Chapter 1033: Abolish the Inspector and Establish the Shepherd!【1】

Time flies, the beginning of the new year.

Two months passed in a flash.

The first month of the year, the day of the New Year.

The Han inherited the Qin system. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the tenth month of each year was regarded as the first month. Starting from the third year of Taichu, the "Taichu Calendar" was revised to change the first month to the first month.

The so-called New Year's Day, which is January 1st.

The common people of the world, princes and nobles, emperors and ministers, all have to start preparing for activities to worship ancestors and kowtow to elders three days before New Year's Day.

The Son of Heaven leaves Luoyang, leads the Three Lords, Nine Ministers, and feudal lords and grand masters to worship at the eastern suburbs.

Orders the people to repair farm tools, cultivate fields, prepare for plowing, and guard their gates.

This series of activities is called sacrifice.

After the emperor and the common people worship the ancestors and gods, the second day of New Year's Day is for the audience.

The so-called audience refers to meeting people with higher status than oneself.

Such as the monarch, teacher, elders, this is called paying respects.

The activities of paying respects vary in length according to family relationships, but the vast majority will end within one day.

By the third day of the first month, the activities starting on this day are called congratulations.

The audience is to visit the monarch or elders with higher status and position, while congratulations are to meet people with the same status and position as oneself, with the meaning of congratulating each other on the joy of the year.

Outside the Luoyang Imperial Palace.

The sky was pitch black, but thousands of court officials were already lined up outside the Sima Gate.

New Year's Day is also the first grand court meeting of the new year.

Officials, big and small, in Luoyang City must wait outside the Sima Gate from the early morning of this day to prepare to enter the palace.

It is recorded in the "Book of Later Han: Records of Rites": Every year at the beginning of the first month, there is a grand court meeting to receive congratulations. The ceremony is: before the night leak is exhausted, the seven bells ring, and congratulations are received!

That is to say, starting at 3:00 AM, the ministers in the city must prepare in front of the palace gate to enter the palace, and after the time arrives, the palace gate opens, and the ministers enter the palace.

And this day, for Liu Hong, is also the happiest day.

The first grand court meeting on New Year's Day, besides discussing national affairs, the important thing for the ministers is to pay respects to the emperor and present gifts.

The sky was slightly cool, and the imperial guards guarding the palace outside the Chongde Hall of the Southern Palace stood on both sides outside the hall holding brand-new weapons, long spears, golden melons, and clean-washed armor.

From the position of climbing the steps, it extended all the way to the front of the last Zhangtai Gate entering the Southern Palace.

Jian Shuo, the commander of the imperial guards, was also wearing a bright suit of armor, one hand pressing on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

In front of the Chongde Hall, the Ten Regular Attendants stood in order outside the palace gate. ===== CHAPTER 1035 =====