After Zhu Pingan left the Noon Gate and quickly rushed to the General Administration Department’s Yamen, he realized that the situation here was also a bit wrong.
Why are there so many people at the main gate of the General Administration Department’s Yamen? There was an exaggerated queue! There were about seven or eight officials lined up at the gate, waiting for the reception officials of the General Administration Division Yamen to register their names.
This was very unusual, in the past when one came to the General Administration Division’s Yamen, one had never encountered such a situation.
What’s the big deal?
The most recent big event that happened is the impeachment case of Senior Brother Yang ……Could it be that these officials at the front of the line are all like themselves, not afraid of the threat of Emperor Jiajing’s oracle, and have come to plead for Master Yang’s pardon?
Zhu Pingan, who was at the end of the line, couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement in his heart when he thought of this possibility.
There is strength in numbers, with so many officials pleading for Mr. Yang, then the certainty of saving Mr. Yang would be a few more points.
In his joy, Zhu Pingan climbed into a conversation with the officials in front of him in the queue, and then the curve of Zhu Pingan’s mouth withered.
It wasn’t!
They had come to the General Affairs Department to submit a petition, not to plead for Master Yang, but because of the solar eclipse!
It turns out that at about a quarter to six this morning, there was a solar eclipse outside, and they all came to submit a petition to Emperor Jiajing, advocating for an ambulance rite.
At this time, Zhu Pingan only hindsight reaction, no wonder in the morning in the Yu Wang Fu office, feel the drums and noises outside, but also wondered what happened, the original is a solar eclipse ah.
“Eclipse occurs, since the ritual of rescue. We as a minister, since we should submit an admonition to do our duty.”
After the topic was aroused, this official in front of him talked to Zhu Pingan. This official had talked to the officials in front of him in the queue and knew that everyone was here to submit an admonition to perform the rite of rescue, so naturally, he also categorized Zhu Pingan as one of his own kind, believing that Zhu Pingan was likewise submitting an admonition for the solar eclipse. Completely unaware that there was a “traitor” in the queue.
“Cough, cough, cough, cough.”
Zhu Pingan coughed and nodded, the corner of his mouth twitching.
“The Historical Records – Book of Heavenly Officials” Yun: the sun changes to repair virtue, the moon changes to save punishment, and the stars change to tie up the peace. Where the sky changes, the excess is accounted for …… Tai Shang Xiu De, followed by the repair of politics, followed by the repair of salvation, followed by the repair of hustle and bustle, and the positive bottom is not ……Day for the Yang essence, the image of the king, if the king line has slow and urgent, that is, the day for the late speed. Slightly more than the normal degree, for the month covered, that is, Yin immersed in Yang. It is also as if the ruler of the line or loss of center, due to sensation. His Majesty should follow the precedent, the gift of salvation.”
The front of this official I do not know is not chatterbox, while lining up while quoting the classics and Zhu Pingan chat up.
Zhu Pingan’s mouth “Ran also Ran also” simple to cope with, but in the brain is like a brainstorm, thinking up.
Eclipse!
In Zhu Ping An’s view, this is a very normal natural phenomenon, and people’s subjective and objective behavior are not any correlation, however, Zhu Ping An also knows that, for the ancients, this eclipse is a big deal.
In ancient times, people relied on the sky to eat, and the sun was indispensable for cultivating the land.
The solar eclipse was a partial disappearance of the sun.
The sun disappeared ！！！！！ What will happen to the crops in the ground? This is no less than a shocking top priority for the ancients who ate by the sky. Ancient folk thought that both solar and lunar eclipses occurred because a monster called the Tengu ate the sun and the moon, so the folk would bang gongs and drums and set off firecrackers when solar and lunar eclipses occurred as a way to terrorize and drive away the Tengu and save the sun and the moon.
Why does the Tengu eat the sun and the moon?
Believe in “respect for the sky to protect the people” of the ancients have studied, the ancients believe that the sun on behalf of the emperor, the son of heaven, the son of heaven, the sun symbolizes the emperor, the most typical is the ancients of the unity of mankind doctrine.
Solar eclipse symbolizes the emperor, the occurrence of solar eclipse, on behalf of the emperor has a disaster. Solar eclipse, lunar eclipse and other “excessive” celestial phenomena, are the emperor’s failure of virtue, failure of government and other reasons, therefore, throughout the dynasties whenever the sun, the moon, and celestial anomalies, in accordance with the customary, the emperor and the ruling ministers have to repair the virtue, repair the government, the routine of salvation rituals.
The gift of salvation is an ancient “ritual”, through the development of successive dynasties, has formed a set of complete, strict, standardized procedures. Qin Tian Supervisor predicted the time of solar and lunar eclipses in the capital city and other places, and notified the local authorities in May beforehand. All places that saw solar and lunar eclipses lasting for a certain period of time were required to perform ambulance rites. During a solar eclipse, all civil and military officials in the capital had to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to perform the salvation rite, while during a lunar eclipse, they had to go to the Yamen of the Taishang Temple to perform the salvation rite. Ambulance rites need to civil and military officials, Shun Tianfu, the Ministry of Rites, Luang Yiwei, Chintian Supervisor, etc., during the period of time, but also to clean up the Yamen, set up incense, change the uniforms, hit the drums, music, incense, three kneeling and nine kowtow a series of procedures such as ambulance rites.
In short, the rescue ceremony is a customary practice, as long as the eclipse reaches a certain level, according to the customary practice will have to carry out the rescue ceremony.
Therefore, after the solar eclipse yesterday, these officials would come to the court to advise the execution of the rite of rescue.
Doing so would not only show that they were responsible, but also serve as their performance, and even more so, they could brush their faces in front of Emperor Jiajing (except, of course, for the extremely upright and responsible officials). Historically, many officials did just that when an eclipse occurred, and the effect was ideal.
These thoughts of theirs, Zhu Pingan understood.
However, Zhu Pingan did not think so, Zhu Pingan felt that they were too wishful thinking, the result would be the opposite of what they expected, and the result would make them cry rhythmically.
Zhu Pingan knew Emperor Jiajing very well, and could be said to be one of the few people in Daming who knew Emperor Jiajing the best. In modern times, in the official history, wild history and so on, Zhu Pingan had read too many records about Emperor Jiajing.
There were deeper implied words behind the solar eclipse, performing the rite of rescue.
The implied meaning of the solar eclipse ritual is that the king is in trouble, the king has lost his virtue, the king is not good at governance, the king is against the will of heaven, etc. In short, it can almost be equated with the king’s faults. After the eclipse, part of the salvation ceremony was the emperor’s moral activity to avoid disaster, and the key to the moral ceremony was to “blame the bow”, that is to say, the emperor reviewed his own behavior, which belonged to the category of “sinning against oneself”.
Sin himself?
Will the proud Jiajing Emperor? Will he?
No need to think, Zhu Pingan know the answer, Jiajing Emperor even Yang’s brother can not accept the rustic, he can “sin himself”?
Wait ……
Zhu Pingan thought of this suddenly a sudden beat, a current in the mind of Zhu Pingan flashed, and then Zhu Pingan can no longer stand, also do not care about the row immediately to their own, turned around and walked back, directly away from the General Administration Department Yamen. While walking, he kneaded the proposed zhengshi in his sleeve into a ball.
“Hey, little brother, why did you leave? It’s almost your turn?”
The official in front of the queue realized that Zhu Pingan had left and couldn’t help but shout at Zhu Pingan’s back.
“Suddenly remembered an urgent matter.”Zhu Pingan returned as he walked.
“Haha, it can’t be that you forgot to bring the zhengshi, right? Thinking back then, the first time I submitted a petition, I also forgot to bring the zhengshi.”
The official in front of him laughed in understanding.
“Your honor has good eyesight.”
Zhu Pingan turned back with a smile and left in large strides.
