Another pressing issue brought about by the departure of the empress was the emperor's own auspicious land.

In all dynasties, I don't know how many emperors will start worrying about the mausoleum after their death very early.

But His Majesty the Emperor didn't care about this, and even had a bad refutation before.

The object of refutation was Yan Song, and at that time Yan Song was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. The reason is the death of An Concubine, Yan Song euphemistically asked: When choosing a cemetery for An Concubine, did he also choose the auspicious land for ten thousand years?

At that time, the emperor's reason for refutation was: Although Bodi is dead, how tight is the money and food when preparing for the northern expedition? Why rush such a project as the auspicious soil for ten thousand years?

Despite this, the courtiers at that time couldn't help but secretly wonder in their hearts: Is Your Majesty very taboo about this matter?

Because except for the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong, which was built during his lifetime, in fact, so far, other emperors have not started to build it during his lifetime. But if you don't build it, it doesn't mean that you haven't chosen a good location and made some preliminary preparations.

Otherwise, when the people are gone, will they be able to repair well in a hurry? Or let the emperor lie in the Forbidden City for another year and a half?

So spending too much seemed like an excuse, and the emperor didn't seem to like it when others mentioned his aftermath so early.

It doesn't cost much money to prepare.

But now, according to the rules, the queen was buried first, and she should be buried with the emperor in the future.

Therefore, it must be chosen, and in fact it should be the auspicious land of His Majesty.

At this sensitive moment when the death of the queen may affect the position of the crown prince in the future, Yan Song and Liu Long had to go to Zhu Houxi to report the results.

In any case, the Emperor had to check for himself to determine which "alternate place" he would be buried in.

In the imperial study, Yan Song and Liu Long did not dare to come out.

After the capital was moved to Beijing, the emperor's mausoleum actually had a large area on a large scale, which was called Tianshou Mountain.

"Acorn Ridge and Eighteen Ridges?" Zhu Houxi read it with great interest, and said without hesitation, "Where are the concubines and their burials, choose that side." ”

Yan Song and Liu Long were full of excitement, and immediately knelt down to dissuade: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" ”

Zhu Houxi frowned: "Why?" ”

Yan Song and Liu Long knelt and looked at each other, and the two of them had some guesses, it turned out that the emperor probably really didn't know much about the aftermath and even about these funerals.

“…… Your Majesty, An Concubine, Zhuang Concubine, etc. can be buried in Tianshou Mountain, which is already Your Majesty's special grace. It's just that Your Majesty's Ninety-Five Supreme, how can you be auspicious for ten thousand years...... How can it ...... What's more, there, now Gongsu Duanshen Rongjing Emperor and Concubine Ji Yang have long occupied the highest place in feng shui......"

The two of you said a word, and explained cautiously, and Zhu Houxi slowly came back to his senses.

Indeed, where did he care so much about these funerals? It was true that I didn't want to spend more money at that time, and it was also true that I felt that I still had a life.

But now that Sun Ming is gone, this issue has to be put on the agenda.

In the Ming ancestral system, only the queen can be buried in Tianshou Mountain, and the concubine is buried in Jinshan in the western suburbs after her death.

But this rule had been broken by Zhu Jianshen before, and after Wan Guifei's death, she became the first person to be buried alone in the imperial mausoleum area of Tianshou Mountain.

So after An Concubine went, including last year's Zhuang Concubine and others, Zhu Houxi arranged to be buried directly, and the others didn't say much.

In fact, Zhu Houxi didn't have any idea, including that he arranged for his grandmother to be buried together in Zhu Jianshen's Maoling, which also broke the ancestral system - the Shaw family has no successor after all. Although Zhu Houyu was honored as the empress dowager after succeeding to the throne, it was only later that Zhu Houxi's grandson was posthumously honored.

In the environment at that time, everyone followed the emperor's wishes, and Zhu Houxi didn't even hear any overt opposition.

But now, the emperor is actually preparing to go to the tomb of Wan Niang, where Wan Guifei was buried, to accompany An Concubine and others who have been buried there, which is appalling.

Yan Song sighed with emotion in his heart, and sincerely persuaded: "Cixiao dedicated the queen to the burial of Anlu, although the tomb was rebuilt, His Majesty strongly advocated that there is no need to move to Tianshou Mountain, it is already cherishing the people's strength, thrift first, and sacred." However, Your Majesty has an auspicious year, and the position of the Holy Queen of Filial Piety is noble, how can you ignore it? ”

On the side of Tianshou Mountain, there are very few concubines other than the queen who are buried alone. Or in addition to Wan Guifei, at present, only Zhu Houxi's woman is buried there alone, and her position is only a concubine!

It was Zhu Di, who first chose to be buried in Tianshou Mountain, and built the east and west wells there. Although all the concubines were buried, they were in the nature of a funeral, and they had no names, but they were all buried together.

After Zhu Jianshen set a precedent, his son Zhu Youzhu had only one queen, and he is still alive.

Zhu Houzhao's Kang Mausoleum, last year, the Xia family was also buried together. His other concubines, who have passed away, don't need Zhu Houxi to take care of them personally, and they can't be buried there.

Zhu Houxi looked at Yan Song and said slowly: "For more than a year, you have treated a lot of funerals. In your opinion, where is better between Acorn Ridge and Eighteen Ridges? ”

Yan Song lowered his head: "How dare the minister speak in vain?" Your Majesty, the auspicious land of ten thousand years is important, Your Majesty is the filial piety of the Holy Empress to see the mausoleum, or the royal car is better to choose. ”

“…… For the queen to look at the mausoleum ......" Zhu Houxi pondered for a moment and fell silent.

said that it was his own 10,000-year-old auspicious land, but now he was going to investigate it for Sun Ming in person.

How could the government and the opposition not know that this was the selection of the emperor himself? But do you want to emphasize the queen to the outside world? Does the emperor value the queen mean that he values the prince?

Zhu Houxi looked at Yan Song deeply: Did he already hear any rumors?

No matter what, Yan Song was trying his best to be a caring person, and continued to speak: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to love, after selecting Jiyang, the minister and Shunqing will set a new system, the emperor and queen will be in the middle, and the concubines will be on the side. This burial, in the future, can be repaired first, such as Shinto, Qi'en Gate, etc., then the auspicious land of ten thousand years will be built in the future, and the cost will be less. ”

Zhu Houxi couldn't help but be speechless, this means: You are planning to bury yourself with An Concubine and them, presumably other concubines will be treated like this in the future. In this case, your future mausoleum should be repaired little by little. Which concubine unfortunately passed away, and she will continue to add bricks and tiles to the underworld in the future?

However, in terms of metrics, is this appropriate?

Sun Ming doesn't care about his own thoughts, is the current prince and future emperor happy to see such a lively scene in the mausoleum of the first emperor?

Zhu Houxi was a little tired, such a thing, there was also Yan Song's euphemistic temptation behind it: if this point was approved, the emperor would faintly treat the other concubines and the queen together.

Isn't this another hope for other concubines and other princes?

"Let's go check it out first." Zhu Houxi opened his mouth, "By the way, I will also go to the tombs to pay homage in person." ”

……

The three purposes of selecting auspicious soil for ten thousand years, personally viewing the mausoleum for the queen, and worshipping the ancestors to "pray for the transfer" were all pondered by the courtiers.

Which is more important?

Up in the air.

However, it is a fact that the emperor finally has a real action and worries about his own afterlife.

In less than a year, the biological mother left, the queen left, and whether the emperor's state of mind had changed, the courtiers were also speculating in their hearts.

Probably there is.

Based on history, it is probably very likely.

In all dynasties, how many sons of heaven are only half-born? It has been 20 years of hard work, and now the Ming Dynasty has the image of a prosperous era, the emperor is middle-aged, and the prince has grown up one after another, what will be the main theme of the second half of the Jiajing Dynasty?

Everyone has a premonition of the crown prince's turmoil.

In addition, there is another important point, not to mention that once the son of heaven and a courtier, after the new emperor ascended the throne, will the current national policy meeting, the state hall, the military affairs conference, the general auxiliary and general staff and other systems change?

Your Majesty is indeed wise and powerful, and can control everything. What about the current crown prince and the future majesty?

There is a lot of uncertainty, so each has its own judgment.

Among them, the most bewildered is Zhu Zaiyu, who is nineteen years old.

Older, he is now here to Zhu Zaiyin, the third son of the emperor who still lives alone in the palace and is located in the south of the Donghua Gate of the former dynasty.

After the Donghua Gate came in, the Neijin Water River turned a corner at the Wenhua Hall and continued to flow eastward.

To the east of the Wenhua Palace, after crossing the three bridges and the Huiyin Gate, it is now the residence of the prince. The southernmost is the Duanben Palace, the East Palace of the Prince. The west side of it is the original glorious hall area changed into the imperial school, and the north side of the Duanben Palace, the total area is only slightly larger than the Duanben Palace, which is the south eight courtyards composed of the other eight princes.

Now, there used to be a separate courtyard for the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Zaiyun, the third son of the emperor, Zhu Zaiyin, the fourth son of the emperor and Zhu Zaiqi.

The king of Australia was fifteen years old, and the king was twelve years old. When he is over twelve years old, he will be crowned king, and he will move to this southern eight institutes. So this year, the fifth son of the emperor, Zhu Zaiyuan, who was born in the ninth year of Jiajing, and the sixth son of the emperor, Zhu Zaiyuan, will also be sealed and moved here.

More princes are still on the way. At the end of the twelfth year of Jiajing, Concubine Wen Suyun gave birth to the seventh son of the emperor, Zhu Zaiyan. And in the past six years, two sons and four daughters were born in the harem.

Only now, more than ten years later, it will be a situation of coexistence of nine sons.

Now Zhu Zaiyun has married the daughter of the Duke of Qianguo and built the Yue Wangfu in the south of Beijing.

After regularly entering the palace to greet the emperor and his mother, he went to Zhu Zaiyin.

In the palace, Zhu Zaiyin's identity is special. His mother is Carolina, a mere Zhaoyi. Although Zhu Zaiyu's mother is a royal concubine, she comes from a humble background.

Because of his mixed-race appearance, although he has black hair, he has a pair of blue eyes, so he looks even more unusual in the palace.

The two brothers met, and fifteen-year-old Zhu Zaiyin was a little distressed: "Big brother, what are you doing at such a time?" ”

"By the way, look at you." Zhu Zaiyun said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the fourth brother are in the banquet hall, have you been there today?" ”

"Nature has already been there."

“…… Hey, I want to take you and the fifth and sixth together. ”

"Big brother, why don't you just go by yourself?"

Zhu Jae-yun did not answer.

The mother of the third child is Portuguese, the mother of the fifth child is the indisputable concubine Zhang Qinghe, and the mother of the sixth child is the beautiful Zhaoyi Tana, they are all people who cannot be related to the queen's position.

Zhu Zaiyun was also very embarrassed. The identity of the concubine, the nominal mother should be the queen.

Worship and vigilance, that is the proper rite. But if he, the eldest son of the emperor, behaves too "filial", it will be very embarrassing.

Zhu Zaiyun came here for this reason.

I can't even stay here a little longer, lest it be said that the princes are starting to form gangs now......

Zhu Zaiyu stayed for a very short time, as if he was just coming to say hello, and then went to the side of the hall for a few feasts.

When he arrived at the palace, he saluted the grief-stricken and haggard Zhu Zaiqi: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mourns, take care of your body." ”

Zhu Zaiqian also returned the salute: "Big brother." ”

Then Zhu Zaiyu bowed to the queen's Zigong Palace.

After putting on incense and burning paper, Zhu Zaiyun also knelt down behind Zhu Zai's side and stayed here for a while to do his duty.

Zhu Zaiqian opened his mouth softly: "I heard Gonggong Zhang say that my father left the palace and went to Tianshou Mountain." ”

Zhu Zaiyun lowered his head: "Yes." I went to the Heart Cultivation Hall to ask for peace, saying that the royal driver had already left the palace. ”

"After the eldest brother moved to the palace, did he still practice martial arts diligently?"

Zhu Zaiyun was silent for a moment, and then replied: "Father's teachings, I don't dare or forget, naturally I still practice martial arts diligently and strengthen my body." ”

"You and my brothers, maybe it's not been like a few years ago when they practiced martial arts together in the South Eight Elementary School."

“…… After this year, the fifth and sixth brothers should live there. I am already married, but it is inconvenient to often enter the palace to accompany His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Zhu Zaiqian only said slowly: "They are still ...... young"

“…… It's a pity that the third brother only likes the text. ”

There was silence in the hall for a few feasts.

After a while, the hall sang: "Concubine Niangniang, the seventh son of the emperor has arrived." ”

Wen Suyun came over with the seventh Zhu Zaiyan, so they greeted each other first, and then Wen Suyun cried and went to the Zigong Palace to babble this, and the eight-year-old Zhu Zaiyan joined the kneeling queue.

Zhu Zaiqian didn't speak, just looked at Wen Suyun's back.

Before his mother died, he heard his mother's last wish and his father's promise. But now that Dean Wen is famous, and the protégés of Huangming University are full of dynasties, do you know if there will be variables?

One family and two sisters have succeeded in the world, and there will definitely be discussion and resistance between the government and the opposition.

Even if his father's prestige is enough to suppress everything, Zhu Zaiqian is still full of worries about the future.

Thinking of the things he had seen over the years from the battle for the crown prince of North Korea that his father had told him to care about, Zhu Zaiji's heart was haunted by dark clouds.

At the moment when the queen mother had just passed away, in a sad and uneasy state of mind, even if the brothers were taught to love each other by their father in the past, and they grew up together and played together in the Nanba Institute and the palace, it was difficult for Zhu Zaiqian to really relax after all.

What's more, he also has subordinate officials of the East Palace, who talk about history and governing the country on weekdays, and always remind him euphemistically that it is difficult for the prince to do.

Zhu Zaiyun looked at the second brother and the crown prince who were kneeling straight on his back from the side and back, and sighed leisurely in his heart: It's difficult to be the eldest son of the emperor who is born from the palace......

Living alone outside the palace, he never dared to take the initiative to interact with courtiers, but some courtiers and people would take the initiative to come to his house.

obediently reported to his father, and only got one sentence: It's not a bad thing that you know some people, Wen has a good relationship with Yang Shilang, Wu has a good relationship with Qianguo Gong, and Cheng Guogong has a good relationship with Cheng Guogong who does business.

Zhu Zaiyun had already heard from Yang Bo that he should go to Waidian in the future.

But everything is not clear yet, in the eyes of the government and the opposition, it is the eldest son of the emperor who has a wide range of friends!

After staying in the hall for half an hour, Zhu Zaiyun said goodbye to Zhu Zaiqian and left the palace.

returned to the Yue Palace, and his princess, Mu Shaoxun's daughter, who had known her in the Qianguo Mansion since she was a child, saw her husband frowning, and could only sigh with relief.

Zhu Zaiyun sighed: "I hope my father will make a decision as soon as possible." If this continues, sooner or later, this string will be stretched and moved. ”

……

Around Wen Zhengming, the people who came and went closer were actually Xun Qi.

Those who mainly take the Huangming Assets Bureau as their current direction.

Because of various enterprises, more senior talents now come from Huangming University.

And Wen Zhengming has been the dean of this Huangming University for nearly 20 years, don't look at him now that he is seventy-one years old now, and his health is very good.

During this time, it is not possible to have any cultural meetings and banquets.

But thinking of Wen Zhengming, there are also a lot of people who come to pay homage to Taihe Bofu.

The queen is gone, and there are only two people in the palace who are concubines. Although Concubine Xian had an earlier fate with the emperor, she came from a humble background. On the contrary, Concubine Shu has two daughters and a son, and because of her lively personality, she has always been favored by the emperor, and now she is naturally the person closer to the queen's position.

But Wen Zhengming was afraid of the abnormality and closed his door.

I can hide from the guests of Taihebo Mansion, but I can't hide from the guests in the Huangming University.

Around the corner, the donations received by Huangming University have increased during this time.

Originally, it was only supported by the Huangzhuang and the Inner Carrier Library, but now the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and after the emperor approved, there have been many donations from clans, relatives and even private gentry and wealthy families over the years.

But the queen is in mourning, and these people suddenly concentrate on throwing money at the Huangming Academy, what does it mean?

Wen Zhengming felt that he was being roasted on the fire, and he never dared to forget the feeling of being frightened twenty years ago.

Don't make a fuss, just write poems, draw a picture, do something related to the heavy responsibility of Qu Yisi, and manage the Huangming Academy that the emperor values very much.

The recent situation frightened Wen Zhengming, and he had already begun to write a resignation form, hesitating when it was the right time to submit it.

Of course, the reason is very good: they are all seventy-one! People who don't know when they will be buried in the ground.

But the timing is hard to grasp right now.

The queen is gone, and he resigns, is this a test of the emperor's heart?

Wen Zhengming only hated that he didn't do this earlier last year.

One is because his political consciousness is too low, and the other is because he really feels that he is in good health.

If you can do more things for the emperor, your daughter will definitely be more stable in the palace.

Sorrow lingers in the hearts of many people in the capital, but Xia Yan is as steady as Mount Tai.

He has been sitting in the position of general staff of the Military Affairs Conference for 13 years, but in the past six years or so, the affairs of the Military Affairs Conference have not been the main theme of the court.

However, Xia Yan was not without credit, and in six years, the military reform was completed one after another.

Today, the Ming infantry, cavalry, and naval soldiers, totaling more than 600,000, plus the two Great Wall companies of the sea and land, the Maritime Trade Bank, the Daming Bank, and so on, can be described as strong.

After six years of accumulation, the treasury and grain reserve numbers were also ready.

The key problem is that he is already fifty-nine, and the eldest son of the emperor is also nineteen.

There are some things that are time to get started. Xia Yan saw it very clearly, if he continued like this, if the strength accumulated by Daming was not released to the outside world, he would inevitably wrestle internally.

There is a problem: now the main theme is etiquette, border trade, longevity ceremony and the World Games, a faction of singing and dancing, for what reason is the division famous?

I'm afraid there is only one place: from the twelfth year of Jiajing to the present, I have been going west to conquer and plunder to the east.

Gotta think of something!

There is one more more.

(End of chapter)