On August 7th, Queen Ma passed away in Kunning Palace!
The next day, all civil and military officials performed a consolation ceremony in full uniform.
In the early morning of the next day after hearing the funeral, all the civil and military officials in Beijing went to the right gate in plain clothes and came in in mourning clothes. Afterwards, they performed the condolence ceremony in plain clothes, which lasted for three days.
The wives of first- to third-grade civil servants and first- to fifth-grade military officers are required to wear plain clothes to the Qianqing Palace and wear mourning clothes for the ceremony. Gold, beads, silver, jade jewelry and makeup are not allowed. Mourning wears linen hijab, linen shirt, linen skirt, and linen shoes.
Originally, both civil and military officials and married women had to wear mourning clothes. The mourning clothes started from the day of mourning and could not be lifted until the twenty-seventh day. After that, all civil and military officials and their wives were still required to wear plain clothes, and they could not start wearing light-colored clothes until one hundred days had passed.
Civil and military officials and married women abroad must also wear mourning clothes, the same as officials in Beijing.
Ordinary people, both men and women, must wear mourning clothes for three days and plain clothes for twenty-seven days.
The world is pure!
From the date of the obituary, slaughtering in Beijing was prohibited for 49 days, and slaughtering outside the country was prohibited for 27 days. Stop music and worship for a hundred days, stop marrying officials for a hundred days, and stop soldiers and civilians for one month.
However, Empress Ma was kind and did not want to burden the world with one person, so before she died, she asked Lao Zhu to issue an order: all civil and military officials, married women, and senior soldiers and civilians should only wear plain clothes for three days, and then wear the same clothes.
Although Empress Ma was merciful, she only allowed the world to mourn for three days before allowing the soldiers and civilians to resume their normal lives. However, the common people felt that Empress Ma loved her people as her own children, and countless people in the capital spontaneously continued to stop all slaughtering, music, and marriages, and every household wore mourning clothes to commemorate this queen who was the most important person in history. A unique queen.
In front of Queen Ma's memorial hall, Lao Zhu held Queen Ma's coffin and cried like a helpless child. Although he was the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, few people could understand his grief at this moment.
Perhaps Zhu Biao and Han Du, who were standing behind Lao Zhu, could understand something.
Lao Zhu lost his only spiritual support, while Zhu Biao lost his mother.
Han Du deeply understood that he had lost someone who loved and cared for him. If it weren't for Queen Ma, Lao Zhu, who valued his face more than his life, would never have allowed himself to snatch the bride, let alone hold An Qingxia's nose to marry him. No matter how talented he is, Lao Zhu will not hesitate to raise the butcher's knife. After all, it’s not like Lao Zhu has never seen talented people in his life, let alone killed them!
Even later, he was imprisoned several times. The reason why he was safe in the end was because of Queen Ma's help behind the scenes. Otherwise, even if he was a cat with nine lives, he wouldn't be enough for Lao Zhu to kill him.
Faced with the death of Queen Ma, the reaction of the ministers was even more intense. During the court meeting, the ministers burst into tears, even crying more sadly than Zhu Yuanzhang.
Why did ministers react so strongly? Even sadder than Zhu Yuanzhang who lost his beloved wife? There is naturally a reason for this. Especially for the founding ministers of the Ming Dynasty, if they were asked to choose the person they were most grateful and admired in their lives, that person would definitely not be Zhu Yuanzhang. In the Ming Dynasty, the person who was most supported by the ministers was none other than Queen Ma.
When Empress Ma passed away, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally sad, and his tears showed his true feelings. But for the ministers, they were even more sad because the only person who could dissuade Zhu Yuanzhang was gone. Without Empress Ma's dissuasion, what would Zhu Yuanzhang have become? These ministers have followed Zhu Yuanzhang for decades, so they are naturally worried about the future. In fact, the reason why these ministers were so sad was not only sad about the death of Queen Ma, but also worried about their own future.
Even though the Ministry of Rites was in charge and the internal officials were in charge of Queen Ma's funeral, Lao Zhu still stayed away from court for ten days. This was unique in the thirty years that Lao Zhu was emperor.
Ten days later, Lao Zhu was filled with grief and ordered to give Queen Ma a posthumous title: Queen Xiaoci. Buried in Xiaoling!
Although Empress Ma repeatedly requested that her funeral be simple, Lao Zhu decided to hold a grand funeral for Empress Ma. Although this was something Empress Ma didn't want to see, Lao Zhu still made up his mind to do it.
And all the officials were grateful for Queen Ma's kindness, so naturally no one objected.
At the beginning, all processes went as expected. After the people in the capital heard about Queen Ma's death, they were very sad, and many people also spontaneously mourned her.
But no one expected that on the day of Queen Ma's funeral, a strong wind suddenly came and it started pouring rain. The sudden arrival of heavy rain affected the travel of the funeral procession. Moreover, if there is a forced funeral, Queen Ma's coffin may get flooded. For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang kept pacing back and forth in front of the door, feeling very unhappy in his heart.
Because in his opinion, this is a very unlucky symbol. Moreover, he did not want to change the date of the funeral. Zhu Yuanzhang, who became more and more angry as he thought about it, finally broke out, raised his fingers to the sky and shouted: "If the rain doesn't stop, everyone present will have to be buried with him."
Everyone was frightened when they heard this, because with Lao Zhu's temper, it was indeed possible for him to do such a thing. Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, not daring to provoke Lao Zhu again.
Zhu Biao wanted to stand up and admonish his father. But before he could stand up, Han Du from behind grabbed him by the lapel and dragged him down to his knees again.
Zhu Biao turned back angrily and glared at Han Du, meaning: "What did you do to pull Gu? Didn't you see that your father was going to kill him?"
When his mother's funeral was held, Zhu Biao did not want to see his father go on a killing spree.
But Han Du shook his head slightly and gave him a look: If you go up to persuade your father, will you be able to persuade him? Or do you think you have Queen Ma's ability to calm down your father who is in a rage? Besides, you are still the eldest son of your mother. On such a day, can you still ask the emperor to change the time of the funeral?
At this time, anyone can stand up and dissuade him, but Zhu Biao cannot.
The time of Empress Ma's funeral was strictly calculated by Qin Tian Jian and could not be changed easily. Except for Lao Zhu, no matter who wants to change the time, it is disrespectful to Queen Ma.
Not only Zhu Biao couldn't stand up, but Han Du himself couldn't either. Otherwise, an unfilial reputation will inevitably fall on oneself.
The Ming Dynasty was founded on filial piety. If a person is accused of being unfilial, his whole life will be over. If Han Du is labeled as unfilial, he will inevitably be dismissed from office.
Even Zhu Biao will not be able to maintain his position as prince.
Filial piety was the foundation of a person's morality in the Ming Dynasty. For a person who doesn’t even have filial piety, naturally everything else about this person will be denied!
But now the situation is critical, Lao Zhu has raised the butcher's knife. If no one dissuades him, countless people will be killed.
After all, the rain is God's business. God knows when it will end and whether it will be delayed.
Although other officials had no unfilial concern, they could not bear Lao Zhu's anger. If they stood up, they would probably be chopped down by the furious Lao Zhu before they even opened their mouths.
Han Du looked around among the people and suddenly saw a group of shiny bald heads. These are the monks praying for Queen Ma, and there are also a group of Taoist priests on the other side.
Han Du didn't have time to pay attention at this time. His eyes were fixed on one person in the group of monks, Monk Zong Li!
The old monk seemed to notice a feeling like a light on his back, and subconsciously glanced back.
If the old monk knew that Han Du was watching him behind his back, he would never look back today. And since he turned back subconsciously, it can only mean that he didn't read the almanac when he went out today.
When Monk Zong Lai met Han Du's eyes, his heart couldn't help but beat violently.
Before Zong Li could bear to look away, he saw Han Du winking at him, asking him to persuade the emperor.
Zong Long's scalp suddenly went numb. How could he dare to stand up and persuade the emperor at this time? Although he was affectionately called a scholar by Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu appreciated his knowledge very much, and Lao Zhu often summoned him to the palace to lecture on scriptures. But precisely because he had been in contact with the emperor countless times, he knew the emperor's temper very well.
Anyone who stands up to dissuade you at this time is seeking death!
Although the old monk is old, he still doesn't want to die. Therefore, he pretended to look back as if nothing had happened.
Han Du saw that Monk Zong Lai was playing this trick with him and pretended not to see his signal? Han Du couldn't help but become angry. He stared at Monk Zong Li, and all the vicious thoughts appeared in his mind.
Monk Zong Lai suddenly noticed an unpleasant feeling coming from behind, and he immediately understood that he could not avoid today's disaster.
Secretly proclaiming a Buddhist name, he sighed and turned back, looking towards Han Du.
"What's the benefit of a poor monk trying to dissuade the emperor?"
"What benefits do you want?" Seeing Zong Li lowering his eyebrows in submission, Han Du looked at him happily.
"I haven't thought about it yet, I will let you know when I do."
"make a deal!!!"
Zong Long turned around helplessly. Although he had agreed to Han Du, he had not yet decided what to do.
Just as Monk Zong was thinking hard, a flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind.
Monk Zong Lai suddenly walked out of the team. Such an action naturally attracted everyone's attention. All the officials looked at Monk Zong with admiration. After all, those who dare to stand up at this time are at least not afraid of death.
Even Lao Zhu turned to look at Monk Zong Li, but Lao Zhu's face became increasingly ugly, and he was about to burst out with anger.
However, Monk Zongli looked calm and walked up to Lao Zhu without any fear. Then he said something to Lao Zhu: "The rain is falling, the sky is weeping, and the thundering ground is mourning. All the Buddhas in the West send Ma Tathagata together."
When Han Du heard this, he would have wanted to praise Zong Lai if it wasn't for the solemnity required at this time.
What does Monk Zong Lai mean by this sentence? The meaning of this sentence is: This heavy rain was caused by the old man crying. Because of the passing of Queen Ma, the old man felt sad and cried. Because God was so sad, the rain never stopped.
After listening to what Zong Lai said, Zhu Yuanzhang's anger surprisingly subsided.
Lao Zhu naturally did not want to kill so many people, and Queen Ma had always advised him not to kill innocent people indiscriminately and to be considerate of his subordinates. Even after Empress Ma is gone, these words still influence Zhu Yuanzhang. Moreover, today is the funeral of Queen Ma. If so many people are really killed and buried with her, Lao Zhu will definitely feel guilty towards Queen Ma.
What Zong Di said just gave Zhu Yuanzhang a step down.
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