Taimiao is the most sacred and solemn place in the palace, because it enshrines the ancestors of the first emperors of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's ancestors are naturally the highest level of existence in the world, including the emperor in front of the temple, you have to kneel down obediently and kowtow honestly.

The emperors of the past dynasties are in awe and awe of the Taimiao, and many ambitious emperors will also take the Taimiao Temple as a place for them to show off their achievements, the annual memorial ceremony is not counted, if the country has a major event, such as the old enemy for many years has been defeated, the country's territory has expanded, the previous emperors have not been able to complete the things in the hands of the current emperor, etc., these are all good opportunities to show off the Taimiao, the arrogant emperor not only shows off the Taimiao, but also does things such as Mount Tai Feng Zen, anyway, the world is big, he is the biggest, is not afraid of others scolding him in person.

From ancient times to the present, the emperor went to the temple to show off his merits, very few emperors because of a mistake they made and went to the temple to ask for guilt, this is undoubtedly a big damage to the emperor's prestige, the emperor made a mistake at most a guilty edict, but all the emperors who are mentally normal will not choose to go to the temple to ask for sin, once this kind of thing is done, a "not Xiao descendants" hat is afraid that it will not be able to take off in a lifetime.

Zhu Houzhao is different, he doesn't care what hat he wears on his head, he just wants to rectify the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

The royal car moved to the Taimiao, the ministers were unwilling to follow, they suddenly found that the little emperor was dang, and today's pass is not so much the emperor pleading guilty, but the emperor punishing the minister.

10 days of fasting...... I'm going to starve to death!

According to the court ritual, the emperor went to the Taimiao Temple to show off or pay tribute. It is necessary to use the big guard of honor, there must be four elephants in front to lead the way, followed by a number of tigers and leopards, and then there is the brocade cloth pro-army to open the way, the palace maids and eunuchs each hold incense burners, incense boxes, jade ruyi and other noble objects that symbolize the royal family, followed by the emperor's jade chariot.

In front of the temple, the emperor must also recite the sacrificial text on behalf of the emperor of the Ministry of Rites, and the monks and Taoists of the Daolu Division are not exempt, in short, the procedure is very cumbersome and complicated.

However, today Zhu Houzhao led the ministers to the Taimiao, and the procedures were all waived. In front of everyone, there were only hundreds of brocade-clothed pro-troops to open the way. The emperor and the ministers each wore ordinary court clothes and walked behind, the group walked neither fast nor slow, and the team was quiet, revealing a bit of a weak heart. I don't know if the emperor is weak or the minister is weak. In a word. Each has its own faults.

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The temple stands quietly on the side of the noon gate square in the palace, and the left and right sides are the temple and the sheji respectively.

After everyone arrived at the Taimiao, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu opened his lips and squirmed. wanted to say something, just took a step forward, but was blocked by Zhu Houzhao waving his hand.

Turning around, Zhu Houzhao stood in front of the white Han jade steps of the Taimiao, slowly scanning the ministers, his eyes were majestic and solemn, and he had a bit of an imperial atmosphere.

"Zhongqing, the world is a world governed by monarchs and ministers, so if something goes wrong in the process of governing the world, it should be borne by our monarchs and ministers, what do you think?"

The ministers looked at each other, and then said in unison: "What Your Majesty said is very true. ”

The four words "co-governance of monarchs and ministers" have been chanted by the emperor and ministers as slogans in the court for many years.

At this moment, they realized that these four words are not as simple as words, and they have to pay a price.

Zhu Houzhao's meaning is very clear, everyone enjoys the glory, everyone carries the black pot together, and no one wants to take it out.

"In this way, Zhuqing will enter the Taimiao with me." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

The ministers were finally starting to panic.

Is this faint gentleman playing really? If you fast for 10 days, you will only drink water and not touch a single meter or millet during these 10 days, and you will die!

Li Dongyang, a scholar, couldn't help it, he already understood very well at the moment that the so-called monarch and minister Taimiao's request for guilt was actually Zhu Houzhao's fierce counterattack to the ministers, today's old queen mother's birthday, the performance of the civil officials really made the young emperor angry, but he didn't know which immoral guy gave him such a bad idea......

Qin Kan!

No need for evidence, it must be this guy!

With a wry smile in his heart, Li Dongyang still had to stand up. can mix with the four grades of Beijing officials or above, which one is not an old and frail person? These old ministers can't help but fast for ten days.

Glancing at Yang Tinghe of the cabinet, Li Dongyang walked out of the class and bowed his hand: "Your Majesty, the matter of inviting the Taimiao may be negotiable......

Several officials who were still unaware of their deaths looked unhappy, and just about to open their mouths to object, Yang Tinghe, who was in the first row of the crowd, suddenly turned around and glared at them viciously, before glaring back at this group of guys who didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "Don't discuss, if you make a mistake, you have to admit it, in today's birthday ceremony of the old queen mother of Cining Palace, isn't this how you Aiqing taught me?" I have decided to accept the advice of the ministers, and you should be happy. ”

Flicking his sleeves, the smile on the corner of Zhu Houzhao's mouth gradually turned cold when he turned his back to the minister, and he didn't care about the expressions of the ministers behind him, and walked up the stone steps first, and walked towards the temple step by step.

Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe glanced at each other, and the two smiled bitterly.

Today, these civil officials have done too much, and they have aroused the murderous intent of His Majesty, and even if a few ministers are starved to death in ten days, I am afraid that there is no reason to accuse His Majesty of anything wrong. Because this is the ancestor of heaven and earth, the ancestor of heaven and earth is the greatest, and death is in vain.

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Taimiao was built in Yongle 18 years, covers an area of more than 200 acres, more than 100 zhang long from north to south, about 100 zhang wide from east to west, composed of three major halls in the front, middle and back, the main beams in the hall are all made of agarwood and golden silk nanmu, there are fifteen halls on the east and west sides, the east side of the hall is mainly dedicated to the tablets and portraits of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and the west hall is the most glorious place in the life of all the Ming Dynasty ministers and military generals, because there are all the courtiers with different surnames who have contributed to the Ming Dynasty.

In ancient times, the courtiers who had great merit to the community, the emperor issued a reward to promote the edict or knighthood, if the merit is too great, the holy decree will generally mention a sentence "worthy of the Taimiao", the so-called "worthy of the Taimiao" is this meaning, after the death of the courtiers to the county king's ceremony, its portrait tablet and the merits made for the society will be enshrined in the Taimiao to enjoy the incense, it is the greatest glory of the life of the minister, and the status is almost equivalent to the "Lingyan Pavilion hero" of the Tang Dynasty.

- The most practical advantage is that the imperial court will never ask the descendants of the meritorious person for the management of the cemetery, and the incense money for the New Year's festival is also free.

The most practical disadvantage is not nothing, if by the end of the dynasty, the rebel army captured the capital, the first to burn is also the Taimiao. In fact, the greater the glory, the greater the risk, and those who deserve to enjoy the temple must think carefully and weigh it.

Of course, the ministers who entered the hall today definitely did not feel the slightest "glory", but they were chilled.

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After the monarch and the minister walked into the temple and turned to the east, the monarch and the minister all entered the east hall dedicated to the tablets of the emperors of the past dynasties, hundreds of futons were prepared in the hall early, and the futon of Zhu Houzhao was covered with bright yellow soft satin, and there was a distance from the futon of the ministers.

In front of the ancestors, it was such a faceless matter, and the so-called sacrificial documents and cumbersome procedures were naturally all eliminated, and Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was useless.

Zhu Houzhao knelt down on the bright yellow soft satin when he entered the door, facing the tablets of the emperors of the past dynasties, and suddenly cried loudly: "The ancestors and ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty worship and ask for mercy in front of the heroic spirits, and ask the ancestors and ancestors to forgive and take care of ......."

Zhu Houzhao knelt down and cried, and the reluctant ministers naturally didn't dare to hesitate at all, and knelt down one after another.

The door of the temple slammed and closed from the outside.

Everyone was shocked, and then sighed in resignation, knelt on the futon honestly, and began to plead guilty to the ancestors and ancestors.

Qin Kan and Liu Jin knelt not far behind Zhu Houzhao, their expressions respectful.

Zhu Houzhao howled a few times, and when he saw that the ministers had already knelt down, he turned his head slightly and said in a subtle voice that was almost inaudible: "Hey, Liu Jin, are they all in?" ”

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "None of them ran, they are all here, and the door of the palace has been closed." ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly gritted his teeth and said softly: "These dog officials, let them know the methods of the Dao Dao, and starve to death is a few!" ”

Qin Kan chuckled and said, "The Holy Monarch kills without seeing blood, and His Majesty is mighty. ”

Zhu Houzhao laughed proudly twice, and suddenly said uneasily: "Fasting is fasting, won't even me be hungry, right?" Liu Jin, have you arranged all the old dogs? ”

Liu Jin said with a smile: "Your Majesty, rest assured, although it is a fast, water is indispensable every day, the eunuchs in the imperial dining room have to come to deliver water every day, Luo Xiang has already arranged it, Qingshui meat and bread, let's do it, it will not be less, anyway, we have our backs to the minister, and no one knows that we are eating." ”

Zhu Houzhao said happily: "Then it's no problem, I should sit in the temple for ten days of meditation, I also learned Buddhism with the monk for a few days when I was young, the scriptures and mudras will be a little, and it will not be boring to sit here for ten days......"

Qin Kan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, some ministers are not bad, but they can't be overturned with one shot, such as Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, and the minister's father-in-law, Zuodu Yushi Duhong, etc., don't starve them......"

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became worried, and then he had an idea, and said: "You carry some food in your arms every day, kneel next to them without showing a trace, and quietly hand them to eat." ”

"Your Majesty...... Is this a pin or a picnic? ”

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PS: There is one more ...... Ask for a commuter pass!! (To be continued.) )