The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important festival in China after the Spring Festival.However, in the first year of Zhenguan, the Mid-Autumn Festival has not yet been determined as an official festival.The imperial court did not have a holiday on August 15, which made Zhao Yunze very depressed.Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is not yet an official festival at this time, there is also a special event on August 15, that is, moon worship.It is recorded in the Book of Rites: "The Son of Heaven is the sun in spring, and the moon is in autumn." ”The so-called spring morning day means that the Son of Heaven worships the sun in the spring, and this activity is included in the agricultural sacrifice ceremony.The so-called autumn moon means that the Son of Heaven worships the moon in autumn.And the time to worship the moon is the evening of August 15.Worshipping the sun and the moon is also related to farming.Spring greetings, farming begins, and the Son of Heaven prays for good weather and good weather; In autumn, the moon is sacrificed, the crops are harvested, and the Son of Heaven thanks God on behalf of all the peoples.The sun is yang, and the Son of Heaven festival is carried out during the day, leading hundreds of officials and people to worship openly; The moon is cloudy, and the moon worship of the Son of Heaven is carried out at night, and only the harem concubines are worshiped in the palace.The custom of worshiping the moon has begun since the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.Later, this activity was not only a royal patent, but was first imitated by scholars and doctors, and later circulated to the people.Slowly, the custom of worshipping and admiring the moon on August 15 was formed.At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the folk moon worship activities were mostly presided over by the female relatives of the family.This is also more in line with the nature of the moon being yin.At this time, women worship the moon, and there is another meaning, that is, to pray to the moon god for marriage or children.In addition to ordinary fruits, cakes, and animals, there are also necessary grains and rice.It is best to produce this grain from your own land.Zhao Yunze's 500 acres of land in Zhaojiazhuang were harvested yesterday.This year, Zhao Yunze exempted the villagers in Zhaojiazhuang from rent.However, on August 15, Zhao Shouyi brought a bag of soybeans and four bags of sorghum to Zhao Yunze with several old men in the village.In addition, there are some eggs, chickens, ducks, mutton, fruits, etc.In Zhao Shouyi's words, these things are the hearts of the villagers in Zhaojiazhuang.Even if Zhao Yunze's family is not short of grain, they still have to use the grain and rice produced in their own fields to worship the moon on August 15.These things should be given to Zhao Yunze's family to worship the moon.Everyone sent it, and Zhao Yunze naturally couldn't help but continue.He held a banquet at noon to entertain Zhao Shouyi and the old men.When Zhao Shouyi and the others were leaving, Qin Mo'er also gave them some cloth and asked them to distribute it to the villagers in Zhaojiazhuang to make clothes for the children.This made Zhao Shouyi and the others very embarrassed, and said that the little things they sent were not worth the value of these cloths at all.It seems that they deliberately came to ask for something from Zhao Yunze's family.After several pushbacks, Zhao Shouyi still took the cloth and left.Zhao Yunze's family's moon worship activity tonight also used the grain produced in their own fields.Qin Mo'er set up an incense case in the backyard and took the maids at home to worship the moon.Out of curiosity, Zhao Yunze also went to join in the fun, but was driven away by Qin Mo'er.Qin Mo'er said, moon worship is the business of our woman's family, what kind of fun are you a big man.Zhao Yunze quibbled and said that the emperor is also a man, and people also worship the moon.Qin Mo'er directly choked Zhao Yunze, are you the emperor, everything has been said about this, Zhao Yunze had no choice but to go to the front yard.However, before leaving, a round pastry on the incense case caught Zhao Yunze's attention, that thing was a moon cake in the front yard, Zhao Yunze asked Qin Ping, that kind of round cake was really a moon cake.However, at this time, it was called "Pei Cake".As for why it is called Pei Cake, Qin Ping explained that on August 15 of the thirteenth year of the Sui Dynasty, Pei Lin took the full moon as the idea and taught the logistics department of the Tang Army to make a round cake, which was used as military pay in the Guangfa Army.The soldiers of the Tang Army felt that this kind of cake was extremely delicious, and many people were reluctant to eat it, so they gave it to the elders and children in the family.It was also since that time that there was a custom of eating "Pei Cake" on August 15.As soon as Zhao Yunze heard that the original moon cakes were actually invented by Pei Lian's old goods, he immediately felt like swallowing a fly.He still remembers Pei Lian's instigation of Xu Jingzong's impeachment of him.When Qin Mo'er finished worshipping the moon, Zhao Yunze was going to come to "Pei Cake" to eat.Pei Bi Pei Bi, I ate you Pei Lonely.Only after eating this did I know that the so-called Pei cake was made of flour with brown sugar and mutton fat, which was far worse than the moon cakes of later generations.A Mid-Autumn Festival at the end of the year, Zhao Yunze had a tasteless time.He was thinking that when he waited for next autumn, he would definitely come up with a reason to suggest that Li Shimin make August 15 an official festival and "invent" moon cakes by the way.On August 16, the camp of the lecture hall and the blast furnace used to burn glass were completed simultaneously.To the north of Chang'an City, there is an additional military restricted area.Inside the military restricted area, a thick chimney stood tall.If the weather is clear, you can clearly see the chimney from the north wall of Chang'an City.Neither the city nor the people in the vicinity knew what the chimney was used for.Some people speculate that it is actually a closed tower, and there are treasures hidden in it, but I don't see that a military camp was set up to protect the tower; Others say that it is a chimney, which is used to burn people.As for the latter statement, some people questioned that the bad guys could just cut it with a knife, and that they had to build such a large chimney to burn it, and some people made up their own brains that the chimney was used to burn Turkic prisoners of war in the future.Datang designated that it would send troops to the Turks.In this way, all those Turks were captured and burned, their bones and ashes scattered, so that they could never be reborn.After Zhao Yunze heard the various speculation versions of the chimney among the people, he admired the gossip spirit of the people of the Tang Dynasty.However, the hatred of the people of the Tang Dynasty for the Turks can also be seen from this.The people's will can be used, and when the Turks are conquered in the future, the Tang soldiers will have the same hatred and hatred, and they will be invincible.On 17 August, Li Shimin, accompanied by Li Jing, Li Daozong, and Zhao Yunze, visited the Jiangwutang camp.As soon as he arrived at Yuanmen, Li Shimin first raised his eyes and looked at the plaque of "Tang Lecture Martial Arts Hall" in the middle above Yuanmen."
I like Yu Shinan's words the most, but Yu Boshi's words are a little more rounded, and it is indeed not suitable for inscribed on the door plaque of the military place of the martial arts hall.On the other hand, the words of Ouyang Xinben are dangerous and powerful, and they are the most suitable for inscribed on the door plaque of the martial arts hall. ”"Your Majesty's good eyesight, this plaque is inscribed by Ouyang Xun."
Li Daozong said.Li Shimin nodded, and he was attracted by the two stone tablets on both sides of the gate.The two stone tablets are two meters high and one meter wide.The stele on the left side is engraved with five vertical rows of large characters "Fight for the Tang Dynasty"; The stele on the right side is engraved with eight big characters, each two words are horizontally grouped, a total of four groups, respectively, "loyalty, obedience, bravery, unity"."
The words on this stele are Yu Shinan's."
Li Shimin said.Li Jing hurriedly explained that this was Zhao Yunzeli's martial arts hall training, which was called the "58 hall training".Li Shimin glanced at Zhao Yunze appreciatively and said: "This hall is well established, and I, a Tang Dynasty soldier, should remember these thirteen words." ”After that, Li Shimin entered the lecture hall and took a turn.Except for the two stone tablets at the entrance of the palace, the interior of the lecture hall is no different from that of an ordinary military camp.What sets it apart from the rest of the barracks is the big chimney next to the north wall.Li Shimin looked at the big chimney and said to Zhao Yunze with a smile: "Peng Yu, I heard that the people now call the martial arts hall the chimney army. ”Zhao Yunze had a black line in his head."
Well, there's nothing wrong with the Chimney Army.Qingyun is straight up, which shows that the students taught by the martial arts hall have unlimited prospects in the future" "Hahaha, Peng Yu's mouth" Li Shimin laughed
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