"If you don't kill these thieves, it won't be enough to vent the anger of the gods!" Zhu Yunxi's voice was spread through the officials of the Ministry of Rites, ensuring that everyone could understand his meaning and know what the emperor said.
"So..." Zhu Yunxi continued to say loudly, "Execute on the spot!"
"Your Majesty, please don't..." Among the ministers, Fang Xiaoru said loudly, "I am not a pedantic person, but outside the Meridian Gate of the Ming Dynasty Imperial City, and the year is approaching, it would be inappropriate to kill prisoners rashly..."
"I will kill them at the Meridian Gate of my Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Yunxi gritted his teeth and said, "Let the might of my Ming Dynasty be so powerful that they will never be able to survive forever! Kill them!"
"Execution!" Xu Huizu shouted from the city.
With a swish sound, countless long swords were unsheathed.
The kneeling prisoners began to stir uneasily, tugging in vain on the white ropes around their necks. The onlookers also became restless, swarming forward and almost unable to hold on.
"kill!"
puff!
Bloody light suddenly shot into the sky, and the head fell to the ground.
The blood was redder than the palace walls, and the crowd was silent again.
"kill!"
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On the top of the city, Zhu Yunxi narrowed his eyes twice and said, "Li Jinglong!"
"I'm here!"
"As you reported the day before yesterday, a Tubo monk announced that Zhuoer would come to Beijing to pay tribute, right?"
Li Jinglong saw that Zhu Yunxi's expression was a little abnormal today, and said cautiously, "Yes, I am resting in the post house of the Lifan Academy and waiting for your summons!"
"Send an order to him and ask him to use the head of the Burmese prince who was killed by Dao Mengqian and Lan Yu to make a bagara bowl for me!" Zhu Yunxi said in a low voice.
"I obey the decree!" Li Jinglong agreed quickly, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
I thought to myself, "Oh my god, the emperor wants to make a human head into a wine glass!"
The enthusiasm of the people watching at the Meridian Gate was even higher because of the blood, and some even wanted to rush forward regardless of the soldiers' obstruction.
On the top of the city, the emperor's yellow-covered umbrella was still there, but the emperor himself was gone.
~~
Change out of the military uniform and wear a bright yellow gold dragon robe with waistband, jade belt and gauze crown.
Zhu Yunxi rode on horseback and led the civil and military officials out of the palace city towards the Purple Mountain.
Purple Mountain is opposite the Imperial City. On the other side of the mountain is the cemetery where heroes are buried, and on the north side is the Temple of Heroes that was originally built.
There is a white tower with a height of more than 120 stories in the temple, which is used to place the ashes of soldiers who died in the war without relatives. The stone walls surrounding the Hall of Heroes are densely engraved with the names of the heroes who died in the Ming Dynasty.
Incense is burned day and night for worship.
Accompanying the heroic spirits of the soldiers were the images of the martial sage Guan Yu and King Yue.
If the sacrifice of prisoners at the Meridian Gate just now was a demonstration of the majesty of the Kingdom of Heaven, then now it is full of murder and iron blood.
At the main entrance of the ancestral hall, hundreds of disabled old soldiers were arrayed in formation. The broken armor on their bodies could not conceal the meaning of fighting for the rest of their lives with iron and blood.
Almost all the distinguished generals of the Ming Dynasty took off their python uniforms and put on their old battle armor, and stood in awe along the way after withdrawing their troops.
Further back, under the stone walls with the names of heroic spirits engraved on them, hundreds of heroic young men, as well as strong young men, stood with their hands lowered.
Some of them are the orphans of generals, some are the sons of nobles, and some are selected from border areas. In short, they are all the seeds of the future famous generals of the Ming Dynasty.
Behind the martial arts students and in front of the Temple of Heroes, Zhu Yunxi, surrounded by civil and military officials, stood with his hands behind his hands, looking at the distance.
"rise!"
In the distance, with a shout, twenty-eight soldiers from the Beijing camp slowly walked up the steps carrying a huge coffin.
Countless eyes were looking at the coffin.
Lying inside was Lan Yu, the man who had the greatest military exploits in the Ming Dynasty.
To be precise, it is a lock of Lan Yu's hair, the sword he wore during his lifetime, and half of his armor.
Lan Yu's own ashes will be buried on the banks of the Huaihe River in his hometown, where he will look at the scenery of his hometown day and night. His tomb will be buried in the Martyrs' Shrine, where he will be respected and worshiped by all generations.
The country needs such a hero.
Warriors need such a role model.
Seeing the coffin getting closer and closer, Zhu Yunxi's heart suddenly twitched and he felt sore.
Behind him, Bao Guo Gong Lan Chun and Zheng Guo Gong Chang Sheng were already crying. Zhu Gaoxu, who was demoted to Zhenguo General, pursed his lips tightly and remained stubbornly silent.
It's getting closer, and the coffin is getting closer.
It passed over the solemnly waiting veterans and over the steps.
Walk under the stone wall engraved with the names of heroes and enter the corridor leading to the main hall.
Both sides of the long corridor are covered with portraits of heroes.
Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Geng Zaicheng, Geng Junyong, Zhao Desheng, Hu Dahai...
There is also the last portrait, the paint has not yet solidified, that is his blue jade self.
As the coffin passed by, the figures in the portrait seemed to move at a certain moment.
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"Your Majesty, the coffin of Prince Wuwei has arrived!"
A disabled veteran bowed his head and shouted.
Zhu Yunxi nodded silently, stepped forward quietly, stretched out his hand to touch the cold coffin, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.
"Generals die in a hundred battles, and heroes return in ten years. Commander Lan... Have a good journey!" Zhu Yunxi whispered and stretched out his hand behind him.
A Great Ming Dynasty sun and moon battle flag suddenly unfolded, and the bright sun and moon appeared. Zhu Yunxi slowly laid him on Lan Yu's coffin.
"Send Wuwei Wang Lanyu!" Zhu Yunxi said loudly.
Then, the etiquette officer shouted, "Bow..."
Everyone was bowing, and many nobles and nobles had tears in their eyes and couldn't help themselves.
Including the emperor Zhu Yunxi, he also bowed his head slightly.
"Two bows..."
Then, Lan Yu's coffin continued to be carried into the white pagoda. Lan Yu's son held the box containing the clothes and crown, climbed to the top, and solemnly worshiped it.
No one said anything, they just watched silently.
After a long time, the door of the White Pagoda was closed, and the monk's chanting slowly began.
After a long time, the sound of the ritual vessels also stopped, and everyone was waiting for the emperor's speech.
~~
Zhu Yunxi stood at the door of the main hall of the Heroes' Shrine and spoke slowly, "Back then, when I built the Heroes' Shrine, I said that the heroes and martyrs of the Ming Dynasty would enjoy the incense of the Ming Dynasty for ten thousand years. During every festive season, the crown prince himself comes to pay homage to them."
As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi looked at the generals, students, veterans, etc. in front of him, "Without you, there would be no Ming Dynasty!"
"I don't dare!"
"Don't kneel!" Zhu Yunxi said loudly, "From today on, there is no kneeling in the Temple of Heroes, only military salutes. Even if my son or grandson comes here in the future, he will still perform military salutes to all the heroes of the Ming Dynasty!"
Speaking of this, he looked around and said, "When we first built the Martyrs' Shrine, some people asked me why our country used this cold stone as a place to enshrine heroes! Why isn't it a prosperous building?"
"How many thousands of years have passed through the ages, have you seen the Qilin Pavilion in the Han Dynasty and the Lingyuan Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty?"
"The dynasties in Canghai and Cangtian have changed, the old palaces have been reduced to scorched earth, and only the names of famous generals remain!"
"I use stones because no matter where the sky or the earth comes from, they will still be there! To engrave the names and achievements of heroes and martyrs, even if..."
With that said, Zhu Yunxi shouted in the somewhat horrified eyes of the ministers, "Even if the Ming Dynasty dies one day, these heroes can still survive in the world! Their heroic spirits can still protect our land of China and keep it prosperous!"
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The ceremony is still going on.
Zhu Gaoxu and Lan Chun, dressed in plain clothes, led their horses and slowly walked out of the back door of the Temple of Heroes.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to..."
"Stop trying to persuade me, I promised Lan Shuai!" Zhu Gaoxu smiled and looked back.
His eldest brother Zhu Gaochi put his hands in his sleeves and stood behind him with his head lowered, his eyes full of reluctance.
"As soon as I leave..." Thousands of words directly blocked Zhu Gaoxu's chest, and then he couldn't say anything.
"Boy, be careful on the road!" Zhu Gaochi smiled forcefully and waved.
"Yeah!" Zhu Gaoxu nodded, and then smiled heartily, "Brother, tell mother, I won't go back to celebrate the New Year!"
"Yeah!" Zhu Gaochi nodded, his nose sore, "Then... remember to eat dumplings too!"
"Hey!" Zhu Gaoxu quickly lowered his head.
Now that he's gone, I really don't know how long it will take for him to return.
"Tell the third child that everything in my house has been given to him!" Zhu Gaoxu said with his back on his back, "Tell dad that I won't be embarrassed!"
"You are better than anything when you are good!" Zhu Gaochi couldn't help it, "Don't be brave, don't be reckless. No one is watching you anymore, don't cause trouble!"
"Brother, I am not a child anymore!"
"Until then, you will be my younger brother!"
"Let's go!" Zhu Gaoxu got on the horse directly and stopped staying.
"Boy, be careful!" Zhu Gaochi shouted on the spot.