In the eleventh year of Hongwu, at the end of the year.

There are still three days to celebrate the New Year, and the New Year's flavor of Nanjing City is already very strong, the shops are closed, the people are suspended, and the top and bottom have begun to enter the rhythm of the New Year.

However, at this time, the officials and officers and soldiers of the imperial court suddenly became busy, and on the royal road between Zhengyangmen and the palace, they set up colorful buildings one after another, and planted flags and ribbons.

The people of the capital looked at this posture and thought that another general was triumphant and wanted to hold a ceremony to sacrifice prisoners. But I haven't heard of any big battles this year.

In the midst of speculation, on the twenty-eighth day, a scene that shocked the people even more appeared.

On this day, the main gate of the palace was opened, and even the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were dispatched.

There is also King Jin of Qin, who returned to Beijing for the New Year, and led the princes to welcome him.

Not to mention the civil and military officials, there is no shortage of high-grade outpouring of people. Even Prime Minister Hu Cheng, who had been ill for a long time, appeared in the team.

"Who the hell is it? Such a big face? "The citizens of Nanjing were completely confused.

"Before, whether it was General Xu or which general triumphed, at most, the crown prince greeted the emperor in person." Someone said: "The emperor has only greeted him twice, once to welcome the coffin of King Kaiping, and once last year, to welcome the coffin of King Ninghe......"

"Don't talk nonsense, this time it's not the whole army is plain and beaming, something good must have happened." Everyone shook their heads, completely whetted their appetites.

At the end of the day, the mystery was revealed.

His Royal Highnesses, King Yan and King Chu, led the most solemn guard of honor and the most rigorous guard, escorting a convoy carrying books and books to slowly sail from the Jiangdongmen Wharf.

The blue background with gold characters with a big banner with a bucket waving in the wind, and a line of eye-catching gold characters on the book - 'Qinzao Jiangxi Cheng announced the Yellow Book of the Political Envoy Division'!

Under the Zhengyang Gate, Boss Zhu, who had been waiting for him, couldn't help but smile when he saw the big flag.

"It's coming."

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, you finally got what you wanted!" Hu Weiyong, the left prime minister on the side, presented a sycophant at the right time.

At the beginning of the year, he had been complaining of illness at home, but he waited left and right, and did not wait for the edict to punish himself, but waited for the imperial doctor who treated him, and the emperor's order to return to see things quickly.

Hu Weiyong shirked again and again, and saw that the emperor was very resolute and indeed planned to continue to use himself, so he got off the donkey, wrote a letter claiming that he had recovered from his illness and returned to Zhongshu Province.

"This is just the beginning." Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Hu Weiyong, who seemed to be nothing, and said lightly: "There are still eleven provinces in the country that have not been engaged." ”

"It's hard to get started." Hu Weiyong hurriedly smiled and said: "Now that the two highnesses have made a good start in Jiangxi, there are rules to follow in the provinces in the future, and the speed will be fast." ”

"I hope so." Zhu Yuanzhang no longer looked at him, turned his gaze to the escort convoy that was already close in front of him, and said quietly: "I hope everything goes well." ”

At this time, he saw the fourth and sixth children coming out in a row, turning over and dismounting with their hands and feet, and walking towards him quickly. He couldn't help but smile again, and smiled at the prince and the kings: "A pair of unicorns from our family are back. ”

Most of the brothers laughed happily when they heard this, only the third and seventh were smiling there.

However, the targets of the two are different, and the unpleasantness is different.

The third child is unhappy that the fourth child has stolen the limelight again, and the seventh child is unhappy that the sixth child has been in the limelight again. This year, I'm afraid I'm going to have an uneasy life again. People snapped and whipped, he was snapped and beaten, who can stand this?

However, at this time, no one paid attention to the careful thinking of the two, and everyone's attention was on the fourth and sixth children.

Zhu Biao looked at his younger brother excitedly and said, "Oh, I haven't seen the sixth child for a whole year, I really miss him...... Hey, why is he so thin? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang muttered secretly: 'It's broken, I'm going to be talked about again......

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Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the two royal highnesses of King Yan and King Chu came to the palace side by side and bowed to their father. Lao Liu held up a copy of "Shangqin Made Jiangxi Yellow Book", and his voice was like Hong Zhongdao:

"The sons of Yan Wang Di, Chu Wang and Hai Wang Zhen, led Jiangxi civil, military, military and civilian, to present to his father the thirteen mansions of the Jiangxi Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Division, the Yellow Book of Seventy-eight Counties and the Fish Scale Atlas, please visit the Emperor!"

"Okay, okay, I've worked hard." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction, beckoned and said, "The prince is not going to take the yellow book soon." ”

"Yes, Father." The prince hurriedly stepped forward and gave a deep salute to the yellow book convoy behind his two younger brothers, and then took the recital in the hands of the sixth brother and presented it to his father, even if the handover was completed.

Then the two younger brothers followed him into the ranks, but the royal driver did not return to the city immediately, but went east with the yellow book, and came to the large altar not far away to hold the gift of recommending the heavens.

The officials of Zhongshu Province inspected the customs defense, and after confirming that it was correct, the person with the knife carried a heavy wooden box containing a yellow book and a fish scale atlas out of the car and carried it to the altar and stacked it neatly.

Taking advantage of this effort, Zhu Yuanzhang and his son changed their crown clothes in the palace.

The crown dress is the highest level of ceremonial clothing and sacrificial clothing for members of the royal family, and is used for major ceremonial occasions such as sacrificing the Heaven and Earth Temple, Sheji Xiannong, and ascending to the pole for canonization.

When they appeared in front of the hundred officials, the Zhu family Tiantuan was wearing a flat crown and a dark color uniform. Among them, Zhu Yuanzhang has the highest rank, his Pingtian crown has 12 chapters, and his chapter uniform has 12 chapters.

The princes and princes who accompanied the worship wore nine crowns and nine chapter uniforms.

There is also the only county king at present, Zhu Shouqian, the king of Jingjiang, who wears a crown of eight chapters. He is the son of Zhu Wenzheng, who was raised by Zhu Yuanzhang since he was a child and grew up with the princes.

These princes followed Zhu Yuanzhang to the altar and stood in their respective positions. Only the crown prince can accompany the emperor to the altar, accompany him to hold a solemn ceremony to worship the heavens, and solemnly read the sacrifice on behalf of his father.

Zhu Yuanzhang knelt in front of the altar with a serious expression, raised his eyes and looked at the heavens, listening to the sacrificial text he wrote by himself last night, and it was difficult to contain the surging in his heart.

He always vividly remembered that at the meeting before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Liu solemnly told him that unifying the whole country militarily could not be regarded as truly ruling the whole country.

Only by completing the national household census and compiling household registration posts; Complete the country's Qingzhang, compile the fish scale atlas, and then combine the two into one to make the "Enslavement Yellow Book", which represents the return of thousands of rivers to the sea, the world to one, and the authority of the imperial court is far-reaching!

Zhu Yuanzhang deeply thought of this and took these words as a guideline. Ever since he first unified the country, he has always dreamed of doing this.

Unexpectedly, a full decade had passed before the yellow book of a province was completed.

Although there is still a long way to go, Jiangxi, where the situation is the most complicated, has been completed, and the rest of the provinces have no excuse to shirk the perfunctory!

He swore to the heavens that no matter how many people oppose it, no matter how many difficulties he encounters, he will definitely complete the compilation of the yellow book of the whole country, open the foundation for the Ming Dynasty, and let the people enjoy the joy of life forever!

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang personally burned the sacrificial text to heaven......

(End of chapter)