The fourteen-year-old young man does not have the impetuosity and yearning for power of his companions in the palace. He knows very well what it means to fulfill his duties and what his duty is.
This is also the reason why Zhu Yunxi selected him from dozens of candidates and placed him beside him.
Yutian knows the rules.
But for him to ignore the rules and rush into the small study in the East Palace, what happened must be extraordinary.
If it's not urgent, it's serious.
Yu Tian, who looked very handsome, but was betrayed by the coldness on his face, lowered his head: "Your Majesty has made it clear that since His Highness's wedding is coming, to show the Emperor's favor and celebrate with the people, in addition to the death penalty, officials who commit stolen goods
Those who violate the law will be pardoned by the world."
After finishing speaking, Yutian's always stern face finally showed a faint smile.
"Your Highness, the decree has now left the imperial city and been sent to all ministries, offices, and prefectures and counties in the world."
Putting away the smile on his face, Yutian stepped aside and stood with his hands clasped together.
There were some words that were too obvious and inappropriate, but he didn't say them out loud.
Such a decree to grant amnesty to the world because of his grandson can be said to be a profound act of imperial kindness.
You must know that in the 27 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been only one amnesty from the first year of Hongwu to the present. That was far back on August 11, the first year of Hongwu, not long after he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang issued a decree to amnesty the world.
Yuan spreads Pu's grace and renews the people's power, which can lead to a general amnesty for the whole world.
These are all the words in Zhu Yuanzhang's edict when he granted amnesty to the world in the first year of Hongwu.
Its purpose was to reform the people, end the chaos in the world in the former Yuan Dynasty, and issue an amnesty decree full of political meaning in response to the situation where all kinds of wastes were rising in the Central Plains.
Now this edict of amnesty is only because of Zhu Yunxi's wedding.
It can't be said to be unimportant.
The emperor's love for his grandson was beyond measure.
With glory.
Yu Tian was lucky, he was chosen by his grandson at the beginning.
Zhu Gaochi also silently looked at Zhu Yunxi, who was frowning slightly, and chuckled: "It seems that grandpa attaches great importance to your wedding on August 15th. I'm afraid the scene will be extremely spectacular."
At this time, Yutian echoed in a low voice: "Prince Yan doesn't know something. Nowadays, even Li's Korea, there are a bunch of vassal states in the south, Dongfan (Taiwan) in the east, Ryukyu, the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan, and the two dynasties in the west.
The Great Merciful Dharma King is already filming the envoys on their way to Beijing."
"Oh?" Zhu Gaochi leaned back on the chair and looked at Zhu Yunxi sideways: "This is really spectacular. I think all the county officials and noble generals in the town will also send people to see it off.
Come to Beijing with the congratulatory gifts."
Zhu Yunxi helplessly rolled his eyes at Xia Pang: "Do you think this is a good thing? Amnesty for the world, now not only foreign envoys, but also all the people in the world have heard and acted."
Zhu Gaochi moved his mouth and looked aside.
Zhu Yunxi ignored the fat man, turned to look at Yutian, and ordered: "Go and give a message to Xie Jin, tell him that now the wood is beautiful in the forest, it will be destroyed by the wind. Let him draw up the Taisun Cult of the Supervisor and spread it to Xiao
All the noble military commanders in the prefectures, counties and border towns in the world are doing this for themselves, and it is not a matter of state. If they are serious about it, they don’t have to come. A bushel of old rice from the place and a rusty knife sent from the border town shows their true intentions."
Yutian accepted the order with his hands raised, then hesitantly raised his head and frowned: "What if the border is far away and we have already set off?"
"Um?"
Zhu Yunxi frowned, his tone increased, and he glanced at Yutian lightly.
Yutian trembled all over, and hurriedly handed over his hand again: "I accept your order, slave."
Wait until Yutian retreats.
Only then did Zhu Gaochi raise his head and said quietly: "Are you going to be taught by Grand Sun now? Why do I feel that grandpa is probably not happy about it?"
Zhu Yunxi hummed twice: "Why are you going to such great lengths to fight? The amnesty to the world is already a great blessing. Now let the world go to heaven together? I don't know how much additional local taxes those people will levy for this gift.
Even if there is no additional tax, officials will go to Beijing, receive them at places along the way, and stay overnight at the official post, and how much food will be spent. The court has not yet run out of money, and Xia Yuanji is thinking day and night about where else to go. Get more money and come back."
It is probably impossible for the local officials to come up with any lavish gifts.
The old man is still very energetic at this time, and it is absolutely impossible for these local officials to allow these local officials to come to Beijing to present gifts without checking where the gifts came from.
On the contrary, it has also affected the financial balance of Guandao Station, which has just completed the reform and entered the stage of deepening reform, and only increased consumption.
Zhu Gaochi shook his head, and then said in a funny way: "Why do I feel that grandpa is probably not just amnesty for the whole world? In the past two days, I always feel that grandpa is planning something."
Zhu Yunxi was slightly startled: "Grandpa is planning something?"
The recent events are nothing more than the second uncle's mission to change the field tax in Liudao, the sweet potato planting incident after I returned to Beijing from Jiaozhi Road, and the steam engine incident that just happened.
There won't be any big events in the imperial court this year.
Could it be that the old man dislikes someone again?
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but shook his head and looked at Xiaopang.
Both brothers looked confused.
But at this time, the little eunuch Yu Tian who had just left the small study room came back again.
At this moment, Yutian stood outside the door of the small study with his hands folded, and shouted into the room in a low voice: "Your Highness, there is a decree, and Mr. Sun has come to deliver it."
Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows, stood up, and looked at Xiaopang silently.
The old man just issued a decree to grant amnesty to the world, and now another decree has been sent to the East Palace.
Zhu Yunxi, who originally thought nothing was wrong, suddenly felt that something was wrong.
The old man must be up to something big.
Don't dare to think too much.
Zhu Yunxi had already pulled Xiaopang and rushed to the front of the East Palace.
Waiting for a few people to arrive at the front hall of the East Palace.
Sun Gou'er, the palace manager who came with the order, was already standing in front of the arranged table for receiving the order.
Seeing the grandson and Prince Yan arriving together, Sun Gouer held the imperial edict in his hand and showed a smile on his face.
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Zhu Yunxi bowed his hands in return, and glanced at the imperial edict held in Sun Gou'er's hand. Then he looked at Sun Gou'er and winked to indicate that the other party could talk.
But this time, Zhu Yunxi was heartbroken.
I heard Sun Gou'er say in a deep voice: "His Majesty ordered the grandson to kneel down and listen to the decree."
For a moment, Zhu Yunxi was confused and doubtful.
In the past, when the old man asked people to deliver edicts, he would usually give them orally, and then give himself a decree.
This is the first time that I have been specifically asked to kneel down and listen to the will.
It became increasingly difficult to figure it out.
Zhu Gaochi was already kneeling on the ground at this time. When Zhu Yunxi didn't see any movement, he frowned and pulled the opponent's sleeves heavily.
Only then did Zhu Yunxi react, leaning over and kneeling on the ground.
Sun Gou'er coughed lightly and slowly opened the edict in his hand.
"Emperor Tian Chengyun, the edict says..."
"I hereby give to the grandson of the Emperor Yunxi a five-color, eight-beaded and ten-pinned crown, and a black ten-chapter crown, which can be worn in wedding ceremonies. It can be used to worship heaven and earth, in ancestral temples, on the first day of the lunar month, on the winter solstice, on holy festivals, and at court gatherings. I also give you a scarlet silk silk
Tongtian crown robe, the one to be worn on the wedding day. Black leather Bian robe, Wu Bian robe, and ordinary clothes are given. From then on, all sacrifices, outside the ancestral temple, meet the king and receive gifts."
Sun Gou'er's voice conveying the decree echoed in the front hall of the East Palace and could not be dispersed for a long time.
But in front of the table where they received the decree, both brothers Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi were completely confused.
This decree is even more powerful than the previous decree of amnesty for the whole world.
Even the decree of amnesty for the whole world involves the entire Ming Dynasty, and involves countless prisoners in prisons and thousands of households.
And the current decree, from beginning to end, is just a reward of some clothes.
But it is even more exciting than Amnesty World.
Zhu Yunxi only felt that his scalp was numb and his back was cold.
If he didn't know the old man's feelings and expectations for him in his heart, he would have thought that this was a plot by the old man to flatter him.
"Your Highness, get up quickly."
Sun Gouer's voice pulled Zhu Yunxi back from the shock and horror, and also reached out to pull him up from the ground.
Zhu Yunxi turned to look at Sun Gouer blankly: "Sun Banban, this matter..."
Sun Gou'er smiled and put the decree into Zhu Yunxi's hand: "Your Highness, you can rest assured and don't have to worry. This is a gift that Your Majesty, as an elder, gives to your children and grandchildren who are about to get married. Your Highness will accept it."
"Did grandpa say this himself?" Zhu Yunxi was still a little worried.
Sun Gou'er nodded, and the smile on his face became brighter: "Your Majesty also said that no matter how calm and composed that kid is on weekdays, his face will change drastically today and his heart will be turbulent. Please tell that kid to be calm and calm.
Just remember what grandpa said."
Zhu Yunxi's eyes flickered and his thoughts were racing. He pondered for a long time before sighing heavily. He took out a piece of bright jade from his arms and put it into Sun Gou'er's hand. Before the other party could refuse, he frowned and said, "I don't mean to break the rules."
, for such a happy event, even the common people have to give some small gifts to neighboring families. But today's matter, what is it..."
Sun Gouer then nodded with a bright smile, put the valuable piece of Mingyu into his sleeve, then took a step closer and whispered: "Your Highness, just relax, the prince also received the order early in the morning.
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Dad also received the decree?
Zhu Yunxi looked at Sun Gouer with doubts in his eyes.
Sun Gou'er continued in a low voice: "The Crown Prince's eleven crowns and black eleven chapter crown uniforms. The leather Bian uniforms, Wu Bian uniforms, and regular uniforms are all in black."
Zhu Yunxi became more and more shocked and surprised, feeling that his head was almost exhausted.
Sun Gou'er looked at the sky outside and said softly: "Your Highness, I have to go back to serve Your Majesty."
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand: "Yutian, send your grandson to you."
Yu Tian immediately stepped forward and waited on the most direct leader of the eunuchs in Yingtian Imperial City to leave.
But Zhu Yunxi's whole body softened, he grabbed Xiaopang's arm, and then sat on the chair beside him.
He took two deep breaths, his eyes wandering around, then he grabbed the teapot on the table and poured cold water into his mouth.
After half a bottle of water was poured into his stomach, Zhu Yunxi's mood calmed down slightly.
"You are really right, the old man is really doing something big!"
Zhu Yunxi stared at Zhu Gaochi sitting in front of him with burning eyes. When he saw that the other person was ignoring him, he reached out and grabbed the other person's wrist.
Zhu Gaochi, who had just picked up the tea cup, felt his hand unsteady, and half of the tea in the cup spilled out in an instant. He frowned and looked at Zhu Yunxi: "Sun Banban said, it's not a big deal, just to reassure you."
Although he said so, Zhu Gaochi was also shocked in his heart.
Zhu Yunxi let out a long breath and opened his mouth.
"Ten crowns, ten crowns and robes! A wedding robe with a heavenly crown, and all the attires are decorated with mysteries! When you meet the king and receive the gift..."
Zhu Gaochi turned a deaf ear and tried hard to digest the next two orders today.
Zhu Yunxi put his hands softly on the chair and slid his body downwards, as if he was glued to the chair. Only his eyes kept flickering.
The Central Plains is also called Huaxia.
It means the ceremonial dress seal.
Since ancient times, there have been strict and non-transferable regulations on what kind of clothes people of different classes should wear and what colors they should use.
And whenever the world is in chaos, there will be confusion and confusion.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty in the first year of Hongwu, the regulations regarding the types of clothing worn by monarchs, ministers and common people were quickly determined.
The royal crown robe is the most important piece of clothing for the king.
The emperor's headband is one foot two inches wide and two feet four inches long. It is made of tung boards. The front and back of the boards are woven with multicolored silk and strung with twelve multicolored jade beads to form twelve crowns.
Wearing Xuanyi, yellow robe, white Luo belt, yellow knees, plain gauze singlet, red jacket, embroidered with the sun, moon, stars, dragon pattern and mountain pattern, etc. twelve chapters.
This is an inherited ancient system with almost no changes.
But what comes next is the most important.
The Ming Dynasty ceremony has a system. The crown prince and princes use nine-piece crowns, the crown prince wears eight-piece crowns, and the county prince wears seven-piece crowns. There are also black nine-piece crowns for crown princes, and black nine-piece crowns for princes and below.
Assume that there are blue uniforms with different insignias.
This is a provision that has long been stipulated in the Ming Dynasty Ceremony.
However, now, the old man's two decrees have completely changed the appearance of his father and his Gun Mianfu.
The father crowned himself with eleven stars, eleven chapters, which was only one less than the emperor, one chapter.
I have ten crowns and ten chapters, which is only one chapter less than my father.
There is also the sentence directed at oneself. When offering sacrifices, outside the ancestral temple, you will meet the king and receive gifts.
From now on, unless you meet a member of the royal family making a sacrifice in the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Temple, you don't have to salute him at all, and you can calmly accept the gifts from the kings of the family.
"This is the harmony between heaven and the family that has never happened before..."
Zhu Gaochi exhaled a long breath, stared at Zhu Yunxi with twinkling eyes, and sighed.
Zhu Yunxi shook his head: "It is inconsistent with etiquette."
The etiquette was just an excuse. The real reason was that I was a little panicked.
Zhu Gaochi laughed and said softly and cheerfully: "Now you are truly inferior to two people and superior to tens of thousands of people."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaochi waved his robe and stood up, looking extremely meticulous.
While waving his body, he was already preparing to pay homage.
"Your Majesty, Zhu Gaochi, the crown prince of King Yan of the Ming Dynasty, is the grandson of the emperor who oversees the country of the Ming Dynasty."
When Xiaopang was really about to kneel on the ground, Zhu Yunxi stood up, reached out his hand, grabbed the opponent, and then pretended to be angry: "Look for a beating!"
After Zhu Gaochi's playfulness, Zhu Yunxi finally suppressed the worries in his heart, turned around and walked to the door of the small study.
"Brother Chi, do you think grandpa's expectations for me are wrong?"
Zhu Gaochi took another long breath from behind, and then walked slowly behind Zhu Yunxi: "This time when I returned to Beijing from Jiaozhi Road, I only saw more smiles on the faces of the people along the coast. After the summer harvest a few days ago, there were
In the past few days, the goods of merchants all over Yingtian Mansion have been almost sold out."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaochi looked outside at Zhu Yunxi in front of him.
In previous years, no matter whether it was summer harvest or autumn harvest, the people were busy for a whole year. After paying the taxes collected by the court, the most they could do was to save some food rations so that their families would not starve to death.
If we encounter a year of natural and man-made disasters, not to mention whether we will starve to death, we may also have to worry about whether the taxes collected by the court and the government can be paid in full.
If the payment is insufficient, you will end up selling your land at a low price, or even selling your children and daughters, and become a tenant alone in the homes of local gentry and nobles.
But now.
The people in Zhili area, after paying taxes, not only can keep surplus grain, but also sell the extra grain to grain merchants in exchange for silver, and then take the silver with them to the city to buy things that they would not dare to part with in the past.
, something that cannot be bought.
It is an exaggeration to say that merchants from all over Yingtian Mansion have bought up all their goods, but it is true that the common people have more surplus grain and scattered silver.
Zhu Gaochi sincerely hopes that this situation can last longer, preferably forever.
"Are you interested in serving as an official in the DPRK?"
Zhu Yunxi suddenly looked out at Xiaopang, asking with a smile in his eyes.
Zhu Gaochi hurriedly jumped out of the small study and went to the yard, raising his hands and shaking his head.
"Don't torment me anymore."
"Don't you look at how much I have done now?"
"The Cuju competition is the same, the tax office is the same, and the military and political summary on Jiaozhi Road is the same. Do you really want me to dump all these kilograms of meat in Yingtian?"
Zhu Yunxi turned a deaf ear to it. Can this matter be considered a heavy burden?
Then while walking outside, he said half-truthfully, "I'm doing this for your own good."
Zhu Gaochi rolled his eyes.
As he turned around, he waved his sleeves back.
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"Fortunately, I didn't second the remonstrance of Wei Fan and others that day outside the city."
In the official room of the Minister of Personnel, Zhan Huixin spoke with emotion, holding a teapot in his hand and pouring tea for Ru Yu and Ren Hengtai who were sitting in front of them.
Ru Yun smiled and put her hand on the tea cup. When the tea was eighty-eighth, she lightly touched the table and thanked her with a smile, but she didn't say a word.
On the other hand, Ren Hengtai, who was sitting next to him, looked quite solemn. Even Zhan Hui poured tea for him and motioned for him to enjoy it, but he didn't notice any reaction.
After pondering for a long time, Ren Hengtai said thoughtfully: "Reforming the service insignia is not a good thing. What your Majesty is doing now is increasingly difficult for us to understand."
Zhan Hui smiled slightly, but he talked about another matter on this topic: "You mean, your Majesty promoted Zhang Ergong to the seventh-grade master craftsman, and the rest were promoted to the ninth-grade craftsman officer?"
Ren Hengtai pursed his lips and nodded heavily.
Rujun finished the tea in the cup, then reached out to take the teapot and poured herself tea.
Zhan Hui smiled and said: "Master Chengshi, General Shizuo Lang... It's good to be granted an official rank, why should I be granted a rank of casualness?"
Ren Hengtai shook his head with deep emotion.
That's all.
Ru Yu, who probably couldn't drink the water, just raised her head and looked at the two of them funny.
Then Youyou said: "Are you really not understanding, or are you pretending not to understand His Majesty's thoughts?"