Chapter 343: People Go (Second Update, Ask for Support)
Where is the way to live in the Great Qing Kingdom?
Nobody knows.
When the master doesn't know, when the slave naturally doesn't know.
For many ordinary flag people, they may no longer have such thoughts, and just live with the idea of living one day at a time.
Samarkand is now known as "Jingnan", and after the Qing army occupied here, it will be changed to its current name, and a few years ago, when the Qing army conquered here, they probably never imagined that one day, it would become the capital of the Qing Dynasty.
This is the first capital of the Great Qing Kingdom?
It is impossible to count it on one hand, from "Xingjing" Hetuara to Tokyo "Liaoyang" and then to "Shengjing" Shenyang, then to "Jingshi" Beijing, then "Xijing" Xi'an, "Shengjing" Dihua, and then to the current Jingnan, these capitals have witnessed the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and also witnessed their end.
Where will the future be? Nobody knows.
But when people came to Jingnan with great difficulty, they no longer doubted, no longer suspected that the Manchu Qing had come to an end, they just prayed to the Buddha in their hearts, praying that from now on, they could live a peaceful life, and there was nothing else to ask for.
Sometimes, people's willingness is always like this, at the beginning there will be a very high willingness, and then forced by reality, constantly adjust and adjust...... In fact, it is the inevitability of a disillusionment to return to the most basic reality. It's just that some people can accept this gap, and some people can't.
But when disillusioned, they can accept even the worst.
"As long as the Buddha blesses you, from today onwards, you can live a peaceful life and no longer run away, you will be content......"
Ordinary banner people can fantasize about living and working in peace and contentment from today onwards, but for Xuan Ye, who is the emperor, he can't relax.
When he was in Shengjing, he was thinking about doing a few big things, and his wish to make Lafayette happy was not realized, not only failed to make Lafayette happy, but even lost his wife and soldiers, and the Qing Dynasty has never suffered such a big loss. For the sake of Lafayette's body, he prayed to God and doctors everywhere, and even ordered a big Buddha statue to be carved along the mountain, in order to ask the Buddha to bless his grandmother, but now it has also come to naught. Now the largest Buddha statue in the world has not yet been built, on the twenty-second day of the lunar month, one day before the Manchurian childhood, the Empress Dowager and Lafayette, who have enjoyed all the wealth in the world, and have also supported the two emperors through the political storm all their lives, finally with worries about the future of the Qing Dynasty, quietly left, when leaving, there were only a few palace maids and little eunuchs around.
The ministers of the study received the news of the death of the empress dowager, and hurried to the palace, the so-called imperial palace was actually rebuilt on the site of the imperial palace of the Timur Empire, in fact, for the monarchs and ministers of the Qing Dynasty, they did not like the patterned minarets and glittering dome of the palace, they still liked the Chinese-style palace, but now the Qing Dynasty has no strength to build the palace anymore, and can only transform the old palace, such as turning the dome into the roof of the Temple of Heaven, turning the minaret into a pagoda, and so on, reluctantly let them get back a bit of "orthodox" feeling.
However, the Empress Dowager's dormitory was not renovated but newly built, and now it has been changed to Zigong Palace. At this time, from top to bottom, all are pasted with white paper, the spirit curtain is hanging high, and the cigarette smoke is swirling. The prince, Beile, Beizi, Fujin, Duchess, the first and second rank of the lady, as well as the concubines and concubines of the palaces, and the princes over the age of six, knelt all over the courtyard of Cining Palace in black pressure, and all of them cried so that their eyes were red and swollen, and their faces were pale.
Everyone was saddened by the passing of Galeries Lafayette.
And Xuan Ye and the crown prince Yinren were both dressed in sackcloth and white crowns, kneeling in front of the spiritual bed. Several ministers of the court came in and saluted the empress dowager lying on the funeral bed, and then they all looked like they were crying bitterly. Seeing this, Xuan Ye, who had just stopped his tears, was once again touched by the pathos in his belly, and couldn't help but cry loudly.
The reason why he cried so bitterly was because he knew that from now on, no one would be able to make an idea with him, and the current Great Qing Kingdom had reached the point of the end of its rope, but no one could discuss with him, so what should he do? Originally, he even wanted to do something beautiful, but who would have thought that in the end, he would still make a wedding dress for Mingren.
Thinking of this, Xuan Ye's heart was full of bitterness. Tears flowed naturally. The emperor is crying, and everyone else must cry too. For a while, there was a cry inside and outside the hall, and hundreds or even thousands of people were crying together, which was really earth-shattering.
In the end, Suo Etu is still an important minister in the court. He knew he couldn't cry like this. Now that the situation is like this, it is not that crying will solve the problem. Besides, filial piety is exhausted, of course, he can't say this, so he endured his grief, stopped crying, and walked to the emperor on his knees.
"Master, the death of the Empress Dowager is a great misfortune for the country. The slave knows the grief in the emperor's heart, and hopes that the emperor will cherish himself, mourn and change, and live up to the world's hopes. Besides, the future affairs of Lafayette also need the emperor to take an idea and make arrangements as soon as possible. β
Xuan Ye was already crying groggy, and after hearing Suo Etu's words, he reluctantly raised his head and said without stopping.
"What's so hard about that? The mourning system, the tomb for three years, has been the same since ancient times, and if it is not, it cannot talk about the heart of the son of man. β
Suo Etu and the ministers kneeling there were all stunned.
The emperor will guard the tomb for three years!
In three years, the country has no king!
It's worth it!
However, everyone knows that this is to say, the previous surprise is surprised, this three-year system does not refer to the emperor, but the emperor always has to make a gesture.
All the ministers came together and spoke in unison.
"Please take up the dragon for the time being, and Rong Chen and others will play the ......"
Seeing this, Suo Etu waved his hand to the guards, and several guards hurriedly stepped forward to mix Xuan Ye and sat down next to the spiritual bed, and several ministers hurriedly knelt down and made a great salute. Xuan Ye hung his head and said weakly.
"What's the matter, you can tell me more simply, I ...... I'm exhausted and can't support it. β
Suo Etu said slowly.
"Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven's funeral is different from ordinary people, take the number of thirty-nine, that is, twenty-seven months, this paragraph is clearly contained in the Zhou ceremony, since ancient times, please see the saint."
Xuan Ye flatly refused.
"No, I rule the world with filial piety, and if I don't keep the three-year mourning, how can I set an example for the world."
Suo Etu thought that the Son of Heaven would inevitably be supervised by the crown prince when he was mourning the tomb. Thinking of this, he naturally glanced at the prince, and looked at the prince who was only ten years old, and he naturally thought of another reality - Ming Kingdom, the threat of Ming Kingdom was in front of him.
At this time, there can make the emperor so messy!
At this moment, Xuan Ye was dizzy, thinking about how to do his filial piety for the Empress Dowager, and he didn't think so much. Actually, it's not all, after all, as an emperor, there are some things he must say, and his gesture must be done, just like now, when he says this, his eyes are full of inquiry.
Wang Huaxing, who was kneeling on the ground, saw the emperor's thoughts from the emperor's eyes, so he hurriedly kowtowed.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Zhou rites and the ancient system say that the emperor's mourning is different from ordinary people, which is the fundamental meaning. It lies in the difference between ritual mourning and heart mourning. Funeral refers to the number of rituals to be observed. The length of time, and the heart mourning is the nostalgia for the ancestors who passed away. Therefore, Zhou Li said that "living in mourning is peaceful". That is to say, the best mourning is to have a sense of sorrow in the heart, rather than a formal and outward courtesy. According to this reason, the minister thought that the emperor's funeral should be based on the heart mourning, supplemented by the funeral. That is, within three years, pay daily respects to the spiritual seat of Galeries Lafayette and pay tribute to the ......"
Although Xuan Ye did not agree at the beginning, under the lobbying of the ministers, he finally agreed.
This major event, even if it is so decided. The ministers below discussed how to give the Empress Dowager a nickname, of course, there is another major event, that is, the choice of the mausoleum, because Jingnan is in the line, so the mausoleum has not been chosen, and in the end, Xuan Ye made a decision to build a "temporary shrine" next to the big Buddha he prayed for the emperor's grandmother, and parked the Lafayette corpse.
All arrangements came to a halt, and several ministers took their leave, and by this time, it was nearly midnight. However, Xuan Ye, as the emperor, could not calm down no matter what. After walking out of the mourning hall, looking at the night of the black hole, there was only one thought in my mind.
When Timur was here, did he ever think that his empire would collapse so quickly? And even with his family...... Naturally, Xuan Ye thought of Babur, who founded the Mughal Empire, and when Timur's descendants fled the city, did they think that one day their descendants could create a new country?
Thinking of Babur's record in "Babur's Memoirs", at many times, he was a wanderer, leading his subordinates to live a life of exile in the meadows and valleys, and at that time, who would have thought that he would eventually occupy almost the entire Tianzhu.
Think of Babur. Xuan Ye thought of himself again, thought of the Great Qing Kingdom, and thought of the future of the Great Qing Kingdom.
Does the Great Qing Kingdom have a future to speak of?
In any case, the Ming Dynasty would not tolerate the Qing Dynasty, unless it ...... Unless they wipe out the court of the Great Qing Kingdom, kill me, and destroy the Great Qing Kingdom like the Northern Yuan, they will never stop.
Where is the way to live in the Great Qing Kingdom?
There is only one dead end!
Also, it doesn't have to be a dead end!
A thought suddenly popped up in Xuan Ye's heart.
Also, maybe, you can survive in death!
Staring at the night of the black hole, survive the dead! Fight for oneβs life...... Death first, then life...... Terms like this echoed and stirred in Xuan Ye's heart, and his gaze became more and more determined......