Spring and Autumn I Am King

As the saying goes: "The punishment is not for the doctor, and the courtesy is not for the common man". Therefore, although Le Qi was detained by Fan Yanglong Luo, he was not directly thrown into a dirty prison, but was only kept under house arrest in a small courtyard.

This place is heavily guarded, and Zhao Wuxi can only send Le Lingzi here first.

He said softly to Lingzi: "You go first, I still have the emperor's life. I will go to Mingtang to meet the emperor and participate in the sacrifice. You may have to stay up all night. You can stay here tonight, with Le Bo. When we get together, please also plead guilty to Le Bo for me, and come back tomorrow morning to bow down to him and take you out of the palace."

Although Le Lingzi had a slight reliance on Zhao Wuxi, she also knew the importance of this matter, and her eyes regained strength. After all, she was a woman who dared to travel thousands of miles and came alone to visit her father.

Zhao Wuxi watched her carry a medicine box containing silver needles and herbs, followed the temple people into the second courtyard, and then turned to leave.

At this time, he can take a good look at the appearance of Xiqi Palace.

Unlike Le Qi, who first entered the palace a few years ago, Zhao Wuxi didn't interpret too many political connotations and allusions. Instead, he carried a mentality of sightseeing and appreciation.

Compared with the Forbidden City of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which has rendered too many colors and colors, the Xiqi Palace looks simple and heavy. The broad avenue paved with bluestone slabs leads directly to the main hall, and the high platform made of stone foundations and rammed earth stands there unadorned, plus the sturdy copper-based giant pillars, adding a lot of chill and majesty out of thin air. It is said that these were built in the era of Duke Miao of Jin.

The other buildings surrounding the main hall are obviously of another style.

The high hall with a large space, the curved houses connected by twists and turns, the deep and distant abyss, and the small and exquisite south houses are all high eaves and flying corners. A tile covered with cirrus and animal face patterns. There are auspicious animals with pottery and stone sculptures on the eaves. There are covered bridges between the high-rise buildings, and the eaves and paintings are tied together like a color practice.

Most of these buildings were newly built in the era of the Duke of Jinping, and they were as gorgeous and delicate as the monarch's temperament. But a little fragile, the follow-up Jinhou. It's more than a generation.

Zhao Wuxi's destination was "Mingtang", as the so-called "Palace of Governors, the Sun of the Country", located in the south of the main hall.

Mingtang was first built by Zhou Wengong when he was operating Luoyi. The purpose is to "connect with the spirits, feel the heaven and the earth, and it is the four seasons. To go out of education, to worship virtue, to emphasize Tao, to show ability, and to praise those who practice."

Looking from a distance, the Ming Hall is "under the upper circle, with eight windows and four doors, and nine rooms are surrounded by twelve halls". If you look closely, it has three floors, and the bottom floor is square. The four sides are painted with one color to represent the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter respectively; the twelve sides of the middle layer follow the twelve hours of the day and are painted white with clam ash; the top layer is round. Blue-black tiles cover it.

It is similar to the Temple of Heaven in the Forbidden City in later generations, but it is smaller in scale. In addition to the limitations of the times and craftsmanship, it is also because the state of Jin is now only a vassal state. Although the ritual and music have collapsed, the formal sacrifices have not dared to exceed the specifications of the emperor. Otherwise, I am afraid that the princes will be dissatisfied and shaken, and Qi will have an excuse to oppose Jin.

When Zhao Wuxi arrived, the preparations for the sacrifice had already begun. Wei Ju, an old acquaintance, wore a fine black armor as a guardian of the sacrifice. As for Fan Jia, who is also the first guard in the palace. It is said to be responsible for another place.

Wei Ju exchanged a few words with Wu Xie and led him to Yousi to collect the sacrificial clothes to be worn today. The sacrificial clothes are plain blue clothes. Zhu Chang, covering the knees, no sash.

Here, Wu Xie also saw the slightly short stature and gloomy eyes of Zhong Xing Hei Hu, who was also an assistant to the monarch. Because of Zhao Guangde's affairs, Zhao Wuxi hated this person extremely.

Taizhu has always been in charge of sacrifices. Taizhu is an official of Zhou. When he is in the world, he uses words to tell the gods. During the sacrifices, he welcomes the gods and sends them off. To put it bluntly, it is similar to what Cheng Wu did in Chengxiang, but the level is countless times higher than that of Ye Wuzhu.

Taizhu is always stationed in Mingtang, and he arrives at the temple when he is old. There are also assistants such as Yazhu and Shaozhu below, with different responsibilities: Taizhu welcomes the gods to tell the sky, Shaozhu leads the monarch, and Yazhu welcomes the monarch outside the hall.

Ya Zhu, who was in charge of the preparations for the sacrifice, was called Father Zhu Jin, a middle-aged man in his thirties with a short beard and a serious face.

Yazhujin's father also ignored Zhao Wuxi, the noble status of the deacon's Qingzi, such as the Bank of China Heihuo, and gave them a face-to-face order. First, they were asked to practice the steps of the ceremony in their sacrificial clothes, while chatting about the reason for the sacrifice of Mars in July.

"Big Mars, also known as Shang Xing, the fire of Tao Tang's family is living in Shangqiu, worshipping the fire, and the fire is at the time."

The big Mars mentioned by Yazhu is not the Mars of the eight planets in the solar system. In this era, Mars is called "Yinghuo". Once the phenomenon of "Yinghuo guarding the heart" occurs, it is usually related to war, ominous and disaster.

And Da Mars, the scientific name of Tian Guan and Wu Zhu, is "Xin Su Er".

According to legend, when Emperor Gaoyang of Zhuanxu began to send Huozheng to observe this star. Using the azimuth relationship of the Great Mars relative to the ground, that is, the exact position of the Great Mars on the east, middle and west line of the sky at dusk every day, to determine the law of the seasons, the most primitive calendar was formulated: Zhuanxu Calendar.

Zhuanxu's calendar is mysterious, and now only the state of Chu is using it. From the three generations onwards, after thousands of years of observation, summary and correction by Tianguan, Wuzhu and Huozheng, there have been three calendars in the Central Plains, namely the Xia calendar, the Shang calendar and the Zhou calendar.

The difference between them is that the beginning of the year is different at the beginning of each year: the Xia calendar starts with the month of Jianyin, which is the first month of the lunar calendar, the Shang calendar starts with the month of Jianchou, the second month of the lunar calendar, and the weekly calendar starts with the month of Jianzi. .

Chengzhou, Lu State and other places used the Zhou calendar, and the Jin State initially named it Xia Ruhe East, and asked for the Xia administration, so the Xia calendar was used.

In the late July of the Chinese lunar calendar, the big Mars begins to fall, indicating that the weather will turn cooler and the crops planted in spring will begin to harvest. In the folk, "it is the day when it is sunny, and people use Shudou bean rice to worship the stove". Officially, it is sacrificed in Mingtang.

When the sun was approaching, and the big Mars was looming in the sky, the Marquis of Jin finally arrived on time under the guidance of Shaozhu.

I saw the young Marquis of Jin wearing Gong clothes~www.wuxiahere.com~ wearing a Xuanmian, decorated with seven chapters, riding on a Mo Yu (yu), and the vertical temple behind the Yu was holding a banner decorated with a crossed dragon.

After going down, the Marquis of Jin looked at Zhao Wuxi, Bank of China Heihuo, Wei Ju and others through the "Mianqi" compiled by Zhuyu, and chatted with them casually.

But obviously, he was friendlier to Zhao Wuxi, praising him for being loyal and trustworthy when he was young, and never forgetting your Majesty. Zhao Wuxi secretly guessed that his series of flattering behaviors against the Marquis of Jin had indeed had an effect.

After the arrival of the honor guard of the Marquis of Jin, the white-haired Taizhu also came out of the Mingtang to greet him. The ruler and ministers bowed to each other on the steps, exchanged positions, and bowed again. On the other hand, Taishi Mo, who was old but thin and capable, recorded the words and deeds of the monarch on the side, which was written on the Jin Dynasty's historical book "Chengdu".

Zhao Wuxi guessed that, as a deacon, his name would also be written on it. However, he was actually more curious about Taishi Mo himself, and stared at him again and again.

This unremarkable historian, but a wise man who was hidden in the court, even his tyrannical father, Zhao Yang, had to be a teacher! (To be continued)

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