After Zhu Cihong suppressed the anti-tax merchants, landlords and scholars in Jiangnan, he purged the officials who colluded with the merchants by the way.

The local gentry were strong and strong, and most of them had close ties with local officials, especially the Zhang family and the Wu family, and the merchant forces they supported had monopolized many industries in Nanzhili, and there would not have been such a big mess without the collusion of officials and businessmen.

After Zhu Cihong uprooted these people by thunderous means, he ordered Zhang Pu, Qian Qianyi, and a group of officials who colluded with merchants and landlords to be taken to Nanjing.

The remaining scholars and merchants who were not cut down, or those who were cut down, although they also participated in this matter, and there were also tax evasion and tax evasion, and the evil deeds of passing on taxes to acres of land, but Zhu Cihong showed mercy outside the law and did not kill them.

Zhu Cihong cut off the way for their descendants to become officials, and imposed a series of heavy fines on their families, ranging from millions of taels to millions of taels.

For the rest of their lives, many people cried loudly, not only paid the fines happily, but also set up a banquet at home to beat gongs and drums to celebrate, and some people even borrowed money to invite rappers to spread the benefits of the new policy and the benevolence of the prince all over the street.

Since then, the wind direction of the entire Jiangnan has changed greatly, and there is a voice praising Zhu Cihong's benevolence everywhere, which makes Zhu Cihong quite surprised, and he feels a little embarrassed.

On the twentieth day of the first month of the year, Zhu Cihong issued a notice to worship Emperor Taizu at the filial piety tomb of Shenlie Mountain on the second day of the second month of February, and all civil and military officials above the fourth rank in Nanzhili must all be present.

As soon as Zhu Cihong suppressed the civil unrest by thunderbolt, he immediately held a worship of the filial piety tomb, and everyone who received the invitation was nervous, and I don't know what happened to the crown prince next?

Nan Zhili, whether it was a civilian official or a military general, did not dare to slack off after receiving the notice, although the time was a little urgent, they still hurried to Nanjing.

On 1 February, officials from the lobby of the Nanjing City Officials Department gathered, and many people lined up outside the compound, and the voices of officials greeting each other continued, and many people also spoke of the crown prince Shengming.

Zhu Cihong smiled indifferently, and under his tough attitude, he was afraid to kill them again, and these people were finally honest.

In this way, it is only necessary to raise their salaries, and then set up public funds according to the model of Fengyang Mansion, which will greatly reduce corruption, and for officials who are obedient and conscientiously implement the new policy, appropriate promotion can make these officials be of the same mind as themselves.

It will take time for the talents selected by the new imperial examinations and education to grow, and after a few years, Zhu Cihong will be able to replace most of the pedantic officials, and let young people go to various places to serve as officials, and implement the policy of strengthening the country.

On the second day of the second month of February, the Ming Tomb of Shenlie Mountain in the northeast of the Imperial City of Nanjing.

Shenlie Mountain is also known as Purple Mountain or Zhongshan Mountain, Emperor Zhengde died without heirs, Jiajing Emperor inherited the great treasure from the vassal king, after the great ceremonial dispute, issued an edict to change Zhongshan to Shenlie Mountain.

Shenlie Mountain Zhongfu Longpan, rise from the ground, resemble the giant dragon that coils, the joint burial mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma of Ming Taizu is located here, there are also the tomb of King Xu Da of Zhongshan in the north of the mountain, the tomb of King Chang Yuchun of Kaiping, the tomb of Li Wenzhong, King of Qiyang.

The Ming Tomb is far larger than the scale seen by Zhu Cihong's later generations, and the pattern is more rigorous, just like a small city with beautiful mountains and rivers, covering an extremely wide area, which is not inferior to the Forbidden City of Nanjing.

Zhu Cihong somewhat understands that the Ming Tomb represents the highest achievement of architecture and stone carving art in the early Ming Dynasty, and the shape of more than 20 imperial tombs in the Ming and Qing dynasties for more than 500 years is built in accordance with the regulations and models of the Ming Tomb.

Ming generation, Nanjing Ming filial piety mausoleum has always been the ancestral root of the place, highly respected, each year has a fixed three major sacrifices, five small sacrifices, all the major events of the country, all need to send the ministers of the Emperor to pay tribute.

At this time, Shenlie Mountain was crowded with people, not only 30,000 Tianwu troops lined up neatly, but also thousands of civil and military officials, as well as thousands of Xiaoling guards.

It stands to reason that the emperor's personal army should be guarding the emperor, which is a good profession, but Xiaolingwei is indeed a tomb guard, and he can only deal with the mausoleum all day long, and he will never see the living emperor in his life.

Han Zanzhou, the eunuch who was responsible for presiding over the sacrifice, was in charge of presiding over the sacrifice, and after Han Zanzhou was set aside by Zhu Cihong, he could only pass the time in Xiaoling, and thanks to the sacrifices in Xiaoling, he was not involved in the case of Xungui forcing the palace.

Under the guidance of Han Zanzhou, Zhu Cihong, who was wearing a ceremonial dress, walked through the Jinshui Bridge, the Wenwu Gate, and the Xiaoling Gate, and went to the Xiaoling Palace.

The pavilions in the cemetery are connected, enjoy the smoke in the hall, the pine waves and the forest sea, there are thousands of immortal deer in captivity, Zhu Cihong and his party enter it, they listen to the deer in the meantime, the momentum is extraordinary.

I heard that the tomb of Emperor Wu Sun Quan was in front of the filial piety gate, Zhu Yuanzhang once smiled and said: Let Sun Quan watch the door for us!

Zhu Cihong entered the hall dedicated to the spiritual seat of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, and looked at the spiritual seat of Zhu Yuanzhang behind the smoke, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang's life can be said to be full of legends, he was born in a poor family, from the bottom of the society to herd cattle babies, begging for food everywhere, with the call of "expelling Hu Lu and restoring China", raised troops to the Northern Expedition, and finally overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and restored the Han River and Mountain.

After Zhu Yuanzhang took the capital of Yuan, he then pacified the southwest, northwest, and eastern Liaodong, and finally unified the whole country.

What Zhu Cihong admires the most is not only these, but a series of reforms made by Zhu Yuanzhang after he became the emperor, he made a big deal in the economy to immigrate to the tuntian and military tun, build water conservancy, liberate slaves and maids, reduce or reduce taxes, send people to all parts of the country to measure the land, check the household registration and establish the yellow book; Culturally, we should pay close attention to education, promote the imperial examination, establish a national sub-prison to cultivate talents, strengthen overseas exchanges with the outside world, and restore the status of China's suzerainty.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was born with a low culture, he played a decisive role in the inheritance of Han culture.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the Han culture of the Central Plains was influenced and impacted by Mongolia and other ethnic groups to a certain extent, and after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he formulated the "Ming Collection of Rites" in an attempt to restore the etiquette culture of the Han nationality and took a series of measures to de-Mongolianize.

In terms of etiquette, the Hu kneeling was abolished, and the traditional kneeling methods of the Han nationality were restored, and the five bows, four bows, and the second bow were implemented according to the ranks;

In terms of clothing, "the crown is like the Tang system", and the crown and clothing system with the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty has been formulated; In terms of name, the surname Hu is strictly prohibited, and the language is forbidden to Hu language, and "Hongwu Zhengyun" is established.

Through the revival of Han culture, Zhu Yuanzhang successfully dispelled the shadow of Meng Yuan, without his series of measures, it is difficult to imagine what Han culture was trampled by Meng Yuan.

is also Mr. Sun Yat-sen, who also learned from Zhu Yuanzhang to expel the Tartar captives and restore China, but he does not have such courage, so he will not mention it later.

Zhu Cihong held the sacrificial text in his hand and read in a high-pitched voice: "Taizu with the wisdom of the gods, with the ambition of helping the world and the people, taking advantage of the time, heroic Jingcong, destroying the strong, fifteen years to become the emperor, the rise of cloth, Wuding chaos, Wenzhi Taiping, dying Haiyu, clarifying the rule of officials, Kaoli Dingle, Jiaen Shengguo, unprecedented after the Western Han Dynasty!" ”

Zhu Cihong continued: "Descendants Cihong, at this time, remember the ancestors, work hard and be martyred, and serve this situation, there is no difficulty, and then rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, and surpass the Han Mai Tang!"

Zhu Cihong made a grand salute to Zhu Yuanzhang's spiritual seat, then stood up and said viciously behind him: "Bring up all the nobles and corrupt officials in the troubled country, and invite Taizu to feast!" ”

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