After entering the Meridian Gate, a sense of solemnity and solemnity that was very different from that in the city came to my face.
This is not the Forbidden City that will be crowded with tourists in the future. Now it is the center of the empire and the most heavily guarded place.
There are no trees in the open and wide field of view. This is not only a safety consideration for fire prevention and reducing the blind area of the guard's field of vision, but also Feng Shui and other reasons.
Zhu Houcong’s first impression was: both old and new.
Looking across the Neijinshui Bridge to the Fengtian Gate in the distance, the guardrails on the stone bridge have only been eroded by wind and rain for a hundred years, so the texture appears more refined and newer than Zhu Houcong's impression.
According to what Zhu Houcong has learned now, in the future, in addition to the more profitable court meetings and some celebrations, his daily dealings with foreign ministers will be in this area.
The morning dynasty is at Fengtianmen, and if there are afternoon dynasties and evening dynasties, they are at Zuoshunmen and Youshunmen respectively. Cabinet meetings held to summon cabinet ministers are usually held at the Dongjiao Gate at Fengtian Gate.
But when he passed through the Zuoshun Gate and saw the Wenhua Palace, and saw that this group of palaces seemed a bit old, Zhu Houcong's first feeling was that it needed to be repaired.
To the north of Wenhua Hall is Wenyuan Pavilion. From Tianshun to Chenghua years, this place could be called the East Palace. Yang Ting and the others first formulated the rites and instructions for Zhu Houcong to live temporarily in the Wenhua Palace after entering the palace.
But now that Zhu Houcong is here, he just wants to review the imperial edict on his accession to the throne, in which the reign name will also be determined.
"Is this where the prayer feast is held?"
Zhu Houcong walked into the main hall of Wenhua Palace and asked while looking around.
Yang Tinghe's heart moved: "Exactly. In the first year of Zhengtong, Duke Yang Wenzhen said in the "Qing Kai Jing Banquet" that since ancient times, there are no sage kings who can rule without learning. Emperor Taizong customized it, on the second and twelfth day of the lunar month , Twenty-two, there are three banquets every month, supplemented by daily lectures. After Your Majesty ascends the throne, you should start the system of banquets and daily lectures again, and the people of the world will be very lucky."
The persuasion is over. Now everyone has to address Zhu Houcong as His Majesty, and Zhu Houcong can also publicly address me.
Zhu Houcong smiled, his cousin didn't like to learn this.
As for me, I don’t want to be brainwashed by them using the Four Books and Five Classics.
It's just that although he has a mental age of nearly forty years old, on the surface he is just a child who is only fifteen years old.
"The Jingyan feast is about to be held. I can give you a strategy later." Zhu Houcong gave Yang Ting and others, who were hit hard today, the first sweetener.
Yang Tinghe finally had something to be happy about, and he bowed down and called him "Sheng Ming".
The first thing they do after entering the palace is to care about their studies. Isn't it a great thing for them?
Zhu Houcong had to experience these things first, and he was in a state where he had to learn, think, record, and analyze the things that he had no strategy for later.
Sitting on the throne in the Wenhua Hall, Wei Bin quickly took the preliminarily drafted enthronement edict from Yang Tinghe and handed it to Zhu Houcong respectfully.
The edict was very long. Zhu Houcong read it carefully and asked casually: "What is the year name proposed in the edict?"
Yang Tinghe replied: "Of all the year names proposed by the Ministry of Rites, the officials believe that 'Shao Zhi' is the best. Those who Shao Zhi will continue and move on. Those who govern will ensure peace and stability."
Zhu Houcong was not that proficient in the meaning of these words, but this year name was the only detail that Lao Qin had talked about.
The reign name of Shaozhi can naturally be interpreted like Yang Tinghe's, but it also has the meaning of inheriting Hongzhi. This not only implies the adoption to Zhu Youtang, but also means that he hopes that he will inherit Xiaozong's style of ruling from the top down.
Yang Tinghe carefully observed Zhu Houcong's reaction, and saw Zhu Houcong raised his eyes and looked at him meaningfully, and then smiled and said: "Let's change it."
"...Your Majesty, discussing the reign name cannot be done in a hurry."
When he was about to explain, he saw Zhu Houcong lowered his head and said: "Call it Jiajing. Jiajing means beauty; Jing means peace." "Shang Shu·Wu Yi" says: "Don't dare to be in peace, Jiajing is Yin State. Wu Ding" After inheriting the throne from the countryside, I also want to be as wise and wise as Wu Ding, so as to make the Ming Dynasty more beautiful and peaceful."
It was different after doing his homework. Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment.
Don't tell me, this year number is really good. It is both catchy and has a good meaning, and the source is indeed consistent with the situation of his lord's succession.
Several cabinet ministers looked at each other, feeling that the emperor had already made up his mind.
If this was not already prepared, they would never believe that the emperor would have such an opinion in a hurry.
It wasn't until they saw Yuan Zonggao who was very stunned that they realized that things were not that simple.
In the midst of shock, the emperor said again: "Four pavilion elders, eldest uncle, although you cannot change this edict in a hurry, but since you have the thank you note last night and listened to my wishes when you were in the palace, These expressions will not do.”
"...Please make it clear, Your Majesty."
Zhu Houcong looked at them: "The word 'entering the ancestral hall' also has the meaning of succession, right? It should be changed to 'inheriting the great unification and worshiping the ancestral temple'. In addition, you use my words to say that the emperor's brother's fortune will be prosperous and his career will be inherited." "Xiqia, although I have worked hard, my theory has not been perfected, I am a traitor in the middle way, and I am deceived, manipulating political power, and spreading my evil power." This is not appropriate. I inherited the throne under the imperial edict of my brother, how can I be so despicable? Imperial brother?"
In accordance with the destiny and inheriting the imperial legacy of Qingming and Lele, although he has ardent ambitions to work hard to govern, his education and governance are not convincing.
The words "The middle way is to deceive people, manipulate political power, and spread evil power" are even more damaging, and the meaning of righteousness and confusion is vividly reflected on the paper.
But then he added, "When I was in the feudal residence, I knew it was not the emperor's brother's intention." It sounded like Zhu Houcong was excusing Zhu Houzhao, but the above comments seemed to be facts that Zhu Houcong agreed with.
As for the statement at the end of the edict about the maladministration that would be dealt with immediately after he ascended the throne, it makes it even more clear that Zhu Houzhao had not accomplished much during his sixteen years in power and was only interested in "striving for excellence".
"...Your Majesty." Yang Tinghe blushed, "Without this statement, many subsequent new policies would have lost their foundation..."
"Once the imperial edict of enthronement is issued to the world, I must be responsible for its contents." Zhu Houcong shook his head, "The legal system and authority of my succession do not need to be achieved by despising the previous dynasty, and you should not generalize and treat the emperor. I avoid talking about my achievements in peripheral matters. If the imperial edict really evaluates my brother’s life like this, thousands of years from now the history books will only ridicule me for my narrow-mindedness.”
Yang Tinghe and others were a little embarrassed, because achievements like the Yingzhou victory were due to the arbitrary behavior of Emperor Zhengde and the traitors he employed.
But His Majesty was unwilling to judge his predecessor in this way, and Yang Ting and the others had no position to persuade him - after all, this was the new emperor's enthronement edict issued in the first person.
"What I want is fairness." Zhu Houxuan made the decision, "I roughly counted the new policies, and there are eighty-one in total. I said before that you were conservative, but I was rash. Elders, I know You are in a hurry, but you can’t be so hasty. With so many new policies, I don’t have to do anything else after issuing an edict to the world. It will not be enough to spend my whole life completing these new policies you have proposed.”
Yang Tinghe suddenly became anxious, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, this is a bad government that must be eliminated without delay. Just like the amount of food for the army, flag schools, military craftsmen, etc. in Beijing has reached 373,700 The remaining members need more than 3,988,800 shi of rice per year. Nowadays, the grain transported into Beijing is only about 4 million shi per year. For this alone, even though all the grain brought into Beijing is used for these It’s not enough!”
"I understand that we need to dismantle some of these." Zhu Houcong gave him another sweet date, and then pointed to one of the places and said, "But what are the palace buildings built during the Zhengde period to be demolished for? If they are not kept for future use, Why do they have to waste labor and money to remove them for other purposes? Or take this righteous traitor, the court has its own laws, and those who are guilty will be punished by the relevant department, so why bother to name them in the enthronement edict to express severe punishment? "
"There are widespread complaints among the people of this generation. Your Majesty's clear punishment is an act that will be praised by the people..."
Zhu Houcong waved his hand: "Another one is to abolish the newly added punishment regulations after the second day of March in the thirteenth year of Hongzhi. The previous regulations were completely correct, but the following ones are wrong? There are also clean-up of Tongzhou, Zhangjiawan, and Nanjing. Even small things like ships are written in the imperial edict... Elders, how worried are you that I wish you could list all the things you want to do in the imperial edict before ascending the throne?"
When he asked this question, Yang Tinghe and others looked at him a little aggrievedly.
What do you think?
Do you know how worried we are that you will become a new stubborn master when you wrote the thank you note like that?
Don't you think you are going to make major changes to the imperial edict?
Do you still want to ascend the throne as soon as possible? !
