The spring in the eleventh year of Wanli was very long, and the people who grew up in the capital felt strange: Why is it so cool this summer?
Although the temperature is rising slowly, the trees and flowers are still sprouting when they should and spitting out their pistils according to the habits of the early years.
With the arrival of late spring, Zhu Yijun's first tour as emperor finally took place. On March 20, he left the city from Daming Gate. Since his first stop was to visit the mausoleum to worship his ancestors, he stopped at the Tangshan Hot Spring Palace that day to facilitate the emperor.
Fasting and bathing.
Going out on inspection tours of the capital was considered a routine operation for nomadic emperors such as the Liao, Yuan and Manchu Qing Dynasties. After Emperor Kangxi became middle-aged, he would go out to the capital for hunting inspections almost every year; Emperor Qianlong was even more of a travel expert, wandering around while
He left countless inscriptions across the country, and thousands of poems about the scenery. Everywhere he went, Qianlong also tasted the local snacks and commented on them: If there was a hornet's nest in the Qing Dynasty, with his diligence and energy
Son, being a bee leader is very easy.
But for the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, who had a relatively homely personality and relatively strong ministers, going on patrol was a big deal.
First of all, the name. When we were in the Kingdom of Huanghuang, the emperor always said, let alone go out hunting. So after the New Year, the emperor first issued an edict saying: ""Shun Dian": "It is the second month, and the hunting tour is in the east." Mencius
It goes: "Those who patrol the hunter should patrol the place to guard." The emperor who lives in the ninth level and does not perform the duties below will not be able to fulfill his responsibilities. If you organize the army, manage the world and benefit the people, you must patrol the four directions to gain knowledge... So
Wherever I go, I must not waste money or disturb the people. I am not just traveling, but listening to the voices of the people..."
This is the unified thinking: I am not going on a trip! I am going to do research and stabilize the northern border! And I promise not to disturb the people or waste money, and no one can force me!
Because the emperor worked hard to govern during the ten years since he came to the throne and never harmed state affairs with personal gain. Although he made a lot of money by running imperial shops and factories, he did not make any major renovations except for the renovation of the Tangshan Palace. Most of the profits were reinvested in the national economy and people's livelihood. Later,
The large-scale reform and detailed examination results have made everyone live and die. However, it turns out that although the reform has caused a lot of problems, the appearance of a prosperous age has gradually emerged, and the officials have nothing to say. Not to mention some who were talkative before.
, died and died, and flowed, so the preparation of public opinion for the entire tour was calm.
After the ideological unification is completed, the Ministry of Rites will also formulate the etiquette system. Needless to say, the emperor's driving arrangements, the configuration of the luxurious carriage and the honor guard must also be confirmed several times in accordance with the emperor's hunting etiquette, so as not to make the world laugh.
At the same time, the imperial court also had to determine the candidates to stay. When the emperor left the capital, if there was an urgent matter in the capital and there was no time to ask for instructions, there had to be someone who made the final decision. Empress Dowager Li was originally the best candidate, but she was too clever and left Empress Zhuang behind.
In the pit. In addition, the queen was diagnosed with pregnancy, and Prince Luo was still young, so he had no choice but to stay in Beijing and serve as Zhang Juzheng's backbone.
The only thing that caused some minor disturbances during the preparations was the issue of Zhu Yijun leaving the palace. As the emperor's brother-in-law, the hereditary Prince Lu was already sixteen years old and was no longer suitable to live in the palace. However, Zhu Yijun never acted like this.
As an adult who could start a family and start a career, she regarded him as such and did not mention letting him leave the palace. Empress Dowager Li was so happy to pretend to be ignorant that she allowed King Lu to live in the palace.
After the imperial family reform, it was decided that all the kings in the world would leave their fiefdoms and reside in Beijing. Zhu Yijun allocated funds for large-scale construction and built dozens of palaces. Prince Lu's palace was also included in the construction scope. Because Zhu Yijun liked this chubby younger brother very much, and he considered the views of Queen Mother Li.
, allocated 168,000 taels of silver to build the palace of Prince Lu beautifully.
But until the palace was completed, Empress Dowager Li did not let her youngest son leave the palace. Some courtiers reminded him, and Zhu Yijun also did not express his position because Empress Dowager Li stayed in the palace because of her appearance.
In the original time and space, King Lu lost his virginity to the temptation of a palace maid when he was twelve years old. This incident caused an uproar in the palace. Empress Dowager Li lost her cool and angered Emperor Wanli. Wanli was also very angry, and almost killed the eunuchs and palace maids around King Lu.
Kill them all.
Although King Lu in this time and space was also pampered by Empress Dowager Li, he became much more reliable under Zhu Yijun's strict control. After entering adolescence, Zhu Yijun arranged several people around him to prevent him from getting interested in sex and misbehaving.
As an "old man", I guarded him day and night. I also talked to him many times to prevent him from getting sick due to premature leakage of Yuanyang.
King Lu was bitter about being restrained by his brother. He expressed his desire to live in the palace many times in front of Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun said every time, tell the queen mother. But in the face of Queen Mother Li's sad eyes, Lu Wang
But the king did not dare to express his feelings. He had no choice but to endure hard days in the palace. Zhu Yijun also arranged for him to have various tutors to train him in moral, physical, artistic and labor aspects. King Lu really felt that he could not bear his mother's love.
Before King Luo Jun was born, Zhu Yijun went out to the capital for a short time to pay homage to the mausoleum, and each time King Lu would supervise the country. After King Luo Jun was born, even though he was still in his infancy, King Luo began to take on the role of supervising the country. This is as it should be.
It means that no one thinks it is abnormal.
The emperor's hunting tour to the north this time was of great importance. Prime Minister Zhang Juzheng also wrote an inscription asking King Lu to leave the inner palace.
Zhu Yijun saw that Prince Lu had been suppressed to the point of going crazy, so he told Empress Dowager Li about the matter. Although Empress Dowager Li was a little reluctant, Prince Lu's palace was in the capital, and Empress Dowager Li thought that her son could invite him to see him. Compared with what had to be done before the reform of the clan, Zhu Yijun
As for the feudal clan, it has improved a lot. Besides, considering King Lu's age, he is really not suitable to live in the inner palace anymore, so he nodded in agreement.
So, King Lu was like a fish that was decoupled, a bird that was released from the cage, and flew to his palace in a flash. Zhu Yijun received the report the next day, and King Lu was lucky enough to have three maids rewarded by the Queen Mother that night until dawn, and he fell ill immediately.
After the diagnosis by the imperial physician, "Your Majesty's dampness is declining, with alternating itching and pain. The tongue is light red, the coating is greasy, and the pulse is weak." As a hereditary prince, this pulse record must be recorded in the clan's mansion. The imperial physician briefly wrote these words to
The royal family saves face - in fact, it means they are bald and tired.
Zhu Yijun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. His original plan to let King Lu get married after he was eighteen years old was also abandoned. After all, he had not set a good example. It was indeed too unscrupulous to use his younger brother's late marriage to change customs. As for his sisters and his own daughters, Zhu Yijun said
I have made up my mind to be the Lord only after I am seventeen years old.
After King Lu left the palace, Zhu Yijun issued an edict to make the king of Jinluo County the prince, named Zhu Changhao, and to supervise the country again when the emperor was on a hunting tour. Although this edict did not establish Zhu Changhao as the prince, all the officials and people in the world knew about the emperor.
Where the heart belongs, there is no noise.
After several rounds of various twists and turns, the emperor's preparations for the tour were completed. Zhu Yijun left the capital this time with 1,500 internal guards, 16,000 new troops, and all kinds of new firearms. If the logistics can keep up, such an army can sweep all the way to the Urals.
Mountains are no problem.
Accompanying the princes were three hereditary princes: Prince Zheng, Prince Jin, and Prince Qin, the first-class Duke, Privy Councilor Zhu Shitai, and the second-class Duke Zhang Yuangong. The old British Duke Zhang Rong died in the tenth year of Wanli, and his eldest son Zhang Yuangong succeeded the second-class Duke.
Accompanying the courtiers were Zhang Siwei, Pan Sheng, Liu Yingjie, Yin Zhengmao, Shen Shixing, Zhang Jing, Chen Ju and dozens of others. Nearly one-tenth of the courtiers followed Zhu Yijun. In addition, there were Han
Monk Shan and other religious figures also followed the Holy Spirit to preach to tribal leaders and accompany the emperor to meet with Yellow Sect lamas.
Zhang Siwei, as the chief minister accompanying Zhu Yijun, followed Zhu Yijun out of the capital this time, which meant that he would replace Zhang Juzheng to handle various inscriptions and memorials delivered to the bank by express horse. The ministers also knew that Zhang Siwei had taken over after Zhang Juzheng resigned.
He basically got the emperor's approval. For Zhang Siwei, this trip to Beijing was a political statement by the emperor to pave the way for him and create public opinion.
The first person following the Holy Driver in the inner palace was the Empress Dowager Cisheng. In order to avoid loneliness on the journey, Zhu Yijun also brought several concubines with him: Concubine Li Shun, Concubine Wang Xian, Wei Zhaoyi, and Ning Jieyu, a total of four.
They are all childless, three of them play mahjong with the Queen Mother, and one can serve tea and water - these are all filial piety, and no one can fault them.
As for Zheng Jieyu, who was promoted from the beauty level, after publishing a paper on capacitors, she has evolved into a first-class researcher at the Institute of Science and Technology, and will soon become the first female academician of the Wanli Dynasty. At this time, she does not care about the emperor at all.