Not only the common people will worship their deceased ancestors on this day, but the royal family will also go to the imperial mausoleums to worship their ancestors.
Although the scale may be large or small, the essence is the same.
Report the past year's situation to the deceased ancestors, so that they don't have to worry about future generations, but at the same time, pray that the deceased can bless the living descendants to have a good year.
In previous years, the old emperor would take many princes to the imperial mausoleum on the winter solstice.
Even the prince who has left the capital will be recalled to the capital if there is no major incident.
However, since the old emperor was assassinated a few years ago, such sacrifices have not been held again.
The emperor was unable to attend, and the crown prince had not yet been appointed. Under such circumstances, whoever was responsible for hosting the sacrifice would inevitably be suspected of overstepping the mark.
In the royal family, rules are the most important.
Once someone transgresses, there is a high probability that they will be punished, even if the final result is good.
Naturally, no one would do such a thankless task.
The fact that his body was not suitable for traveling was only a subsidiary reason. This was also the biggest reason why Emperor Xin had not returned to the capital once for sacrifices in the past few years after he went to Northern Xinjiang.
There is no one to host the sacrificial ceremony, so there is no need to return.
But this year, because the old emperor is in the same condition as before, and because King Cheng only has the responsibility of supervising the country and has not become a prince, there is still no one to host the sacrificial ceremony.
However, even if the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the main board was not considered transgressive, King Cheng did not have the energy to deal with it.
King Cheng is busy putting down the rebellion!
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Time has to move forward a bit.
After discovering that there were signs of rebellion in various places in Dali, King Cheng, who had just assumed the role of supervising the country, secretly mobilized officers and soldiers to extinguish the flames that were about to burn.
However, a large number of officers and soldiers were mobilized, some of which required long-distance raids. No matter how covert it was, the flaw would eventually be revealed.
And perhaps it was Cheng Wang's behavior that finally angered these rebels who already had rebellious thoughts.
Or perhaps it was to prevent them from being caught by the government.
Suddenly, anti-national flags were raised in various places.
Not everyone can detect the signs of rebellion before, and those with foresight are still small things after all.
People are always easily deceived by what they see in front of them.
The real truth should be that these people who were planning to rebel were forced to take action early in order not to be wiped out.
However, in the eyes of many people, it was because King Cheng also served as supervisor of the country that led to the emergence of these rebels.
Suddenly, the saying that Cheng Wang had no virtue was noisy.
However, King Cheng, who was under pressure from many parties, was not defeated or angry. Instead, he dealt with the rebels in various places calmly and rationally.
No matter what the reason is, since these people have officially raised the flag of rebellion, there is nothing to worry about.
In addition to the officers and soldiers who had been mobilized before, troops from all over the country also took action under King Cheng's order.
And soon, the intelligence of the battle was sent back to the capital.
The result was beyond everyone's expectations.
Except for a small group of rebels, most of the rebels were in a stalemate with the army encircling them.
However, these rebels who have reached a stalemate with the government have one characteristic in common.
If we only compare the size of the army, even though Dali needs to suppress multiple rebels at the same time, the size of each army is larger than these hastily revolted rebels.
Not only the size of the army, but also the equipment and equipment are also much more elite.
Logically speaking, given the superiority in numbers and weapons, it would not be difficult for Dali's officers and soldiers to win, even if they did not crush them, against these rebels.
However, although each of these rebel armies is not large in size, they always have some unique features.
Either they master the unique art of army attack, or they have more extraordinary beings, or they even control wild beasts.
Wait, that's all.
Among these rebels, the most peculiar one is that it is said that all members are warlocks.
Although most of them are warlocks in the visualization realm, as long as they are properly prepared in advance, they can still gain an advantage even if they face a larger number of Dali troops.
At the beginning of the encirclement and suppression, Dali's army did not even see the shadow of this rebel army, so they were muddleheaded and defeated by various inexplicable magic techniques.
However, the consequence of using all warlocks is that although this rebel army has strange methods, its defense is insufficient.
Typical high attack and low imitation.
Relying on the size of the imperial court, Dali's officers and soldiers could fail more times, but this rebel army, all warlocks, could not afford the price of a single failure.
And the final explanation is that this rebel team was indeed the first to be wiped out among the rebel teams that were in a stalemate with the Dali army.
There are so many people, eating, drinking and having diarrhea is not a trivial matter after all.
On one occasion, the rebel team's whereabouts were accidentally leaked, and they were blocked in a valley by the Dali army who came after hearing the news.
Facing officers and soldiers with well-equipped armor, these relatively weak sorcerers were unable to protect themselves with the magical powers they had previously relied on in face-to-face situations.
The ending is no surprise.
This encirclement and suppression was a great victory.
Except for the rebel leader who accidentally escaped, this team of warlocks was completely wiped out.
Literally annihilated.
Although there were many warlocks who were mainly in the visualization realm, they faced the larger Dali army and could not even escape after being surrounded.
And it was this great victory that restored some of King Cheng's reputation.
But Cheng Wang still behaved like he was unfazed by favor or humiliation.
It's just that the intensity of suppressing the rebels is increasing.
Even though those rebels had many unique features, they were still too small in scale; and even though the people had some complaints against the imperial court, they still regarded the current royal family as orthodox in their hearts.
When the Dali cavalry was firing on all cylinders, when the common people reported the traces of the rebels they found to the government.
It didn't take long for the rebels, who had been able to maintain a stalemate, to gradually fall into a disadvantage.
The commotion caused by this gradually subsided.
Similarly, people also forgot how they were arranged to become the king before, and started to praise him one by one.
He also became more and more recognized for his concurrent role as supervisor of the country.
Everything seems to be developing in the direction that is beneficial to King Cheng.
King Cheng also struck while the iron was hot. Even on a festival like the Winter Solstice, he did not give himself a day off. Instead, he still arranged the mobilization of the army based on the movements of rebels in various places.
From the looks of it, it seems that the rebels will be completely suppressed before the end of this year.
However, Di Xin, who seemed to be doing nothing in Prince Yu's palace because he was grounded, knew that this was impossible.