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After that, the Hongzhi Emperor Bintian was in the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi left an edict before his death (the content is not much, if you are interested, you can find me separately to see what the edict of the Ming Dynasty looks like.) It says a few important things.

First, the ancestors were enshrined in the law, and the crown prince inherited the treasure with the grace of the crown prince. Second, the funeral was in accordance with the legacy of the first emperor, and the day changed from month to month, and it was released on the 27th. Thirdly, the marriage of the heir to the heir is based on inheritance, and the marriage of the Ministry of Rites can be held this year. Fourth, the vassal king was not allowed to leave his country. Fifth, the commanders and governors of the towns and towns in various places, as well as the officials of the capital, cloth, press, and three divisions, strictly sealed the territory, appeased the soldiers and civilians and did not leave their posts without permission, and wept at the day of the funeral. Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction, and the local officials and the various political secretaries, the south of the seven grades, and the following yamen are exempt from entering the incense edict to the world.

It can be seen from this short edict alone that Emperor Hongzhi arranged the affairs after his death so properly, taking into account all aspects of the empire.

Ming Shi praised: Ming has the world, passed down to sixteen, Taizu, Cheng Zu and outside, can be called Renzong, Xuanzong, filial piety. On the occasion of Renxuan, the country was at the beginning of its development, the discipline was established, and the simplicity was not departed. Since Chenghua, it has been peaceful, while Yan An is easy to delay and play, and Fusheng is gradually arrogant. Filial piety is the only way to be frugal and frugal, diligent and loving the people, conscientious and Baotai to maintain the way of profit, with the order of the dynasty Qingning, the people and things Kangfu. "Yi" said: "There is no peace, no return, no blame for hardship." "Those who know this way are only filial piety!

(The word "Chengzu" is a reference to the history of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Di was not called Ming Chengzu in the Hongzhi Dynasty, but should be called Ming Taizong, and he was called Chengzu since Jiajing.) ）

The Ming Xiaozong mentioned here is the "Jiantian Ming Dao Cheng Chun Zhongzheng Shengwen Shenwu Zhiren Dade Jing Emperor" of the era name Hongzhi, and the temple name is Xiaozong Zhu Yuji.

On May 16, the 18th year of Hongzhi, an edict was issued to the world, reporting the obituary (news of the funeral) to the kings of the clan, and ordering the Ministry of Rites to discuss the funeral rites with the Hanlin Yuan.

Chen Yu didn't dare to delay, hurried up, and arrived at the Beijing Hanlin Academy in two days to discuss the funeral etiquette.

The palace has all changed into plain clothes, and Gu Dingchen in the Hanlin Courtyard has been crying silently, and it is reported that when he heard that the saint died yesterday, he fainted several times.

In the past two days, the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy have been coming and going very frequently, Chen Yu has not been idle these days, and has not had a good rest for several days, he has found all the funeral rites from Taizu to the Chenghua Dynasty, and discussed with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites for a long time.

Finally, a set of detailed plans were sorted out and sent to the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Zhang Sheng's hands, and the Ministry of Rites entered: First, the bell and drum did not ring on the day of mourning.

First, the civil and military officials in Beijing heard the funeral, wore black gauze hats and horns, cried outside the door of the morning from tomorrow, and retreated to stay in this yamen, not drinking alcohol and eating meat.

On the fourth day, each of them is cut off (the heaviest of the five costumes, made of the coarsest raw linen, the broken part is exposed and not edged, and the mourning dress is called "decay", because it is called "decay"). ) (to ...... Place) outside the Sishan Gate, crying day and night.

On the third day and the seventh day, each fifteen raised their voices and stopped, and those who entered the court and looked at the affairs in the yamen, wrapped in cloth and hats, draped plain clothes, waist crepe shoes, and retired from the clothes, and passed the twenty-seven days and excepted.

First, civil and military officials of more than three grades ordered women to burlap with large sleeves and round-necked gowns and linen covers, and cried outside the door of Sishan in the morning (to a certain place). He was still dressed for three days, and he was removed on the twenty-seventh day.

First, listen to the election of officials, officials, supervisors, officials, monks, monks, monks, people, etc., all go to Shuntianfu in the morning to cry, and on the tenth day of the first month, the officials are cut off in decay, and the prisoners are in plain clothes, crying day and night, and on the third day, they are still in plain clothes, and they are removed on the 27th.

1. The soldiers and civilians and women were also dressed in plain clothes, and they were removed on the 27th.

First, the foreign Siyi envoys made filial piety clothes for the ministers and workers, and cried with the court officials to make memorial sacrifices.

First, in the temples of Beijing, watch the bell 30,000 pestles.

First, slaughter was banned in Beijing for 13 days.

First, all the kings and princes and princesses and princesses of the county heard the obituary (mourning) and wept and mourned, bowed five times and kowtowed, finished the salute, and changed the clothes, and the fourth day was worn and the clothes were lost, and the twenty-seventh day was removed.

First, the edict to the Japanese foreign civil and military officials and other plain clothes black gauze hat black horn belt, four bows and kneeling, listen to the reading, and then four bows, after the ceremony, each service in the yamen, do not drink and eat meat, morning and evening Wangque crying for three days, each fifteen raised their voices and stopped, and the plain clothes stopped on the twenty-seventh day.

1. Officials abroad are ordered to mourn women in plain clothes for three days and 27 days, except for their military and civilian men and women who are dressed for 13 days.

When this set of plans was discussed and finally customized, the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy were already tired, and they had not slept for several nights.

Two days later, Li Jie, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Ni Qian, the deputy supervisor of Qintian, chose the mountain cemetery.

Everything seemed to be proceeding in an orderly manner, but the morning of May 13 caused an uproar.

Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, went to Chen's "Investigation of Quacks and Medicines", and asked Zhu Houzhao to investigate the cause of Emperor Hongzhi's death.

According to Ma Wensheng's analysis, the cause of Zhu Youzhang's death is very strange, from April 28, Hongzhi 18th year, Zhu Youzhu was infected with wind chill to the fifth day of May in the 18th year of Hongzhi, it was only eight days before and after, and in just eight days, how could he suddenly die because of a wind chill?

Moreover, during this period, Zhu Youzhu also had a very good estimate of his body, on the first day of the fifth month of the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, he did not look at the court, and the Ministry of Rites and other scholars said to Zuo Shunmen, and said: "Reading the music to know the sincerity, the body conditioning can gradually heal, and the Qing and others should do things with peace of mind." ”

According to Ma Wensheng's analysis, on this day, Emperor Hongzhi still has a lot of confidence in his body, although he is not in good health on weekdays, but this wind and cold seems to be no big problem for Emperor Hongzhi.

However, with the treatment of Zhang Yu, the eunuch in charge of the imperial medicine, and others, Emperor Hongzhi's condition gradually worsened and he died.

The theme of Ma Wensheng's article is the wrong medicine for quacks, which led to the death of the Son of Heaven.

After the crown prince Zhu Hou finished taking the recital, he immediately asked Jinyiwei to cooperate with the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate the "case of unjustified drug bait".

The case is not complicated, three days later, Jinyiwei found out the reason, and it was really as Ma Wensheng reported, the eunuch Zhang Yu was in charge of the affairs of the hospital, and the right government Shi Qin, the court sentenced Liu Wentai, and the imperial doctor Gao Tinghe did not ask for a consultation, and he used medicine to advance.

Emperor Hongzhi fasted with prayer for rain, contracted with heat and cold, and ordered Zhang Yu to discuss the prescription with the Tai Hospital......

In fact, if you want to say that it is strange, the "vain drug bait case" is not simpler than the three major doubtful cases of the Ming Dynasty, and the biggest strangeness of this case is that Liu Wentai was sentenced by the Tai Hospital.

Who says you have to specialize in art? Liu's judgment will tell you that he and Liu can also mix in the cross-field.

According to the record of "Wanli Ye Ed.", Liu Wentai first served as the envoy of the Right Tongzheng and then the Tai Hospital.

Good guy, he has been praised from a fourth-grade civil official to a highly professional fifth-grade medical worker, and this demotion was personally ordered by Emperor Hongzhi.

This kind of official appointed without going through the ministry, court push, and ministry selection was called "Chuanfeng Guan" in the Ming Dynasty.

In a way, it was also the appointment of Emperor Hongzhi who buried his life, and there are very few records of Liu Wentai in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but we can pull out the cocoon through the details of the bits and pieces.

Lao Liu, this guy is a professional runner in the rivers and lakes, not only that, but the rivers and lakes can also be mixed in the big inside, among which there is a record of Liu Wentai's demotion, which may vaguely spied some of his character.

is still according to the "Wanli Ye Ed.", Wentai used the dosage to cause damage to Xianzong. (The tide maker who plays with medicine, the professional player who eats the emperor to death)

From this few words, it can be known that this guy is an opportunist, not only that, but he is bold, and he is also quite trusted in the inner palace.

If you can have these conditions at the same time, you can know that this guy is very good at being a person.

It can be seen from one point alone, "Wentai has won the trust of Empress Xiaokang in the inner palace. ”

Not only that, Liu Wentai, Zhang Yu, Gao Ting and them also do one thing in common.

Participated in the revision of the "Essence of Materia Medica", to the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, due to the error of Materia Medica, the official was ordered to modify, and Wentai was equal to the Materia Medica, and ordered Hanlin to correct.

Isn't this, let a few non-professional people do professional things, what comes out of this is still life-saving medicine, not looking for death?

Liu Jian is still more self-aware, "How can there be a reason for a minister to be a doctor?" ”

The Emperor then withdrew the decree, and the next appointment was perhaps the greatest mistake of his life.

ordered the eunuch Zhang Yu to take charge of his work, that is, to let Zhang Yu participate in the revision of the "Essence of Materia Medica", as the vice president, Liu Wentai and the eunuch Zhang Yu were each other's inside, and they were in the ban.

So was Emperor Hongzhi's death caused by Liu Wentai? There is no way to know about this matter, but in a sense, Liu Wentai and others cannot get rid of it.

As for whether there was a political motive in this matter, it is not known, and we dare not speculate.

By 10 May, the results of the "case of unwarranted drug bait" had been dealt with, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate's Zuodu Imperial Shi Daishan, together with the British Gong Zhang Mao, the official secretary Ma Wensheng, and Zhang Yu were imprisoned.

Zhu Hou was ordered to repair the medicinal materials and steal official money with Liu Wentai and other fake market medicines, and he repaired the materia medica and worked with Gao Tinghe and others to be a traitor according to the law.

However, the minister has a generous Wentai, so Zhang Yu and Liu Wentai "are exempt from death and repatriation", and Shi Yun's ministers are Xie and Li Erxiang.

As for why Xie and Li want to protect Liu Wentai and Zhang Yu, I won't analyze much here, but you can get a glimpse of one or two from the previous article, "Wentai is more intimate in the Middle Palace".

Well, at this time, the splendid era that belongs to Hongzhi Zhongxing has finally come to an end, and the next thing to be greeted is ...... Call...... In a strange era in the Ming Dynasty, his name was "Zhengde"!

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