Chapter 474: Great Dutiful Son (asking for a monthly ticket)
After receiving the envoys, Zhu Si calmly waited for the first day of April to visit his father's grave. He would not leave until he visited the grave.
This made the envoys who came to greet him extremely anxious. Except for one of them, Zhang Heling was not anxious at all, and even shouted that he wanted to appreciate the local "customs and customs" more in Anlu.
Several letters were sent to the capital a day. Perhaps the envoys also knew that they would not be able to rush back as they had when they came here. They would cover more than two thousand miles in ten days. Even if they were rushing back, they still had to take care of the little emperor's feelings. Seventy or eighty miles is probably pretty good.
The purpose of writing to the capital is to let Empress Dowager Zhang, Yang Tinghe and others in the capital know that the inheritance of the imperial edict and other things are going smoothly here, and they only need to wait for the person to be brought to the capital to take over the throne smoothly.
As for the "gossip" circulated in history, such as the saying that several kings competed for the throne and the one who arrived in the capital first became the emperor, it is impossible to exist in real history.
If you say it is Zhu Si, you are Zhu Si. This is determined by the legal system of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, this legal system can have different opinions, but from the perspective of the successor, Zhu Si is the well-deserved first choice, and there is nothing wrong with it at all. Yang Tinghe As the head of the civil service, he could only be chosen first, otherwise the name would be unfair and the succession of the throne would be difficult to convince the public, which would inevitably lead to civil strife in the Ming Dynasty royal family fighting for the throne.
The matter was settled.
Yuan Zonggao suddenly realized that he seemed to have lost power.
It was fine before, even if Zhu Si met Tang Yin secretly, at least the affairs of Prince Xing's Mansion were under his control, and he was the well-deserved steward of Prince Xing's Mansion.
But suddenly the emperor died and the edict of succession came. In addition to communicating with Princess Jiang, it was difficult for him to even meet Zhu Si. Instead, Tang Yin moved into the palace in the past few days and became the most vocal person around Zhu Si. Even if Quan's staff came forward to communicate with the ministers, it was not Tang Yin who was doing it. It was Tang Yin who assigned Zhang Zuo to be responsible for the specific implementation.
Yuan Zonggao felt that his fall from favor was a bit "inexplicable". Suddenly, he lost his status, and he couldn't figure out what the situation was.
In the blink of an eye, it was twenty-nine, and the envoy had been in Anlu for two days.
Early in the morning, Yuan Zonggao took advantage of the closed-door meeting between Zhu Si, Tang Yin, and Zhang Zuo to end, and went to the study room in the inner courtyard to meet the young master of the palace.
"Yuan Changshi, if you are not busy paying homage to the mausoleum tomorrow, why would you want to see me?" Zhu Si was a little confused when he saw Yuan Zonggao. I didn't even ask you to come, so why did you appear in front of me?
Yuan Zonggao said: "I have properly arranged the matter of paying homage to the mausoleum. I wonder when His Highness will leave for the capital? Taking over the throne is the most urgent matter at the moment."
"You are wrong, Yuan Changshi. Paying homage to the mausoleum is more important now."
Zhu Si looked persistent, "I am from Prince Xing's Mansion, and this cannot be changed. I am the son of my father and my mother, and I do not intend to adopt someone else's name... As for letting me succeed, it is because the emperor has no Son, you have to let me go, don’t you? After the mausoleum visit is over, I will make arrangements for my trip to Beijing."
Yuan Zonggao never expected that this young man would be so "perfunctory" about becoming the emperor.
"Master Liang and Shangshu Mao have urged him many times..." Yuan Zonggao thought that Zhu Si didn't understand the truth and wanted to give some advice in a gentleman's tone.
Zhu Si immediately turned his face: "You didn't hear what I said, did you? Who is in charge of Prince Xing's palace now? If I am the emperor, then when I arrive in the capital, should I make the decision, or should I, Liang University, and Mao The minister decides?"
These words choked Yuan Zonggao until he was speechless.
Yuan Zonggao thought to himself, how much drug did Tang Bohu drink? As Prince Xing, you don’t even understand the principle of Chi Zezheng? What benefit does this have to the whole family of Prince Xing?
"The princess's side..."
Yuan Zonggao could only move Princess Jiang out.
Zhu Si's face was full of anger and he said: "Yuan Changshi, I hope this is the last time I want to make arrangements for the visit to the mausoleum. It is not up to you to decide when to leave. If my mother-in-law insists that I leave early, let her do it herself."
Tell me, don't bother me and spread the word! Get down!"
Yuan Zonggao was originally confident that Zhu Si would listen to him, but he unexpectedly suffered a big setback.
He saw that Zhu Si was really angry, so he had no choice but to bow and leave.
"Bohu, Bohu, do you still remember the last king's death? This is obviously playing with fire!" Yuan Zonggao said to himself when he came out of the study. Unfortunately, he could not even see Tang Yin as he wished, let alone question him face to face.
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The first day of April.
The visit to the mausoleum was carried out as scheduled.
Yuan Zonggao was afraid of an accident, so he had asked Princess Jiang for instructions in advance and sent people to rush to the capital first to collect some information so that when Zhu Si went north, more news from the capital would be transmitted.
Zhu Si didn't do this at all. It wasn't that he didn't expect it, but Zhu Si felt that since Zhu Hao was in the capital, and Zhu Hao had Su Xigui's manpower to help convey the message, there was no need for Prince Xing's palace to send anyone.
If Prince Xing's palace went to war, it would appear that Zhu Si was very concerned about the ownership of the throne, which would be detrimental to his future power.
These were all suggestions put forward by Tang Yin... Although Zhu Hao did not direct these matters one by one, after Tang Yin understood the core idea of Zhu Hao's "slow down" formula, he used it to deal with and make arrangements with ease.
Tang Yin has the ability to be Zhu Hao's ally!
The group left the city and headed towards Songlin Mountain in the eastern suburbs where King Xing was buried.
The mighty and mighty, the flags are flying!
Prince Xing's Mansion transferred all the guards back to the city and arranged security arrangements. In addition, the imperial guards and royal guards brought by the envoys made Zhu Si look like an emperor when he went out.
The people of Anlu had known the news a long time ago and came to watch one after another.
Now that we all know that a true dragon has appeared in the land of Anlu, why don't we come out quickly to see the new emperor?
Moreover, the new emperor was so filial and did not forget to visit his father's grave before leaving for the capital. This shows that the new emperor is nostalgic for the past, and perhaps the people of Anlu can benefit from it.
"Local people are very enthusiastic..."
Zhang Heling was riding leisurely on his horse.
He is the most carefree and happy person in Anlu these days. It is the national mourning period, so he doesn't care at all. He has already visited all the delicious and fun places in Anlu.
Yuan Zonggao was responsible for accompanying him. At this time, he looked at Zhu Si's carriage in front of him from time to time. He felt sad in his heart because he was not even qualified to approach the carriage. Luo An strictly carried out Zhu Si's order and never allowed unseen people to meet him.
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"Prince Xing's government has been fighting bandits and providing disaster relief in recent years, which has won the hearts of the local people." Yuan Zonggao explained.
"Yeah?"
Zhang Heling smiled and said, "Yuan Changshi, the new emperor is so popular, it means he is a good person, so after he arrives in the capital, he should be able to take care of the people around him, right?"
Yuan Zonggao didn't understand.
Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo who was riding a horse beside him, coughed twice and reminded Zhang Heling not to talk nonsense.
Zhang Heling ignored it at all and said with a straight face: "I'm just asking about your majesty's popularity. Do you need to avoid taboos on this? We all have great achievements in supporting you. When we get to the capital, we should be promoted, right? Haha."
The sound was so loud that even Gu Dayong and others behind him heard it.
Everyone was worried for a while, who did they bring to welcome Luan?
Do you really value your support and achievements more than anything else? You are not an old member of Prince Xing's palace. Even if the new emperor ascends the throne and people ignore you, what can you do? The emperor and his ministers do not understand the principles of the emperor, and only the Zhang family
Only a relative can do such a coquettish and mindless thing.
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Pine Forest Mountain.
At this time, the tomb of Prince Xing's Mansion has been built. It is a small tomb for the prince. As you go up the steps, you will soon see the Shinto monument.
Further forward, there is the entrance to the underground palace. Zhu Si walked through. His entourage and ministers were not allowed to move forward, but the guards and eunuchs of Prince Xing's Mansion could continue to clear the way as Zhu Si's servants.
Zhu Si did not enter the underground palace, but knelt down in front of the monument and saluted.
At first, everyone thought that Zhu Si's visit to his father's grave was just a formality, but it turned out that Zhu Si could not kneel down.
Kneeling for a long time was very tiring. Later, Zhu Si just sat there cross-legged and muttered something to his father's grave. Behind him, people from the Yiwei Department of Prince Xing's Palace went over and built a shed to shade the sun and block the people coming from behind.
sight.
"What is this for?"
Zhang Heling asked again at an inappropriate time.
Mao Cheng said: "Your Majesty, this is the most filial and kind thing."
As soon as I saw that they were not just going through the motions, why would they choose an auspicious day?
Now that I'm here, I'm sure I won't be able to leave for a while.
Although the weather in April was not very hot, it was approaching noon and the group of people were all dressed in court clothes. The bright sunshine was shining directly on them, which made the eyes hurt and made people feel depressed. They couldn't even find a place to sit, they could only stand there.
Waiting for the little emperor to have a heart-to-heart talk with his father.
Zhang Zuo ran back and forth between the shed and the car behind him several times, as if he was delivering a message for someone. This was noticed by those who were interested.
Liang Chu asked Yuan Zonggao: "Yuan Changshi, are you traveling with the princess?"
In Liang Chu's opinion, being so prudent and requiring eunuch Fengzheng, the official in charge of the palace, to send a message back and forth must be a noble person. Maybe all this is not the opinion of the little emperor, but the intention of Princess Jiang.
Yuan Zonggao shook his head and said: "Never."
"That……"
Liang Chu knew that if it weren't for Princess Jiang, it would be difficult to continue asking some questions, but he still started.
Yuan Zonggao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't know anything..."
Liang Chu doesn't quite understand. You are the chief historian of the palace. The other chief historian Zhang Jingming has passed away. Now you are the only right-hand historian in the palace. How can you say that you don't know?
Who are you lying to? You didn’t arrange all this?
No outsider could imagine that Yuan Zonggao was really ignorant.
Because it was Tang Yin who used Zhang Zuo to send messages to Zhu Si. It was also Zhu Si who was bored sitting there and wanted to ask when he was leaving or what he was going to do next.
Zhang Zuo was running back and forth, but he was enjoying it. Sometimes he would look at Yuan Zonggao as if to demonstrate, meaning, look, I am more capable than you and can communicate with the prince, but you can only communicate with these foreign ministers.
I usually stand here and watch the excitement.
Are you angry or not?
The group waited on the mountain until noon, when the sun set in the west, Zhu Si finally finished worshiping the mountain, followed by another grand sacrificial ceremony.
During the ceremony, the drums and horns were sounding. Just when everyone thought that everything was about to end and they could finally go to the capital, Zhang Zuo came over and announced: "My lords, this old slave has come to deliver a message for the young master. It is not early today, so please go back to the city."