On the eleventh day of the fifth month of the thirty-first year of Hongwu, the city of Nanjing.

Before dawn, a large number of Beijing officials were waiting in front of the palace gate. The Ministry of Rites decided that the next day after the funeral, officials in Beijing needed to go to the inner palace to listen to the emperor's edict.

The officials in front of the palace gate, regardless of military or grade, all need to wear plain clothes, black gauze hats, and black horn belts, no one dares to be surprising at this time.

In the past, the court bigwigs, the heads of the civil and military forces, now all lowered their heads, lowered their eyes, wept with sorrow, and tears rained down. A few older ones, who were not in good health, cried and cried and almost fell headlong.

Listening to the edict is the main thing, and crying is inevitable.

As for whether it was the death of Emperor Hongwu, or the crying that a mountain overhead was finally removed, it is unknown.

Officials have also communicated privately, and they have heard that the crown prince is a kind person like the crown prince who died young, and he respects scholars very much, and is not happy to cut off people's heads. The days when you had to explain the future in advance when you went out to the court should be the end, right?

Chao Chinese Wu was apprehensive, faintly filled with hope, but there was no clue on his face.

The officials of the Hongwu Dynasty, who had experienced the wind and rain and survived by luck and did not exile the army for various crimes, soon found that the young Emperor Jianwen was more amiable and approachable than expected.

The day of civil servants seems to have finally arrived.

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty can finally tremble!

Although, this period is really a bit short......

With a squeak, the palace gate slowly opened, and the officials didn't have time to wipe away their tears, so they hurriedly sorted out their clothes and hats, lined up in two rows with the grade of civil and military, and stepped into the palace gate under the guidance of the internal officials.

In this colleague, the fast horses from the capital arrived at the north and south processing stations one after another.

After the supply and horse exchange, set off again.

The vassal kings of various places, in foreign civil and military affairs, successively learned the news of Emperor Hongwu's great trip, and immediately issued an order, posted a notice, changed into plain clothes, and ordered their families to rush to control the decaying clothes. All the utensils and clothes used are in accordance with the decision of the Ministry of Etiquette, as long as all the utensils that violate the taboo are put away, and they dare not exceed the slightest rule. At the same time, it was ordered that the people, craftsmen, military merchants, etc., under his jurisdiction, were not allowed to marry and sacrifice for a month, both men and women were to wear plain clothes, and women were not allowed to decorate jewelry.

The soldiers and civilians in the capital need to wear plain clothes for 27 days, and all places outside Beijing, on the day of the arrival of the edict, can wear plain clothes for 13 days.

Officials are required to suspend marriage for 100 days, and when they go to court, Beijing officials must wear plain clothes, wrap their gauze hats in white cloth, wrap sackcloth around their waists, and wear bast shoes on their feet until they have worn them for 27 days.

If there is a violation of the system, even if Emperor Jianwen is approachable, the consequences will not be too good.

At this time, the transportation was not yet developed, basically by land by horse, by water, when encountering high mountains and dense forests, it was necessary to test people's ability to survive in the wild. Therefore, the time for the edict to arrive in various places was slow and varied. For example, from Nanjing to Beiping, the train ride in later generations took a few hours at most, and even the slow train was only about ten hours. Airplanes are faster. But now, a few days away is a must.

From Beiping to Kaipingwei outside the Saiwai, it was even slower.

When Kaipingwei commanded the envoy to post a notice, Emperor Jianwen had already officially ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne.

If this is the case, the procedures that should be followed are also necessary.

The cloth in the guard was insufficient, and it was impossible to catch up with the decaying clothes of tens of thousands of people for a while, so each soldier could only divide two linen cloth belts first, one tied to the waist and the other tied to the head, which was also passable.

Meng Rong raised the general flag, and his subordinates led fifty big-headed soldiers and five small flags, which were put on for future generations, so he could be regarded as a reinforced platoon leader. But in the border army system of the Ming Dynasty, he was still a petty official who did not enter the stream, but a petty official was also an official, and he had to take his subordinates to these fifty or so brothers, with serious expressions in the platoon battle, face in the direction of the capital, inhale, exhale, inhale again, prepare, and cry.

The border army is the border army, and the crying is according to the beat of the drum, and it is not okay to be unconvinced.

The entire Kaiping Guard, plus the five guards on the left and right, the front and back, tens of thousands of people, at the same time and in the same place, let go of their voices, and their momentum is so amazing.

Due to the traffic blockage, the grassland neighbors on the opposite side did not know the news of the death of Emperor Hongwu in Ludao, and heard the roar of wolves from Kaipingwei, Quanningwei, Datong and other places one after another, and thought that one or several vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were planning to come to a border-border-military-exercise-Xi, so frightened that they almost dismantled the tent and moved overnight.

Although he is not a kind-hearted person, he often thinks about the law to kick the door of his neighbor's house, but once the neighbor who is kicked is less kind and more fierce than himself, it will be a big trouble.

The Northern Yuan cavalry on the grassland has deeply realized this countless times.

Rao is so, Emperor Hongwu was still not worried about this group of neighbors in the north before the big trip, and he had repeatedly issued edicts in April and May, ordering the left army to be the governor Yang Wen, the Marquis of Wuding Guo Ying as the chief military officer, the governor Liu Zhen, and Song Sheng as the deputy chief soldier, leading the army to Beiping to deploy defenses, subject to the control of the king of Yan. And unite the King of Liao, the King of Dai, the King of Ning, the King of Gu, etc. to strengthen the border defense, and always be vigilant against the neighbors in the north who come to fight for grain grass during the autumn harvest.

At that time, Emperor Hongwu had already anticipated that his life would come to an end, and built a strong border defense for the young emperor who was about to ascend the throne in advance.

But after a hundred secrets, Emperor Hongwu miscalculated the irreconcilable contradictions between Emperor Jianwen and the vassal kings of various places, and did not expect that in his eyes, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who was the pillar of the country and the minister of the Ding, did not plan to continue to work for his nephew. And the young grandson is not good at stubble, and he is not soft at all when he cleans up his uncle. The so-called convincing people with virtue and convincing people with reason have been thrown into the corner to grow mushrooms.

If he had expected it...... There are no ifs in the world.

The game between the big men has nothing to do with Meng at this time, and the only thing that is affected is probably that the reward that Shen Deputy Qianhu should give will drag on for a while.

Meng Zongqi expressed his understanding of this, and his brothers did not raise any objections.

Extraordinary times, things that can't be helped. Now the whole guard is busy, and there seems to be an undercurrent surging in the faint way. Meng You is self-aware, he is still a small shrimp, and the most important thing is to protect himself.

A few days ago, the edict of Emperor Hongwu was also promulgated in the world.

In the edict, it was written that the vassal kings of various places stayed behind and were not allowed to pay tribute to the capital.

King Yan received the edict on the way to the capital for the funeral, accompanied by officials sent by various government offices in Beiping Prefecture. Thinking of the death of his father, these subordinates can go to sacrifice, but he can't be a son, and it is inevitable that he will not feel good in his heart.

It was not only the King of Yan who had the same feelings, but also the vassal kings who had been divided into other places, and because of the edict set by Emperor Hongwu, no vassal king dared to openly protest at this time.

King Yan turned back on the road, and there was anger in his heart that couldn't be released, and the Daoyan monk in King Yan's mansion saw the opportunity again, and began to bombard King Yan almost three times a day.

Lord Wang, a man as heroic as you should devote himself to the great cause of rebellion!

Lord Wang, rebellion is a great cause that can only be done by people with ideals, morality, and revenge!

Lord Wang, the emperor takes turns to sit, come to your house today!

On weekdays, Monk Daoyan almost sees this kind of rebellious remarks on his lips, and King Yan's ears are almost out of the cocoon, saying that he has no mind at all, and it is false to be innocent, but he needs to consider far more things than Monk Daoyan.

The rebellion was successful, he sat on the throne, won the world, and was good.

The rebellion failed, there was nothing, and it was a big disadvantage to go to see my father.

To be or not to be opposed? That's a problem.

Just when King Yan was undecided and couldn't make up his mind, Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen was ready to help him make a decision.

In July of the 31st year of Hongwu, Emperor Jianwen had just ascended the throne for a month, and the second son of King Zhou suddenly reported that King Zhou was plotting against the imperial court, and Emperor Jianwen immediately ordered Li Jinglong, Duke of Cao, to lead his troops to the fiefdom of King Zhou, and arrested King Zhou without saying a word.

Soon, King Zhou was demoted to a concubine because of "conclusive charges" and exiled to Yunnan for labor reform.

I have to admit that Emperor Jianwen is indeed the grandson of Emperor Hongwu, and when Shen Wansan was exiled, Emperor Hongwu also chose Yunnan.

Feng Shui treasure.

After cleaning up King Zhou, Emperor Jianwen didn't rush to do anything, perhaps he also wanted to see the reaction of his uncles.

King Zhou is the brother of King Yan, with the same father and mother, no matter how you look at it, Emperor Jianwen's move is no different from stabbing a hornet's nest.

Is this a chicken killing?

At this moment, even if King Yan still hesitated, he had to seriously consider the theory of creation and rebellion advocated by Dao Yan.

In August, the autumn harvest was getting closer and closer, and the guards of the northern Xinjiang began to enter a comprehensive alert.

Emperor Hongwu died, the news of the new emperor's accession to the throne has reached the grassland, this year's grass valley, will these neighbors come or not?

No matter how you think about it, the former is more likely.

Not only come, I'm afraid there will be no fewer people.

Meng was still ordered to guard the lookout pier ten miles north of the city.

The bunker has been built, and Zheng Qianhu has come to see it in person and praised the entire project. Commander Wei sent Xu Zhong's recital, and before sending it to the capital, it was first sent to Beiping Mansion and put on Yousi's desk.

Meng discussed with the former Langzhong that the trade of exchanging wild goods for grain could be suspended. The wheat harvest will be made after autumn, and the food in exchange will be enough to support the life of the brothers during this time, as well as the cloth and salt sent by Shen Deputy Qianhu, so there is no need to continue the adventure.

There are a lot of new faces under him, so it's best to stop in time and be careful.

And......

Meng straightened up, stood on the top of the mountain, and looked into the distance, Emperor Hongwu had made a big move, and Emperor Jianwen had ascended the throne, he should carefully plan and plan, and it was time to do something next.

Small shrimp also has the advantage of small shrimp, doesn't it?

A cloud of smoke and dust rolled up in the distance, and a cavalry was galloping in, and the border troops on the lookout platform immediately raised their alert.

The cavalry came straight to the pier, and when they had reached about two hundred paces, the knights pulled the reins of their horses, and their horses raised their front hooves and stepped on a cloud of dust.

Seeing clearly the jackets and familiar long knives on the cavalry, the defenders of the pier breathed a sigh of relief, and climbed up to the second floor of the bunker alone, signaling that the people on the top of the fort did not need to light the wolf smoke, they were their own people.

Seeing that the defenders of the pier were no longer on guard, the cavalry continued to move forward, led by Shen Deputy Qianhu, Shen Xuan, who had been awarded the guerrilla general not long ago.