Chapter 1715 The ninth day of February, an auspicious day
Yin Shi.
At the turn of dawn between heaven and earth, a brother from the Criminal Inspectorate who was on duty at night came to Jin'an with the eunuchs from the palace.
The eunuch sent an oral message from the palace, announcing that Shen Wuhou, the Commander of the Criminal Investigation Department and the Supervisor of the Third Department, would come to see the Holy One early this morning and discuss many details of the ancestor worship ceremony with all the officials.
This time, it was an oral delivery, and there was no imperial edict, thus eliminating the need for Fatty Li to accept the imperial edict on Jin'an's behalf.
Jin An raised his eyebrows slightly, showing a slightly surprised expression: "I went to the officials this morning to discuss the ancestor worship ceremony, but the time for the ancestor worship ceremony has already been determined?"
The old eunuch with no beard at the corner of his mouth smiled and nodded: "As expected of Marquis Shenwu, who is a master in resolving cases. He has always been highly valued by the Holy One. Marquis Shenwu is right, the time for the ancestor worship ceremony has been determined."
"As soon as the Imperial Preceptor returned to the capital, he worked hard to select an auspicious day for the ancestor worship ceremony. The Holy Superior sympathized with the Imperial Preceptor and stayed up all night with the Imperial Preceptor. As soon as the time was determined, we immediately left the palace and informed all the officials in the capital."
Jin An asked: "Which auspicious day should I choose?"
The eunuch replied: "The ninth day of the second lunar month."
"Marquis Shenwu remembers to put on his official clothes and go to court in the morning. The day of the ancestor worship ceremony is related to the safety of the Holy One. It requires the cooperation of the three departments to solve the problems for the Holy One. Marquis Shenwu remembers this."
The old eunuch had other civil and military officials to inform, so he didn't stay much and left in a hurry after reading the oral instructions.
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As soon as the eunuch left, the Five Zang Taoist Temple quickly returned to peace again.
The ninth day of February is exactly the seventh day after the Spring Equinox. Counting from today, there is only one month left before that day, so preparations are very hasty.
The one-month schedule was very tight, which showed that Emperor Kang Zhao couldn't wait to enter the Ancestral Temple and be famous in history.
After the eunuch left the Wu Zang Taoist Temple, Jin An and the old Taoist priest had different reactions.
Jin An showed such an expression as expected. He had guessed a long time ago that Emperor Kang Zhao could not wait to hold the ancestor worship ceremony and wanted to enter the royal ancestral temple. The new imperial master would definitely be summoned by Emperor Kang Zhao as soon as he returned to Beijing, and the ancestor worship ceremony would be confirmed as soon as possible.
time.
The hurried ancestor worship ceremony held in the world in one month is completely in line with Jin'an's assessment of Emperor Kang Zhao.
The old Taoist priest's first reaction was to immediately use his fingers to calculate the auspicious day. Then he suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted, "Wonderful."
Seven and nine have many unique meanings in Taoism, Bagua, and Feng Shui. They have the meaning of auspiciousness, wealth, prosperity, complete merit, nine-five supreme, and nine-nine unity and perfection.
And the ninth day of February is also an auspicious day suitable for offering sacrifices and consecration.
The vernal equinox is an important node in the transition between spring and summer. Just after the rainy spring, the world changes, the temperature warms up, and the daytime lengthens, which has the auspicious meaning of prosperity and the recovery of all things. It also rushes before the Grain Rain and staggers the time when it rains the most.
It affects the normal holding of the ancestor worship ceremony.
Taking into account all the above advantages, if we deduce it for three or four months in the future, we will not be able to find a better auspicious day than this day.
If Emperor Kang Zhao really wanted to have his golden body enshrined in the Ancestral Temple in a hurry, the ninth day of February would be Emperor Kang Zhao's only choice in the near future.
Once you miss it, you have to wait another half a year. "The Royal Ancestor Worship Ceremony is a big event. It is a grand event for the whole country. As soon as the new Imperial Master returned to Beijing, he determined the time for the ancestor worship ceremony overnight... Coupled with the current troubled times, I always feel uneasy and uneasy.
I hope I’m an expert and my worries are unnecessary.”
At the end, the old Taoist priest murmured in a low voice: "In such a hurry to set the time for the ancestor worship ceremony, I don't know whether Emperor Kang Zhao can't wait or the new imperial master can't wait..."
Jin An's eyes flashed, thoughtfully.
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When Jin An finished his morning court and returned to the Criminal Investigation Department in a Biyan carriage, it was already almost six o'clock, and half of the morning had passed.
He had not handled any official business in the Criminal Investigation Department for half a morning. He only listened to the civil servants with sparse white hair and few good teeth, arguing endlessly about the complicated etiquette of the ancestor worship ceremony.
There was no result in the quarrel today, and tomorrow he would continue to go to court to listen to the quarrels of these old civil servants.
"Taoist Master Jin'an, how was the outcome of today's morning court? I see that you and the other court ministers only came out recently. Have you been discussing the ancestor worship ceremony until now?" Fatty Li couldn't help but ask curiously while driving.
How could Fatty Li miss such a big event like the ancestor worship ceremony? He volunteered to be a part-time driver for Jin An again today.
After listening to the verbal quarrels between the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty all morning, Jin An felt that it was more difficult than the days and nights he spent besieging the Bulao Mountain. He was exhausted physically and mentally. Sitting in the carriage, he casually responded to Fatty Li's curiosity with a few words.
Fatty Li continued to ask curiously: "While I was waiting for you, Taoist Priest Jin'an, to come out, I also saw the familiar Yujing Golden Tower and the Zhenguo Temple's carriage. In addition to the civil and military officials, Yujing Golden Tower, and Zhenguo Temple, this morning's meeting was held.
Are the Tianshi Mansion also present?"
"Yeah." Jin An hummed slightly tiredly.
The curious Fatty Li did not pay attention to these details, and continued to talk enthusiastically: "Such a grand scene has never happened before. It seems that the scale of this ancestor worship ceremony may become the largest in a century, and it is destined to be...
His name has gone down in history.”
Jin'an heard the implication of Fatty Li's words. The most important thing in a hundred years was a ceremony to worship ancestors and enter the Ancestral Temple. It was a grand event in the royal family. There were many emperors who had been in power longer than Emperor Kang Zhao. They all felt that their achievements were mediocre and they were not worthy of being admitted.
Ancestral Temple.
Emperor Kang Heng reigned longer than Emperor Kang Zhao, and was the first emperor of martial arts and immortality. He had pioneered precedents and was worthy of being admitted to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. However, even Emperor Kang Heng did not erect a golden statue in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
"I searched around the ministers' carriages outside the palace, but I couldn't find the carriage of Prince Zunyi. Priest Jin'an, did Prince Zunyi enter the palace for the morning court today?" Fatty Li kept chattering along the way.
It can be seen that Fatty Li is looking forward to the royal family's ancestor worship ceremony in a month's time, and Fatty Li's mentality is exactly the mentality of the common people at the emperor's feet. The ancestor worship ceremony in one month is bound to attract the attention of hundreds of millions of people all over the world.
The place where dragons and tigers gather together.
Fatty Li kept talking all the way to the Criminal Investigation Department, and finally Jin An's ears were at peace.
Jin An inspected the Criminal Investigation Department. During the process, he gave some advice on the cultivation of Zhang Weishan and his three brothers. After discussing some of the secrets of being a yin, he left the lead-mercury holy clone as usual to review case files across the country and handle official duties for the main body.
Then the body returns to the Five Zang Taoist Temple for retreat and practice.
There is only one month left before the ancestor worship ceremony. There will be a lot of trivial matters in this month, leaving him little time to prepare, so he has to race against time to practice, hoping to pass the last step and enter the late stage of the fourth realm.
Yesterday's crisis at the Wu Zang Taoist Temple, the return of the new national master to the capital, and the unpredictable corpse immortal Celestial Official Yuan Ban, all of these are urging him to break through his cultivation as soon as possible to cope with the next crisis.
As the old Taoist priest said, these are troubled times. Yuan Ban, the Heavenly Official of the Corpse Immortal, suddenly became the new national preceptor of the Kangding Kingdom this time. His true purpose is unknown, and the ancestor worship ceremony may not be peaceful.