Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 79 Ancestral Temple (2)

Outside Fengtian Hall, thousands of Habayashi guards in gold armor and silver helmets stood silently.

They are all composed of the children of the founding heroes, including some princes and princes of the former Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, all people in the world are the people of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of Han or Hu.

But Hu people can no longer be named Hu surnames, so these people have changed their Han surnames.

In addition to these majestic Habayashi guards, there are also two huge imperial chariots.

The old man's love for the eldest son, Zhu Biao, is deeply rooted in his bones, so there is no difference between the imperial chariots of the father and son, they are both in the shape of emperors.

Zhu Xiongying walked cautiously, for fear that the crown on his head would be tilted, and those gem beads would also block his sight.

"Grand grandson!" The old man was also in a uniform, laughing on the imperial chariot, "You are on the same chariot as us!"

There was the eunuch Pu Guochang beside him, leading Zhu Xiongying forward.

The imperial chariot is too high, and Zhu Xiongying's clothes are too cumbersome to climb up.

The old man glanced at Pu Guochang, who quickly knelt down and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness step on the servant's back!"

"Thank you!" Zhu Xiongying still wanted to treat the loyal servants around this master with some courtesy, not to mention him, his father Zhu Biao always had a smile on his face when he saw this eunuch.

After getting on the imperial chariot, the team set off slowly and walked out of the imperial city.

The team following the three of them could not see the border at a glance. In addition to Habayashi Guard, there were also palace people in colorful clothes, and a guard of honor holding various ritual utensils.

On the other side of the Ancestral Temple, there are musicians from the Jiaofang Temple waiting, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites have already prepared tributes for worship and so on.

For Chinese people, the most important thing is ancestor worship.

Because only in this way can we not forget how we came here and the difficulties we have experienced.

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The Taimiao is located on Jiming Mountain outside Yingtianfu.It is the place where the country was founded, and Liu Bowen built it according to the order.

Although the Ming Dynasty restored Tang rituals, that is, inherited Zhou rituals, the Taimiao was not the traditional seven temples of the emperor, but nine temples.It is not one emperor and one temple, but one temple with many emperors.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang came from a slightly cold background and did not have much knowledge, he is a person who attaches great importance to rules.

The construction of the Taimiao fully conforms to the principle of the ancestors living in the center, left Zhao and right Mu.

In the temple in the center, there are enshrined tablets of Emperor Gaozu Zhu Bailiu, Emperor Great-Grandfather Zhu Sijiu, Emperor Zhu Chuyi, and Huang Kao Zhu Wusi.Originally, I also wanted to offer more offerings, but after all, the Zhu family has been mud-legged for generations, and the ancestors who were too early didn't even know the name of the old man.

In addition to the ancestors of the Zhu family, there are also [-] outstanding emperors in history, most of whom are the founding monarchs of the country.

In addition to the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty Liu Bang, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin were all in the Taimiao.

Among them, the old man admired Liu Bang the most, because Liu Bang and the Zhu family were not only fellows, but also they all had a common characteristic, that is, they came from a slightly cold background.

In addition to these people, there was an unexpected emperor, Yuan Shizu Kublai Khan.

According to legend, when the Taimiao was being built, some craftsmen said that the statue of Kublai Khan was crying.

A minister went to see it, and it was true.Probably the soul of Kublai Khan in heaven, Sentiment and Great Yuan were replaced by Ming Dynasty.

The old man went to check it himself, and even said something to the statue of Kublai Khan.

"Foolish son, it is a blessing for the Ruhu people to rule China. I am destined to return today, and the world is dying. I will not kill your descendants, but drive them back to the north. Why do you hate it? Don't cry anymore."

The general idea is, "It's a blessing for you northern Tartars to have been in charge of the Central Plains for hundreds of years. Today, I have become the Ninth Five-Year Lord. Not only did I not slaughter your descendants, but I also let them continue to live in the north. How great is that! Your grace? You should stop crying. "

That is, putting people in the Taimiao to worship and threatening them, this is something that only the old man can do.

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The imperial chariot of the three masters of the Zhu family stopped in front of the main hall of the Taimiao. The old man led Zhu Xiongying down by the hand, but his eyes fell on the supporting hall of the heroes who did not want to go.

There are enshrined the heroes of the Ming Dynasty who died in battle, Kaiping King Chang Yuchun, Ninghe King Deng Yu, Guo Guo Gong Yu Tonghai, Cai Guo Gong Zhang Desheng, Yue Guo Gong Hu Dahai, Liang Guo Gong Zhao Desheng, Si Guo Gong Geng Zaicheng, Yongyi Hou Sangshi Jie et al.

Zhu Xiongying knew that there would be many names added to the temple of meritorious officials there in the future.

Zhongshan Wang Xu Da, Mu Ying, Li Wenzhong, Tang He and so on.

"Father, first worship the ancestors and the virtuous emperors of the past, and later I will go to the temple of meritorious officials to add incense and tribute wine!" Zhu Biao walked up and said.

The old man looked over there, "Well, make it richer!"

It is said that he is cruel and easy to kill, and treats heroes harshly.But in fact, Zhu Xiongying knew in his heart that the old man was much more tolerant of the dead than the living.These old brothers who died in battle will never be let go in his heart.

"By the way, bring our grandson there too!" The old man stroked Zhu Xiongying's head and said, "Let his grandpa often see that black-faced fellow Yuchun, his own grandson!"

"Yes!" Zhu Biao laughed.

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The three of them entered the main hall dedicated to the ancestors of the Zhu family, and three futons had already been placed on the ground.

The old man is in front, Zhu Biao and Zhu Xiongying are behind.

"Grand grandson, kneel down to your ancestors!" The old man asked Zhu Xiongying to kneel on the futon, then kicked Zhu Biao's futon to the corner, and said loudly, "You boy, do you still need to kneel on something in front of your ancestors? "

After cursing, the old man knelt down on his futon.Zhu Xiongying cast a pitiful look at Zhu Biao.Poor thing, he and the old man had something under their knees, but Zhu Biao had to kneel on the cold ground.

It's not that the old man is cruel, but because Zhu Biao is the eldest son.Sometimes the eldest son has to suffer like this.

"Father, grandpa, great grandpa!" The old man knelt down, clasped his hands together, and said reverently, "It's Chinese New Year, let's bring our eldest son and grandson to see you!"

Before the old man finished speaking, Zhu Xiongying had already started to kowtow to the ground.

Immediately, the old man was very happy, and looked at Zhu Biao, who also kowtowed quickly.

"I thought, this year, I will go to the mausoleum to worship you, add some new soil for you, and remove weeds. But there are too many things, we unfilial people, we can't get away!"

"Our Zhu family has been hungry for mud legs for several generations. When we come here, our ancestors bless us and become the emperor. We wear dragon robes and live in the palace. We have done things that generations of people dare not dream of! "

"But after becoming the emperor, we often think of the hardships that our ancestors, grandpa, and father have endured. When we think of these things, we have no intention of enjoying ourselves. Our Zhu family is also poor, and the child of the poor became the emperor. Think about the poor in the world."

"Just like what Dad used to say when you were alive, we poor people are the most miserable people in the world!"

As he said that, the old man seemed a little emotional, and Zhu Xiongying saw tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Bless our ancestors, we have managed the world well these years, not to mention that every household has food, but the number of people who go hungry is decreasing every year. The tragedy of our Zhu family dying of illness and starvation has never been seen in the Ming Dynasty."

"Father, you left early!"

The old man's voice trembled, "The elder brothers also left early. When we joined the army, the Zhu family was only a grown-up man." As he spoke, he choked up, "But after all these years, our Zhu family is full of children and grandchildren again. Now, the eldest, the second and the third are all a bunch of sons!"

Speaking of this, he took Zhu Xiongying's hand, "Look, this is our Zhu family, the eldest son and grandson of Chongba's house!"

"Ancestors go up again, if you are not filial to your grandson, Xiongying kowtows!" Zhu Xiongying kowtows again.

"Your spirits in the sky will protect our Zhu family, and the country will be safe for thousands of years!" The old man clasped his hands together again and said.

Afterwards, he cursed at Zhu Biao beside him, "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and offer sacrifices to your grandpa, grandpa and the others!"

Zhu Biao got up quickly, took the tribute from the eunuch serving outside, and put it on with his own hands.

"Father, my son will help you!" Zhu Xiongying also stood up and helped Zhu Biao.

The old man showed a smile and said to Zhu's tablet, "Thanks to our ancestors, the children and grandchildren we gave birth to are very filial. When the next spring begins, let those young boys who didn't come with us today go to Fengyang Mausoleum worships you."

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After leaving the main hall dedicated to the ancestors of the Zhu family, we arrived at the Emperor Temple dedicated to the sixteen emperors.

The three emperors and five emperors are in the middle, and next to them are Han Gaozu, Tang Taizong and other emperors.

Looking at those statues, Zhu Xiongying suddenly asked in a low voice, "Grandpa Huang, why did you enshrine Yuanshizu in Taimiao!"

(End of this chapter)