Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 361

This is a very important thing for the emperor.

This shows that the emperor attached great importance to farming, and the purpose of doing so was naturally to 'persuade farmers'.Including the harvested food, they also need to be enshrined in the bright hall of the Temple of Heaven. This is to provide to the ancient sages and emperors of heaven.

According to the previous system, this will be done in the first month.But Lao Zhu made a start. The pro-cultivation in the Ming Dynasty is the day of the second month of the lunar calendar.Every twelve days there is a day of Hai, and before the emperor himself plows, it is natural to let Qin Tian monitor an auspicious day.

According to the ancient etiquette, it is natural that the emperor himself helped the plow, and Sangong followed behind to push it.This system has existed since the Western Han Dynasty and has been handed down all the time.After all, it is a farming civilization, and it also attaches great importance to farming.

Although after so many years, there have been some changes in the ceremony of plowing, and there are more and more rules.But emphasizing agriculture, that's what it should be, it's not just the responsibility of the emperor, it's also the civil and military task of the court.

In fact, after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the emperor not only plowed and helped the plow himself, but also climbed to the viewing platform after the work, to see which civil and military officials were lazy when plowing.
The auspicious day has been determined, and the thing to do now is to choose the civil and military officials to accompany the sacrifice.This is not difficult for Zhu Yunying, and many things have already been done.

And in order to show that he attaches great importance to farming, Zhu Yunying took the crown prince to check the farm tools in the palace.Including the seeds that the emperor personally plowed this time, they were all carefully selected, and there must be no mistakes.

"The hoe, it belonged to my great-grandfather!" Little Zhu looked at a hoe with sharp eyes and shouted, "It belongs to my great-grandfather, you can't take it!"

Zhu Yunying thinks it's funny, little Zhu is good at housekeeping, and outsiders can't take away his own things.His great-grandfather liked to farm in the palace, and Xiao Zhu followed him many times, and he also knew his great-grandfather's farm tools.

"Don't take it away, your great-grandfather lent it to us." Zhu Yunying laughed and asked, "Prince, do you have farm tools?"

Little Zhu immediately replied, "Yes, I have a small hoe for digging mud!"

Lao Zhu's farm tools are actually very common farm tools. It doesn't mean that the handle of the emperor's hoe must be inlaid with gems, but it is just an ordinary hoe.At most, it was because Lao Zhu had a special status, and ordinary people were not allowed to touch his hoe.

As for Little Zhu's little hoe, it's not very practical, not to mention a toy, but also a jewel.

After inspecting these agricultural tools, and taking a closer look at the five grain seeds carefully selected today, Zhu Yunying is quite satisfied.

On the day of plowing, Zhu Yunying changed into a mianfu and went to Shennongtan under the guidance of Fajia Lubo.After paying homage to Shennong, Zhu Yunying headed towards his one-acre three-point land, which is actually one-acre three-point land, which is also a regulation.

It is actually inconvenient to work with a wide robe and long sleeves, but Zhu Yunying didn't think about changing anything.In this era, when it comes to reforming clothes, even if Zhu Yunying is the emperor, there is no way to change the concept of the subjects of the world.If he really wore short-sleeved jeans and jeans, he would be deviant and would be regarded as a lunatic.

Zhu Yunxi's expression was flat, although he was not interested in such things as plowing, but he knew that the emperor's brother was destined, so he naturally needed to follow.In fact, as a younger brother, Zhu Yunxi is generally obedient.

Old Zhu said that he was in uniform, and cheerfully waved away the officials who wanted to guide the process, "We are farmers, and you want to teach?"

There was really no need to do this, because Lao Zhu knew it well, he was an out-and-out old farmer.When I was a child, I worked in the fields with my parents and elder brother. Even if I was just a tenant, most of the food grown would be handed over to the landlord. But this is also Lao Zhu’s experience. Farming is a good game for him.

"Emperor, Yunxi, you two go and carry the plow." Old Zhu said happily, "You two brothers have never suffered, and I'm afraid they don't even know how to fasten the plow."

Zhu Yunying pointed to the plow, and said to Zhu Yunxi, "The boss is not young, is it okay to carry a plow?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at Li and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid we can't carry it by ourselves. We can't carry it on our shoulders or hands. How about asking the third, fourth, and fifth to help us?"

Brothers who fight tigers go into battle as father and son soldiers.

Although this is the emperor's own farming, but the civil and military ministers need to come forward, and the clan is naturally indispensable.In addition to his own siblings, the three brothers Zhu Yunqi were also called, they were Zhu Yunying's younger brothers.

Zhu Yunying said angrily, "A few days ago, the emperor also talked about us, so don't mutter in front of Yin'er from now on. Is this sort of order arranged by you like this? If you whisper in front of us, we don't hear it. Can others talk nonsense in front of us?"

After reprimanding Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Yunying said loudly to the three Zhu Yunwen brothers who were waiting on the side, "Yunwen, take the fourth and fifth brothers over there, the fate of the world, you will also help us."

Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up, "The Great Destiny of the World" was proposed by Jia Yi, which is the saying about Qingeng in "Ji Chu Shu".

And Jia Yi is a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, and "On the Passing of Qin Dynasty" is only one of his most classic works. Although this talented scholar studied under Xunzi's disciple Zhang Cang.But he also has a lot of research on Confucianism, breaking through the rule of inaction in the early Western Han Dynasty, and proposed to attach importance to Confucianism.

It was not only Zhu Yunqi who was excited, but also many civil servants.At this time, the emperor deliberately proposed "the great destiny of the world". Does it mean that the emperor will pay more attention to Confucian children in the future?

Zhu Yunying didn't expect that his casual words would make many people excited, and they were constantly making up their minds.

That didn't have much to do with him, he just walked up to Lao Zhu, "Grandpa Emperor, although we are not as good at farming as you. But all these years, we have followed you and my father, and we have plowed by ourselves."

Old Zhu said happily, "You hold the plow, this is what the emperor should do. In the past, we held the plow, and you and your father led the ox. Now we hold the ox, and you will hold the plow well." Success. That kid Yunxi can't do anything, so protect our prince!"

Little Zhu happily ran over, pointed at the big buffalo and said, "Grandfather, I will ride a bull!"

Old Zhu bent over and hugged Xiao Zhu, and said, "Wait a minute, come over when your second uncle is done. We still need to harness the ox. If the plow is not harnessed, we will not be able to plow the land. Are you here with us? Together, or go to your mother?"

Little Zhu was naturally watching the fun, and Old Zhu happily instructed his grandchildren to set up the plow.Although in the process, Lao Zhu also disliked his grandchildren's poor hands-on ability, but he managed to set up the plow.

"Queen, we are taking the lead in helping the plow, and you will help sow the seeds behind." Zhu Yunying smiled and said to Xu Miaoqing.

Lao Zhu immediately felt disgusted and said, "This land has been plowed once, and you are just pretending. But we want to say that you still don't know how to farm, so let's plow it first, which is to turn over the soil. We have to break the soil, Dig a good nest, this is good for farming! You have seen us farming in front of us, and you will not do this!"

Lao Zhu immediately looked at Xu Miaoqing and said, "Take a small hoe and break up a large piece of soil for her. Your sister will also follow."

Sister, of course, refers to Zhu Yunying's younger sister, and this is the whole family's action.

Little Zhu happily sat on the back of the ox, while Old Zhu yelled and led the ox in the lead.As for Zhu Yunying, he worked hard to hold the plow.Although it was a little unstable, fortunately there was a eunuch next to him to take care of him a little bit.The most important thing is that Lao Zhu, a farming master, also knows his grandson's ability, so he slowed down the speed of leading the cows a lot.

There is also a lot of attention to personal farming. The plowing of the land one after another, the ridges and ridges of the land, cannot be vague.

Zhu Yunying was sweating profusely, and hurriedly finished the work of helping the plow.After a brief rest, I personally planted rice, millet, grain, wheat, and beans. There are certain rules and regulations in every move, and they are all ceremonial.

"As long as you are like this, you are still the emperor." Old Zhu said cheerfully to Zhu Yunying, "I really hope that you can farm, and the whole family can only eat enough. With you like this, this little field Enough to keep you busy for ten days and half a month!"

Zhu Yunying took a sip of tea and said proudly, "Fortunately, we are the emperor, so we don't need to use the fields. We are resting here now, and all civil and military officials, clan nobles are farming for us. We have to see, see who dares be lazy!"

No one should be allowed to be lazy, because Zhu Yunying's one-third of an acre of land is still very important.The harvest is also to be enshrined to Shennong, so naturally there must be a harvest.

Even if Zhu Yunying is just holding a plow and sowing some seeds, but this is the land he planted. No matter how much work others have done, the output of this one-third of an acre of land is the emperor Zhu Yunying himself. .

Lao Zhu looked at the busy crowd with distaste, and said, "With our temper, these people would not know how to farm! They have read the books to the stomach, and they can't even hold the handle of a hoe! Those nobles, their age The bigger ones are fine, the smaller ones are better than the other dudes. Let’s say, they’ve never been hungry, so they don’t even know what’s good!”

The emperor's farming is often just a ceremony, and the symbolic meaning is far greater than the actual meaning.

Zhu Yunying can be lazy here, but no one will say anything.Because the emperor personally presided over the farming, the emperor did complete his work.As for the other people who are busy now, it is because they also have the responsibility of helping the emperor to farm, which is some of their duties.

What's more, those who can help the emperor to cultivate are all high-ranking and powerful, and they are all in the heart of the emperor.This kind of decency is not available to ordinary people, and even if you want to help the emperor farm, you don't have such a blessing!

Zhu Yunying watched cheerfully, took a short rest and continued to work on the plowing.Although others can help him, he only needs to show his face.

But Zhu Yunying doesn't like that, some things still need to be done a little more by herself, so that it will be more convincing, and only in this way can she truly set an example!

(End of this chapter)