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Chapter 848
The first day of June.

Before dawn, Li Xia was pushed awake.

Opening his eyes, he saw that the candles were flickering in the main house, and several of his beautiful wives and concubines were holding the robes he was going to wear today and chatting there.

For them, the greatest joy of Li Xia's self-proclaimed King of Qin lies in the need to tailor some new clothes.

Of course, this is not a simple matter. How to design and tailor the crowns of the princes, which dynasty's regulations to follow, and what kind of seals to paint... everything is said.

After making the royal clothes for Li Xia, they also needed to tailor their own dresses. They have been very busy these days.

In Han Qiaoer's words, "I haven't cut new clothes for more than a year. It's rare to cut such beautiful and luxurious clothes. Of course I'm happy."

"Get up, officials, I'm still busy today, and I'll have to wear this robe for a long time."

Seeing Li Xia opened his eyes, Gao Mingyue said something softly, and immediately asked someone to hold a basin to wash him.

"What time is it?"

"Three moments of ugly time."

Li Xia only rested at the moment of being ugly. He was supposed to wake up from the dream and start the enthronement ceremony "the next day", but he didn't expect to be woken up just after falling asleep.

This is obviously much more cumbersome than getting married, and it seems that they have to prepare all night.

The husband and wife wanted to talk again, when a servant girl ran up and said, "Princess, my son refuses to change his dress."

"I'll go."

"Princess, Manager Hu said that the car will arrive at Yinshi, and she has to go through the process of offering sacrifices to the sky with the king first."

"Tell her the king is up, slow down."

"Princess, please go over and change into the auspicious clothes."

"Understood, An'an, come to help the officials change their crowns and clothes. Remember to wear the crown first, and then change the crown after the sacrifice..."

Gao Mingyue was busier than Li Xia, and she ordered many things in a short time, and she didn't forget to be considerate to Li Xia.

Li Xia was holding her hand to speak, when Nian'er twisted the veil and went up to wipe his face.

After that, he was held there and let Tang Anan comb his hair.

At the same time, a tribute to heaven has been stuffed into his hand, and he needs to memorize it as soon as possible.

Yinshi's car will arrive soon, and the maids in the house are even more flustered.

Only Han Qiaoer just woke up, staggered over, yawned and then lay on Li Xia's lap, and had to get bored with Li Xia for a while before she was willing to go to make up.

"Brother Li, are you sleepy?"

"Aren't you a night owl?"

"It's different. I usually play for a while before going to bed. Today I have been busy for a long time, and I feel sleepy just thinking about it. Brother Li, will we live in Chang'an in the future? It's not as spacious as Hanzhong's yard, Xiaopangdun thinks the yard too small."

"That's why it's too fat..."

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Compared with the Hanzhong Palace built on the basis of the ancient Hantai, the Qin Palace rebuilt by the government office is indeed a bit small.

Today's Chang'an City has no palaces.

The melee at the end of the Tang Dynasty destroyed the city again and again. For example, when Zhu Wen usurped the country, he did not dare to designate Chang'an as the capital. He was worried that he would be attacked by all parties, so he simply sent people to demolish the entire palace in Chang'an city, and transported all the wood to Luoyang.

The various regimes of the Five Dynasties set their capitals in Luoyang instead of Chang'an for many times. There are various reasons for this.One of the reasons is that Chang'an is dilapidated, and there is no time, energy, or willingness to rebuild the Chang'an Palace.

Li Xia currently has no plans to build a palace.

In short, there is no room for all the officials to line up in Qin Wangfu, and the ceremony and music cannot be arranged.

The enthronement ceremony was arranged at the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs.

At Yinshi, Li Xia got into his car and set off for the southern suburbs.

On the day when King Qin ascended the throne, King Qin's mansion did not show the prestige that a regime that seals thousands of miles should have.

Although it has no actual impact, many people see Li Xia's shabby Yijia, and they think it is ridiculous that he proclaims himself king like a child playing house.

Without the proper ostentation, it is obviously difficult for King Qin to give people enough confidence.

But when the car slowly drove to the southern suburbs, no one dared to feel shabby anymore...

The Temple of Heaven in the southern suburb of Chang'an was first built in the Sui Dynasty, and it was the place where the royal family worshiped heaven for 300 years in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The mound is 24 feet high, with steps on twelve sides.

At this time, the sky was not yet bright, and a calf was being roasted in the southeast of the circular mound, and a sky lantern was hung in the southwest, with misty smoke and clouds, and the fire was flickering.

Under the altar, civil and military officials have been lined up in a neat line, and outside is a line of soldiers and horses. I don't know how many people there are in the night.

The preparations for offering sacrifices to heaven have already been made.

There are more than 60 musical instruments such as chimes, chime bells and iron bells arranged neatly.

In the dark night, countless figures were printed by the firelight, but few people spoke, which constituted a strange and mysterious atmosphere.

Solemn and solemn.

The time for offering sacrifices to heaven is seven quarters before sunrise.

"Boom!"

With a bell, the ceremony and music sounded.

"King Qin sacrifices to heaven!"

"..."

This is a cumbersome etiquette.

People say that "the important event of the country lies in the sacrifice and the army." Li Xia didn't understand why "sacrifice" was a major event before, and he never liked superstition.

But in this troubled world, he gradually understood that people at this time worshiped the heavens and ancestors, and what they sacrificed was the awe and faith in their hearts.

Sacrifice is not so much for superstition, as it is for defining "us". Only by offering the same ceremony, offering sacrifices to the same heaven and ancestors can everyone in these troubled times find their belonging.

Through this solemn ceremony, he let everyone behind him know that the great etiquette is still there, the beauty of the splendor is still there, China is still there, and the country is still there.

"Weixianding was four years old, and the year was Guihai. Qin Wang Li Xia would like to tell the gods of mountains and rivers sincerely."

"I think of the land that our ancestors built with difficulty. It is in danger of the disaster of the barbarians. The children and grandchildren have nothing to stand on. Now we gather all the people to use force to wipe out the bandits and conquer our land. We only inherit the order of heaven and inherit the state of Qin. Only the sky , bless my country, respectfully present the sacrifices and silks, and use the sacrificial offerings, and honor them!"

"Shangxiang!"

"..."

The sun slowly rose from the east, illuminating the outskirts of Chang'an, and countless people surrounded the altar.

Everyone was a little apprehensive, but when their voices came together, they seemed magnificent.

~~
The old Han Chengxu stood at the head of the civil servants.

He was wearing a crown and a brand new court dress.

This was the first time for him to wear the court uniform of an important official, and he was already the Prime Minister of the King of Qin. After Li Xia took the throne of Qin, he was about to issue an imperial edict to become an official.

Han Chengxu originally thought that he would have difficulty controlling his emotions when he was the prime minister, but he didn't expect that he would have ups and downs just after he started offering sacrifices to heaven, and he couldn't control himself.

In the past, Li Xia always said that he was slowly becoming king, and he didn't like Huazhang Dianle. Such ceremonies are actually rare.It was so hard to come to this encounter, to Han Chengxu, it contained too much meaning.

During the 30 years of Jin's death, he was like a lonely ghost, he didn't know who he was.

It is incompatible with Song people, and it is incompatible with Mongolian people.

Only today, the tens of thousands of people who sacrificed to heaven with him, and the millions of people under King Qin's rule, all became citizens of the country with him...

~~
Hu Legen, who was standing in the middle of the queue of generals, kept staring at Yuanqiu with wide-eyed eyes.

In his opinion, offering sacrifices to heaven is the same as offering sacrifices to Changshengtian.

And everyone being able to sacrifice together means that they are all their own people.

This made the last bit of confusion in Hulegen's mind about the relationship between the Mongols and the Han people disappear.

Originally, he was a prisoner, and he was always a little uneasy when he was in the Song Dynasty, but now that the king of Qin he assisted early has established a country, he felt in his heart that "this is his own tribe".

He seems to have been able to see the day when Li Xia will become a khan...

After the end of the sacrifice to heaven, it was time to wait for the king of Qin to issue various edicts.

Hu Legen couldn't help standing on tiptoe, looking expectantly at the Temple of Heaven.

He knew that he was going to be canonized as General Gui Delang, and he would be a legitimate official in the future.

The only bad thing is that today's queue should be arranged according to height, but unfortunately it is arranged according to the size of the official position, and they can't see anything because of the tall man in front.

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"Army commanders and generals are the pillars of the country, and their achievements should not be neglected..."

As the edict spread, He Tai listened to it for a long time, and finally heard his name.

"General Gao Nianfeng of Dingyuan, General He Tai of Ningyuan, General Hu Legen of Guidelang, Captain Zhang Shun of Zhaowu..."

He Tai grinned.

He turned his head and looked back, only to find that there was a Mongolian general standing behind him, who was as tall as Ai Zhang.

This somewhat made He Tai a little nervous, but it didn't affect his joy. He continued to cast a look at Zhang Shun, signaling to invite Zhang Shun to drink in the evening.

For him, when King Qin established the country today, everything is officially different from before.

Ever since the king of Qin uttered the sixteen-character slogan, it was a public denial of the nonsense "southerners return to the south, and northerners return to the north" policy of the Great Song Dynasty.

He Tai, the Dali man in front, and Ai Zhang behind are all from the same country... Thinking of this, he saw the man behind him smiling sincerely, so he was included in the count.

However, "Southers return to the South, and Northerners return to the North" is only one of the national policies that have been changed today. After the edict of rewarding military generals, the next edict will begin to change the Song Dynasty's "advocating literature and restraining martial arts". Merit award system.

"Fan Ce Xun's twelfth turn, grants Xuntian, and Quanxuan selects officials. Once turned into Wuqiwei, he is regarded as the seventh rank, and he is awarded [-] acres of land..."

He Tai looked up and listened carefully.

Today's King Qin enthronement ceremony still seemed very simple, but he had already seen a new look.

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The edicts were read out one after another, and spread from the civil and military officials to the phalanxes of soldiers farther away.

Li Xia, who was standing on the mound, finally completed the ceremony that lasted all day.

As far as he is concerned, what is really busy is the process of formulating national policies in two or three months, but today is just a formality.Costumes, rites and music, sacrifices, and edicts are just to inform the people of the results.

But when he stands here, you will find that he is very small.

Under the 24-foot altar, tens of thousands of people are lined up, and you can't see the end at a glance...

Standing here, Li Xia just spoke out the wishes of the people, so as to make them unite.

During this process, Li Xia felt that he had become a symbol to be watched by people. His emotions were not important, not even himself.

Bored and tired from this long ceremony.He put down the imperial edict in his hand, thinking that it would be better to have fewer such meaningless things in the future, but...

"King Qin."

Voices came from a distance, and they quickly overlapped, pouring over like an overwhelming sea.

The soldiers and the people of Chang'an were all shouting "King Qin" with all their might.

Most of them don't know Li Xia at all, and the reason why they are so excited is because unity, stability, and prosperity are their wishes in this troubled world.

Usually they don't know how to express it.

Being tortured by the war, being bullied by the barbarians, feeling ashamed facing the ancestors, and wanting to live a better life... I don't know how to describe these experiences and longings, and I don't know how to do them.

When someone speaks out, when someone leads them to do it, when emotions spread, when there is hope, they can't help but respond with all their strength.

As a result, cheers resounded inside and outside Chang'an City.

"King Qin!"

"King Qin!"

(End of this chapter)