Chapter 15 Edict II

The New Year is coming to an end, and the sun is just right on this day, gently letting the cats keep their bellies, lazily basking in the sun under the sun in the corner.

The ice and snow also began to melt, turning into trickling water, flowing into the river through various dark passages and leaving the Forbidden City.

It's just that in the Forbidden City, the white cloth has not been removed.

It seems to replace the snow and bring a cold breath to the Forbidden City.

On this day, it is the day when Emperor Daxing Zigong leaves the palace.

When Emperor Daxing went, it happened to be winter, so he was able to stay in the palace for so long. Although the mausoleum has not been built, the ice cellar for temporary suspension has been built, and it can be temporarily suspended.

In addition, the weather is getting warmer, and if you continue to stop in the palace, I'm afraid something bad will happen.

After this incident, although he was still in the midst of a state funeral, many things in the palace returned to normal, for example, Zhu Qizhen listened to politics at the imperial gate.

It's all going to work.

At this time, Wang Zhen gathered all the childless concubines of Emperor Xuanzong in the side hall of Qianqing Palace, and these dozens of beauties can be called stunning.

For the emperor, sowing is also an obligation,

Therefore, Emperor Xuanzong is not a very lustful person, but there are nearly 100 women he has touched. A courtyard was densely packed.

Some of them are concubines with titles, and some are just palace maids.

All of them were pale and weak, supporting each other, barely able to stand on their feet.

Now it is only ten years of Xuande, and it is only ten years since the Hongxi period.

When Emperor Renzong went, the fate of those childless concubines was also vivid, so that they were not afraid.

Some even witnessed that even now, some eunuchs gathered people together, drove them into a palace, gave them a white silk, and told them to hang themselves.

If they are willing to do it themselves, let them decide on their own, and if they are unwilling, there will be eunuchs who will come forward to help them carry it out.

Then put all these women in coffins and stop with Emperor Daxing.

It was nothing short of a massacre.

These women knew their fate, but they didn't even dare to cry.

But he didn't want Wang Zhen to take out a volume of holy decrees, and said: "Emperor Daxing's edict, you will kneel and receive it." ”

The women immediately knelt on the ground.

But I heard Wang Zhen read this edict in a loud voice. Because this edict was drawn up by the cabinet, the text was used to the fullest, and most of the allusions were used in the front, and only in the back did it say: "Uphold the virtue of heavenly good life, and abolish the way of martyrdom." ”

As soon as these words came out, the women below cried loudly one by one and said, "Your Majesty Xie." ”

At this time, I dared to vent out.

Zhu Qizhen was outside, and when he heard the cry inside the red wall, he sighed slightly in his heart.

In fact, he made a lot of efforts to put these home and leave them on marriage leave, most of these people are in their teens and twenties, which is a woman's best time.

It's just that neither the Empress Dowager nor the cabinet will allow this.

Therefore, these women can be spared death and placed in the imperial tomb.

Their fate in the future is to wait for the years to pass, and after they die, they will be sent to Emperor Xuanzong, and they are not even qualified to be by Emperor Xuanzong's side.

Because the position next to Emperor Xuanzong is the empress, it can only be placed in the corner of the huge imperial mausoleum.

This is the only mission of the second half of their lives.

This made Zhu Qizhen understand why in this era, both men and women have to have children, preferably boys, because whether there are children or not, the previous gap is likely to be life and death.

After Wang Zhen came out, he immediately came to Zhu Qizhen's side and said, "Master." ”

"Let's go." Zhu Qizhen said.

A lot of things are waiting for Zhu Qizhen.

In the Qianqing Palace, a eunuch looked up at the sun, dragged the voice of the male duck, and said, "The auspicious time has come." ”

Immediately, countless people carried Emperor Daxing's Zigong onto the hearse.

Emperor Zigong of Daxing must not be regarded as an ordinary coffin. First of all, you have to carry forward, not at all.

Countless pieces of paper money, like flying snow, sprinkled all over the city of Beijing, princes and ministers, civil and military officials are waiting outside in filial piety clothes.

Zhu Qizhen followed behind the hearse, and behind him was the spiritual seat of Emperor Daxing. Follow on foot.

I saw that in the midst of mourning, Zhu Qizhen was followed by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, following in the same direction, with a long procession, slowly advancing.

This time, they did not go out through the main gate, but through the Xihua Gate.

The people outside, the officials were kneeling on the side of the road.

King Yue coughed several times before he had the strength to say, "Your Majesty, you just need to send it here, it's time to go back." ”

It seems that because of the change in Gao Pingling, all the emperors in later generations were alerted and did not dare to leave the capital without authorization. Therefore, the matter of sending the Daxing Emperor to the mausoleum is generally replaced by the royal family.

And when Emperor Taizong died, he was buried by Emperor Xuanzong, who was the grandson of the emperor.

It's just that Emperor Xuanzong died too early.

Zhu Qizhen is his eldest son, not yet ten years old, and the second son Zhu Qiyu is even younger, so he can't help at all.

The only one who can help is King Yue.

King Yue is also the concubine of the Empress Dowager, but he is only a soldier in his mother's womb. The body is extremely thin, and even the doctor has determined that the kidney water is insufficient, and there is no heir for life.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager was left in Beijing and did not go to Tibet.

At this moment, Beijing Chengchong, a royal adult male, is the only one, and he is responsible for this kind of thing.

Whether it is, before Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, he went to Taimiao to ask for the throne, or to sacrifice heaven and earth. They were all done by King Yue.

King Yue's body was originally not good, and under this hard work, it was even more difficult to support it.

Zhu Qizhen looked at King Yue, and saw that he was young, he looked no more than twenty years old, his body was thin, his face was sick, he always carried a handkerchief in his hand, and even at such an important moment, he coughed from time to time.

Zhu Qizhen knew that King Yue was really in bad health, not fake.

This is why the Empress Dowager would rather find a way to transfer King Xiang in Xiangyang to Beijing to supervise the country, and did not think about King Yue.

His body simply couldn't support it.

If he hadn't been born in the royal family, he would have been treated by famous doctors in the world, and all kinds of medicinal materials would not have been squandered without money, and he would not have survived at all.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Uncle Wang, is your body okay?" ”

King Yue coughed twice and said: "Your Majesty rest assured, you can hold on, Your Majesty's dragon body is the most important thing in the country, take care of it, and never damage it." ”

This is also the reason why the Ministry of Rites does not want Zhu Qizhen to leave the palace.

The infant mortality rate of children in this era is too high.

But Zhu Qizhen can't have anything to do, once something happens, it will be a big storm.

Zhu Qizhen saw the long procession as if it were a long dragon, knowing that they could only get to Tianshou Mountain after going out of the city and resting for the night.

And after today, it is impossible for Zhu Qizhen to see Emperor Xuanzong's Zigong again.

He stared at it in a daze, until he couldn't see anything, and then tears rolled down.

Only at this time did he really feel that his father was really gone, and countless memories of Emperor Xuanzong rolled in, mixed with the memories of his father in later generations, and seemed to be inseparable from each other.

He lost them forever.

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "Father, you can go with peace of mind, the Ming Dynasty is in my hands, and I will definitely be able to win all corners of the world and flatten the world." ”

Orthodoxy in history is really not a good emperor.

The change of the civil fort in the early stage, the change of seizing the door in the later stage, killed Yu Qian. It's all stains, and the biggest highlight of my life is the abolition of funerals.

But now, this reputation for abolishing the funeral, under the operation of Zhu Qizhen, has been hung under the name of Emperor Xuanzong.

He knew that Emperor Xuanzong's life, although it could not be said that there were no shortcomings, he really didn't need such a reputation as an embellishment, but it could be regarded as a little filial piety from his son to his father.

In addition, he believed that his life's work was determined to be above Emperor Xuanzong. This is just a reputation, and he doesn't need it.

"Emperor, it's getting late, the Empress Dowager has sent someone to urge." Wang Zhen said cautiously. Immediately draped a heavy cloak on Zhu Qizhen's body.

Zhu Qizhen really felt that with a bit of coldness at night, he stretched out his hand and tightened his cloak and said, "Let's go." ”