"It is not easy to govern the country, it is difficult to govern the country, I have performed for more than 17 years so far, whether it is the cabinet, the six ministries, the ministers, or the princes, it is because of your concerted efforts and diligent efforts that there has been no chaos in the country in the past 17 years.

Zhu Youzhu leaned on the pillow, smiled and affirmed everyone present, and then put away his smile, looked at the top of the bed and said slowly: "If I don't take a holiday today, I know that the deadline is coming, but I can't rest assured in my heart, the queen is a woman, and the prince is still young. ”

Liu Jian's tears flowed out, he got up from his seat, and then knelt on the ground, and said with tears: "The old minister dares not to do his best." ”

The rest of the people also got up, and then knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty obeys Your Majesty's orders. ”

Emperor Hongzhi turned his gaze, looked at Zhu Houzhao, and said word by word: "Zhao'er, you kneel down and prepare to receive the will." ”

Hearing this, everyone's expressions were dazed, expecting that this was to record the edict, Zhu Houzhao's stopped tears had a tendency to flow out again, he forcibly knelt down, fell on the ground and kowtowed: "Erchen takes the order." ”

Everyone buried their heads heavily, and the eunuch took out a pen and paper and began to record.

Emperor Hongzhi seems to have already made a good draft, and said slowly: "I bow down, look up to Pixu, and ascend to the great treasure for seven years, respect the heavens and the people, be filial and reasonable, and be conscientious all night, but the first emperor is entrusted with fear, but now the illness is dying, the Buddha can rise, the common sense of life and death, although the sage can not be disobeyed, and the succession is unified, what are the regrets?"

The crown prince is wise and benevolent and filial, and the nature is natural, and it is appropriate to be the emperor, and he guards the law of his ancestors, filial piety to the two palaces, and goes to study and cultivate virtue and make the virtuous envoy to use his lover, not arrogant or slack, and the ministers of Shenwai are assisted by their concentricity to protect the cause of the sect for thousands of years. ”

This edict did not surprise anyone, Zhu Houzhao is the emperor, it is a sure thing, but after this edict was said by Emperor Hongzhi, everyone cried in unison, and then they all kowtowed heavily, "The ministers obey Your Majesty's edict!" ”

"In addition. After I am gone, the funeral is all simple, the day changes to the month, the 27th is released, the sacrifice is used to be ashamed, there is no ban on music to marry, the prince of the clan is sent, and he cannot leave his country, and the town guards, the general army, the governor, and the envoy of the capital, the political envoy, and the officials of the three divisions according to the inspector, strictly seal the territory, pacify the army and the people, and do not leave their posts without permission.

On the day of the funeral, he only cried for three days in the morning and evening, and sent officials to the incense on his behalf. The yamen below the four grades in all provinces in the world are exempt from incense, and the edict is made known to the salty envoys in the world. ”

After that, Emperor Hongzhi was silent, only the cry of the ministers in the dormitory, and the sound of the eunuch's writing, and waited for a while, the eunuch recorded the edict, and then walked to Zhu Houzhao, and then bowed to the ground, raised the holy decree with both hands, and waited for Zhu Houzhao to receive the decree.

But at this time, Zhu Houzhao couldn't cry anymore, and the whole person was lying on the ground crying heartbreakingly, where could he still take care of receiving orders.

Seeing this, the eunuch had no choice but to say, "Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to accept the order." ”

However, the response was still only Zhu Houzhao's self-conscious crying, and the rest of the ministers couldn't help but be moved, although the prince is absurd, but benevolence and filial piety are not lost, but this is a testament, according to the rules, the prince must accept the order, and now it is extremely inappropriate.

So the ministers present all kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao, "Please accept the decree of Your Highness." ”

Zhu Houzhao was still crying, tears flowed all over the ground, and he couldn't listen to anything.

Seeing this, Xia Yuan, who was kneeling in front of him, had no choice but to reach out and pinch him, which made Zhu Houzhao come back to his senses a little, and took the holy decree with tears and snot, opening his mouth but not knowing what to say, even if he knew what to say, he couldn't say it at this time.

Zhu Youjiao, who was lying on the couch, looked at him like this, the sadness in his eyes flashed, and then he smiled reluctantly: "Take care of your life and use your life, don't be ashamed of your ancestors." ”

After being silent for a while, he said, "All the Qings, stand down, Rong Zhen will explain some more words to the prince." ”

All the ministers kowtowed together, and then whimpered and cried and got up and walked out, Xia Yuan also turned around and planned to go out, but was stopped by Emperor Hongzhi, "Juzheng and stay." ”

"Obey."

Xia Yuan turned back and fell to his knees again.

Emperor Hongzhi's face was already very pale at this time, and the ruddy that had surged up before had been pulled out of the slightest, and he said that he wanted to explain things to the prince, but his eyes were looking at Xia Yuan, and he said with a smile: "I always dream these days, I dream of the first emperor, I dream of Taizong, I dream of Taizu, they all say that I am a good emperor."

Xia Yuan didn't know why the emperor said this, and he didn't have time to think about it, his heart was chaotic, so he just knelt and listened.

"I could have done better, if I had met you at a younger age, I would have been able to see that the change had been made, and when I could see the fleet that went to the Western Ocean to bring back the overseas immortal seeds, unfortunately, I couldn't see it."

The people who listened to Xiao Suo and Lonely in that tone were sour, and Xia Yuan kowtowed heavily: "Your Majesty has been extremely active for seventeen years, diligent, and recuperating with the people, he is a generation of saints, and the name of Hongzhi should be the world of Zhongxing!" ”

Zhu Youzhu just laughed when he heard this, his eyes looked misty and trance-like, "Whether it's the Holy Monarch or Zhongxing, it's not what I want now, after I'm gone, I have to hurry up and marry Houzhao, give birth to a grandson to me, Ju Zheng also wants to give birth to a grandson to me, I want to give my grandson and grandson a name now." ”

"According to the genealogy of the grandson, it should be the word, so it will be called Zai Yong, Yong is the city base, I hope to be my Ming city base.

Grandson, I don't know that there can be a spectrum in the family, so I give a Sheng, Sheng: Said Chengye, I hope that my grandson can do everything in the future. ”

Xia Yuan's heart couldn't stop being sour, and he said with tears in his eyes: "The son of the son is grateful for Sheng'er." ”

Everything was arranged, everything that should be said was said, and the last trace of strength of Emperor Hongzhi at the moment seemed to have been stripped out of his body, he leaned back on the pillow, and his eyes looking at the top of the bed became more and more dim,

"Taizu and my father have come to pick me up, and the foundation of my ancestors will depend on you to take care of it in the future."

It seemed to be talking to herself, and it seemed to be saying to someone, but when she said this, her lips just opened and closed slightly, but she couldn't make a sound anymore, Queen Zhang was the first to find out, and hurriedly pounced, "Husband, husband!" ”

In the hall, in a remote corner, a historian held a pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote a paragraph: "March 24, the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, is the day of Jihai, and it is uncertain, and it collapses in the Qianqing Palace. ”

Xia Yuan knelt on the ground in a daze, and the floor under his knees was extremely cold and infiltrating in this spring season.

There was a cry in the ear, and there was also a cry outside the hall, and the cry was one after another, long and sad, and it lasted for a long time.

(End of chapter)