King Qin said something, which seemed to mean nothing, but in fact it contained a lot of information.
Chongzhen can naturally analyze the civil servants of Prince Fu's Mansion.
King Qin's words were a warning to King Fu. Whether King Fu would listen or not was not something King Qin could consider.
At this moment, Chongzhen wanted to know what choice King Fu would make.
For King Fu, there are a lot of unofficial histories. As someone who has traveled from later generations, he naturally knows what rumors and frame-ups are.
The most rumor is that Li Zicheng made it into Fu Lu Tang, but this has been overturned.
In 1924, King Fu's tomb was unearthed, and the epitaph recorded that King Fu's body was intact. This is recorded in historical materials such as "History of the Ming Dynasty. Biography of King Fu" and "Liu Bandits".
The second is the rumor that King Fu weighs more than 360 pounds, which is even more unbelievable.
Based on the medical conditions at the time, this excessive obesity could cause a large number of complications, and the probability of living to the age of 55 was too small.
You must know that Wanli liked King Fu very much, which triggered a dispute over the country.
Although there is a factor that children are more important than mothers, if they are not good-looking, well-behaved, smart, or fat, how could Wanli like her so much?
Finally, it is said that King Fu was ambitious. There is no record in history that King Fu participated in the battle for the foundation of the country.
"Records of the Ming Dynasty" records that King Fu refused the emperor's rewards many times and donated money to the court many times.
After King Fu's death, the news returned to Beijing. Chongzhen suspended the court for three days and said in pain and tears: I can't protect my uncle! Blessing King Zhu Changxun was given the posthumous title of King Fugong.
He also sent someone to send 20,000 taels of silver to Huaiqing to Zhu Yousong, and held a cabinet meeting to say that the death of King Fu was his fault.
All these are enough to prove that King Fu is not stupid, and is even extremely smart.
Naturally, I can understand the meaning of King Qin's words, but I don't know how to choose.
If King Fu can take the initiative to defect, and coupled with the public opinion caused by the sale of the land of Prince Qin's palace, there is a high probability that other princes in the clan will follow suit to preserve the palace.
If this was the ending, he wouldn't need to bother to solve the clan's problems, or violently attack the clan.
He could kill other princes, but not Prince Fu.
That was his uncle, his father's younger brother. Emperor Wanli had only been dead for seven years, but he had already attacked his son, which had a huge impact.
Chengzu took action against his nephew. Even though Chengzu brought the Ming Dynasty to a new level, many history books still called him a traitor to the Yan Dynasty and a traitor to the rebellious officials.
Therefore, when the two kings met, it was considered that they were deliberately arranging flowers and flowers, but unintentionally arranging willows and willows to create shade.
"If King Fu changes sides, this will be a great help to me. To thank you, I will definitely give you a big mansion."
Chongzhen murmured to himself while holding the fold, and then fell into deep thought.
If all the princes defect, what will happen to the clan? Opening up four industries? Or become an official in the court? Or the princes' palaces may still be imprisoned, but the family property may be confiscated...
Thinking that Chongzhen was in trouble again, he hoped that Prince Fu would not switch sides and let him clean up violently and kill half of them. There were too many princes now.
After thinking for a long time, Chongzhen gave up without making a decision.
"Big companion, ask Li Ruolian to send a message to Chen Quan, telling Chen Quan that on the way to Beijing, whoever the King of Qin wants to see, or which prince wants to see the King of Qin, can do it, but he must be present."
"In addition, let the cabinet draft an edict. If King Fu violates the laws of the Ming vassal, he will be fined one year's salary. The left and right officials of the palace will each have twenty sticks to serve as a warning."
"As for the Chief Secretary of Henan Chengxuan...forget it, that's it!"
When King Fu went out of the city to meet the two kings, Luoyang and Henan Cheng announced that there was nothing they could do about it, because of King Fu's identity.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen felt much happier.
The days passed day by day, and when there were still seven days left before the time to worship the heaven, the Ministry of Rites and the Qintian Supervisor told him that the emperor would fast for seven days in advance.
He was asked to stay alone, not to drink alcohol, not to eat meat, not to visit the sick, not to mourn, not to listen to music, etc.
For this reason, Wang Chengen was pulled over by the Qintian Supervisor and the Ministry of Rites for a day of training. After returning, he became very talkative.
There are only two rules, neither this nor that.
He could only stay in Dongnuan Pavilion every day, reading the book and sleeping.
On the day of offering sacrifices to heaven, at a quarter of the hour, the Taihe Bell in the Zhai Palace rang.
The ceremonial guard set off from the Qianqing Palace. Sun Chuanting, wearing a bright armor, followed behind him. He pressed the sword with his left hand and moved like a dragon or a tiger.
Along the way were the sergeants of the 21st Guards. They were all in high spirits and were much different than they were more than a month ago.
When we arrived at the Temple of Heaven, all the fourth-rank officials in Beijing were already waiting. The bells of Taihe stopped ringing, the drums started, and the ceremony to worship the heaven officially began.
PS: In the 13th year of Jiajing reign (1534), the Circular Qiu was renamed the Temple of Heaven.
As the saying goes, the great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs.
Rong means military, which is a powerful guarantee for a country's peace and prosperity.
Chongzhen was already rectifying the military affairs, opening martial arts departments, hiring famous generals, and setting up a firearms research institute. A strong army was just around the corner, so what was left was to consolidate power.
Sometimes, power and strong soldiers may not completely consolidate power, so the sacrifice was born.
Sacrifice is a major festival for worship and communication with gods, which represents the source of power and the orthodoxy of rule.
From another perspective, who is qualified to serve the gods? It also represents who is qualified to rule the world on behalf of the gods.
By monopolizing sacrifices, the rulers took back the rights of ordinary people to communicate with gods. There was only one store and no other branches.
So an extremely complicated and grand ceremony was born.
The first item is to welcome the Emperor God...the second item is to lay jade and silk fabrics...the ninth item is to look forward to Liao.
It took nearly an hour for the heaven-sacrifice ceremony to be completed.
After the guard of honor returned to Dongnuan Pavilion, Chongzhen sat down on the pillow, and Wang Chengen poured a cup of tea and handed it over.
While gently lifting Chongzhen's legs, he whispered: "Your Majesty is tired. This is the first time. Once you have experience, it will be easier to handle!"
Chongzhen's hand holding the cup shook subconsciously, and he took a long breath after drinking a cup of tea. He was really tired.
The ritual music alone has been changed to nine types, such as the music of neutrality, the music of solemnity...all the way to the last song of time and harmony.
In that situation, even if he was an emperor, even if he traveled from later generations and knew that there were no gods, he would not dare to be careless.
I can only follow the rhythm of the chief of ceremonies and keep prostrate and kneel down.
He calculated that he had prayed more than seventy times and kowtowed nearly two hundred times.
If he hadn't exercised every morning for more than three months, he probably wouldn't have been able to stick to this ritual.
As far as he knew, at this moment of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, all the original sergeants of the 21st Guards were brought out just by lining up to escort them.
A set of ceremony to offer sacrifices to heaven cost a total of 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver, and nearly a thousand taels of firewood were used to cook the animals during the sacrifice.
I don’t know if anyone among them was corrupt, but it is enough to see the importance of worshiping heaven in ancient times.
It also fully demonstrates the efforts made by those in power to maintain their rule.
This reminded him of a poem: It's a pity that the front table is empty in the middle of the night, and I don't ask about the common people or the ghosts and gods.
If there really are gods, then why have there been constant natural disasters and starvation for thousands of miles in all dynasties? Doesn’t anyone understand such a simple truth?
In the final analysis, it is all the deception of the ruling class and the cognitive gap of the people. From this aspect, his task still has a long way to go.
He wants to create a new Ming Dynasty. When people encounter natural or man-made disasters, the first thing they think of is the court, instead of praying to heaven.
Wang Chengen, who was beating Chongzhen's legs on one side, heard Chongzhen's sigh and thought that Chongzhen was too tired. He quickly said something. After hearing this, Chongzhen became interested and revived with full health.
