Chapter 171 Ding Ming

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After Zhu Yijun traveled through time, a total solar eclipse occurred in the third year of Wanli. According to the astronomical theory at the time, Zhu Yijun did not argue with anyone, but directly followed the "rescue ceremony" left by Emperor Taizu and rescued the sun.

The etiquette of the Ming court to save the sun is as follows: "Before the solar eclipse, the emperor should be in plain clothes to practice government and observe the heavenly commandments. He should wear regular clothes and not stay in the main hall. On the day of the solar eclipse, the Qintian Supervisor predicted that the emperor would place colorful decorations on the ceremonial door of the Ministry of Etiquette, and set up an incense table on the terrace in the main hall. .”

"Set up golden drums facing the sun on both sides of the ceremony gate, and set up music under the terrace, and all officials will worship on the terrace. At the end of the period, all the officials will enter the class in court clothes, sing praises, bow, and compose music. Bow four times, rise, stop, and kneel ...All the drums are beating in unison, waiting for the reunion. ...The music stops and the ceremony is completed."

The above is the imperial court's rescue ritual. Taizu also stipulated that governments at all levels, from the chief envoy to the county, must use this rescue method. Lunar eclipses often occur at night, and Taizu stipulated that the commanding officers and guards should carry out rescue operations.

Note that this "rescue" is based on the Qintianjian's forecast. If the Qintianjian reports an error - well, generally speaking, the Qintianjian officials will be punished.

There is nothing more important than the commandments of heaven. A solar eclipse is the biggest of the heavenly commandments. Therefore, during the total solar eclipse in the third year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun stopped courting and reflected on himself. At that time, the court officials did not make much of a fuss about the total solar eclipse - because the emperor in the third year of Wanli had nothing to say, and all he came up with was virtue policy.

However, less than half of the solar eclipse in the fifth year of Wanli caused a huge backlash from the court. Every civil servant feels that it is closely related to the political events of deposing Lu Shusheng and Wang Yong's death in remonstration in March.

When astronomy was not popularized, Zhu Yijun still had to stand at attention in front of "God's will", fast, go from court, and reflect on himself. He and the queen also had to sleep separately for a few days. Of course, things were good and bad, and the imperial staff and demotion came first, and the most stubborn officials did not dare to let the emperor blame himself - forget it, a few criticisms are enough, and it is easy to get yourself involved if you overdo it.

If you are polite to the emperor, you don't need to be so polite to Zhang Juzheng. Many censors and officials aimed at Zhang Juzheng again. The censors on the left and right of the Supervisory Council could not stop him at this time. After all, the change was caused by either the emperor or the government. Impeaching Zhang Juzheng at this time was to protect the emperor and was absolutely politically correct. Zhang Juzheng also had to criticize himself. Well, whenever there is a disaster, the way to speak is extremely smooth.

Although Zhang Juzheng was alive and well, no one could do anything about Zhu Yijun. Not only did he stay in the middle school, but he also gave Zhang Juzhao several gifts - to let everyone see clearly that the Prime Minister and the Minister's family members are still the same, that reforms should be carried out and that no one should take any chances.

Zhu Yijun rescued the sun in Beijing, and Zhang Juzheng was impeached again, which is what he deserves. Subsequent reports from Zhangde Mansion about Zhen's great achievements in wiping out the "Dingming Puppet Dynasty" made Zhu Yijun dumbfounded.

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Xiaotun Village on the south bank of the Huan River in Anyang County, Zhangde Prefecture, Henan Province, although its name is inconspicuous, is still a large village with a population of more than 600. If outsiders come here and see the house and land of the landlord Zhu Shiqiang’s family, they will know that this is a reputable and wealthy family.

Zhu Shiqiang, the current head of the Zhu family, is forty-two years old today. He has thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose bridge, and thin lips. The key is that he has two powerful ears that can reach his shoulders by two inches.

What surprised, delighted and frightened the deceased Zhu Shiqiang's father, Zhu Dingwu, was that his eldest son, Zhu Shiqiang, was not only tall and tall, with ears hanging down from his shoulders, but also a slightly slim figure, with the tips of his middle fingers reaching past his knees. Zhu Dingwu, who had heard the story of the Three Kingdoms, concluded that his eldest son Zhu Shiqiang had the appearance of an emperor.

However, nothing lasts forever. Zhu Dingwu had been secretly mobilizing in the village for half his life. He also found several groups of fortune tellers who all calculated that Zhu Shiqiang had the appearance of an emperor. The number of villagers who were inspired was less than 30, and all of them were from the same family, with no one with a foreign surname.

Two years ago, Mr. Zhu Dingwu, who had failed to accomplish anything major, drove to the west of Hexi Province. Before his death, he had a secret conversation with his son and left a legacy. It is said that our Zhu family and the emperor's family are from the same line. According to seniority, Zhu Shiqiang happens to be the uncle of the young emperor of this dynasty.

I heard that Zhang Juzheng, the black-faced prime minister of this dynasty, threatened the emperor to order the princes to change the surname of the Zhu family to Zhang. My son sleeps with his head on his head and wears an egg at home [Note: Waiting for the day]. Once the world changes, he will take advantage of the situation, build a country, call himself a lonely Taoist, and establish a prosperous harem. Dad has left some soldiers and armor from the army, and they are all buried in the warehouse in the backyard of our house - if you are lucky enough to succeed, just make your dad the Emperor of the Martial Arts.

The brainwashed Zhu Shiqiang communicated with tears and promised his father that he would keep the Zhu family's country and not let the old Zhang family usurp it. Once there is a change in the world, the Qing emperor first raises an army and kills the treacherous ministers, and then allows the young emperor to abdicate and accept the destiny of the clan.

It's a coincidence that the news that shocked the world first came out this spring. The traitor Zhang Juzheng used retreat to advance, and asked the emperor to depose the old master Lu and the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who had protected the Ming Dynasty. They were all beaten by the emperor. There are still dozens of loyal ministers. The most hateful thing is that a loyal minister named Wang hit a pillar in the court and failed to wake up the fatuous emperor - he was simply manipulated by powerful ministers!

When Uncle Zhu Huang heard about this, he almost gritted his steel teeth and felt that if he didn't take action, this Daming Pill would be worth it. However, what depressed him was that in the village, the treacherous officials were in power and the emperor was ignorant. The villagers only listened to them as stories as long as they had food to eat. It was useless even if the Zhu family talked about it.

Things turned around suddenly. As the water conservancy project in Zhangde Prefecture gradually deepened, Anyang County deceived the ignorant villagers and violated the emperor's edict to increase the money for river repair. Many small farmers in Xiaotun Village went bankrupt as a result, and the sale of land for sale also began to occur. Uncle Zhu Huang suddenly won the hearts of the people.

In May, the county arranged for Zhu Shiqiang to be the chief of staff, responsible for the renovation of a section of the riverbank in the south of the Huanhe River. Zhu Shiqiang led the village's laborers to continue earthwork work on the bank of the Huanhe River. Something happened that made the villagers of Xiaotun Village completely believe that Zhu Shiqiang was the emperor. The Zhu family actually dug out a ritual vessel on the river bank - a large square tripod full of ancient simplicity!

The discovery of this large square tripod with four pillars, five feet in height and nine feet in circumference, with ears and folds along the dragon pattern, allowed the "Dingming" court to be established in Xiaotun Village that night. After a less solemn enthronement ceremony, Zhu Shiqiang first conferred ministers, including six ministers and many prime ministers.

Then he named his brothers and son as princes, and established the second harem in the world at this time - the widowed daughter-in-law of the Wang family in the village was given the position of concubine.

At the suggestion of Prime Minister Zhu Shiwen, Zhu Shiqiang took the title of "Dingxin" and prepared to start his army to conquer the world. After reorganization, Emperor Dingxin of Xiaotun Village appointed himself as the commander-in-chief, with three generals under him, leading a total of 150 Yulin troops. Weapons sealed and maintained with oil paper were also dug out from the ground of Zhu Shiqiang's family warehouse: 300 spear heads; ten machetes; and a walking bow - just spear heads and machetes. I don't know where Emperor Wu got this walking bow. .

After two days of training in the village, Zhu Shiqiang felt that these people still had a weak grasp of the county government. How to coerce more people into joining the group has become a new problem for the prime minister and generals.

Therefore, Prime Minister Zhu Shiwen, who had gone to the city to listen to "The Heroes of the Ming Dynasty", once again offered advice. He heard that before Taizu of the puppet dynasty rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty, there was a "one-eyed stone man" in the Yellow River. Although our Dingming court does not have a real one, why can't we build a stone man?

As a result, Anyang County Magistrate Wang Yu, Ma Dianli and others were first shocked, and then overjoyed. Finally, a scene appeared - on the construction site of Xiashui Town, a stone man with red eyes was dug out, with crooked carvings on the back. A row of big characters reads "False Ming must perish, Ding Ming must stand!"

Wang Yu, the magistrate of Anyang County, received the report and initially thought it was over. If thousands of local laborers and "loitering and troublemaking" laborers on the construction site rose up, corruption in the entire county would be inevitable. What made him overjoyed later was that after the workers saw the birth of the stone man and the disappearance of the supervisor, not only did they not join Zhu Shiqiang in attacking the county government, but they all ran away because of homesickness.

There were also some unclear ones who followed Zhu Shiqiang in the uprising, totaling less than 200 people. Zhu Shiqiang had already set up a flag, so he could only walk to the dark side, and with about 300 people, he began to attack Anyang County, which had locked the city gates - if he had not messed around at the construction site, but directly led the imperial army into Anyang City, More than 150 people might really be able to take down the county government.

Wang Yu, the magistrate of Anyang County, is greedy, but he definitely has enough brains. Looking at the great achievement of slaying the rebels who came to the door, the people clamoring around the city wall were all small ladders for promotion - it is not easy for a civil servant to achieve martial arts! So he organized government officials in the city, arranged for citizens to guard the city walls, and sent people to notify his old partner Liu on the Huanhe River for inspection. The two cooperated internally and externally, and destroyed the "Dingming" puppet dynasty in one fell swoop.

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