Before that, Zhu Yijun had approved the Ministry of Rites' inscription on the cultivation ceremony.
Moreover, Zhu Yijun also ordered Duke Xu Wenbi, Pingjiang Bo Chen Wangmo, and bachelor Zhang Juzheng to serve as the three princes, as well as the privy envoy Fang Fengshi, bachelor Zhang Siwei, bachelor Wang Guangguang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel Liu Yingjie, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites Pan Sheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue Zhang Xueyan, and Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Liang Menglong, Yang Zhao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rongzheng and War and Deputy Privy Councilor, and Wu Baipeng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, served as the nine ministers in preparation for the five-tui and nine-tui ceremonies.
In addition, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Shuntian Prefecture Yin have also received the seeds of Lei Chu and Zang Zhen.
And on February 18th.
Zhu Yijun officially left the palace and went to the farming residence.
This is the first time Zhu Yijun has left the palace as a private visitor, so the scene is naturally very grand.
The people outside the curtains on both sides of the royal road had crowded all the streets to witness the grand occasion of the emperor leaving the palace.
Even the attics in the far reaches of the curtain were packed with people like a sea of clouds.
Zhu Yijun himself felt fresh about this grand ceremony of leaving the palace, and did not feel bored because of this only symbolic etiquette.
What's more, it's mid-spring now, everything is recovering, everything inside and outside the capital is dyed with fresh green, the fragrance of flowers is diffuse, and the temperature is suitable.
This is also a wonderful time to enjoy the scenery and a good time to travel.
Zhu Yijun was naturally in a good mood, and he was quite contentedly sitting on the high dragon chariot, through the bead curtain and the sunlight, observing the expressions of the various people in his empire when they looked at him.
As soon as he arrived at the farm registration office, Zhu Yijun, under the guidance of the etiquette officer, personally offered sacrifices to the farm altar, laid out silk fabrics, entered the nobility, and made first offerings.
After receiving the ceremony, Zhu Yijun, under the guidance of the courtesy officer, arrived at his home field and stood facing south. The accompanying ministers and others stood respectfully on the east and west sides.
Zhu Yijun looked at the fields in front of him and the old trees and branches in the distance that seemed to have been kissed by the spring breeze overnight. He also looked forward to the world's farming business being able to have good weather and good harvests.
But when he thought that the Ming Dynasty would usher in a small glacier climate soon, with frequent floods and droughts, and the freezing line moving crazily southward, which would greatly affect farming and lead to intensified foreign invasions and civil unrest in the north, he felt that perhaps we should really pay attention to agriculture. , you can’t just pay attention to etiquette, you have to continue to make other plans.
While he was wandering around, Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, knelt in front of him. At the same time, Shi Yingyue, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, also knelt in front of him holding a whip and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please go ahead." Farming gift!"
Zhu Yijun took the grass in his left hand and the whip in his right hand. While the two old farmers led the cows and the two old farmers helped the plow, he personally held the grass and began to cultivate.
Shuntian Fu Cheng and Hu Bu Zuo Shi Lang followed behind him.
Among them, Suncheon Fucheng was responsible for holding the green box, which is the box for holding seeds, while the left minister of the household department was responsible for sowing seeds, and the elders selected from farmers in Gyeonggi were responsible for covering the soil.
It stands to reason that the emperor Zhu Yijun only needs to make three pushes with his palm in a meaningful way.
But because he feels fresh now, even on the third putt, he is still not finished and is ready to continue.
However, at this time, Pan Sheng, the Minister of Rites, hurriedly came over and knelt in front of him: "My emperor's ceremony has moved the heavens. This year there will be a good harvest, and all the common people in the world will be blessed with mercy!"
Seeing this, Zhu Yijun had no choice but to give the grass to Pan Sheng, then stepped aside and stood facing south, watching Sangong perform the five push ceremony and Jiu Qing perform the five push ceremony.
While looking at these, the pot-bellied Sangong and Jiuqing clumsily stretched out their fat white hands, trying their best to keep them from shaking while working hard, Zhu Yijun frowned and thought:
"These three princes and nine ministers should really exercise. They can't even stand still. If we really encounter bandits besieging the capital again in the future, they won't even be able to pick up a sword and even run away." Do not move."
After Zhu Yijun thought this way, at the end of the farming ceremony, he said to Xu Wenbi, Zhang Juzheng and other three ministers and nine ministers who were wiping their sweat: "I have made up my mind that the farming ceremony is no better than that of others. The old customs of Taizu should be restored. Every spring before plowing. I and all the ministers will personally perform this ceremony. In addition, the plowing ceremony will be added, and from now on it will be changed to Nine Tui for the Emperor, Thirty-six Tui for the Three Dukes, and Seventy-two Tui for the Nine Qings, to show the importance of agriculture!"
In Zhu Yijun's view, if civil servants want to be polite, then he should be more polite in encouraging farming!
Although the farming registration ceremony is not complicated, according to the Zhou rites, ministers such as the three gongs and nine ministers are required to follow the farming and perform physical labor.
Therefore, since Hongwu, except for the first year of his accession to the throne or when the emperor came of age and wanted to take charge of the government, when he personally performed a farming ceremony to let the world know that the emperor was a wise emperor in name, he only sent Shuntian Mansion every year. Yin can just go and offer sacrifices at the farm altar.
None of the officials thought there was anything wrong with this, and they didn't even say it was against the ancestral system.
But it is right that the emperor should be like Zhu Yuanzhang and do the plowing every year.
After all, not only did the emperor have to plow the fields three times, but also the three princes and nine ministers had to follow him and plow the fields five and six times.
This amount of labor is nothing to ordinary people, but to the emperor and ministers who are not engaged in production, it is undoubtedly equivalent to a strenuous exercise.
But who would have thought that today's emperor would actually be a man who really values agriculture. Not only did he conscientiously fulfill the farming rites required by the civil servants to do the farming, but he also had to do it himself like Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang every year, and he also had to do more farming. Amount of labor.
After hearing this, Xu Wenbi hurriedly looked at Zhang Juzheng, Pan Sheng, the Minister of Rites, and other civil servants.
After Zhang Juzheng's breathing subsided a little, he knelt in front of Zhu Yijun and said: "My emperor is truly a sage who can chase after Yao and Shun!"
Pan Sheng, the Minister of Rites, also said: "The superiors emphasize agriculture, and the ancestors will be very happy under the Nine Springs, and the sky will be moved by the holy virtues, and will protect our empire for a long time. Good weather!”
Other ministers also knelt down and praised Zhu Yijun.
When Xu Wenbi and Chen Yumo saw such honorable men, they had to kneel down and praise them.
Zhu Yijun didn't know whether he felt moved by his decision, but he knew that many of the ministers in front of him looked really moved, with tears streaming down their faces and choked with sobs.
There is no way, for the ministers, they have to jump into the hole they have dug for themselves, even with tears in their eyes.
After all, we cannot ask the emperor to respect etiquette and at the same time not support the emperor when he emphasizes etiquette.
"Sir, I remember that the cultivated land is more than 690 acres, right?"
Zhu Yijun summoned Zhang Juzheng alone after returning to the palace after letting all the princes and ministers settle down, and asked about the farmland.
Zhang Juzheng cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, yes, according to the old temple regulations, more than ninety acres of the land are used for sacrificial items."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "Draw up an imperial edict. From now on, we will first register the fields in the farming altar, and then allocate part of the fields as special fields for trial planting of new grains!"
"The Chongnong Temple is also set up to manage this part of the land. The temple is responsible for the research, development and introduction of new crops for trial planting. It can use examinations to select some of the clan members who are idle but knowledgeable about agriculture, as well as nobles and high-ranking officials. Enyin's children By entering the temple and serving as officials, let them do some good things for the world, instead of having to take the people's fat in vain."
Zhang Juzheng raised his hand and said yes.
Next, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Juzheng to draw up an edict because the farming registration ceremony was over, and gave silks, satins, silver and other items to the three ministers and nine ministers who participated in the farming registration ceremony. Other deacons and officials also received gifts, and even gave banquets to participate in the farming registration ceremony. Ji Li et al.
However, at the banquet, all the dishes served were boiled corn with pork ribs, fried corn with chili peppers, potato stew, sweet potato steamed meat, and other fresh dishes mixed with various newly introduced types of cereals.
These dishes were all prepared by Zhu Yijun, and Guanglu Temple was not responsible for them, so they were treated with the emperor's own money.
It stands to reason that Guanglu Temple was responsible for the palace catering and various banquets of the Ming Dynasty.
But not many people like to eat the food at Guanglu Temple, and it has always been flashy.
"Wanli Yehuobian" mentioned a popular proverb in the capital of the Wanli Dynasty called "the four unreliable things in the capital".
The four most unreliable ones are Hanlin Academy articles, Arsenal's swords and guns, Guanglu Temple tea soup, and imperial hospital prescriptions.
Regardless of the prescriptions of the Taiyuan Hospital, Zhu Yijun and the nobles in the palace now basically go to Li Shizhen to prescribe medicine whenever they have a headache or fever.
The hereditary medical household system resulted in a very poor quality of imperial doctors.
In terms of food, Zhu Yijun basically used Shangshan Supervisor to host private banquets.
This time, Zhu Yijun was no exception. In order to encourage the promotion of new grains and provide the richness of Ming's agricultural products, he specially prepared many new products at this private banquet.
(End of chapter)
