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Chapter 422 0418 [Accession Ceremony]

It was dawn, but the Xuande Gate of the Imperial City had already been opened.

The square outside the Daqing Hall was filled with civil and military officials and ritual musicians from the Jiaofang Division. There were thousands of people in the crowd.

Civil servants from the seventh rank and above, military generals from the commander and above, all gathered here.

Civil and military officials dressed in new official uniforms lined up in neat queues.

After spending countless efforts by Guo Chi, the eunuch of Shaofu Temple, and his craftsmen and tailors, the new official uniforms were finally made before August.

The official uniforms of civil servants learned from the Tang Dynasty, and the wide cuffs and lower lapels were reduced. While retaining the elegance and majesty, bamboo and pine elements were also added to make the overall official uniforms look smoother and straighter.

The official uniforms of military commanders are modified based on the strong uniforms. The slim-fitting official uniforms are simple and capable when worn on the body.

All official uniforms have black as the background color. In order to distinguish official grades, Han Zhen learned from the practice of the Ming Dynasty and integrated animals into the official uniforms.

Of course, it is not a decoration, but a crane, tiger and other patterns outlined in gold lines.

The pattern is simple, but it has both form and spirit, and is very charming. The base picture is from the hand of Wang Ximeng, a master painter.

This guy was thrown by Han Zhen to the Imperial College under the Education Institute and served as a painting professor.

The patterns of the first to ninth grades of civil servants, from high to low, are crane, golden pheasant, peacock, wild goose, white pheasant, egret, owl, oriole, and quail.

The generals are unicorn, tiger, lion, bear, leopard, Biao (golden cat), rhinoceros, jackal, and lynx.

In this way, the official rank is clear at a glance.

"hey-hey!"

Liu Qi grinned and smiled stupidly.

Han Shizhong, who was standing in line next to him, gave him a strange look and lowered his voice: "It is normal for me to be happy that His Majesty has ascended the throne, but you..."

"You know very well."

Liu Qi glanced at him and said proudly: "His Majesty promised me that after he ascended the throne, he would make me the Champion Marquis after conquering Xixia and the Kingdom of Jin!"

Han Shizhong raised his eyebrows: "You, the champion?"

"What happened to me?"

Liu Qi suddenly quit and shouted.

"Quiet, no noise!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came.

They saw Wu Min, the Minister of Rites, glaring at them fiercely from a distance.

Upon seeing this, Liu Qi and the two men quickly shut up, their expressions solemn, and their eyes fixed.

"His Majesty is here!"

A chant rang out.

The next moment, Han Zhen, dressed in a black dragon robe, slowly walked from the Daqing Hall holding the hand of Zhao Fujin, who was fully dressed.

It's not that Han Zhen doesn't want to leave quickly, but that he has to take care of Zhao Fujin.

When they first got married, Zhao Fujin also wore a phoenix crown, but the phoenix crown at that time seemed much simpler than the current nine-hui and four-phoenix crown.

The nine-hui four-phoenix crown is made of gold bones, with white jade as the support. It is inlaid with thousands of large and small gemstones, pearls, agate and tortoiseshell, and weighs more than ten kilograms.

You know, his black iron horse only weighs more than twenty pounds.

With such a heavy phoenix crown on his head, it's strange that he can walk so fast. Zhao Fujin's body was stretched straight now, trying to keep his head from shaking, otherwise he would most likely twist his neck.

"Meet Your Majesty and Queen."

All the civil and military officials bowed and bowed.

"No gift!"

Han Zhen raised his hand and turned to look at Wu Min: "Wu Qing, are you ready?"

Wu Min bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, everything is ready."

"Set off."

Han Zhen waved his hand and led Zhao Fujin down the stairs step by step.

The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs.

Since the Emperor Zhou established the ceremony, the enthronement ceremony of emperors in all dynasties has actually been a worship ceremony.

First of all, the first sacrifice is to go to the southern suburbs altar to worship heaven and earth.

The road from Daqingdian Square to Xuandemen was only three to five hundred steps, but Zhao Fujin felt that it was as long as hundreds of miles.

The civil and military ministers followed silently behind.

Fortunately, outside Xuande Gate, the dragon chariot had been prepared for a long time.

The dragon chariot was drawn by six pure white horses, and Lao Jiuyi, dressed in gold-painted black armor with tiger patterns, acted as the groom.

Thousands of personal guards wearing black armor lined up neatly on both sides of the imperial street.

Helping Zhao Fujin to board the dragon chariot, after the brocade curtain was lowered, the girl took off the phoenix crown without saying a word.

"I'm so exhausted."

Zhao Fujin rubbed his snow-white and delicate neck.

Han Zhen chuckled and said: "If you want to climb a high mountain, you must be in danger. If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight."

Zhao Fujin grabbed his arm and said coquettishly: "Husband, you are the king of a country. Can you change the etiquette and make my phoenix crown lighter?"

Hearing this, Han Zhen joked: "You picked this yourself, but you can't blame me."

At the beginning, Guo Chi took a few pictures and asked her to choose.

As a result, this girl fell in love with Jiuhui Sifeng Guan at a glance.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Zhao Fujin was about to cry, but she regretted it now.

A thousand personal guards opened the way in front, guarding the left and right. Lao Jiu rode the dragon chariot on the imperial street, and behind him were the mighty ministers and musicians of the Jiaofang Division.

Both sides of the imperial street were already crowded with people watching, and it was completely dark.

For many people, such a grand enthronement ceremony is not common. If you miss it, you may never see it again in this life.

Han Zhen reminded: "It's time to go out and meet the people."

"Ah."

Zhao Fujin nodded obediently and put on the phoenix crown again. After tidying up his appearance, he and Han Zhen opened the brocade curtain together and stood on the carriage frame.

With a smile on his face, Han Zhen held Zhao Fujin with one hand and waved to the onlookers with the other.

"Hail, Your Majesty!" Cheers like a tsunami came from both sides of the imperial street and spread all the way towards Nanxunmen.

……

After walking along Yujie and out of Nanxunmen, Han Zhen and Zhao Fujin returned to the carriage.

The altar in the southern suburbs is on a hillside three miles outside the city.

It was originally built by Chai Rong, and later Zhao Kuangyin expanded and repaired it on the basis of Chai Rong.

However, when the Jin people besieged the city a while ago, they burned, killed, and looted Kaifeng Mansion, and the altar was also destroyed.

Han Zhen made some simple repairs.

The altar is not magnificent, but rather rough and simple. There is only an open-air platform built on the hillside.

The altar is round on the outside and square on the inside, which means the sky is round and the place is round.

There are seven groups of sacred altars in the Circular Mound Altar, and each group of sacred altars is made of azure satin to form a temporary temple.

On the stone slabs on the ground, there are carved mountains, rivers, vegetation, animals, sun, moon and stars.

After arriving at the foot of the mountain, Wu Min was busy with his feet on the ground. While instructing the civil and military officials to stand in accordance with the regulations, he also intensively ordered the ceremonial musicians of the workshop to start the arrangement.

The rules for offering sacrifices to heaven and earth are strict and the time cannot be missed.

Everything followed the Zhou rites, and the sacrifices included three animals and five grains. In addition, there were jade bis, jade congs, jade guis, jade zhangs, jade ambers, and jade huangs carved from six-color jade.

These are the six weapons of the Emperor, corresponding to the four directions of heaven and earth.

Half an hour later, Wu Min came to the dragon chariot and reported: "Your Majesty, everything is ready. The auspicious time has come. Can we start the sacrifice?"

"Let's get started."

Han Zhen's voice came from inside the carriage.

Wu Min received the order and immediately waved to the chief officer of the Jiaofang Department.

The next moment, melodious ritual music slowly sounded, echoing from the altar.

The name of this music is "Cloud Gate". According to legend, it was a music and dance created by the Yellow Emperor and has been handed down ever since.

Whether it is true or not is unknown.

Lao Jiu opened the brocade curtain, and Han Zhen walked down the dragon chariot alone. Under the leadership of Wu Min, he walked step by step along the stairs to the altar.

Although Zhao Fujin is a queen, she is not qualified to ascend the altar at this time.

But she was also happy like this, otherwise who could bear to climb the ninety-nine steps with a phoenix crown weighing more than ten kilograms on her head?

On the altar, a man dressed in Nuo opera sat quietly in front of the altar.

Seeing Han Zhen's blank expression, Wu Min on the side explained: "This is the incarnation of the Emperor of Heaven, and its name is corpse. Your Majesty must sacrifice the blood of three animals, the five parts, the six utensils, the whole animal, the big soup, the thick soup, and the millet rice." offer."

Hearing this, Han Zhen asked doubtfully: "I know everyone else, what are these big soup soup and 铓 soup soup?"

Wuqi means five kinds of drinks.

Wu Min replied: "The big soup is meat juice, and the big soup is vegetable juice with salt."

"Oh."

Han Zhen nodded in sudden realization.

These two foods are common nowadays, but in ancient times, they were extremely precious.

Under the command of Wu Min, Han Zhen presented tributes in turn.

The official below raised his head slightly with a solemn expression.

In this era, offering sacrifices to the heaven and earth is a great gift. From the emperors and ministers to the common people, no one dares to look down upon it.

After the corpse accepted various offerings, it accepted the sacrifices on behalf of the Emperor of Heaven.

After the sacrifice, the corpse would thank the sacrificer with three kinds of wine, which is called wine.

Han Zhen picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking the last glass of wine, Wu Min sang loudly: "The ceremony is over!"

The melodious "Yunmen" changed into "Jiu Shao" created by Emperor Shun.

Han Zhen asked: "What next?"

Wu Min replied: "Your Majesty still needs to give 虙 and reward the ministers with the sacrificed animals."

"Ah."

Han Zhen nodded.

There were thousands of civil and military officials, so the three sacrifices were naturally not enough. In the end, each person only received a small piece.

But no one disliked it, because it was a gift from the Emperor of Heaven.

After working hard for nearly two hours, at noon, Han Zhen led his ministers and returned to the imperial city in a grand manner.

However, the enthronement ceremony is not over yet, this is only the first step.

Next, you need to go to the Ancestral Temple to worship the ancestors of all generations. This is the meaning of compiling the genealogy.

When worshiping at the Ancestral Temple, Zhao Fujin had no time to spare. He wore a phoenix crown and kowtowed with Han Zhen.

The etiquette was also complicated and complicated. After working on it for half an hour, Han Zhen led his ministers and drove to Jingling Palace again to worship the Three Emperors.

As mentioned before, the enthronement ceremony is actually a large-scale sacrificial ceremony.

Until the afternoon, the worship was finally completed.

At the same time, the final moment of the coronation ceremony also came.

Han Zhen led his ministers to Yanfu Palace.

Although August has entered autumn, the lingering power of the autumn tiger is still there. After this torment, everyone, not to mention Han Zhen, was sweating like rain.

Han Zhen was okay. At least they had a dragon chariot when they went to the southern suburbs. They walked the whole way.

Poor Huang Shang, who is over 70 years old and almost didn't suffer from heatstroke.

Later, seeing that something was wrong, Han Zhen issued a special order to allow older and infirm officials to ride carriages.

Although it was not in line with etiquette, it moved all the officials to death.

Standing in the Yanfu Hall now, although my legs and feet are sore, there is a palace shelter above my head. At least I don't have to be exposed to the scorching sun outside.

In the Yanfu Hall, Han Zhen stood on the stage. Wu Min reminded him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's time to read out the imperial edict."

"No need."

Han Zhen waved his hand, he had other plans.

Wu Min was stunned: "This..."

(End of this chapter)