Chapter 249: The First Emperor Dies and the New Emperor Ascends
Zhu Gui was a little surprised by the change in Mr. Jin's attitude. He had just thought that the tempers of these Mongolians were so bad and unchanged.
"Okay, if something really happens, just take this and go to Prince Dai's Mansion to find me." Zhu Gui took out a jade plaque and handed it to him.
Mr. Jin also took out a token, which was nothing more than an ox horn inlaid with gold.
After parting, Zhu Gui came to the front yard of the City God's Temple.
The sky was already getting slightly brighter at this time, and usually many people would come here to burn incense at this time, but today there was not even a single person.
However, Zhu Gui still burned three sticks of incense before leaving.
Before returning to the palace, Zhu Gui first went to the Money Gang and explained the situation of the Jin family to Zuo Erniang.
Zuo Erniang was very surprised that Zhu Gui could really get in touch with the Jin family.
Zhu Gui asked Zuo Erniang to start recruiting people. The number should be more than a thousand people. There was no need to keep it secret, just in the name of the Chamber of Commerce.
Zhu Gui left after Zuo Erniang agreed.
On the way, Xu Yingxu was still a little curious about what happened before, so he asked: "My lord, why did you recruit so many people? If the court knew about it, I'm afraid it would arouse suspicion."
Zhu Gui said with a smile: "I just want to make them suspicious, but they can't doubt me. It can just distract some of their attention, but to what extent we can do it depends on how the situation develops."
Already."
Zhu Gui felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if something was about to happen.
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In the palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang has been locked up in his palace for two days.
Even the eunuch who delivered the meal was stopped outside the door.
The eunuch in charge was anxious outside the gate, but there was nothing he could do.
But in the past two days, Prince Zhu Yunwen has not come even once.
That night, Duke Xu came to see the emperor, but he still did not see the emperor.
"Xu Guogong, it's not that the Za family won't let you in. The last servant who delivered food was beaten to death." The eunuch in charge said to Xu Guogong with a sad look on his face.
"Could it be that the emperor has not eaten for two days? How can this be done?" When Xu Guogong heard this, his face changed drastically, and he rushed inside regardless of the warning of the eunuch in charge.
The eunuchs around him quickly stopped him.
Just as they were pulling at the door, they heard a loud noise coming from the palace.
The eunuchs outside the door were frightened.
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry in and take a look. If something happens to the Emperor, you will all kill the nine tribes."
Duke Xu said angrily.
The eunuch in charge was so frightened that his face turned miserable. This was not an alarmist statement. Even a beating would be much better than killing the Nine Tribes.
So everyone rushed into the palace.
Duke Xu Guogong and the eunuch in charge were walking at the front. They saw Zhu Yuanzhang holding the prince's clothes and fainting on the ground, his face looking very ugly.
"Quick, call the imperial doctor." Seeing this, the eunuch in charge shouted loudly.
The little eunuchs around were all panicking and making a mess.
Xu Guogong felt a little uneasy. He walked to Zhu Yuanzhang and carefully felt his pulse. His heart suddenly went cold.
Zhu Yuanzhang has passed away.
But Xu Guogong did not say it directly.
Because this matter is so big, if there is any mistake, it will be a head-scratching matter, so the final conclusion can only be made after diagnosis by an imperial physician.
Xu Guogong still had the idea of lucky, thinking that Zhu Yuanzhang might have "suspended death" because his body was too weak.
However, after all the imperial doctors from Tai Hospital took turns to diagnose and treat the patient, they finally came to the same conclusion.
On December 24, the eleventh year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang passed away.
When Zhu Gui got the news, he was also very shocked.
Because this is twenty years earlier than what he knew about later history.
However, he had no time to consider how much impact he had on the world, and he began to think about the upcoming crisis.
On December 25, the news of Zhu Yuanzhang's death spread throughout Nanjing and quickly spread to other parts of the Ming Dynasty.
The various vassal princes who originally stayed in the capital to attend the prince's funeral had no choice but to stay in Nanjing again.
The emperor's funeral was of a much higher standard than that of the prince, and it would not be over for a month.
But what surprised the civil and military officials of the entire court was that on the third day after the emperor's death, Prince Zhu Yunwen, who was temporarily supervising the country, held a coronation ceremony under the joint names of Lan Yu and Fang Xiaoru.
The funeral and the enthronement ceremony were held at the same time, which caused all kinds of rumors to spread throughout Nanjing.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites even signed a letter asking the prince to abide by the ancestral system and postpone the enthronement ceremony.
But Zhu Yunwen let them kneel in front of the palace gate and ignored them.
The enthronement ceremony only lasts three days.
But it happens to coincide with New Year's Day of the lunar calendar, which is the first day of the first lunar month.
Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty changed the year to Jianwen, and this year was the first year of Jianwen.
At the same time, on the first day of the first lunar month, Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty went to court as the emperor for the first time and summoned all the vassal kings.
Although the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty criticized Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty for his actions, after all, he was the prince appointed by the late emperor, and it was natural for him to inherit the throne.
But some people obviously cannot accept this result.
Zhu Gui noticed that Zhu Di standing in front of him had a gloomy face and clenched his fists tightly.
But obviously someone was more anxious than him.
Not waiting for the eunuch in charge to read the edict.
Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, stood up and said: "Yunwen, are you too anxious? The emperor's body has not been buried yet, and the funeral has not been completed. What you do is really disrespectful to the country."
King Zhu Bai of Xiang also stood up and said: "Yes, the throne is yours, and we uncles will not compete with you. But if you are so anxious now, is there another hidden reason behind the emperor's death?"
The words of these two vassal princes caused the faces of the civil and military officials above the court to change drastically. They did not expect that these two princes would openly question the new emperor in the court.
However, this was an internal matter for the royal family, the Zhu family. The other ministers acted in a prudent and self-protective manner and pretended not to hear or see.
Zhu Yunwen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, frowned. The eunuch in charge wanted to say something else, but he stopped him.
Zhu Yunwen stood up and said: "Are the two imperial uncles questioning the late emperor's edict, or do they want to challenge the Ming law?"
Whether it was the late emperor's edict or the Ming Dynasty's law, it was a big hat. The faces of the King of Shu and the King of Xiang suddenly became ugly.
They originally thought that Zhu Yunwen had a kind-hearted personality, so even if they made a mistake, there would be no consequences in their eyes. However, they forgot that the former Zhu Yunwen was just the son of the prince, and his status was one level lower than those of the vassal kings. He was completely
Only with the emperor's favor will one's status appear noble.
But now that he has become the emperor, the status of the two parties is no longer the same.