The ordinary people who were far away from the capital only knew some information at this time, but the hundred officials in the capital were shocked and uneasy because of another thing at the moment.

Zhu Houxi himself never expected such a change, and now he is in Qingning Palace, and the palace is full of mourning.

"Wake up, the Queen Mother is awake."

Hearing the voice inside, Zhu Houxi stood up and went to the bedroom of the Empress Dowager Jiang with Sun Ming.

And as soon as he walked in, he heard Empress Dowager Jiang crying heartbreakingly.

"Queen Mother, it's still mourning, take care of your body......"

Zhu Houxi can only say this, after all, it was his own sister who just died of illness.

Hearing his words, Empress Dowager Jiang said loudly in a shocking and sad mood: "If you didn't have to send Chengye to Jiangxi back then, how could she be depressed?" If you don't have a damaged mind, how can you never get better after giving birth? Pity my grandson......"

Zhu Houxi could only smile bitterly and stood firm for training.

Does it have anything to do with this? He wasn't sure either.

After Yu Chengye returned to Beijing, his sister's mood was actually very good, and it was quite sweet. But can you be sure that she wasn't like that in front of others?

Zhu Houxi didn't know that his sister had died earlier. Jiajing got married in the second year, and Jiajing died in the fourth year, and he was only twenty years old.

Her death was largely due to physical reasons, especially those related to conception and childbirth.

Now her concubine is Yu Chengye, and she didn't conceive until the seventh year of Jiajing, and she gave birth to a son last year, but she still hasn't escaped this disaster this year.

Empress Dowager Jiang is now extremely sad, naturally she doesn't care about anything else, and when she is emotional, she only randomly attributes the reason to Zhu Houxi, who let her and her husband live apart soon after they got married.

Not only that, but the rest of her dissatisfaction was also vented by her.

"Jae-yeong is not yet nine years old! You made him travel all the way to Yunnan. If there are three long and two short, how do you want me to live? What kind of dispatch must he have a child to do? There are only national events in my eyes, and I always toss and toss ......"

Sun Ming's eyes were gloomy and looked at Zhu Houxi.

Although the emperor's face was smiling bitterly, it was only a wry smile.

Zhu Houxi knows very well what he is doing, and he will not be shaken by this. His transformation of the Ming Dynasty and his arrangements for the future are destined to bear these incomprehensions.

Now I can only be taught a lesson by my mother first, and it is easy to dispel grief if she vents her emotions.

The eldest princess of Yongfu died early at the age of twenty-five, and the Ministry of Rites had just finished Yang Yiqing's funeral, and she was busy with the funeral of the eldest princess of Yongfu.

The reason why the hundred officials were shocked and uneasy was not because the emperor was "moody" because of the death of An Concubine last year? Now that the words in the palace have come out, the queen mother still has the intention of resenting the emperor, and it is difficult to guarantee what kind of reaction the emperor will have.

It's just that at this moment, they don't know about another situation.

In the Yang family of Xindu County, Chengdu Prefecture, Yang Tinghe also leaned weakly on the soft pillow, and read in a weak and trembling voice.

“…… Fu Wei ...... Emperor...... To the saints...... It...... Posture, following ...... Sage...... The Way ...... Open...... Eternal ......"

As he read it, he remembered the first time he gave the emperor a feast.

At that time, he hoped that the emperor would accept "the way of the saints", "the last learning to eliminate heresy", and "the peace of the ancient restoration".

It's been 10 years.

Yang Tinghe finished reading the end of his last watch, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

From his accession to the throne in the sixteenth year of Zhengde to the current May of the ninth year of Jiajing, it has been more than ten years.

Daming has embarked on a new path irreversibly, regardless of his original reluctance, Yang Tinghe has also become one of the pioneers of this new road.

I don't know why, after leaving the court, after my mind relaxed, I grew older faster.

Yang Tinghe thought of the old guy Liang Chu again, he slipped away quickly, but he enjoyed a few more years of Qingfu.

I feel that the vitality is gradually passing, maybe it is not far away, just the matter of these two days.

He thought of his son again.

Seeing that his younger brother stopped writing, Yang Tinghe opened his mouth again: "Instructions...... Use the repair ...... Comply with the new system ...... You don't have to learn from me...... Shou Xiao ......"

Now that you have embarked on a new path, let's stop it.

He looked at the curtain on the top of the bed in a daze, and suddenly saw himself in high spirits when he was nineteen years old.

In this life, I became an emperor, a first assistant, and I was given the Taifu while I was still alive, and it was worth it.

It was the young emperor who insisted that he be awarded the title of Three Dukes while he was alive, and he was not happy at first, then in order to lay out the new law, and then ...... It is to honor him with sincerity.

Ying Ning entered the temple, and with the things that Zhi Shi wrote in more than a year after returning home, he should be able to enter himself.

I don't know when I will be able to see the emperor again, so I will wait with Ying Ning first, and I will probably not be alone......

The emperor's grace is vast, and the momentum of eclectic promotion of talents seems to have also aged that group of important ministers.

On the fifth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Jiajing, the news of Yang Tinghe's death, his testament and his posthumous work were passed into Beijing together, and the bell of the bell tower rang nine times again.

Zhu Houxi looked at his posthumous watch and posthumous work in the imperial study, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten slightly.

Just as he felt when he first ascended the throne, everything is a mixture of ideals, beliefs, and interests.

Yang Tinghe was once what he thought was his worst enemy, but then he became the leader of the new party in which he implemented the new law. Now, Yang Tinghe found that the emperor had an indomitable and determined momentum, and "betrayed" too many things that he held on to during the Zhengde Dynasty.

"Collection of Practices".

The experience of his life, the deceit of officialdom, the government affairs and people's livelihood, and the border disputes he has seen have all been re-analyzed by him with practical science and dialectics, which is nothing more than to prove one point: the new school is better and closer to the road than the previous official school.

In the testament, after all, it was Yang Tinghe himself who openly asked for the establishment of the prince and the opening of the Zhan Mansion. There are many deep meanings, but there is only one reason on the surface: the emperor is strong, healthy, and has many heirs in this life. Now that the center has been greatly reformed, it is advisable to set the East Palace as soon as possible, so as not to turbulent people's hearts in the future.

But in the eyes of outsiders, this is another gamble by Yang Tinghe before he dies to create another emperor for the Yang family - isn't Yang Shen already a guest of the prince?

After Yang Shen learned the news, he naturally set off to his hometown in the starry night.

However, the participants in the national policy meeting already knew that Yang Shen would not follow his father's complete filial piety, but would just change the day and the moon to retain the favor.

He only had to go and go once.

Unfilial? The three-volume "Practice Collection", please set up the prince, seize the affection and retain, and the attitude shown by the Yang family is to stand firmly on the emperor's side and firmly stand on the side of Xinxue.

Yan Song stood in the imperial study and looked at the emperor's moist eyes, and he felt emotion in his heart.

Back then, he was also Yang Tinghe's protégé. Later, he was opposed to Yang Tinghe. Later, they all became loyal ministers of the new law.

"Intended."

Zhu Houxi finally opened his mouth, and Yan Song and the others were stunned.

"Yang Gongting and the gift of the Taishi, the Marquis of Jingning, the sacrifice and the funeral, the gift of Wenzheng, the god into the temple. Yang Gongli presided over the trial implementation and implementation of the new law, and made great contributions in the new dynasty. The head of the Yang family, Tingzhong, was promoted to Zhongpin County Wanglang and entered the Sichuan Xiangxian Academy. ”

Yan Song's heart shook violently.

Not only because of this grace, but also because of the Zuo Chunfang scholar.

Daming is going to set up a prince.

But the will is not over.

"Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there have been many heroes. Ten years of royal pole, countless heroes. Change the five phoenix floor to the Yingjie Palace, the civil and military heroes each carved the stone tablet, stand under the goose wing tower on both sides, so that the latecomers can pay homage to their deeds. On the Yingjie Palace, the statues are lined up to defend the emperor and encourage future generations. ”

“…… Commandment! Your Majesty! Since the Ming Dynasty, the country and the people have been settled, and the territory has been defended. Under the nine springs, I know that Your Majesty's heavenly grace is so great, and I will bless the Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations! Future generations, dare not follow the sages? Long live Your Majesty! Banzai! Hooray! ”

Not everyone can enter the temple, where incense and royal blood food offerings are the highest treatment.

But now there is a Hall of Heroes located on the noon gate. From then on, the life exploits of the heroes will be written on the stone tablet and stand under the Yanyi Tower outside the noon gate.

Their statues are even more erected in the Hall of Heroes.

Every time the civil and military officials enter and leave the noon gate, they can see their stone tablets and think of their exploits.

When passing through the doorway, there will be statues of them overhead, standing forever at the south gate of the Forbidden City, defending the emperor and inspiring the generations of civil and military ministers in the future.

Yingjie Hall and Taimiao, the name of this life, must be one, right?

Yan Song remembered the Lingyan Pavilion, but above these five gates, the current Wufeng Tower is so big, and there are thirteen halls on the left and right Yanyi Towers, which is enough to put a lot, right?

This matter fell on Yan Song, who is now the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

In the past, he compiled the "Ming Loyal Companion", and now, he wants to preside over the evaluation of which heroes are qualified to enter this Yingjie Palace.

A great event that will leave a name in history!

The most important thing is that His Majesty has obviously been thinking about such a method for a long time.

Now, with the death of Yang Tinghe, and with these three volumes of "Practice Collection", it is necessary to re-sort out the merits and demerits of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty, which is to sort out the standards and change the thinking of the officials and people in the world.

What kind of thing to do, after death, worthy of the word Yingjie, to be able to stand high in the Yingjie Hall and overlook future generations?

This matter will last for a long time, and Yan Song understands that this is not just a discussion at the Ministry of Rites or a national policy meeting, but through "Ming Pao"!

For such a major event, how can the life achievements of the person finally selected be announced to the world without being announced by "Ming Pao"? If it is not clearly reported, how can the officials and people of the world know right from wrong and know what to do?

The edict that came from the imperial study was then to be drafted, and it was to go through the State Hall and the Six Science and Technology Commissions.

Throughout the day, the officials inside and outside the Forbidden City looked in the direction of the noon gate from time to time.

Soon, the meaning will be even deeper.

And at the moment, there is another big thing.

From His Majesty's title to Yang Shen - although it seems to be because of Yang Tinghe's departed grace and legacy - the emperor's attitude towards Yang Tinghe and the appointment of the crown prince has been conveyed: But!

In the ninth year of Jiajing, the new dynasty finally has a crown prince.

In the short term, the prince is still young, just who is the emperor and which is the minister of the East Palace. But in a few years, the pattern of the imperial court will be very different.

It was probably after someone became the ruler and left the position of the ruler.

Is it the death of the eldest princess, and the old ministers who have been passing away in the past few years, that make His Majesty feel that it is time to consider this? Even though he was only twenty-four years old.

But destiny is impermanent, who can say for sure?

Zhu Houxi knows that he can live for a long time, but he doesn't cultivate immortals and doesn't take pills, who can say for sure?

Yan Song didn't know that he would live to be in his eighties, but now he has a different life, who can say for sure?

"Who can say for sure......" Sitting in the imperial study, Zhu Houxi was in a trance for a moment and muttered to himself.

He was scolded by his mother, thinking about the young face in this world who was related to him by blood, thinking about An Concubine and the son who had never babbled and cried at him, thinking about the scenes between Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing, Liang Chu, Wei Bin, Xu Guangzuo, Gu Shilong and others over the years, and really felt that a stage of his life had passed.

It also happened to be a transitional stage of the Ming Dynasty.

The young Tang Shunzhi has been sent by him to the three sides of Shaanxi, and the National Policy Hall has officially entered its fifth year. In addition to Nanzhili, the provincial capitals and counties of Daming already have a new system, and the enterprises under the Huangming Assets Bureau are clumsily trying to lay a more solid foundation for Daming's industry and commerce according to his requirements.

When I came back, I replied that I had believed in the Yellow Sect and was thinking of preaching on the grassland in order to "mobilize the masses" in the future. On the Jiaozhi side, Zhang Bo was trying to find a descendant of the Li clan for Ruan Gan. The envoys sent to Turpan and Wusizang are staying in Xining, waiting for a reply from the more complicated Western Regions and Tibet. Goryeo, Duoyan, and Ryukyu have already welcomed the entry of the Ming envoys, and the Japanese side is still fighting around.

After that, it's a new era.

Daming must go on resolutely in the general trend of the new law, and Zhu Houxi has spent ten years to start actively planning for what he wants to do in this position.

"In the world of great disputes, the nations are frequently fighting, the strong are strong, and the weak are dead......"

Huang Jin heard the emperor muttering again, and then the emperor's eyes gradually stopped in a trance, but became more determined.

Zhu Houxi finished reading the line he remembered, and walked out of the emotional impact brought to him by Yang Tinghe's death.

It is true that it has not yet reached the time of the so-called great controversy, but after all, the sails of the Western ships are already flying, and there is a loom on the island urging people to raise and graze the sheep. When the gears of the Industrial Revolution begin to turn, there will be no mercy for any of the weaker who have since entered the forest of the world as the different continents have strengthened.

All preparations are for the future.

The establishment of the crown prince is not only for the stability of the unification and the future of the dynasty, but also for the inheritance.

Zhu Houxi stood up: "Go to the Zhongyuan Hall and talk about geography today." ”

"Yes, the slave is going to prepare the map......"

The emperor walked to the Zhongyuan Hall, where there were clans and relatives.

Yan Song had already returned to the Ministry of Rites, he was too busy. Giving up the opportunity to enter the State Hall to stay in the Ministry of Rites, the implementation of the new school and the new school system is the main line of his work, but a steady stream of etiquette work must also be done.

It's just that he is a little curious, Yang Yiqing has the emperor's eldest son to be buried, so what about Yang Tinghe?

At this moment, trekking through mountains and rivers, Yang Yiqing's coffin has not yet returned to his hometown.

The best way is probably to let the emperor's eldest son finish sending Yang Yiqing, and then transfer from Yunnan to Sichuan.

In that case, Yang Tinghe will have to stop for a long time. If Yang Tinghe hadn't been buried in peace, Yang Shen wouldn't have been able to come back like this.

Yang Shen is afraid that he will not be able to come back for a while...... Yan Song's eyes suddenly froze.

He won't be able to come back for a while, but now there is a household book in a vacuum? No one is in charge, how messy should it be?

Yan Song continued to gasp - it has not yet been decided whether the Nanzhi will set up a Huaiyang political envoy, and the three provinces in the south will continue to be directly taxed by the Beijing household department this year. If he did anything because the household department was temporarily on leave, Zhang Fujing, who led the household department, was not a good person......

“…… Have fun watching. ”

Yan Song thought about it for a while, and took time out of his busy schedule to write a letter home.

Trusted by His Majesty, Lord Yan now has a great influence in Fenyi's hometown, and his influence in the court is also huge.

He has many dear relatives and friends, and now of course he has to remind them in a subtle way: the new law is to enrich the country, and it must be increased.

Don't take a knife that kills your head.

(End of chapter)