Mausoleum.
The place where the emperor is buried.
Ji Zhao's mausoleum was built in a place with beautiful mountains and rivers. According to his last wish, it was not very luxurious. Compared with the later mausoleums, which were more majestic and magnificent, it was far behind.
But the mountain is not high, as long as there are immortals, there are spirits. Ji Zhao is buried here, and this is the most sacred place.
Thousands of years have passed, and the world has changed dramatically.
Legend has it that when Ji Lingjun, the Luo Shen, was buried here, peach blossoms bloomed all over the Suwang Tomb overnight.
As countless people came here, they walked along the straight path paved with bluestones in the mausoleum towards the altar. The rumbling sound frightened the birds in the forest, causing them to cry one after another. The branches and leaves of the peach blossom trees kept singing. It swayed as if to welcome Luo Jing who was walking at the front.
At the end of the straight road, a large altar appeared in front of us. The altar was completely made of bluestone. Some of the bluestones on the altar even had some cracks, adding some traces of time.
This altar has a long history. It was built during the period of King Kang. King Kang paid homage to Ji Zhao here. At that time, it did not have such a high status as it does now.
Later, when the Emperor of Zhou moved eastward, this place became a place for the Luo family to worship their ancestors. During the period when the two countries were most at odds, the Qin State once tried to cut off the Luo family's worship of Ji Zhao, but soon let go. There was a strange sight, and the children of the Luo Kingdom appeared swaggering outside Xianyang of the State of Qin.
Liu Che stepped down from the royal chariot, looked at the slightly familiar scenes around him, and felt a little emotional. It was here that he wore the crown of the Son of Heaven and became a man appointed by heaven.
Jia Yi, Luo Jing and others gathered around him, while the waiters placed the sacrifices on the altar one by one. The most conspicuous one was a medium-sized tripod, which is one of the most critical ritual utensils in sacrifices. It is the "Tongtian Cauldron".
As the name suggests, it is said that this tripod can communicate with heaven. If the worshipper records the words and then puts the carrier into it, he can directly reach heaven.
When everything was ready, everyone looked at the emperor, Liu Che's face was solemn.
"Woo~~~"
A heavy horn sound sounded, and then the musical instruments sounded one after another. Hundreds of musicians played one after another. It was naturally the most magnificent hymn.
"Invite the emperor to come on stage!"
Luo Shizi said loudly.
"Invite the emperor to come on stage!"
The civil and military officials and ministers said loudly.
"Invite the emperor to come on stage!"
Everyone who came to King Su's Mausoleum said in unison.
The sound wave was even louder than the sound of the branches and leaves that were constantly being caressed. It was like a loud bell and a drum, constantly echoing in the peach blossom forest, and the echoes kept changing.
The two princes and kings carried Liu Che's generous emperor's robes to the altar, leaving only Liu Che on it.
"Your Majesty, King Su, I have Liu Che, the prince of the various kingdoms, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty, leading all the civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty, the civil and military officials of the Duke of Zhao, and the civil and military officials of the Lingnan Kingdom to offer sacrifices to the emperor."
Liu Che put on the incense and lit the flame in the Tongtian Cauldron. Then he saw everyone under the altar kneeling down like a tide.
Liu Che himself also knelt down. The emperor worshiped heaven, just like a son worshiping his father. It was very reasonable to kneel down.
Liu Che crossed his hands and raised them high above his head, while others folded their hands and lowered their heads, placing them on their chests.
"Buzz~"
This is the sound of the strings. During the ceremony, the musicians are the only exception. After all, they themselves are part of the ceremony and cannot perform music and salute at the same time.
The majestic hymns resounded, and now, even in the land of Qinchuan, there are no people who can't sing these hymns.
People like that are rebels, they can't be officials, they can't join the Forbidden Army, they can't come here.
"The spirit of King Su is in the sky, and the glory of Zhuxia will last for tens of thousands of years!"
After singing once, everyone stood up. Jia Yi and Luo Jing were holding a cylinder. In the cylinder were bamboo sticks with names written on them. If you look closely, they are all deceased princes and ministers. Under the name is the posthumous title and the explanation of the posthumous title.
Since the invention of paper, bamboo sticks have gradually lost their function as a carrier of writing, but their functions in other aspects have been discovered, such as sacrifices and carriers of various mystics.
The two of them were not in a hurry, even raising their feet at the same height. They walked slowly to Liu Che and stretched out the bamboo tube. Liu Che took out one and turned his hand to see that it was Zhao Tuo, King Huan of Lingnan.
He threw the bamboo stick directly into the Tongtian Cauldron, and the flames rose up almost instantly, like a fire dragon, directly swallowing up the bamboo slips.
"King Su is here, and my minister Liu Che, as the son of Zhu Xia, proposes that the posthumous title of Zhao Tuo, king of Lingnan, is Huan!
Please give me permission to check it out. "
Following Liu Che's words, the bamboo slips burned brightly in the Tongtian Cauldron, and then a clearly visible wisp of white smoke fluttered straight from the cauldron toward the sky.
Everyone's eyes widened. Even though they had seen this scene before, they were still shocked because the wisp of smoke was so straight, as if it had been measured with a ruler.
As for this scene, anyone who tells everyone that this is actually scientific and is formed normally will treat everyone as fools. This is why the posthumous names are basically consistent with true evaluations, and a few improvements or belittlings will not matter. It's outrageous, because the person who assessed the posthumous title has seen this scene.
There is a god at the top of one's head. Once a person truly believes that there will be retribution for doing things and everything has a cause and effect, it will really greatly improve a person's moral bottom line.
Everyone waited with bated breath for the subsequent results until the white smoke gradually dissipated and there was no abnormality. According to Luo, this was the posthumous title passed by Shang Huangtian.
Liu Che took out another bamboo slip and threw it into the Tongtian Cauldron as well, "King Su is above, and I, Liu Che, in the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, submit, the posthumous title of Wuyang Marquis Fancheng, Yuanzhuang!"
When the Marquis of Yuanzhuang of Wuyang and King Huan of Lingnan presented the title, Liu Che's title changed. Submitting a posthumous title was a seemingly boring process. It had to be submitted one by one. During Liu Heng's period, most of the posthumous titles were All the submission matters were left to Luo Jing, a free man. Liu Heng was very busy and had no time to do this.
However, it is submitted once a year. In addition, it is impossible for people to die every year, and sometimes no princes or princes die in a year, so overall it is relatively easy. But last year, for some reason, there were nine princes. The death of a public minister can be regarded as the highest number of posthumous titles since the establishment of the posthumous title system.
Liu Che repeated it over and over again, but there was no trace of perfunctory expression on his face. No one among the ministers under the altar was perfunctory, but they were all focused on it.
This is a very different place in this world. The earth where Ji Zhao lives does not have real gods. The emperor and the high-ranking nobles used to believe in gods and the existence of heaven, so they worshiped like crazy.
However, as the wisdom of various schools of thought exploded, these smart people began to doubt whether there were gods. In addition, countless sacrifices were made without any miracles, so they gradually regarded sacrifices as simply to maintain rule. Behavior.
With such a mentality, it is inevitable to treat sacrifices perfunctorily, but in this world, miracles clearly exist, not only in the records in historical books, but even in front of these people, some things that are beyond common sense happen.
In real history, "respecting ghosts and gods and keeping a distance" is to teach people not to pay attention to those gods and ghosts, but to pay attention to people themselves. The key is the word "far".
But in this world, it really tells everyone that people should rely on themselves and not ask for help from gods and ghosts, but they must respect it. The key is not only "distance", but also "respect"!
Liu Che and the ministers waited quietly for the last trace of white smoke to dissipate. No accidents occurred, and all posthumous titles were approved.
Liu Che turned to face the ministers and said loudly: "Today I came to worship King Su Shanghuangtian to announce a major event. This matter has never been done before. I don't dare to implement it unless it is presented to King Su Shanghuangtian."
Jia Yi and Luo Jing looked at each other in surprise. This was not part of the process. What did His Majesty want to do?
Jia Yi remonstrated in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask you, what is the major event you are talking about? It is not a major event for the country, so it is not enough to be presented to King Su in person."
Hearing this, Liu Che smiled and said: "What I want to do is to benefit the country and the people. Prime Minister, I have a question: when did the late emperor die?"
Jia Yi was a little confused as to why Liu Che would ask this question that everyone knew the answer to, but he still said directly: "Xiaowen died in forty years."
"Prime Minister, let me ask you again, when was Xiaowen forty years ago?"
"The thirty-ninth year of Xiaowen."
Liu Che said with a smile: "You told me it was the thirty-ninth year of Xiaowen. What if someone asked you when you were in the thirty-ninth year of Xiaowen?
How would you answer? "
Jia Yi frowned instantly. After the emperor died, he was naturally called by his posthumous title or temple name, but what about when he was alive?
Jia Yi hesitated and said: "The emperor's thirty-ninth year."
Liu Che asked again: "Then what year is it now?"
Jia Yi said without hesitation: "The third year of the emperor's reign."
This time, not only Jia Yi, but also everyone understood what the emperor wanted to say. The records of time were too confusing, especially the various edicts and records, all of which were "the emperor's years". Once filed incorrectly, he wanted to Checking the time is troublesome.
"Please give me your Majesty's instructions."
Liu Che said excitedly: "People have names and surnames, so there are distinctions. I want to make a number for the year and month, called the year number. From then on, the year will have a name, and the people in the world can call the year by the name, and all documents will be recorded with the year number. .”
Dong Zhongshu walked up to the altar with a bamboo slip in his hand. Liu Che took it and raised it high, and then threw it into the Tongtian Cauldron. He said loudly: "King Su is above, and I, Liu Che, have established a reign title to rectify the world. Present it to Jianyuan." , Taichu!”
Taizhe, Daye, Shangye, Chuzhe, Shiye, the first era name in history, originally wanted to take this very commemorative name.
Just when everyone thought everything would go very smoothly, the bamboo slip turned into ashes before it fell into the cauldron, and then a new bamboo slip jumped out of the cauldron and fell directly into Liu Che's hands.
Liu Che was shocked and subconsciously reached out to catch it. He saw four big characters engraved on the bamboo slip - Jianyuan, Yuanshi!
Liu Che was stunned. He turned the bamboo slip over tremblingly, and then saw the words "Great Qianyuan, the beginning of all things" written on the back. The words were profound.
There was silence!
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"This ordinary-looking bamboo slip is the legendary 'King Su conferring the reign title of the Han Dynasty'. History books record that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty invented the reign name, and then King Su lowered this bamboo slip, thus creating a historical record. The first era name - 'Yuanshi', the great Qianyuan, the beginning of all things, is the source of this era name." - "National Museum"
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