Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 149 Reunion and Ancestor Worship

"The way to govern people is not to be anxious about rituals; there are five classics in rituals, and don't focus on sacrifices. '

——"Book of Rites"

As soon as the child's time passed, the Ministry of Rites, Taichang Temple, as well as the officials stationed in the imperial mausoleum, and the mausoleum households were busy and busy.For example, in the Yan'en Hall, there are calf, wine, incense, silk, etc.; in the Fangze Altar, there are altars, spiritual banners, ritual vessels, tablets...

In short, please ask the gods to ask the gods, those who set the table set the table, and those who line up line up, silently preparing for the emperor's sacrifice.

Zhu Yuanzhang and his son had also been waiting in the Golden Palace outside the Beidun Gate early.

At Maoshi, Tai Changqing came in and asked: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time is coming, please move to Fangze Altar with Your Highness."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not move at all and said, "No hurry, just wait."

"Yes." Tai Changqing didn't dare to talk nonsense, so she tiptoed back and waited outside.

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

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

"No hurry, wait a little longer." Zhu Yuanzhang still couldn't get up.

"Father, it's really getting late." Zhu Biao also helped persuade.

"It's okay to delay for a while, our family has not yet arrived." Zhu Yuanzhang rolled up his wide blue robe sleeves and said, "Your grandma must also want to see 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 inscrutablely and said, "They should be here soon."

"You didn't say it earlier!" Before Zhu Biao finished speaking, he turned around and ran out with his robe in hand.

"I said earlier that this is the result." Seeing his son disappearing at the gate of the hall, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly and said, "Sitting here alone is very boring."

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

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

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

The brothers who had been away for more than half a year finally reunited at the center of Shinto under the witness of thirty pairs of stone statue students.

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

"Brother, woo woo... We miss you so much..." The six brothers huddled together, weeping bitterly.

On the Jinshui Bridge in the distance, Zhu Yuanzhang wiped the corners of his eyes, looked back at his parents' big graves, grinned and said, "Father, mother, are you happy? Our old Zhu's family is thriving again."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and ordered: "Tell them to come here quickly, if they miss the auspicious time, their grandma will blame them."

"Here." Tai Chang Qing respectfully responded, feeling paralyzed in her heart...

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The early autumn wind is rustling, and the Imperial Tomb Festival is silent.

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

The officials accompanying the sacrificial ceremony all wore green robes and lined up in front of Fang Ze's altar.The ceremony was solemn and there was no music.

At the beginning of the ceremony, the ceremonial officer sang: "The deacons and officials are responsible for their own affairs."

The internal praise officer sang: "Bit."

Zhu Yuanzhang stepped onto the altar with a solemn expression.

The crown prince was one position behind him.

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

Afterwards, it was the honorable ministers, civil and military officials led by the Duke of Han...

After everyone took their positions, the internal praise officer sang: "Shangxiang."

Zhu Yuanzhang went to the incense case, and Zhongshan Hou Tanghe, who was the deacon, held up the incense box and asked the emperor to offer incense three times.

After that, the Nei Zan officer sang: "Pray four times."

Zhu Yuanzhang took half a step back, and before the imperial case, he slowly performed four bows and kowtows to his parents' mausoleum.

All the princes and all the accompanying priests also performed four kowtows.

After getting up, the official Neizan sang: "Dianbo."

The deacon brought the silk to the imperial case, and then knelt down and offered it to Zhu Yuanzhang, who took the silk and presented it to the imperial case.

Nei Zanguan sang: "At the beginning of the journey, I offer a gift."

Zhu Yuanzhang kowtowed again, and at the same time all the accompanying priests also kowtowed.

The internal praise officer sang: "Read Zhu."

Zhu Yuanzhang and the accompanying sacrificial officials all knelt and listened to Zhu Yuanzhang when he knelt down to read Zhu Wen.

"In the eighth year of Wei Hongwu's filial piety, Zhu Yuanzhang, the filial son, dared to tell the emperor Kao Renzu, Emperor Chun, the holy spirit:
"In the past, my father, the emperor, lived in this place, the agriculture was difficult, and he was wandering day and night. The natural disasters in Erer were prevalent, and his family members suffered: Huang Kao finally had four out of sixty, and nine out of fifty imperial concubine died. Brother Meng died first, and the whole family mourning.

"The owner of the landlady doesn't care about himself, shouts loudly, doesn't share with the land, and the neighbors feel melancholy. Brother Hu Yi's generosity, benefiting from this yellow soil, there is no coffin in the funeral, the body is covered with bad clothes, floating three feet, what kind of food is laid...

"After the burial, the family was in turmoil, brother Zhong was weak, and his livelihood was not enough. Aunt Meng brought her young child and returned to her hometown in the east. There was no rain in the sky, the locusts were soaring, the people in the village were short of food, and the grass and trees were food.

"Why is it that I am frightened and mad, and I am planning with my brother. How is it normal? My brother said to go here, and each of them went through the famine. My brother cried for me, and I was hurt for my brother. The emperor is in the daylight, weeping heartbroken, brothers are different. Road, mourning far away.

"Wang's old mother raised funds for me, sent her son to see her off, prepared sweet and sweet incense, worshiped the Buddha in the empty door, and went in and out of the monk's house. After two months of residence, the temple master closed the warehouse, everyone was planning, and the clouds and water were floating.

"What do I do? I have nothing to do. I rely on my own humiliation. I look up to the sky. I can't rely on it. I'm surrounded by shadows. I rush forward towards the smoke of the kitchen. At dusk, I throw myself into the ancient temple and stagger. I look up to the poor cliff and lean on the green jade, listening to the ape. Crying at night and the moon is desolate, the soul wanders and finds no parents, and the ambition is desolate and feigned..."

Hearing this, Zhu Xi, Zhu Zhu Di, Zhu Wei, and Zhu Zhen all cried into tears.These were deeds that my brothers had been familiar with for a long time, but after the ups and downs in Fengyang this year, they finally truly realized the hardship and despair of their father, and also understood why his father tormented them.

Especially the sixth child, when he heard "the smoke from the kitchen is rushing forward, and the ancient temple is staggering at dusk", he almost cried and choked.People who have never begged for food can't understand the sadness here...

"...Thinking of the hardships of the past, the pain of the present is lost. How can I repay the kindness of Wangji for 32 years? I would like to offer sacrifices and wine to the mausoleum, and I will serve as a lesson."

After reading the Zhu Wen, the official Neizan sang: "Low, Fu, Xing, flat body."

All the monarchs and ministers performed this great gift.

Then, the crown prince Xingya presented the gift, and the Korean public offered the final gift.They all offer gifts at the beginning of the year, but they do not lay silk or read blessings.

The three gifts are over.The Nei Zan official sang: "Four prayers."

The monarchs and ministers bowed and kowtowed four more times.

Bye.The Dianyi official sang: "Reading the Zhuguan, holding the blessings, and entering the silk."

The official who read the wish held the wish, and the deacon held the silk, and burned it in the furnace in front of the imperial case, and the ceremony was completed.

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After the sacrifice, officials from the Ministry of Rites took seven mausoleum households and picked up seven loads of clean, pure-colored loess from outside the mausoleum area.

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

Officials of Taichang Temple kneeled down to the emperor, prince, king of Qin, king of Jin, king of Yan, king of Wu and king of Chu.

The so-called protective shoes are a kind of special shoes.Made of yellow cloth, it is light and soft, and it walks lightly and silently. In this way, when you climb Fangcheng or Baoding, you will not disturb the ancestors who have been sleeping in the underground palace.

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

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

And then the five princes...

Climbing up to the top of the treasure, Zhu Yuanzhang and his sons lifted the baskets and poured the soil on the top of the treasure, and then tapped it with their hands reverently.

It would be very gratifying for Zhu Wusi and his wife to know about it.

ps. The first update.

(End of this chapter)