then knelt down to Zhu Yuanzhang, who took the silk and dedicated it to the imperial case.

The inner praise official sang: "The first gift of the line." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed again, and at the same time, all the attendants also bowed.

The inner praise official sang: "Read the blessings." ”

The official kneeling to read the blessing was read, and Zhu Yuanzhang and the accompanying priest knelt to listen.

"In the eighth year of Wei Hongwu, the filial son emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, dared to declare to Emperor Kaoren Zuchun Emperor Holy Spirit:

"In the past, my father and the emperor lived in Fang, agriculture was hard, wandering day and night, the Orr natural disaster was epidemic, and the dependents suffered: the imperial examination ended in four out of sixty, and the imperial concubine died nine out of fifty, Brother Meng died first, and the family mourned.

"The landlord does not care about me, and he is angry, neither with the land, nor with the neighbors. Brother Huyi's generosity, benefiting this yellow soil, there is no coffin, the body is evil, floating three feet, laying what kind of food pulp......

After the burial, the family was panicked, the middle brother was weak and weak, and his livelihood was not stable, so Meng's sister-in-law returned to her hometown with her children. There is no rain in the sky, the locusts are soaring, the people in the village are short of food, and the grass and trees are food.

"What is there to give, I am frightened, but I am planning with my brother, how is it usual? Brother Yun went here, and each was ferocious. My brother cries for me, I hurt for my brother, the emperor is in the daytime, crying and breaking my heart, my brother is different, and I mourn far away.

"Wang's old mother, raise money for me, send her son to send each other, prepare fragrant incense, worship the Buddha at the empty door, and enter and exit the monk's room. In the past two months, the temple owner has sealed the warehouse, and everyone has a plan, and the clouds and water are fluttering.

"What do I do, I have nothing to do, I am humiliated by myself, I look up to the sky, I am not leanable, I will be in the shadows, I will rush towards the smoke of the cooking, I will stumble in the ancient temple at dusk, I will rely on the poor cliff Cui Wei and lean on the bi, I will listen to the ape cry the night moon and be desolate, the soul will be long and look for my parents, and I will be depressed and pretend......"

Hearing this, Zhu Zhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Hu, and Zhu Zhen were already crying. These were the deeds that the brothers had been familiar with for a long time, but after the ups and downs in Fengyang this year, they finally really experienced the hardships and despair of their father, and also understood why their father tossed them.

Especially the sixth child, when he heard 'rushing towards the smoke of the cooking stove, and stumbling in the ancient temple at dusk', he almost cried and sobbed. Those who haven't asked for food can't feel the sadness here......

“…… Thinking about the difficulties of the past, the sound of the present is gone. Thirty-two years of reckless kindness, how can I repay it? I would like to offer sacrifices under the mausoleum, and I will only show my knowledge. ”

After reading the blessing, the inner praise official sang: "Prostrate, prostrate, excited, flat." ”

Monarchs and ministers all performed this great gift.

Then, it will be presented by the crown prince and the Korean public bank. All of them are the same as the first gifts, but they do not lay silk and do not read blessings.

3. The dedication is complete. The inner praise official sang: "Four bows." ”

The kings and ministers bowed four times and prostrated their heads.

Bye-bye. The ceremonial officer sang: "Read the blessing official and enter the silk." ”

Read the blessing official and praise the blessing, the deacon officer holds the silk, and burns the furnace in front of the imperial case, and the ceremony is completed.

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After the sacrifice was completed, the officials of the Ministry of Rites took seven mausoleum households and picked up seven loads of loess taken from outside the mausoleum area, with clean soil and pure color.

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to cultivate soil for his parents' graves.

The officials of Taichang Temple dedicated their guards to the emperor, the crown prince, the king of Qin, the king of Jin, the king of Yan, the king of Wu and the king of Chu.

The so-called shoe protection is a kind of special shoe. Made of yellow cloth, light and soft, walking lightly and silently, when climbing the square city, on the top of the treasure, will not disturb the ancestors who sleep in the underground palace.

The emperor removed his shoes and socks, put on protective shoes, and picked up the earthen basket.

The prince also put on protective shoes, picked up the earthen basket, followed his father and queen, and slowly walked up.

And then there were the five princes......

Ascending to the top of the treasure and going to the place where the soil is dressed, Zhu Yuanzhang and his sons raised a basket to pour the soil on the top of the treasure, and then plucked it with their hands.

Zhu Wusi and his wife should be very relieved if they have knowledge.

ps. First update.

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