Sacrifice to heaven is the most solemn and solemn sacrificial ceremony of the Chinese nation. It originated in ancient times. It is a form of "communication" between man and heaven. The ceremony of offering sacrifice to heaven is usually presided over by the emperor, but this time it is different. Dong Zhuo replaced the emperor. Through offering sacrifice to heaven
To express people's gratitude to Heaven for nourishing and nurturing all things, and to pray to the Emperor and God to bless the Chinese people.
The Han Dynasty attached great importance to the worship of heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, sun, moon, stars, etc., and divided the work of shamans and blessings, each performing their own duties. Emperor Wu believed in the immortals and alchemists, and established many shrines in the palace gardens such as Chang'an Beigong, Shanglin Garden and Ganquan Palace.
, he also built cylindrical platforms, copper pillars, immortal dew trays, etc., and overhauled shrines and promoted sacrificial activities across the country. Nowadays, these things no longer exist and can only be replaced by this temporary earthen platform.
Dong Zhuo began to fast three days before the sacrifice to heaven. On the second day, he wrote the blessing text on the blessing board. On the last day, he slaughtered the animals, made the sacrifices, and arranged the sacrificial vessels in the shrine. Dong Zhuo read the blessing board, went to the Ancestral Temple to burn incense, and went to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices.
Look at the God's tablet on the rooftop, go to the God's storehouse to look at the side beans, and the God's kitchen to look at the animals, and then return to the Zhai Palace to fast. On the eve of the sacrifice, the minister of Taichang Temple led his men to arrange the God's tablet, offering vessels, and sacrifices; the club was ready and the band decorations were arranged.
;Finally, a comprehensive inspection will be conducted by the Minister of Rites.
The sky-sacrificial ceremony is exquisitely furnished, with abundant sacrifices and strict rules. There are seven groups of shrines on the sky-sacrifice platform, and each group of shrines is made of azure satin to form a temporary god's temple. There is a main shrine on the north side of the top center stone, which is
It is the tablet of the emperor and god. The east and west sides of the second-floor sacrificial platform are the slave tablets, which are the tablets of the sun, moon, stars and wind and thunder. In front of the tablet are jade, silk, whole cattle, whole sheep, whole pigs and wine.
There are a large number of offerings such as fruits and dishes, which are the three animals. There are more than 700 vessels for holding the offerings and various ritual vessels used. More than 60 items are displayed on the east and west sides of the south step of the rooftop platform.
The Zhonghe Shao music composed of musical instruments is neatly arranged and solemn and spectacular. Taoist priests recruited from various places surrounded the altar and chanted scriptures continuously since last night to show their sincerity.
When the time came, the Zhai Palace rang the bell of Taihe, and Dong Zhuo stood up and went to the rooftop to offer sacrifices. The bells stopped, the drums started, and the ceremony officially began. At this time, a calf was burnt in the southeast of the rooftop, and sky lanterns were hung in the southwest, with misty clouds and candle shadows shaking red.
, giving people a very mysterious feeling. Dong Zhuo first went to the southeast side of the south gate to change his sacrificial clothes, then entered the sacrifice platform from the left door and went to the middle platform to worship the gods.
"The Chapter of Beginning of Ping" was played. Dong Zhuo knelt before the main seat of the Emperor's God in the upper level, offered incense, and knelt three times and bowed nine times to the gods.
In the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, the emperor displayed the "divine right of kingship", a trick played by the divine authority of the emperor. All ministers and the people of Chang'an participated in the ceremony. During the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, no loud noises, let alone noisy, were allowed. No one was allowed to make any noise.
Mistakes will be severely punished.
During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong was dissatisfied that the words on the blessing altar when offering sacrifices to heaven were not neat enough. He was dissatisfied that the cushions on the dressing table for changing clothes were not neat enough. He was dissatisfied with the regulations that three sky lanterns should be hung.
Emperor Qianlong was furious about these three trivial matters and ordered an investigation. As a result, Luo Yuanhan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Nuo Muqin, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Debao, the minister of rites, and Deming, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, were all dismissed. Especially the workers.
Xu Ji, the Minister of the Ministry, received the most serious punishment. After being dismissed, he was sent to Xinjiang. At the same time, the relevant officials were also found to be dismissed and sent to Ili to serve as atonement.
After a full day of work, everyone was exhausted. Dong Zhuo was even more dizzy and felt uncomfortable all over. Finally, after the sacrifice to heaven was completed, Wang Yun quickly stepped forward and knelt down in front of Dong Zhuo: "Your Highness King Yong, this time
The sacrifice to heaven went very smoothly. Your Majesty issued an edict to let King Yong enter the palace. Your Majesty would like to thank King Yong for performing the sacrifice to heaven on your behalf!"
Dong Zhuo wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he agreed. Maybe God had a destiny and Dong Zhuo was doomed this time, or perhaps Dong Zhuo had other considerations and remembered the graceful figure of a certain empress in the palace? He finally decided to enter the palace.
Palace. Wang Yun winked at Long Fei, and immediately shouted with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Yong enters the palace...!"
Long Fei took advantage of the chaos and quietly slipped out of the heaven-sacrifice site with his people. He did not return to his palace, but asked Dian Wei to go back with three hundred personal guards to protect the family. He and Zhao Yun and others
, bypassing half of the city and heading to the military camp. Sacrifice to the sky was a difficult task for Dong Min. The more than 10,000 men and horses at hand were somewhat stretched. Not only did he have to be responsible for the palace guards, he also had to maintain the site for the sacrifice to the sky and the road from the palace to the platform for the sacrifice to the sky.
Except for Dong Min who was responsible for these critical areas, he handed over all the rest to Long Fei. This was what Long Fei wanted. Pushing open the curtain of the big tent, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Gan
Ning and others have been waiting for a long time. Long Fei looked at everyone's faces with a serious look on his face: "I have been waiting for several months just for this day. The success or failure of this matter depends on you. I won't say much else.
, I just need to tell you that Dong Zhuo is cruel, cruel and murderous. How can we be his eagle dogs? I will fight to the death if I don’t kill Dong Zhuo today!"
"If I don't kill Dong Zhuo, I will fight to the death! If I don't kill Dong Zhuo, I will fight to the death!" Several people shouted together, and even the captains outside the tent, the hundred generals, the commanders, and the corps commanders were all excited!
"Where is Gan Ning!" Long Fei was the first to call Gan Ning, which surprised Gan Ning. In terms of his qualifications, he was not the first to do so. He didn't expect Long Fei to call him. He quickly stood up.
: "The end will be here!"
"I order you to lead Zhou Tai and Pan Zhang to lead your troops and occupy the east gate. Send more scouts to prevent Dong Zhuo's troops and horses from Feng Yi, Lantian and other places from suddenly attacking. Don't take a step back before the matter is completed!" Long Fei!
He grabbed a command arrow and handed it to Gan Ning. Gan Ning was very happy. For this mission, although killing Dong Zhuo was the key, what to do after killing Dong Zhuo was even more important. Long Fei sent himself to guard the east gate, specially
Guo Si told him to be on guard against Li Jue, which showed that Long Fei used his troops wisely. Gan Ning accepted the order and left.
Long Fei sent Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang to control the south, west, and north gates respectively. He left Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to follow him into the palace. In addition, Long Fei gave Jiang Qin a special task. He asked Jiang Qin to lead three thousand troops.
, headed to Meiwu. Although Long Fei didn't say what he was doing, how could Jiang Qin not guess the reason with his intelligence? He smiled at Long Fei and accepted the order.
Dong Zhuo's car drove away very slowly. Wang Yun arranged for officials to congratulate Dong Zhuo along the way. They served fine wine and delicious food one after another. After entering from the south gate, he almost stopped every three steps and rested every five steps. Dong Zhuo took the trouble. Wang
Yun smiled slightly, leaned into Dong Zhuo's ear and whispered: "Your Majesty, do you know why the ministers treat you like this?"
Dong Zhuo was puzzled. Wang Yun leaned forward again: "A few days ago, General Dong Min wrote many times to ask His Majesty to abdicate. His Majesty originally had this intention, but because Ma Ridan and others tried to dissuade him, this time the King
I offer sacrifices to the heavens on behalf of your majesty. Since the founding of this dynasty by Taizu, when has your Majesty ever heard of the saying that the person who offers sacrifices to the heavens is not the emperor?"
Dong Zhuo stared at Wang Yun with wide eyes. Wang Yun said: "If the old minister's guess is correct, His Majesty will definitely discuss the Zen throne with the King when he enters the palace this time!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a "click" was heard. Dong Zhuo's carriage was suddenly stopped, and the magnificent carriage fell to one side. The horse driving the shaft was frightened, raised its hooves and jumped violently. The driver was caught off guard and fell down.
He fell under the hoofs of the horses and was trampled five or six times by them. By the time everyone pulled him out, he had been dead for a long time. Dong Zhuo rolled out of the carriage, and his fat body rolled on the ground seven or eight times in a row.
Only with the combined efforts of the soldiers did it stop.
Dong Min and Li Su hurriedly stepped forward to help him. Dong Zhuo was rough and thick-skinned. He only had some mud on his body and was not seriously injured. After searching for the cause, they found that the axle of the carriage was broken. Everyone looked at each other and didn't know what to say.
Wang Yun hurriedly stepped forward and shouted: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Your Majesty, please think about it, if Your Majesty ascends to heaven in one step, how can the driver of such a vehicle be worthy of Your Majesty's status? This is exactly what God ordered Your Majesty to do!"
The courtiers on the side quickly agreed. Although Li Su was doubtful, he did not dare to throw cold water when he saw the congratulations from everyone. Dong Min heard the secret words of Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun just now clearly. After a slight hesitation, he immediately loudly ordered Xu.
Rong went to the palace and brought the emperor's car. Such treasonous remarks were immediately opposed by the veterans. Dong Min didn't take it seriously. He pulled out his sword and waved it in front of his eyes: "Whoever has any objections to my sword can say
!”
Compared with Dong Zhuo's chariot, Liu Xie's chariot was only slightly different in color. Speaking of luxury, it was far inferior to Dong Zhuo. Even after the false alarm just now, Dong Zhuo was still a little excited at this time. Emperor!
The ruler of the entire world, Dong Zhuo's ancestor was not a rich man. He relied on his bravery to get to where he is today step by step, from the border of Xiliang to the capital, and then he sat on the throne of Taishi. The throne of King Yong can only be described in two words.
, that is hardship. Although Dong Zhuo is cruel and loves money, he has sacrificed a lot over the years. When he was defeated in the war, Dong Zhuo almost lost his entire family in order to exonerate himself.
Patting the dust off his body, Dong Zhuo smiled, laughing that he had finally reached the peak, that he had finally reached a height that his ancestors had never reached. From a distance, looking at the people kneeling at his feet, they were like a mass of black ants.
He felt particularly comfortable walking this way. Chaoyang Gate is the main entrance of the palace, and Yongzheng Hall is the main hall of the palace. After entering Chaoyang Gate, you can see Yongzheng Hall, and even the lofty throne in Yongzheng Hall can be clearly seen. As long as
Just take one step forward.
Liu Xie was recuperating in Weiyang Palace. Wang Yun led Dong Zhuo and a dozen personal guards towards Weiyang Palace. Dong Min laughed and said: "Brother, you go first, I will prepare for the Zen ceremony!"
Long Fei stood next to Liu Xie with a stern expression on his face. He had never felt so calm in more than a year. The calm before the war was formed during his career as a special forces soldier. The more important points he reached, the more he had to let himself go.
Stay calm. You can hear Dong Zhuo's heavy footsteps in the distance. Liu Xie was a little nervous and moved unconsciously. Long Fei gently put a hand on his shoulder. Liu Xie looked at him gratefully.