Chapter 821： Yusi

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was stunned.

The princess wants to pray for rain?

Praying for rain is no stranger to Dazhou people.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the royal family or local government will have rain prayer activities every year.

Local officials presided over praying for rain, people prayed for rain spontaneously, and officials sent by the court were ordered to pray for rain.

Praying for sweet rain for Baigu is one of the important responsibilities of local officials, and it is related to the evaluation of political performance. Many officials have lost their lives because of praying for rain.

For example, those who pray for rain to die from heatstroke under the scorching sun, those who are too exhausted to die, those who pray for rain failing and worry about death...the list goes on.

The central court's prayer for rain is even more solemn.

There are routine rain prayers under the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites, some important ministers temporarily appointed to pray for rain, and the royal family’s rituals held every spring and summer.

When the drought is severe, it is common for the emperor to pray for rain himself or the prince to pray for rain.

However, Emperor Jingming rarely did this in recent years.

Without him, I pray that the rain will not lose face.

He generally gave this glorious and arduous task to the important court officials, after all, he could curse a few words before changing individuals when he prayed for failure.

As for when it rains, cough cough, and send more people to pray for rain, there will always be a lucky person who will catch up, and then the official will be added to the jue to reward the silver...

But in any case, the princess came forward to pray for rain unheard of!

After returning to God, the Libu Shangshu jumped up directly, more excited than the official Shangshu who had been kicked: "The emperor, the prince princess prays for rain as a woman is disrespectful to the gods, nothing about this!"

The Ministry of Rites has just held a rain prayer ceremony. Zhang Langzhong, who is offering sacrifices to the Secretary of the Qing dynasty, is resting at home because of the heat. Is the crown prince trying to grab the rice bowl of the Ministry of Rites?

No, he is not narrowly worried about being robbed of his job by the princess, but he can't cause Da Zhou to be laughed at by the world!

The more he thought about it, the straighter his waist straightened, and his expression was righteous.

The ministers all agreed: "Chang Shangshu's words are reasonable, the emperor will learn from you!"

Emperor Jingming looked at Jiang Si, his eyes flickering.

The officials didn't know, but he knew that the old seventh wife was not an ordinary woman. She had never made any mistakes in the past. What if she could really ask for rain?

Jiang Si knelt down and said in a calm tone: "Father, my daughter-in-law thinks that it is most important to pray for rain, not whether the person praying for rain is a woman."

"But there has never been a reason for a woman to pray for rain on behalf of the court!" Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites said, shaking his beard.

"I represent the royal family, not the court."

Gu Shangshu shouted: "The prince is still alive, is there any reason for the prince to come forward?"

Yu Jinliangliang interjected: "I am not good at praying for rain."

The reason is not high, what does this old man shout? Of course who is good at praying for rain?

Gu Shangshu was half dead by Yu Jin, glaring at him with bulging eyes and trembling lips.

"The extreme drought leads to locusts, and extreme drought leads to floods. After a long period of drought, other disasters will make the people miserable and the people will not live. Father and daughter-in-law have heard that the court and local governments have repeatedly prayed for rain and ended in failure. Why not let your daughter-in-law try Well? Isn’t the weather smooth and the people’s housing more important than whether the daughter-in-law is a woman?"

Emperor Jingming moved slightly and asked, "Are you sure?"

Yu Jin couldn't help coughing.

Although he believes that Ah Sidar is sure to put it forward, he still can't talk too much.

Emperor Jingming gave Yujin a stare, "Shut up!"

Yu Jin rolled his eyes secretly.

Asi said so much and it's okay, can't he cough even?

"Praying for rain lies in sincerity. My daughter-in-law can only do her best to pray for rain. As for whether it can rain or not, it depends on whether God has pity for the victims."

Emperor Jingming couldn't help touching his beard.

The old seventh daughter-in-law found this reason very well.

He blamed the series of officials for failing to pray for rain for being insincere.

He didn't want it either, but the emperor in all dynasties did this, do you expect him to come up with new tricks on the crime?

After pondering for a while, Emperor Jing Ming slowly said: "If this is the case, the crown princess will represent the royal family and perform big sacrifices."

Yuri is divided into Yu and Da Yu. Da Yu is a great ceremony for offering sacrifices to the heavens. It is held only in times of severe drought and is grand and grand.

It can be said that Jiang Si presided over the Dayu Sacrifice on behalf of the royal family and the emperor. Once the prayer for rain is successful, the status of the crown princess will be unshakable.

A princess who was approved by Haotian God, who would dare to put her beak?

The ministers were shocked: "The emperor, don't do it!"

Emperor Jingming looked around the officials and said lightly: "My will has been decided."

"emperor--"

Emperor Jingming waved his hand: "If the prince concubine prays for rain can succeed, it is a matter of virtue to all the people. If it cannot succeed—"

Emperor Jingming shifted his gaze to Jiang Si, and said lightly: "Then, according to Gu Shangshu's words, let the prince princess be the side concubine, and make another princess princess!"

There is a limit to everything. The seventh daughter-in-law breaks in and utters wild words. If she fails, of course he can no longer protect her.

"Father!" Yu Jin was shocked.

Emperor Jingming snorted coldly: "Why, do you have an opinion?"

Didn’t the husband and wife close the door to discuss such an important matter?

It's too late to regret, he is not a vegetarian!

"The father is so unfair to the princess, those rumors are meant to instigate fools to provoke--"

"Enough, if it feels unfair, then cancel the princess praying for rain, and discuss how to calm the storm!"

"This--" Yu Jin looked tangled.

Seeing that Yu Jin was like this, the officials felt that Emperor Jingming made a good decision, and said in unison: "The emperor Shengming."

Yu Jin looked down, and the corners of his mouth curled up in an imperceptible arc.

Emperor Jingming was too lazy to be long-winded with the prince and his officials, and looked at Jiang Si: "Prince princess, since you have the intention to pray for rain, what do you think about this?"

"It's business as usual."

Emperor Jingming nodded slightly: "On the day of the big shrine, the Qintian Supervisor—"

"Father." Jiang Si shouted, her voice clear.

Emperor Jingming paused slightly.

Jiang Si lowered his eyes and said calmly: "The auspicious days selected by the Qin Tianjian will make the daughter-in-law uneasy. The daughter-in-law has no requirements for the rituals, and only hopes that the auspicious days will be selected by the daughter-in-law."

Emperor Jingming endured embarrassment and asked, "What date do you want to set?"

Speaking of the Qintian Supervisor, he was really a little vain to the Prince and his wife.

He ordered Han Ran to conduct a thorough investigation of the officials of the Qintian Supervisor, and found out that a shantang that had been destroyed by the fire a long time ago was linked to the palace again.

He didn't even dare to let Han Ran investigate further--

"The people will suffer for another day of severe drought, and my daughter-in-law wants to set the day of praying for rain in seven days."

Seven days later, it was April 18 of the 22nd year of Jingming, and the rain fell in the previous life on this day, a few months after the severe drought. At that time, the alleys were empty, and thousands of people rushed to the streets to kneel and cry bitterly, thanking God.

This day was also the day when she returned to the capital from Wu Miao in her previous life, just to witness the grand occasion.

"Well, it will be set in seven days. Chang Shangshu, the Ministry of Rites must go all out to organize this great sacrifice, don't make the sacrifice go wrong."

The Book of Rites bite the bullet and responded.

Such a grand ceremony only gave such a short preparation time, the prince must be revenge for him to speak up just now!