There are three types of new emperors, the founder, the succession, and the usurpation of power.

Due to the fact that the old emperor had just died, the ceremony could not be too festive, and the ceremonial music team would generally be arranged, but the music would not really be played according to the system at that time.

The usurpation of power requires justification, and the process will be very cumbersome, and the more grand, grand, and dignified, the better.

As for the founding of the country, it's over when you're happy, and you mainly highlight a universal celebration!

On the day of the ceremony, the soldiers were divided into two routes.

Zhu Guoxiang took a group of officials to the southern suburbs of the mound to worship the sky.

Zhu Ming took another group of officials to the altar of worship in the northern suburbs.

After that, the father and son will return to the city to meet and go to worship the temple together.

The division of heaven and earth is not to balance the power of father and son, it is purely because it is too long and afraid that it will be too late. The process of sacrificing heaven and earth, if it weren't for the founding of the country, the new monarch wouldn't even have to be present in person, and the old qualified clan would be able to carry it out.

The old white man felt very face-saving, and he accompanied him as a special guest, so he could watch the sacrificial ceremony up close.

Of course, there are more than one or two special guests, such as Zhao Huan, the old Song monarch.

He also went to a nearby state and county and invited a centenarian to come over. This centenarian has been strictly screened, and he must be healthy enough, and it will be funny if he dies halfway.

In addition, he also canonized the centenarian as a baron, sealed 100 households, and counted the salary of the fictitious title, and received a few dollars per month (this knight cannot be hereditary, and he will give up after his death).

The old white man was paralyzed in both legs, and together with the hundred-year-old baron, he followed in a sedan chair throughout the whole process.

His eyes glanced obliquely forward from time to time, where there were Zhao Huan and Zhu Lian, and the emperor and empress of the previous dynasty were very close to him.

The procession set off, the ceremony was played, and the people stood on both sides of the royal street.

Zhao Huan looked at the cheering crowd, all of them were beaming with joy and did not seem to be fake, he muttered: "Do all the people really hate the Zhao family for welcoming the new king?" ”

Zhu Lian reminded in a low voice: "The official family is cautious. ”

The team soon passed by Dasheng Mansion, where Song Huizong used to raise his team. Now it has been changed to the Yamen of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, that is, the police headquarters of the capital.

Local police officers from Sichuan and Tokyo, wearing linen canvas uniforms, are on duty on the two main roads in the north and south.

Zhao Huan stretched his neck to look forward, there were officials and guards in front of him, and he could only faintly see the canopy of the imperial chariot, but he couldn't see Zhu Guoxiang and Shen Yourong sitting on it.

A sense of sadness arises spontaneously, he succeeded to the throne as emperor last year, and he has never been so grand!

The honor guard in front of him even had an elephant dressed in red and green.

Elephants are usually kept in Yujin Garden, and the mounds of this sacrifice are also in Yujin Garden.

Last year, there were still four elephants, and three were taken away by the Jin soldiers, and Wanyan Zongwang was ready to take them back and give them to Wu Qimai. This one belonged to the survivors, who fled in terror when the Jin soldiers were captured, and trampled several Jin people to death, and fled all the way to the south to be found by Zhu Ming's troops.

Out of the south smoke gate, to the southwest is Yujin Garden.

Zhao Huan touched the scene again, Yujin Garden is not only a royal zoo, not only the place where the winter solstice is sacrificed, but also a place for leisure and entertainment for the Zhao and Song royal families.

Since he was made the crown prince, Zhao Huan has been invited here every year to participate in the spring imperial shooting conference held by Song Huizong.

In the Imperial Shooting Conference, there must be a Liao envoy, and later it was replaced by a gold envoy.

No official general, or a member of the royal family, as long as he wins the Liaojin envoy in archery, he will inevitably be rewarded by the emperor.

Zhao Gou was also among the crowd watching the ceremony, and he still remembered that in the early spring of last year, he was given a brocade robe for hitting the target with an archery. Among all the princes, he performed the most eye-catching, although he did not defeat the golden envoy, but he also ushered in the praise of hundreds of officials.

Things are not people!

Due to the looting of Yujin Garden, there are few rare animals left in it, and even some pavilions and pavilions were burned down by Jin soldiers.

Last winter, the garden was renovated in exchange for work.

It is difficult to restore the burned-out pavilion quickly, and it is filled with soil and planted with flowers and trees, and the whole is not in harmony with the surrounding landscape.

The mound has also been repaired, and Taijoji Temple has arranged it.

These special observers outside the old white man were arranged on the periphery of the mound, and he could continue to sit for the time being, and then stand up when the auspicious time begins.

Mrs. Yan was not far from the side, sitting there with a smile and looking around.

The Zhu father and son compiled a set of ancestral genealogy, and did not cling to celebrities to recognize relatives. It is only said that the ancestor was a merchant surnamed Zhu in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Song soldiers fled to Fujian with their family during the southern expedition, and then migrated to Guangdong and Guangxi.

Zhu Guoxiang usually treats Mrs. Yan with the courtesy of his stepmother, but now when it comes to the issue of Zhu's Taimiao, it must be strictly distinguished.

Bai Qi refused to change his surname, and Mrs. Yan could only compile it into the Bai family tree. She herself is not used to living in the palace, and recently she went to Daxiangguo Temple to worship the Buddha, and she is very comfortable in the temple house.

When the weather warms up, Mrs. Yan will go south and live with her grandson and granddaughter-in-law, and she has been thinking that she has never seen her great-grandson.

Suddenly, the ritual music was great.

If it was the Ming and Qing dynasties, it should be played at this time, which was an adaptation and combination of ancient Yale in the early Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, the Zhenghe music songs that Song Huizong personally presided over the compilation and revision are followed.

The Northern Song Dynasty music songs have been repeatedly revised many times, and Song Huizong's "Zhenghe Five Rites and New Rituals" belongs to the collection of the two Song songs. This faint gentleman can't do anything else, his artistic attainments must be affirmed, the Zhu father and son didn't bother much, and most of them adopted Song Huizong's politics and new rituals.

The musicians are blowing, the singers are praising the gods, and the dancers are dancing to ask the gods.

However, when it comes to dance, there is a distinction between literary dance and martial dance, both of which originate from ancient sacrificial ceremonies.

The music song is first the music of "Xing'an" used to invite God to come, and then it is a group of songs and dances to communicate with God Haotian.

Under the accompaniment of the music of "Jia'an", the dancers danced slightly, the singers sang hymns to welcome God, and Zhu Guoxiang took hundreds of officials to give gifts to God.

Then he played the music of "Feng'an", dedicated the five grains to God Haotian, promised that he would lead all the people to work hard, and asked God to bless the country with a bumper grain harvest.

This time, he also specially offered corn and sweet potatoes, saying that he would bring new crops to China and hope that God would accept and protect them.

Immediately, the music of "Xi'an" played, the literary dancers retreated, and the martial dancers took the stage.

The music became more cheerful, the dance became more intense, and Zhu Guoxiang offered a drink to God, which was to invite God to drink together to celebrate.

After the officials raised their glasses and drank together, they also followed the dance at this moment, looking at the sky from time to time, as if there was really a god Haotian watching them.

The atmosphere is very mysterious, the music, the songs, the dances, the venue...... The superposition of many factors made it so solemn and reverent, that even Zhu Guoxiang was unconsciously infected, and couldn't help but look at the sky trying to see something.

After two more songs and dances, this group of sacrificial songs finally ended.

Sending that Haotian God away, the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens was almost over, and Zhu Guoxiang spoke on behalf of Haotian God.

"It's worth it, it's worth it," the old white member said to his son, "This is just this festival, and it's worth it for us to come to Tokyo." Don't say Yangzhou, how can you see it in Hanzhong? Unfortunately, my legs are crippled, and I can't dance for God. ”

Bai Chongwen danced along, and said happily: "I will be blessed if I help God dance." ”

Mrs. Yan's side wanted to be together, but she almost blurted out "Amitabha". suddenly thought that this immortal was wrong, so he knelt on the ground and clasped his hands, and read silently: "God bless the Zhu family for ten thousand years, bless my Bai family for generations to be rich, and the old woman kowtows to the old man." ”

Compared with the title of God, the people prefer to call God and God.

Shen Yourong was in a state of confusion throughout the whole process, following the ceremonial officer to make various movements. Although she had been mentally prepared, this kind of thing was still a little cramped when she accompanied Zhu Guoxiang to worship the sky, because too many people were paying attention.

Standing in front of the mound is like a big dream in life.

How did she become the founding queen of the country as a widow?

After the ceremony of worshipping the sky, Zhu Guoxiang led everyone back to the city and went to the Taimiao Temple in the southeast of the inner city.

Zhu Ming led the team to hold a ceremony in the north of the city, and the time was slightly later than the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky. But it is also closer to the Taimiao, and the father and son return to the city one after the other, and the time is calculated in advance, almost arriving at the same time as the front and rear feet.

As soon as Zhu Guoxiang lined up here, Zhu Ming brought people over to meet.

The music of the sacrifice to the Taimiao follows the Zhenghe Xinyi of Song Huizong, but most of the lyrics have been changed, because many of the previous lyrics are in praise of Zhao Kuangyin.

There are four tablets on the temple, and the names of the four generations of ancestors are all made up!

After the ceremony was completed, the father and son took the hundred officials to enter the imperial city from the Xuande Gate, and read the edict of ascending to the pole on the city tower, and accepted the congratulatory worship of the hundred officials and the people.

Amnesty was granted to the world, with the exception of the death penalty and exile, with a maximum of five years' imprisonment for prisoners.

Then announced the change of administrative divisions -

Hebei two roads, changed to Hebei Province.

Jingdong two roads, changed to Shandong Province.

Hedong Road, changed to Shanxi Province.

Yongxing Military Road and Qinfeng Road were changed to Shaanxi Province.

Chuanxia 4th Road and Jingnan South Road (excluding Dengzhou and Tangzhou) were changed to Sichuan Province.

Jingbei Road, plus Dengzhou and Tangzhou, was changed to Henan Province.

Huainan two roads, changed to Huainan Province.

The scope of the jurisdiction is roughly the same as that of later generations, but there are many differences for the time being, and it will be necessary to unify the whole country in the future.

For example, Xuzhou now belongs to Shandong.

For example, Hanzhong and Hubei, which now belong to Sichuan.

All these must be adjusted to prevent the localities from becoming bigger and having the strength to divide the territory.

After destroying the Western Xia and consolidating the rule of the Hexi Corridor, another Gansu will be created.

In all provinces, the political envoy on the left is the chief and the political envoy on the right is the deputy, the powers and responsibilities are clearer, and the autonomy of local civil officials has been strengthened.

Unlike those transfer envoys in the Song Dynasty, they were originally sent officials from the three divisions, and they were not considered local officials from the beginning. Later, power was expanded, then weakened, and checks and balances were chaotic. A lot of actual government affairs are carried out, and the transfer makes it manageable but not completely managed, and it wants to manage but can't manage it.

The power is unclear, the responsibility is unclear!

When this set of reform plans was thrown out, the old Song Dynasty officials were shocked, and even the Sichuan officials were surprised.

Being appointed as a political envoy is as if struck by a happy lightning.

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