The crowning process is very cumbersome.
In addition to the actual crown ceremony process, guests who come to watch the ceremony also have many restrictions, such as wearing black clothes, black belts and black crowns.
However, although the etiquette was complicated, no one showed any dissatisfaction or impatience, even those who didn't like etiquette.
Because, today’s crowning ceremony for Ying Zheng.
The crowning ceremony is the most important moment in a man's life, symbolizing his adulthood. From then on, he will transform from an irresponsible "boy" in the family to an adult who officially enters society and begins to play his own social role. Yes, like a farmer, like a merchant, like a craftsman, like a scholar, like a soldier...
The social role played by Ying Zheng is that of the King of Qin.
You cannot treat people without performing the crowning ceremony.
Only by performing the crown ceremony can Ying Zheng legitimately control the power and govern the Qin State.
There are many people in the Shandong countries who do not want Ying Zheng to carry out the crown ceremony and rule, but the spies of the Shandong countries can only play a disruptive role at most. In the core hinterland of the Qin State, the Yongcheng Executive where the Great Qin Ancestral Temple is housed can really disrupt the crown ceremony. plan, he may have underestimated the trap.
There may be small commotions, but the net will never allow any real commotion to have an impact. It will all be nipped in the bud.
Except for some rangers belonging to Baijia, no rangers are allowed to appear within 200 miles of Yongcheng, and a list is announced.
Once any ranger is found within two hundred miles of Yongcheng, he will be immediately arrested and imprisoned in a large prison regardless of the reason.
Although Luowang will not torture these people, they will only arrest them, and they will provide them with delicious food and drink. However, when they are imprisoned in Luowang Prison, even the delicacies from the mountains and seas every day are hard to eat, and everyone thinks that they are going to die. Here it is.
Zhang Ji didn't care what these people thought. He didn't care about those idiots who knew that the Qin State had promulgated regulations to protect the order of ceremonials and prohibited the presence of rangers within a radius of 200 miles of Yongcheng, but they took the initiative to violate them.
This method has stopped the vast majority of spies from various countries in Shandong.
Rangers during the Warring States Period were very free and arrogant. They were uninhibited, disobedient to discipline, and ignored laws. Although there were many righteous knights, most people hated the rangers.
Most of the rangers were down-and-out people who had some status in the past. Otherwise, how could they have the financial resources to buy weapons or travel around?
And what do they do when they have no money?
Most of the rangers will choose to join the powerful and become their retainers, and from then on enjoy a life of having a house to live in, a car to drive, surrounded by beautiful women, and delicious food.
Over time, they will become arrogant and prey on the common people.
And their master will not control them, but let them do whatever they want. Because the purpose of their existence is to do some dirty things for the powerful people they rely on.
A person who may devote his life to you at any time, how many people will care about his daily conduct?
And those rangers who are not favored will directly rob their homes.
A ranger by day and a thief by night, robbing enough money to live a decent life.
Therefore, dressing up as a ranger and coming to Qin to cause destruction is the most convenient way. Not only does it save you the process of making up your identity and purpose of coming to Qin, but you can also throw all the blame to the ranger.
As the knights were prohibited from entering, all the countries in Shandong could only place their hopes on those scholars who had the proper status to enter Yongcheng and even show up to watch the ceremony.
It's just that the countries in Shandong didn't expect that because of the Great Qin Academy, the attitude of the scholars towards Qin became ambiguous. Not only did they not cooperate with their actions, but they told Qin all the information they learned.
After all, if Ying Zheng cannot take charge personally, then all the benefits he promised to various schools of thought will become empty promises that cannot be cashed. Therefore, the scholars who came to Qin naturally hoped that Ying Zheng could smoothly carry out the crown ceremony and rule.
So much so that these schools sent many disciples to work together to maintain order at the ceremony and investigate hidden dangers, and they were more careful and conscientious than the soldiers of the Yulin Army.
After maintaining the order of the guests and checking the hidden dangers at the scene, a snare killer quietly appeared next to Zhang Ji and reported the situation.
Zhang Ji nodded lightly to Xunzi. Xunzi understood and walked slowly towards the high platform.
Xunzi's steps were very light, and he was not afraid at all because of the height of the platform like a normal old man. His face was very calm, as if there was just a flat road in front of him, and his somewhat thin back actually looked majestic under the sunlight.
Walking up to the high platform, Xunzi used his inner strength to strengthen his voice and shouted loudly in elegant words.
"The King of Qin is on stage!"
Different from the old and feeble voices in the past, Xunzi's voice was particularly loud and clear today. Even the Yulin troops stationed at the four corners of the Qinian Palace could hear it clearly, as if Xunzi was shouting in their ears. .
Following Xunzi's shout, Ying Zheng's hands, which had been prepared for a long time, were trembling slightly, and his eyes were slightly confused.
It wasn't that Ying Zheng was suddenly afraid of being crowned, but that he felt a little like he was in a dream.
Looking at the crowning platform in front of him, it seemed as if his father Ying Zichu's teachings to him were still in his ears, as if he was still the young boy who had just been forced to ascend the throne at the age of thirteen because of his father's death from illness.
A question suddenly arose in his mind: Can he really govern Qin well?
Seeing that Ying Zheng did not take the stage, everyone behind him was a little stunned and did not understand why Ying Zheng did not take action.
Only Zhao Ji and Zhang Ji noticed Ying Zheng's slightly trembling hands.
But the queue cannot move lightly, otherwise it will violate etiquette.
As for Ying Zheng's mentality, Zhang Ji also had some guesses.
Perhaps it is like premarital phobia in later generations. As the wedding day approaches, inexplicable fear will arise, and even the idea of escape.
Ying Zheng's confusion and hesitation are also based on the same principle.
The essence is not a real fear, nor a fear of taking responsibility, but a fear that one will not be able to perform well the responsibilities of this new identity that is about to be imposed on oneself.
Even Xunzi on the stage frowned slightly, wondering why a voice came into Ying Zheng's ears before Ying Zheng took the stage.
"Your Majesty, do not hesitate."
"A person who is called a loner may not necessarily be a true loner. We will follow closely behind the king and accompany him on the stage."
Zhang Ji's words actually didn't have any nutritious content, but they still made Ying Zheng feel warm in his heart.
Turning his head slightly, Ying Zheng looked around at the people behind him.
These are the people closest to him.
His mother Zhao Ji, the Empress Dowager Huayang, the Empress Dowager Xia, his younger brother Ying Chengyu, Lu Buwei who was both father and teacher, his friend Zhang Ji, Zong Zhengling Ying Mu... were either his relatives or his friends.
He is not walking alone, he has someone with him.
To be called a loner does not mean to be a loner.
He has a mother and grandmother, brothers, teachers, and confidants. Even if he doesn't do well, they will be by his side and give him advice.
Boom!
As Ying Zheng took the first step, his steps became more determined.
One step, two steps, three steps... Ying Zheng finally arrived at the center of the coronation stage under the gaze of everyone.
And here is where he was crowned.
"The King of Qin crowns us, beginning!"
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