On August 7, Empress Ma passed away in Kunning Palace!
The next day, all civil and military officials performed a consolation ceremony in full uniform.
In the early morning of the next day after hearing the funeral, all the civil and military officials in Beijing went to the right gate in plain clothes and came in in mourning clothes. Afterwards, they performed the condolence ceremony in plain clothes, which lasted for three days.
Civil servants of the first to third grades, and military officers of the first to fifth grades, should wear plain clothes to the Qianqing Palace and wear mourning clothes for the ceremony. Gold, beads, silver, jade jewelry and powder are not allowed. Mourning clothes include linen hijab, linen shirt, linen skirt and linen skirt. shoe.
Originally, both civil and military officials and their wives were required to wear mourning clothes, which started from the official mourning day and could not be lifted until after the twenty-seventh day. After that, all civil and military officials and their wives were still required to wear plain clothes until they reached the age of 100. You can start wearing light-colored clothes after 3 days.
Civil and military officials and married women abroad must also wear mourning clothes, the same as officials in Beijing.
Ordinary people, both men and women, must wear mourning clothes for three days and plain clothes for twenty-seven days. ??
The world is pure!
From the day of the obituary, slaughtering in Beijing is prohibited for forty-nine days, and slaughtering outside the country is prohibited for twenty-seven days. Music and worship are stopped for a hundred days, marriages to officials are stopped for a hundred days, and military and civilian services are stopped for one month.
However, Empress Ma was kind and did not want to burden the whole world with one person, so before she died, she asked Lao Zhu to issue an order: all civil and military officials and married women, as well as senior soldiers and civilians, should only wear plain clothes for three days, and then wear the same clothes.
Although Empress Ma was merciful, she only allowed the world to mourn for three days before allowing the military and civilians to resume their normal lives. However, the people felt that Empress Ma loved the people as her own children, and countless people in the capital spontaneously continued to comply with the cessation of all slaughter. There was music, marriages, and every household wearing mourning clothes to commemorate this virtuous queen who was unique even in history.
In front of the memorial hall of Empress Ma, Lao Zhu held Empress Ma's coffin and cried like a helpless child. Although he was the dignified founding emperor of the Ming Empire, few people could understand him at this moment. Grief.
Perhaps Zhu Biao and Han Du, who were standing behind Lao Zhu, could understand something.
Lao Zhu lost his only spiritual support, while Zhu Biao lost his mother.
Han Du deeply understood that he had lost someone who loved and cared for him. Without Queen Ma, Lao Zhu, who valued his face more than his life, would never have allowed himself to snatch the bride, let alone He pinched his nose and married An Qingxia to himself. No matter how talented he was, Lao Zhu would not hesitate to raise the butcher knife. After all, Lao Zhu had never seen talented people in his life, let alone Never killed!
Even later, he was imprisoned several times. The reason why he was safe in the end was because Queen Ma helped him behind the scenes. Otherwise, even if he was a cat with nine lives, he would not be able to be killed by Lao Zhu.
Faced with the death of Empress Ma, the reaction of the ministers was even more intense. During the court meeting, the ministers burst into tears, even crying more sadly than Zhu Yuanzhang.
Why did the ministers react so strongly? Even sadder than Zhu Yuanzhang who lost his beloved wife? There is certainly a reason for this. Especially for the founding ministers of the Ming Dynasty, if they were asked to choose the one they were most grateful for in their lives, The person I admire the most is definitely not Zhu Yuanzhang. In the Ming Dynasty, the person who was most supported by the ministers was none other than Empress Ma.
When Empress Ma passed away, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally sad, and his tears showed his true feelings. But for the ministers, they were even more sad, because the only person who could dissuade Zhu Yuanzhang was gone. Without Empress Ma's dissuasion, what would Zhu Yuanzhang have become?
?These ministers have followed Zhu Yuanzhang for decades, so they will naturally be worried about the future. In fact, the reason why these ministers are so sad is not only sad about the death of Queen Ma, but also worried about their own future.
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Even though the Ministry of Rites was in charge and the internal officials were in charge of Empress Ma's funeral, Lao Zhu still stayed away from court for ten days. This was unique in Lao Zhu's thirty years as emperor.
Ten days later, Lao Zhu was filled with grief and ordered to give Queen Ma a posthumous title: Queen Xiaoci. She was buried in Xiaoling Mausoleum!
Although Empress Ma repeatedly requested that her funeral be simple, Lao Zhu still decided to hold a grand funeral for Empress Ma. Although this was something Empress Ma did not want to see, Lao Zhu still made up his mind to do it.
And all the officials were grateful for Queen Ma's kindness, so naturally no one objected.
At the beginning, all the procedures were carried out as scheduled. After the people in the capital heard about Queen Ma's death, they were very sad, and many people also spontaneously mourned her.
But no one expected that on the day of Queen Ma's funeral, strong winds suddenly broke out and it began to rain heavily. The sudden arrival of the heavy rain affected the travel of the funeral procession. Moreover, if the funeral was forcibly carried out, Ma
The queen's coffin might still get water. For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang kept pacing back and forth in front of the door, feeling very unhappy in his heart.
Because in his opinion, this was a very unlucky symbol. Moreover, he did not want to change the date of the funeral. The more and more angry Zhu Yuanzhang became, he finally broke out, raised his finger to the sky and shouted: "If it doesn't stop raining,
Then everyone present will go to the funeral."
Everyone was frightened when they heard this, because with Lao Zhu's temper, it was indeed possible for him to do such a thing. Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, not daring to provoke Lao Zhu again.
Zhu Biao wanted to stand up and admonish his father. But before he could stand up, Han Du behind him grabbed him by the skirt of his clothes and dragged him down to kneel down again.
Zhu Biao turned around angrily and glared at Han Du, meaning: "What are you doing to pull me back? Didn't you see that your father is going to kill him?"
When his mother's funeral was held, Zhu Biao did not want to see his father go on a killing spree.
But Han Du shook his head slightly and gave him a look: If you go up to persuade your father, will you be able to persuade him? Or do you think you have Empress Ma's ability to calm down your father who is in a rage?
Well, you are still the eldest son of your mother. On such a day, can you still ask the emperor to change the time of the funeral?
At this time, anyone can stand up and dissuade him, but Zhu Biao cannot.
The time of Empress Ma's funeral was strictly calculated by Qin Tian Jian and could not be changed easily. Except for Lao Zhu, no matter who wanted to change the time, it would be disrespectful to Empress Ma.
Not only Zhu Biao couldn't stand up, but Han Du himself couldn't either. Otherwise, the name of unfilial piety would inevitably fall on him.
The Ming Dynasty was founded on filial piety. If a person is labeled as unfilial, his whole life will be over. If Han Du is labeled as unfilial, he will inevitably be dismissed from office.
Even if it were Zhu Biao, his position as crown prince would also be in jeopardy.
Filial piety, in the Ming Dynasty, was a person's moral foundation. For a person who does not even have filial piety, naturally everything else about this person will be denied!
But now the situation is critical, Lao Zhu has already raised the butcher's knife. If no one dissuades him, countless people will be killed.
After all, the rain is God's business. God knows when it will end and whether it will be delayed.
Although other officials have no unfilial concern, they cannot bear Lao Zhu's anger. If they stand up, they may be chopped down by the angry Lao Zhu before they can speak.
Han Du looked around among the people and suddenly saw a group of shiny bald heads. These were monks praying for Queen Ma, and there were also a group of Taoist priests on the other side.
Han Du didn't have time to pay attention at this time. His eyes were fixed on one person in the group of monks, Monk Zong Li!
The old monk seemed to notice a feeling like a light on his back, and subconsciously glanced back.
If the old monk knew that Han Du was watching him behind his back, he would never look back today. And since he turned back subconsciously, it can only mean that he did not read the almanac when he went out today.
When Monk Zong Lai met Han Du's eyes, his heart couldn't help but jump violently.
Before Zong Li could bear to look away, he saw Han Du winking at him, asking him to persuade the emperor.
Zong's scalp suddenly went numb. How could he dare to stand up and persuade the emperor at this time? Although he was affectionately called a scholar by Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu appreciated him very much.
Lao Zhu often summoned him to the palace to give lectures on scriptures. But precisely because he had been in contact with the emperor countless times, he knew the emperor's temper very well.
Anyone who stands up to dissuade you at this time is seeking death!
Although the old monk was old, he still didn't want to die. Therefore, he pretended to look back as if nothing had happened.
Han Du saw that Monk Zong Lai was actually playing this trick with him and pretended not to notice his gesture? Han Du couldn't help but become angry and stared at Monk Zong Lai with vicious thoughts in his mind.
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Monk Zong Lai suddenly noticed an unpleasant feeling coming from behind, and he immediately understood that he could not avoid today's disaster.
He secretly proclaimed a Buddhist name, sighed, turned around, and looked at Han Du.
"What's the benefit of a poor monk trying to dissuade the emperor?"
"What benefits do you want?" Seeing Zong Li lowering his eyebrows in submission, Han Du looked at him happily.
"I haven't thought about it yet, I'll let you know when I do."
"make a deal!!!"
Zong Long turned around helplessly. Although he had agreed to Han Du, he had not yet decided what to do.
Just when Monk Zongli was thinking hard, a light suddenly flashed in his mind.
Monk Zong Lai suddenly walked out of the team. Such an action naturally attracted everyone's attention. All the officials looked at Monk Zong Lai with admiration. After all, those who dare to stand up at this time are at least not afraid of death.
Even Lao Zhu turned to look at Monk Zong Li, but Lao Zhu's face became increasingly ugly, and he was about to burst out with anger.
However, Monk Zongli looked calm and walked up to Lao Zhu without any fear. Then he said something to Lao Zhu: "The rain is falling, the sky is weeping, and the thundering ground is mourning. All the Buddhas in the West send Ma Tathagata together."
When Han Du heard this, he would have wanted to praise Zong Li for his success, had it not been for the need for solemnity at this time.
What does Monk Zonglong mean by this sentence? The meaning of this sentence is: This heavy rain was caused by the old man crying. Because of the passing of Queen Ma, the old man also felt reluctant to leave, so he cried. Because God is too sad,
That's why the rain didn't stop.
After listening to what Zong Long said, Zhu Yuanzhang's anger surprisingly subsided.
Lao Zhu naturally did not want to kill so many people, and Empress Ma had always advised him not to kill innocent people indiscriminately and to be considerate of his subordinates. Even after Empress Ma was gone, these words still influenced Zhu Yuanzhang. Moreover, today is Empress Ma's funeral.
If he really killed so many people and buried them with him, Lao Zhu would definitely feel guilty towards Queen Ma.
What Zong Di said just gave Zhu Yuanzhang a step down.