Chapter 137: Zhengdan IV
The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong.
Judging from these two aspects alone, Zhu Youzhen is a generation of heroes.
At the beginning of his succession, he personally led a large army to steal a handful of captives from the east, and then used the tiger to curb the expansion of the Jin State to Mongolia.
Moreover, according to the report of Dongjiang Town, Dongjiang was not idle during this year, although it did not cause large-scale casualties to the Dongjiang captivity, nor did it recover the lost territory, but it made the Dongjiang extremely uncomfortable.
Then it was the bloodless suppression of the Shaanxi civil unrest, and the Guizhou Tusi rebellion was set in two months.
Just looking at the military achievements, in addition to the Taizu Chengzu in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen can withstand the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
Looking at the sacrifice at this time, the Son of Heaven who solemnly saluted in the cold wind is the best illustration.
In the matter of rituals, Zhu Youzhen has already been counted as the last qualified emperor.
After performing a ceremony to worship the Taimiao, Zhu Youjian went out of the main hall, and went to the Sheji altar to worship heaven and earth.
After tossing for more than an hour, the old ministers were about to be unable to hold on, their eyes were red, and they were snorting, as if they were going to be infected with the precursor of wind and cold.
But seeing Zhu Youzhen, his face was still flushed, as if he was not afraid of the cold, at first the old ministers were still admiring, but after a long time, the faces of the old ministers changed a little.
Since ancient times, emperors have good pills, and there are also people who like to take pills among scholars, such as Zhang Juzheng.
Therefore, for the performance of the Son of Heaven beyond ordinary people, the old ministers were more worried.
Coming down from the altar of the community, the Son of Heaven returned to the harem to change his clothes, and a group of old ministers also went to the six departments to rest in the duty room.
Later, there will be a big court meeting, and with the gift of the Son of Heaven, the important ministers will only have a little time to warm up in the house.
However, the important ministers did not appreciate the benevolence of the Son of Heaven, but kept a straight face, as if they were unhappy.
"Yuanfu, can you see the complexion of the Son of Heaven today?"
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Li Guopu took the lead in opening the topic.
"Yuanzhi, your words, I know it, but Your Majesty has always been smart, how could he do such a detrimental act to lose his life."
For Zhu Youzhen, Huang Liji still understands that His Majesty is young, and there is only one queen, and he can't use that kind of yang supplementation technique.
Moreover, Huang Li walked in the palace a lot, and he didn't hear that anyone offered pills to the Son of Heaven.
Moreover, Huang Liji also listened to Zhu Youzhen laugh at Qin Shi Huang's search for immortality, and quoted two lines of Cao Zhi's poems at that time.
Nothingness seeks immortals, pine nuts have been deceived for a long time, and the accident is in Sisu, who can hold it for a hundred years?
At a young age, he can see through life and death, and he should not be a person who likes to eat pills.
"I heard that Your Majesty runs and exercises every day, and when you are healthy, you should not chase the wind and catch shadows."
In a moment, Huang Liji set the tone for this matter, lest anyone go out and talk nonsense and tarnish the reputation of the Son of Heaven.
After all, the Ming Dynasty was not the Wei and Jin dynasties, and it was not a good reputation to like to eat pills.
As soon as Huang Liji's words fell, Han Yi stood up.
"This matter is still inconclusive, you should be careful to abide by the duty of a courtier, and no one can protect the reputation of the Son of Heaven."
Subsequently, Sun Chengzong and Shi Fenglai also stood up and suppressed the matter.
Everyone was speechless for a while, and they didn't sit in the cabinet duty room, and the two little eunuchs ran to inform the cabinet elders and important ministers to go out to attend the court meeting.
The ministers tidied up their clothes, and then walked out of the warm Wenhua Palace.
At this time, all the officials in the capital had gathered outside the noon gate, and the important ministers and the meritorious people in Beijing also gathered in the queue.
As the officials of the Ministry of Rites on the side sang loudly, the officials of Honglu Temple then directed the ceremonial music team on the side to play vocal music.
Under the leadership of the ceremonial officials, the courtiers were divided into two classes, civil and military, and the left and right sides of the civil and military sides entered from the left and right sides of the noon gate.
Walk all the way to Jinshui Bridge, then cross the Huangji Gate, and come to the square in front of the Huangji Palace to stand still.
A group of Jin Wuwei guards scattered around the square with golden gourd rogai in their hands, while officials of different grades and different yamen stood in the predetermined place under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites.
There were no less than 1,000 civil and military officials participating in the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting, but fortunately, the square in front of the Huangji Palace was large enough, and it was not a problem to fit 10,000 people.
Because of the limited space in the Imperial Palace, except for the cabinet, the six ministries and nine secretaries, as well as the emperor's relatives and meritorious ministers, most of the officials could only stand in the square to complete the whole court meeting, and even include the banquet afterwards.
Therefore, in the past, if the emperor was too picky and the reward was not abundant, most of the officials had reservations about the Zhengdan Dynasty.
After everyone has stood in the designated position, the officials in charge of the Ministry of Rites in each area report to the level of the department, and finally gather to the head of the Ministry of Rites in charge of the ceremony.
Seeing that everyone was standing still, the eunuch went to the harem to invite the emperor out, and at this time, the officials of Honglu Temple commanded the band of the Jiaofang Division to play the song of Sheng'an to welcome the emperor out of the palace.
At this time, no official dared to talk to each other, and all stood solemnly, waiting for the emperor to ascend to the palace.
The song of St. Ann sounded for about a quarter of an hour, then stopped, and then changed to the song of Long Live the Son of Heaven.
At the Zhengdan Dynasty, the Son of Heaven lived in the Emperor's Palace throughout the whole process, and every word and deed was invisible to the officials outside the palace, and all the rules and etiquette relied on etiquette and music to remind him.
And the song of Long Live Le Chao Son of Heaven is a signal for the ministers to kneel and worship, indicating that the Son of Heaven has arrived at the Emperor's Palace, and the ministers need to bow three times and knock nine times to call long live the Great Rite Mountain.
After the ceremony, Zhu Youzhen sat down on the throne of the Imperial Palace, ready to deliver a New Year's message.
According to the custom, the emperor will speak some scenes of national peace and security and the hard work of hundreds of officials at this time, and then the ministers will return the salute and praise the emperor Shengming.
However, at this year's Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting, Zhu Youzhen decided to change the scene.
After sitting down, Zhu Youzhen beckoned Huang Liji, handed the prepared edict to him, and asked him to read it.
Because he had communicated in advance, Huang Liji didn't dare to slack off, and stepped forward to take the edict and left the Imperial Palace.
Under the attention of the ministers, Huang Liji came to a high platform temporarily built in front of the Imperial Palace, and then unfolded the edict and read it out.
For the links that did not appear at the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting before, the ministers outside the palace also looked at each other, and the usual link where the emperor praised the hundred officials did not appear, but he saw the head of the cabinet out of the palace.
"Fengtian carries the emperor, and he says:"
According to the content of the edict, Huang Liji then reported some major events in the first year of Chongzhen to the ministers in front of the palace one by one.
At the beginning of the year, he attacked the east captivity to rescue Hudun Rabbit, and then Hudun Rabbit became a minister, pacified the Shaanxi people's uprising, and punished the corrupt officials on Shaanxi Road.
The grain harvest in the south was abundant, the drought continued in the north, and the imperial court was in great relief.
The geometry of the prison in the country, how many people were beheaded, etc
Subsequently, Tianjin opened to the sea, and the imperial court put down the rebellion in Guizhou.
With Huang Liji's reading, the main events of Chongzhen's first year were all presented in front of hundreds of officials.