The morning in the Forbidden City begins with the melodious morning bells.
The spring sunshine is very warm, the wind is very soft, and everything in the Forbidden City seems slightly lazy. Even the early birds squatting on the branches are not immediately eager to find insects to feed themselves, but are carving themselves carelessly. of feathers.
Rebuke, rebuke!
A burst of scolding from the eunuch broke the laziness.
The bastard led several eunuchs in front, waving the whisk in his hand. The lowly palace servants on the road quickly turned around and faced the wall.
On the road leading to the Qianqing Palace, a carriage drove slowly. The emperor was about to start handling government affairs. The Forbidden City, which had been slightly lazy just now, suddenly became like a busy machine and began to rotate at high speed.
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Qianqing Palace is very quiet in the early morning, and only by being quiet can you focus.
It’s also because I have something to do, so I have to focus, which means this is destined to be another boring and busy day.
"Long live the Lord!" Wang Bashi came in holding a tray with hot noodles, oil tea and several snacks on it.
"Leave it there! I'm not hungry yet!" Zhu Yunxi said, picking up the memorial on the imperial desk and asked, "Who is on duty in the south study room today?"
All the counselors and ministers in the South Study Room have their own jobs. It is impossible to stay in the South Study Room from morning to night, but they cannot be absent all the time. Therefore, eight people come in turns to ensure that there is someone on duty in the South Study Room.
"Long live my lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Yan is waiting outside to see you!" The bastard said softly.
Something happened so early?
"Let him in!"
After waiting for a while, Zhu Gaochi, wearing navy blue uniform with dark patterns, came in from outside.
Zhu Yunxi noticed that he was holding a memorial in his hand.
"minister...."
"No need to rule!" Zhu Yunxi spoke without waiting for the other party to salute, and then glanced at the memorial in Zhu Gaochi's hand, "Something happened?"
"It's not about anything, it's just about this memorial that I don't dare to do on my own." Zhu Gaochi said, bending slightly, holding the memorial in both hands and presenting it.
"Let me take a look!" Zhu Yunxi took it and looked through it while smiling, "Have you used breakfast? If it is useless, there are tea snacks on the table..." As he said this, his brows suddenly frowned.
The memorial came from Kaifeng, Central Plains!
Zhu Yunxi was just casually reading, but the above content could not help but make him read it carefully from beginning to end, and read out the voice, "Your Majesty, Zhang Shoujing, the prefect of Kaifeng, is begging. There is a descendant of a blue-hatted man in Kaifeng, An Cheng. He owns a medicine shop as his business, and together with the blue-hatted men, there are 4,000 people in total, and they want to raise a lot of money to rebuild the Ji Le Ye Church, one of the Jin Dynasty..."
Since the Yuan Dynasty, China has no longer been a country with a single population.
Qin unified the world, and the Han Dynasty established the concept of China. Since the two Jin Dynasties, and even the Sui and Tang Dynasties, although it has been between Han and Hu, there is me among you and there is me among you, but at least the people of the world are within the scope of the traditional understanding of the world. Inside.
But it was different at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. The territory of the Yuan Dynasty not only included the Central Plains, but also the leaders of several major khanates of the Golden Family. In addition, the Mongols continued to march westward, so many people outside the traditional cognition came to settle in China. .
For these outsiders, they were collectively called Semu at first. Later, due to the different habits of these Semu people, the folk gradually differentiated them.
For example, this man with blue hats is a man with blue hats.
"A gift of music industry teaching?" Zhu Yunxi repeatedly pondered, thoughtfully.
"Buddhism and Taoism have been suppressed since the imperial dynasty." Zhu Gaochi said from the side, "Lest monks and Taoists not engage in production and occupy the fields, they are not allowed to build temples at will. This gift of music and industry is not included in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and I have never heard of it.
I can't make up my mind..."
"The origin of these blue-hatted people?" Zhu Yunxi looked at Zhu Gaochi and asked, "Do you know? On the sea or in the Western Regions?"
"I really don't know this!" Zhu Gaochi stood up and said.
Zhu Yunxi looked a little solemn, put down the memorial in his hand, and said to the outside world, "Zhuan Xie Jin, as well as Fang Xiaoru, Hanlin Academy Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others!"
"According to the order!"
Then, Zhu Yunxi looked at Zhu Gaochi again, "You don't know their origins, nor do you know what the Yizhi Leye Sect is about? Why did you bring the book to me?"
"It's never a good thing to build a temple!" Zhu Gaochi said with a smile, "And it's an immortal I don't know!" As he said, his smile faded, "I'd like to say something inappropriate. You need to be careful about old things from the past!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi smiled.
In the previous Dynasty of the Yuan Dynasty, the honest and simple Mongolians were in awe of heaven and earth, so the sky in the Yuan Dynasty was filled with gods and Buddhas. Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Huang Taixian, Shamanism, Changshengtian, and the White Lotus...
What Zhu Gaochi said made some sense, but it was not the same thing as what Zhu Yunxi was thinking.
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Half an hour later, several erudite Hanlin Academy bachelors and others arrived at Qianqing Palace.
When these people are asked about serious matters, they may talk nonsense, but if you ask them about these things, they will always have something to say.
"I will see you, Your Majesty!"
"Give them a seat!" Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, and a palace official came in with a stool.
"I've called you here for something!" Zhu Yunxi looked at everyone, clapped the memorial in his hand, and said, "What's going on with the blue-hatted man in Kaifeng Mansion? And what's going on with the Yi Ji Le Ye Sect?
"
In fact, he almost had some ideas in his mind, but it involved a blind spot in his knowledge for a while, so he was a little unsure.
Among the scholars, Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin were tied for the first row.
When the two of them heard that the emperor suddenly asked such a question, they were both stunned.
Fang Xiaoru pondered for a moment, "Back to the emperor, the people with blue hats and eyes actually have a long history, and they settled in Zhongxia not until the Yuan Dynasty!" As he said that, he thought about it and said, "According to historical records, as early as the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were maritime merchants from overseas.
When he came to live in Guangzhou, he was called a person with blue hats and colored eyes! These people were completely different from the people of the Celestial Dynasty in terms of clothing, food, etc. They lived in groups, and at one time they had tens of thousands of followers of the Leye Sect."
"Then at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao rebelled and invaded Guangzhou. Under the massacre, less than one blue hat man was scattered in all directions."
"As for the blue-hatted men in Kaifeng, they came from across the ocean during the reign of Zhenzong of Zhao and Song dynasties. They offered treasures and attracted Zhenzong's great joy. These people were allowed to return to Zhongxia, abide by the customs of their ancestors, and leave their legacy to Bianjing...
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"Wait!" Zhu Yunxi suddenly said, "You just said that overseas visitors from Zhao and Song Dynasties were allowed to stay in Kaifeng by Song Zhenzong. Did it come from Song history or where did it come from?"
"There is no record in the history books. This is what I got by chance when I was a young man studying abroad. It is said that it was passed down orally by the local blue-hatted men!" Fang Xiaoru said.
Zhu Yunxi roared meaningfully, "Keep talking!"
Fang Xiaoru sorted out his thoughts, "So these people settled down in Zhongxia, and most of them thrived in business. Later, during the reign of Emperor Shizong of the Jin Dynasty, their descendants built a Leye Church in Kaifeng, and they lived in groups based on the synagogue.
Isolated. The synagogue is grand and majestic, and is known as the Liang Garden Scenic Spot."
"Then Jin destroyed Yuanxing, but still stood firm. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when the Central Plains was in chaos, the war was affected and the vitality was damaged..."
"Wait!" Zhu Yunxi interrupted Fang Xiaoru again, "What's the difference between them and my people of the Celestial Dynasty now?"
"I don't know clearly, but I heard that some details are different. For example, they still live in groups, don't marry outsiders, set up their own schools, some believe in this and give the Leye religion, etc. However, they also respect Confucius and Mencius and also study.
They are wise, and they have been reproduced for hundreds of years, so they are no different from the people of my heaven."
This chapter has been completed!