At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty as a god stick

() But what is more important on this day is that the emperor will sacrifice in the southern suburbs on the day of the winter solstice.Wen Fei is the father of the emperor, the guardian of the country, the leader of Taoism, and the envoy sent by the ancestor of the emperor of heaven to the world.Wen Fei is naturally indispensable for such an important day.He even had to preside over the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven with the emperor himself.

Speaking of which, this is the supreme honor, but it is more difficult than expected to pay homage to the southern suburbs in person.Three days in advance, the emperor had to bid farewell to the concubines and move to the Daqing Palace to make various preparations.

During the winter solstice, Huanqiu worshiped heaven in the southern suburbs, but Huanqiu was outside Nanxun Gate.In the middle of the night, at [-] or [-] o'clock, we will start from Qingcheng.In the middle of the night in this winter, I will start to toss.

The so-called Qingcheng is Qingcheng Palace, also known as Zhai Palace.As the emperor and son of heaven, he must fast and take a bath in Qingcheng in advance.After the third watch, it is time to set off, travel southward and go westward for about one mile, enter the outer east gate, and go to the second inner side. There is a large screen in the south, which is called the "big time".

The ancestral worship is called the Qing Temple, and the fasting and lodging is called the road bed.That's probably what it means.

That is to change clothes in this big tent. The emperor originally wore boots and gowns in Qingcheng, and changed into sacrificial clothes here. The so-called sacrificial clothes are the emperor's crown robes.Pingtian crown, 24 旒, green dragon clothes, middle single Zhu Xie, pure jade pendant.Then he was supported by two close officials (eunuchs) to the altar.In front of the altar, there is another small curtain hall, called "Xiaoci", with a royal seat inside.Can rest here.

With this capacity, Wen Fei naturally had to accompany Zhao Ji all the way.After not sleeping all night, I tossed back and forth.You must know that the Southern Suburb Ceremony for Worshiping Heaven can be regarded as the most solemn ceremony.Usually once every three years.This time, it was because an envoy like Wen Fei descended in person that the sacrifice was made a year earlier.

The so-called Huanqiu is actually a large circular altar with a total of three floors.But it is different from the later Ming and Qing Dynasties.The Huanqiu of later generations is the Beijing Temple of Heaven, but the Huanqiu of this era must abide by the ancient methods and be built only with rammed earth.It is basically a three-story earth platform.

The first floor has a radius of 81 feet, using the number of ninety-nine.The second layer uses the number of 36 nine, the width is 54 feet, and the third layer uses the number of thirty-nine, the width is 27 feet.Each is 27 feet high.

It is said that it was in the Eastern Han Dynasty.There are a total of 510 worshipers of the gods.In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were no longer so many gods when offering sacrifices, there seemed to be 36.

Worshiping heaven is a great ceremony of the country.But in the end how to do it, it will be changed every few decades, and it will be a headache.Although along the way, Taichang explained to me Wenfei.But Wen Fei didn't even remember it.

The sacred seat of the Three Realms arranged by everyone in Wenfei.Those who can enjoy this ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven are the so-called innate gods.Other gods have no place in this Huanqiu.

But now in the imperial court, new rituals are practiced, and the sacrifices are arranged according to the seats of the gods arranged by Wen Fei when he gave a sermon last time.These were supposed to be the affairs of the Confucian disciples, but who made Wen Fei stupefied because he used that sound and light effect to fool people.

Originally, Haotian was worshiped on the first floor.Emperor, North Pole, Tianyi, Taiyi.But now the first floor worships the emperor of heaven, Haotian, and the gods of the Sanqing.This kind of thing is so serious.Naturally, it is impossible to go smoothly.Before going up to the altar, Crown Prince Zhao Heng stopped in front: "Sacrificing to the heavens in the southern suburbs has been the most important ceremony in the country since ancient times, and everything has ancient rules. But now the method of offering sacrifices to the heavens, His Majesty, is not in the place of the sacrificial ceremony. Zai, I implore the emperor to investigate clearly!"

"Boom..." The entire Dazun Temple seemed to shake, and the golden light shrouding it quickly weakened.All the souls protected by the Great Master's divine power woke up, staring blankly at a radiant army pressing down outside the Great Master's temple.

The dress of this army is similar to that of Xixia's regular army, but every soldier is also a soul, but every soldier is covered with a thin layer of golden light, which turns into an armor to protect his body.There are mysterious patterns and spells on them.

"Boom..." There was another huge earthquake, and the Dazun Temple shook.This Xixia ghost army launched a series of trebuchets, and threw stone bullets full of patterns engraved with patterns towards the Dazun Temple, and the black stone bullets turned into unknown things, all of a sudden, all of a sudden, they hit the light curtain.Suddenly, the divine light of the entire Dazun Temple became precarious...

Wen Fei was so tormented that he fell into a drowsiness, but at this moment his spirits lifted, he knew that the show was coming.I knew that this ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven would not go smoothly so easily.

Since the accident last time, Prince Zhao Heng was frightened, and when he returned to the East Palace, he fell seriously ill.I haven't heard from you for a long time. See you now, with a pale face just recovering from a serious illness. Even wearing the prince's crown, it still looks empty, and it can fly away when the wind blows.

Zhao Ji glanced at it and felt displeased.Although he himself is a romantic emperor, he also likes to play sports, such as Cuju, and his body is naturally not bad.But seeing Zhao Heng's consumptive appearance, he frowned.As a prince, he will inherit the throne in the future, how can people feel at ease with this appearance?

At this time, Yun Wang Zhao Kai stood up and shouted: "Brother, I have something to say later, the time will come soon. The sacrifice to heaven must not be delayed!"

Standing together, these two people set off even more Zhao Kai's tall body, standing like a tree facing the wind.Especially among these sons, Zhao Kai looks the most like Zhao Ji, which makes Zhao Ji more satisfied the more he looks at it.Immediately, he waved his sleeves: "Kai'er, take your elder brother down!"

Zhao Heng struggled, with his little strength, how could he break free? Zhao Kai was dragged down involuntarily.Zhao Heng suddenly called out: "Father..."

Zhao Ji's expression darkened immediately: "Don't go down, don't delay the time!"

Zhao Heng had always been afraid of his father, Zhao Ji, and when he saw Zhao Ji's face change, he panicked, and the courage he had raised up with great difficulty disappeared in an instant.Pulled by Zhao Kai, he retreated.

Seeing such a scene, those ministers all made eye contact.They all figured it out in their hearts.

Before Wen Fei came forward, Zhao Heng was dealt with and taken away.At this time, the censors in the palace all stood up, staring at each other, looking at who was not long-eyed at this time, and dared to stand up and talk nonsense.

The joy of Jing'an turned into the voice of Jia'an, Wen Fei climbed Huanqiu half a step behind Zhao Ji, and all the officials fell to the ground.Suddenly, a sacred and solemn atmosphere enveloped the surroundings.Even Wen Fei's pace slowed down.

As the two climbed to the top of Huanqiu, a vast and vast aura enveloped it. (to be continued...)