Because the mountain road was narrow, it was impossible for the emperor's large dragon chariot to go up the mountain, so only four people carried a sedan to go up the mountain. Shen Yi, who was following him, was injured, so he also went up the mountain in a four-person sedan.
It is worth mentioning that at the insistence of Zhu Zhen and others, the people who carried Shen Yi's sedan chair were all from his guard camp, not from the palace or the inner guard.
Everyone started setting out in the early morning and did not arrive near the Fengchan Terrace until around 4 o'clock. At this time, under the arrangements of Li Mu, the Minister of Rites, and the local officials of Tai'an Prefecture, all kinds of etiquette had been prepared. Zhang Han, the Minister of Rites, presided over the entire ceremony. The ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven.
The emperor's ceremonial guards were on both sides, very majestic and domineering.
In addition to the local officials in Tai'an, there were also many famous Confucian scholars who were invited by Li Mu early to watch the ceremony. Unlike the emperor, they all climbed Mount Tai early and had been waiting here for a long time.
After Shen Yi got off the sedan chair, because his right arm still hurt, he did not participate much in the whole process of worshiping heaven. He just watched silently as the emperor performed the complicated and complicated rituals of worshiping heaven one by one under the arrangement of the Minister of Rites.
On the Fengchan platform, the sound of majestic drumming sounded, dull but majestic.
After a lot of tedious etiquette, His Majesty the Emperor finally ascended the throne.
He turned around and looked behind him. King Li Yu of Jin came forward and helped Shen Yi up to the Feng Chan platform.
The two young princes were also led onto the Zen ceremony platform, one on the left and the other on the right kneeling behind Shen Yi and Li Mu.
After all five people had arrived, the drum music became more majestic and profound, and the Minister of Rites' Zhangshu's voice was high-pitched: "Your Majesty, please read out the document of offering sacrifices to the sky."
Emperor Hongde's face was a little pale. He was also injured, and the injury was not serious. He had been tortured for several hours, and the wound was probably bursting by now.
However, this was the most glorious and dazzling moment in his life, and there was no room for any mistakes. After His Majesty the Emperor respectfully offered three sticks of incense to Master Haotian, he took the heaven-sacrifice document that had been drafted earlier from the hands of Prime Minister Chen Jing and raised his head. Looking at the sky, there was unconcealable excitement in his voice.
"It has been more than fifty years since Emperor Taizu was appointed by heaven to establish Dachen. Thanks to God's personal love, it continues to this day."
"However, during the reign of Emperor Zongzhang, the emperor's star was dark, and some barbarians outside the Great Wall stole the country and the tripod, causing the artifacts to break apart, the country to be exterminated, all living beings to be devastated, and the ancestral temple to move south."
"My minister, Li Zhuo, is fortunate to have inherited the legacy of his ancestors. I look up to Haotian for his blessings, and below to the dedication of my subjects."
"Now most of the ancestral land has been restored, and the whole country will be restored."
His Majesty, the Emperor, inserted three sticks of incense into the incense burner, then knelt down respectfully, bowed his head and kowtowed.
"Today I pray to heaven and bow to heaven. I remember my meager merits."
"Protect Da Chen, the country will last for hundreds of generations, and the country will last for thousands of years..."
After saying that, he bowed down respectfully.
The four people behind him also followed the emperor and bowed respectfully to God Haotian.
That is to say, worship the so-called "God".
After this, there was another long and complicated ceremony, until the Minister of Rites announced that the ceremony was completed, everyone present kneeled on the ground in unison, and knelt down to worship His Majesty the Emperor on the conferment platform, with a unified voice, like thunder.
"Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"
"Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"
Emperor Hongde, with his shoulders lowered, stood on the Fengchan platform. He looked up at the sky and closed his eyes, seeming to be enjoying the most glorious moment in his life.
After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes and looked around, with a smile on his face: "We're all flat."
After saying this, he didn't know whether it was because he felt uncomfortable or was injured. The emperor staggered and almost fell down. Fortunately, Shen Yi was right behind him and quickly supported the emperor with his uninjured left hand.
Mr. Shen lowered his voice and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, are you okay?"
The emperor just shook his body, then shook his head and said: "I'm fine."
Li Mu on the side supported the emperor's other side, but as soon as he touched the emperor's shoulder, he heard the emperor hiss. Prince Jin quickly retracted his hand as if he was electrocuted, and then looked up at the emperor. A look of disbelief.
His Majesty the Emperor's lips now had no color at all.
He looked at Li Mu with a calm expression: "Brother Wang, I'm fine, I'm just a little tired."
King Jin immediately lowered his head and said: "Yes, yes..."
He raised his head and glanced quickly at Shen Yi. Mr. Shen looked calm and pretended that nothing happened.
"I won't go down the mountain today. I will stay one night on Mount Tai. I'll trouble Brother Wang to prepare it for me."
Li Mu understood immediately, bowed his head and said yes, turned around and took the two princes down to the Fengchan platform.
When he walked down the Fengchan platform, he looked back at the two wounded men behind him with some uneasiness.
After King Jin walked away, the emperor turned to look at Shen Yi beside him, and laughed softly: "Shen Qing's right arm is injured, and my left shoulder is injured. Fortunately, the left and right arms are intact, and they can just support each other." ."
"We, monarchs and ministers, should help each other."
Shen Yi bowed his head in response, and then the two of them supported each other and slowly walked down the Fengchan platform.
None of the eunuchs and ministers nearby dared to step forward, and no one dared to speak.
Mr. Shen was half a step behind the emperor and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, your dragon body is important. Although the injury is not serious, you must not be careless. You will go back and take good care of it later."
"Until it gets better, I suggest you stay in Tai'an to recuperate. The bumps on the road are the worst for this trauma. If you're not careful, it will get worse."
His Majesty the Emperor was also supporting Shen Yi vigorously. He was a little unconvinced when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Shen Qing said this as if my body is extremely weak."
He looked at Shen Yi, and then said: "We, the monarch and our subjects, are the same age, remember? I am only two months older than you."
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely and said: "I have been running around outside for the past ten years. Nothing else, but I have developed a good body. I rarely get sick on weekdays."
The two of them stepped off the Fengchan platform one after the other, and soon the eunuchs gathered around them. They then carried the two of them to a separate courtyard on Mount Tai to rest.
In the other courtyard, both the monarch and his ministers sat down. The emperor was leaning on the bed, his face still not looking good.
At this moment, the uniform on his body had been taken off, and the wound on his left shoulder had cracked due to too much movement and was oozing blood.
In comparison, Shen Yi had much less activity today and his situation was much better.
However, the two injured people who should have been resting have been active for a long time now. They did not get a good rest the night before, so their physical condition is not very good now.
But the emperor's mental state was very good.
When the imperial doctor was changing his bandage and applying medicine, the emperor looked at Shen Yi and couldn't help but said: "Shen Qing, do you think there is a spirit after death?"
Shen Yi was startled when he heard this.
This question, if it were him in another world, he would most likely answer no, but now, he himself is a living example, so after being silent for a while, he replied: "I think it is possible."
The emperor looked up at the roof and said nothing for a long time.
After the doctor who was changing the dressing left, he turned to look at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "If there is a spirit after death, then my father should have seen it by now."
His Majesty the Emperor was lying on the bed, his eyes a little red.
"If this old man saw the day when I can become a Zen monk, he would be happy..."
As an emperor, he rarely shows his weak side in front of outsiders, and even rarely reveals his true emotions in front of outsiders.
But now, perhaps because of happiness or for some other reasons, His Majesty the Emperor of Dachen had tears in his eyes in front of Shen Yi.
This year is the eighteenth year of Hongde, and it is also the nineteenth year of Emperor Hongde's reign.
The thirteenth year of the pro-government.
In the past thirteen years, except for the first two years when he did some ridiculous things, for the whole thirteen years, this playful emperor suppressed his character and worked conscientiously as the emperor for thirteen years!
Now, he finally achieved something!
And it is an achievement that almost every emperor of the past dynasties has been pursuing!
Even for an emperor, it was an achievement that was extremely difficult to achieve, so he was naturally happy.
I was happy and excited, and at the same time I wanted to cry.
His Majesty the Emperor wiped his tears with his sleeves and smiled at Shen Yi: "If my father had known that there would be someone like Shen Qing in the future, he probably would not have died in depression, nor would he have left us orphans and widowed mothers behind. I have been trembling on the throne for so many years."
Shen Yi quickly lowered his head.
"If the late emperor were here, I might not even be able to serve as a prefect now."
"There are Bo Les in the world, and then there are thousand-mile horses. First, Your Majesty knows people well, and then there are ministers who are lucky enough to accomplish something."