#239 - Ming 26: Red Lead Prescription
The History of China
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Dodjing's Templar Temple in Nonjing
Two years later, he stopped participating in the sacrifice to earth entirely. The following year, 15 33, he withdrew from the sacrifice to heaven as well. For the subsequent 33 years of his reign, he would never again take part in either ritual. His interest in court ritual had all along been tied to schemes to make his father a legitimate emperor posthumously. Once it became clear that all the fenagling in the world about ritual details wasn't going to make that more likely, he lost interest completely.
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