Chang Feng stayed at Jinyi Medical School for a whole day and night.
The next day. August 22, the 23rd year of Chenghua. September 9, 1487 in the Gregorian calendar.
It was late afternoon and the sky was cloudless. The cicadas on the poplar tree beside the school field were making noisy noises.
Chang Feng sat on a chair and took a nap. His captain Shi Wenyi pushed him.
Chang Feng woke up.
Shi Wenyi held a bowl of iced sour plum soup in his right hand: "It's a hot day in Changqianhu. Let's drink a bowl of sour plum soup to relieve your stress."
It was the critical moment of changing dynasties, and Chang Feng had not had time to promote his old brothers.
When today's emperor dies and the new emperor ascends the throne, important events have been decided. Chang Feng will never treat his old brothers badly.
He plans to raise Shi Wenyi as the general flag when the time comes.
Chang Feng just took the sour plum soup. Only a "boom!" was heard! Suddenly there was a thunder in the sky!
Chang Feng looked up and was confused: "There aren't even any clouds in the sky. Why is there thunder?"
Shi Wenyi whispered: "It is said that when the human emperor dies, there must be something strange in the sky. Could it be..."
Chang Feng stood up: "You watch these people here. I'll go into the palace."
Chang Feng came out of Jinyiwei Yamen and rushed to the palace.
As soon as he reached the palace gate, he heard the heartbreaking cries of the palace maids and eunuchs.
The soldiers of the regiment, the soldiers of the capital, and the soldiers of the army and horses guarding the palace gate have all put on the mourning clothes prepared in advance.
Chang Feng asked one of the gatekeepers: "The emperor passed away?"
Baihu said: "Chang Qianhu, you should be called 'Emperor Daxing'. It was Emperor Daxing who passed away!"
According to the ancient system, after the emperor died and before his posthumous title was determined, he was called "Emperor Daxing".
Baihu asked: "Chang Qianhu, do you want to enter the palace?"
Chang Feng nodded.
Baihu took out a set of filial piety clothes and handed it to Chang Feng: "Change into it, otherwise you won't be able to enter."
Chang Feng changed into mourning clothes and went to Qianqing Palace instead of the East Palace. Emperor Daxing passed away, and Prince Zhu Youtang must be at Qianqing Palace.
At the gate of the Qianqing Palace, kneeling were all the princes, elders of the three cabinets, officials of the six ministries, generals and nobles. The cries of the ministers shook the sky.
The first assistant, Wan'an, a seventy-year-old man, dressed in mourning clothes, rolled on the ground like a child, with his hands hanging on the bluestone, crying loudly.
Chang Feng wants to enter the palace. But Xiao Jing blocked his way.
Chang Feng said: "Eunuch Xiao, I'm here to see His Highness the Crown Prince."
Xiao Jing said, "It's time for you to change your name to 'Your Majesty' or 'Emperor'. According to the rules, when the Emperor of Daxing dies, the Crown Prince is still the Son of Heaven even though he has not held the enthronement ceremony!"
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "Yes. I'm here to see Your Majesty. Due to major changes, I am temporarily in charge of General Han. I want to ask for Your Majesty's instructions regarding the funeral ceremony."
Xiao Jing shook his head slightly: "Chang Feng, today is different from the past. Your Majesty is not just a little brocade guard like you who can see you whenever you want."
"Your Majesty has a message for you - just go home and recharge your batteries. Zhu Ji will take care of the funeral ceremony."
Chang Feng felt disappointed: Did he abandon me like a worn shoe just after he became the emperor?
Xiao Jing saw Chang Feng's disappointment.
Xiao Jing comforted him and said, "I'm sorry. Your Majesty asked you to rest and recuperate at home, so you can be of great use!"
"When the funeral is over and the new emperor's enthronement ceremony is over...your big job is about to begin!"
"Don't forget what job you are doing! You will be busy then!"
After saying this, Xiao Jing pouted at the mourning ministers.
Chang Feng suddenly realized: "I understand! I, Chang Feng, obey your Majesty's will. Go home now and recharge your batteries."
Chang Feng turned and left.
When passing by the ministers kneeling on the ground, what Chang Feng saw was not the heads with beam crowns, but the shining silver ingots.
In the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Youtang knelt in front of the body of Emperor Chenghua, grief-stricken.
When Concubine Wan Gui died, his grief was feigned. This time it's true.
After all, he is his biological father.
As for whether there is any trace of joy in addition to the grief, only God knows.
The forty-one-year-old Daxing Emperor Zhu Jianshen had already put on a golden winged crown and a bright yellow robe.
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty in later movies and TV dramas all wore golden silk crowns and bright yellow dragon robes.
In fact, the attire from head to toe was used for the burial of Emperor Daxing.
Especially the golden winged crown, this thing is a real underworld weapon.
The Daxing Emperor Zhu Jianshen was a complicated man.
He experienced the downfall after the Tumubao Incident, and experienced the loss and recovery after the Gate Seizing Incident.
After going through ups and downs, he ascended the throne and became the emperor of tomorrow. The first thing he did was to rectify the internal affairs.
The political struggle between the father and the emperor's uncle made the officials panic. The first thing he did was to vindicate Yu Qian, who helped the emperor's uncle to defend the capital.
He reused virtuous ministers such as Shang Ren, Li Bing and others. Forget about the old sesame seeds and rotten millet.
At that time, Ming Dynasty was surrounded by powerful enemies.
He recognized talents with a keen eye and recruited many famous generals such as Zhao Fu and Wang Yue. Even the eunuch Wang Zhi, who was reused in the later period and received mixed reviews, can be regarded as a trumped-up Huo Qubing.
He first put down the rebellion of the Yao people in Guangxi and changed "Dateng Gorge" to "Duanteng Gorge".
The following year, the Tatar tribe Maori rebelled and attacked Guyuan. He appointed Zhu Yong as the general who suppressed Hu, went to suppress the rebellion, and won a complete victory.
The Jianzhou Jurchens in the northeast repeatedly killed Han people and robbed Han caravans, showing disobedience.
In the third year after he ascended the throne, he launched the "Chenghua Liting", which almost wiped out the Jurchen clan in Jianzhou and has been in decline ever since. It won more than a hundred years of peace for the Northeast of the Ming Dynasty.
He took the initiative to attack the grassland tribes many times and launched cavalry raids against cavalry. Sweep away the humiliation of Tumu Fortress.
He attached great importance to water transportation and dredging canals. Use the south-to-north grain diversion method to provide relief to disaster-prone provinces in the north.
Each of these, one by one, are the achievements of Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen that cannot be erased.
However, in the later period of his reign, he only favored Concubine Wan Gui. As a result, the inner palace and foreign relatives interfered in the government affairs.
The cabinet was papered over, and the elders of the three cabinets and other mediocre officials seized power.
He ruled the world with his slaves. Set up guard eunuchs everywhere. The town supervisors went around doing evil and amassing money.
He is superstitious about strange powers and chaos. Demonic monks, evil spirits, and alchemists made the harem a mess.
Officials in the DPRK and the Central Government competed to offer aphrodisiacs and elixirs in order to obtain high positions.
Officials at the upper level regard it as their ability to catch fish and lie flat, and their actions are effective. Local officials also ring the bell every day as a monk. Leading to the decline of the country.
Looking at history books, there are actually no "loyal ministers" and "treacherous ministers" in the absolute sense.
There is no such thing as a "wise king" or a "faint king" in an absolute sense.
For example, later generations of readers read historical novels. Don't just think, "He burned the blueprints of Zheng He's treasure ship. He deserves death and is worthless."
Don't always think, "If he reuses civil servants, he is a foolish king and should be infamy for eternity."
Everyone who is recorded in history books has his strengths and weaknesses. He has done bad things and good things.
It's just that the ratio of long to short, bad to good is high or low.
Black and white people don't exist. History is not a stage, and it does not differentiate between pure white faces and red faces.
All in all, if you compare the great emperors of later generations vertically. Zhu Jianshen was a good emperor who had done wrong things.
Let's say that Chang Feng returned home and went directly to the bedroom and lay down on the couch.
Liu Xiaoyan was surprised: "Why are you back? Emperor Daxing is in mourning. Why are you running home if you are not busy in the palace?"
Chang Feng sat on the pillow with his hands, eyes closed and half lying on a quilt made of fine Suzhou and Hangzhou silk.
He said softly: "The funeral has nothing to do with me, and the enthronement ceremony has nothing to do with me either."
"I just want to hold you in my arms at home and get some sleep to recuperate your energy."
"I'll be busy after the enthronement ceremony is over."
Liu Xiaoyan asked: "What are you busy with?"
Chang Feng said: "What are you busy with? Busy searching the house! Watch, your husband will raid a Taicang bank!"
