My Daming New Empire

Looking at it now, although this Gu Zuo's qualifications are still low, his style of work is a qualified Zuodu censor.

Therefore, within two days, the cabinet drafted an edict, and Zhu Di issued an edict.Yin Guzuo of Yingtianfu, who was the third rank, was appointed as the censor of Zuodu, who was the second rank, and took charge of the affairs of the court.

It is not uncommon for an official to be promoted to two levels, but being able to directly act as an agent of the court is equivalent to Gu Zuo directly crossing two thresholds, from a middle-level official to one of the nine ministers, an extremely personable minister.

This time, these civil servants are also a little restless. It seems that anyone who gets along well with the grandson can be reused directly.

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On the eighth day of May, it is appropriate to sacrifice.

On the seventh day of May, Zhu Zhanji was driven into the bathroom by a group of eunuchs, and cleaned inside and out.

The former gentle and soft jade beauty has become a vicious and deadly eunuch.

Not only that, but he was not allowed to eat anything other than two steamed buns in the morning.There was nothing but water, and I was starved for a day.

This time, no one cared about him anymore, so that when he was called up the next morning, his legs were a little weak.

People are iron rice and steel, and if they don't eat a meal, they will be very hungry.

But he is a big eater, this time he was hungry all day.

As soon as it was dawn, the ceremonial officers of the clan's mansion, the Ministry of Rites, and the internal prison departments prepared all kinds of ceremonial guards and utensils, and then there were no shoulder chariots, sedan chairs, and no horses. Just like escorting prisoners, Zhu Zhan was taken away. Mortgage on.

Everyone was wearing new clothes, and their hair was so combed that they couldn't stand flies. They went to the Taimiao in the southeast of the palace to offer sacrifices, and then to the Sheji Altar in the southwest to offer sacrifices.

Everywhere he went, the sacrificial officials had to read a lot of sacrificial texts. Zhu Zhanji first bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, then knelt there, and after the end, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.

It's not over yet, it's just the beginning.Li Liang was afraid that he would not be able to hold on, so he cut a piece of 300-year-old ginseng and put it in his mouth.

The 300-year-old wild ginseng is a bit bitter in the mouth, but after a long time, it tastes like radish.

Zhu Zhanji simply chewed it up and swallowed it directly.Except that the silk is a little thicker, and the effect of the medicine seems to be a bit strong, it is more heartburning, but it is not difficult to swallow.

After coming out of the Sheji Altar, the most difficult journey began, because it was necessary to walk from here to the Temple of Heaven outside Guanghuamen to worship.

For this sacrificial ceremony, the corresponding roads in Yingtian Mansion were closed, but people were not allowed to leave, but they couldn't stop the people of Yingtian Mansion who liked to watch the excitement. They all gathered on the roadside, wanting to watch Taisun and the ministers up close The appearance of sacrifice.

Zhu Zhanji's dress is very advanced today, because he is wearing the bright yellow Nine Dragon Robe, which represents the royal robe. Even his father Zhu Gaochi has not worn this style a few times.

Of course, this is not because Zhu Di wants to pass on the throne to him, but because he wants to hold his own pre-marriage sacrifice, so there is an exception.

Everywhere he went, the onlookers couldn't help but burst into cheers. In this era, people's recognition of imperial power is still very sincere.

If it was like the era without emperors in later generations, I am afraid that many people would not know how to live.

Walking all the way, after walking for more than an hour, he came to the Temple of Heaven located in the southeast of Zhengyangmen, that is, in the southwest of his Xiamaqiao farm.

The "nine miles and thirty steps" of the outer wall of the Temple of Heaven is now more than 5200 meters, and the entire Temple of Heaven covers an area of ​​more than 100 million square meters, which is a little larger than the imperial palace.

The Temple of Heaven (Circular Mound) is a circular building with two floors and nine steps on each side. The platform and feet are made of glazed bricks, surrounded by glazed railings.There are two walls around the round mound, the inner circle and the outer square, which coincides with the meaning of "the sky is round and the earth is round".There are lattice gates on all sides of the wall.

There is also the Hall of Hopeful Sacrifice in the Circular Mound, and on the west side there are also auxiliary buildings such as the Zhai Palace, the Bell Tower, the Divine Kitchen, and the Divine Treasury.But on weekdays, outsiders are not allowed to enter.

Along the way, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but asked Li Liang for a piece of ginseng.The effect of this thing is really good. Although I am getting more and more hungry, I am indeed full of energy.

At this time, he would also like to thank Zhu Yuanzhang, the great-grandfather.Because in the tenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang decreed that the heaven and the earth should be sacrificed together, that is, the worship activities of the heaven and the earth should be combined and held in the round hill, and the earth altar (Fangqiu) outside the Taiping gate has been abandoned since then.

At the same time, the Temple of Heaven was rebuilt, combining the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth into one.

Otherwise, after the sacrifice here, if you have to go to the altar outside the Taiping Gate in the north of the city to sacrifice, the sacrifice will not be completed in one day.

Then he will suffer from the old nose.

In the Taimiao and Sheji Altar, the clan mansion is the head of the sacrifice, but because the Dazong is vacant, everyone is relatively inactive.

But when it comes to the Temple of Heaven and Earth, it is headed by the Ministry of Rites.

Lu Zhen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, is not a simple character. He has a very good memory, and he never backs up when he goes to court.

But he was narrow-minded, petty and vengeful, and many ministers died under him, and no one dared to make mistakes when he was in charge.

Zhu Zhanji is just a puppet anyway, and he will do what he is asked to do.

Although the weather was a bit hot today, it was still bearable. He knelt on the steps of the Circular Mound, and besides the Li Guan and Lu Zhen, everyone else knelt under the steps.

When Lu Zhen read the sacrificial oration, he was the only one standing, and the others knelt and could not move.

However, he was the most tired after reading the 1000-word sacrificial oration. At the end of the reading, his voice was almost hoarse, and he even drank a few glasses of water.

It was already noon at this time, and everyone could not speak. One by one, according to the prior arrangement, they withdrew from the Temple of Heaven and Earth, and this sacrifice was considered to be over.

After leaving the Temple of Heaven and Earth, everyone else can eat, except Zhu Zhanji.He had to walk all the way back to the city and enter the Zhengyang Gate, this time the sacrifice was considered to be over.

And this kind of sacrifice will be carried out again. Accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites, he will go to Fengyang, the central capital, to worship the ancestors and the Heaven and Earth Altar.

Entering Zhengyang Gate, there were more people watching the excitement at this time, and they cheered endlessly when they saw Zhu Zhanji.Zhu Zhanji also waved to the crowd like the leaders of later generations, which immediately aroused even louder cheers.

Er Gouzi and his father were also in the crowd. He still didn't understand what Zhu Zhanji's identity as grandson meant.But he knew that he was able to study Confucianism and learn from a teacher because of this person.

"Er Gouzi, study hard in the future, practice martial arts, and when you grow up, you will serve your grandson. Do you understand?"

"Father, I know, when I grow up, I will serve His Royal Highness the Grandson."

With so many people, Zhu Zhanji couldn't eat in front of these people, so he could only continue to endure.

Until entering the imperial city, there are no crowds watching, only some ministers.At the Meridian Gate, Lu Zhen taught the ministers again, and then everyone dispersed.

"Your Highness, do you want to call you a shoulder chariot?"

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Lv Shangshu Dayan's year is still bearable, Zhanji is young and strong, let alone, we'd better go back and return to order first, and then have a good rest."

Although I don't sit on the shoulder chariot, I have to eat something. At the beginning, there was pantothenic acid in my stomach, but now I don't feel it.

Not daring to indulge in big fish and meat, Zhu Zhanji took a bowl of eight-treasure porridge handed over by Li Liang, and drank it down in one go, only to feel a little more comfortable. "Lu Shangshu, Eunuch Li, please..."

Li Qian and Lu Zhenqian gave way, but still let Lu Zhen take the lead, entered the Meridian Gate, and returned to Jinshen Hall where Zhu Di was.

On the second day, Zhu Zhanji wore red and hanging colors again, and he was a gorilla for a while, and was admired in front of the people of the capital.

This is going to Sun's house where Sun Xian lives in Taipingfang to propose marriage to Najib. Although both parties are well aware of this, the procedure still has to go through it again.

According to the clan regulations finalized by Zhu Yuanzhang, when the princes and grandchildren are engaged, three etiquettes, Najib, Najib and Retirement, are also required.

The so-called Naji is the third ceremony of the ancient Chinese wedding etiquette law. The main thing is that the man asks the woman's horoscope and then performs divination, and informs the woman of the result of the divination. day.