The entire palace has been busy since New Year's Day. Although Zhu Biao doesn't have to be busy, you can still feel it.
Zhu Biao glanced at the sky. It was still covered by clouds, but the people from Qintian Prison said, "It will definitely clear up on the day of the ceremony!"
Of course, Zhu Biao felt that this was not what people like them said. They had always been the ones who were 80% sure of saying 50%. They were probably forced to do so by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Time passed, and tomorrow morning was the grand ceremony. Zhu Biao changed into a bright yellow four-clawed dragon robe early. This is the crown prince's dress, and it was specially prepared by Zhu Yuanzhang by the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette.
It is estimated that many people will not be able to sleep this night!
Zhu Biao was also in high spirits and was not ready to sleep at all. The four little girls and Liu Jin all looked at Zhu Biao with tears in their eyes. This was what they relied on for life, and they were blessed with honor, disgrace, and misfortune.
Zhu Biao stood in the yard, watching the sky turn from dark to bright, and the fiery red sun finally showed its face.
As the palace shook, Zhang Yuanquanxu came to greet him. Zhu Biao glanced at the people behind him, then smiled and walked out of the palace surrounded by a group of people. The Guards Department prepared a guard of honor, and the soldiers lined up outside the Wuchao Gate. Both sides of the road were decorated with colorful flags, and five carriages were prepared in front of Fengtian Hall for the emperor, empress, and other royal personnel preparing to attend the ceremony.
Zhu Biao's carriage was right behind the emperor and empress. The majestic carriage marched to Purple Mountain. When the auspicious time came, Zhu Yuanzhang walked alone to the altar that had been set up long ago.
Zhu Biao stood beside Ma, watching Zhu Yuanzhang's figure walking forward step by step. The figure was not majestic but stepped on everyone's heart like a god.
Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the altar that symbolized heaven, earth, and the country. The sacrifice of the country was the top priority. Generally, the altar was set up as a community. On the altar, "green" symbols were placed in the five directions of east, west, south, north, and middle. It is covered with soil of five colors: white, red, black and yellow, which is the so-called five-color soil.
Yimu in the east is green, Geng metal in the west is white, Lihuo in the south is red, Sunflower water in the north is black, and Wu soil in the center is yellow." It symbolizes the unification of the country, and under the whole world, it is the king's soil!
A figure dressed in a five-clawed golden dragon robe kneels in front of the altar, praying to heaven for smooth weather, praying to the earth for abundant harvests, offering sacrifices to ancestors, and praying for the longevity of the motherland!
Then Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and slowly turned around to look at the crowd. The crowds all over the mountains and plains knelt down at the same time and shouted long live the mountain!
It is as if there is no one in the world who can stand in front of him!
Zhu Yuanzhang majestically asked everyone to stand up, and then put on a new dragon robe at the request of the officials of the Ministry of Rites.
This is the completion of the sacrifice to heaven. Heaven and earth have assigned the authority of the human world to the emperor. Only the emperor can decide everything from living beings to ghosts and gods!
Zhu Yuanzhang pulled the queen onto the dragon chariot. The dragon chariot was driven by six snow-white horses in front. The carriage was inlaid with gold, silver, jade, precious stones and pearls; the carriage was also engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns.
Zhu Yuanzhang led the civil and military officials back to the palace. Along the way, there were soldiers holding colorful flags waving on both sides of the road. When they arrived outside the Meridian Gate, two ceremony staff entered the palace holding commendations. At this time, the palace was decorated with lanterns and bright red lanterns. hang.
The drumming started at the first watch. Although it was the middle of the night in winter, the officials had already put on their court uniforms and stood waiting outside the Meridian Gate, while the ceremonial officers entered the palace hall to report preparations.
At the third watch, officials below the prime minister entered the palace. The new emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the emperor's throne. At this time, the sound of drum music was loud. After the drum music stopped, the official responsible for holding the emperor's seal gave this power The symbol is placed on the treasure case.
Zhu Yuanzhang stamped the emperor's seal on the edict of enthronement! After receiving the imperial edict, the Minister of Rites took it out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and placed it in the Dragon Courtyard where someone was carrying it outside the Meridian Gate.
Then, under the escort of drum music, ceremonial guards, and civil and military officials, they went out of Taihe Gate, Meridian Gate, and Duanmen to the outer city tower. After receiving the imperial edict, the official knelt down and kowtowed three times before placing the edict on the yellow table on the edict promulgation platform. The proclaimer came on stage, stood facing west and read the edict.
"The Emperor of Heaven has decreed: I am the king of China. Since the end of the Song Dynasty, Heaven has ordered the real person to live in the desert and enter China to be the master of the world. He has passed it on to his descendants for more than a hundred years, and this destiny has also ended. In the territory of the sea, there are heroes. Struggle. We, the common people of Huaiyou, are favored by the heaven above. The spirits of our ancestors take advantage of the autumn of chasing deer, and bring heroes and virtuous people to our left and right. All the Huaihe, Zhejiang, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Hu, Hunan, Han, Mian, Fujian and Guang , Shandong and the southwest counties were barbarians, and bandits were fighting everywhere. I repeatedly ordered the generals and generals to display their might and power, secure the land in all directions, and keep the people in peace in the fields."
"Now, the ministers of civil and military affairs, hundreds of ministers and concubines, have joined forces to persuade us to come forward and respect me as the emperor to rule over Qianli and Guizhou."
"In response to the requests of many people, on the fourth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Wu, we offered sacrifices to Heaven and Earth at the Yang of Zhongshan Mountain, that is, the emperor was located in the southern suburbs. The name of the world was determined to be Daming, and he was founded in Hongwu. He paid homage to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and honored the fourth generation Kao heir as his successor. The emperor and queen. Established a great society and great empire in the capital. Canonized Ma family as empress, and established the crown prince as crown prince."
"Announce it to the world, and the envoys will know it."
Because it is high and sacred, it sounds like the voice of heaven. At this time, the civil and military officials in the south of Jinshui Bridge under the city tower and those invited to watch the ceremony lined up in order according to their official positions, knelt facing north, and performed a grand ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times to thank the emperor for his kindness.
After the edict was read out, the edict officer rolled it up, placed it in a wooden tray shaped like a cloud, and came to the Golden Phoenix Tower in the middle of the gate of the tower.
The title of the imperial edict was placed in the mouth of the wooden golden phoenix, and then the golden phoenix was hung with a yellow velvet rope. It stomped on the middle of the mouth from the outer tower and slowly descended to express the order of the emperor. The golden phoenix rode on the clouds and descended from the sky to the world. .
At this time, there were already officials from the Ministry of Rites kneeling down to pick up the cloud pan, and the edict in Jinfeng's mouth just fell into the cloud pan.
At this point, the ceremony officer waved his whip to signal everyone to be silent. Under the guidance of the etiquette personnel, the officials lined up to enter and stood at their respective salute positions. The music played at regular intervals from the time the officials entered to the station, just like how some music is played when VIPs enter the venue in large-scale events nowadays. Yes, when worshiping, you must kneel and bow, and the ceremony officer must perform a "worship dance ceremony" and shout "Long live my emperor, long live the emperor" three times in a row.
This is considered to have completed the emperor's enthronement ceremony!
After that, the first court meeting of the new dynasty will begin, and the queen will lead the princes to retreat, and Zhu Biao is no exception.
The prince does not need to go to court without the emperor's order, and there is no place for him below. After all, he is not a civil servant or military commander, nor is he in the ranks of nobles.
As soon as he exited the Great Fengtian Hall, he was stopped by a eunuch: "Your Highness, Your Majesty asked you to wait here.
Queen Ma glanced at Zhu Biao, "Your father is probably going to announce your vassal status in the East Palace. Just wait here."
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