The third day of the lunar month.

Approaching the end of the year, after a month of hesitation, Sun Ruowei finally decided to bury his son.

Since Emperor Taizong moved north, the imperial tomb of the Ming Dynasty was set in Shuntianfu, that is, the Ming Tombs of the later generations.

Nowadays, the Ming Ming Tombs has the fourth emperor stationed, is the fourth mausoleum after the Changling, Xianling, Jingling, named Yuling.

In the Ming Dynasty, almost all emperors began to build their own mausoleums in the year they ascended the throne, and the length of construction varied, some long and some short.

Like Emperor Taizong's Ming Changling, although it was the earliest built in the Ming Tombs, the construction of the underground palace alone took four years, and the building on the ground was barely completed in the second year of Xuande.

The time is short, such as the dedication of Emperor Hongxi, who died in one year after ascending the throne, leaving him with little time to build the mausoleum, which was started in July of the first year of Hongxi, and completed in March of the following year.

Zhu Qizhen's Yuling may be the only one special so far, because Yuling was not built in the year when Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, but did not begin to be built until the twelfth year of orthodoxy.

At the beginning of Zhu Qizhen's ascension to the throne, it was when King Wu controlled the world, not to mention that he was still in infancy at that time, even his mother Sun Ruowei did not have the courage to speak.

Later, King Wu withdrew from Shuntian, and Emperor Yimai returned to power, but he did not start to build the mausoleum of the orthodox emperor, because at that time Sun Ruowei was busy purging the Qing Dynasty and cleaning out all the people in King Wu's lineage.

Later, in order to stabilize the people's hearts, Sun Ruowei has been trying to stabilize the world with the so-called rule of the Qingming Dynasty, which also led to the construction of the mausoleum of the reigning emperor until the twelfth year of orthodoxy.

Four years is not a long time, and it is not short to say that it is short, but the mausoleum, as long as you want to, there are countless things that can be repaired, and it can even be built into the tomb of the Qin Emperor.

Of course, with the death of the orthodox emperor and the absence of heirs, the construction of Yuling began to end in a hurry, and even the craftsmen began to spontaneously rush the construction period.

Once the son of heaven and a courtier, if the father dies and the son succeeds, it will be fine, but now everyone knows that the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty will no longer be the person who was the prince of the year, who will give Zhu Zhanyan eye medicine at this juncture?

……

Yuling.

Today is the time to send the emperor to the mausoleum, and Zhu Zhan Yan also came, but he was not in the funeral procession, but by himself, and he didn't go in, just watched at the gate of Yuling.

Zhu Qizhen's death, although he did not take the initiative, but the so-called repayment of the father's debt and son's debt, since it was an order from his father, Zhu Zhanzhen naturally carried this pot.

After all, everyone thinks that he, Zhu Zhanyan, is the culprit behind the death of the orthodox emperor.

A murderer who comes over in a high-sounding manner at the funeral of the slain is somewhat disrespectful.

Dead are dead, and Zhu Zhanyan doesn't have the heart to insult people at this time.

In addition to this reason, there is another reason why Zhu Zhanzhen did not send Zhu Qizhen to the mausoleum, that is, Zhu Qizhen did not have that qualification.

The so-called qualifications, in fact, everyone's standards are different, at least for Zhu Zhanyan, this so-called qualification is not determined by seniority.

It is true that his seniority is higher than Zhu Qizhen, but if Zhu Qizhen is an excellent emperor, whether he has outstanding military achievements or loves the people like a son, Zhu Zhanyan is willing to send Zhu Qizhen to the mausoleum, and even carry the coffin for him in person.

However, Zhu Qizhen is obviously unworthy.

Not to mention him Zhu Qizhen, even if it was his father Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji didn't think that the other party had the qualifications to let him send him to the mausoleum.

Just the fact that Zhu Zhanji colluded with Warat in private was enough to make Zhu Zhanji spurn.

In contrast, the old man Emperor Taizong does not need to say that whether it is from the perspective of his grandson or from other perspectives, Zhu Zhanyan is willing to send the spirit, and so is Emperor Hongxi.

As for Emperor Xuande and Emperor Orthodoxy......

Zhu Zhanyan shook his head and smiled, and turned to leave.

……

Ming Changling.

As the first mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty in the Mausoleum of Emperor Shuntian, and also as the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong, the scale of Changling is currently the largest and most respected.

Entering the mausoleum gate, passing the stele pavilion and the Qi'en gate, entering the Qi'en Palace, looking at the incense and the spiritual position that have never been broken in the Qi'en Hall for more than ten years, Zhu Zhanyan sighed lightly.

Picking up the incense candle from the table on the side, lighting it on the ever-bright lamp on the side, worshipping respectfully, and then slowly kneeling on the futon under the spiritual seat, Zhu Zhanyan solemnly kowtowed three times.

Looking at the spiritual position, Zhu Zhanyan seemed to see the figure of the old man, however, ......

Time is the cruelest thing in the world, it brings everything, and it will ruthlessly take everything.

In the past twenty years, the old man's face has become blurred in Zhu Zhanyan's memory, and he can only remember some of it by relying on the portrait behind the spiritual seat, but it is not comprehensive.

The portrait, after all, is still a little worse, not as good as the photos of later generations.

"Grandpa, I'm back again." After kowtowing, Zhu Zhanyan did not continue to kneel on the futon, but turned over and sat down at the bottom of the spiritual seat.

"How many times? This is the third time, right? Unlike you, I came back three times, but I ended up following your path. ”

"You may not believe it, but in fact, I had no intention of taking the throne at the beginning, because the current territory of the Ming Dynasty is too vast, so vast that even two emperors may not be able to govern it."

"Originally, I thought that my cousin might not be as strong as you in terms of external affairs, and he would even give up Annan and even Daning and Kaiping two guards, but it is okay to win in internal affairs."

"After all, my grandson was already famous when he was ten years old, and my cousin can't be a wicked person, so it's okay for me to be a wicked person."

"But I didn't expect that my cousin, and even my cousin's son, would be so jealous of me."

"Of course, it's also possible that I'm actually harboring evil intentions that I don't even notice it......"

"After all, my cousin's son probably wouldn't have ended up in such a situation if I had thought about it."

"It's just that my grandson has a grudge in my heart."

"Back then, everything your grandson did was used by you as a paving stone, paving the way for your cousin's inheritance, but where is my grandson?"

"I know, you will say that the difference is that I am not a concubine, not the son of an uncle, but the son of your second son, King Han."

"I also know that it is the rule passed down by the ancestors that the descendants are different, and the order of the young and the old is the rule handed down by the ancestors, and if it is taken on the basis of the best, although it is the best plan, it will inevitably make future generations have bad intentions."

"But ah, have you ever thought that maybe your grandson is no less than your cousin than Emperor Jianwen?"

"The new grain was brought back by my grandson, and my grandson also put it forward, and my cousin is not as good as me in terms of internal affairs."

"Back then, you drove the expedition in person, and it was your grandson who built the Beijing View against the public, which won the stability of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, and even the lowest price in the history of the tea and horse market."

"Later, Sun Ruo was safe in the south and destroyed the Japanese Kingdom, and now he has expanded the territory of the Ming Dynasty to the point where the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty cannot reach it."

"Where's your grandson?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanyan leaned his head on the incense case, and his face was full of bitter smiles.

"You say, will you feel the same way back then as your grandson does now? After the death of Prince Yiwen, when you learned that Emperor Taizu Gao was going to set up a hairy child as the emperor, did you have the same unwillingness as your grandson today? ”

"However, there is no regret medicine in this world, just as you were in trouble when you started the army, and your grandson also embarked on a road of no return."

"However, my grandson assures you that although my grandson feels tired of being an emperor, since he has done it, he will definitely do it well."

Turning over and kneeling back on the futon, Zhu Zhanyan kowtowed three times again.

"Perhaps, Daming will still go back to the old way, but at the very least, Sun Er has the confidence that our Han people will no longer be bullied by foreigners."

……

It's twilight.

Zhu Zhanyan stood at the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, watching the attendants and palace maids busy, they were moving the things inside.

For Sun Ruowei, Zhu Zhanyan has no heart to do it.

Sun Ruowei's life has always been under heavy pressure, and when she was young, she was pressed by the old man, so that she failed to become the princess, but made Hu Shanxiang the princess under the instruction of the old man.

After the old man died, there was Emperor Hongxi on her head.

Emperor Hongxi's feelings for Sun Ruowei, Zhu Zhanyan didn't know, but he knew that his uncle would not disobey the old man's intentions, that is, as long as he was alive, Sun Ruowei could only be the crown princess, not the crown princess.

Later, Emperor Hongxi died, and Sun Ruowei should have ushered in her glorious moment, in fact, she did begin to climb towards the peak at this time and became the queen.

But in fact, if it weren't for Zhu Zhanji's collusion with Wara, if she wasn't the only one who gave birth to a son for Emperor Xuande, if it weren't for the fact that the Empress Dowager at that time had no way, she wouldn't have been able to become the empress.

You must know that before Sun Ruowei, Emperor Xuande's empress was Hu Shanxiang, and Zhu Zhanyi's concubine was Hu Shanshu, and the two were sisters.

Although the Empress Dowager Zhang does not expect to get anything by virtue of this relationship, it is always better than nothing.

But there is no way, Hu Shanxiang only has two daughters, no heirs, in the case of Emperor Xuande's approaching limit, only by supporting Sun Ruowei can Zhu Qizhen's ascension to the throne be justified.

If there is a spirit in the sky, what will the Empress Dowager Zhang think when she sees this ending now? Will you regret that you didn't let Zhu Zhan inherit the throne as the concubine of Emperor Hongxi, but chose Zhu Qizhen, a mud that can't support the wall?

However, there are no ifs in this world, and since you have chosen, there is no room for regret.

Today, Sun Ruowei is still living under heavy pressure, Zhu Zhanyan's strength makes her breathless, she has worked hard for thirteen years, but in the end it is nothing.

Although he briefly gained power, he quickly lost it, and the original purpose of revenge was not achieved, and now he has lost his only child.

What Sun Ruowei thought, Zhu Zhanyan didn't know, and he didn't care, he only knew that Sun Ruowei personally opened his mouth and asked to go to Yuling to guard the tomb for his son.

In the absence of Emperor Xuande, the Empress Dowager Zhang, and even the orthodox emperor, Sun Ruowei can't make any waves.

Although she is still the queen mother of the Ming Dynasty, she has no bargaining chips, and she has no heirs, and she has no support from anyone, because no one wants to bet on a person who has no future.

Maybe it is precisely because of this that Sun Ruowei chose to guard the tomb for her son, in the past, she regarded her son as a bargaining chip and a tool to gain power, but now, maybe guarding the tomb can make her heart feel better.

For these, Zhu Zhanyan didn't care, and he was happy to fulfill Sun Ruowei.

……

As night fell, the busyness in the Heart Nourishing Hall finally slowly stopped, and Sun Ruowei, who was haggard and had white hair on his sideburns, walked out of the Heart Nourishing Palace.

Now she is no longer in high spirits a few years ago, and the grief of losing her husband and son in middle age may not have completely broken her, but she was also so devastated that she was like a candle in the wind, crumbling.

Finally, he turned around and glanced at the Heart Cultivation Palace, Sun Ruowei was a little nostalgic, and then he turned around and bowed slightly to Zhu Zhanyan.

From beginning to end, the two didn't say a word, Zhu Zhanyan headed towards Donghua Gate, Sun Ruowei towards Xihua Gate, and the two left by mistake.

Tonight, Sun Ruowei will go to Yuling, while Zhu Zhanyan will return to King Wu's Mansion in Shuntian Mansion.

In the past, countless people coveted the imperial palace, which represented supreme power, but it became a borderless land.

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The emperor died, the queen mother guarded the mausoleum, and the government affairs of the court and China were temporarily handled by King Wu, but due to the advanced age of King Wu and the fact that he had not dealt with government affairs for many years, Zhu Zhanqi, the son of King Wu, was temporarily replaced.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, under the leadership of Chen Xun, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Xia Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, all the officials who had been greedy for ink, fornicating with Warat, and embezzling military funds during the orthodox years were all found out.

On that day, more than 1,000 officials were executed, ranging from raiding homes and beheading them to skinning and stripping them of solid grass, and the Chai City on the west side of Shuntianfu, which was the execution ground, could not wash away the thick bloody gas for three consecutive days.

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the imperial court announced an edict to re-establish the ram school as an official school, restart the male ram scholars who were deposed during the orthodox period, and at the same time will hold the imperial examination, martial arts examination and industrial examination at the same time next year.

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the imperial court announced that it would behead the Taishi Ross Yexian at the south gate of the palace.

The people were all excited when they heard the news, and the people gathered outside the Daming Gate that day, and the procession stretched for more than a mile, blocking the Chang'an Street of Shuntian City.

On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, the imperial court issued an edict, the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, Xuande and orthodoxy have no heirs, and Zhu Zhanyong, the king of Yue who is the son of Emperor Hongxi, plotted against him when the emperor died, and wanted to raise troops to go south, and was captured by King Xiang.

Zhu Zhandong, the king of Xiang, was ashamed that he failed to detect Wara's southward movement in advance, and hanged himself after capturing the king of Yue.

Therefore, when Emperor Taizong's second son, King Gao Xu of Wu was the emperor.

However, King Wu was very old, and the affairs of the Xiangzhou Mansion had been handed over to his eldest son, Zhan Yan, many years ago.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanyu, the son of King Wu, succeeded to the throne of the emperor, the year name Tianming, respected King Gao Xu of Wu as the emperor, and announced it to the world.

Tianming Emperor Zhu Zhan Yan enthroned the edict: on the thirtieth day of the winter month of the sixteenth year of orthodoxy, he enshrined heaven and earth in Shuntian, and his blessing said.

The Son of Heaven dared to declare to Haotian God, and the emperor of the earth was only in the past.

I, Emperor Taizu of the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, pacified the heroes, followed Emperor Taizong's northern expedition as a child, and spent more than 30 years under the reign of Emperor Taizong.

However, Qi Zhenhe's heir, following the example of Emperor Taizong's imperial conquest, was captured by the enemy, and Zhu Mingxia was in danger, and the ministers had no choice but to raise troops to the north......

……

The next day, the Spring Festival, is also the first day of the first month of the first year of Tianming.

On the Danqi outside the Qianqing Palace, there were waiting officials, looking at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, although their faces did not change, they could still see the expectation in their eyes.

After a while, Emperor Zhu Gaoxu walked from the gate of the Qianqing Palace, slowly ascended to the Dan Majesty, and came to the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Zhan Yan wore twelve flat heavenly crowns, each with five colors, twelve jade beads; Dressed in crown clothes, five chapters of Tsing Yi, four chapters of silk clothes, nine chapters of the palace, as well as middle singles, knee covers, big belts, jade pendants, small ribbons, big ribbons, socks, and shackles, holding jade gui, appeared in front of everyone.

In his father's expectant gaze, Zhu Zhanyan smiled slightly, walked forward slowly, stood on top of His Majesty, and said loudly.

"Ancestral training, follow the rules of heaven, go to the Sheji altar to worship heaven and earth!"

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End of book.

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