<>Nothing happened all night. The next morning, the prince performed another spiritual ceremony in front of the coffin of Emperor Dahang. After repeating yesterday's set of red tape etiquette, the procession set off again.
At noon that day, the team finally arrived at Wanshou Mountain. This mountain range is indeed a first-class Feng Shui treasure land. It is surrounded by mountains on the east, north and west sides, and the south is open and unobstructed. The entire mountain range is like a large courtyard with tigers and dragons. At the end of the courtyard
, there is a pair of hill gates, the left is called Longshan and the right is called Hushan.
The two mountains of Dragon and Tiger face each other far away, with a majestic Dahongmen standing at the midpoint, which is the main entrance of the imperial mausoleum. When the procession arrived in front of Dahongmen, everyone got off the sedan, dismounted, and walked in, even Zhu Gaochi was no exception.
The generals guarding the mausoleum and officials standing in front of the mausoleum were waiting for the arrival of the emperor and his entourage in front of Dahongmen. Civil and military officials guided the emperor, princes and ministers into the mausoleum area from Dahongmen, and walked up the long bluestone steps to the Hall of Thanksgiving.
This is the place where the emperor stayed when he came to pay homage to the mausoleum.
Zhu Gaochi and his sons would bathe and change clothes in the Thanksgiving Hall, wash away the dust of the journey, put on clean sacrificial clothes, and then go to Changling to see off Emperor Daxing on his last journey.
Emperor Daxing's Zi Palace went through the long bluestone steps and entered Changling first, and was temporarily placed in front of the Shinto, waiting for the arrival of the emperor and his entourage.
An hour later, when the auspicious time was approaching, the officials of Honglu Temple asked the emperor to move to Changling. Zhu Gaochi, surrounded by Zhu Zhanji and others, entered the Changling gate solemnly, kowtowed in the Qien Hall, and went up.
I drank incense and came to the Shinto.
At this time, the mausoleum gate of the underground palace has been opened, hundreds of monks are chanting Buddhist scriptures, and the fireworks of incense candles dye the sky gray-white.
Zhu Gaochi knelt in front of Zi Palace, offered incense to Emperor Daxing for the last time, and drank wine as a libation. The officials of the Ministry of Rites sang loudly: "The auspicious time has come! Congratulations to send Emperor Daxing to the palace of the underworld!"
This sound was like a starting gun, which immediately caused the emperor to burst into tears, and the princes and ministers also burst into tears. The cry shook the field and scared countless crows!
Amidst the shocking cries, one hundred and twenty-eight Jin Yiwei stepped forward, their shoulders pressing against the bars. The leading Jin Yiwei shouted low, and everyone worked together to lift Emperor Daxing's Zi Palace.
! These more than a hundred Jinyi guards have practiced this kind of action countless times. They carried the coffin of Emperor Daxing from the capital to Changling step by step. Ordinarily, there should not be any accidents.
However, an accident happened - the one hundred and twenty-eight selected Jin Yiwei, all of whom were extremely powerful, exerted all their strength, but the coffin did not move at all!
"Hey..." Each of the royal guards' faces turned blood red, veins popped out all over their bodies, and they tried their best to feed themselves, but the coffin remained motionless as if it had taken root!
The monarchs and ministers who were mourning there also noticed something strange, and their cries gradually became uneven. The ministers secretly looked at this strange scene and couldn't help but whisper to each other:
"What's going on? The coffin can't be lifted?"
"Scare! How could a strange thing that only happens to villagers happen to Emperor Daxing?"
"Are all these monks and Taoists just for decoration?"
"It is said that the deceased was so resentful that his coffin was filled with black energy. Could it be that Emperor Daxing had some grudge?"
Listening to the buzzing whispers of the ministers, Zhang Xi and others couldn't help but smile proudly, but under Zhang Fu's stern glance, they quickly lowered their heads to avoid being seen.
The hearts of several academicians sank to the bottom. Looking at the emperor's livid face, they screamed sadly in their hearts. It was no use praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky. At the last moment, trouble still happened!
And it’s still a huge problem!
Without time to think about it, Yang Rong said in a deep voice to the helpless commander of the Jin Yiwei: "What are you doing standing still? Hurry up and send more people!"
"Oh, yes!" The commander woke up from his dream and quickly sent another hundred people to help carry the coffin.
One hundred royal guards joined in, and more than two hundred people crowded around the huge coffin. It was so crowded that there was no royal dignity at all.
But at this time, I just want to be able to lift the coffin, no matter what dignity or not?
Everyone was not breathing hard, their eyes widened, and they stared closely at the royal guards who were desperately carrying the coffin.
However, Zi Gong remained motionless...
"Give me more strength!" The commander of the Jinyiwei was about to go crazy. He didn't care what the occasion was and roared: "If you can't lift it up again, you all will die!"
"Ah! Ah! Ah!" More than two hundred Jinyi guards roared like beasts, using all their strength to lift up!
‘Pah! Pah! Pah!’ The cowhide ropes on the big bar finally couldn’t bear it and broke one after another!
"Ouch!" The royal guards were caught off guard. They all fell to the ground like goddesses scattering flowers, and many of them had broken heads and blood.
And the huge nanmu coffin was still firmly nailed to the ground, not moving at all...
The atmosphere in the square was extremely stagnant. Everyone looked at this strange scene with straight eyes, their mouths wide open, and their hearts filled with fear.
Even Zhu Gaochi breathed heavily uncontrollably. I wonder if Emperor Daxing really appeared?
"Emperor Daxing has appeared as a saint!" At this time, someone took the lead in shouting, and the nobles all shouted loudly together: "Emperor Daxing has appeared as a saint!"
"O late Emperor..." The shouts were quickly covered up by heart-wrenching cries, and he cried loudly: "I have been unfaithful and unfilial, and I will make you hate me until you die!"
"O late Emperor, I deserve to die!" Some gray-haired old men beat their chests and feet, leaned their heads on the ground, and blamed themselves in grief and anger: "You forgot your kindness as soon as you died, and you only knew how to protect yourself. It's really too damn bad.
!”
"My late Emperor, I will die to apologize for my sins!" Some elderly nobles cried and rushed towards Zhu Di's coffin, intending to hit him to death in front of Emperor Daxing's Zi Palace.
Fortunately, Zi Palace was surrounded by guards in golden uniforms, and they quickly stopped these old guys, so that they did not make the same mistake as Xue Lu did.
At this time, the chaos in Changling was extremely chaotic, with cries and curses everywhere. Where could you see the trace of a royal funeral?
"Everyone be quiet!" At this moment, Jian Yi felt that he should stand up and maintain order: "How can it be appropriate to cry and make noise?"
"That's right!" Yang Shiqi immediately followed and said loudly: "There must be something fishy about this matter. Please be patient and wait until I find out the truth!"
"Yang Shiqi! You still dare to make such a noise!" Zhu Yong and others did not accept his trick. He immediately stood up and shouted sternly: "It was only because of your treacherous ministers who made slanderous remarks and abducted the emperor and acted perversely that they angered Emperor Daxing!
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"That is, if we kill you slanderers, the world will be at peace!" Wang Tong and others immediately agreed and pounced on Yang Shiqi and others as if they wanted to eat people.
"Jin Yiwei, escort me quickly!" Yang Shiqi shouted quickly when he saw the situation was not good.
The Jin Yiwei hurriedly stood between the two sides, thus preventing Yang Shiqi and others from being eaten alive by the angry nobles. However, the great bachelors were still bound to get punched and kicked.
"Presumptuous!" Zhu Gaochi finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and roared: "Are you going to rebel?!"
The emperor's anger was still somewhat intimidating, and the nobles' arrogance was immediately suffocated, and the place became much quieter.
Yang Shiqi and others had just let go of their hanging hearts when they heard a powerful cry: "Your Majesty, you still can't understand that we are the loyal ones. Yang Shiqi and the others are just like Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and Yu Jian.
Emperor Wen talks about loyalty, filial piety and justice, but in reality he is a great traitor who brings disaster to the country and the people and ruins the country!"
This sound was made by the British Duke Zhang Fu.
Immediately, the arrogance of the nobles rose again, and they shouted loudly: "Awaken, Your Majesty, do you really want Emperor Daxing to die with his eyes open?!"
Zhu Gaochi's eyes were blazing with anger, and he stared at Zhang Fu who stood out from the crowd. He gritted his teeth and said: "With your British wisdom, can't you see that our Ming Dynasty has reached the end of life and death? I and the bachelors have worked hard, but in the
It’s just to save the country from falling, and to save the people from hanging upside down!”
"Go back to the emperor, I really can't see it!" Zhang Fu looked at Zhu Gaochi without flinching and said: "In my opinion, the late emperor was the only emperor in the history who had unparalleled martial arts skills in ancient and modern times!" As he said this, he looked at Zhu Di's coffin.
He cupped his hands and said loudly: "The late emperor raised troops to put an end to Jianwen's chaos, and restored the Ming Dynasty to unification! He also personally conquered Mongolia several times, regained Annan, and established Nuergandusi in the northeast, Hami Guard in the northwest, and Hami Guard in the southwest.
Daguci, Demasa, Diwuci and other Xuanwei bureaus, as well as the Guizhou Chengxuanzheng Envoys Department, have made our Ming Dynasty stronger and more consolidated than in the Taizu era!"
"The late emperor also sent Zheng He to the Western Seas many times, attracting all nations to come to court! He also ordered people to compile the "Yongle Dadian", creating an unprecedented pinnacle of cultural governance! The late emperor also dredged the Grand Canal, moved the capital to Beijing, and guarded the country with the emperor! He created peace for all generations.
!Emperors of all dynasties have never been able to match it! If this cannot be called the prosperous age of Yongle, I really don’t know if any period since the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors can dare to be called a prosperous age?!"
Zhang Fu recounted Zhu Di's great achievements and heard the nobles' blood boiling. He missed the beautiful Yongle period very much and hated Zhu Gaochi and his bachelors even more deeply!
"Your Majesty, what are the intentions of those slanderous ministers around you who ignore the late emperor's achievements and slander the prosperous times as the end of the world?" Zhang Fu's eyes were red, and he asked the emperor with great grief and anger: "We can only think of one possibility -
They are the remnants of Jianwen lurking in the imperial court, and their purpose is to avenge Jianwen and overturn the foundation created by the late emperor!"
"That's so well said!" All the nobles and nobles cheered silently: "They are the remnants of Jianwen, and we want to clean them up!"
"Yes! Qingjun's side! Qingjun's side!"
"That's nonsense!" Yang Shiqi and others were shocked and angry, and retorted with all their strength: "We have nothing to do with Emperor Jianwen!"
"Then the Emperor Daxing's body is still cold, why are you so eager to rehabilitate the traitor Jianwen?!" Zhang Fu asked calmly.
Yang Shiqi and others were silenced by one sentence. They could not say that it was the emperor's own idea to rehabilitate Jianwen's old ministers...
"That is my opinion and has nothing to do with the bachelors." Zhu Gaochi said calmly.