Chapter 291 Fortunately, before the “outing” in Nanjing (13)
In the Chunhe Palace, Gao Pingshi received the Zhu Yijun's Zhu Yijun. His eyes swept over the Zhu Yijun, and the corner of his mouth pursed slightly unconsciously.
"Hold the Emperor's Sword." Gao pragmatic said softly, and then sighed. He naturally understood Zhu Yijun's intention.
The original garrison in Nanjing is quite large in name, but everyone in the world knows that the strongest force in Nanjing at this moment is actually the partial division of the Imperial Guard that escorted the Holy Emperor south from the capital. There is this
With the Imperial Guards here, any local force in Nanjing would not be enough.
Therefore, no one will dare to disobey any of the emperor's orders. In this case, what is the use of the emperor's sword giving him high pragmatism? Is there any idiot who has eaten the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, who would do this?
Under such circumstances, openly confronting the chief minister of the dynasty who was ordered to investigate?
"Now the emperor is becoming more and more difficult to serve." Gao Pingshi sighed in his heart. He knew that Zhu Yijun was forcing him and also showing him an attitude: Don't think about shrinking back, I will give you, Duke Jingguo,
A title does not allow you to be the same as Renhe Guang in the court.
It is not difficult to understand what the emperor means. He wants to set an example for Gao Jingshi and other ministers, and let them know the truth. As long as you all serve the emperor wholeheartedly like Gao Jingshi, even if the emperor is a famous official in the imperial court, he will be the same.
willing to give.
Even if you are not confident enough in your own abilities, it doesn’t matter if you are afraid that you will not be able to compare with the high and pragmatic civil and military achievements. Let’s think about it later. The prince of the country does not dare to hope, but what about the marquis? It is really not possible, and the uncle is not bad either!
"I want to be low-key, the lower profile the better, but the emperor wants me to be high-profile, the more high-profile the better." He stood up and walked to the window, looking at the scenery outside the window, but he was constantly calculating the gains and losses in his heart.
"It's so easy to use that you'll use it to death. Your Majesty is getting better and better at doing business now... He paid the money in advance, knowing that I can't refuse it either emotionally or rationally." Gao Qingshi curled his lips and snorted softly:
"Forget it, since it can't hurt me, I will bear the bad reputation of this powerful minister."
"However, before that, there is still a day of truce." Gao's pragmatic eyes became relaxed.
The three-day period of Qingming Festival has arrived. According to the plan, Zhu Yijun will go to Xiaoling Mausoleum tomorrow. This is the highlight of his southern tour and an important moment to show the majesty of the imperial authority. As the chief minister of the cabinet, Gao Pragmatic must accompany the emperor.
Go and ensure the smooth progress of the visit ceremony.
However, Gao Pragmatic is not worried about this matter. The etiquette notes given by the Ministry of Rites are very detailed, and the security strategy has been set long ago to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
As for other aspects, such as whether there might be officials from the Xin School taking the opportunity to do something to disgust people, Gao Pragmatic didn't take it seriously - as long as people from the Xin School were not stupid enough, they would not be involved in this important matter that the emperor was most concerned about.
If you disobey him, you will not be able to think of any other comment except political suicide.
Paying a visit to Xiaoling Mausoleum was actually insignificant to Gao Pragmatic. It was just a formality in accordance with the etiquette. However, for Zhu Yijun, it was a top priority at the political level.
Speaking of which, although the Xiaoling Mausoleum has a high status, not many Emperors of the Ming Dynasty came to pay homage to it in person. The first person to pay homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum in a serious manner should have been Zhu Yunzhen, but in fact it was Zhu Di.
Empress Ma left early. As soon as she left, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately named the mausoleum for the couple's burial, called it Xiaoling, and let Empress Ma live in it. Ten years later, Prince Zhu Biao left again, and Zhu Yuanzhang was heartbroken.
Yu gave him the posthumous title of "Yi Wen" and buried him in the east of Xiaoling Mausoleum.
On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month in the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang passed away and left an edict for the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen to succeed him. At this time, Zhu Yunwen did something outrageous. He actually had the emperor's grandfather buried on the same day and buried it in seven days.
People all over the world were talking about it. As a result, the eldest and highest-ranking King of Yan, Zhu Di, became very angry and openly wrote to the court and asked a series of questions.
What are you asking? It’s probably like this: My father died on the 10th day of the fifth lunar month at Haishi, and he was buried at Yinshi. How could it happen so quickly? The Book of Rites says: He must be buried after three days, because people sometimes fake their own deaths and have to wait three days.
Let’s see if we can be resurrected. Now my father has been enthroned in less than a day. Is this in line with etiquette? Is this in line with humanity?
From the emperor to the common people, there is no one who does not tell his son when his father dies, and no one who cannot go to the funeral when his father dies. Why did the emperor only issue an edict to let the princes and the people of the world know about it after a month has passed since my father died?
, my biological son is the same as the common people, is this in line with etiquette?
Moreover, the "Rites" also says: The emperor is different from ordinary people and must be buried after seven months. Now it's good, you buried your father seven days after his death. Why so fast? I don't understand. What is the basis of this ceremony?
From the regulations?
Needless to say, Zhu Di's questions were not unreasonable. According to the etiquette of the time, every question he asked was well-founded and in line with human ethics.
Come to think of it, Zhu Yunwen, who was busy being the emperor, probably didn't have the time or the courage to go to Xiaoling to visit his grandparents. After all, this kid should only be thinking about "cutting down the feudal vassal" at the moment.
Everyone knows about the Battle of Jingnan, so I won’t go into details. In short, after three years of fighting the Battle of Jingnan, on June 13th, the fourth year of Jianwen, the Yan army broke through the Jinchuan Gate of Nanjing. Zhu Yunwen had no more moves.
He burned himself in the Fengtian Hall of the imperial palace.
At this moment, the princes, dignitaries and civil and military ministers in Nanjing City kept trying to persuade Zhu Di to become emperor. After Zhu Di gave in three times, he proudly planned to enter the palace and ascend the throne.
At this time, Hanlin editor Yang Rong quickly stopped Zhu Di, went to the horse to greet him and said, "Should Your Highness go to visit the mausoleum first, or ascend the throne first?" This was obviously not a question, but a pointer. When Zhu Di heard this, he broke into a cold sweat.
When I got down, I realized that I had almost done something stupid. After taking a deep breath, I immediately rushed to the car to pay a visit to Xiaoling Mausoleum.
However, Zhu Di's status at this time was not that of an emperor, nor even a prince, because the imperial court had already "reduced his Yan status" - his correct name at this time should be "Yan commoner".
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So, after becoming emperor, did Zhu Di go to Xiaoling? Hey, he did go. Oh, it should be said that he "went again".
The tenth day of the fifth lunar month in the first year of Yongle was the anniversary of the death of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. For Zhu Di, he abolished the Jianwen reign title as soon as he ascended the throne, just to show that his throne came from Emperor Taizu. Now he has ascended the throne. It's not even a year yet, and it's the anniversary of my dad's death. It's a good time to show off.
That morning, Zhu Di took the kings in the capital to the Fengxian Hall in the palace to hold a sacrificial ceremony. Because of the Jingnan War, there were many princes in the capital at the beginning of Yongle, such as King Han and King Shen. King An, King An, King Tang, King Ying, King Yi, King Lu, etc. were all there. After finishing the ceremony in the palace, Zhu Di led the civil and military officials and went to the Xiaoling Mausoleum to offer sacrifices in a lively manner.
Another year later, on the tenth day of the fifth month in the second year of Yongle, Zhu Di went to Xiaoling to offer sacrifices again. Unlike the large group of people last time, this time Zhu Di did not even use the emperor's chariot, but sent a few cavalry Lead the way from the front.
On the day of Jiyou, the Jin Yiwei reported: "Tomorrow the emperor will go to Xiaoling and ask for the preparation of a legal chariot." Zhu Di responded: "We don't need a legal chariot, just a few knights to lead the way." Then he looked at the courtiers and said: " Tomorrow is the day when the late emperor passed away, and it is the time when I feel my gratitude and admiration. Where is the need for the Dharma? If it is not to clear the road, then the knights leading the way are not needed."
Look at him! Compared with his fourth uncle, Zhu Yunwen is really far behind.
Later, every time he went to Beijing for hunting tours or when he returned to Nanjing, Zhu Di would pay homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum. In terms of the number of visits to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, Zhu Di was definitely the most among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Whether he wanted to show off his He has a legitimate identity and is sincerely willing to worship his father. In short, he is working hard enough.
In April of the second year of Yongle, Zhu Di made his eldest son Zhu Gaochi the crown prince. In November of the ninth year of Yongle, he also named his eldest grandson Zhu Zhanji the grandson of the emperor. Before officially moving the capital to Beijing, the prince and grandson eldest son Zhu Gaochi were crowned the crown prince. Time stayed in Nanjing to guard. According to historical records, both of them went to Xiaoling to worship.
There is another interesting thing here. It is said that Emperor Chengzu asked Zhu Gaochi to visit the Xiaoling Mausoleum. Zhu Gaochi was fat and heavy, and had weak feet. Two eunuchs helped him walk, but he kept falling down.
When his younger brother Zhu Gaoxu, King of Han Dynasty, saw this, he pointed out from behind: "The people in front have fallen, and the people behind should be alert." Zhu Zhanji was already the grandson of the emperor at that time. After hearing this, he immediately went to the back. He responded: "There are people behind who will also be alert!" When Zhu Gaoxu looked back, his expression changed.
Let’s talk about the Xiaoling Mausoleum. When Zhu Di passed away and Zhu Gaochi took over, Emperor Renzong wanted to move the capital back to Nanjing, but he suddenly died less than a year after he became emperor, so nothing could be done about it. become.
Zhu Zhanji then became emperor, and immediately put aside his father's plan to return the capital to Nanjing, and asked his younger brother, Prince Zheng Zhu Zhanqi, to go to Nanjing to pay homage to Xiaoling Mausoleum on his behalf.
In this way, starting from Renzong and Xuanzong, followed by Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, Jing Emperor Zhu Qiyu, Xianzong Zhu Jianshen, Xiaozong Zhu Youtang, these generations of emperors have never been to Nanjing again. The so-called visit to Xiaoling Mausoleum is natural Not to mention. However, when Emperor Wu Zong Zhu Houzhao became emperor, the situation was different!
There are two kinds of evaluations of Wu Zong in later generations, both of which are quite extreme. One says that he is a genius, and the other says that he is mediocre and ignorant.
The former praised him for his intelligence, determination, bravery and wisdom, and recorded that he once personally led troops to inspect the frontline defense of the Great Wall, and fought a battle with the little Mongolian prince Dayan Khan in Yingzhou, and finally won. This part of the view believes that he is An emperor who tolerated his ministers, did not offend those who admonished them, and maintained a harmonious relationship between monarch and ministers, was even good at doing small favors and could make decisive decisions when faced with facts.
The latter criticized him for being lewd and tyrannical, and an unprincipled and ignorant king. He pointed out that he built a leopard house, trusted eunuchs, and spent all day in debauchery. He even laughed and said "what a big fireworks display" when the Qianqing Palace burned down, which showed his absurdity. Quirky character.
Gao Pragmatic felt that a large part of the reason why the evaluation of Wu Zong was polarized was due to the strong influence of the Ming Dynasty civil servant group.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the power of the civil service group became increasingly powerful, completely overpowering the military generals, and even seriously eroding the imperial power. However, Wu Zong tried to regain control of the government and reuse military generals, which undoubtedly violated the interests of the civil service group. Therefore, even Some people think that Wu Zong's death was caused by a conspiracy and that he died suddenly. Regardless of whether it was an accident or a murder, in short, Wu Zong was a very individual person, and this cannot be wrong.
By suppressing Liu Liu and Liu Qi's uprising, Wu Zong turned the mobilization of border troops from a special situation into a common occurrence. From then on, he firmly held the control of the border troops in his own hands.
Starting from the 12th year of Zhengde, Wu Zong had been wandering around the border fortresses in Shanxi, but refused to return to the capital. In March of the 14th year of Zhengde, Wu Zong also sent a message to Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, asking him to quickly send the emperor to the capital. He also wrote down the etiquette notes for paying homage to the ancestral mausoleum in Fengyang, the imperial mausoleum, and the Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing - this clearly shows that he wanted to tour the south.
The civil servants resisted with all their might, but Wu Zong ignored them and handed over 107 people, including doctor Sun Feng, to the imperial staff at the Meridian Gate. Then why did the civil servants resist so stubbornly? The big principles they said were the same. On the other hand, I am probably more concerned that the emperor knows how some large civil servant groups are making money crazily in Jiangnan.
As it turned out, by coincidence, the rebellion of King Ning Zhu Chenhao broke out in June of that year, and all the efforts of the civil servants were in vain! On August 22, Wu Zong personally led the army to the expedition. In fact, when the army set off Son, Wang Shouren had already put an end to King Ning's rebellion. The problem was, how could Emperor Wu miss this good opportunity to patrol the south and still insist on leading his army to the south?
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! This is actually easy to understand. When King Ning's rebellion first started, there was a lot of noise. How many of his associates in Jiangnan have not been discovered? How could the emperor not? How about checking? So on December 25th, Wu Zong arrived in Nanjing. This was the first Ming emperor to come to Nanjing in the past century.
Gengyin day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Emperor Wu Zong was in Nanjing and went to pay a visit to Xiaoling. On this day, the civil and military ministers held a ceremony of congratulations at Fengtian Gate. The empress dowager and the empress accepted the congratulations from the ladies in the palace.
On the first day of the first lunar month of the 15th year of Zhengde, all the officials were on vacation at home to celebrate New Year's Day [Note: it was called New Year's Day at this time]. Unexpectedly, Wu Zong actually ran to Zhongshan to pay homage to Xiaoling. He became the second Qingchao Jian in the Ming Dynasty to become the emperor.
The emperor who went to the ancestral mausoleum - the first one, as I just said, was Zhu Di.
In short, Wu Zong seriously paid homage to the founding ancestors of the People's Republic of China as descendants. He stayed in Nanjing for a full eight months, and did not plan to return to Beijing until the leap August of this year.
On the seventh day of the eighth month before returning to Beijing, Wu Zong went to Xiaoling again to say goodbye to Emperor Taizu. And the next day, he also held a formal capture ceremony, and then took Prince Ning and others along the road.
The canal went north. During the Double Ninth Festival in September of that year, Wu Zong arrived in Huai'an.
At this time, something strange happened. While boating and fishing in Qingjiangpu, Wu Zong inexplicably fell into the water. Although he did not drown at the time, he fell ill from then on. He died of illness in the leopard room in March of this year... uh, driving
collapsed.
The suspicious thing about this incident is that it happened so unexpectedly. Considering that the civil servants were really unhappy with him, it is difficult for people not to have conspiracy theories. But the problem is that Wu Zong did not die on the spot. He might as well have returned to Beijing at that time
Regardless, he didn't say there was anything wrong with this matter. In other words, he himself didn't think this matter was about someone harming him.
In short, after Wu Zong died, because he had no son, the court had no choice but to follow the method of "brother eventually succeeds brother" and let his cousin Zhu Houcong move from Anlu, Huguang to the capital to become emperor, that is, Emperor Shizong Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty.
In February of the 18th year of Jiajing's reign, Zhu Houcong set off from Beijing to the south again. However, the place he went to was not Nanjing, but Anlu, his birthplace, so he would definitely not go to Xiaoling.
In the original history, from Emperor Shizong onwards, Emperor Mu Zong, Shenzong, Guangzong, Xizong and Emperor Chongzhen, apart from going to Wanshou Mountain to worship, they had never left Beijing at all. As for paying homage to Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing, that was even more
Forget it.
This time, it seems that it was due to the influence of Gao Pragmatism. The development of the country in the Ming Dynasty was completely different from the original history. Since Zhu Yijun became emperor, he has had a smooth journey, and his achievements are even greater than those of Cheng Zu. He has the capital to be granted the title of Zen Taishan. Then
Just take it all in one step and continue south to Nanjing to pay a visit to Xiaoling Mausoleum.
Ancestor worship itself is a trivial matter, but the important thing is to personally declare to Taizu’s spirit in heaven: The hidden dangers that you and your ancestors failed to eliminate are now finally solved by me!
It can be said that this visit, not to mention other emperors who came to Xiaoling, may be even more important than Zhu Di's visit on the day he entered Nanjing.
But even so, Gao Pragmatism still lacks interest.
This is just the last tremor after praying ninety-nine times. Any accidents have been ensured. Gao Pragmatic has already regarded tomorrow's visit to Xiaoling as an outing. His mind is completely focused on what happens after tomorrow.
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