In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, on October 21, the sky was high and crisp, and there were no clouds.

Today is the Wanshou Festival, the most lively day of the year in the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, so the birthday of Emperor Hongwu, as the parent of the people, was celebrated by the government and the opposition.

Daming Palace, Yingtian Forbidden City.

It's early winter, and the weather is getting cold, but it doesn't hide the festivities at all.

Under the early morning sun, it is the busy palace people in the palace.

Today's eunuchs and palace maids can wear festive clothes without being blue and purple, and shuttle between the crimson palace walls.

In the early morning, the palace guards of the palace were majestically arranged on the east and west sides outside the noon gate, hunting with flags outside the Fengtian Gate, and the guard of honor was solemn.

Gong Weisi displayed the guard of honor in the east and west of Dan Majesty and the east and west of Danqi, and placed the ceremonial car strategy in the south of the Wenlou and Wulou.

The three major halls of the front palace, the Fengtian Palace, the Huagai Palace, the Hall of Honor, the lanterns are colorful, and there is a little more festive color in the solemnity.

When the auspicious time comes.

Cracking sound.

A flurry of firecrackers rang out in the palace.

At this time, there were already cannons and other thermal weapons, but they did not choose to fire firecrackers because Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was wasteful, so he chose to set off firecrackers like the people.

After the sound of firecrackers, the musicians in the palace first follow the song of a hundred birds, inside and outside solemnly, only hear the sound of mid-air and singing, if Luan Feng Xiang set.

The vassal kings and officials of the third rank and above, as well as some foreign envoys, sat in the hall, and other officials sat in the two corridors outside the hall, and all kinds of food were placed in front of each of them, including ring cakes, oil cakes, jujube towers, fruits, wine, and so on.

Just waiting for the arrival of the Holy One today.

Today's Zhu Yuanzhang rarely wears a bright yellow dragon robe, the dragon robe is woven by cloud brocade, mainly yellow Ayaluo, embroidered with dragon, Zhai pattern and twelve chapter patterns.

On the top of his head, he wore the most noble crown, twelve crowns.

The number of twelve is not only in line with the perfection of heaven, but also symbolizes the highest of the four hours and months, the most of the morning and evening hours, implying the supremacy of the Son of Heaven.

After Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he emphasized the prestige of the Han officials, and the Zhu dynasty in history lasted for 276 years, and the lofty status of the crown and crown was maintained for 276 years, until Aixinjue Luo entered the Central Plains, and the crown system was abolished.

However, on weekdays, Zhu Yuanzhang rarely wears twelve crowns.

In recent years, he has chosen the crown, but today, he wears the most solemn twelve crowns.

"The emperor has arrived!"

With the screaming of the celebrant and the eunuch, the noise in the hall suddenly fell silent.

From the Mukden Temple, all the way to the wide square outside.

There were thousands of feudal kings and officials, large and small, each wearing grand auspicious clothes, and they all stood up and looked ahead.

Zhu Yuanzhang's guard of honor slowly appeared in the sound of drums.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Inside the hall, outside the hall, all the vassal kings, civil and military officials, knelt down together, and the mountain shouted long live.

The guard of honor stopped, and Zhu Yuanzhang slowly got down from the imperial chariot and slowly walked to the supreme position......

Zhu Yuanzhang walked very slowly, but very steadily.

The white marble steps, step by step, came to the throne of the Fengtian Hall among the prostrate courtiers on both sides.

"Congratulations to our emperor on his long life!"

The vassal kings of all walks of life, civil and military officials, once again shouted like a tsunami.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at it slowly, and said with a smile: "Get up!" ”

"Long live thanks!"

There was another mountain shouting and tsunami sounds, and His Royal Highness had more than a thousand civil and military personnel slowly getting up.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat down on the dragon chair and gestured to the eunuch beside him: "Let's start." ”

The eunuch immediately sang in a screaming voice: "Long life feast, start!" ”

……

Spring and Palace.

This is the residence of the prince of the Ming Dynasty, located on the left side of the Fengtian Palace, and there is a plum tree planted in front of the palace.

It's early winter, and the plum trees are already beginning to bear flowers, swaying in the chilly breeze, quietly waiting to bloom.

Different from the bustle of Fengtian Temple, it is peaceful here.

Zhu Xiongying is bathing and changing.

Today's everything, he and the old man have already discussed.

not only recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors, but also canonize the grandson.

Before leaving, the old man asked him if he was afraid. Of course, Zhu Xiongying replied that he was not afraid, but the nervousness was real.

From today onwards, he will ascend to the throne of the prince.

Through the Ming Dynasty, in fact, he didn't do much, and a large part of it relied on the old man, and everything now also stems from the old man's love.

This made Zhu Xiongying even more grateful in his heart.

He will never live up to the love of the old man, nor will he live up to the Ming Dynasty.

was stunned, only to hear the old eunuch beside him whisper: "Your Highness, let the slave maid change your clothes for you." ”

The old eunuch's name is Li Zhong, and he is the personal eunuch of the late prince Zhu Biao.

When Zhu Biao was alive, he was kind to everyone, including the old eunuch Li Zhong, so Li Zhong can be said to be loyal to Zhu Biao and desperate.

When Zhu Biao left, the old eunuch fainted directly from crying.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang saw it in his eyes and wanted him to return to his hometown, but when his eldest grandson returned, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about letting Li Zhong come back and continue to serve his eldest grandson.

When Li Zhong saw Zhu Xiongying again, he couldn't help crying.

Today, Zhu Xiongying is going to wear the most solemn crown dress.

The crown dress is very exquisite.

The crown clothes of the crown prince and the crown grandson, the prince, the prince and the prince of the county are consistent with the form of the emperor's crown dress, but there are strict differences in details such as color and pattern, such as the crown prince and the prince all use the crown nine chapters, but the crown prince and the prince as the prince use the same Xuanyi as the emperor, while the prince can only use Tsing Yi.

The crown dress is also quite complicated to wear, if Zhu Xiongying comes by himself, I'm afraid it will not be easy to handle.

Fortunately, there are eunuchs to help Zhang Luo.

Zhu Xiongying only needs to open his arms and admire himself in the full-length mirror in front of him.

This full-length mirror is naturally the mirror that Zhu Xiongying brought to the court last time, not to mention that this thing is in the palace, but in the homes of dignitaries and nobles outside the palace, which one does not have a few faces?

In fact, Zhu Xiongying only now found that the ancient copper mirror was not as unbearable as he imagined, but it was too precious, you must know that at this time, even the copper for refining copper coins was not enough, and the mirror surface was yellowed, and it was impossible to make a large mirror, compared with the glass mirror, the disadvantage was obvious.

Under the care of several eunuchs, Zhu Xiongying gradually put on the crown clothes.

Wearing a black robe, the material is silk, yarn, thread, etc., dark cyan, woven with Zhai pattern nine, a total of 138 pairs, between the small wheel flowers, collar, jacket (cuffs), placket (placket side), placket (bottom edge) are all red, decorated with gold cloud and phoenix pattern.

The middle single is made of jade yarn or thread, and the collar is woven with 11 black patterns.

Cover the knees with the color of the clothes, weave the second class of Zhai pattern, between the small wheel flower three, the edge of the ornament weave gold cloud phoenix pattern.

Yugui is seven inches long and has a grain pattern.

There are also jade leather belts, large belts, large ribbons, jade pendants, small ribbons and green socks, green scarves, etc......

Looking at himself in a crown dress in the full-length mirror, Zhu Xiongying couldn't help but smile.

Daming's service is just good-looking!

Although there are many accessories, they do not look bloated, especially under the restraint of the jade belt, which is more slender and not angry.

Think that Jinyiwei's flying fish suit can look so good, let alone the crown suit of the prince?

Zhu Xiongying couldn't help but admire the wisdom of the ancients.

"Your Highness......"

Looking at the heroic Zhu Xiongying in front of him, Li Zhong suddenly couldn't help choking: "If the prince is still ......"

Although he is just a lowly eunuch, he also has his own feelings, everything he has is dedicated to his master, his original master was the crown prince Zhu Biao, and now his master is Zhu Xiongying, who is about to become the grandson.

While he was grateful, he was more relieved.

The crown prince must be very happy to learn that his eldest son has returned, and he looks as heroic as him!

Zhu Xiongying glanced at Li Zhong, he could feel the old eunuch's affection for his father, and his heart couldn't help but feel warm.

In history, there were many bad eunuchs, especially in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, which became more and more obvious, which led to the change of Tumubao Wang Zhen, the head of the Eight Tigers Liu Jin, Feng Bao of Wanli, Wei Zhongxian and so on.

Moreover, eunuchs have given people a distorted, non-yin and non-yang image since ancient times.

But we can't completely deny the character of the eunuchs, they are the victims, most of the eunuchs are from poor backgrounds, and the vast majority of the eunuchs are the lowest, among which there are naturally many loyal and conscientious eunuchs.

And now it is the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang's control of eunuchs can be said to be the strictest in all dynasties.

Zhu Xiongying didn't say anything, just patted Li Zhong on the shoulder that he deliberately lowered.

But this gentle pat made Li Zhong burst into tears.

Li Zhong hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "Your Highness, the slave combs your hair!" ”

After putting on the tiara, the next step is to put on the tiara.

The crown is naturally extremely exquisite, the Son of Heaven wears twelve crowns, and the prince wears nine crowns, second only to the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Xiongying sat down on the stool pushed by the eunuch, and his long hair in the mirror was like a waterfall.

Li Zhong took an ivory comb and carefully combed it on the top of Zhu Xiongying's head, letting the long hair flow like flowing water......

On the side, a eunuch carefully dragged a board, on which was placed a nine-fold crown with black as the main color.

Nine crowns, with paulownia wood as the board, covered in the outside, Xuan Biao Zhuli, front round and rear, front and back respectively, each with five colors of reeling (zǎo, with algae) through red, white, green, yellow, black five-color jade beads nine. Use jade hengwei crown, fill the ears with Xuan Zhen (dǎn) at both ends, use green jade beads, and bear white jade at the bottom.

Zhu Xiongying finished combing his hair, inserted a golden hairpin, and tied Zhu Hong and Zhu Ying on both sides.

Then, Zhu Xiongying stood up, walked to the Jiuhan crown, held the Jiuhan crown with both hands, and slowly put it on the top of his head.

The nine crowns were slightly heavy, and the nine jade strings in front of him somewhat blocked the view, but they also covered Zhu Xiongying's face, making Zhu Xiongying look difficult to see, and dignified and majestic.

At this point, everything is ready, just waiting for the old man's summon......

……

In the Temple of Fengtian.

The longevity feast has begun.

The eunuch sang: "Princes, grandsons, pay homage to the Holy Emperor!" ”

More than a dozen vassal kings immediately stepped forward, all of them full of spirit and vigor, but the princes and grandsons who had not yet become a vassal behind them were a little inferior.

Zhu Yuanzhang on the dragon chair looked at the princes and grandsons who were lined up for three full rows, and couldn't help but smile on his face.

"Son, I wish my father (imperial grandfather) a thousand years of good luck and a long life!"

Dozens of descendants bowed down and congratulated their birthdays loudly.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and hurriedly waved his hand: "Get up, it's cold on the ground, get up quickly!" ”

"Emperor Xie (Imperial Grandfather)!"

Dozens of children and grandchildren then stood up and returned to their seats.

The eunuch sang: "Xin Guogong, Ying Guogong, Song Guogong, Liang Guogong and other ministers of various ministries and courts, pay homage to the Holy Emperor!" ”

In an uproar, the civil and military officials above the third rank of the Beijing Division stood up one after another, and the thousands of officials outside the hall also stood up and faced the saint in unison.

The four people at the head, Tang He was already gray-haired, and he was still holding a cane in his hand, Fu Youde and Feng Sheng on the side were in good spirits, and Lan Yu, who was still in the prime of life, was even more heroic.

"Ministers, congratulations to the emperor on his auspiciousness and longevity!"

More than 1,000 people chanted in unison, and the cry shook the sky.

Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, thank you, thank you!" ”

"Emperor Xie!"

After the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty thanked them again, they stood up.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to Tang He, who was the leader, and said: "Tang He, we haven't seen us for a few days, but we want to die!" ”

Tang He arched his hand and smiled: "Your Majesty, my brother also misses you, after receiving the emperor's holy decree, my brother is happy, and he came from Fengyang to ask the emperor for this cup of birthday wine!" ”

"Good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Let's have wanted to meet you for a long time, let's talk about the old days, sit down quickly!" Serve! ”

All the civil and military officials sat down one after another.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood, stood up, and said loudly: "Rank ministers, as well as children and nephews, decades ago, you followed us from birth to death, founded the country and started a business, you can be called heroes through the ages, we thank you, after the founding of the country, you also helped us take care of the country, we also thank you!" ”

"Here, dry this wine!"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his glass.

"!"

"!"

The cheers came and went, and the princes and grandsons, civil and military officials, raised their wine glasses one after another, and drank the glass of wine with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Today is Halloween, the emperor is happy, and they are naturally happy.

And the emperor is a martial artist, and he is already heroic, if you are restrained, it will make him unhappy, so the big guys are very open.

After three rounds of drinking, it entered the link of offering birthday gifts.

The young and the old are orderly.

After the prince left, Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, did not let go.

The birthday gift he presented was a bronze tripod of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which means prosperity for thousands of years, which is not precious.

And the next Jin King Zhu Li presented a map of the mountains and rivers drawn by himself, implying that the mountains and rivers of Daming are eternal.

Next, it was the turn of King Yan, Zhu Di.

Zhu Di held a box, stood out proudly, and arched his hand: "Father, this is the birthday gift of the son!" ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "Fourth, what are you going to give us?" ”

For Zhu Di's gift, Zhu Yuanzhang still has expectations.

"A flag!"

Zhu Di said loudly, opened the gift box, and saw an old flag rolled inside.

Crash!

Under the curious gaze of everyone, Zhu Di shook off the flag, only to see a yuan character written on it!

"This is the banner of the Mengyuan thief, the son of the thief, the son of the son, went deep into Mobei last year, killed more than 7,000 people of the Mengyuan thief, and captured the banner of the Meng Marshal, hereby dedicated to his father!"

"Please rest assured, my father and emperor, there are sons and ministers, and Hu Er will not dare to go south to herd horses!"

Zhu Di knelt down on one knee and said proudly.

"Haha-"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "We said, those who clear the desert, Yan Wang!" Looks like we're right! ”

"Thank you, Father!"

Zhu Di stood up.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who didn't want to look at Zhu Di, sighed and said, "Fourth, your face doesn't look very good, are you okay?" ”

Because of Zhu Biao's matter, Zhu Yuanzhang is even more concerned about his son's body.

At this time, I saw that Zhu Di's face was blue, not as ruddy as before, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask.

"Son...... Erchen is fine, but he ate the wrong thing two days ago and had a stomach ......"

Zhu Di said on his lips, but he was complaining in his heart.

Didn't you gnaw a big melon that made you pull your stomach for three days, and now your legs are soft, can your face not turn blue?

Not good!

If this matter reached the ears of my father, wouldn't it be too much of a joke?

Du Te relied on that demon monk......

(End of chapter)