Volume II, Chapter 23: Emperor Xuande

Of course, Lu Ming is also a fledgling, applying what he has learned, relying on his strong logical thinking, he has barely found out to the present, in fact, so far, the two of them actually have no useful clues, and it is simply a step at all. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

I thought I could find something in the library, but in the end it was all empty. Lu Ming didn't intend to give up this place just like that, he picked up the books on the bookshelf and looked at them one by one, Wang Feng saw him doing this, and he also went to the other side of the bookshelf to open the books.

The "Ming Xuanzong" bookshelf records all the things about Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty. Xuanzong's name Zhu Zhanji (1398-1435), the year name Xuande, ascended the throne in 1425, reigned for 11 years, and was the great-grandson of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and the grandson of Zhu Di. During his reign, he was also regarded as a generation of Ming Jun.

When Lu Ming saw Xuande, he remembered that Chen Yuyan died in the fifth year of Xuande, and it just so happened that the bookshelves in question recorded the affairs of Emperor Xuande. Is it a coincidence, or is there something to do with it? Lu Ming had this question in his heart and continued to look through the records of Emperor Xuande.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" praised Xuanzong: "Renzong is the prince, and he fell in love." It is safe and secure, and the grandson is powerful. After ascending the throne, the officials were called their posts, the government was level, the discipline was repaired, the warehouse was full of envy, and Lu Yan was happy. years can not be a disaster. Gai Mingxing is sixty years old, and the people's morale is gradually relaxed, and there is a sign of peace. If the strong domain rises suddenly, it will be flattened immediately, sweeping away the side dust, cunning and deterring, the emperor's heroic posture is strategic, and the ancestor of the warrior is a few grams. ā€

Xuanzong's father, Renzong died violently only ten months after ascending the throne, the cause of death is unknown, and it is a mystery of the Ming Dynasty. Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji had long expected that his father was seriously ill and would soon die, so he set off early to rush to the capital, and then ascended the throne and changed the year name to Xuande. During the Xuande period, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Emperor Xuande was deeply favored by Chengzu Zhu Di since he was born, Renzong was named the crown prince and relied on Zhu Zhanji, Emperor Xuande followed Chengzu Zhu Di since he was a child, and at the age of 15, he was taken by Zhu Di to participate in the second expedition to Mongolia. Emperor Xuande was an emperor who liked hunting, food, and fighting and weaving.

There was once a person named Lu Yu, who recorded such an incident in "A Little History of the Ming Dynasty": Xuanzong was a cool and aggressive cricket, so he asked Jiangnan for top grades, and each one was dozens of gold. At that time, a grain chief in Fengqiao was sent by the county governor to look for it, and finally found a "best one", and he immediately exchanged it for the horse he was riding. When he got home, he carefully put it in a cricket jar. When his wife heard that the cricket had been bought for a horse, she was very curious, and thought that it must be strange, so she opened the lid to peek at the cricket's face. Unexpectedly, this "magical" cricket jumped out of the tank at once, and before it could catch up, it was pecked to death by the chickens in the yard. His wife was so frightened that she hanged herself. When the grain chief came back to find that his wife had committed suicide, he was saddened and feared that he would be punished by the law for the death of the cricket, so he also followed his wife with a rope. This is undoubtedly an extreme tragedy, for a tribute cricket, the family is ruined. It can be seen that Xuanzong's love for fighting and promoting weaving has become a trend.

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In August of the third year of Xuande (1428), the honest and honest Gu Zuo was appointed as the imperial historian of the capital to replace the notorious Liu Guan, who was sentenced for many crimes committed during his tenure. In the months that followed, 43 officials from the Beijing and Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorates were dismissed for incompetence, and their replacements were subjected to rigorous scrutiny. The general procedures and organization were regulated, and the responsibilities of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were expanded. It can be seen that this year, many people were sentenced and executed for corruption.

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In the tenth year of Xuande (1435), Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji died violently and died in the Qianqing Palace at the age of 38.

Lu Ming flipped through the records of Emperor Xuande for a day and found an interesting problem, that is, Xuanzong and his father Renzong both died violently, and it seems that they were not normal deaths, that is to say, the emperors of these two dynasties may have been killed, Renzong died violently at the age of 48, and Xuanzong died violently at the age of 38, although Renzong lived for a long time, he only served as an emperor for ten months, and Xuanzong was only 38 years old, and he died, which can be regarded as young. In the Ming Dynasty, there were several mystery cases, but Emperor Xuande accounted for two, except for the mystery of Zhu Yunwen's disappearance, which was the mystery of Emperor Xuande's father and son. The history books are the most fair, there is no reason to make these generations of emperors have a death mystery, it seems that a lot of things have happened to Emperor Xuande.

"Did you find anything?" Wang Feng asked when he saw that Lu Ming didn't pick up the book again.

Lu Ming was dragged back to reality by Wang Feng's words, stunned for a moment, and said: "The Xuande Emperor recorded in the history books is quite interesting, and his death is strange, but it shouldn't have much to do with this Longmen Academy." I didn't find any other clues, and I didn't see anything that might glow. They are all very ordinary paper books. ā€

"So, we read the history book of Ming Xuanzong for a day, and we didn't gain anything?" Wang Feng said with a sad face, spread his hands.

Lu Ming nodded, walked towards the exit, passed by Wang Feng, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a sigh: "Hey, child, mourn, go back to the palace!" ā€

Wang Feng turned around slowly and said to Lu Ming's back: "Damn, this is over, it's a waste of time!" Then he followed Lu Ming's footsteps.

Lu Ming walked to the exit, suddenly remembered a question, and asked the teacher in the library pavilion: "Teacher, may I ask, have the bookshelves in the library been placed like this for hundreds of years?" Has it ever moved? ā€

The teacher looked up at Lu Ming, not knowing what he was asking for, but he still replied: "According to the literature of the Library Pavilion, the bookshelves in the Library Pavilion have been kept as they have been since the beginning of the establishment of the courtyard, the bookshelves are made of solid wood, very heavy, and it is very difficult for several people to carry them, and there are a lot of books on them, which are not suitable for frequent movement. ā€

"What about the ancient books on the shelves, the history books? Have you ever switched places? Lu Ming asked.

"No, according to records, the history book area of the bookshelf is recorded by chronology, so they are all sorted, and in the same way, in order to preserve them well, ancient books are still easy not to move. Although you can come in and see, there are also requirements, and the two of you have also been here before, and you have to guarantee to come in. Therefore, it can be said that the appearance of the library has not changed much from the appearance of hundreds of years ago, which is also a blessing. Isn't it? ā€

"Yes, yes, thank you, teacher." Lu Ming asked, and left the library with Wang Feng.