Fengyang, Imperial Tomb.
I don't know when the wind began to pick up, and the snow on the ground was picked up, and it hit people's faces like sand, causing a dull pain.
The magnificent imperial mausoleum is right in front of you. The hundreds of meters long Shinto is like a ladder to the sky. Thirty-two groups of tall stone statues stand majestically on both sides. Farther away is the magnificent and continuous royal palace.
Zhu Yunxi supported the old man in front. He could clearly feel that from the moment he stepped into the imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, the old man's big hands began to tremble slightly and his steps began to stagger.
Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Wuding Marquis Guo Ying, and Jingchuan Marquis Cao Zhen followed them. There was another person beside them.
An old eunuch wearing a blue cloth, who was so old that he had to rely on others to hold him up before he could walk.
The eunuch left behind in Zhongdu was Gou Ren.
Suddenly there was a creaking whine in the wind, and the golden gate connected by the imperial bridge at the end of the Shinto was opened by several eunuchs, revealing the Xiangdian with brackets and cornices inside.
"Grandpa Huang, please watch your step!" Zhu Yunxi suddenly felt that the old man's body was shaking violently, and he quickly tried to persuade him softly.
The old man did not speak, but pushed Zhu Yunxi's hand away. Then he seemed a little nervous, and carefully arranged his beard, hair, collar and waist folds in front of the Golden Gate of the Imperial City.
He wears cyan uniforms with longevity patterns printed on them, a black wing crown without any decoration, and a warm jade cloth belt around his waist.
"You can't wear this, it's not dignified!" As he said this, the old man took off the belt around his waist and threw it aside. Then he took off the wing crown on his head, smoothed his hair, and walked towards the door.
The wind was still blowing, and the old man's newly styled white hair was dancing in the wind.
Passing through the Golden Gate of the Imperial City, the first thing that comes into view is the towering stone tablets on the left and right sides in front of the Xiang Hall.
On the left is the tombstone of the Ming Emperor written by the old man himself.
"The filial son Emperor Yuan Zhang would like to say that in the summer of April of the eleventh year of Hongwu, he ordered Wu Liang, Marquis of Jiangyin, to supervise the construction of a new imperial palace. When I took a look at the shape, I saw the pale face and bright head, and suddenly thought about the hardships of the past. The inscription on the tomb of Emperor Kuang
, are all whitewashed articles by Confucian officials, and may not be enough to serve as warnings for future generations. They specifically describe the hardships and the prosperous fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, so that generations can see them." The whole stele has 1,105 words, starting from the death of the family when the old man was a boy, to the time of troubled times.
How to fight hard for the rest of your life and finally become an emperor.
These thousand words, almost every word is bloody.
When Zhu Yunxi returned to Fengyang to worship his ancestors last time, he stayed under the inscription for a long time. He read and reread one of the passages, and his eyes filled with tears.
"After the burial, the family was in a state of panic. Brother Zhong was young and weak, and his livelihood was limited. Sister-in-law Meng returned to her hometown with her young son. There was no rain, and locusts were soaring. The people here were short of food, and only grass and trees were food. What could I do?
, I was so frightened that I made a plan with my brother, how could it be normal? My brother went here and lived through the bad times. My brother cried for me, and I was sad for him. The emperor cried in the day and broke my heart. Brothers are on different roads, and their mourning is far away.
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That year, the old man's parents and brother died of starvation and illness one after another. After finally letting their relatives bury themselves in peace, their family was completely devastated and they didn't even have food to survive. Moreover, there was a locust plague, and God forbade their survival.
hope.
The sister-in-law took her nephew back to her parents' home, and the only remaining brother had to flee for a living. He knew that once his brother left, the two brothers would never see each other again. Under the bright sun, the two brothers hugged each other and cried.
Standing at the entrance of the village, I reluctantly said goodbye...
Then, the old man himself was the only one left in the world.
The old man's life has confirmed the ancient saying that heaven will bestow great responsibilities on this people.
No, to be precise, what he experienced exceeded what the saints summed up.
It is more than suffering that its muscles and bones are hungry and its skin is hungry, it is more than that its body is depleted and its actions are confused.
In the first half of the old man's life, there was no light at all.
"Dasun!" The old man stood under the imperial stone tablet, looking at the stone tablet with resolute and even stubborn eyes, "What do you think when you look at this inscription?"
Zhu Yunxi saluted, "When my grandson read the emperor's imperial stele for the first time, he cried in his heart for the sorrow of the emperor's youth, for the youth's wandering and suffering, and even more deeply for the hardships of the livelihood of my ancestors of the Zhu family, and the hardships of the emperor's entrepreneurial career.
He is too difficult, the old man is too difficult.
A peasant boy who lost his land, a person at the bottom of society, a humble life in troubled times.
If it had been anyone else, he might have died long ago. Or he died in the rebellion, or he died of starvation or illness, or... Anyway, the vast majority of such people did not even stir up waves in the troubled times.
"Since morning and evening, the army has marched day by day. The soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty have been punished, and the soldiers are in trouble. Once they can't seize it, they seize it again and again. They move the camp and change the base, and look at each other with flags. They have been relieved, and they have abandoned their weapons and spears. I have escaped.
The brigade, riding the horses and controlling the reins, travels to the southern land, and the air is relaxed and bright. Encourage farmers to join the army, and their careers will be prosperous."
This is by no means a simple word of luck to describe it. This is Zhu Yuanzhang, who has no way out, a declaration of war and a roar against the ruthless world.
"Today, my grandson has become the emperor. I read the imperial inscription of the emperor for the second time, and I have different feelings!" Zhu Yunxi looked into the old man's eyes, "My ancestors of the Zhu family have been poor people for generations, and all they want is food and clothing.
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"There are more than tens of thousands of people in the world who are like my Zhu family. They live in precarious situations and have no food at night. They live in fear all day long. Their brothers and sisters are separated and they die miserably. They experience all the misery in the world."
"I, the Zhu family, come from a humble background. When we rule the world, we must not be like the foolish kings of the previous dynasties. We harmed the people and did not know the sufferings of the people. We ignored the loss of life and imposed taxes and extortionately, making the people miserable!"
After saying that, Zhu Yunxi saluted again and kowtowed under the inscription, "Grandpa Emperor, today my grandson understands!"
The old man looked at his grandson's young face and energetic eyes, "What do you understand?"
"This monument is not only erected by you for the ancestors of the Zhu family, but also for the descendants of the Zhu family. All of our Huangming clan must not forget it!"
"Good boy, get up!" The old man helped Zhu Yunxi up, still looking into his eyes, "Your father said this to us back then, and now you have said it too, we... As long as you remember our hard work, we
Even if you die, you can still close your eyes!" After saying that, he turned to look at the imperial mausoleum again, "You tell us these words today, and you will tell Liu Jin in the future. Liu Jin will also tell his children and grandchildren. The Zhu family must never forget their roots.
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With that said, the old man took Zhu Yunxi and walked to another wordless monument fifty steps away.
"Some people said back then that the monument here would not look good if it was empty, but we still left it empty, so we erected the monument without a word on it. Do you know why?"
Zhu Yunxi thought about it and said softly, "This mausoleum was built by the emperor's grandfather for his great-grandfather and great-grandmother. I think it is because the kindness of my parents cannot be expressed in words, so it is empty!"
"That's half right!" The old man nodded slightly, "That's half right!" As he said that, he stretched out his hand to gently touch the wordless monument, "In the past, there were many people like us in the world, and some were even worse off than us.
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"At least we survived, at least we had a place to stay, and we didn't die of cold or hunger. There are more ruthless and smarter people than us, but why in the end, it was us who achieved great things?"
At this point, the old man's eyes filled with moisture, "Because it's us who carry the virtues of our parents and the ancestors of the Zhu family."
"We, the Zhu family, have been good people for generations. We have worked hard and never complained, and we have never harmed anyone. No matter how tight life is, the children at home cannot have enough to eat. But as long as we can help others, we will never blink an eye!"
"They suffered misfortunes while they were alive, but they accumulated virtues. In the end, these virtues were repaid to us."
"These two monuments, firstly, allow future generations to remember the hard-won achievements of the country, and secondly, they allow the descendants of the Zhu family to know the virtues of their ancestors!"
This chapter has been completed!