As the emperor and concubines took their seats, the nobles and civil and military officials also sat down one by one according to their ranks.

Daming Shangjue, those hereditary nobles took advantage of a lot, and even Xue Guoguan and Yang Sichang, who were the first assistant and the pivotal assistant, were ranked behind them.

Xungui is headed by the British Duke Zhang Zhiji and Dingguo Duke Xu Yunzhen, Zhang Zhiji needless to say, after Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen was slaughtered by Zhu Cihong, he was in charge of all the soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp, and the eldest son Zhang Shize was also in charge of the Shenshu camp.

Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, is the descendant of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, the Xu family is a family of two dukes, and the descendants of Xu Da are divided into two branches, one is in Beijing, which is the first line of Dingguo Gong, and the other is the Wei Guogong of Nanjing.

Why is Xu Da's family so prominent? In addition to being the founding father, his daughter married Ming Chengzu Zhu Di and became the queen......

Xu Da's eldest son attacked Wei Guogong and opposed Zhu Di's being cut down and imprisoned in his family, and Wei Guogong's line was already finished, just because he had a queen sister.

As for the Duke of Dingguo, it was earned by Xu Zengshou, the fourth son of Xu Da, who secretly helped Zhu Di to make trouble, and was killed by Emperor Jianwen, Ming Chengzu posthumously named him the Duke of Dingguo, so that his descendants would inherit the Duke of Dingguo, and the current Duke of Dingguo Xu Yunzhen is his descendant.

Ming Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing after the martyrdom, and the nobles he brought with him were basically those who were martyred with him, and most of the descendants of the founding nobles such as Liu Bowen stayed in Nanjing.

By the side of Emperor Chongzhen, there were more than a dozen eunuchs waiting, pouring wine and cloth dishes, serving water and handing towels, and each person was responsible for the back of each official, and there was also a palace maid and a eunuch to serve.

Only Zhu Cihong's side is a little special, there are eight guards standing neatly behind him, which looks very eye-catching, and the Xungui next to him only feels very uncomfortable, and they are far away.

"Your Majesty has a will, pass on the meal!"

With Wang Chengen's voice, the musicians behind the screens on both sides of the hall played melodious music, and a team of palace maids served the wine and food like butterflies wearing flowers.

Emperor Chongzhen stood up and raised his glass and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of the Yuan Dynasty, I will drink this cup with all Aiqing, please!" ”

All the officials also got up, raised their glasses together, and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please." ”

After the salute is completed, the Shangyuan Night Banquet can be regarded as the official beginning.

In the sound of silk and bamboo wind music, a group of dancing girls came to the palace, singing and dancing, skirts flying, streamers fluttering, officials eating, drinking, talking and laughing, watching singing and dancing, and persuading each other to drink.

Zhu Cihong probably understood the meaning of this banquet, to put on a show and stabilize people's hearts.

Zhu Cihong got up and walked in front of Chongzhen, bowed to the emperor and queen in a proper manner, and said: "Yuyu is dustless, and the moon is bright and jasper is three thousand miles; The Milky Way scattered, people are drunk on the twelfth floor of the spring breeze, and the sons wish their father and queen mother a happy festival in the Yuan Dynasty! ”

Everyone hurriedly and secretly aimed at Emperor Chongzhen on the dragon throne, and they were very concerned about the relationship between the emperor and the crown prince.

I have to say that Chongzhen is also a good actor, he smiled and said: "Good poetry, the emperor has seen a lot of knowledge." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "Thank you for your praise!" ”

The ministers began to take turns to toast and congratulate Emperor Chongzhen, and the atmosphere seemed peaceful and stable.

After the banquet began, Princess Kunxing quietly walked to Zhu Cihong's side, widened her eyes and asked, "Brother Huang, why don't you play with me when you return to the palace?" Do you have a gift for me? ”

Zhu Cihong had already prepared, ordered someone to take out a brocade box, and said: "This is called Huarong Dao, only the smartest people in the world can clear the customs!" ”

Princess Kunxing pursed her lips and said, "Brother Huang also said last time that whoever can untie the nine links is the smartest person in the world, and now he is here again." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "Yes, have you untied it?" ”

Princess Kunxing said: "It's so simple, I will untie it in a few hours, and it will be boring to play later, so I will unravel it all at once!" ”

"How many hours?" Zhu Cihong's eyes widened instantly, feeling incredible.

That thing takes at least 256 steps to unravel, and if you make a mistake, you have to do it again, it represents wisdom, it is a symbol of wisdom, but it was only done in a few hours by this little girl?

Zhu Cihong said: "Imperial sister, it's not a good thing for children to brag, you can't learn badly!" ”

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Princess Kunxing ran to pull the third prince Zhu Cijiong over, and said, "Third son, tell the royal brother, did the original sister untie it in one day?" ”

Zhu Cijiong is eight years old this year, and he has begun to study in the Wenhua Palace, which is much quieter than a few years ago, he was stunned and said: "Brother Huang, what Sister Huang said is true, it took me half a month to unravel ....... at that time."

Zhu Cihong patted his head and said, "It's not your fault that you're stupid, the imperial brother can understand you." ”

Zhu Cihong said to Princess Kunxing again: "Imperial sister, Huarong Dao never gets tired of playing, if you can clear all the customs, the imperial brother promises you three things!" ”

As he spoke, he began to introduce the rules of the game, and demonstrated again, Zhu Cihong's fingers moved quickly, and in just a few tens of seconds, he completed more than 80 steps of Huarong Dao and rescued "Cao Cao" from Huarong Dao.

Princess Kunxing and Zhu Cijiong were dazzled and immediately attracted.

Princess Kunxing took it and said, "It's so simple, I'll try it." ”

But seeing that she had walked hundreds of moves, she couldn't get "Cao Cao" out, frowning for a while, fiddling with it indiscriminately.

Zhu Cihong looked at it with a smile, Huarong Dao is changeable, and together with the Rubik's Cube and Independent Diamond Chess, it has been called "three incredible in the world of intellectual games" by foreign intelligence experts, how can it be so easy to clear the customs.

Even if you clear the customs, and then change the position of Guan Yu Huang Zhong and other chess pieces, it is another layout, and you have to come up with a new way to clear the customs, if you want to play to clear all the customs with the least number of moves, smart people have to spend a lot of time, as for ordinary people, they can play on the spot to lift the table.

I have to say that Princess Kunxing still likes this kind of puzzle game, even if it is a little boring, it is also a game, which is better than learning "Women's Training", court etiquette, poetry and songs, fiddling with musical instruments, and embroidery.

Seeing that Princess Kunxing was playing with new toys, the fourth prince and the fifth prince also ran over, gathered around Zhu Cihong's seat, and also wanted to ask Zhu Cihong for toys.

The fifth prince, Zhu Cihuan, was only five years old, and he had never seen Zhu Cihong since he could remember, so he looked a little afraid, but he looked at the eyes of the Huarong Dao chess pieces printed with surrender, and there was obviously longing.

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "Do you want it?" ”

"I want to!"

"Call Brother Sheng!"

"Brother......

Zhu Cihong was very satisfied, and after giving the five princes a touch to kill, he took out a few more copies, and one of them gave one set.

"Thank you, Brother Emperor." The three princes were excited and saluted seriously, and the royal etiquette was very standard.

The officials who peeked at the scene were very surprised, this little killer would still coax the child?

The exchange between the princes, it is difficult for the foreign ministers to see, in the history books, most of the records between the princes and the princes, fighting for power and profit, the primogeniture inheritance system implemented by the Ming Dynasty perfectly solves this point.

The inheritance of the throne is regarded as the "national capital" by the people of the world, and the first unified Qin Dynasty was unable to confirm the heir and led to the death of the second.

But throughout the dynasties and generations since the Qin Dynasty, few dynasties have done this, and the succession of the throne in all dynasties has been accompanied by bloody storms, and the eldest son has become a high-risk occupation, and all the eldest sons are basically in the center of the political storm, and one is accidentally killed.

In the Xuanwumen Revolution of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong Li Shimin personally killed an eldest son Li Jiancheng, and more than ten years later, he personally abolished an eldest son Li Chengqian.

After the Song Dynasty, the Confucian civil official group was strong, and with the supervision of the rules, the change of the throne was a little less bloody, but only the Ming Dynasty really achieved the primogeniture inheritance system.

There are more than 400 recorded emperors in China, and except for the Ming Dynasty, no more than 10 percent of the emperors can be inherited smoothly by the eldest son of each dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang established the Emperor Ming ancestral training, using the law of ancestors to limit the primogeniture system of the throne, the entire Ming Dynasty except for Zhu Di of Jingnan, the future emperors strictly abided by this system, unless you have no sons, such as Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Tianqi, all the other emperors are under the supervision of the civil official group and dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool.

The change of the throne in the Ming Dynasty was the most peaceful in history, and even at the time of the demise of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the civil bureaucracy and the imperial family did not break the system.