The Imperial Palace of Nanjing occupies about one-fifth of the city and is located at the west end of the city.
Last night's battles, drums, and horns had not faded away. In the cold wind of the morning, the imperial camp Qianniu Town had already begun to escort the emperor into the city.
The emperor entered through Zhengyang Gate, walked along Chang'an Avenue, and went straight to Hongwu Gate, the south gate of the palace city.
Zhu Yihai is dressed in the emperor's military uniform today, with golden armor and red robes decorated with golden dragons, which makes him extremely powerful.
Walking at the front was the honor guard of the three armed forces that was independent from Banner Town, followed by the Qianniu Guard Young Army Cadet Guard, and then the Qianniu Guard and so on.
Each one of them specially polished their armor, and the officers' leather boots were also extremely shiny.
Xiongjiujiujiujiu high-spirited.
Zhu Yihai rides a white horse.
Originally, the cabinet suggested riding the emperor's royal chariot, which would be more impressive, but Zhu Yihai was still used to riding a horse.
The ceremony of entering the city today was actually simplified as he had repeatedly requested, otherwise the cabinet would have been eager to hold a grand entering ceremony.
For them, the recovery of Nanjing was an unparalleled and important moment.
But Zhu Yihai felt that this was just a small step on a long journey. A fierce battle was still to come, and it was too early to be happy now.
Zhengyangmen, Chang'an Street, Hongwumen.
Hongwumen is the main south gate of the palace city, and then you can reach Yudao Street.
Zhu Yihai stopped in front of Hongwu Gate and looked at it for a long time.
Nanjing, Nanjing.
He finally came and was finally going to take over the Nanjing Imperial Palace.
The outer five-hole bridge, Chengtianmen, and Duanmen.
All the way to the Meridian Gate.
Within the Meridian Gate is the palace city, with the five-hole bridge inside, followed by Fengtian Hall, Huagaiyu, Jinshen Hall, Qianqing Palace, Shengshen Hall, Kunning Palace, etc. Beyond the palace city is Bei'anmen, and further north is
It is the Xuanwu Gate.
The Meridian Gate slowly opened to welcome its new owner.
The battle last night was only at the city gate, and the imperial city was not affected at all.
After entering the city, the Ming army immediately took control of the imperial city and protected it.
Now there are already some chamberlains and guards who came in early. They have searched the entire palace and cleared out the people who were left behind to ensure the safety and cleanliness of the palace.
"We sincerely welcome His Majesty the Emperor back to the palace!"
The eunuch Liu Chao stood at the door to greet him.
Zhu Yihai nodded and dismounted.
The leading officers entered the palace all the way and looked at each palace. Finally, they sat down in Qianqing Palace to discuss matters. The generals reported the results of last night's battle.
The battle last night was easy, with only a hundred casualties.
Liu Chao reported to Zhu Yihai the situation of cleaning the palace. It had only been half a year since the previous owner Zhu Yousong left and fled. After the Qing army came, although most of the valuable things in the palace were moved away, the palace and so on were basically gone.
It's fairly well maintained.
Nowadays, the palace can be moved in with just one bag, but it lacks some luxuries.
Zhu Yihai, on the other hand, didn't care about enjoying these things, and even now he was not sure whether Nanjing City could be defended in the next wave of battles.
Sitting in the Hall of Qianqing, you can feel the majesty of this palace and feel the might and power of the Ming Dynasty. However, the lack of decoration now makes this hall look a bit desolate, and people can't help but lament the decline of the Ming Dynasty.
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"Your Majesty, I think that since we have already entered Nanjing, we might as well take the capital together. The soldiers can break through the Qinhuai River defense line of the Qing army in half a day. Without the tall city wall for defense,
Just relying on the river and the defense line made of rotten bricks and broken wood cannot stop us at all."
Jin Gongyu, the commander-in-chief of Shence Town in the imperial camp, made an excited suggestion. In fact, if it weren't for the emperor's decree last night that prevented the attack across the Qinhuai River, they would have done it together last night and directly recaptured the entire city of Nanjing.
"Not urgent."
"You have to be patient when fishing, and you have to lay the bait. If the bait is gone, how can you attract the big fish to take the bait?"
Zhu Yihai chatted with the ministers for a while, then got up and left the Qianqing Palace, went out of the Meridian Gate, and went to the Ancestral Temple to worship the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
Standing in the Ancestral Temple, after offering sacrifices to the Ming emperors of all dynasties.
Xu Shiqi, a bachelor, proposed to honor the emperor's father, King Lu Su, as emperor. Zhu Yihai naturally supported this, and let the ministers discuss it, and recommended him as Emperor Lu Su, and posthumously named him Tianlong Yunying Rui Qinwen Xianwu Dadehong He was extremely meritorious and filial to Emperor Yuan.
The name of the temple is Shizu.
Emperor Shizu Yuan, this temple name and posthumous name are very meaningful. The temple name Shizu is not a commonly used word. Ancestors have ancestry, and ancestry has virtues. According to the general ancestral method, the emperor’s throne enshrined in the Taimiao is There are a number of them, some for the fifth generation and some for the seventh generation. If an emperor dies and a statue is enshrined, one must be removed. The ancestor is eternal, so the one whose temple name is the ancestor does not need to be moved, and can enjoy worship for eternity. , the other sects will have to move the one with the most distant relationship in order.
Of course, Shizu or Shizong also has another meaning, which is a metaphor for the transfer of lineage and the succession of branches into the unified line.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was passed from Taizu to his eldest son Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao died early and was passed to Zhu Biao's eldest son. Later, Taizu's fourth son Zhu Di seized the throne by force, and it has been passed down for more than 200 years to this day.
But now Zhu Yihai is the queen of Zhu Tan, the tenth son of Taizu.
Both Shizu and Shizong had the intention of branching into the great system, but the ministers discussed using Shizu, and they obviously wanted to be higher up. Now that Zhu Yihai has succeeded to the great system, he is different from what he was in Jiajing. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty is now It is about rebuilding ZTE.
If successful, Zhu Yihai will be like the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and he will create another dynasty.
It is of course appropriate to pursue Zhu Yihai's father, King Lu Su, as his ancestor.
The ministers attach great importance to these. The posthumous title given to Zhu Yihai's father was such a long list of words, and they had to fight for a long time about each word.
But Zhu Yihai is not willing to spend too much time on these things.
Seeing that most of the ministers agreed with Emperor Shizuyuan, he directly agreed.
If he succeeds, the Ming Dynasty will be reborn from the ashes, and no matter whether it is an ancestor or a sect, it will be indisputable. If he fails, then the imperial title his father pursues will naturally be cancelled.
After the emperor walked around, Zhu Yihai finally left again.
The palace was deserted. There were not many utensils and few eunuchs in the palace. Zhu Yihai did not bring his family members with him, so he simply left the palace.
He moved his imperial camp from Zhongshan Xiaoling Mausoleum to outside Zhengyang Gate. The place was spacious and more convenient for garrison camps, training in martial arts, etc.
"Report!"
"Tatar Jiangnan Economic Strategy Master Yan hung many heads on the Jubao Gate..."
"Your Majesty, it has been found out that those heads were all former nobles of the imperial court, including the Duke of Wei Xu Yunjue, the Marquis of Lingbi Tang Guozuo, the Bo of Xincheng Zhao Zhilong and other two Dukes, Seventh Marquis and Nine Bo..."
After hearing the news, Zhu Yihai was silent for a while.
"These people have returned from their lost ways, but unfortunately they were harmed by the Tatars. Let's put all this on the Tatars' heads, and we will settle the matter together in the future!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and ended the discussion. He stopped discussing the matter, and did not give any vindication or posthumous gifts to those who had once opened Nanjing to welcome the surrender of the Tatars and now tried to surrender anyway.
