Chapter 399 Your Majesty's Confidence Is Given by His Majesty
"Are I dressed solemnly enough today? Isn't it embarrassing? The last time I went to Fengyang Ancestral Mausoleum to pay homage to my ancestors on behalf of the late emperor, I seemed to have dressed like this. This time there are so many happy events piled together, so there is no need to be solemn. some?"
On the New Year's Day of the first year of Longwu, at 9 o'clock in the morning, in the newly rebuilt Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City in Nanjing, Emperor Longwu Zhu Changzi dressed up tediously in front of a polished silver mirror, surrounded by his maids, concubines, and daughters.
As early as the time of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Forbidden City of Nanjing, the former dynasty had built outer halls such as Fengtian Hall, Huagai Hall, Wenhua Hall, and Wuying Hall to deal with government affairs, and the harem had the Qianqing Palace and the Kunning Palace. These were not found after arriving in Beijing. , let alone the Qing Dynasty later.
Just because the Nanjing palace was in disrepair for a long time, when Zhu Changzi first ascended the throne last year, there were only two palaces left in the former dynasty and only one palace in the harem.
This Qianqing Palace was hastily renovated in more than half a year. Zhu Changqi also lowered the requirements for building materials, as long as they were strong and durable enough. He greatly lowered the standards in terms of beauty and luxury, and also saved expenses and construction time. It was considered a national crisis. Special events for autumn.
At this moment, facing the emperor's nervousness, the concubines did not dare to speak loudly. They just smiled and whispered comforting words and said some useless words. Only Zhu Changzi's only biological daughter, Princess Zhu Yuchan, had a transcendent status and dared to speak out:
"Father, why should you worry too much? This is already the highest honor for the emperor. Besides, today I have to wear gold-plated cloud dragon armor. No matter how nice it is underneath, it won't be visible. It will still be a burden when the time comes."
As Zhu Yuchan spoke, she squatted down and helped her father straighten his clothes.
Zhu Changzi has no sons, only one daughter, so the status of his daughter is actually higher than that of most concubines, and she can speak well. After all, there can be many concubines, and there is no scarcity.
"What Chan'er said makes sense. It would be better to wear it looser inside, so as not to be too tired to ride the horse." As Zhu Changzi said, he naturally moved his eyes to the gilt silver and gold phoenix wing crown next to him (the whole base is covered with silver, The partial phoenix-wing-dragon pattern was chiselled with gold), I held it in my hand to play with, and even tried it on my head to try it on for size.
Zhu Changzi himself was Wanli's nephew, so the closest common ancestor he and the late emperor could trace back was already Emperor Longqing. Zhu Changzi succeeded to the throne because no other descendant of Emperor Longqing could be found.
Thinking of this, Zhu Changzi fiddled with his helmet and suddenly asked his daughter beside him: "Chan'er, it's been more than a year since you got married to Shuren, right? Why is there still no movement? Didn't I ask the imperial doctor to show you the last time? Is it over? Why is there no more content?
(Note: Many people classify the consort as a relative. In fact, this term is very loose. A woman in the family who marries the royal family is called a concubine, that is, the natal family of the queen and concubine. The consort is a woman who marries a clan member, so she should be called a consort. Of course, "relatives" and "relatives" are also two concepts. Those who have the same surname as the royal family and have royal blood are called clan relatives, and those who have no blood relatives and are only relatives by marriage are called clan relatives.)
Zhu Changzi casually chatted with his daughter about family affairs, and actually made secret arrangements for important court matters casually. Although his words had no direct effect and had to be processed by the cabinet, the emperor's own will was still very important after all.
Even though he didn't have to do it himself, he only had to use the clothes to reach out, but he was still exhausted by the heavy gold and silver inlaid armor.
And once the other branches of Jiajing are severed, Jiajing and Zhengde of the previous generation are already cousins, and Zhengde has no descendants.
Of course, these steps did not require the emperor to speak orally himself. He, Wumeicun, helped write the prayers and sacrifices on the Yunjin scrolls, and the words were sincere, detailed and beautiful.
At that time, the emperor himself only had to finish holding the incense, signal the eunuch to read it out, and then burn it in front of the memorial tablet of Xiaoling and the deceased emperor.
Both emotionally and rationally, Zhu Changzi felt that it would be far better to have a grandson who could adopt the patriarchal line as his grandson, rather than passing the throne to a distant relative who was separated two hundred years ago and only shared the same sixth generation ancestor with him.
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Moreover, Zhu Jianshen is only the sixth generation ancestor of Zhu Changzi, but if another clan succeeds him in the future, that person will most likely have to be called Zhu Jianshen, the eighth generation ancestor!
Now, after many years of killings by Tatars and bandits, not to mention other descendants of Emperor Longqing, including the clan from Jiajing, are gone.
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I remember that there must be nothing wrong with him. Didn’t that concubine named Dong Bai give birth to a daughter for him two years before you came to marry him? "
Therefore, even if there are surviving Ming Dynasty clan members, they are also descendants of other cousins of Jiajing and Zhengde. Their most recent common ancestor can be traced back to the common grandfather of Jiajing and Zhengde, Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen.
He is truly blessed and blessed. He will continue to eat, drink and have fun in the palace for the rest of his life, and let his son-in-law help him worry about the country. It will be great if he regains his sight.
In the heart of the father, the importance of this matter, even if it cannot be equal to that of the Northern Expedition, is at least as important as that of the Northern Expedition. Can it be compared with the internal repair of political theory and the iteration of armaments?
What if her belly doesn't live up to expectations? Even if she does, she still doesn't know whether her son or daughter will be born first... Zhu Yuchan almost wanted to find a crack in the ground to hide in.
Zhu Yuchan's face turned red, and she blamed her father shyly: "Why do you say this in front of so many people! It's not that my father kept him busy fighting outside. They said they were married for more than a year, but in fact they were together for less than four or five months!
He often fails to comply with the imperial doctor’s orders!”
Because Zhu Changzi can still live for a long time, and Chongzhen has to call him the seventh generation ancestor Zhu Jianshen. The future successors will be at least Chongzhen's nephews based on their age or birth date, and they are not allowed to be called the eighth generation ancestor Zhu Jianshen. If Zhu Changzi's own grandson
When he becomes a grandson through adoption, he also loses Chongzhen's nephew generation, who will be called Zhu Jianshen's eighth generation ancestor.
In his life, he was so confused that when he was almost forty years old, the wisest decision he made was to find a good son-in-law for his daughter.
After a long time, Zhu Changzi finally completed the tedious dressing and decoration process.
As the emperor, he is so uneasy today, obviously because he has a lot of things to do. First of all, today is the day of changing the Yuan Dynasty. It was officially changed from the 17th year of Chongzhen to the first year of Longwu. He had to go to the Ancestral Temple to comfort his ancestors and go through the process.
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Zhu Changzi's casual words seemed to be explaining the follow-up arrangements for the country. In his opinion, now that his son-in-law has made such a great contribution and he has no son, this is already the best arrangement.
Zhu Changzi laughed and was very satisfied with the harmonious relationship between his daughter and son-in-law: "Is this a 'repentance to teach husband and son-in-law to seek the title of marquis'? There is nothing to be ashamed of for a good thing. He was originally the governor of a foreign town, and he did catch up with Zhang Ni and the bandit
When it comes, the trees want to be still but the wind doesn't stop. There is nothing you can do about it.
Today, the father did not take care of her emotions, and continued to say: "This is not a trivial matter, I have always said this. In fact, when you were a child, you had a younger brother, but it was difficult to give birth and he died in infancy.
In the future, if you are confident and have your first heir, and you adopt your dead brother as your heir, you can continue your efforts to have another one... I will allocate a few more imperial doctors, plus the mature maids in the palace who know how to teach and adopt children.
I will all go to your house to serve you."
Now it seems that he, the emperor, cannot be regarded as the backer of his son-in-law. On the contrary, the son-in-law is the emperor's giant, holding the golden beam across the sea.
But this time, all Zhang Nichuang's bandits have been wiped out, and even Duduo has been beheaded. The Tatars will probably be able to stay in peace for a year or two. Taking advantage of his meritorious service, I transferred him to the capital to take charge of military affairs and rectify the country's military and armaments.
, even if there was suspicion of being a clan relative, the courtiers did not dare to say anything.
Zhu Yuchan's face turned redder, knowing that her father wanted her husband to stay with her for one or two more years without having to travel far away. He must have hoped to give birth to a grandson.
After two or three years of rest and recuperation, the army has accumulated reserves, and the strength of the enemy and ourselves has completely changed. It will not be too late to start the northern expedition to the Central Plains and regain all our homeland."
But no matter what, I can be considered to have had an heir. Sooner or later, the cabinet will discuss this matter and even give your brother who died in infancy a posthumous title.
Secondly, on the great day of the Yuan Dynasty, King Qin’s army presented prisoners and captured gifts as gifts.
In addition, Zhu Shuren had previously killed Li Zicheng and completely eliminated the intruders. Also, because the last time Zhu Shuren arrived in Beijing, there was an urgent war and there was no time to hold a celebration. This time, we have to make up for it together. It is really a great joy.
Zhu Changzi also has some common sense in life. He knows that his son-in-law had a daughter with another woman before marrying his daughter, so his health must be fine. This is the simplest dichotomy of the control group.
But he enjoyed the process very much. When he was being manipulated just now, he suddenly figured out some issues.
Under the auspices of the new Minister of Rites, Wumeicun, it was believed that the emperor should visit Xiaoling Mausoleum this time and tell Emperor Taizu that the imperial army had repulsed or even completely annihilated the invading enemies in the south of the Yangtze River.
Anyway, if your grandson can be adopted as your grandson in the patriarchal line, and his blood still flows through him, wouldn't it be much better than finding a distant nephew who has played in the fifth server a hundred years later to inherit your inheritance?
Then when going to the Ancestral Temple to go through the process of changing the Yuan Dynasty, we should also add a step to tell the late Emperor Chongzhen that his uncle had avenged him, and Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin were also killed.
Zhu Jianshen was born in 1447, and now it is 1645. It is true that "we were the same family two hundred years ago"!
Touching the cold helmet, Zhu Changzi, who had always been weak by nature, couldn't help but feel a sense of heroism.
If you don’t have any idea about this set of emperor’s attire, you can know it by looking at the painting “Out of the Police and In and Out” painted by the Ming Dynasty. It is a scene of Emperor Wanli going to Wanshou Mountain to worship his ancestors (which is now the Ming Tombs, at that time
There is only Jiuling, and the last four emperors have not yet been buried. The original painting is in the National Palace Museum in Wanbei, and the two paintings together are twenty feet long)
The armor Zhu Changzi is wearing today is the same as that of his uncle Wanli. In the autumn of martial arts, of course the emperor must also wear armor.
Zhu Changzi had naturally thought about this matter and thought of this path naturally. There was no son-in-law forcing him in the whole process.
On the contrary, it was just because of his son-in-law's ability and repeated illustrious military exploits that Zhu Changzi himself developed such ambition and confidence that he could suppress the opposition in the cabinet.
"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has arrived, and the prisoner presentation ceremony has been prepared. Do you think it is possible to arrange for Luan Jia to leave the palace on time?"
Zhu Changzi was thinking in his mind while plotting with his daughter. The eunuch who was the personal steward next to him had come over quietly to ask for instructions. He even coughed lightly in advance to make some noise, so that the emperor could shut up first. The eunuch would never dare to hear things he shouldn't hear.
Zhu Changzi pulled back his thoughts, shook his armor, and said energetically: "Come out of the palace! I want to personally welcome the captured soldiers!"