First Prince of Ming Dynasty

The Grand Ceremony of Fengchan is an ancient ritual. It is to build an altar on Mount Tai with earth as an altar to worship the heavens and repay the merits of the heavens, so it is called Fengchan.

In the old days, Duke Huan of Qi was the overlord, and he met the princes in Kuiqiu, and wanted to enshrine Zen. Guan Zhong said to him: In ancient times, there were seventy-two families who enshrined the father of Zen and Liang in Mount Tai, but there were two out of ten in Yiwu. In the past, there was no Huai family and Xixi. , Shennong, Emperor Yan, Yellow Emperor, Emperor Zhuan, Emperor Ku, Emperor Yao, Emperor Shun, Emperor Yu, Chengtang King, Zhou Chengwang, all received orders and then became Zen...

The king is ordered, and the surname is changed, and he will be promoted to Mount Tai. what? The meaning of teaching is also. When he was first ordered, the system was reformed to meet the heavens, and the world was peaceful, and things became Zen, so as to proclaim peace.

Destiny is the king, so that all people can live, tell peace to the sky, and repay the merits of the gods.

Since ancient times, the great emperors have been proud of Mount Tai's enshrining of Zen. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang is qualified to enshrine Zen on Mount Tai. is enough.

As early as the first year of Wu, officials such as Li Shanchang and Song Lian kept asking to go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen before the founding of the country, so as to uphold the law and order, but Lao Zhu kept refusing.

Now it is obvious that his mind has not changed, and he said impatiently: What kind of Zen is enshrined, then I want to wait until you become the emperor in the future, we can't afford to lose that person.

Since the beginning of the emperor, only six emperors have gone to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, namely Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Tang Gaozong, Tang Xuanzong and... Song Zhenzong.

Emperor Qinhuang, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, the son of Guangwu's destiny, Gaozong had the merits of destroying the Western Turks, Baekje, Goguryeo and other barbarian countries, and Xuanzong opened the Yuan Tianbao prosperity.

Only Song Zhenzong, the most prominent achievement in his life was the alliance of Chanyuan, and then he was sealed in the east and worshiped in the west, and Mount Tai in the east, which cost more than 8 million guan, and the sacrifice of Fenyin in the west cost an additional 200,000 guan. During the trip to Bozhou, 10,000 taels of gold and 5,000 taels of silver were used to build the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace just to carve three statues. The waste of 2,600 buildings can be imagined...

For this, Zhu Biao can only lament that Da Song is really rich, and now even if the treasury of Ming Dynasty is emptied, he can't find so much money. It is really extravagant and wasteful.

It's not that we have to sacrifice to Mount Tai. It's just that the jade seal of Chuanguo has been recovered, and the emperor happened to go north. It's better to sacrifice to the monarchs of Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties to show that China's inheritance is orderly, and the legal system is not lost. It can also appease the hearts of the northern people.

Zhu Biao also doesn’t like the Song Dynasty, and doesn’t think the Song Dynasty can be compared with the Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, but it is also China’s orthodoxy, and it cannot be avoided. What’s more, the banner of the uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was that the mountains and rivers were dying, and the sun and the moon reopened. Nine days, the sun and the moon open the zodiac, and the treasure map of the Song Dynasty.

With Song Zhenzong's mouse feces, there is indeed no need to enshrine Zen in Mount Tai, but it is very necessary to enshrine the jade seal of the country and sacrifice to Emperor Qin and Han Wu in Mount Tai.

Lao Zhu’s desire to make a northern tour was not a temporary idea. The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were lost for more than 400 years. The Yuan Dynasty ruled the world for nearly a hundred years. In addition, the Jin Dynasty also ruled the north for more than a hundred years. This is already an unknown number of generations. people.

For hundreds of years, the rift between the northern and southern Han people and various ethnic groups has gradually widened, and it is difficult to bridge. Because the Liao, Jin, Meng, and Yuan Hu people have been mixed with the Han people for a long time, the interest relationship is intertwined, and the trend of Huhua is deeply rooted.

Being the subjects of the same empire and the same nation, the language and customs are different, which will make people everywhere feel alienated spontaneously, and the long-term poor internal communication often inevitably leads to centrifugal tendencies, thus weakening the common identity and national identity.

The lack of communication between the north and the south also often leads to government order barriers, which creates a gap within the bureaucratic groups composed of different regions, and the top and bottom are dissociated, thus directly shaking the foundation of the country's rule.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a very clear understanding of this point. In February of the first year of Hongwu, he ordered the prohibition of Hu language, Hu surname, Hu clothing, and Hu vulgarity.

In the third year of Hongwu's reign, Mongolians and Semu people were banned and changed their names.

In the fourth year of Hongwu, intermarriage among Mongolian and Semu people was banned.

This year, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs has been ordered to compile the Law of the Ming Dynasty, which once again reiterated the prohibition of intermarriage among Mongolian and Semu people in the form of legislation, requiring them to give priority to intermarriage with Chinese people and must be consensual. Based on this, extremely severe punishment measures were formulated and synchronized. Officials at all levels are required to strictly implement it.

All kinds of laws and regulations emerged one after another, but the effect was not very significant, especially in the remote prefectures, counties and townships in the north, Hu Feng still prevailed over Han Feng.

Now basically all the scholars and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River who miss the old Yuan Dynasty have been wiped out, and the overall situation in the south is stable.

Only when the south is stable, Lao Zhu can start to manage the north with peace of mind. This trip is not only to inspect the guards, but also to see for himself how his government orders are being implemented, as well as various follow-up problems.

Unlike Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang has never set his sights on overseas territories, because he is very soberly aware that there are actually problems with the country he has single-handedly built, and the hidden disasters hidden under the prosperity of singing and dancing are not small.

He wants to leave a beautiful country to his children and grandchildren, not a hot potato that is strong outside but weak in the middle. The problem of Huhua in the north can even be traced back to the end of the Tang Dynasty. Who is this kind of problem?

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and nodded, Since that's the case, we still have to bring Chen Limingsheng, by the way, we have to let Tian Baonu come over too.

Father Huang Shengming, there are differences between inside and outside the world, people are divided into Huayi, and places are far and near. Father Huang is the father of all people in the world, and Huayi is the son and subject of the Son of Heaven. Therefore, Yidi needs to be treated equally. At least understand There is no partiality on the face...

There must be a difference in the treatment of the north and the south. There are only a few people in the south who have different ideas, so we must emphasize it with prestige. In the north, Hu Feng is prevalent in Han and Yi, so we can only emphasize it.

The most important thing is to establish in the minds of the northern gentry the authoritative image of the emperor as the father of all the people in the world, compassionate and compassionate. If he was in Ming Dynasty, he would be the son of the imperial court.

Ease ethnic conflicts as much as possible and create peaceful ethnic relations to show the emperor's kindness and power to all parties, and only then can one realize one's own political actions.

Zhu Biao talked eloquently about this matter, and the original thinking in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind became clear. One of the father and son is the proud son of an era, and the other has systematically learned the dragon slaying technique, and the two complement each other.

This talk reached the middle of the night, and both father and son felt that there was a long way to go. Reversing this trend will not be solved in a year, two years, or a few compulsory policies. It would be good to solve it in generation time.

There is no problem with their father and son, and Zhu Yuanzhang is very relieved about this, but it is a little uncertain whether the successor king can inherit the political intentions of his father and ancestors and continue to implement them.

We're going to leave at the end of tomorrow, so we'll be exempted from the morning. You send Yang'er to Kunning Palace tomorrow morning, and you won't be able to see us for a few months.

No, then the minister will retire, and the father should also rest quickly.

The father and son left the Jinshen Hall, Zhu Biao naturally walked towards the East Palace, and Lao Zhu walked towards the Huagai Hall, it seemed that he didn't want to disturb Queen Ma's sleep.

Master, please pay attention to your feet.

Liu Jin bowed in front of Zhu Biao and led the way with the palace lantern. From the corner of her eye, she was a little worried when she saw that her highness was wandering around the world as usual. The night was heavy with dew, and the floor tiles were also a little slippery. It would be bad if you accidentally fell down.

Zhu Biao came back to his senses and said, Is Liu An still serving in Kunning Palace?

Yes, being able to serve the empress is the blessing he has accumulated in eight lifetimes.

Zhu Biao said with a smile: Your sons and grandsons have been sent to various places. Didn't you ask you to be transferred back to the East Palace these two days?

Liu Jin replied naturally: Naturally, I'm a bit dull, and I can't bear my temper at all. If the master didn't remind me, sooner or later my slaves would be dragged down and killed by them.

It's good if you can figure it out. When you are rich and prominent, there is never a shortage of people to cling to. Some of them are useful or not. It's all knowledge. You are smart, and most of the time you are sober, but you are so smooth, you always think it's just trivial things , but it’s not that small things can be fatal if you accumulate too much.”

Slaves would like to follow the teachings of the Lord.

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