Chapter 1808: The sage returns to the court, the ceremony of nine worship
The train Zhao Zhen was on had arrived outside the capital of Shen. After the efforts of the court and public opinion, the emperor returned to the court and arrived at the capital. It was not appropriate to drive directly into the capital with the holy train.
What's more, Zhao Zhen personally led the grassland, set a precedent for China, unify the world, and invincible.
Shouldn’t such a king accept the welcome from the people when he returns to the court? Shouldn’t he accept the praises of the court officials? Shouldn’t he accept worship from the world?
To the people of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen was a god-like existence. He surpassed the most dazzling kings of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Even compared with Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang, he was the emperor of the ages and the saint king!
The Holy Lord returned to the court in triumphantly and made a great contribution, so he should naturally be greeted with great enthusiasm. How could he take the train to enter the capital directly? Moreover, the palace of Shendu City already has rails and stations, which is the exclusive royal train platform.
The station in the palace is different from the outside, with only one platform.
There is another interesting anecdote when it comes to the platform. The platform highlighted by the front steps is called the "platform". The platform is the foundation of palace buildings on this basis. Only on this basis can there be a beautiful and magnificent palace. Of course, the platform is also an integral part of the palace.
The platform is spacious and transparent, without any obstruction, just like a huge square. The imperial palace of the Great Song Dynasty Shendu City has changed the narrowness of Tokyo Bianliang, and is completely the rough ore and gorgeous of the Han and Tang Dynasties. This platform is also a huge place.
Therefore, the platform has also become a good place to watch the moon. People often call it the platform for watching the moon. Since the trains were found, people often arrived at the station at sunrise and arrived at the station at night. The place where passengers and unloading goods in the station is also a huge and spacious platform. The moon is bright above the head. The poetic Song people called the platform after the train arrives at the station the platform.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites have already arrived outside the city. There are four stations in Shendu City, one ten-mile pavilion outside the city, one outer city, one inside the city, and one imperial palace.
In fact, the station of Shiliting is not a station for ordinary people. It is often a station for scholars or homes of powerful and wealthy people. After getting off here, they have a dedicated person to pick him up and drop him off, retaining the etiquette habit of sending people to the ten-mile and ten-mile houses.
On the contrary, ordinary people will directly enter the stations in the outer city. Most of the outer city are civilian homes. They get off here and are closest to their homes, so they don’t have to spend money to take the bus. Of course, some people get off in the inner city. Some people who were prescient in Ming and followed Zhao Zhen to move the capital early to have their own houses in the inner city. These people basically got rich by the moving capital that time.
No matter what era it was, the capital was a place of wealth. What's more, in an era like the Song Dynasty, where business opportunities were everywhere, the land of the capital was even more valuable.
No matter how bad you are, you can finally leave a house, and this house is the capital to turn things around.
Relatively speaking, there are the most people getting off the bus in the outer city, and the stations in the outer city are also the largest, but the stations in Shiliting are the most luxurious except for the palace. On the contrary, the stations in the inner city are the most simple and unpretentious.
Officials like to get off at the stations in the inner city because most of their houses are in the inner city. Officials in the Song Dynasty often pay attention to face, while the face of officials in the Song Dynasty is low-key and honest. Think about it, as officials in the Beijing court officials, they get off at the stations in the inner city. Isn’t this showing their dedication and integrity?
Unless on a grand occasion, no officials of the Song Dynasty would want to get on and off at Shiliting Station.
Today is slightly different. The officials of the Song Dynasty, regardless of their positions, and the people, regardless of their wealth, poverty, were crowded in front of this small station, and lined up in countless neat rows on the official road until the capital of God still spread to the palace.
Millions of people in Shendu City brought their families and crowded in the empty streets. There was no need for yamen runners or officials to dispatch them. They arranged in an orderly and neat manner as if they were inspected by the king.
When Zhao Zhen's train entered the station, all the noise became quiet. The long whistle sound of the train continued for a long time, as if reminding everyone present that the most noble person in the Song Dynasty arrived.
The big chariot appeared slowly, which was the emperor's highest standard guard and the most grand occasion. Zhao Zhen only used it three times in his life.
However, this time the scale of the Dajia Lubo was changed, and the court officials believed that the original Dajia Lubo was no longer worthy of Zhao Zhen, the emperor who had extraordinary achievements.
Only by improving the specifications and systems can it match the merits of today's sons. The most noble and most powerful emperor in the world should obtain the ritual system of the Yue Han and Tang Dynasties, so the number of officers and soldiers who were in the big charity were changed.
So the number of people increased from 5,481 to 9,999 to correspond to the number of Supremes of the Nine and Nine. The chariot and chariots changed to 8,666 horses, one hundred and eight cows, ninety-nine elephants, three thousand five hundred musical instruments, and seven thousand nine hundred soldiers.
Zhao Zhen got off the carriage, and in an instant, the bells and drums were ringing, and the zithers were playing together. The grand sound penetrated the sky. The people worshiped Zhao Zhen with a big ceremony. He bent his knees, knelt on the ground, pressed his left hand with his right hand, bowed his hand to the ground to the knee, and his hands did not disperse. Then slowly stretched his head to the ground in front of his hand, leaned down until his head touched the ground and stayed for a while, and his movements were soothed to show respect.
But this is not over yet. This is just the first worship. This time Zhao Zhen received a nine worship ceremony from millions of people in the entire Shendu City. At this time, the Han Dynasty did not say that it was kneeling.
It seems similar to bowing and kneeling, but it is completely different. In the Han civilization, kneeling is a sin or bowing and worshiping and worshiping, how can we talk about it in the same way?
Worshiping heaven and earth and parents is awe and respect; kneeling to heaven and earth and parents is apologizing for guilt! The difference in simple words is completely different.
The nine bows are the greatest rituals, one is ji, two is dull, three is empty, four is vibration, five is auspicious bow, six is bad bow, seven is strange bow, eight is praise, and nine is sutra.
The specifications and behaviors of each worship are different. The people we welcome, regardless of age, are solemn and gentle. With the music of the distant Xiao Su, even the young and old, even the young child does not need to remind others to repeat the movements of the adults in a stern manner. The old man is even more vigorously and takes the lead in doing it well.
Zhao Zhen climbed onto the imperial horse and walked slowly. To be honest, the scene now shocked him. After being emperor for so many years, although there are many moments of excitement and excitement in his heart, he has never seen the grand occasion today.
The originally noisy gods became quiet, only the sound of bells and drums were sounds, and only the people kowtowed and worshiped.
Chapter completed!