Chapter 1 The Struggle for the Nation's Capital
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Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, it has always followed the gift of building a reserve with a descendant and a long without a descendant.
By the time of Zhu Yijun of Mingshenzong, the establishment of the prince and the establishment of the national capital led to a struggle that lasted for more than ten years in the court.
The cause of the struggle originated in the ninth year of Wanli, one day, Mingshenzong had nothing to do, met the queen of the palace beside the Empress Dowager Li, and spoiled the Wang family on a whim, and afterwards just rewarded the jewelry according to the number of rites, and nothing else, unexpectedly Wang was pregnant, and the body shape changed day by day, and was discovered by the Empress Dowager Li. Empress Dowager Li came to Mingshenzong to ask, but Mingshenzong denied that he had done it, but who else could do it except Mingshenzong? In desperation, Empress Dowager Li had to take out the emperor's living records to testify, and Mingshenzong admitted the matter and named Wang as Concubine Gong.
Wanli ten years, the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo was born from the womb of Wang Gongfei, the queen has no children, the crown prince should belong to Zhu Changluo, but Mingshenzong suspects that Wang's status is low, has been snubbed, and does not like the emperor's eldest son, he favors Zheng, Wanli 14 years, Zheng gave birth to the prince Zhu Changxun, Mingshenzong canonized Zheng as the imperial concubine, and wants to set up Zhu Changxun as the crown prince.
Among the government and the opposition, some people have already asked Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, to be the East Palace, and Mingshenzong either punished them or demoted their officials to set an example.
Despite this, there was still an endless stream of officials from Shangshu inviting Lidong Palace, so Mingshenzong looked for various reasons to shirk it, saying that the emperor's eldest son was still young, and the matter of establishing a prince would be discussed when he grew up.
So, this delay was a few more years, Zhu Changluo also grew up, and when it was time to go out of the cabinet to study, the ministers in the court began to ask the emperor to allow the emperor's eldest son to go out of the cabinet to study and establish it as the East Palace. Some officials were also beaten with boards.
Mingshenzong's intentions, the ministers are well aware, but the patriarchal law can not be messed up, they risked all kinds of dangers to ask for the East Palace, and Mingshenzong found a new reason, saying that it is not a concubine, to wait until the queen gives birth to the prince to set up the queen's son as the East Palace, first a few princes will be crowned kings, if the queen has no children, and then the emperor's eldest son.
Mingshenzong's will came down, the court was in an uproar, the queen had no children for many years, this is undoubtedly another shirk of the emperor, the ministers did not compromise, they argued with reason, Mingshenzong was outnumbered, and had to promise the emperor's eldest son to go out of the cabinet to study, but he was not canonized as the prince.
The matter of establishing the crown prince made Mingshenzong rack his brains, and argued with the ministers of the court for many years but to no avail, and finally Mingshenzong simply did not leave the palace gate, and did not pay attention to the government, but the music of the East Palace has never been broken.
In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, the Empress Dowager Li, who had long since ceased to control the Mingshenzong, couldn't stand it, although the Mingshenzong didn't like the emperor's eldest son very much, the Empress Dowager Li still liked this grandson very much, and under her interference, Zhu Changluo was finally made the prince.
After the crown prince was decided, Mingshenzong still stayed in the palace gate, not going to the court for more than ten years, and the new officials had never even seen his appearance, even if there was something urgent in the court, only the cabinet ministers could be received, and Mingshenzong had almost reached the realm of not asking about the affairs of the world.
Perhaps because he didn't want to face those ministers, Myojin chose to avoid it, and while he avoided the ministers, he also avoided his people. Who is the crown prince may be a very important matter for the emperor and ministers, and it needs to be thought about several times, but for ordinary people, it is not necessary to think about it, for them, whoever is the prince is the same, they just want to live a life of abundant food and clothing, who let them live well, in their hearts, who is a good emperor. Who should be appointed as the crown prince is something that only those who do not worry about food and clothing and have lofty ideals will think about. And those poor people who can't even eat enough are thinking about how to live a good life with enough food and clothing.
In the area of Yan'an, Shaanxi, the climate is changeable, the land of the peasants is not much, and sometimes the harvest is not good, if it is relied on hard work and diligent farming, it may not be able to ensure food and clothing in a year, therefore, bandits are rampant in this area, and the local government has to pay taxes according to the amount every year, the harvest is not good, and the amount cannot be handed over, and many times it is still necessary to rely on these bandits to fund it, so the bandits in this area are not only rampant, some have reached the point where they can do whatever they want in broad daylight.
The bandits have money to rob, the government has taxes to pay, and the hardest people are the good people who work hard to cultivate the land and do things in a down-to-earth manner, and it is not an easy task to survive on such a piece of land. If you want to make a name for yourself by virtue of studying, then it is very likely that when you study hard in the middle of the night, you will be asked by bandits to buy books, and even die.
Therefore, in this place, the men in the family usually do not choose to read this literary road, the vast majority of people will choose to go to the martial arts hall to learn a martial arts, although not everyone is a good material to practice martial arts, but how much will be some kung fu, far more than reading is real, reading well may not be able to get into the fame, full of scriptures but can not fill the stomach, and practice martial arts, no matter how bad it is, it can also strengthen the body, a little better can also protect the safety of the family, and a little better can go to a rich family to make a nursing home to earn family, It's better to be able to open a martial arts gym by yourself, and the best can get an official errand.
Of course, not all of those who came out of the martial arts hall did these things, and those who knew martial arts did not all come out of the martial arts hall.
On the top of Liangshan Mountain in Qingjian County, there are five figures standing, they are wearing black boots, wearing black clothes, black belts around their waists, black cloaks on their shoulders, and their hands are crossed on their chests, overlooking the scenery at the foot of the mountain.
It is a village surrounded by neat rows of houses, and because it is located at the foot of Liangshan Mountain, it is called Liangjia Village, and the people on the top of the hill cannot see the specific appearance of the village, and the only thing they can recognize is the color of the bricks on the roof and the curling smoke rising from the fire for cooking.
Although I didn't know what it was, when I saw the smoke, I felt the deliciousness in it, and the one standing in the middle of the five smiled slightly, laughing at himself for having such a wonderful feeling.
"Big brother, it's almost time to go." One of the people standing in the middle said to the person in the middle.
"Got it." A low, slightly hoarse response.
All five of them turned around and walked backwards at the same time.
This year, the thirty-ninth year of Wanli.
This month, the ninth month of the lunar calendar, is already late autumn.
The autumn wind was blowing, and the cloaks of the five people were raised to the side with the wind, like black wings stretched out.