Chapter 28 The Imperial Temple Award
Early the next morning, Huo Qubing's army marched towards the Taimiao. The Taimiao appeared as early as the Zhou Dynasty and was recorded in the "Li of Zhou", becoming a place where royal families worshipped their ancestors in later dynasties.
However, it is worth mentioning that unlike other periods, the Taimiao of the Western Han Dynasty was the most common period in history. Because during this period, not only the emperor had the Taimiao in Chang'an, but also the Taimiao in various princely kingdoms.
Of course, the Taimiao worshipped by Emperor Wu of Han is located near Chang'an, where the Han emperors were worshipped from all generations, starting from the grandfather of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang.
The Taimiao is also a huge palace community. When Huo Qubing's army arrived, Emperor Wu of Han's imperial chariot had not arrived yet, but almost all the Chinese civil and military ministers in the court were present. However, Huo Guang found that the gate of the Taimiao was closed at this moment, and the ministers who had arrived were also consciously standing in the open space outside the Taimiao.
These people were all wearing big sleeves and deep clothes, each standing like stone figurines. Because none of them were known to Huo Guang, he could not pay attention to these people. At this moment, Huo Guang looked back from time to time, and what he wanted to see was naturally Emperor Wu of Han.
"This is the gateway of the Taimiao, and it is still a distance from the main hall. The army will definitely not be able to enter the Taimiao later. However, we have to follow His Majesty in. You can just follow me at that time. Don't talk too much or look around." Huo Qubing said to Huo Guang in a low voice. Originally, there were fixed arrangements for each official who entered the Taimiao. However, this time Huo Qubing and his soldiers were the protagonists, so they were ranked in front of all the court officials after Emperor Wu of Han.
"His Majesty the Emperor is here..." Before long, Huo Guang heard a loud singing from behind. Then Huo Qubing took the lead in dismounting and stood quietly on both sides of the stone road leading to the Taimiao.
Huo Guang naturally dismounted and looked at the end of the stone road. The first thing he saw was the dense flags. After the flags opened, a gorgeous carriage appeared soon. Needless to say, it was naturally the carriage of Emperor Wu of Han. At this moment, the soldiers of the Battle of Mobei and the officials in the court were on both sides. Emperor Wu of Han passed by, and he really felt like the leader of later generations reviewing the troops.
Under the eyes of everyone, the carriage stopped ten feet away from the gate. Seeing the brocade curtain in front of the carriage being slowly pulled open, Huo Guang felt that he had held his breath. This talented and famous Emperor Wu of Han was about to appear in front of him, and he was still alive...
Soon a towering figure slowly walked out of the carriage, and Huo Guang from afar felt a heavy aura as if it were mountains. This is the so-called momentum. Huo Guang used to think that the so-called momentum was just fictional in literary works, and it was not until this moment that he truly felt that there was such momentum in people.
"Fortunately, all the soldiers are suffering!" As Emperor Wu of Han got out of the car, a plain but majestic voice came from his mouth. This was a simple greeting, and Huo Guang couldn't believe that Emperor Wu of Han, who was so angry, turned out to be like this in the opening sentence!
Huo Guang raised his eyes slightly and saw Emperor Wu of Han wearing a crown garment and a crown crown. The crown garment was a black top with a vermilion underwear with seal patterns on top and bottom. The black top was embroidered with cloud patterns on the chest, and sun and moon patterns were painted on the left and right shoulders. Huo Guang knew that the back of the black top should be stars. The so-called "carrying the sun and moon on the shoulders and carrying stars on the back" was also the fixed style of the emperor's crown garment passed down from the "Li of Zhou", which has not changed in China for thousands of years.
However, when Huo Guang turned his gaze to Emperor Wu of Han, he was blocked by the "cruff" hanging from the crown. He could only feel that Emperor Wu of Han was nearly forty years old, but his specific appearance was not real!
"Welcome to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!" As soon as Emperor Wu of Han got off the carriage, the ministers and tens of thousands of soldiers even shouted together. Emperor Wu of Han still showed his majestic demeanor and led his way towards the gate of the Taimiao with the help of several eunuchs.
Emperor Wu of Han walked steadily, and his eyes did not look at any of the people on both sides. With the arrival of Emperor Wu of Han, the gate of the Taimiao was also opened. When Emperor Wu of Han and his reliance entered the Taimiao, Huo Qubing turned around and followed the emperor. Then he was naturally the general of the Battle of Mobei, and finally the ministers in the court entered one after another. However, although there were many people entering the Taimiao, they were not messy at all. Even so many people were extremely quiet, and even the birds on the big trees in the Taimiao were clearly heard!
"It's a pity that I didn't see what Emperor Wu of Han looked like at such a close distance. If I had a mobile phone or something, I would be so popular, right?" At this time, Huo Guang was not as nervous as he started and even joked silently in his heart.
The entire sacrificial process was very long. First, Emperor Wu of Han read a long sacrificial text, but Huo Guang really didn't hear the specific sacrificial text. First, the sacrificial text was really difficult to understand, and second, although these people were very close to the main hall of the Taimiao Temple, they were still more than ten meters away from Emperor Wu of Han. Even if Emperor Wu of Han was very loud, they could not hear what it was when they fell into the ears of these people.
Fortunately, during the Western Han Dynasty, they knelt down at any time. Although the entire sacrifice process was very long, these ministers did not need to kneel down all the time. Basically, these ministers stood behind to accompany Emperor Wu of Han.
After a complicated ceremony, the highlight of this was finally reached, which was to give seals to six newly-appointed generals. In feudal society, the most representative identity was the seal, and the process of enthroning a marquis was that the emperor awarded the seal of the marquis to the marquis. In the Western Han Dynasty, the seal of the marquis was to enjoy the highest level of gold seal and purple ribbon. The so-called gold seal and purple ribbon refers to the real golden seal and purple seal ribbon.
At the beginning of the enthronement, Huo Guang saw six eunuchs walking to the front of all civil and military officials holding a tray. Later, Emperor Wu of Han said a long sentence. This time, Huo Guang roughly understood the meaning of Emperor Wu of Han's words. Basically, it means that at what time and where the six people who were conferred marquis made great achievements for the Han Dynasty. Then, according to the customs of Emperor Gaozu, the six people were granted the title of marquis.
Then Emperor Wu of Han called out the names of the six people one by one, and the six people stepped forward one by one and solemnly took the golden seal from Emperor Wu of Han. However, there was a detail that surprised Huo Guang. In Huo Guang's subconscious, he thought that these marquises would kneel in front of Emperor Wu of Han like on TV, and then raised the golden seal above his head and bow to Emperor Wu of Han. But in fact, it was not that complicated, and the status between the conferred person and the emperor was extremely equal.
For example, when Lu Bode stepped forward to receive the title, Emperor Wu of Han first trusted the seal in his palm. Lu Bode walked to Emperor Wu of Han but did not kneel down. Instead, he was five feet away, and was just a simple battle ceremony to respect Emperor Wu of Han deeply. Then Emperor Wu of Han handed the seal to Lu Bode, and finally even Emperor Wu of Han also bowed to Lu Bode, which was very different from what people remembered later generations.
"This... seems to be very similar to the monarchs in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It seems that he has also fallen into a misunderstanding. Many etiquette systems in the Western Han Dynasty were actually very close to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period." Huo Guang found that the process of enthroning marquis was exactly the same as those monarchs in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period when they "appointed the ministers and were appointed as generals." In other words, during the Western Han Dynasty, the monarchy was not as mythical as they did in later generations.
It didn't take long for the six people to be appointed as marquis. After being appointed as marquis, they would collectively reward the soldiers of the entire army. At this time, it was not the head of Emperor Wu of Han, but an official in his sixties came out. Huo Guang estimated that this person's status in the court must be quite good, and it is very likely that Li Gan's uncle, Prime Minister Li Cai.
"He is Anlehou." Just as Huo Guang was guessing, Huo Qubing whispered in front of him. Huo Qubing grasped the size of the voice very well, and only Huo Guang could hear it. This completely confirmed Huo Guang's guess that Li Cai's title was Anlehou.
This time, Li Cai took out a few bamboo slips and started reading them from the first volume. The content of it was Li Gan's reward for the officers in the army. Because there were too many people, Li Cai could not remember them at all, so naturally he could only read the script. After more than 100 officers, he would explain in a general way, how many levels of the enemy were killed?
After listening to Li Cai's list carefully, Huo Guang did not find his name in it. Logically speaking, Huo Guang's position should also be among the officers, but he did not mention him from beginning to end. In this way, Huo Guang became the only person who entered the Taimiao and participated in the Battle of Mobei but was not rewarded.
Li Cai read it for nearly an hour, and the elderly officials were already dizzy. However, all the officials knew that this was definitely not the end, because the two commanders Wei Qing and Huo Qubing in this battle had not been rewarded yet. By the way, this is said that although the Wei Qing Legion basically had no rewards, several of them were required to receive rewards. All of them, together with Wei Qing, came to Taimiao today. However, when they compared with Huo Qubing Legion, it basically did not exist!
"I have been thinking for a long time. The General and the General of the Cavalry have made great achievements for our Han Dynasty. Since then, they have been granted the General's fief of 5,000 households, and the General of the Cavalry has been granted 5,800 households..." Emperor Wu of Han suddenly said to the officials below the steps. This sentence was said. All the officials took a breath of cold air, showing a look of shock.
You should know that at most, there are only more than 2,000 households at the beginning of the title of Marquis. This time, the two people were granted more than 5,000 households. More than 5,000 households were actually equivalent to a small county. After this title, Wei Qing's fief was as high as 16,700 households. Huo Qubing was less than Wei Qing, but he only had only 600 households, as many as 16,100 households. This was not even among the heroes at the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty!
"However, this is not enough to show its merits, so I decided to give it to the title of General and General Cavalry. It will expand territory for our Han Dynasty and conquer the country forever!" After a wave of pacification, Emperor Wu of Han threw out a more heavy bomb without waiting for everyone to react. This really shocked all officials!
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Chapter completed!