Chapter 123: The eldest grandson who is most suitable to be the emperor
Only those who have understood the burial system will know how cruel it is.
Zhu Ying's eyes gradually became moist when she saw the burial method of Xiaoling Guards.
The brief introduction in the dossier gave Zhu Ying a sad scene.
One thousand two hundred Xiaoling guards dug a deep pit themselves.
Then they dressed neatly, lined up calmly, and stood row by row in the pit.
The man above, Xiaoling Weipaoze, gritted his teeth and had tears in his eyes.
Throw the earth towards the brothers who once fought side by side in the pit.
Among the Xiaoling guards who were buried below, some were afraid, some were frightened, and some were crying.
However, no matter how panicked they were, they still stood there without making any move.
Let the soil fall from the sky, from the soles of your feet to your waist, until it completely covers your head.
Just like this, 1,200 warriors were buried alive.
"What do these things have to do with them? The celestial phenomena shift, the earth dragon rolls, there is nothing they can stop."
Zhu Ying's eyes gradually turned red, her voice was choked and she muttered to herself.
These people all died because of him.
There are a total of 1,200 Xiaoling Guards. Each Xiaoling Guard is an old soldier and a fierce soldier. They have made indelible contributions to the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
In the end, he died because of him.
There may be preferential treatment for their wives, children, and parents, but dying like this is completely meaningless.
The heavenly phenomena shifted and the earth dragon rolled.
Zhu Ying knew that this was probably caused by his arrival.
It doesn’t even have anything to do with Zhu Xiongying.
Therefore, these 1,200 people died unjustly because of themselves.
"Why should we revive this ancient dross like sacrificial burial? It must be completely banned!"
Zhu Ying gritted her teeth and said.
Historically, the palace rites that began to disappear gradually were restored in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang.
This is the most cruel and inhumane funeral system that originated from slave society. The reason why it was restored by Zhu Yuanzhang was actually influenced by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
Starting from the Song Dynasty, the Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolian and other frontier ethnic groups successively entered the Central Plains. They all had the tradition of human sacrifice, which prompted the rise of human sacrifice in the Central Plains again.
In the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, not only palace residents were buried, but private citizens were also encouraged to be buried.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang grew up under the rule of the Meng Yuan Dynasty, and his customs were also affected.
This led to the revival of the burial system.
Zhu Ying calmed down and continued to look through the files.
Looking further down, there is nothing else, just records related to sacrifices.
"We must think of a way to convince the old man to cancel the tradition of sacrificial burial."
Zhu Ying put down the file and started to think about where to start.
This kind of ideological change is the most difficult
Daming Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from the dragon chair, turned his head to look at the imperial edict, rubbed his swollen head, and then left from behind Fengtian Hall.
With the sound of the eunuch's "retirement" and the shouts of long live the officials, the morning court was considered to be over.
"Jiang Wei, please send the files that our eldest grandson wants to him."
After the morning court, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Jiang Yu. Obviously, he was more concerned about his eldest grandson.
"Reply to Your Majesty, it's been half an hour." Jiang Wei bowed and said.
"Liu He, prepare the car. We promised Da Sun today that we will go to the Gunpowder Department with him to have a look." Zhu Yuanzhang directly ordered.
When the memorial is issued, it can only be postponed.
"I obey the decree."
After changing into casual clothes, Zhu Yuanzhang got on the carriage and went directly to Zhu Ying's yard.
"Fourth brother, you should be filial and bring back our eldest nephews for our father."
Outside Fengtian Hall, many civil and military officials left one after another.
Jin King Zhu Fan walked up to Yan King Zhu Di and said with a mocking look on his face.
As soon as the rumors about the tomb of King Yu came out, King Zhu Fan of Jin thought of Zhu Ying, the owner of the tea house by the Qinhuai River.
As the rumors became more and more unscrupulous, especially when they were still spread in the palace, even the eunuchs and maids had no taboos.
Jin Wang Zhu Fan knew that this was probably his father's handiwork.
After thinking for a moment, I realized that this had something to do with Zhu Ying.
My father often went out of the palace, paid attention to the teahouse, checked the courtyard where Zhu Ying lived, and the figures of the royal guards, and basically figured out the general matter.
What surprised Jin Wang Zhu Fan the most was that Zhu Ying was actually brought to the capital by his fourth brother, Yan Wang Zhu Di.
He immediately laughed.
The thoughts of King Yan Zhu Di are so obvious.
The two brothers had conflicts, so after the morning court today, Zhu Fan couldn't help but take the initiative to mock them.
When Zhu Di heard this, his face showed no emotion. Instead, he asked: "What does third brother mean by this? Isn't it a good thing that our eldest nephew is back?"
"Is it possible that the third brother has a problem with my eldest nephew? When I first met my eldest nephew, I couldn't believe it, so I brought him to the capital to let my father see what was going on."
"Now it seems that he is really our eldest nephew."
Hearing what his fourth brother Zhu Di said, Zhu Fan sneered and said: "What can I say? My eldest nephew is back. I am very happy for you. I think my father is also very happy."
"The eldest nephew has been my father's darling since he was a child. From what I see, you should stop thinking about some things. This is fate."
After Zhu Fan finished speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for Zhu Di's answer.
For his younger brother, he certainly understands his desire for the throne.
If he had been born earlier, ahead of him and his second brother Zhu Xi, maybe his father would have passed the throne to him.
After all, among the many brothers, the fourth brother Zhu Di looks the most similar to his father, and even has similar personalities.
However, in Zhu Fan's view, this was Zhu Di imitating his father, just like imitating Dong Shi and learning to walk in Handan, which was extremely ridiculous.
He and his second brother are still here.
Although the second brother Zhu Xi has been locked up and locked up, he is not even qualified to go to court now.
He himself also gained a reputation for cruelty because of certain things.
In Zhu Fan's opinion, this reputation for cruelty might have been secretly instigated by King Zhu Di of Yan.
Although there is no evidence, when you see a person unhappy, you feel that everything is done by him.
If the father wants to make his fourth brother Zhu Di the emperor, there is only one way.
That would be possible only if he and his second brother were deposed as kings.
Therefore, the fourth brother Zhu Di's desire for the throne, in Zhu Fan's view, was to put himself in a desperate situation, which was the opposite of nature.
Zhu Di stood there, watching his third brother Zhu Fan leave, his eyes began to turn gloomy.
His sharp eyes sparkled with the desire to choose and devour others.
Originally, the King of Yan, Zhu Di, also had a bad temper. After being slapped so hard in the face by his third brother, Zhu Fan, the anger in his heart could hardly be suppressed.
But he could only endure it.
If these words were to break out directly and reach the ears of my father, the outcome might be very disastrous.
Zhu Di knew clearly in his heart that even if his father guessed what he was thinking, it would not matter.
To a certain extent, I sent my eldest nephew here, provided him with delicious food and drinks, and returned it to the teahouse and courtyard.
That's all. As long as you don't take action, no one can blame you.
His father had no reason to punish himself, even when Zhu Ying's identity was revealed and he even entered the palace.
He will also receive rewards from his father.
So what if Zhu Ying becomes the grandson?
The Ming Dynasty governed the country with filial piety, and he still wanted to thank himself for finding him.
This is the conspiracy, Zhu Di's conspiracy.
Anyone who is smart can see Zhu Di's thoughts.
But the Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and as long as no one took action, no one could use it to attack itself.
My father couldn't do it, and Zhu Ying couldn't do it either.
Even if you stir up trouble and spread rumors, you can only watch without enough evidence.
With this wave of operations, Zhu Di has clearly stood above the atmosphere and firmly sat on the Diaoyutai.
In the yard, Zhu Ying was notified that the old man was already waiting in a carriage outside the door.
So he hurried over.
"Grandpa, have you eaten earlier?"
Zhu Ying asked the old man after getting in the car with the food box in hand.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this scene with warmth in his heart.
He himself is a sensitive person, and these details about his eldest grandson made him feel filial piety and extremely gratified.
"We came so early, we didn't have time to eat breakfast. Bring it quickly, we're just hungry."
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he directly took Zhu Ying's food box, opened it, took out a meat stuffed bun, and stuffed it into his mouth.
Of course he had already eaten breakfast. In fact, before going to court every day, Zhu Yuanzhang had breakfast when he had morning classes in Jinshen Hall.
Every time he went to Zhu Ying's Tea House before, he had had breakfast.
It's just that the breakfast prepared by Da Sun is comparable to the breakfast prepared by the royal chef in the palace. Not to mention the taste, the feeling is completely different.
"What do you think? Let's finish reading the memorials sent to you." Zhu Yuanzhang finished his breakfast in one go, and then asked his eldest son with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhu Ying suddenly said helplessly: "Grandpa, these memorials you are reading are all full of nonsense. They were specially selected for me."
"Hahaha."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang burst out laughing.
"These ministers pile up rhetoric one by one and use ink to explain things clearly in a few hundred words, but they insist on giving us tens of thousands of words."
"How are you, Grandson? Do you feel a little dizzy? I haven't finished reading half of the eighty-two memorials."
Hearing the old man's teasing, Zhu Ying smiled and said, "I've finished reading it all."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this and said: "Impossible, how could you possibly read through so many memorials at once?"
Zhu Yuanzhang had learned from many princes and grandsons about reading memorials.
No prince or grandson has ever been able to read twenty books in just one or two hours.
Not to mention eighty-two books.
This is the amount Zhu Yuanzhang gave his grandson for three days.
"Grandpa, the content of these memorials is like an old lady's foot-binding cloth, smelly and long."
"But my grandson discovered that these memorials have one thing in common. They all like to put the key to the matter at the end of the memorial."
"So my grandson started reading from the end of the memorial. When he saw the nonsense, there was no need to read any more."
Hearing Zhu Ying's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with surprise.:.
He didn't expect that Dasun would discover the little tricks of reviewing memorials so quickly.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system, he has processed nearly two hundred memorials every day, including morning court, noon court, and evening court.
There are hundreds of state affairs to deal with.
In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang did not know this skill.
He still remembered that in the eighth year of Hongwu's reign, Ru Taisu, the Minister of Household Affairs, made a memorial.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew him very well and knew that this minister liked long speeches the most, but the memorial had been sent and it was difficult to return it.
Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to read his memorial, so he asked Zhongshu Lang Wang Min to read it to him. However, after reading 16,500 words, he still didn't understand the reason.
There are only the last five hundred words that tell the story.
Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately furious and scolded: "Fun words misrepresent the truth, and clever writing confuses the truth."
Then he was directly rewarded with twenty court battles.
This is the first time that a minister has been punished because the number of words in his memorial was too high.
However, since then, the content of the memorials submitted by many ministers has been relatively streamlined.
It was from that time on that Zhu Yuanzhang understood the trick of reading the memorial from the back first.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his eldest grandson.
It took him eight years to understand this method, but it only took Da Sun one hour?
From this point of view, Dasun is really a good candidate to be the emperor.
In the future, more memorials should be sent to me. Eighty-two copies are not enough for my grandson to read.
Let the eldest grandson share more of the burden, and we will be much more leisurely in the future.
Thinking of this, a hint of cunning flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.
Then he thought about it and asked: "Just looking at it is not enough. You have read the contents of the memorial. You proposed this method. Do you have any ideas?"
Zhu Ying pondered for a moment and said with a hint of humility: "My grandson is a little unreasonable. This method seems to be very effective so far, but there are too many hidden dangers, which my grandson did not think of at the beginning."
Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that Dasun really had his own opinions, and asked: "If there are any hidden dangers, please tell us."
Zhu Ying nodded and began to explain the complications involved in providing work-for-relief services.
Among them, the project cost is calculated according to local conditions, and the areas where officials and gentry may intervene include the protection of refugees and the standards for determining food.
As Zhu Ying continued to talk, Zhu Yuanzhang began to look thoughtful.
These issues mentioned by Da Sun were not seen by the six ministers or even the ministers.
During the discussion, there were some speculations about the possibility of corruption, but they were not as careful as Da Sun.
After Zhu Ying finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses and looked at Zhu Ying again.
The shock in his eyes could not be concealed.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, Da Sun has always been a shrewd businessman.
Zhu Yuanzhang actually had a dislike for merchants, especially grain merchants.
Such behavior as speculation and hoarding goods caused his parents to starve to death, which was an eternal pain in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
But he didn't expect that the eldest grandson would have such a terrifying talent in domestic affairs.
No, this can no longer be explained by just two words: talent.
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought that his eldest grandson had told him that he had the idea of Annan founding the country.
Only then did he realize how much Da Sun had secretly prepared for this arrangement. We provide you with the fastest updates and free reading.:.