In the afternoon, the deliberations of the Wenhua Hall were much smoother, only the emperor and the four cabinet ministers were present, and there was no imperial historian who always wanted to teach the emperor a lesson. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

When it was time to discuss the matter, Zhu Daming came to the Wenhua Palace, and the four ministers got up to salute, and then sat down in turn. Zhu Daming saw the cabinet scholar sitting in the corner, and suddenly remembered someone in his heart.

This person is called Shen Tingyang, is one of the more knowledgeable officials in the late Ming Dynasty, Songjiang Prefecture Chongming County, born in the late Ming Dynasty maritime merchant family, is very familiar with shipping and sailors, it is in the cabinet as a scholar in the house, was discovered by Emperor Chongzhen by chance, and then reused, and this person is indeed very talented, after the canal was blocked, first proposed and presided over the shipping, and later successively commanded Tianjin and Denglai Sailors, in response to the Liaodong War, before the fall of Beijing, the Emperor moved the capital to Nanjing, but the Chongzhen Emperor did not adopt.

After the fall of Beijing, Shen Tingyang went to the south to continue to organize resistance, and after the defeat, he was captured by the Qing army, and his former friend Hong Chengchou personally persuaded him to surrender, Shen Tingyang scolded Hong Chengchou, and then died generously. This shows that there were not no talents in the court at the end of the Ming Dynasty, on the contrary, even among the scholars in the cabinet, there was a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.

Shen Tingyang is not from a Jinshi background, as for when he became a Zhongshushe, and how many years he has been a Zhongshusheren, Zhu Daming does not know at present, but he believes that talents will stand out sooner or later.

Li Guowei fell into deep thought after seeing the emperor seated, and he didn't know whether to speak or wait, and the Wenhua Hall was quiet for a while.

After a while, Zhu Daming saw that the four ministers were all in place, and then came back to his senses, smiled slightly apologetically and said, "I was a little distracted just now, but I asked Qing to wait for a long time." ”

Li Guowei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty has every opportunity, please take good care of your body." Seeing that the emperor nodded, and then continued: "Your Majesty, the general consul of the Emperor Daxing Mausoleum built by the Ministry of Rites He Ruzhong and the Ministry of Works, Gao Hongtu, jointly folded up, saying that the weather is cold and the construction is difficult, and the construction period is postponed, so that the construction will be resumed in March of the following year." ”

It is not false at all to say that Zhu Youxiao is a hard-working emperor. This emperor was neither greedy for power nor lustful, and his life was also miserable, because he had no money to squander. During the period of being the emperor, the army always loses the battle, and the court is also constantly fighting, except for liking to do some carpentry, there is no other pursuit, he became the emperor at the age of fifteen, died at the age of twenty-three, and even left no heirs, and did not have time to build a mausoleum for himself before his death.

In general, Zhu Youxiao did not enjoy any blessings when he was alive, and he has not been buried in the soil until now after his death, because his mausoleum was only built after Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, and now it has only been repaired for four months, and coupled with the financial difficulties of the imperial court, it has not been repaired until now.

Historically, the mausoleum of the Emperor of the Apocalypse was called the De Tomb, which belonged to the most shabby one of the 13 tombs of Tianshou Mountain in Changping in later generations. At the end of August of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, after Emperor Chongzhen ascended to the pole, although he soon ordered the Emperor of the Apocalypse to build a mausoleum, but at that time, the imperial court finances were exhausted, and there was no money at all.

Historically, the burial time of the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in March of the first year of Chongzhen, and the time of completion of the Deling Tomb was in August of the fifth year of Chongzhen. That is to say, when the Emperor of the Apocalypse was buried in history, his mausoleum was actually only built as an underground palace, and many of the annexes on the ground were basically not built.

An emperor who was very fond of civil engineering during his lifetime, but after his death, he was buried in the most rough and sloppy mausoleum among the Ming Tombs, which cannot but be said to be a sadness.

Later, the Manchu army occupied the city of Beijing, most of the ground buildings in Deling were burned down, although Dolgon ordered the Yi'an Empress Zhang, who was martyred by hanging, to be buried in the Deling underground palace, and finally reunited Zhu Youxiao and his wife, but did not rebuild the buildings on the ground.

The ground building of the Mingde Mausoleum on the edge of the Ming Tombs in later generations was not rebuilt on the original site until the 52nd year of Qianlong. It can be said that Zhu Youxiao, the emperor, is very unworthy, he was very miserable in his life, and he was also miserable after his death.

Thinking of this, Zhu Daming said: "The coffin of Emperor Daxing has been suspended in the White Tiger Hall for four months now, and the construction period of Deling is really not suitable for a long time. Now that the weather is cold, the big work on the ground can be suspended. But the underground Xuangong can be built as it should be, and don't stop. A few days ago, I allocated 500,000 taels of silver for Deling from the inner treasury, if it is not enough in the future, I can make He Qing and others continue to ask, the required labor, materials, and layout, should not be saved, and must be completed before September next year. Remember to take care of the royal decency. ”

That's all Zhu Daming can do for Zhu Youxiao. Xu Guangqi, who is also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Banghua, who is also the secretary of the Ministry of Works, were also present, plus the first assistant Li Guowei and the second assistant Sun Chengzong, the four of them were all nervous when they heard this, and thought in their hearts that the current emperor cares about family affection, and it is indeed true, and at the same time said together: "The ministers obey the order." ”

After saying this, Zhu Daming took the initiative to ask about the ceremony of changing the Yuan of the Huangji Palace, which is also being done by the Ministry of Rites, specifically Wen Tiren, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is taking the lead in preparing, including the edict of the Yuan change, the edict of amnesty to the world, and the sacrificial texts of going to the Temple of Heaven to worship the heavens, and the sacrificial texts of going to the Taimiao Temple to worship the ancestors, etc., are all procedural things in the ceremony, but at the same time, they are things that must be done and cannot be saved.

Now the Ministry of Rites is Xu Guangqi, and these red tape saves energy, but it is still very complicated, and Xu Guangqi reports them one by one. The emperor and several other ministers listened to it, but they couldn't find anything wrong, so the matter was certain.

After urging the acceleration of the construction of the Deling Tomb, Li Guowei said: "Your Majesty, now the Ministry of Rites, the Hanlin Academy, and the Guozijian have all written to ask for Enke. The ministers thought that after the Huangji Palace was changed, it was customary to open an Enke to take a scholar. ”

Zhu Daming also considered this matter, and he had already thought about the candidate to preside over Enke in the first year of Chongzhen. Zhu Daming nodded after hearing this, and said: "Opening a branch to take a scholar is a national talent ceremony, since the imperial court has this practice, it is natural to open Enke." I see that the matter of opening Enke in the first year of Chongzhen can be announced to the world in the palace of the Yuan Dynasty. And I thought that this time Enke would not only take Wen Jinshi, but also open a martial arts move and take a group of Wu Jinshi. Nowadays, there are many events at the border, and the imperial court has many places to rely on martial artists. The Ministry of Rites continued to be responsible for the Eight Units, and the Ministry of War was responsible for martial arts. ”

After saying this, Zhu Daming paused for a moment, looked at the four ministers, the four ministers all pricked up their ears and listened, seeing that the emperor stopped talking, Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong immediately expressed their stance and said that they obeyed the order.

Then, Li Guowei asked the question that the four ministers present were very concerned about, that is, the question of the candidate for the chief examiner or the president of the examination: "Your Majesty, the chief examiner of the examination, the world is concerned, I don't know if Your Majesty has a candidate?" ”

However, to the surprise of the four ministers, the emperor did not ask for their opinions at all, and said directly without thinking: "Since the imperial examination is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the president who will take the examination will naturally be done by Xu Aiqing." The practice of the imperial examination, I naturally know that Xu Qing will be the president of the examination, and as for the vice president, it will be done by Li Biao, the imperial history of the left capital of the Inspectorate. ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly received the order to thank him. Li Guowei wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he still didn't say anything. It's not that Li Guowei wants to be the chief examiner himself, but he thinks that Xu Guangqi is a little crazy when he learns the knowledge of Westerners, and he actually believes in the teachings of Westerners.