Taishi Gong said: 'Agriculture, the foundation of the world, is a great matter. ’

Successive rulers have attached great importance to agriculture. Since the Han Dynasty, every February, the emperor has to hold a pro-ploughing ceremony; In March, the queen held a silkworm ceremony to show her practice and persuade farmers to teach mulberry.

In this dynasty, Emperor Hongwu was born as a peasant who had experienced famines, and naturally he would not be an exception.

In the first year of Hongwu, he set the auspicious day in February every spring, and the emperor personally sacrificed the ancestors and cultivated the fields.

In February of the following year, the first agricultural altar was built in the southern suburbs of Nanjing, and the grass was shared later. And under the altar of the first farmer, he opened up an acre and three points of land cultivated by the emperor himself.

The day before the ploughing, Zhu Yuanzhang personally went to the Huagai Hall to inspect the grain seeds and farming tools used in the ceremony, and then fasted for one night.

Subsequently, these things will be placed in the Dragon Pavilion and carried to the Xiannong Altar first.

On the morning of the ploughing, the emperor and the crown prince put on the most solemn crown robes...... It was worn by Qin Shi Huang, and there was a beaded curtain hanging in front of him.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao rode the dragon chariot, and under the guidance of the Fa Jia Lu Book, they led the ministers and officials who accompanied the sacrifice to the Xiannong Altar.

When he arrived at the Xiannong Altar, the emperor worshiped the gods of Xiannong Tai Sui, Fengyun and Thunderstorm, Wuyue and Five Towns, Four Seas and Four Blasphemy and Zhongshan in turn.

After the worship was completed, the emperor and the crown prince changed their cloth clothes and shoes in the Gufu Palace, and went down to the fields to bow and plow.

In the first agricultural altar, the drums rang out in unison, and the words were sung.

Two elderly petunias, two farmers holding the plow, the emperor holding the plow in his left hand and the whip in his right hand, performing three pushes and three returns. The prince followed closely with a green box in his hand, sprinkling the grain seeds.

The so-called three pushes and three returns are to plough the land back and forth three times, which is a piece of cake for Boss Zhu's old style, and it ends without even sweating.

Then the emperor ascended to the ploughing platform, condescendingly watched the three dukes and nine qings from the ploughing accept the plowing and whip in turn, and perform the gift of five pushes and five returns and nine pushes and nine returns.

"Actually, you can't grow crops with this kind of pretense." On the high platform, Zhu Yuanzhang said to the prince: "When we go back, Ying Tianfu Yin has to take the old farmers and carefully plough the land again, rake it finely, and level it again, so that it can be sown seriously." ”

"Ritual is a symbol." Zhu Biao smiled and said: "If it is according to the actual situation, we will not be able to go back tonight." ”

"We can make a show, but your brothers can't do it...... Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Next time, we will use their harvest to sacrifice the ancestors, but we can't cheat." ”

Although there were only the two of them on the viewing platform, Zhu Biao couldn't help but look left and right.

"Don't worry, you are measured." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the monkey show under the viewing platform, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened to them over there?" Didn't delay the spring ploughing, right? ”

"Settled in. The brothers went to the fields, herded cattle, and cooked, each performing their own duties and living a small life. Zhu Biao said distressedly: "I can only eat two meals a day, and I am dark and thin." Especially the sixth child, there is only one thin chin left. ”

"Isn't that a bad thing?" Zhu Yuanzhang said happily: "His brothers are going to practice." Let's let him follow, mainly to lose weight. ”

"Dad, do you look like that?" Zhu Biao shook his head speechlessly.

"Okay, don't talk about that." Zhu Yuanzhang immediately changed the topic and said, "Then do they have salt to eat now?" ”

When I ask this, I mean that I still care about the health of the rest of my sons. It's not just about one label.

"Yes." Zhu Biao nodded.

"They don't have any money, where do they get the salt?" Zhu Yuanzhang became suspicious again. "It can't be that Han Yike secretly gave it to them, right?"

"The sixth will pick some herbs when the cattle are herding, and the fifth will go to the market to exchange things." Zhu Biao hurriedly explained. He knows the truth, but he must help hide Lao Zhu together.

"Han Yike is so brainless, he doesn't know how to secretly stuff some salt for them, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang changed his angle and said angrily: "What if those boys can't get salt?" Your body will be swollen! ”

"...... "Zhu Biao is this sweat, if he tells the truth, his father will definitely scold Han Yike for cheating."

The lesser of two evils. At least in Lao Zhu's place, it is better to be regarded as a dead brain.

"What else did he report besides his brothers?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"Nothing more." Zhu Biao shook his head.

"It's just an elm lump!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily again: "Doesn't he think about it? Let's give him the right to play secretly, is it just to take care of the prince conveniently? Why don't you say something else by the way? ”

"Maybe Han Zhixian didn't find anything for a short time after he took office." Zhu Biaodao.

"It's been half a year, not short." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head categorically and said: "Besides, he is attached to Guo Zhixian, what can Fengyang Mansion hide from him?" ”

"It could also be that it's really peaceful." Zhu Biao said softly.

"Boss, do you believe this?" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Our pro-army governor's mansion is dirty, can Fengyang's hometown be clean?" ”

"Alas......" Zhu Biao sighed.

He actually didn't understand why his father was so obsessed with digging black material from Fengyang?

Because it is obvious that even if the black material is dug up, it cannot be thoroughly investigated, but it may startle the snake...... Unless you're ready for a showdown with the Xungui Group.

But now, Wang Baobao is still alive, Yungui has not recovered, and the younger brothers have not grown up, and it is obviously far from the time for a showdown.

"Biao'er, our old Zhu family doesn't have a long life. You're forty-eight years old, how many years do you have to live? Don't always protect your brothers. Zhu Yuanzhang also sighed, looked in the direction of his hometown in the north and said: "I have to force them to hurry up and become a tool, so that they can be on their own sooner." Only then can our Zhu family's country be stable and pass on. ”

"Yes, Father." Zhu Biao nodded, he had read history books and naturally knew that Daming was about to reach the most dangerous juncture of a new dynasty.

At this time, the reign was short, the people's hearts had not yet been completely attached, and the idea of 'the Son of Heaven, the strong soldiers and strong horses' remained in the hearts of a generation.

Moreover, the world has not yet been appeased, and it is impossible to completely purge the meritorious and powerful ministers who hold military power and power. And these heroes and ministers are also aware that their fate has reached a crossroads, and they don't know whether they are waiting for them, or are they always the monarchs and ministers?

At this time, these heroes and powerful ministers who have gained wealth by taking risks are the easiest to take risks again.

It's just that the founding monarchs are often the most capable of fighting and being able to suppress them with their great prestige among the military and the people.

But after the death of the founding monarch, or the dying of old age, it often enters a dangerous outbreak phase. If it doesn't survive, the new dynasty will be completely finished.

There are countless examples of this, why did Qin II die? Why did Liu Bang drag his dying body to Pingyingbu.

How was Cao Wei usurped by the Sima family? Why do Song Qi Liang Chen change frequently? and the Sui Dynasty, which was also short-lived later.

In fact, the Xuanwumen change in the Tang Dynasty, standing on Li Yuan's standpoint, was not a mutiny against his own regime by the military merit group coercing the second child?

After listening to so many books, it is impossible for my father not to realize that this huge crisis is approaching the Ming Dynasty that he worked so hard to create.

"The children of the poor are in charge early! Send a message to Ping Bao'er and ask him to find a way to make it more difficult for your younger brothers and speed up their growth! Zhu Yuanzhang finally instructed: "For example, find a way to let them cut off their food......

Zhu Biao almost fell off the viewing platform when he heard this.

Dad, be a man......

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