The harem exploded.

This time it's not a shuffle, it's going to be uprooted! Hehe, let you intrigue all day long, let you twitter all day long, this time, even the harem is gone!

First of all, the first emperor's concubines who did not give birth, about a few hundred, many concubines have not even pulled the emperor's hand, and all of them will be martyred this time!

The first emperor had a reputation for not being close to beauty during his lifetime, but this time it was good, this reputation killed hundreds of concubines who had no children. In the past, people said that the concubines were miserable, but they were sent to the nun temple after the emperor's death, and they were boiled from green silk to white hair, but this time they directly became dry bones!

All the palace maids, the old ones (over 25 years old) are still sent to the nun temple, the young and smart ones can stay, and the younger and smarter palace maids will soon be selected from all over the country.

The concubines who had given birth to children were sent to the old palace in Chang'an County until their children grew up. Those little princes and princesses who live in the palace also have to go to the old palace in Chang'an County until they grow up. When they grow up, including the princes and princesses who are now adults, they have to "change their surnames", and then they will no longer be royal.

The "King James Law" stipulates very clearly: "The second son of the royal family is a scholar, the second son of a scholar is a commoner, the second son of a commoner is a pariah and the second son of a pariah is a eunuch." In the royal family, after the eldest son ascended the throne, his brothers and sisters were demoted to the rank of scholars. This is easy to explain, the prince of the royal family has dozens of children per person, so that the whole world will be a royal family for hundreds of years, can the royal family still be valuable? Isn't there a big mess in the world!

However, the law also specifically stipulated that a royal seat must be left to prevent the emperor from becoming an adult emperor after his death.

For example, the former emperor Zhu Zhaotian had a younger brother Zhu Zhaotian who was the prince, and because Zhu Zhaotian liked his sister Zhu Zhaowan very much, he also named her the county lord, which was the eldest princess Zhu Zhaowan.

If the emperor dies when the crown prince is still a minor, the emperor at this time is actually the emperor's brother and not the crown prince's, because the Ming law absolutely prohibits minors from becoming emperors. This law, which forbade minors from becoming emperors, was also the common law of previous dynasties and generations. This is easy to understand, there are too many tragic incidents of young emperors being usurped in history.

According to tradition, the crown prince Zhu Hongfeng will become the new prince, and Dongfang Mingyue and her husband, the tenth prince Zhu Hongsi, will be driven out of the palace and become a scholar clan - however, the status of this scholar clan is far greater than that of the Tianzi Twelve Shi clan.

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I quietly met the bright moon in the east. I could see the joy between her brows.

"I thought I would have to have a bunch of children before I left the palace," she said. Who would have thought that the emperor would die in the prime of life! Haha, I'm going to leave the palace with my husband soon. ”

I said, "Pay attention to your expressions!" Expression! Expression! ”

She immediately put on a grief-stricken expression, but disappeared immediately, because there was no one around.

She said: "I have no friends in the palace except the queen. Fortunately, otherwise, the thought of a bunch of friends being martyred would scare me to death! Hey, the princesses I know are going to die, it's a pity. ”

She frowned: "There have been many concubines who have committed suicide by hanging beams, and they are all frozen in the morgue!" Fortunately, I'm not an imperial concubine, but a princess. ”

She stuck out her tongue: "Scared me to death." ”

She said proudly, "Goodbye, Dongfang Ju, you can play in the palace by yourself." When I go out, I ride a horse every day, drive every day, drive from Liangzhou to Chang'an today, and drive from Chang'an to Luoyang tomorrow, haha! ”

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I also accompanied Dongfang Mingyue back to Dongfang Jiafu.

The situation in her home is delicate. Although the head of the family is Dongfang Chengping, he also has a Ming princess, Zhu Mengzi, who is the emperor's favorite princess (well, except for the twin daughters). Dongfang Yongbai once said to me with a bitter face: "I don't know if I listen to my father or my wife at home!" Hurry up and break up! I'm too lazy to grab territory with my big brother! ”

Although their family is still looking for their third son, Dongfang Yongde, they also feel that there is little hope. Dongfang Yongde's faction has already fallen into disarray, and they have all diverged into other factions.

When I came, I saw that even the Dongfang Mansion was full of troops, and this army was his family's private army—also called the "Fu Army", which was a cavalry brought from Liangzhou. The new emperor is on the throne, it is better to be stable, even if he does not use troops against others, he must prevent others from using troops against himself.

Dongfang Chengping, who is the head of the Dongfang family, took my hand and said, "Lord Dongfang, what is the movement in the court?" ”

I was so scared that I almost peed my pants. A year ago, I was a dung digger in the village!

I said, "It's calm for now, and I guess we're all waiting for the enthronement ceremony on September 1." ”

After thinking about it, I continued, "It's like the calm before the storm." ”

Dongfang Chengping: "When did the imperial court decide to purge Zhao Guangxin's forces?" ”

I said, "I don't know! The Emperor kept pushing back. This emperor seems to be ...... Very soft......"

I looked around with trepidation, but luckily, there was no one around.

Dongfang Chengping: "I have a sum of money here, there are many people in the palace, you can give yourself more points." "Then he gave me a piece of paper – a passbook from the Royal Bank.

I looked at the dazzling 0, there are four zeros in total, which is of course 10,000 gold dollars! In the past few months, people from outside the palace have come to the palace to do things, and I have made it difficult in every way, and every time they bribe me with a gold dollar, I have worked hard for only a few months without vomiting, and I only have a few hundred gold dollars on hand. 10,000 gold dollars! You can buy 10,000 acres of land, or 10,000 horses, or several cars!

I said, "Don't worry, I'll let you know as soon as there is a situation!" ”

Dongfang Chengping happily patted me on the shoulder.

Say goodbye.

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The funeral of the first emperor was hosted by the Ministry of Rites and the sacrificial temple, and assisted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Zongren Office.

Of course, as the second-in-command of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I will do my best. Actually, I didn't even have a funeral in the village, but that didn't stop me from having a royal funeral, because I had a lot of imagination. In fact, all the things used in the funeral, such as clothes, paper figures, pastries, ritual utensils, etc., were all made by me.

I exhausted my imagination and raised the scale of the funeral of the first emperor to the highest. My criterion is: if you can choose the expensive one, you will never choose the good one, because the more expensive the thing, the greater the oil and water. It's not that I want to be greedy for oil and water, but everyone wants to be greedy for oil and water.

Our slogan is: only let people criticize the funeral too much, never let people laugh at the funeral too lightly! It's a matter of attitude!

How great the first emperor was! In the eyes of the people, he died with all his might, selfless and uncomplaining, handsome and dashing son of God, hard-working, simple, honest, and outstanding and intelligent...... I say this about the emperor's kindness, not because I slapped the emperor's sycophants, or that I was deceived like four billion people, because - it's true. I've seen so many forbidden books that portray the emperor very badly, and I've heard so many storytellers suggest that the emperor is bad, but I have to say, this emperor is exceptionally good!

The original text of the imperial decree is: This funeral should be carried out concisely and ceremoniously.

Why brevity? Because His Majesty the Emperor serves the people of the world, the Emperor cannot disturb the stable life of his subjects, and he cannot say that the Emperor is important and the subjects are not important. Therefore, the emperors of all dynasties did not have mausoleums, and their dragon bodies rose in flames and sprinkled into the sky of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the subjects want to be loyal, they can only be faithful in their hearts, or pay tribute to their tombs. What a great state of mind for the emperor!

Why grandeur? Because the people in the world belong to His Majesty, even if His Majesty wants a simple funeral, the subjects still can't help but want a grand commemoration. His Majesty's generosity is his generosity, and it is good to comprehend His Majesty's state of mind as a courtier. The so-called "since ancient times, it has been heard that the country protects the Lord, but it is not heard that the Lord protects the country". If the emperor is gone, what is the point of the state? Therefore, this funeral must be solemn. Including the burial of 10,000 people, slave gladiatorial fights, ministers carrying halls, national ban on entertainment, examination ban, etc., of course, today's new emperor is more filial, and the burial of concubines has also been increased. How touching is the filial piety of the subjects!

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On August 28 of the first year of Daming Honghua, the auspicious time has arrived.

The royal mausoleum in the western suburbs of Chang'an City, which is a large meadow that cannot be seen at a glance, has set up a huge circular field with a height of more than ten meters and a radius of several hundred meters. In the middle of the field was a large sandy area, surrounded by rows and rows of seats, rising higher and higher from the center to the perimeter, with hundreds of thousands of seats on which hundreds of thousands of faithful warriors sit.

Emperor Zhu Honghua sat in the innermost stand, surrounded by the imperial army, the forbidden army, the imperial army, and the army.

Next to it are thousands of royalty and officials.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the royal priest Kong Youli shouted: "The auspicious time has arrived, and the funeral has begun." ”