On March 5, 258 BC, Jingzhe.

Jingzhe is not a place name, but one of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms.

"Collected Explanations of the Seventy-Two Monthly Orders": "On February, all things come out of shaking, and shaking is thunder, so it is called Jingzhe, which means that the hibernating insects are frightened and left."

Previously, animals entered winter and hid in the soil, and did not drink or eat, which was called "hibernation".

On the "Waiting Sect Festival", the spring thunder in the sky awakens the animals that live in hibernation, which is called "Shock".

Therefore, during the Jingzhe, hibernating insects wake up, the weather gets warmer, and spring thunder gradually begins to enter the spring plowing season in the entire Central Plains region.

In ancient times, there were three symptoms of Jingzhe: "One time, the peach blossoms begin to bloom; the second time, the Cang Geng (oriole) sings; the third time, the eagle turns into a dove."

Three kinds of flowers can also be used to represent the Three Marquis of Jingzhe, which is the so-called "one is peach blossom, two is apricot blossom, and three is rose."

For most farmers on this land, the arrival of Jingzhe means that the time when you are bored at home every day is over, and the busyness of a year is about to begin again.

On this day, Zhao Dan led the ministers of Zhao to a piece of land that had been prepared long ago outside Handan City and began a spring plowing ceremony to worship the sky.

This ceremony of sacrifice to heaven was not the first to Zhao Dan. In fact, Zhao Dan is busy all day long and will not be full and find something for himself.

In fact, this ceremony of worshiping the sky and opening up spring plowing has existed since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, in order to encourage people to cultivate more land.

Since the Zhou Dynasty, there have been such a ceremony in all dynasties in later generations.

To put it bluntly, this is what the emperors do to show the people, indicating that our rulers still attach great importance to you, so you, the mud-legged ones, can only have food to eat when farming. Don’t think about doing business all day long, that’s to waste the money and end the matter…

As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people, so this spring plowing ceremony is actually very grand.

It can be seen from the various priests present that there were a total of the main priests, accompanying priests, priests, priests, priests, priests, civics, civic farmers, etc., and almost all the priests in Zhao State were present.

Not only that, a large number of people gathered, because it is said that if you participate in the spring plowing ceremony, you will be able to get some blessings from the God of Land, so as to bless your family with good weather and good harvests in the coming year.

However, when Zhao Dan climbed to the sacrificial platform and looked at the grand occasion of the crowds of people nearby, Zhao Dan couldn't help but feel secretly feeling.

"Actually, the blessing of the land god is made up by those who want to watch the fun. I feel that this should be just the genes that pure Chinese people like to watch the fun are at work..."

On the high platform, the livestock sacrifices used to sacrifice to heaven had been arranged. The white-haired priest walked up and respectfully handed a piece of sacrifice to Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan coughed lightly, unfolded the sacrificial text, and began to recite loudly:

"In the 18th day of the first lunar month of the Weixuan year, Zhao Danxian gathered all living beings, and dared to announce to the Sun, Moon, Star, Feng Boyu Master, said before the Emperor Ming of the Holy Emperor:

Alas! Only heaven benefits the people and respects the heaven and opens the soil; the heaven shows its way, and only one is obvious.

God is vain and blessed in the three realms; he is high and listens to the low, and is true and priest in the ten directions.

I hope to show the gods of yin and yang that are unexpected to show their selflessness...

The weather is good, there is no disaster; the grains are abundant, and the animals are prosperous...

...I hope the heavens will send the gods, and the majesty of the immortal palace will be spared from the disasters in the world.

Not only is the country of Zhao born in the immortal grace, but the people of the people are also boundless and blessed! I only want to enjoy the delicacy!”

After reading the sacrificial text aloud, Zhao Dan bowed and led the ministers of Zhao behind him to the sacrificial ritual platform in front of him.

After all this, Zhao Dan walked off the stage and surrounded everyone and came to a field beside the stage.

In this field, a very strong green cow was covered with red silk, and had a plow on his body, waiting for Zhao Dan's arrival.

This plow is actually an ancient plow.

Zhao Dan walked down the field and held the plow and drove the big green ox forward. As the big green ox took the step, the plow separated the still stiff land one by one.

After walking about two hundred steps back and forth, that is, the length of acre of land, this spring plowing ceremony ended successfully.

On the carriage on the way back, Zhao Dan said to his eldest son Zhao Heng, who was sitting beside him: "Heng'er, in your opinion, what is the significance of this ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven?"

Zhao Heng was dressed in a decent manner today, wearing a crown and a robe, and looked a little like a little adult. I don’t know if it was because he was in the same car with his father or because he was the first time he was away from such a great ceremony to worship the sky, and his face was flushed.

After listening to Zhao Dan's words, Zhao Heng thought carefully for a while before speaking: "Father, this ceremony of worshiping the spring farming in heaven should be to worship the gods. Please bless the people of Zhao State..."

Before Zhao Heng finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Dan: "Heng'er, you are wrong."

Looking at his eldest son who was surprised but still a little confused, Zhao Dan said earnestly: "Although this spring plowing sacrifice to the sky seems to be focusing on offering sacrifice to the sky, what is really important is the word spring plowing."

"Spring plowing is the most important time of the year for the people of Zhao State. As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people. If the people do not have enough food, then the prosperity of Zhao State will be impossible. Agriculture is the foundation of the country. If there is not enough agricultural population and insufficient food supply, then the strength of Zhao State will be impossible. Do you understand?"

Looking at Zhao Heng who seemed to understand, Zhao Dan smiled and said, "After a few days later, my father took you to the fields and experience the life of farmers."

After all, Zhao Heng was born in the palace since he was a child, and by the standards of this era, he could definitely be considered a luxury and frugality, and obviously lacked enough understanding of the sufferings of the lower class people.

Just as he returned to the palace and was about to start handling government affairs, Zhao Dan saw the somewhat anxious face of Zhuxian.

"What happened?"

Zhuxian nodded and handed a urgent report to Zhao Dan: "King, Yan State's urgent report!"

Zhao Dan picked up the urgent report and took a look, then suddenly became stunned.

There is actually not much content above, but it makes Zhao Dan feel unbelievable.

"Rongfu, the prime minister of Yan State, led 150,000 Yan troops to defeat the troops of Kuangliang outside Linle City with fewer ones!"

Zhao Dan took a deep breath, pondered for a moment and asked, "How are the casualties of Qi army?"

Zhuxian replied: "The Qi army suffered heavy casualties, and there were about 100,000 people who retreated to Pingshu City under the leadership of Kuang Liang."

Zhao Dan frowned so deeply. Damn, what a good ceremony for the Jingzhe Spring Plowing Sacrifice to Heaven, why can't the Qi people give some strength?

Even a fool like Rongya can't beat him, what's the matter!
Chapter completed!