Bright Spring

There are too many memories of her left here, but Gao Chi still remembers the most.Gao Chi has let her down, made her happy, and hurt her heart...everything is so unforgettable and hard to erase!

Guo Yan's eyes gradually became moist, and what she saw became blurred.Maybe what she misses is not Gao Chi, but her own youth and life; or maybe she misses not anyone but her own feelings and experiences.

Nothing has changed, only living things such as people and plants are changing.The grass and trees withered and flourished in season, the pink petals on a tree were floating in the air, and the brick floor was also sprinkled with dots.

This year she didn't see the flowers blooming, but she saw the flowers fading all over the sky.

"Spring seems to be coming to an end." Guo Yan choked up, her heart collapsed with inexplicable sadness, and tears fell down her cheeks.

Wang Gui sighed and replied, "Yes."

6 Chapter Thirty

As the eunuch Wang Gui said, recently, Honglu Temple, Hanlin Academy, Ministry of Rites and various institutions in the palace are preparing for the Queen's Canonization Ceremony.

Not only the officials are busy, Zhu Gaoxu and Guo Wei also have to prepare, they have to bathe and fast three days in advance.Zhu Gaoxu has been sleeping alone for three consecutive days and does not get close to women or eat meat.

The canonization ceremony is even more complicated than the enthronement ceremony.It took countless manpower and material resources to do this thing is actually very simple: it is to establish Guo Wei's status as queen.

However, Zhu Gaoxu did not look at this matter with the arrogance of modern thinking, nor did he think that it was purely extravagant and wasteful.

After he suddenly became the ruler of the country, he is also trying his best to understand the order at this time with his own thinking.

From the perspective of the philosophy of governing the country, the Ming Dynasty absorbed a lot of things from Confucianism and other dynasties.Emphasis on etiquette and morality should be to solemnly establish some so-called right and proper rules of power and dignity.

And from the ministers to the common people, they have recognized and believed in this kind of thinking for thousands of years; the confirmation of the concept has stabilized the power jurisprudence of the whole world.An entire social system with mature thinking as its cornerstone will prevent war crimes and dissatisfied protests from happening all the time.

(So ​​in the future democratic elections and other systems, Zhu Gaoxu admits that they are more advanced power structures|structures, but he does not think that they can only rely on institutional rules; those things must have universal thoughts and concepts as the cornerstone, and equality and self| By civil rights, etc. And whoever does that kind of thing right now is completely creating chaos and crime for the world.)

Under the arrangement of the ministers, Zhu Gaoxu first went to the second altar of heaven and earth to offer sacrifices, and then went to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to his ancestors.

It seems that every time the emperor does a major event, he has to tell two kinds of nihilistic and mysterious things, fully interpreting the idea of ​​"divine authority of the king" with actions.Moreover, people in the Ming Dynasty never believed in the only gods, but people in the world did believe in them, and the things they really believed in were heaven, earth and ancestors.

The next morning, a ceremony was held at the Fengtian Temple, and the canonization ceremony began.Clan relatives, dignitaries, civil and military officials came to the outside of Fengtian Hall, and Zhu Gaoxu led the crowd to bow four times to the incense table.After three bells and drums, everyone entered the hall.

Guo Wei hadn't come yet, she was waiting in Kunning Palace.

Zhu Gaoxu and the ministers followed the rehearsed lines and performed a serious dialogue.When the officials of Honglu Temple shouted: "canonize Guo as the queen, and order you to hold the ceremony!" Then the principal and deputy envoys, court ladies and eunuchs took the canonization documents written by the Imperial Academy and the queen's seal to the harem. passed.

Rites and music were played in Fengtian Temple, and we waited for a long time.When the envoys who went to the harem came back, they reported that the queen had accepted the canonization.

At this time, Hu Wei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, took a few officials to take the edict from the table beside him, which Hu Guang of the Imperial Academy had written long ago.Several officials bid farewell to Zhu Gaoxu, and went to Chengtianmen to announce the decree, proclaiming to the world that the Guo family is the Empress of Ming Dynasty.

After a while, Guo Wei was also led by the female officer to Fengtian Hall.Wearing a dress, she walked slowly into the hall under the attention of everyone, and kowtowed to Zhu Gaoxu to thank her.

All the ministers congratulated one after another.And those officials and wives who failed to attend the ceremony at Fengtian Hall had already written congratulatory forms and sent them to the Wenlou to congratulate the queen. (In a few days, the family members of Minister Xungui will come to the Dashan Hall of the Imperial Palace to meet the Empress and congratulate them face to face. Because the imperial wives also have salaries and receive the imperial food from the royal family; the Empress is also their superior in terms of status.)

The ceremony is almost over.When Zhu Gaoxu got up, the civil servants saluted.He brought Guo Wei out of Fengtian Hall, and the couple went to the family temple Fengxian Hall together to pay homage to the ancestors, and the canonization ceremony was officially completed...

Guo Wei is wearing a crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes, glittering in colorful colors, and has two ears, which looks very luxurious; she is wearing a dark blue Zhai garment, embroidered with various patterns, and decorated with red, yellow, and white pearls and jade.Such a complicated attire on her body made her slightly thin figure even more uncoordinated.

Her pure jade-white face, under the jeweled phoenix crown, seemed to have even better luster, like jade and porcelain, beautiful and bright.No wonder women like jewellery, that precious decoration can really add a sense of delicacy.

Guo Wei's face was red, she looked like a bride who was nervous, novelty, and a little shy.But her and Zhu Gaoxu's sons are already a few years old.

A group of people walked to the courtyard of Fengxian Hall, Zhu Gaoxu stood still, and turned to look at Guo Wei.

Guo Wei's eyelashes trembled for a while, and her cheeks flushed like peach blossoms. She lowered her eyes and said softly, "Thank you for your grace, my concubine today is like a dream."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Wei'er is my first wife. As long as I have it, you deserve it. Things will be old, but they will always be new; I remember those heart-warming memories, and the love is always there. "

When Guo Wei heard this, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with emotion.She seemed to remember Zhu Gaoxu's similar words on the wedding night.

That was nearly ten years ago; before Zhu Gaoxu said that he would never forget, it is far worse than saying it again ten years later.Guo Wei's eyes sparkled with water, and she smiled with tears in her eyes, and said in a strange voice, "As long as the Holy Majesty doesn't dislike it, that's fine."

This is what she said back then.

Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his rough fingers on the battlefield, wiped the tears from her eyes with the back of his fingers, and said, "Wei'er calm down, let's go in and say something to our ancestors."

"Hmm!" Guo Wei pursed her red lips and said.

In Fengxian Hall, in front of the portrait of Taizu, the bricks and stones under the incense table have been completely repaired.The tunnel below has also been filled in, and it has been repaired during the reign of the abolished prince.However, when Zhu Gaoxu came here again, he was still quite emotional.

Zhu Gaoxu thought of Ma Enhui and Miao Jin again for a while, without them, how would he be where he is today?He thought to himself: Shouldn't the so-called morality and affection exclude women?

... A few days later, Zhu Gaoxu issued an edict: Starting from this dynasty, the system of sacrificial burial in the harem will be abolished.Then he began to canonize concubines one after another.

The harem of the Ming Dynasty did not follow Zhou etiquette, so Zhu Gaoxu first added the title of "imperial concubine"; and sent envoys to the Mu family to arrange etiquette and confer the title of imperial concubine Mu, the eldest daughter of Duke Qian Mu Sheng.

Immediately after that, he canonized Miaojin as noble concubine, Yao Ji as virtuous concubine, and Du Qianrui as Shu concubine; all three were bestowed with gold seals and gold-plated books.

And canonize Duan Xuehen as a concubine of virtue; the daughter of North Korea, Mrs. Park, as a concubine of virtuous concubine.The dozens of palace maids who served as servants a while ago were all named various beauties, talents, and selected servants to replace the original female officials and take charge of the power of various palace institutions.

Canonizing the harem is like awarding meritorious officials and generals, and those involved are very satisfied.To the maximum extent allowed by the system, Zhu Gaoxu gave generous titles to the women in the harem, and did not hesitate to add the title of imperial concubine to the Mu family.

Only Miao Jin seemed to resist, but she was not dissatisfied with the canonization.When Zhu Gaoxu directly issued an imperial edict and prepared her crown clothes, seal books and other things, she could no longer strongly refuse.

Zhu Gaoxu first clarified Miao Jin's identity in the official mansion newspaper while telling the story of the late emperor's death: after Zhonglie Jinggong, benevolent and filial Empress Xu's adopted daughter.

Then he canonized Miaojin as a noble concubine, so that he could be justified in terms of public morality and status, instead of covering up and making it hard for others to see.As for those rumors and unofficial histories that are not recognized by the court, they cannot be used as topics on the table, and in the end it is just to add some talk for future generations.

According to the rumors, Emperor Taizong once promised to make Miao Jin a noble concubine; and in order to further repay the meritorious Mu family, Zhu Gaoxu wanted to make Mu a noble concubine. Is it for the Mu family, or to give the title of noble concubine to Miao Jin... these secrets Most of the matter can also make the world quietly argue after dinner.

And these things, of course, can't be used as a topic in the court; who would use false rumors as arguments to reason with others in the open...

Those who are dissatisfied with the canonization of the harem are mostly court officials.When the ministers met at the imperial gate, they discussed another reason: it was against the ancestral system.

In order to prevent the harem from meddling in politics, Emperor Taizu made a rule that the empress and concubines of the Ming emperor must be selected from the people, and women of honorable ministers could not be selected; in order to prevent foreign relatives from becoming too powerful and interfering in government affairs.

Zhu Gaoxu's mother and concubine, Empress Renxiao, was the daughter of Xu's patriarch, the king of Zhongshan, and was born in a noble family; but because Emperor Taizong proclaimed himself emperor as a vassal king, he had already married the Xu family, so there was no need to follow this system.Zhu Gaoxu also ascended the throne as a vassal king, so the queen is the granddaughter of Marquis Wuding, there is a precedent to follow, and no one mentions this matter again.

However, the suggestion of the ministers is: after the emperor proclaims himself emperor, he canonize his concubines, and it is not appropriate to choose from noble families.In addition, at this time, the etiquette for Mu's canonization of "Emperor Noble Concubine" has not yet been carried out, so the officials asked for reconsideration.

Zhu Gaoxu made some excuses.

He was originally the vassal king of Yunnan, and he only wanted to guard the frontier for his father, and had no intention of being the throne; but the Eastern Palace gang murdered his father, so he had no choice but to raise an army, and finally he was persuaded by his subjects to join the throne.

Zhu Gaoxu said that when he was a vassal king, he had begged his father, queen and queen face to face, and wanted to Na Mu family as his wife, and had told the Mu family; later, the "criminal campaign" broke out, and there was no chance to do this matter.But this promise has made Mrs. Mu wait in her boudoir until now.

If he breaks the agreement because of his succession to the throne, it will hurt the face of the hero and the reputation of the Mu family, it is not a righteous act, and it is not conducive to setting an example for the world.The Taizu ancestral system can only be adapted to those who succeed the crown prince. It is difficult for the vassal king to follow the old rule because of the country's troubles.

Among the civil servants, Qi Tai, Hu Wei, Gao Xianning and others all agreed with Zhu Gaoxu's remarks, and the other civil servants had no choice but to give up.

So Zhu Gaoxu did not accept the minister's suggestion, but still sent someone to Mu's residence to accept the ceremony.

... Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu's affairs were done quickly, and Xie Jin returned to the capital when he was almost done with the canonization of the Mu family.If it was a few days later, Xie Jin might grab the matter of being the imperial concubine and say that it would not be so easy to compromise with the emperor.

When Zhu Gaoxu heard that Xie Jin had returned to Beijing from Cochin Province to report on his work, he suddenly felt a slight headache.