After getting off the boat and standing on the pier, you can see the towering stone tower when you look up. This stone tower is 35 feet high and was built in 380 to unite all the vassal states and rush to commemorate the death of Emperor Zhao three hundred years ago.
Completed. This is certainly not in line with the emperor's mausoleum rituals, but after two revolutions, the imperial government no longer attaches so much importance to tradition; and the location of the stone tower is outside the original Changling Mausoleum, so it is barely acceptable.
"It's a good thing you didn't build a huge statue." Yun muttered softly.
"What are you mumbling about?" said Tang Ying, who was rushing to the stone archway with Yun. Although they don't particularly follow the tradition now, they don't offer sacrifices however they want. Maybe the emperor can offer sacrifices however he wants, anyway.
When there are no reporters, others don't know that they can't see it; but ordinary royal family can't. They need to rush to the stone archway to line up, follow the guides and worship according to the prescribed etiquette.
"I said there were quite a lot of people participating this time." Yun said.
"This is the 400th anniversary of Emperor Zhao's death. Of course there are many people participating." Tang Ying said: "And I heard that this year we will use a new way to commemorate Emperor Zhao. Of course everyone wants to come and see it."
"With so many people, it's better to watch TV at home." Yun said. With so many people, what can you see at the back? If you want to fully understand the ritual process, it's better to go home and watch replays or burnt CDs.
"But the atmosphere of participating in the sacrifice at the scene is different from watching TV at home. You see everyone is so excited. Emperor Zhao is your ancestor, you should be very excited, why are you so calm?" Tang Ying asked again.
Regarding this question, Yun could only roll his eyes. As a person being sacrificed, he said that he felt very strange and could not get excited at all. In order to prevent Tang Ying from asking any questions that were difficult for him to answer, Yun added: "I heard that this year not only the emperor
If you want to come to worship in person, many kings from the vassal states will also come?"
"The ones that have been confirmed so far are King Chongfan. In fact, he has been annexed by Chongfan a long time ago. However, the Grand Duke of Luofan who has the title of monarch is also coming, and King Hengfan,..." Tang Ying was counting the monarchs of the vassal states who were coming to participate.
, suddenly heard a burst of cheers, the two of them hurriedly looked in the direction of the cheers, and saw a man wearing a prince's costume riding on a horse, heading towards the horse square under the protection of red military uniformed guards. Many reporters
Hold the camera high and follow and shoot.
"This is King Newman." Tang Ying said.
Yun also knows this person. New Kingdom is a vassal state on the North Island of New Zealand in the South Pacific. It has a population of more than two million and is an important source of grapes and wine in the Central Plains. The king has personally appeared on TV many times to promote his country's wine.
, the wine that slandered the Hanzhou vassal state was well known to the people of the Central Plains because of self-written and self-acted advertisements, and was the most familiar king of the vassal state to the people of the Central Plains. The Ming Dynasty successively sealed three vassal states in Australia and two vassal states in New Zealand.
, the population is not large. The population of the vassal states in southeastern Australia is only more than 7 million at most. The vassal states in northern Australia, western Australia, and the North Island of New Zealand only have more than 2 million people. The population of the South Island of New Zealand is only more than one million.
.Because of their sparse population and abundant per capita resources, these five current vassal states have the richest people among all the vassal states in the Ming Dynasty. Every year, countless people from other vassal states want to immigrate there.
He was protected by the King's Guard. According to the traditional Five Elements Theory, the Ming Dynasty was still red, and the soldiers' uniforms should be red. However, with the development of the times and due to actual combat needs, the uniforms of the armies of various countries have long been changed to blue, green and yellow.
, only the King's Guard can maintain the tradition.
One after another, the kings of the vassal states went to Xiamafang. At 6:30, the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Shi, surrounded by the princes, princesses, princes and nobles, landed on the island under the protection of the palace guards and came to Xiamafang.
Seeing His Majesty the Emperor coming on horseback, everyone standing at the stone arch stood in awe. Some people knelt down on one knee, but not many knelt down on one knee. Yun and Tang Ying did not kneel down either. According to the current constitution of the Ming Empire
, Ordinary people cannot look at the emperor casually when they see him. If they want to see the emperor with their own eyes, they must kneel down on one knee; most people have seen the emperor on TV, and they do not have to see it in person. They can just lower their heads and be respectful.
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(This article is modeled after the Thai royal family or the Japanese royal family before World War II)
However, Yun and Tang Ying did not kneel on one knee for another reason. According to another article of the constitution, people from the royal family or ancestors or maternal ancestors who have royal blood in the three generations above, if they are equal or elder to the current emperor, do not need to kneel when they meet the emperor.
Tang Ying's maternal grandfather was also from the royal family. Although he had lost his hereditary title a long time ago, he was still from the royal family and according to the regulations, he did not have to kneel.
Of course, these two provisions of the Constitution are controversial, and the Labor Party and the Datong Party have always wanted to abolish them. However, even when the Labor Party formed the government, the number of votes in the House of Commons that agreed to abolish these provisions never exceeded 60%, so these two provisions
Still hanging on the Constitution.
"Your Majesty is quite handsome, even more handsome than what you saw on TV." After Master Zhu and his party passed the stone archway and everyone stopped standing in silence, Tang Ying said in a low voice.
"Humph!" Yun snorted.
"What?" Tang Ying said with a smile, "Are you jealous?"
"Who is jealous?" Yun said.
"Okay, don't be jealous. Your Majesty is already in his forties and has already become a middle-aged uncle. Although he is handsome, he is not as good as you." Tang Ying said with an even happier smile.
Yun felt very embarrassed. Of course he would not be jealous because of such a trivial matter, but he felt that Zhu Shihe would react this way at this time, so he did this, but he felt extremely embarrassed. He could only change the topic. "I don't know Jin Mu either.
How many words are left next to the five elements of water, fire, and earth, and are they enough?"
"If Emperor Yuan didn't change it, the characters next to the five-element character would have been insufficient. Maybe my uncle would have to make up characters to name you. After Emperor Yuan changed the rules, it will still be used for many years." Tang Ying said with a smile.
Emperor Yuan was an emperor after the Second Social Revolution. When he was on the throne, he realized that the characters next to the five elements were no longer enough, so he made a decree that from now on only the last character of the prince's name must be in accordance with the wood and fire characters.
The order of earth, metal, and water is based on the characters next to the five elements. Other royal families only need the second character according to the character generation set by Emperor Taizu. Because there are many royal families, even after two social revolutions, there are still many, and many people are already naming their children and grandchildren.
I'm worried, so the whole country rejoiced after this imperial edict came out. That's why the last character of Zhu Shihe is not next to the character Five Elements.
After the emperor arrived at the dismounting stall, he dismounted and stood quietly in front of the dismounting stall. After a while, with a shout from the etiquette officer indicating that the auspicious time had arrived, the emperor acted according to etiquette.
