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Text 529 [Emperor's own plowing]

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    ? In the old calendar, in February, officials above the third rank began to fast.

    On the second day of fasting, Zhao Han read the sacrificial text in Yingmin Hall, and went to inspect the rice seeds and farm tools in person.

    The Minister of Taichang Temple and the Governor of Jinling Prefecture sent the seeds and agricultural tools to Xiannongtan together.

    On the third day of fasting, Zhao Han set off on a royal chariot.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

    The bell rings at the Meridian Gate, and the imperial driver leaves.

    After repeated weighing, Zhao Han resumed most of the sacrificial rituals, and at the same time restored the Taichang Temple that presided over the sacrificial rituals.

    However, the sacrificial ritual reform is more simplified.

    The restoration of various sacrificial ceremonies is not to engage in feudal superstition, nor is it to show the majesty of the emperor.  Rather, Zhao Han understands a truth, the core values ??of the ancient Chinese can be summed up in four words: respect heaven and ancestors!

    These four words cannot be lost, otherwise social thought will fall into chaos.

    Before the Lantern Festival, he had already gone to offer sacrifices to the heaven and the earth, and today he is going to hold the Qitian Ceremony.  That is to say, the emperor persuaded farming and cultivated the fields himself to express the imperial court's emphasis on farming.

    When Yu drove out of the Forbidden City, officials above the third rank had already waited in line outside the Forbidden City for a long time.

    This is also simplified. For the Kuitian Ceremony in the Ming Dynasty, all civil officials above the fourth rank and military officials above the third rank had to go.  Now, regardless of civil or martial arts, everyone must be above the third rank, Zhao Han does not want so many officials to follow.

    Improving the standard of participating in sacrifices by one rank will immediately reduce more than half of the officials.

    When the procession of emperors and ministers passed by, many people from Nanjing gathered around, obviously wanting to follow behind to watch the excitement.

    The two Frenchmen, Henry and Charles, were also quite curious about this, wondering why the emperor was leaving the city.

    Could it be to go hunting?

    Or organize a knightly contest?

    The team went all the way to the southeast outside Nanjing, where the Nanjing Temple of Heaven and Earth is located.

    At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang followed the ancient rituals and sacrificed to heaven and earth on the summer solstice and winter solstice in the south and north of Zijin Mountain.

    Etiquette is extremely cumbersome and goes a long way.

    So Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Heaven and earth are like parents. How can they be separated if they are sacrificed to parents?"

    So the sacrifice to heaven and earth was changed from separate sacrifice to joint sacrifice, and the place of sacrifice was also changed.  In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's intention was to reduce the number of sacrifices and reduce the distance traveled, so as to avoid wasting people and money.

    Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing, and the etiquette followed the old rules of Nanjing.

    ?Until Emperor Jiajing held a grand discussion on etiquette and made a series of etiquette reforms.  One of them is to change the Temple of Heaven and Earth into the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Earth, and follow the ancient rituals for separate sacrifices.

    Now, Zhao Han has changed again.

    His idea is the same as Zhu Yuanzhang's, he can do whatever he can to save trouble.

    The Temple of Heaven and Earth has a large sacrificial hall, where the yin and yang of heaven and earth, the sun, moon and stars, mountains and rivers, and all natural gods are enshrined here.

    Xiannongtan is near the Great Sacrifice Hall, dedicated to one of the ancestors of China: Shennong!

    The sacrificial officer of Taichang Temple acts as the master of ceremonies to arrange the process.

    Chen Maosheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood in front and recited the sacrificial oration, and then Zhao Han led the officials to bow down to Shennong.

    ? According to the ancient rituals, when offering sacrifices to Shennong, one must use too much prison, that is, a complete set of pigs, cattle and sheep.

    Zhao Han thinks it is too wasteful, just kill a pig.

    After the worship service, Zhao Han pressed the hem of the dragon robe on his belt, took off his boots, and rolled up his trouser legs.

    The minister of Taichang Temple waved the red flag three times, the minister of the Ministry of Rites invited the emperor to come out of the altar, the minister of the Ministry of household presented the lei, and the governor of Jinling Prefecture presented the whip.  Lei is the most primitive plow, and the portraits of Shennong often carry it.

    ? Zhao Han walked out of Xiannong's Altar, holding a lei in his right hand and a whip in his left.

    There were also two local old farmers who followed with their cattle, and the officials of Honglu Temple announced that the emperor would personally farm.

    Today, the concubine did not come.

    ? Men farm and women weave. Farming is a man's business, although there must be women farming among the people.

    The Field of the Son of Heaven, three points per mu.

    One-third of an acre of land is derived from here.

    Unlike other emperors, Zhao Han's Tianzitian was not framed within the altar, but next to the people's paddy fields.

    On the ridge in the distance, there are many people standing.

    There are even gentry, holding civilian binoculars, standing far away and happily peeping.  After Zhao Han came to Nanjing, this was the first time he had plowed by himself. The people inside and outside the city of Nanjing had not seen the emperor plowing the fields for more than two hundred years.

    "Your Majesty, please dig the ground!" The old farmer of the cows smiled.

    Old peasants are not invited randomly, they must be elderly.  You must be over sixty years old, have high moral character, and be able to farm.

    ? Zhao Han only needs to hold the lei, go down to the field and turn it over a few times, and the rest will be done."People!

    Zhao Han didn't plow all the one-acre three-point field of the Son of Heaven, but only plowed three back and forth for show.

    This is also etiquette, three pushes and three reverses.

    Then another piece was flattened out. The governor of Jinling Prefecture held the green box in his hand, and the servant of the household department held the seeds and sowed them.  This is breeding, concentrated sowing of rice seeds, and after they grow into seedlings, they are pulled out and transplanted to the field.

    According to ancient rituals, five grains should be sown.

    Zhao Han said to the Minister of Taichang Temple last month: "How to plant, how to plant, how can the five grains be sown together? Wait for other seeds to rot?"

    After the Son of Heaven's personal plowing was over, the Minister of the Household Department and the Governor of Jinling Prefecture returned home with the lei and the whip.

    Zhao Han climbed up to the viewing platform, and the three lords and nine ministers went to get the whip and the plow in turn.  Sangong pushes five times and returns five times, Jiu Qing nine times pushes nine times, and finally just plows one mu and three parts of the land.

    "The plowing ceremony is complete!" Chen Maosheng shouted.

    "Let's play "You Ping Zhang"!"

    "The emperor drives back to the palace!"

    The royal band started to play again. Pingzhang means peace in the world and outstanding political achievements, and "Youpingzhang" means God blesses the country and the people.

    A few farmers stood by the field and laughed silly. One-third of the acre of land had already been leased to them, and only a symbolic rent was collected and handed over to the palace.

    This is the field of the Son of Heaven, if they can cultivate it, they may be able to enjoy the royal air.
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