The parade, composed of the triumphant soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the captured new officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners, went straight along Yifengmen Inner Street, and soon reached Gulou Street and Taiping Street, and then turned around and walked to Nanjing. Outside Hongwu Gate in the Imperial City.
The Grand Duke and Emperor Zhu Heji, who had returned to Nanjing one day in advance, had already put on the most formal and complicated imperial robes and was sitting in the carriage of a six-horse four-wheel carriage - this The four-wheeled carriage was extremely exquisitely built. The bright red carriage was decorated with carvings and paintings on the outside. Small pieces of flat crystal glass produced by the "Crystal Palace" were installed on the carriage's windows.
Queen Qiu Shuzhen also wore formal dark blue Zhai clothes and a phoenix crown on her head. She sat next to Zhu Heji, with a faint smile on her charming face, looking solemn and majestic.
Behind the emperor's carriage that Zhu Heji and Qiu Shuzhen rode together was Zhu Tianwang's carriage, which was also "Jia Liu" and was of the same level as Zhu Heji's carriage. They are all driven by the emperor!
Although Zhu Tianwang, a "twenty-five filial piety" father, gave up the throne to his son, he still had to be crowned the Supreme Emperor.
Moreover, he is also an emperor who can serve as a supervisor from time to time and has real power over his own vassal state. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a deputy emperor.
Behind King Zhu Tian's carriage were four vassal-level carriages pulled by four horses, belonging to Princess Kunxing, Zheng Jing, Princess Ming'an Li Wenji, and King Zhu Lingyu of the Tang Dynasty. After Zhu Heji became emperor, the four of them Their titles are all set at the "lord level", and they are all hereditary and irreplaceable lords!
Among them, the Tang king Zhu Lingyu was actually the second son of King Zhu Tian and the half-brother of Zhu Heji. King Zhu Tian was originally from the generation of Ju, and was the same generation as Chongzhen. But he was one generation younger after he was "adopted" to Chongzhen, so his second son would also have to be one generation younger after he was adopted back to the Prince of Tang's palace. He could not be counted as the Qi generation, but the age generation.
As for the vassal titles of Princess Kunxing and Princess Ming'an, they will all fall into the hands of Zhu Heji's sons in the future - Princess Kunxing only has a daughter, Zhou Yubing, who is Zhu Heji's noble concubine, so Princess Kunxing will be given the vassal title sooner or later. It will be passed to Zhou Yubing's son. . And Li Wenji... sooner or later won't she be Zhu Heji's "dish"?
Therefore, among the four vassal kings, only Zheng Jing is a real vassal king with a different surname!
After the carriages of the four princes (princesses), there was a string of carriages and officials on horseback. These were the carriages of high-ranking officials of the imperial court.
According to the "New Daming Rites" formulated by the Academy of Academic Affairs, when performing the great sacrifice ceremony, the emperor's chariot is drawn by six horses, the chariots of the princes (vassal kings) are drawn by four horses, and the chariots of the officials (officials) are drawn by three horses. pull.
Regardless of the emperor, princes, or officials, they can choose to ride a horse instead of a chariot during the ceremony... The ceremony of riding a horse always requires one person to ride a horse.
In addition, there are no regulations on the number of horses used to pull the carriages used outside of the big festivals. You can use as many horses as you like.
When the triumphant soldiers and the captured Eight Banners soldiers arrived outside Hongwu Gate, Yan Yuan, who was guarding the emperor's chariot, saluted Emperor Zhu in the chariot and loudly reported: "Your Majesty, the heavenly soldiers and prisoners of war have arrived. "
Zhu Heji nodded and asked in a pretentious manner: "Has the auspicious time arrived?"
"The auspicious time has come."
Zhu Heji smiled and said: "Then let's go to the tomb of Emperor Taizu!"
"yes!"
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As the melodious music sounded, Zhu Heji's carriage, led by the cavalry guards who opened the way, left Chaoyang Gate in the inner city of Nanjing, and then headed for Xiaoling Mausoleum on Purple Mountain.
From Chaoyang Gate to Xiaoling, there were no ordinary people walking around to watch. Both sides of the road were heavily guarded. Every post at every five steps and every sentry at ten steps were all military officers and students from the Xiaoling Guard Academy. Each one of them was carrying a flintlock gun, watching the carriages and carriages of the emperor, princes, and officials passing in front of them, watching the triumphant soldiers led by their senior brothers, and watching the Eight Banners soldiers captured by the soldiers of the Great Tomorrow. Everyone had extremely excited expressions on their faces.
They have caught up with a big era! As an officer, being able to catch up with such a great era is really a blessing that has been cultivated in eight lifetimes!
Soon, like those senior brothers, they will get the opportunity to make contributions and become the pillars of the new Ming Army!
Zhu Heji, who was sitting in the carriage, was as excited as them at this time. He took out a hardcover version of "The Law of the Ming Dynasty" with slightly trembling hands. This is not a draft, but a "covenant with the world" that was finally implemented by Zhu Heji after repeated discussions by the Academy of Academic Affairs and the Advisory Council, and several rounds of revisions... In fact, it is A constitution!
And half of today's grand ceremony was held for this "Great Ming Convention"!
Zhu Heji will carry this covenant with him to the top of the mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and report the matter to Zhu Yuanzhang alone. I have to read the clauses in the "Da Ming Covenant" to my ancestors one by one. After reading it, the hardcover version of "The Law of the Ming Dynasty" had to be burned in front of the treasure top - so that Zhu Yuanzhang could study it carefully below.
Of course, whether Zhu Yuanzhang agrees or disagrees, both Zhu and Ji will implement this agreement.
Because the future belongs to Zhu Heji and the new Ming Dynasty, not to Zhu Yuanzhang and his old Ming Dynasty... The new Ming Dynasty is not a traditional feudal dynasty, but a bourgeois empire!
Of course, this empire still had to operate under the guise of the Celestial Empire. After all, the brand name of Ming Dynasty still has a certain influence in areas around China!
And this is also in line with Chinese tradition, so the internal and external resistance to its implementation is relatively small.
In addition, this covenant is also an acknowledgment of the series of results produced by the great turmoil and changes that have occurred for decades since the end of the Ming Dynasty!
To put it more clearly, Zhu Heji turned the great turmoil since the late Ming Dynasty into a social revolution, a social revolution that conformed to the interests of the bourgeoisie and promoted the development of capitalism.
The "three principles", "the world is for the common good" and the "equal land system", which are written into the "Ming Dynasty Covenant", will undoubtedly greatly promote the development of capitalism in the new Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, this "Da Ming Convention" is the product of this revolution, a symbol of the success of the revolution, and it also means the beginning of a new era of "Three Original Principles" and "The World is for the Common Wealth".
And when Zhu Heji's own life comes to an end sometime in the future, this "Da Ming Covenant" will become the unshakable ancestral law of the new Ming Dynasty!
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"Emperor Taizu, the book I have in my hand is the "Da Ming Covenant"... There are eighty-eight articles in total. I just read them to you one by one."
At this time, Zhu Heji was already standing in front of the crown of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, holding the "Ming Dynasty Covenant" in his hand. There was a brazier at his feet, and paper money was burning in the brazier - these paper money were also burned. Given to Zhu Yuanzhang, this is a "red envelope" for Zhu Heji's descendants to honor their ancestors.
A certain filial son and grandson sighed and said, "Although I know that you will definitely not agree with the content, I still want to implement it!"
Zhu Heji laughed and said to the stone wall on the top of the treasure: "Because I am actually the founding emperor! When your Ming Dynasty was passed down to me, it has nothing but an empty name! And I am not The real grandson of Zhu San... So my world was built from scratch! And the world that was built is the hardest. So I am the ancestor who is qualified to set rules and make covenants for future generations. So I The rules of the Ming Dynasty are not the "Ancestral Instructions of the Ming Dynasty", but the "Covenant of the Ming Dynasty".
Now I will burn it to you. Although you will not agree with it, you still have to protect me and my new Ming Dynasty! "
After saying this, Zhu Heji threw the "Da Ming Covenant" in his hand into the brazier, and then bowed towards the stone wall.
From this moment on, the old Ming Dynasty founded by Zhu Yuanzhang came to an end. The new Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Heji completely replaced it!
