After Zhu Zaijing and Zhu Yijun visited the Ancestral Temple, according to the procedure, they had to go to the Temple of the Ancient Emperors.
In the sixth year of Hongwu, the Imperial Temple was built in the south of Qintian Mountain in Nanjing to offer sacrifices to ancient wise kings and 17 founding emperors including the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Xia Yu, Shang Tang, King Wu of Zhou, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty.
In the ninth year of Jiajing's reign, Emperor Jiajing drafted a sacrificial ceremony and decided to build a temple for emperors in Beijing based on the styles of imperial temples of previous dynasties in Nanjing.
After walking for a period of time, the emperor and the officials arrived at the Temple of the Emperors of the Past Dynasties, which is located next to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Although it is said to be historical dynasties, there are three unified dynasties that were not selected.
Although Qin Shihuang is the first emperor throughout the ages, in the Confucian concept, he is a tyrant, and the Qin Dynasty is also called "tyrannical Qin", so Qin Shihuang is not considered a virtuous emperor.
The Western Jin Dynasty was the worst unified dynasty in ancient China. The founding emperor Jin Wu, Emperor Wu of Jin, did not succeed in ruling the country correctly, and there was basically no reliable emperor in his descendants.
In the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was considered a good emperor. He was among the 17 emperors worshiped at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. However, in the 21st year of Hongwu, the statue of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was withdrawn from the Nanjing Emperors Temple.
Because Lao Zhu thought that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty had usurped the throne as a foreign relative and his son-in-law Yuwen Yun's world, and carried out a severe purge of the Yuwen family, was not a virtuous emperor.
After entering, Zhu Zaijing and Zhu Yijun kowtowed and worshiped devoutly again.
Compared with the dull mood in the Ancestral Temple, Zhu Zaijing here was more excited.
Looking at the portraits and tablets of the emperors of the past dynasties, Zhu Zaijing once again felt the heavy mission on his shoulders, which was passed down to the present day by generations of Chinese people and emperors who served the country and the people one after another. mission.
Countless people in history have contributed themselves and sacrificed their lives for this inheritance and this mission one after another!
It is precisely because of them that China is great and splendid!
In other words, it is precisely because of the brilliance and greatness of China that so many people protect it, love it and give everything for it!
Zhu Yijun looked up and saw Zhu Zaijing's eyes were wet.
"father?"
Zhu Zaijing looked ahead, unable to calm down for a long time.
"Zhu Yijun."
"My son is here."
"You have to remember that when you become emperor in the future, you will not only have the world of our Zhu family on your shoulders."
"But from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the present, the expectations of emperors and people of all generations, and the great trust of the people of China in all generations, you must keep this sentence in mind!"
Zhu Yijun didn't understand the meaning of these words, and what his father said was different from what his masters taught him.
"My son, I remember it!"
A man can have nothing but a sense of responsibility, let alone an emperor.
The responsibility of that position is the expectation and entrustment of countless Chinese people across time and space!
Unlike the excited emperor and the prince who were devoted to learning in the temple, the ministers outside were much more relaxed, and some were even whispering about something.
Zhang Juzheng was looking at his mentor, who had been kneeling for a long time, and was worried about whether the old man could bear it.
Suddenly, a person slowly approached him from behind.
"Zhang Budang!"
"who?"
Zhang Juzheng turned around and saw that he was from the Ministry of War.
"What's wrong?"
"Emergency military report!"
Zhang Juzheng almost shouted out. He was so surprised that he didn't care whether he was kneeling or not. He squatted down and took the military newspaper to read.
With a frown on his face, he looked very serious. He looked at the tired Xu Jie in front of him, then looked up at the emperor in the temple, sighed softly, and put the military newspaper into his arms.
"I know, go down!"
"yes!"
………
After the worship ceremony was over, Zhu Zaijing's vision went dark when he stood up, and he almost fell down.
His body is so weak.
Or did the sparring session with Empress Chen the day before yesterday hurt her internal strength?
"TMD, I need to take good care of my health quickly. I can't die young like Long Qing in history!"
Just as Zhu Zaijing was thinking this, the two women Chen and Li went back with Zhu Yijun in their arms.
The rest of the process has nothing to do with their mother and son.
"Feng Bao, did you take the one I asked you to take?" Zhu Zaijing was supported by Feng Bao and stood in front of the dragon chariot.
"Long live the Lord." Feng Bao took out a few grapes from his sleeve.
Zhu Zaijing took it and devoured it one bite at a time.
According to the rules, for this day of worship, he could not eat from the day before, so Zhu Zaijing basically relied on drinking water.
It has been almost 30 fucking hours now, and Zhu Zaijing, who was already weak, needs to eat something.
After padding his belly, Zhu Zaijing was about to get on the dragon chariot, when he saw Xu Jie and the others not far away discussing something together with serious expressions.
Just in time, Zhang Juzheng and himself looked at each other, and Zhu Zaijing waved to call them all over.
"What's going on, gentlemen? Why do you look so nervous?"
Xu Jie said with evasive eyes, "Your Majesty, I'm really old. I've been kneeling for a long time, and I feel dizzy when I got up. I'm talking about this!"
Zhu Zaijing automatically blocked Xu Jie's remarks and kept looking at the expressions of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.
"No, what happened? Tell the truth!"
Just as Xu Jie was about to speak, Zhang Juzheng said first, "Your Majesty, urgent military report, I am going to invade Shanxi and plunder several castles!"
After saying that, he handed the military report to Zhu Zaijing.
Zhu Zaijing's eyes quickly wandered over the military newspaper.
"What are the casualties?"
Zhang Juzheng said, "Your Majesty, we launched a surprise attack. The soldiers and civilians had no time to prepare, and more than 100 people were killed or injured!"
Zhu Zaijing really didn't expect to receive a military report of an emergency at the border on the first day of the first year of Longqing. It can be imagined how bad the security at the northern border was.
"hateful!"
Zhu Zaijing was furious and threw the military newspaper to the ground.
Everyone lowered their heads and stood nervously.
"Old thief! Sooner or later, I, Zhu Zaijing, will have to settle the accounts with you over the years!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
"The cabinet informed Shanxi to issue pensions to each household of the injured and injured soldiers and civilians in accordance with the rules!"
"If there is a death in a military household, the family members will be delayed for one year before being drafted!"
In a military household, a strong man from a family would serve as a soldier. If this man died in battle, the military household would have to provide another strong man to replace him.
Over time, all the able-bodied men of military households became soldiers, leaving them with no labor force.
"yes!"
"Tell those people in the local area not to touch the money these people work for. If I find out later who has touched the money, I will kill him from the nine tribes!"
Zhu Zaijing knew that on paper, military households on the border could earn 20 taels of silver a year. Of course, these were calculated in terms of food.
Military households where a soldier died can receive a pension of 30 taels per household.
Focus on this, this is what it says on paper.
Zhu Zaijing's face was cold and he got on the dragon chariot angrily.
"Taiyue, why didn't you wait for me to speak first? Look at how angry you made His Majesty!"
Xu Jie said with a reproachful tone.
"Teacher, the military situation is like a raging fire. There can be no delay!"
I had hesitated for a while just now, whether I should submit it to the emperor tomorrow, but my conscience couldn't bear it.
He knew that the emperor, like himself, put the casualties of civilians first.
So, this time he no longer listened to his mentor.
"Even if Your Majesty finds out tomorrow, I'm afraid he will get even more angry. If we delay for one day here, a few more people will die on the other side!"
Xu Jie looked at Zhang Juzheng with a different look in his eyes.
