The era of construction ended like fireworks in just four years.【】
A new dynasty, the era of Yongle, has arrived. Although its enthronement ceremony was crude due to haste, and no foreigners came to congratulate or kings came to visit because of the haste, it was a new beginning after all.
In the Fengtian Hall, King Yan Zhu Di was wearing a dragon robe and a crown, sitting majestically on the throne. All the princes, princes, and military officials gathered together. From the old ministers to Zhu Di who was sitting at the top, he had an illusion in a trance, as if...
…Thirty years ago, Emperor Hongwu, who had just expelled the Tartars and rebuilt China, returned.
At that time, Emperor Hongwu was the same age, looked like this, was so confident, and was so energetic. Although there was a short-lived dynasty separated, it seemed that Emperor Yongle was the one who ushered in the remnants of Hongwu and ushered in a new era.
That emperor.
Mu En, who had been promoted to the rank of eunuch, held the seal with both hands and raised it high above his head. All the officials knelt down and shouted long live the mountain.
After accepting the congratulations from all the officials, Zhu Di opened his arms and said majestically: "All the ministers are equal!"
All the officials knelt three times and kowtowed nine times. After performing the great ceremony, they all got up from the ground and stood in awe.
Zhu Di stood up slowly, glanced at the faces of the military officials and the ministers, and said loudly: "I have a weak talent and weak moral character, and I am embarrassed to hold a big job. However, the military officials tried their best to persuade me to come in. In order to protect the ancestral temple and the country, I
I have no choice but to follow the will of the people and ascend to the throne as a great treasure."
All the officials bowed again: "Long live!"
However, Zhu Di and Zhu Yun obviously had different styles of fighting. His coronation ceremony did not have many formalities and formalities that would make people dizzy. As soon as he ascended the throne, Zhu Di began to govern vigorously and resolutely.
"Since I am the emperor now, I should plan for the emperor's government. The princes, ministers, and military officials should work together to help me! If someone commits an offense and violates the law, and cannot serve the king above, and cannot bring peace to the people below, then according to this
If there are people who have different aspirations in the legal review department, no matter where they are, I will punish them severely and never show mercy!"
The old officials in Peiping who were accustomed to Zhu Di's words stood there on the ground. The officials in Beijing almost fainted after hearing Zhu Di's tone of voice: "You have become the emperor, why are you still talking about me? You have to be me!"
However, the emperor Zhu Di is obviously different from Zhu Yun. There is no Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru around to teach him what "etiquette" is. Zhu Di thinks that the words of Haohao are just chewing words. The bigger problem is that he can't say them.
On point.
After Zhu Di finished speaking, he waved his hand to Gou'er, another eunuch in Prince Yan's palace who had followed him through life and death in hundreds of battles. The dog stood at the foot of the imperial steps and slowly unfolded Zhu Di's imperial edict.
This imperial edict was written by the great scholar Xie Jin. The content was more than just a brocade. More importantly, he used the most concise and powerful language to tell how Emperor Jian was instigated by treacherous ministers and changed the ancestral legacy. Emperor Yongle also
How to be forced to raise troops to pacify Jingnan, and today we must restore the ancestral system. These words must be said, because the implication of these words is that Emperor Yongle inherited the mantle of Emperor Taizu Hongwu, and he did not recognize Zhu Yun's
The legality of what has been done over the past four years.
This decree clearly stated that this year was the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu, and the following year was the first year of Yongle. In other words, the rule of the fourth year of Jian's reign would not be recognized. Immediately afterwards, it was announced that everything about Hongwu, the founding emperor, Taizu
All laws and systems were restored, including merging prefectures and counties according to Zhou rites, changing official names, and everything was changed back to the old Hongwu system.
This punch made everyone dizzy. After the edict was announced, all the officials just breathed a sigh of relief. They thought that the next step in today's ceremony would be to sue heaven and earth to the ancestors. There was a lot of red tape. I didn't want Gou'er to hand over the edict to Mu En.
, followed by another imperial edict.
This imperial edict was about personnel arrangements, and it was obviously the content that everyone was most concerned about. Wu Baiguan immediately became energetic and listened attentively.
The first is the arrangement for the funeral of Emperor Jian, the empress and the crown prince. The funeral was held according to the etiquette of the emperor, empress and prince. This was not only a comfort to the old ministers of Jian, but also a demonstration of the generosity of the new emperor. However, careful officials noticed that Emperor Yongle did not
Give Emperor Jian a posthumous title.
Immediately afterwards, there were arrangements for the kings who had been attacked and punished in the four years since the founding of the Emperor. The posthumous name given to the uncle by Zhu Yun and King Zhu Bai was "戾". Zhu Di changed "戾" to "Xian" and was named King of Xiangxian.
.The tomb of King Xiang was because he was a member of the family who died, and many palace servants and servants died with him. Originally, they were simply buried together to create a large tomb. Zhu Di also announced that the bones would be collected again and buried in a grand ceremony.
, and because the Xiang King lineage had died out, ancestral officials were specially appointed to guard the ancestral temple.
Some of the Jianjiu ministers originally wanted to ask Zhu Di to give Emperor Jian a posthumous title. Otherwise, he was once an emperor and did not even have a posthumous title. It would be too shabby.
Bai's arrangement, he immediately shut up and stopped talking. Compared with Zhu Yun's unkindness to the deceased, it seemed easier to accept not giving a posthumous title. If he wanted to give a posthumous title, I wonder if Emperor Yongle would give him an unpleasant posthumous title.
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After that, the King of Zhou regained his title and returned to the Kaifeng vassal state. King Qi and King Dai were also released from prison respectively, and returned to their fiefdoms. King Ning rewarded him generously, but did not ask him to return to Daning. Instead, he was granted the title of
Nanchang, Nanchang is much more prosperous than the bitter cold place outside the Great Wall. Being a vassal king there is obviously much more comfortable than being outside the Great Wall.
But one thing is that King Ning was outside the Great Wall. Because he was close to Mongolia, he could control 80,000 elite troops for the purpose of guarding the border. However, in Nanchang, except for three guards and horses, he could not have such a large military power.
Before everyone had a taste of it, the main event was coming. From the kings down, the rewards and arrangements for the ministers began. The first was naturally the heroes of the Peking family who had the merit of following the dragon. The first person was Zhu Di who was believed to be in the first battle of Dongchang.
General Zhang Yu, who fell into a heavy siege and fought bravely to the point of being trapped in the enemy camp and died of exhaustion, regarded him as the first contributor to Jingnan and was posthumously awarded the title of Duke of England, the posthumous title of Zhongxian, and the title of King Zhongwu of Hejian.
The second is Master Daoyan, who initiated Jingnan and assisted the prince in guarding Beiping for four years. Master Daoyan's common name is Yao Guangxiao. He was officially awarded the title of Shaoshi to the Crown Prince and was granted the title of Duke of Rongguo; the third is Xu Zengshou, who was granted the title of Duke of Ding; the fourth is
The first one is Qiu Fu, who is granted the title of Duke of Qi; the fifth is Zhu Neng, who is granted the title of Duke; the sixth is Yang Xu, who is granted the title of Duke of Fu. The above six Dukes are all Fengtian Jingnan, Cheng Xuanli and Wu Chente
Entering the Ronglu state, you Zhuguo, you will receive a salary of 2,500 dan, and your descendants will inherit it hereditary.
Everyone knew the first five, but many people didn't know who Yang Xu was. He was actually granted the title of hereditary Duke. The officials were greatly surprised and even felt aggrieved. Although they didn't whisper, so many officials stood there.
There, whenever someone made the slightest move, I felt a commotion. However, the officials of the Peking Department, especially the senior officials of the Peking Department, looked calm and calm.
What credit does Yang Xu have? The imperial court issued a secret order to arrest King Yan. Zhang Xin, the commander of the capital in Peking, ran to report a letter to King Yan. The title was Duke Xun. Yang Xu saved the lives of King Yan before the disaster. After the disaster, Yang Xu saved the whole family of King Yan.
, a deliberate assassination attempt failed in Jinling, and he saved King Yan once more, and then saved King Yan's crown prince and two princes. He planned the battle at Baigouhe, and wisely defeated Li Jinglong's flag, so that the Southern Army was defeated in a situation that was bound to win.
He sent a warning at the top of Jinan City, saved King Yan's life, and sneaked into Nanjing City to obtain confidential information, causing King Yan to burn thousands of ships of grain and grass gathered in Peixian County, and persuaded Chen Hui to surrender, so that the Northern Army had countless warships and could cross the river calmly.
The world can be decided by war. Is such merit not enough to qualify for the title of Duke?
The people who can stand in this Jinluan Palace are all talented people. The senior officials of the Peiping Department all look like they are taking it for granted. Although the others don't know the details, they no longer complain and just listen patiently. Unexpectedly, after listening to Peking.
When the official awards were given to Jianjiu ministers, the first one was actually Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, and the officials couldn't help but be in an uproar.
To be honest, Li Jinglong's reputation is indeed not very good. Although most of the Jianji officials can't afford him, the officials and military generals of the Peking Department can't afford him. Such a thing actually has to be granted the title of Zuozhuguo, Crown Prince, Grand Master, Cao Guogong, Lu
Is there any natural reason for a thousand stones to be inherited by descendants? Just because he opened the city gate?
The commotion this time was even greater than the commotion caused by Duke Yang Xu, because this time it was mainly the heroes of the Peking faction who expressed their dissatisfaction. Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair, smiled slightly, and didn't care.
Ru Chang, who was the first to advocate for advancement, also received a great reward. Ru Chang was granted the title of Feng Tian Yi Yun Shou Zheng Chen, special promotion to Ronglu Doctor, Zhu Guo, Prince Shaobao, concurrently Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhongbo Bo, and Shilu Yi.
Thousand stones.
Zhu Di had his reasons for lavishing rewards on them, except that these people had always been the leaders of the peace negotiators who founded the dynasty. They also had their reasons for burning the grain and grass in Peixian County, opening the Jinchuan Gate, and entering Jinling City with minimal casualties.
Credit, and more importantly, these two people are representatives of the ancestral relatives and courtiers of the Jianjiu Dynasty.
Zhu Di did not want to start a big war. He hoped that people's hearts could stabilize as soon as possible and the court could stabilize as soon as possible. To govern such a large world, it was impossible to rely only on the generals he brought from Peiping. The scene outside Chaoyang Gate deeply touched my heart.
He was deeply touched by the situation. Whether they were surrendered ministers or Jianjien ministers who followed the trend to welcome the new master, he hoped to give them a clear signal: as long as they support me, I will ignore past mistakes, treat everyone equally, and will never wrong anyone.
Therefore, Zhu Di, sitting at the top, had no choice but to pretend that he had never seen the indignation of many of the heroes and veterans who had conquered the world with him.
This edict was eloquent and took the longest time to read. When the edict was announced, no matter what the officials thought, they all breathed a sigh of relief, because the ceremony of welcoming the new emperor in the Golden Palace was finally over. But they did not expect that Zhu Di and his father would
Like Zhu Yuanzhang, he was also a workaholic. Wu Baiguan's eyes widened, and he picked up the third edict in front of his eyes:
"...The four prefectures of Su and Song will restore the taxes of Hongwu. Whenever there are floods and droughts in the four directions, taxes will be exempted. In good years without disasters, those with poor land will also be exempted from taxes. In years of famine, all taxes will be exempted, and local officials must first
Open warehouses to relieve people, and then report to the court. The Metropolitan Procuratorate sends inspectors to inspect the local areas. Those who conceal disasters and fail to report them, or fail to provide relief when disasters occur, will be arrested and punished. The new dynasty has initially decided that local governments should especially appease the military and civilians. If there are traitors,
Those who are corrupt will be arrested and punished for serious crimes! Officials of the seventh rank or above in the capital, officials above the county magistrate or above, each will be promoted to one according to their talents. If there is corruption, they will be punished together!"
Unexpectedly, Emperor Yongle issued an edict on governance on the day he ascended the throne. The focus of this edict was official administration and anti-corruption. This edict was specially issued on the day he ascended the throne. This was clearly Zhu Di's anti-corruption edict.
Yongle Yuji issued three major edicts. The first one was to completely overturn the old government, which was courageous; the second one was to seal old and new officials, which was Huairou; the third one was that the officials who were excited seemed to feel
It has a bit of the iron-blooded flavor when Taizu was still alive. After the "Four Years of Relaxation and Relief of Severe Strictness" under the Jian Dynasty, the officials who were not very clean seemed to feel the rustling autumn feeling again...