The Fengtian Gate opened, and hundreds of civil and military officials filed in.
Unlike other emperors, generally speaking, civil and military officials wait in the palace before the emperor ascends the throne.
But in Zhu Yuanzhang's case, he had to sit down first before all the officials came in.
It has to be said that entering the Fengtian Hall under Zhu Yuanzhang's watch put a lot of pressure on the ministers.
You must always be careful about where you go. If there is confusion, you will naturally be scolded or even beaten.
When the ministers entered, they all lowered their heads and could not look directly at them. Could it be that it was disrespectful?
After the ministers saluted and shouted "Long Live the Mountain", it marked the beginning of the morning dynasty.
Just for this period of time, the total process takes about two sticks of incense, which is about half an hour in later generations.
"Give our eldest grandson a seat."
This was Zhu Yuanzhang's first sentence in his early dynasty.
The ministers below all turned their attention to Zhu Ying, who was standing next to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Ying, who was dressed in a dark red uniform, had an extremely strong aura. Even when she stood next to Zhu Yuanzhang, she was not suppressed.
Obviously Zhu Yuanzhang still feels sorry for his eldest grandson. At the same time, he also sends a signal to the ministers. The person standing in front of him is Huang Ming's eldest grandson.
Under the eyes of the courtiers, the eunuchs moved a smaller dragon chair, and Zhu Ying sat on the golden platform.
Although some ministers are already very aware of Zhu Ying's existence, these are relatively upper-level officials, and most officials are not aware of Zhu Ying.
Even if I heard about it, it was only half-scale.
The very similar looks between Zhu Ying and Prince Zhu Biao shocked most of the ministers.
If you say this is not your biological child, who would believe it?
However, most of the courtiers were still a little surprised by such a sudden appearance of the eldest grandson of Emperor Ming.
Because most people have never even heard of the existence of Zhu Xiongying.
From the fifteenth year of Hongwu to the current twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, in ten years, 70% of the ministers in this meeting are already considered newcomers.
So I don’t know much about the royal secrets at all.
"Ten years ago, our eldest grandson, the Crown Prince's eldest son Zhu Xiongying, passed away due to illness."
"However, it seems that even God does not want to take away our eldest grandson's life. On the night after the burial, the stars shifted and the earth dragons rolled. No one knew that our eldest grandson's mausoleum collapsed, the coffin collapsed, and our eldest grandson also fell into
In the underground river."
"We hate those quack doctors. Our eldest grandson was obviously faking his death, but was diagnosed as a real death. After this change, our eldest grandson woke up in the Yangtze River and was saved by a fellow citizen."
"There is a great terror between life and death. Our eldest grandson survived, but lost his memory of the past. He fell from the dark river into the long river, and his clothes were in pieces, making it difficult to prove his identity."
"That's it, without everyone knowing, our eldest grandson has been living in the wild for ten years, and no one knows!"
Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice inevitably became much louder.
Sensing the change in the emperor's mood, the courtiers kowtowed one after another.
"Get up."
Under Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, he got up again.
Of course, these are etiquette that courtiers have long been trained to perform. No matter whether the emperor is angry, happy or sad, he must kowtow.
"We have to thank the fourth child. It was him who brought our eldest grandson to the capital so that we could see him."
"When our eldest grandson was in Peking, he was bumped into by the fourth child. He was a little uncertain, so he sent it to the capital for us to take a look."
"My eldest grandson's appearance has been seen by all the ladies. You can tell at a glance from his appearance to the prince. He must have a close relationship."
"This is our most beloved grandson. I hold it in my arms and raised it with the Queen. Not to mention the past ten years, it has been twenty or thirty years. We can recognize it at a glance!
"
"The subsequent Xiaoling Incident, I believe all my dear friends have heard of it. It was us who dug up our eldest grandson's tomb to find out what was going on. Only then could we prove our eldest grandson's life experience."
"Not only that, our eldest grandson still has a bellyband embroidered by the queen herself. Concubine Ning personally inspected the embroidery on it and confirmed that it was embroidered by the queen."
Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly.
This is to explain and prove Zhu Ying's identity. Although Zhu Yuanzhang can definitely make the final decision, the influence of Da Sun's reputation must also be taken into consideration.
In terms of appearance, the Xiaoling incident, and Concubine Ning's testimony, there is no doubt about Zhu Ying's identity now.
In the audience, Zhu Yunwen's face with his head lowered was full of resentment.
He did not expect that the appearance of his eldest brother was actually his fourth uncle Zhu Di who brought him to the capital.
"My fourth uncle has got something wrong in his head. He brought his eldest brother from Peking to the capital. He wants the throne. Didn't he go to court this morning and was extremely dissatisfied with the emperor's decision to make me his grandson?"
'It turns out that my fourth uncle hates me so much that he would rather let his eldest brother, whose origin was unknown at the time, take the position than squeeze me out. Is it possible that he can benefit a lot?'
'Looking at how our eldest brother looks like this, he is not someone to be trifled with. I'm afraid that my fourth uncle will lose everything by stealing the chicken.'
Zhu Yunwen speculated in his heart, and at the same time he became even more dissatisfied with Zhu Di.
If it hadn't been for the manipulation of his fourth uncle Zhu Di, today would have been a great day for him, Zhu Yunwen, to confer the title of grandson.
After experiencing the two months when my eldest brother entered the palace, I was especially drilled.
It was obvious that Zhu Yunwen no longer dared to be jealous or hate his elder brother, but there was no place to vent his unwillingness.
Now that we know that it was Fourth Uncle Zhu Di who caused all this, all the dissatisfaction was poured out on Fourth Uncle Zhu Di. Even at this time, Zhu Di was still far away on the southeast coast.
It did not affect Zhu Yunwen's hatred towards him at all.
At this moment, Zhu Di, who was thousands of miles away, was standing on the seaside, watching the sun rising from the seaside in the distance.
Behind him are the officials who have been serving him, including Zheng He who made seven voyages to the West, and today's Ma He and Ma Sanbao.
"Sambo, do you know what day today is?"
Looking at the red sun rising over the sea, Zhu Di suddenly spoke and asked Zheng He.
Zheng He was obviously hesitant, and after a brief hesitation, he still said: "Today is the twelfth month of the lunar month. If I remember correctly, it should be the day when His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson Yunwen will be canonized as the grandson."
As a eunuch, Zheng He would naturally not forget such a major event.
Zhu Di nodded slightly and sighed: "Yes, if nothing changes, if Zhu Ying does not enter the capital, today will be a happy day for my nephew to be crowned grandson."
"But come to think of it, today is probably not going to be an easy day for nephew Yunwen. It is the time for the morning court, and my father will definitely formally introduce the existence of his eldest nephew to all the civil and military officials on this day."
"As for my nephew Yunwen, he can only stand under His Majesty Jinluan, looking at his eldest brother, standing in the same position where he once stood. I guess he doesn't feel very good, hahaha!"
As he spoke, Zhu Di burst out laughing.
Zhu Yunwen didn't have a good impression of Zhu Di. Did Zhu Di ever have a good impression of Zhu Yunwen?
Thinking that Zhu Yunwen was exhausted at this moment, Zhu Di was the only thing he could feel happy about.
Regarding Zhu Ying and Zhu Yunwen, in fact, from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Di really preferred Zhu Ying to be the crown prince.
Legally speaking, Zhu Ying is the legitimate son of his eldest brother. As an uncle, he has nothing to complain about.
In the past two months since he came to the southeast coast to fight against Japanese pirates, Zhu Di's thoughts were no longer so entangled.
Maybe this has something to do with Yao Guangxiao not being with him.
After all, becoming the emperor was inseparable from Yao Guangxiao's encouragement over the years.
Zhu Di himself admired his father and wanted to be like his father and achieve great achievements, so becoming the emperor was his dream. Coupled with Yao Guangxiao's subtle influence, he became very enthusiastic about the throne.
Of course, the premise for all this was that his sudden rise was due to the death of his eldest brother Zhu Biao, which allowed him to see opportunities and possibilities.
Zhu Ying's appearance was completely unexpected.
"Sambo, tell me, if I had known that this situation would happen today, what would I have done when I first met Zhu Ying's nephew?"
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Di asked again.
Faced with this question, Zheng He suddenly trembled all over. It involved royal matters, so he didn't know how to speak.
When Zheng He entered the palace, the eunuchs who led them taught these young eunuchs that as eunuchs, they must not listen to or ask about royal affairs.
If you can't do it, your life is almost over.
Regarding this wise saying, Zheng He never dared to forget it even when he served under Zhu Di in Peiping.
Faced with this question, after a moment of silence, Zheng He replied: "I don't know."
"Eh..."
Zhu Di sighed softly, and then said to himself: "You don't know, and I don't know either. If it were back to the beginning, it seems that I have no choice."
Zhu Di's tone was quite helpless.
Regarding the deep feelings for his eldest brother, if it was really found out that Zhu Ying was the eldest grandson of Huang Ming, would Zhu Di be able to kill Zhu Ying secretly?
Zhu Di actually thought about this question carefully, and his final answer was, impossible.
Even if he had to do it over again, he could still only bring Zhu Ying to the capital and hand it over to his father.
All these choices, in the final analysis, still fell on the eldest brother Zhu Biao.
Although he was cruel and unkind to the officials in Peiping, he really couldn't do anything to his eldest brother's eldest son.
Of course, this is why Zhu Di now feels that even if he takes action, the throne will not fall to him.
If he knew that after Zhu Yunwen became emperor, he would eventually usurp the emperor's throne, then his current thoughts and results are unknown.
"Compared to nephew Yunwen, I have to admit that my eldest nephew's ability is still much better."
"Compared to the eldest nephew, Yun Wen is like a child who has not grown up. Long gave birth to nine sons. They are all different. They are all the children of the eldest brother. This difference is really big."
Speaking of this, thinking of himself, Zhu Di couldn't help but find that the same was true for his sons.
Facing Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di sighed again.
He knew very well that his possibility of letting Zhu Gaoxu inherit the throne was almost gone.
Originally, my father liked Zhu Gaochi, but now the relationship between the boss Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Ying is very good, so there is no need to think too much about the result.
"Go back." Zhu Di said softly.
The red sun in the distance now stands above the sea, extremely bright.
In Zhu Di's eyes, Zhu Ying at this moment is like the first red sun. It won't take long for the sun to reach its peak.
In the court hall, Zhu Ying sat quietly on the dragon chair.
In fact, it is impossible for the officials in the court to directly recognize Zhu Ying's identity just by relying on a few words from Zhu Yuanzhang.
But at this juncture, no civil servant would seek death at an inappropriate time.
Even the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six officials who spoke out about the incident, whom even Zhu Yuanzhang had criticized and who are now still active in the court, have tightened their lips and have no intention of speaking.
The Yanguan system was the only constraint left by Zhu Yuanzhang on the emperor. After all, the prime minister was gone, and he was worried that future generations would be too useless, so wherever the Yanguan system was established, he was given a high political status.
Even if he was impeached, Zhu Yuanzhang endured it in order to maintain the aloof status of the officials.
Of course, the officials are not fools. Unless there is sufficient evidence to prove that Zhu Ying is fake, if they interfere in the succession of the throne, they will really think that they have lived too long.
At the beginning, Lu actually wanted to achieve his goals through officials.
However, after Zhu Ying quickly took control of the imperial guards and gained the respect of the soldiers, he gave up this idea.
Lu was born in the late Yuan Dynasty and had a great understanding of the wars in the late Yuan Dynasty.
Therefore, Lu knew very well that Zhu Ying, who had the support of the army, was not something that the officials could fight against.
When it comes to Zhu Ying, His Majesty will never back down. In this matter, it is very likely that all the approximately two hundred officials in the court will be replaced.
In the court at this moment, the one who was smiling the happiest was the Huaixi Xungui Group headed by Lan Yu.
His Royal Highness Changsun's formal coming to power means that the entire Huaixi Honorable Group will have a new backbone just like the prince is alive.
Lan Yu herself has a deep blood relationship with Zhu Ying, and is a serious relative of the emperor.
Now His Highness Changsun's emphasis on warriors has made Lan Yu and others very supportive.
But civil servants are also very smart.
At this time, in fact, most civil servants did not really care about who should be the emperor, whether they should be the emperor or not.
The active courtiers had already begun to ponder in their minds what the character of His Highness, the eldest grandson, was like, and what kind of political tendencies he would have in the future.
As Zhu Yuanzhang set the first day of October to confer the title of the eldest grandson of Emperor Ming, and the concubine of King Yu as the grandson, today's court meeting officially started.
Zhu Ying was also able to see this meeting, which was the highest level meeting in the entire Ming Dynasty.
However, from the beginning to the end of the meeting for more than an hour, Zhu Ying felt more and more disappointed and bored.
This feeling was similar to the one he felt when he first came into contact with the memorial.
In addition to the initial strong sense of ritual that was intimidating, Zhu Ying was left speechless after lifting the mysterious veil.