As the sound of the whip sounded, in front of the Huangji Gate of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, a great court meeting finally ushered in after many years!
Due to the construction of Laoshan Palace and Pukou City, the capital of the Ming Empire has actually been moved from Nanjing City to Pukou, Laoshan in the north of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the imperial city in Nanjing remained vacant and became an idle palace. However, because the Ming Dynasty royal family under the leadership of Zhu Cixiang was extremely wealthy and very efficient in spending money, the maintenance and repair of the imperial city did not stop.
Under the auspices of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, the Nanjing Imperial City overhaul project, which took more than ten years, was completed in the 26th year of Hongxing's reign. It is said to be a major repair, but in fact it is almost the same as a major repair.
First of all, the buildings on the periphery of the imperial city, that is, the large number of houses outside Chengtian Gate that originally belonged to various government offices such as the Six Ministries, Nine Ministers, and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, were demolished, freeing up a large area of land - this is the center of Nanjing. The prime location! It is separated from the most prosperous Qinhuai River area by an inner moat... According to Emperor Zhu's arrangement, this land will be used to build residences and shops, and will eventually become a new commercial district! The owner of this land is of course the Ming Dynasty Royal Chamber of Commerce!
Secondly, all buildings within the Imperial City and outside the Forbidden City were also demolished and rebuilt. In addition to the Ancestral Temple and Taisheji Temple being rebuilt in their old places. The land that originally belonged to the eunuchs of the inner palace, the army of the inner palace, the right guard of Yulin, the left guard of Yulin, the Nanjing garrison eunuch's palace, and the Nanjing East Factory were all allocated to the Cabinet Office and the Grand Marshal's Palace - this was used to replace the outside of the imperial city. The land originally belonged to the two governments. However, the two mansions did not build too many buildings within the imperial city, but each built a few rows of bungalows for use.
Thirdly, all buildings in the Forbidden City have also been overhauled or rebuilt. Among them, the three main halls belonging to the front dynasty were all overhauled, while the buildings in the harem were all demolished and then re-planned and constructed. A garden was built, a pond was dug, and rockeries were built, turning it into a royal garden.
The newly renovated Imperial City of Nanjing is vacant most of the year. It is only used for a period of time around the New Year's Eve every year. When the worship of heaven and earth and the memorial to Xiaoling are completed, the Imperial City of Nanjing will be closed.
However, on the second day of February in the 30th year of Hongxing, the first month had clearly passed, and Emperor Zhu had already returned to Laoshan with his court. However, the civil and military officials received the news that day. A grand meeting was to be held in the Imperial City of Nanjing on February 4th, and important news was announced!
Over the years, the Ming court has announced major news from time to time, most of which are good news, but it has never been the same as this time. It cannot be announced in Laoshan Palace, but has to go to Nanjing Imperial City to announce it.
It seems that the news to be announced this time is extraordinary!
And some of the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty already knew what was going on! And those officials who are not very confidential can vaguely guess some... The news to be announced today must be extraordinary good news!
Most likely, the peaceful and prosperous days of the Ming Dynasty are back!
Peace... for people who are suffering from chaos, it is definitely the word that they yearn for the most.
They are the ones who can truly understand what it means to be a peace dog rather than a person in troubled times...
On the fourth day of February, the sky was still dark, and there were strings of carriages and horses outside Chengtian Gate, dotted with white lanterns, neatly dressed civil and military officials, and all the important officials from the three government offices (Cabinet Office, Generalissimo's Office, and Uijeongbu). Gather together and wait for the official meeting.
The officials who entered the square outside Huangji Palace, led by the honor guard of the armored bodyguards, were all beaming with joy and were particularly energetic. Although they all got up before dawn, they were not tired at all.
This is really a good time for people to feel refreshed!
"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived! His Majesty the Supreme Emperor has arrived!" As the loud voice of the edict rang out, the officials standing in the square outside Huangji Gate hurriedly bowed and bowed, shouting long live the mountain.
Then I heard the resounding voice of Ming Emperor Zhu Cixi: "Pingshen, Pingshen!"
Everyone straightened up and looked up. I saw Zhu Cixiang in court uniform. On the throne on the white marble platform outside Huangji Gate, there was another chair beside him, with the 66-year-old Emperor Zhu Youjian sitting on it. Zhu Cixiang and Zhu Youjian, father and son, both had smiles on their faces today, and their faces almost glowed. Seeing the ministers bowing and bowing in obeisance, Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "Today I invite you all to come to the Forbidden City to announce a major event that will be celebrated by the whole world... The night before yesterday, the 600-mile rush in front of the Yunnan Army The military newspaper brought us the good news we had been waiting for for a long time! Hanlong Pass was recaptured by us on the twelfth day of the first lunar month!
So far, the ancestral lands of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are all under the control of the Ming Dynasty! I will be unified again tomorrow! "
"I would like to congratulate the Ming Dynasty, and congratulate His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Supreme Emperor!"
The ministers cheered again!
Zhu Cixiang raised his hand, and the cheers below quickly stopped.
Zhu Cixiang's voice rose again, "Thanks to the blessings of our ancestors and the hard work of all ministers and frontline soldiers, our Ming Dynasty has been peaceful and prosperous at home, and has expanded its borders and territories in the past few years. It has long been a prosperous age. . No one from Zhenguan or Kaiyuan can compare with us! You are all contributors to the prosperous Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers have also contributed and worked hard... I will not be stingy with rewards. As for the soldiers who are not involved in the king's affairs, Not only must they be treated generously and generously, but they must also be enshrined in the shrine of loyal saints and sages, and their merits shall not be forgotten from generation to generation.”
His tone at the beginning was brisk, almost as if he was laughing. Later, his tone became a little more serious: "Mencius said: If you enter, you will be helpless, and if you go out, you will be invincible against foreign patients, and the country will perish!"
Although our Ming Dynasty is already in a prosperous age, it is definitely not a peaceful and prosperous age, and there will never be a peaceful and prosperous age!
Because in today's world, the great powers are rising together, and everyone outside of the Celestial Empire is an enemy and a foreign invader! If you seek peace, you can only get temporary comfort, but you will never be able to maintain a prosperous life forever. If you want to keep the flag of the sun and the moon from falling, and if you want to keep the Ming Dynasty prosperous, you can only stay on guard and wait for the danger, and never seek peace! "Sima Fa" says: No matter how big the country is, if it likes war, it will perish; although the world is safe, if it forgets to fight, it will be in danger. But in my opinion, it is better to be warlike than to forget to fight! Being willing to fight may not lead to death, but forgetting to fight may lead to danger!
With the current prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, those who are warlike must fight far away! Forgetting to fight will allow enemies from far away to approach step by step, which will definitely endanger the mainland in the future.
Therefore, today, although our Ming Dynasty has unity and prosperous times, there is absolutely no peace! From now on, our descendants of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to talk about peace and forget about war! This is the ancestral method that I want to pass on to future generations! "
There is no more peace and prosperity...there is only prosperity, no peace!
However, the civil and military officials present will not be disappointed - most of them have never seen peace and grew up in troubled times and strife.
If it was really peaceful, they would definitely not be used to it.
Moreover, they have all heard the old saying that when a high bird dies, a good bow is hidden; when a cunning rabbit dies, a lackey will be cooked; when an enemy's country is destroyed, his advisers perish!
Although the world is now unified and the Ming Dynasty is extremely prosperous, the enemy country has not been broken!
In the southwest there is the Dashun Empire of India, in the northwest there is the Rakshasa Kingdom, the Republic of Siberia, the Kazakh Khanate, etc., and in the west there is the extremely powerful Roman State...
Everyone still needs to work hard, Ming Dynasty still needs big guys!
Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting next to Zhu Cixiang and "study", nodded gently - he learned the trick again today!
It’s not a good thing to come to Taiping!
If you are too peaceful, you will be at ease, dull, and weak.
Therefore, the country needs enemies, and the Ming Dynasty also needs enemies. If there is really no enemy... just create an enemy!
Zhu Cixiang spoke again at this time: "In three days, I and the Supreme Emperor will lead hundreds of officials to visit the Xiaoling Mausoleum and report to Emperor Taizu Gao the good news that the world will be reunited! After the visit, we will also issue an edict to the world, and the whole world will celebrate!"
