Lord Moyu was forced to open

The next day.

September 28, the 24th year of Tiansheng.

It was still bright early in the morning, and officials and ministers had already gathered outside the palace.

After Zhao Jun came out of the palace, he headed towards Jingling Palace with all the officials.

According to the regulations of the Song Dynasty, on the day when the new emperor ascended the throne, he would first go to Jinling Palace to pay homage, then go to the Ancestral Temple to pay homage, and finally go to Yuanqiu in the southern suburbs to offer sacrifices to heaven.

After that, you can return to the palace to hold a ceremony to worship the heaven.

Following the procedures arranged by the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Jun took hundreds of officials to Jinling Palace to worship the Yellow Emperor and tell his ancestors that he was going to ascend the throne.

Because Zhao Song claimed to be a descendant of Xuanyuan Huangdi, the new emperor had to come to Jinling Palace to pay homage to Huangdi first after he ascended the throne.

Zhao Jun didn't know whether this statement was true, but the regulations were such, so he followed it.

After Jinling Palace, he followed the officials to the Ancestral Temple to worship their ancestors, the emperors of the Song Dynasty and so on.

After some complicated sacrificial rituals, the most important of the three sacrificial rituals came to the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony.

This trip is a grand one.

Before leading the officials to the southern suburbs, they first returned to Xuanhe Gate outside the palace. All the necessary items for the sacrifice had been prepared here, and all kinds of ceremonial guards, utensils, and vehicles were lined up outside Xuanhe Gate.

Finally, the officials attending the ceremony, led by Prime Minister Zhang He, put on their sacrificial robes and waited in the palace.

In addition, [-] Yunzhou troops were temporarily deployed to protect the entire palace in full armor!

After the ministers from various places dispersed the crowds on the road, the sacrificial team finally set off from Xuanhe Gate and headed towards the South City Gate.

Although people had already been arranged to drive away the idle people on the road, the onlookers still crowded both sides to watch this grand scene that might only be seen once in decades.

Walking at the front of the ceremonial guard were six elephants, three on each side.

These six elephants were almost impossible to get together. God knows how much effort the Ministry of Rites had spent in the past few days trying to find all six elephants.

There are wooden lotus seats and golden banana plates on the elephant's back.

Each elephant rides on the back of a soldier and is pulled by 1 soldiers.

They swayed slowly forward, and the tinkling copper bells on their bodies echoed clearly.

And the huge team that was ten miles long behind them slowly walked into the Royal Street.

Following the elephant are 6 senior officials called "Liu Yin".

The person walking in front was Han Liang, the prefect of Bianjing, and the second person was Bai Fengzhong, the prime minister of Bianjing.These two official positions are actually often vacant, but not now. They represent the municipal government of Bianjing, the capital.

Ranked third is Wangyang, the Minister of Rites, who represents the Rites Center of the Song Dynasty.

Ranked fourth is Lu Lin, the young master of the current dynasty, who represents the top elders of the Song Dynasty.

Ranking fifth is Gao Bin, the Minister of Justice, who represents the central judicial system of the Song Dynasty.

The last of the six high-ranking officials is the Minister of War, representing the central administrative system.

They were all surrounded by their respective honor guards and passed by with their heads held high.

Then, facing the biting cold wind, we walked past twelve black flags.One person holds each side, one holds it up, and four people protect each other.

Then came the four cavalry escorts and eight Kingo knights.

Following them were four General Jinwu, four generals, and two generals. They were all protected by guards holding spears. They all had tall heads and horses, and were wearing new military uniforms, looking powerful and majestic.

At this point, he is just the leader of the team.

A large procession arrived at the Yuanqiu in the southern suburbs. First, the etiquette officer sang and drank, then Zhao Jun recited a prayer to offer sacrifices to the sky, and then hundreds of officials offered sacrifices to the sky.

After everything was over, everyone returned to the Daqing Hall in the palace.

And Zhao Jun also changed into the royal crown suit specially used for major ceremonies of the Song Dynasty emperor under the service of a group of etiquette officials.

He wears a black and red dragon suit with nine chapters on his upper body, and a gorgeous and heavy Pingtian crown on his head.

A suit of upper body instantly transformed Zhao Jun into a jewelry rack.

Why do you say that?
The main reason is that the imperial crown of the Song Dynasty is too gorgeous. Let’s not talk about anything else. Just talking about the flat crown, everything on it is enough for a common people of the Song Dynasty to live a lifetime. Got it!
On the sky board, which is one foot and two inches wide and two feet and four inches long, there are twelve beads on the front and back, and twelve green beads on the outside of the beads, held by green phoenixes.

On the top of the heavenly plate, dragon scale brocade is woven as a surface, with jade as seven stars on it. Next to it are 24 amber vases and [-] rhinoceros vases!

With Ziyun White Crane Brocade as the interior, there are 24 rhinoceros vases and [-] amber vases on top.Then the four sides of the sky board are also covered with a net decorated with gold wire, with eight gold wire knotted dragons, pearls, miscellaneous precious jade, flower pendants, plain pendants, and purple clouds, white cranes and brocade lining underneath.

Then the crown body and the four pillars are woven into dragon scale brocade and red damask.

The four pillars are decorated with seven treasures including golden wheels, made of ground real jade, and divided into two jade hooks.

Tianhe, group belt, and model slow belt are woven.The Nayan is made of jade, with golden ribs on the upper edge and two strands of hair, and is interspersed with real pearls, gold-decorated jade hairpins, and red silk ribbons.

Just looking at these densely packed treasures can make one’s scalp tingle.

Everything is top-notch in its category!

This is just the Pingtian Crown, but the Gunlong costume is even more gorgeous.

It can be said that just this one can cost tens to millions of taels of silver each.

It looks like he is wearing a mountain of gold and silver!

Even Zhao Jun, who is used to seeing silver, was shocked when he saw this set of equipment. In the past, his father always wore simple red uniforms, but he never imagined that the emperor's crown uniform of the Song Dynasty could be so gorgeous. !

After putting this outfit on, the officials had already been waiting in Daqing Hall for a long time.

Zhao Jun, surrounded by the palace people, walked slowly towards the grand celebration step by step!

The civil and military officials stood on both sides with their heads lowered and did not dare to raise their heads, while the etiquette officer standing under the imperial steps sang the salute loudly with all his strength!

The majestic and powerful ritual music sounded. Accompanied by the ritual music, Zhao Jun slowly walked into the ceremony and walked towards the top position step by step.

Finally, the ceremony and music reached the highest point, and Zhao Jun also walked step by step to the throne at the top, and then slowly sat down.

The rituals and music stopped.

All civil and military officials began to worship.

"Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long live!"

This step is to let all civil and military officials recognize the emperor's identity.

Immediately after the ceremony and music started again, Queen Zhang also walked in wearing a royal robe, holding a tray in her hand. As soon as she came in, everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the tray.

Under the red cloth, everyone knew that it was the jade seal that represented the emperor's supreme power.

Sure enough, when Queen Zhang dragged the tray of money to Zhao Jun and opened the red cloth, it turned out that the jade seal passed down from the Song Dynasty was inside.

As the etiquette officers sang and shouted, Empress Zhang handed the jade seal to Zhao Jun with great care, and Zhao Jun quickly stood up and took it with both hands.

At this time, I heard Queen Zhang say softly: "Jun'er, you will be the official family of the Song Dynasty from now on. The Song Dynasty depends on you. Don't let the inheritance of our ancestors be lost."

Zhao Jun nodded seriously with a serious expression.

In this way, the handover of the jade seal is completed.

Immediately afterwards, the edict of succession was issued and announced to the world.

The enthronement edict has already been prepared.

……

[But I, the Emperor of Song Dynasty, was born and received the destiny, and I am the ruler of the people of the world.

Due to the invasion of the border area by the Japanese invaders, the late emperor had no choice but to conduct the expedition in person in order to protect the ancestral society. Unfortunately, he accidentally fell into the imperial court while driving.The crown prince followed the heroic example of the late emperor and personally led his troops to attack him. Unexpectedly, the military discipline was lost and the public was blocked.

The throne of heaven has been empty for a long time, the divine weapon has no owner, and people's hearts are in despair. Mo Zhi is determined. All the princes have come together to make plans in advance.

The emperor's relatives, princes, uncles, civil and military ministers in the court, elders of the military and civilians, and the envoys of the Siyi Dynasty, my mother and queen, are here to comfort the people. The rites of the ancestral temple cannot be neglected for a long time. The sixth son of the emperor, Yun Wangjun, is old and virtuous, but I believe that the entrustment is the most important. It can be used to carry on the great unification and offer sacrifices.

On the 24th of this month, King Yun Jun was supported by the princes, consorts, uncles, civil and military ministers, and the six armies. He only informed the heaven and earth, the country, and the ancestral temple that he would be the emperor on the 24th of September this year and take charge of the affairs. Protect the country.

The 29th year of Tiansheng was changed to the first year of Xingwu, the new year of restoring the country to justice and the prosperity of Song Dynasty. 】

At this point, the Song Dynasty ushered in a new helmsman, and after this year, it will be the first year of the new Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty is about to open a new chapter under the leadership of the new emperor!

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(End of this chapter)