Chapter 95: Inscription
Under the stratagem of the strategist Liu Bowen, he defeated the armies of Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng. At this time, the king of Xiao Ming in the north decreed to take Jinling as the capital, Taizu agreed on the surface, and Xingshi moved the people to the river to greet him, but he secretly Chen Cang behind his back, causing King Xiao Ming to drown.
As soon as King Xiaoming died, Taizu naturally ascended the throne and became the emperor and established the Ming Dynasty. After becoming the emperor, he set up the Jinyi Guard and the Great Xingwen Prison, which completely showed the prestige and ferocity of the imperial power to the fullest.
Hu Weiyong wanted to take the opportunity to kill Taizu on the grounds of the ancient wells of wine at home, and Taizu ordered the Liulu Yulin Army to surround Hu Weiyong's mansion and arrest Hu Weiyong, and Hu Weiyong and more than 30,000 henchmen were all beheaded; The general Lan Yu premeditated a rebellion, and the ancestor of Tai attacked him, arrested him, divided the five horses, and killed more than 10,000 of the party henchmen involved.
Suspicion and fear drove Taejo on a murderous spree, and he almost killed the founding fathers and heroes, including his daughter!
Think about it, could this be done by the person in this painting who is not the slightest domineering? Tang Yi seemed to be a little unconvinced: "Since the king on this painting is not Taizu, where is the real Taizu?" Tang Shaoxia is knowledgeable, let's listen! I ignored Tang Yi's ridicule and continued: "At that time, Taizu ordered Li Xin, the secretary of the Military Governor's Mansion, to preside over the construction of the mausoleum, and in August of the following year, Empress Ma died and was buried in this mausoleum in September, which was named
"Filial piety". The name of filial piety is taken from the word filial piety in the confession
The meaning of "ruling the world with filial piety" is said to be Queen Ma
"Filial piety", hence the name. In May of the sixteenth year of Hongwu, the filial piety hall was completed. In the leap month of the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Taizu died of illness and was buried in this mausoleum with Queen Ma, but no one knows the real Taizu? Tang Yi sneered and said, "I didn't know it for a long time?" I thought that Tang Shaoxia knew astronomy and geography and was omnipotent, and when he saw the portrait of Taizu at Taizu's mausoleum, he dared to say no! I watch Tang Shaoxia? Lu Shuang heard Tang Yi's words contain insults, and hurriedly explained: "In my opinion, this portrait is not Taizu's!" Tang Yi glanced at me and said, "Where did the county lord say this?" Could there be any new discoveries? Lu Shuang shook his head and said, "No, but judging from the legends I heard, this portrait should not be Taizu!" Tang Yi exclaimed: "What a legend, why doesn't the old man know!" Lu Shuang glanced at me, ignored Tang Yi, and continued: "It is said that after Taizu's death, his mausoleum did not enter the tomb of filial piety!" Tang Yi said: "Impossible, isn't it rumored in the world that Taizu and Queen Ma were buried together in the ancient tomb of Xiaoling?" How so? Lu Shuang said: "It is said that after Taizu died, the thirteen gates in Jinling City came out of the coffin at the same time!" Tang Yi exclaimed: "The thirteen city gates came out of the coffin at the same time!" That Taizu's true body? Lu Shuang understood and said, "No one knows!" Tang Yi said: "This ...... This...... What's going on, could it be that this is really not a portrait of Taizu? Lu Shuang nodded and didn't answer!
Tang Yi said: "Why is Taizu so carefully arranged? Lu Shuang said: "I don't know this, I'm afraid I can also learn from the ancient emperors, afraid of suffering after death?" Tang Yi let out an 'oh', then nodded and said, "Yes, after Cao Cao's death, legend has it that on the day of his burial, coffins were carried out from various gates of Yecheng. Where Cao Cao was buried is not yet clear, and finally fell
The mystery of the "Seventy-two Doubtful Graves". The kings of the Sixteen Kingdoms period also liked it
"Secret burial", such as Shi Le, the first master of Later Zhao, came out of the city gate in the middle of the night to carry the coffin to the deep mountains.
Maybe Taizu is also following their example to have this trick, but in this way, where is Taizu's real body buried? Fu Bo said: "I'm afraid no one knows this, the emperor's affairs are always so obscure!" Tang Yi nodded.
I squinted my eyes and looked around at the large hall, which was large in scale and majestic in architecture, and its shape seemed to be enhanced by referring to the palaces of the Tang and Song dynasties.
The whole hall is more than 10 zhang long and a few zhang wide, enjoy the palace in the wall, the pavilion is magnificent, the stone carving in the mausoleum is planted with 100,000 pines, lifelike.
In the northwest of the main hall, the white jade steps on the Yao Pond that pass the ancient lacquer water are the Shinto, and the two sides of the Shinto are arranged twelve pairs of stone beasts from east to west: lions, hedgehogs, camels, elephants, unicorns, horses, four of each, two squats and two stands, a total of twelve pairs, stretching for more than one mile.
After that, Shinto turned to the north again, and a pair of pillars were expected to be in front, followed by four pairs of huge stone statues, two martial arts and two literati, mighty and majestic, and solemn.
The stone carving lines are rough, simple and vivid, and at a glance you can see that it is a unique symbol in the Hongwu period. Lu Shuang saw me looking at me for a long time, and whispered: "What's the matter, Brother Tang, have you found anything?" I didn't speak, and only after half a voice did I say, "Do you want to say that Taizu is really a person?" Tang Yi was shocked: "What? Tang Shaoxia knows? I shook my head and said, "I don't know, but?" Tang Yi hurriedly said: "But what, isn't it?" I glanced at Tang Yi and said, "Although I don't know where this Taizu's true body is hidden, I can guess a thing or two!" Tang Yi said: "How can you see it? I said: "It is rumored that soon after Taizu's burial, it was rumored that his real body was not buried with Queen Ma, but was buried alone in Chaotian Palace in the west of the city. This is what was called in the past,
"Emperor Gao's dragon is not in the palace"! Fauber interjected, "What do you mean by that? I raised my face and glanced at the 'Taizu' in the painting and said: "This Chaotian Palace is in the west gate of the city, there are Sanqing Hall in front, and there is Datong Ming Hall in the back, and now it is a feng shui treasure in Jinling. This was originally the smelting city built by Wu Wangfucha, and Yang Pu, the king of Wu in the fifth dynasty, built the Ziji Palace here. In the Song and Yuan dynasties, it was successively renamed Xiangfu Palace, Tianqing Temple, Xuanmiaoguan, Yongshou Palace, etc. In the seventeenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Taizu ordered the military Liu Bowen to check the feng shui here, rebuild this palace, and change the current name. After it was built, it was made to hundreds of officials
"Chaohe Xiyi is here. I think the reason why Taizu buried his real body here is because of Emperor Jianwen! Tang Yi said: "For Emperor Jianwen? How? I smiled and said, "Yan Wang Zhu Di launched."
"Battle of Jingyan", after four years of conquest, King Yan won a complete victory, on June 13, the fourth year of Jianwen, King Yan led the army into Nanjing Jinchuan Gate.
When King Yan's army entered the palace, the palace was already a sea of fire, and Emperor Jianwen was gone. At the same time, the treasure seal used by Emperor Jianwen was also nowhere to be found.
According to rumors in the palace, Emperor Jianwen died in the fire in the palace. Emperor Wen Zhu Di saw the smoke rising in the palace and hurriedly sent an envoy to save him, but it was too late.
The envoy put his body in the fire, and it was white, and he cried: "Sure enough, if you are crazy! I came to support the wings not for good, and I didn't want to forgive and came to this! ’…… Ren Shen, prepare for the funeral of Jianwenjun, send officials to sacrifice, and drop out of the dynasty for three days. "Renzong Zhu Gaochi Imperial Changling Tomb Tablet also said that after the death of Emperor Jianwen, Emperor Wen prepared for the burial of the Son of Heaven.
Emperor Wen later said in an edict to the king of Joseon: I did not expect Emperor Jianwen to commit suicide by arson under the coercion of traitorous ministers.
However, the eunuch searched in the embers after the fire many times, and only found the remains of Empress Ma and the crown prince Zhu Wenkui, and it is impossible to know whether Emperor Jianwen was alive or dead.
In order to let the world know that Emperor Jianwen has been ****, King Yan once made a sacrifice, but no one knows where his grave is. Tang Yi said: "Could it be that Taizu knew that Emperor Wen was going to launch the Battle of Jingjing?" This too? I said: "Although it is impossible, it cannot be said that it is impossible, when Nanjing was breached, Emperor Jianwen wanted to commit suicide, but under the persuasion of his cronies, he cut his hair and became a monk, escaped from the palace from the tunnel, and went incognito, wandering the rivers and lakes. After the death of Emperor Wen, he returned to the capital and was buried in Xishan on the outskirts of Beijing. After Emperor Wen ascended the throne, he felt that Emperor Jianwen, whose life and death were uncertain, had an invisible pressure on him, so he sent his confidants and ministers to visit him many times. During the Yongle period, among the accompanying officials of Zheng He to the West, there were many brocade guards, which were obviously used to secretly visit Emperor Jianwen. Emperor Wen also promulgated the "Monks' Paths" to the monasteries of the world, reorganized the list of all monks, and conducted a comprehensive survey of the monks. Since the fifth year of Yongle, people have also been sent to search everywhere in the name of searching for the immortal Zhang Sloppy, involving the north and south of the river, for more than 20 years. In folk legends, there are traces and legends of Emperor Jianwen in many places. Some say that Emperor Jianwen first fled to the Yunnan-Guizhou region, and then moved to the Nanyang area, until now, there are still people in Dali, Yunnan who take Emperor Hui as the originator. Some people believe that after Emperor Jianwen absconded, he hid in Puji Temple in Yuanshan Mountain, Wuxian County, Jiangsu, and then hid in the Huangjia Nunnery of Qionglong Mountain, where he died of illness in the 21st year of Yongle and was buried on the slope of the hill behind the nunnery.
Tang Yi nodded and said: "I have also heard of this legend, but if you want to say that Taizu buried his real body in the Sanqing Hall for his grandson Jianwen Emperor, this old man does not dare to agree!" I smiled and said, "The castle master doesn't have to worry too much, this is just a guess below, as for whether this is the case, I don't dare to be indifferently sure!" Tang Yi nodded and said, "According to Tang Shaoxia, the person with this portrait is not too ancestor!" I nodded and said, "It seems that it is!" "Before the Qin Dynasty, the emperor's mausoleum has always been a major event, especially the inscription mural of the emperor's praise after his death, for future generations to worship and pay respects, we have not seen what the inscription of Qin Shi Huang in the Qin Palace looks like, but the inscription in this filial piety tomb should be similar to the inscription in the Afang Palace in the Qin period, although the scale is certainly not as good as the inscription in the Afang Palace that was burned in March, but it may surpass it in the situation.
I think that Qin Shi Huang is also the one who has the greatest credit among the emperors in ancient times, but the first emperor probably never dreamed that the inscription that his descendant emperor would write was much more prominent than his Qin Mausoleum.
I saw that the inscription reads: Praise said: Taizu with the wisdom of the gods, with the ambition of helping the world and the people, taking advantage of the time, heroic Jingcong, destroying the chaos, fifteen years into the emperor's industry.
The rise of cloth clothes, the dying of Haiyu, unprecedented after the Western Han Dynasty. The punishment of the Yuan government is still severe. And can be courteous to the elderly, test the rites and set music, reveal the scriptures and righteousness, respect the righteousness, add grace to win the country, clarify the rule of officials, repair the discipline, worship the phoenix, the name of the harem, the internal governance is purged, the eunuchs are forbidden to interfere in politics, the official positions of the five governments and six ministries are maintained, the guards are guarded in Tuntian, and the soldiers and food are sufficient.
Wuding is in turmoil, Wen Zhi is peaceful, and Taizu is really both. As for the Yashanzhi Festival, listen to Cai Ziying's return to the north.
In his later years, he was worried about the people, and he tried to spend tens of thousands of dollars on the river and Tangyan at the age of one year to benefit agriculture and prepare for drought. With this descendant for more than 200 years, the name of the scholar is heavy, and Lu Yan is full.
So far, the Miao descendants of Mengze are still like the East Building, the White Horse, and the ancestors of the world, and there is a lot of it. What is written on the inscription does not exaggerate the deeds of Taizu's slaughter of heroes in his later years, even in the biographies of some heroes who were killed, it is only a passing mention.
Regarding Taizu's harsh punishment and strict law, the historian also took it
"The punishment of the Yuan government is lax, and the governance is severe" to explain, it can be said that the person who wrote this inscription spent all his thoughts! ”