Chapter 151 Grandpa, Im sorry (please vote for me at the end of the year)
The Ming Dynasty is currently the largest and most powerful country in the world. Its capital palace is not only grand in scale, but also a master of palace architecture.
The Imperial Palace of the Capital pioneered a model in which the central axis from south to north coincides with the axis of the whole city. This model of integrating the palace and city axis is not only due to the special geographical conditions of Nanjing, but also a masterpiece of construction that follows etiquette, responds to celestial phenomena, and conforms to nature.
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It also has a great impact on most tributary countries.
For example, the layout and shape of palace buildings such as Gyeongbokgung Palace to be built behind Goryeo, Annam-Hue Forbidden City, and Ryukyu Kingdom Shuri Castle.
In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, made Yingtianfu the capital, and built the central capital in Fengyang the following year.
Since all manpower and material resources were concentrated on the construction of the Zhongdu city and palaces, the expansion work of the Nanjing palace was stopped again. In the following years, only necessary repairs were carried out on the existing palaces.
In the eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang gave up his plan to build Zhongdu and concentrated on building Nanjing...
During this construction, two more gates were added to the left and right of the Meridian Gate, the east and west corner gates were added to the left and right of the Fengtian Gate, and buildings such as the Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall were added.
This year, in the 25th year of Hongwu's reign, the city was built again. A palace wall was added outside the imperial city. The inside of the new wall was called the imperial city. The original imperial city was renamed the palace city.
Duanmen, Chengtianmen and Jinshui Bridge were built in front of the palace city, forming a T-shaped square, reaching Hongwumen in the south.
On the east side of the square are the Five Departments, the Punishment Department is outside the Taiping Gate in the north of the imperial city, and on the west side is the Five Army Governor's Mansion.
This is not Zhu Ying's first time here, but last time he just passed Chengtianmen and went to Jinyiwei Yamen.
"Where is this going?"
Zhu Ying opened the curtain on the carriage and looked outside and asked.
"Your Highness, ahead is Fengtianmen. After passing Fengtianmen, you will reach Da Nei." Liu He replied softly.
Zhu Ying nodded and watched as the Fengtian Gate opened in front, and then the carriage drove directly in.
After entering Fengtian Gate, you will find Fengtian Square. The carriage did not travel far before it stopped.
Liu He stepped off the carriage first, then stood aside respectfully while Zhu Ying stepped off the carriage.
The first thing that caught the eye was the little lights, the candles in the stone pillars were all lit, and the width of Fengtian Square was vaguely visible in the dark.
Zhu Ying turned around. There was a relatively long step ahead, and the path was clear under the light.
Looking further up, there are three gates.
This is the place where civil and military officials gather.
Zhu Ying did not expect that his first stop when he came to the Daming Palace would be Fengtian Hall.
I originally thought I would go to Renzhi Palace to see my father’s coffin first.
"Your Highness." Liu He next to him called out softly, which brought Zhu Ying back from her reverie.
Looking at the steps in front of her, Zhu Ying took a deep breath.
Here is the most powerful place in the Ming Dynasty, and even in the whole world. Even a person like Zhu Ying can't help but feel a little pity in the background of the towering buildings around here.
Zhu Ying raised her feet and walked up the steps step by step.
In his previous life, he had never been to the Forbidden City, although it was said that the Forbidden City was based on the Forbidden City in Nanjing.
Such a wonderful feeling can only be experienced when you really walk on it.
Soon, Zhu Ying walked to the entrance of the hall.
Now the three gates are closed tightly. At the central gate, two eunuchs are waiting respectfully. When they see Zhu Ying, they immediately fall to the ground and worship, saying "Your Highness."
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
After the two eunuchs got up, they walked to the middle door in small steps and opened the door together.
Among the three gates of Fengtian Hall, only members of the royal family with sufficient weight, such as vassal kings, or civil servants and generals who have made great achievements, can enter the middle gate when commending it.
As the eldest grandson of Huang Ming, Zhu Ying naturally entered through this door.
After entering the door, the scene inside Fengtian Hall came into Zhu Ying's eyes.
Because of the illumination of the candles, even if they are all lit, some corners will still be dark. Coupled with the solemn decorations around, it makes people feel a sense of solemnity.
In the front, Zhu Yuanzhang is wearing a military uniform, with his back to Zhu Ying.
In the entire Fengtian Hall, there are only two people, Zhu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Grandpa, what are you doing, making it so formal?"
Zhu Ying was quite speechless. What did the old man mean by this gesture of turning his back to everyone?
Zhu Yuanzhang's body trembled slightly, and he turned around helplessly. The majesty on his face immediately disappeared the moment he turned around.
"We just want you to feel the feeling of being in the palace. How is it? Does it feel particularly majestic?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang faced his eldest grandson, his face was always that of an amiable grandfather.
Today, Da Sun was asked to attack. After finishing the memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang changed from the regular clothes he originally wore to military uniforms, just to give Da Sun a different version of himself.
Let you take a good look at the majesty and domineering power of our Ming Emperor.
Young and old, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is about to turn sixty-five, puts aside the aura of the Emperor of the Ming Empire. In fact, deep down in his heart, he is no different from an ordinary grandfather.
At such an age, it is normal to have a child-like mentality that likes teasing.
Of course, for Zhu Yuanzhang, for now, only Zhu Ying can appreciate such a gesture.
Only in front of Zhu Ying can he open his heart, let go of everything, and be the Zhu Chongba he once was.
"Very majestic, domineering, and beautiful."
Hearing this, Zhu Ying agreed with the old man and said with a smile.
When Zhu Yuanzhang came over and saw the white plain clothes Da Sun was wearing, a flash of relief flashed in his eyes.
At the same time, he pointed to the dragon chair in the Jinluan Hall and said to Dasun, "Would you like to go up and sit on it for a while?"
Zhu Ying raised her head and looked at the dragon chair, without any nostalgia in her eyes, and replied: "The future will be long."
He didn't know if the old man was taking exams for school or something.
But it's just a dark thing, how can you feel when you sit on it? Besides, the real representative of power is not this dragon chair, but the emperor himself.
He cannot truly control the civil and military ministers, or even the military power. Even if he sits on it, it is no different from a puppet.
"Yes, my grandson will be sitting on this dragon chair for a long time in the future. Let's go, let's take you to visit your father first."
Zhu Yuanzhang said.
No matter what he thought in his heart, Da Sun's attitude towards the dragon throne made him feel very gratified. Only by truly understanding the power can he master it.
Rather than relying on superficial majesty.
Zhu Ying nodded and followed the old man towards the back hall.
When he was approaching the door, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stopped, turned around and pointed at the dragon chair and said: "On the back of the dragon chair, I wrote a posthumous edict."
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he paused and said with some emotion: "After all, we are old and cannot accept old age. If there is any accident, the eldest grandson can use the imperial edict to rectify his name."
"What are you talking about, grandpa? With your current body and bones, you must be a hundred years old, and there are still several decades left." Zhu Yingying said angrily.
"Our eldest grandson is right. I have to live to be a hundred years old. Not only do I want to hold my great-grandson in my arms, I also want to see my great-grandson grow up."
Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered and said to his eldest grandson in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Do you know that for someone as big as you, other people's children can run around everywhere, but you don't even have a wife now?
How dignified is it?"
Zhu Ying was speechless, she didn't expect to be urged to get married again.
However, facing the old man's words, Zhu Ying turned around and said: "My parents' orders, the matchmaker's words, this marriage matter, I still rely on grandpa, how can you blame me?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was at a loss for words. He hesitated for a long time and finally found that he was unable to refute, so he said: "We will find you a wife tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a lantern next to him and walked forward without looking back.
Zhu Ying raised the corners of her mouth, smiled proudly, and followed closely.
Renzhi Hall passes through the middle right gate of Fengtian Hall, is located to the north of Wuying Hall, and is adjacent to Fengxian Hall.
Even when the emperor died, the coffin was parked here, so it was relatively close to Fengtian Hall, making it convenient for the officials to pay their condolences.
During this short period of time, Zhu Yuanzhang was like a guide, and there were no eunuchs following him. He introduced every detail of the palace to his eldest son, and even the patrolling guards could speak a few words.
While chatting, we soon arrived at the entrance of Renzhi Hall.
When he arrived at the entrance of the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice lowered and then became silent.
Zhu Ying didn't say anything and followed silently into the hall.
The hall is brightly lit, with more than a dozen eunuchs waiting, and several eminent monks chanting scriptures. There is a strong Zen fragrance after entering.
"Everyone, please step back."
"According to the decree."
Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly after entering, and everyone retreated in turn.
Zhu Ying walked slowly to the coffin, knelt down, lowered her head and kowtowed.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was filled with tears and his voice was choked with sobs.
"Biao'er, have you seen it? Your hero is back. Open your eyes and take a look! We're not lying to you. He's really back."
"Why did you go so early? You couldn't stay a little longer to see Xiongying. The eldest sister left, and you cruelly left us alone. If the eldest grandson hadn't come back, we wouldn't know how to survive.
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"Your hero was only eight years old when he passed away. For ten years, he suffered so much at such a young age!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was leaning next to the coffin, his hands depicting the size of Zhu Xiongying when he was eight years old.
"Biao'er, do you know, this kid Xiongying really looks so much like you, so much!!!"
"You look like your mother, and Xiongying even more so. Your mother loved Xiongying so much, as if she were her own child."
"We still remember that you said that your parents doted on Xiongying too much, but your mother looked at Xiongying as if she was her own child. How could she not dote on him?"
"Especially those eyebrows, they are almost the same as your mother when she was young."
Zhu Yuanzhang was talking nonstop, crying sometimes and laughing sometimes.
After Zhu Ying kowtowed, he just stayed quietly and did not get up to comfort the old man. He knew that at this time, what the old man needed was to vent his personal emotions.
This kind of catharsis is worse than unblocking. Venting can also relieve the depression in the heart.
"It's good now. The eldest grandson is back. There is a successor to the Ming Empire. We here have a plan. Just now, the eldest grandson was blaming us for not arranging a wife for him."
"Tomorrow, we will go find a wife for our eldest grandson. If we give birth to our great-grandson as soon as possible, we can enjoy happiness again."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a tearful smile.
However, just after I finished speaking, I started to feel sad again. Thinking of the joy of raising a baby with my eldest sister, I said sadly: "It would be great if my eldest sister is still here. I don't know if I can handle the baby by myself."
"You don't know, the eldest sister and I were leading the hero at that time."
Zhu Yuanzhang recounted all the details of raising a child with Empress Ma alone. His tears gradually dried up and there was a smile in his eyes.
His eyes were a little hollow, as if he had seen all the joy that had happened ten years ago.
After half an hour, it stopped.
But when Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and looked at Zhu Ying to say something, he suddenly paused when he saw Zhu Ying's calm face.
Zhu Ying also felt the old man's gaze. After a moment of silence, she said softly: "Grandpa, I'm sorry."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this apology, a look of loneliness appeared on his face, and he replied after a long while: "We understand, we understand."
Apology flashed across Zhu Ying's face. He really couldn't empathize with her.
For Zhu Ying, although the person lying in the coffin in front of him was the biological father of his body, when it came to feelings, he really didn't have half of it.
To Zhu Ying, Prince Zhu Biao was just a name and a title.
He can pretend to be sad, cry loudly, and cry bitterly, but this behavior is too false.
Maybe the old man would be a little pleased now, but Zhu Ying didn't like it because it was so artificial.
Even emotionally, it was a kind of deception to the old man.
Even like the old man, after getting along for a long time and gradually recognizing each other, the relationship gradually deepened.
"You are a good boy, but no matter what, this is your biological father. Give your father an incense stick." Zhu Yuanzhang took the incense stick from the side and handed it to Zhu Ying and said.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew in his heart that his eldest grandson had grown up with him and his eldest sister since he was a child. He was taken away almost as soon as he was born.
In the following days, I didn't have much interaction with Zhu Biao or even Chang.
Zhu Yuanzhang and the eldest sister are already fully performing the roles of parents.
Even if the eldest grandson really recovers his memory, I'm afraid he won't have many memories of his father, because there are very few in the first place.
Zhu Ying took the bamboo incense and after finishing it, kowtowed again.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly and didn't say much. After Zhu Ying kowtowed, he said: "Let's go, let's take you to the place where you grew up when you were a child. Maybe you can remember some things."
Zhu Ying stood up, nodded slightly, followed the old man out of the palace, and walked towards Kunning Palace.
When he reached the entrance of the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and soon Liu He came out from the corner with a lantern to illuminate the way for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying.
Passing through the back right door is behind Jinshen Palace, where Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace are located.
There are two options to reach Kunning Palace. One is to go from the corridor next to the palace, bypassing Qianqing Palace and go directly through the side entrance of Kunning Palace.
Another thing is to go through Qianqing Palace first, and the back door is Kunning Palace.
Of course Zhu Yuanzhang would not take his eldest grandson through the corridor, so he would naturally go through the main entrance of Qianqing Palace.
Qianqing Gate, as the main gate of the inner court, also has three gates.
Unlike ordinary people, sometimes Zhu Yuanzhang would summon ministers to hold meetings here. The ones he convened were more numerous, and of course the majority were the princes and grandsons.
When Zhu Ying stood at the steps of Qianqing Gate, she suddenly felt a slight pain in her mind, as if she had been pricked by a needle.
"Dasun, what's wrong?" Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been beside Zhu Ying, asked with concern when he saw Dasun suddenly paused and frowned.
"My grandson, it seems that he thought of something just now."
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ps: It’s the end of the year. Come and get some monthly tickets to get some motivation. I’m going to update today since I’m on holiday.