Nanjing was the capital of the Ming Dynasty, with six ministries, the Supervisory Yuan, the Fifth Military Governor's Office, the General Administration Department, the Twenty-fourth Supervisor, the Hanlin Academy, and the Imperial Academy.
Although the relative staffing is smaller, the quality level is the same as that in Beijing.
And due to historical reasons, although the Six Ministries of Nanjing are under the control of Beijing, Beijing's control over Nanjing has actually been reduced to the extreme. Otherwise, the entire Southern Zhili would not have been corrupted to this extent.
There are many corrupt officials, those who go through the back door and buy things with money. Money clears the way, power is escorted, officials protect each other, they plunder the people, and they are extravagant and lustful.
As the saying goes, the Cross Yamen opens to the south. If you have reason but no money, don't come in. This is a true portrayal of Nanjing.
"These dog officials really deserve to be killed!"
Chongzhen said harshly in the carriage, but still held back the murderous intention in his heart.
But what surprised the people was that Luan Jia did not enter the palace, but went around it.
"What is the emperor going to do? Not enter the palace? Is it because the palace has been unoccupied for a long time and he wants to live outside the palace?"
"You really have something wrong with your mind. It's a palace. It's cleaned every day even if no one lives in it."
"Hey, it seems that Luan Jia is traveling in the direction of Purple Mountain. Why is the emperor going to Purple Mountain? To overlook Nanjing?"
"Have you forgotten? The Xiaoling Mausoleum of Taizu and Empress Ma is at the foot of Mount Everest in Dulongfu at the southern foot of Purple Mountain. When the emperor entered Nanjing, the first thing he did was to pay homage to Taizu and Empress Ma."
"Maybe, but I think the emperor probably told Taizu before going to Xiaoling that he was going to attack the officials in Nanjing!"
"Okay, stop guessing. Based on what the emperor did in Suzhou, the officials in Nanjing will not be able to escape. It will happen sooner or later!"
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Amid the discussion among the people, Luan arrived at Xiaoling.
The commander of the Xiaoling Guard who guarded Xiaoling and the senior officials of the Xiaoling Guard immediately came forward to salute. Although at this time, judging from the exposed Xiaoling Guard lineup, although their combat power was not as good as that of the frontier army, they could definitely defeat them. Suppress the guard army.
Standing in front of the nearly nine-meter-high Xiaoling Monument of Divine Merits and Virtues, Chongzhen was full of emotion as he looked at the nearly 3,000 words of Taizu's life merits on the stele.
It was a twist of fate. In his previous life, he came here just for tourism, but now he came to worship as a descendant of the mausoleum.
The Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty not only held a lofty status in the Ming Dynasty, but even after the slaves entered the country and established the Qing Dynasty, many kings of the past dynasties came to pay their respects in person.
During Kangxi's six tours to the south, he visited Xiaoling in person five times. During Qianlong's six tours to the south, he went to Xiaoling to knead incense and offer wine. They all performed the ritual of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.
These are all what he heard from the tour guide. He doesn’t know whether they are true or not, but the fact that Xiaoling Mausoleum is listed among the top ten most popular Chinese cultural heritages is enough to show that the Qing Dynasty protected Xiaoling Mausoleum.
After sighing with emotion, Chongzhen walked up. Even in this situation, the mausoleum in the cemetery is majestic, filled with smoke, magnificent pavilions, pine trees, and occasionally immortal deer flashing in the forest, which is extraordinary.
Along the way, we passed the Royal Bridge, the Coffin Gate, the Jinshui Bridge, the Xiaoling Gate, etc., and arrived at the Xiangdian Hall used for sacrifices.
At this moment, in front of the Xiang Palace, the eunuch and his people have been waiting for the funeral. There are three major sacrifices and five minor sacrifices every year, so there is no need to prepare the sacrifices in advance.
After an extremely complicated etiquette process, Chongzhen was so tired that he almost couldn't stand up straight. After all, he was the first emperor in a century to come to pay homage in person.
After the memorial ceremony, Chongzhen waved his hand, and the accompanying Fang family took a small box and handed it over. Chongzhen took the box and whispered: "Send the order, with Xiang Hall as the center, no one is allowed to approach within a radius of 100 meters."
"My slave obeys the order!"
After the Fang family responded, they whispered a few instructions to the surroundings. The footsteps slowly left, and the surrounding area of Xiangdian became quiet. Only the paper money burning in the gold bucket made a slight sound.
Chongzhen sat on the bright yellow futon without any image, took out a stack of paper money, and threw them one by one towards the gold bucket.
"Taizu, this junior... descendants have come to pay homage to you!"
"It's our first time meeting you, so I don't have anything to bring. This junior brought you a good thing."
As Chongzhen spoke, he opened the box next to him, took out a small seal, and placed it on the long case. It was the 'Jade Seal of the Nation' that he got from Chahar Lindan Khan.
"Taizu, over the past two thousand years, dynasties have changed. You are the most righteous in taking the throne, but you cannot avoid the cliché. You sent someone to find the jade seal to pass down the country. This junior brought it to you. I can understand your wish."
"Taizu, the Ming Dynasty has been around for more than 260 years. Since the founding of the ancestors, there have been occasional resurgences, but it has been in decline.
In the battle of Tumubao, tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty elites were killed, and the civil servants, military officers and nobles were even close to being broken.
Later, a few more weird emperors appeared. They were either Oedipus or a city slut. They were either professional cultivators or addicted to women. There were also lazy people with advanced cancer and professional carpenters.
If the younger generation had not come by chance, the Ming Dynasty would have been ruined in more than ten years. "
Chongzhen sat on the futon and complained about the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and gave a general account of their "shocking" actions.
"Taizu, what I just said to you is the clone of the descendant of the Chinese descendants of the future generations. Next, I will talk to you as a descendant of the Zhu family and the sixteenth generation emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Taizu, more than ten years later in history, the slaves entered the customs and the Ming Dynasty fell. Since ancient times, there has been no dynasty that will never decline. The change of dynasties is understandable.
But after the slaves entered the customs, all kinds of massacres and enslavement were just for the sake of political rule.
However, the subsequent emperors either shelved the Ming Dynasty's 'artifacts', banned them, or burned them, which led to the invasion of foreign enemies two hundred years later. They signed various treaties that were humiliating and humiliating the country. The territory was ceded step by step. China suffered decades of humiliation and Slavery.
So much so that decades after the country was overthrown, the land of China was engulfed in war, and tens of millions of people died.
Now that I'm here, those things will naturally not happen again. I can only raise my butcher knife high and swing at the ancestral system you once established. I have partially abolished the system of exempting scholars from paying taxes, abolished the system of guards and military households, and the vassal king system. wait,
Today's Jiangnan has been corrupted. Although Nanzhili cannot be said to have become a country within a country, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, dominating and dominating the people.
Today is different from the past. I want the Ming Dynasty to stand at the top of the world. Those ancestral systems should be changed... Since the emperors of all generations have not had the courage and ability to do it, then I will do it..."
After chattering for a long time, Chongzhen explained everything he had done and his future plans, and the basket of paper money was just burned up.
"Taizu, let's stop talking here first. When I have defeated the foreign enemies and the surrounding areas have surrendered, I will come to see you with tribute gifts from various countries!"
After watching the last piece of paper money in Jintong turn into ashes, the temperature in the golden barrel gradually dropped, and the emotion on Chongzhen's face slowly faded away, but murderous intent permeated the air.
"Come here, pass on my instructions, and have all Nanjing officials stand by in front of Hongwu Gate!"
