In the ninth year of Yongle, in October, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to establish Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, as the crown prince and proclaim the world.

Princess Wei of the Han Dynasty is the crown princess. With Xuanfu as the fief of Zhu Zhan, the eldest son of the Han Dynasty, he did not become a vassal and enjoyed Prince Lu. The remaining son is not knighted for the time being, and enjoys the prince of the county.

If the princes of the feudal domains are not knighted, the eldest son is the prince, and the sons are the kings of the county. The eldest son is not a concubine, but a son-in-law, and the son-in-law is the heir. Violators will be demoted.

King Ping was ill for a long time, and he was allowed to live in Jinling for a long time, not to return to the domain, and to enjoy the taxes of Pu'an Prefecture. There is no official subordinate to the Ping Palace, and only the left long history of the palace is set up to congratulate the ceremony. Fifty captains guarded the palace and listened to the dispatch of the palace.

The prince of King Ping stayed in Beijing to serve the sick, increased his income to 9,000 stones, and entered the palace to study.

For Princess Ping, the holy decree did not mention a word.

Subsequently, the Son of Heaven ordered the Ministry of Rites to discuss the crown prince ceremony and enter the East Palace for the ceremony.

The Nanjing Ministry of Rites and the Beijing Ministry of Rites consulted the old rules of Hongwu and made regulations with reference to the Grand Ceremony of the Crown Prince of Feng Yiwen, but they did not get the approval of the Son of Heaven.

The two scholars of the Ministry of Rites, the four servants of the Ministry of Rites and the subordinates of Lang are holding the recital that is not clear. Looking at the emperor, it doesn't matter if you don't understand guò, at least give some hints. How to change it, everyone has a reference.

Emperor Yongle didn't follow people's wishes, he looked at ten lines at a glance, his expression remained the same, and he pressed on the imperial case, and directly threw out two words, "Let's talk again." ”

If you can't understand the joy and anger of your boss, no matter how strong your work ability is, it will be in vain.

After tossing for more than a month, the music has been changed no less than ten times, the list of officials and subordinates of the East Palace has been prepared, and the ceremony regulations for the canonization of the crown prince have not yet been decided.

On such a day, the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Moon are over?

After all, what kind of charter can satisfy the Son of Heaven?

The two Beijing Rite Ministries no longer have the heart to compete for the long and short, and they can't complete the explanation of the Son of Heaven, and it's useless to fight for the ugly son.

In order to brainstorm, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu mobilized his subordinate officials, and the old practice of the Hongwu Dynasty was not clear, and it could be referred to the previous dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty didn't work, as well as the former Song Dynasty and the former Tang Dynasty.

Zuo Shilang of the Beijing Ministry of Rites has an excellent memory, family history, and has read a lot of books and classics since he was a child, and he actually found out the relevant information about the canonization of the crown prince in the Han Dynasty. Xing Chongchong was brought to the yamen and studied with his colleagues in the ministry. There was a shortage of manpower, so they tied strips of cloth and fought at night.

A few days later, the Beijing Ministry of Rites had two black circles under their eyes, took out the draft regulations, their eyes were red, their hands were trembling, and they looked like old people.

"In this case, Your Majesty should be satisfied, right?"

Soshu was sent to Beijing by a fast horse. After the Nanjing Ministry of Rites polished and supplemented, there were no omissions, and it was presented to the Imperial Review.

In the warm pavilion, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu held his breath, for fear of being beaten back by the emperor's general.

Fortunately, Emperor Yongle didn't say anything more, and reluctantly nodded his head. Lifting the royal pen, he approved a quasi-word on the song.

The word "quasi" is really hard to come by.

After getting the letter, the Liangjing Rite Department was all excited, hugging their heads and crying, tears were gushing like springs, and even the little officials who brought tea and water couldn't help but have red eyes.

If the emperor doesn't approve it again, I'm afraid that the lord of the ministry will have to challenge the etiquette and regulations of the ancient pre-Qin, which is not easy!

Although the ceremony of canonizing the crown prince has not been held, the honor guard of the East Palace has been prepared.

Compared with the princely system, there is a slight increase or decrease.

Incense burner, incense box, flag, fashionable building, slight knife shield halberd, round umbrella square fan, flag flower drum, etc., all utensils are gold, lacquer must be red.

Zhu Gaoxu was in Beijing, and he no longer played the prince's honor guard when he went in and out, but he did not immediately carry out the prince's honor guard.

After years of tempering, Zhu Gaoxu's personality has not changed, but his actions have become more and more stable. The officials in Nanjing were not yet aware of it, but the Beijing Xingbu and the military generals of the border areas were deeply aware of it.

"Your Highness is getting more and more like now."

Taking off his arrogance, even if he was kicked in the head by a donkey, Zhu Gaoxu would not say anything like "Admiral Tiance" again.

In fact, when the Yongle Emperor was proposing to appoint the crown prince, he was rolling up his trouser legs and inspecting the fields in the military tun on the outskirts of Beijing.

The golden wheat fields, the sorghum brushed together, and the novel grain, this qiē is more attractive to him than the praise of the envoys of the fanbang.

Emperor Yongle would never have thought that when Zhu Gaoxu was transferred to Beijing to receive the envoys of Fanbang, he would dare to slack off. A banquet was held in a hurry, and then it was never seen again. The envoys of Fanbang were thrown to the officials of the Ministry of Operation, and they went to the fields to complete the unfinished farming business.

At the time of the autumn harvest, Zhu Gaoxu carried a sickle newly made by the Daning Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau and went down to the field to harvest rice and wheat.

Not only did he come, but Zhu Zhanyan was also brought.

According to Zhu Gaoxu's words, "How can a lonely son not know the grains and the grains? ”

The second son, Zhu Zhanqi, was still babbling and was also ordered to be carried to the field. The doll who is still grinding her teeth doesn't know what her father is doing. Seeing the lively scene, he slapped his face and laughed vigorously, but he was held down by his father's big chapter and threatened, "Dare to learn from the gentlemen, don't be considerate of the people's suffering, say how you don't eat minced meat, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up!" ”

Zhu Zhanqi didn't know whether he really didn't understand or pretended not to understand, in short, he continued to laugh.

Zhu Zhanyan looked at his father, and then at his younger brother, and the peasants reappeared. His big eyes flickered twice, and he was determined to return to Yingtian and find an opportunity to complain to the imperial grandmother.

Seeing this scene, Meng was speechless.

At a young age, he already has the potential of sesame buns, and has a great momentum of developing into black-flour steamed buns.

Should it be said that the IQ of the Lao Zhu family is too high, or is it too characterful?

"Less insurance."

Just as I was thinking about it, my sleeve was pulled.

"What's the matter with the son?"

Zhu Gaoxu was crowned the crown prince, Zhu Zhanyu was not crowned the emperor's grandson, and he was still the "prince", but the distance between him and his brother had been widened. I'm afraid the title of "Shizi" will not be long in coming.

"I will also be with my father."

Let's go to the field together?

Meng was a little embarrassed, turned his head to look at Xia Yuanji, and found that Xia Shangshu was not there, and then looked at the eunuch who served Zhu Zhanji, Huang Shaojian bent down and grinned, but Shaobao obeyed.

"Your Highness is still young."

"I'm not small, I can pull the iron bow. The emperor's grandfather said that if I fight a little longer, I will be able to shoot down the golden eagle! ”

Less than two palm-long iron bows, shoot golden eagles...... When it comes to fooling people, Emperor Yongle is really invincible in the world.

Speechless for a long time, not wanting to dampen Zhu Zhanyu's enthusiasm, Meng had to call his personal guards and ask what Zhu Gaoxu meant.

In the blink of an eye, Zhu Gaoxu had already walked to the field-center-center, and the guards did not dare to delay, trotting all the way.

"Uncle, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince indicates, the prince can go to the field, he doesn't have to harvest, he can just pick up the grains."

Meng nodded, and asked someone to bring a delicate wooden basket.

Huang Shaojian wanted to take it, but Zhu Zhanyan had to carry it himself, "Lonely strength, come by yourself!" ”

"It's okay for the prince to carry the basket by himself." Meng bent down and smiled, "But it's okay to let Young Eunuch Huang accompany the prince to the field together?" ”

"Good!"

Zhu Zhanyan nodded, his big eyes shining.

Zhu Zhanqi was unwilling to be left out in the cold, and screamed twice.

Zhu Zhan Yan turned around and said sternly: "My younger brother is waiting here, and when he grows up to be like his brother, he can pull the iron bow before he can go to the field." ”

"Ahh

"Obedient!"

"Ahh

"Really obedient?"

"Ahh

"Okay, let's go for my brother."

Meng turned his head and took a deep breath, not laughing, absolutely not laughing.

God knows, when two New Year's dolls, one big and one small, get together, how gratifying the scene is.

Zhu Zhanyan walked in front with a basket, and Young Eunuch Huang bent down to protect him in the back, for fear that Zhu Zhanyan would bump into a little. But Zhu Gaoxu didn't care, and when he saw that Huang Shao was tightly guarded, he raised his voice; "It doesn't have to be like this, when I was a lonely child, I didn't see how to roll back and forth on the school field a few times!"

Meng didn't step forward, standing on the edge of the field with his hands in his hands, looking at Zhu Gaoxu's father and son in the wheat field, his eyebrows stretched, and he felt that his long-cherished wish had been fulfilled.

History has changed.

Daming will not go back to its original trajectory, and the suffering that the land under his feet will not happen again, right?

As his thoughts fluttered, the autumn wind blew through the wheat waves, and Zhu Gaoxu, who had walked to the ground, straightened up and put down his sickle. When Zhu Zhanyan walked to his side, he saw that he was sweating hot, his little face was flushed, and he didn't say a word, picked him up and threw him twice.

"Okay, it's Lone's son!"

The laughter of the father and son came out in the wind, and the soldiers and farmers in the fields seemed to feel the joy of this moment.

A kind of joy that bursts out from the bottom of my heart with vigorous vitality.

Meng was also infected and unconsciously curled the corners of his mouth. Ten years ago, how could you think of today?

At that time, the king of Gaoyang County was still a reckless teenager. The sentence "little lady" gave him a toothache for more than two months.

His shoulders suddenly sank, and the familiar cold fragrance lingered around him.

The smile on Meng's face was even stronger, and he raised his arm to cover the big hand on his shoulder, and said, "Grandpa Guo, I can meet you and live in the present Daming, I have no regrets in this life." ”

Sweet love words, he will say, but he will not say them. Facing the person around him, he just wants to give his truest self.

Clever, but still a little clumsy.

Emotions are invisible, but they are as thick as blood, and they must be melted into the bones, truly unforgettable.

In this life, in the next life, in the next life, I will never forget it.

As he said before, there is no regret in this life.

Shen Xuan didn't speak, and clasped Meng's palm with his backhand, and his five fingers were intertwined, making Meng's fingers numb. But he didn't break free.

Hold it back hard, as if you are holding the whole world with your own hand.

No matter how painful it is, he's willing!

For half a month, the land of northern Xinjiang was immersed in abundant joy.

In August, there was a locust plague in Daning, Hebei Province, but fortunately, the scale was not large and did not cause too much damage. On the contrary, some herdsmen who raise chickens and ducks have benefited, and the free-range poultry have eaten smoothly and sold them in the mutual market, making a small profit, even compared to the income of raising cattle and sheep.

Meng did not advocate large-scale farming, which is no different in this era than in later generations, and once the livestock gets sick, it is likely to affect the livelihood of the entire tribe.

It's just that he didn't expect that the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated.

By the time he found out, the number of herdsmen raising chickens and ducks in the two guarded thousand households near Daning had already exceeded that of cattle and sheep, and there were also special "veterinarians".

It is reported that most of these veterinarians are from Fanbang, and they came across the ocean on a big food boat. I was going to Daming to do business, but I was attracted by the prosperity and strength of Daming, and I didn't want to leave when I stayed.

Before the Yongle Dynasty, the land of northern Xinjiang has always been linked to barrenness, often disturbed by the Tartars, and every spring and autumn must be threshed grass, which is naturally not prosperous.

Since Emperor Yongle ascended the throne, he successively sealed his two sons to northern Xinjiang and strictly rectified the border defense. In addition, a mutual market was opened in Kaiyuan Guangning to vigorously develop trade, and businessmen with a keen sense of smell took action one after another, gathering in Shuntian Daning to contribute to the great development of northern Xinjiang.

With the conquest of Tatar Varat one after another, the White Horde and the Grand Duchy of Moscow successively made friends with the Ming Dynasty and submitted to the Ming Dynasty, and the prestige of the dynasty spread far and wide, and more and more merchants of Fanbang, and even royal nobles, with various dreams, did not hesitate to travel thousands of miles to come to this magical land.

However, compared to the Mongol and Turkic tribes that are accustomed to dealing with each other, the high-nosed and deep-eyed Yi people are obviously not welcome.

Why?

Too unhygienic!

Tears and snot are wiped with sleeves, and it is difficult to prepare a handkerchief? I can't afford a handkerchief, so the straw paper is always in line, right?

To solve the problem of grain reincarnation, I don't know how to find a thatched house, so that the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division have red eyes when they see the red hair and yellow hair, and they want to beat people when they wave the iron ruler.

You don't need chopsticks or daggers to eat, just get started.

I didn't wash my face, I didn't wash my feet, I didn't take a bath, I asked, and I replied that it was because of faith.

Daming students were stunned, what kind of belief is this? Faith keeps them from paying attention to hygiene?

The Tatar Varatulyanha despised it, and the Mongol iron riders traveled to Europe and spread "civilization". More than 100 years have passed, and these Yi people are still the same!

The Jurchens felt that compared to these Yi people, they could be called civilized people.

The savage Jurchen bit the bones, grinned, and didn't express her thoughts for the time being.

Living in Daming for several years, Diaz, who has long been accustomed to Ming clothing and is well versed in Daming's lifestyle, saw his "fellow villagers" like this, and hated to cover his face with his sleeves and walk away.

Shame on you! Shame to be with it.

Fortunately, the environment can transform people the most, and after living in Daming for a period of time, bad habits can always be changed.

But it also leads to another problem, the foreign population of the Ming Dynasty is increasing, and it is developing in a blowout. Later, walking on the streets of the capital and bumping into a person head-on, it may be the prince and grand duke of a certain country.

The Shuntian of the Ming Dynasty faintly has the shadow of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty.

The distant Silk Road has become deserted, but sea routes continue to open up.

In the distant historical time and space, the hurricane set off a great change, and the new center of the world radiated a dazzling brilliance after the storm.

Standing in the east of the world, the most powerful dynasty in the world, the Ming Dynasty.

In November of the ninth year of Yongle, the feudal royal clans from all over the country came to the table one after another, and invited them to Beijing to congratulate.

In December of the same year, Zhu Gaoxu was summoned to Nanjing.

The Son of Heaven established the official family of the East Palace, and ordered Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, to be the prince and the prince, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, and the prince and the prince, and Shen Xuan, the prince of Dingguo. Wuyang Hou Xu Zengshou and the prince of the young master, Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu and the prince of the young master, Xingning Bomeng and the prince of the young guard.

Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the household department, and the Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, the military department Shangshu Jin Zhong and Zhan Shi, the right attendant of the military department, and the left attendant of the Ministry of Engineering are also Shao Zhan Shi. The clerks are all given to the matter, and the left of the criminal department is given to the Zhan Shifu.

Originally, there was only one person in Zhan Shifu, and considering many factors, Zhu Di appointed two people. In case of decision-making, Xia Yuanji came forward. As a meritorious hero of Jingjing, he can eat openly in the mighty world, and the role played by Jin Zhong is just to borrow a name to show the importance of the Son of Heaven to the crown prince.

In January of the tenth year of Yongle, the first lunar month, the Son of Heaven was the crown prince.

In February of the tenth year of Yongle, Zhu Gaoxu took the initiative to postpone the ceremony of establishing the crown prince.

"Erchen, please wait until King Zhao returns to Beijing, and then perform the ceremony."

The ministers played, please do not follow the rules. In addition, the date for the ceremony had already been set, and the feudal kings from all over the country began to leave for Beijing, and some were already on their way. Postpone the ceremony at this time and let the family come for nothing? Or do you want to stay until after the ceremony is over?

Emperor Yongle overrode public opinion and agreed to Zhu Gaoxu's request.

The Son of Heaven nodded, and it was useless for the courtiers to jump around.

Although the ceremony was postponed, Zhu Gaoxu still entered the Wenhua Hall as scheduled and was in front of the court. As for whether it is proper...... The one on the dragon chair doesn't care, who dares to jump out and say irresponsible things?

Perhaps it was a definite number in the dark, and Zheng He's fleet, which was expected to return in September, actually returned in May of the tenth year of Yongle a few months in advance and appeared on the sea surface of Fujian.

Compared with the time of departure, the size of the fleet has nearly doubled, and most of them are tributary troops of Fanbang envoys.

One of them is a very special fleet, with strange shapes and colorful hulls. The men on the boat, each with dark skin, naked-chested, and with different patterns painted on their faces. When he speaks, his teeth are snow-white.

Zhu Gaoxu stood on the treasure ship, looked at the officials who greeted him on the shore, and waved his arm vigorously, "Dock, get off the boat!" ”

Ships docked first, followed by treasure ships.

The cabin opened, and the beast roar was deafening. All kinds of beasts that have never been seen before have appeared in front of everyone's eyes one after another.

Giraffes, zebras, lions, wildebeest......

The men on the shore opened their mouths and their eyes fell to the ground.

What is this?

Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhu Gaosui laughed. Knowing that the King of Han had been made crown prince, the ceremony was delayed for a long time, just to wait for his return, and he became more and more happy, so that people carried out the coral tree he had obtained from a pirate treasure spot, not to mention the coral tree itself, and the box alone was a rare and valuable product.

"Pack it up, enter Beijing with the lonely fast horse, and celebrate the royal brother."

"Yes!"