early morning.
Light appeared in the sky, dispelling the darkness.
An originally unknown hill on the Loess Plateau is now named Ancestral God Mountain.
Shi Xian, the governor of Shanxi, built a large-scale temple on the mountain.
The officiant was Dayu.
Accompanying the sacrifice was Shanxi God of War Guan Yu.
It's called the Ancestral Temple.
In the main hall of the temple, there are statues of Dayu and Guan Yu. On the walls are murals of the story of Dayu's flood control painted by skilled painters.
There are many trees planted inside the temple.
A road paved with stones leads directly from the foot of the mountain to the temple. There are many small trees planted along the road.
Dayu's flood control is both a historical story and a mythical story. When it happened or what exactly happened, no one knows.
However, the emperor of the Han Dynasty began to govern the Yellow River and the Loess Plateau from this ancestral sacred mountain.
Soon after, large numbers of armored and sharp Ouchi guards walked up the mountain road to the ancestral temple. Guns akimbo, one post every three steps, on strict guard.
The temple ministers in the temple put on gorgeous clothes and began to prepare for the sacrifice.
The sound of bells and drums is melodious.
"Da da da."
After getting ready on the mountain, a large number of people and horses came to the foot of the mountain surrounded by Emperor Luan Yu. In addition to civil and military ministers, imperial guards, and eunuchs, there were also many common people.
Most of them are Sun Tinghe, Sun Huchen, etc., leading figures in various villages in Shanxi, and influential local squires.
There were also many people who learned the news and took the initiative to attend the meeting.
Such as Taiyuan scholars Liu Minzhi and Zhang Kuang.
Even Zhu Zhongguo, who had been disarmed and returned to his fields, wrote to Wu Nian after learning the news, requesting to attend the meeting.
After arriving at the foot of the mountain, Ouchi guards and eunuchs opened the way. Wu Nian, wearing the emperor's crown and twelve crowns on his head, led the crowd to the ancestral temple.
After going up the mountain, the emperor first sat down in the wing, the civil and military ministers stayed in the courtyard, and the accompanying people participated in sacrifices outside the temple.
Until the eunuch entered the wing to report to the emperor, the auspicious time had arrived.
Wu Niancai got up and left the side room and came to the main hall.
Bells and drums sounded.
The emperor used the Tailao ceremony to worship Dayu, one of the ancestral gods of China, and to serve as a deputy to Guan Yu.
Wu Nian knelt down in front of the brightly colored statue of King Yu with sincerity, prostrated sincerely, and thought in his heart.
"King Yu's achievements in controlling the floods will last forever. I have few people but few talents. Today I will learn from King Yu in controlling the Yellow River. I hope everything goes well."
"One day, the water of the Yellow River will be clear, and the Loess Plateau will turn into a Qingshan Plateau."
Outside the main hall. The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs knelt on the ground.
Outside the temple, countless people were kneeling on the ground.
Under the command of the etiquette officer, the ceremony of kowtow to the ancestor gods was performed. Everyone is very pious, praying that the Yellow River will be clear and the mountains and rivers will be covered with green.
"Please protect me from my ancestors. Guan Sheng and Immortal Spirits. I, the great Han Dynasty, will pay homage to Haiyan Heqing." Liu Minzhi said silently in his heart while bowing.
"Please protect me from my ancestors, may the emperor control the flood smoothly." Zhang Kuang thought to himself.
"Please protect me, King Yu, and I, Emperor Jianwu of the Han Dynasty, will heal the Yellow River. I will achieve great achievements like you." Sun Tinghe thought to himself.
"A bit boring." Sun Huchen thought as he knelt down.
After the sacrifice was completed, the civil and military ministers and some people entered the backyard of the temple to watch the emperor planting trees.
Among them are Sun Tinghe, Sun Huchen, Liu Minzhi, and Zhang Kuang.
Wu Nian took off the emperor's crown, untied the emperor's crown clothes, put on a brocade robe with sleeves, took a shovel, and dug a big hole in a pre-built flower bed.
Two imperial guards carried a small elm tree and put it into the pit. Wu Nian buried the soil with a shovel, took the bucket from the hands of an imperial guard, and poured water into the flower bed.
After finishing, Wu Nian handed the shovel and bucket to the Ouchi guard. He turned around and blessed the temple: "You must take good care of this temple and don't let it fall into disrepair."
"And this bare mountain."
"After ten or twenty years, I hope the mountains will be lush with vegetation."
"yes."
Miao Zhu immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
Wu Nian nodded slightly, then had lunch and rested for a while on the mountain with the civil and military ministers, common people, and imperial guards who participated in the sacrifice, and then led the crowd to leave the Ancestral God Mountain.
After the sacrifice, Sun Tinghe, Sun Huchen and others dispersed in all directions and returned to their villages and towns to contribute to flood control and mountain control.
Liu Minzhi, Zhang Kuang and other aspiring scholars recommended themselves as water officers and mountain officers to participate in the work.
So far.
Wu Nian's work in Shanxi has been completed. The remaining work was presided over by Shanxi Governor Shi Xian.
The emperor led his army to leave Taiyuan, go eastward through the Taihang Mountains, and return to the capital.
The small elm tree he planted in the ancestral temple has since been called the emperor tree.
Every day, there are staff watering and taking care of it.
This ancestral temple is also very popular because of the water control, and there is an endless stream of Shanxi people going to the mountain to worship.
After people worship the ancestor gods, they must also visit the Emperor Tree.
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Transportation in ancient times was really inconvenient.
Especially in Shanxi, cement roads are still being laid, and most places are still dirt roads. The Han army had many horses and horses, and more baggage, and moved very slowly.
But after leaving the Taihang Mountains and reaching the plains, the Han army embarked on the cement road, and their marching speed greatly increased.
When Wu Nian left the capital, the weather was still cold.
When I came back, it was winter again.
The farmland on both sides of the road, with crops harvested, was bare and looked very desolate.
Inside Luan Yu.
The stove radiated warmth, and the bearskin blanket was very warm on the body.
Wu Nian sat cross-legged, his face red because of the heat. He opened the car window, and a gust of cold wind poured in, making him shiver, but also cooled him down.
He looked towards the farm next to him with a smile on his face.
This year the territory of the Han Dynasty. From the Waixing'an Mountains in the north, to the Yellow River in the south, and to Fusang in the east, the weather is good and the grain harvest will be bumper this year.
Today, the Han Dynasty has a large territory, a huge population, and a huge output.
The food tax revenue collected this year should not be too generous. There is no need to worry about military rations next year and the year after that.
Wu Nian looked at the country he had built for a while with satisfaction, then closed the car window, covered his face with a blanket, and fell asleep.
As I get older, this long journey becomes more difficult.
He was a little nostalgic for the days when he was young and could fight without sleep.
When the emperor returned to the capital, the soldiers and horses went to their own places. Only the imperial guards, surrounded by the emperor Luan Yu, entered the capital.
Wu Nian specially issued a decree, ordering the cabinet not to lead the civil and military officials to welcome him, which was very low-key.
After one year of management.
The Han army had strong soldiers and horses, and basically defeated the rebels, bandits, and bandits in various parts of Hebei, and its foundation in Hebei gradually became stronger.
The society is in good order.
There is a steady flow of business dealings.
The vitality injected by the Han Dynasty allowed the people of Hebei to live a good life.
