#239 - Ming 26: Red Lead Prescription
The History of China
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The Emperor's Father's Temple
In mid 15 38, at the suggestion of a minor retired official, the emperor revived a long disused ritual which allowed the emperor's father to officiate in a sacrifice to shangdi. The hidden catch here was that only the first two man emperors, hong o and then yong le, had ever officiated such an event. From her on out, this new ritual was to be carried out each autumn, and in every administrative district in the empire as well. In october 15 38, the emperor awarded him a posthumous title customarily reserved for the second or co founding emperor of a dynasty, ming ti song. But there was already a ming ti zong
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