Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

"Brothers, His Majesty gave us a year's worth of salary to serve as soldiers, which is enough for a lifetime!

Your kindness is profound, and we will swear allegiance to you to the death! "

Hao Yaoqi lowered his voice and roared.

All the soldiers also roared in low voices...

It was already the time of Hai Hai, and people in Handu were still setting off fireworks.

Although it was much sparser, fireworks exploded in the sky from time to time.

Behind the sergeant standing solemnly on the top of the city, fireworks filled the sky...

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Handu is a mountainous area.

Although the peaks are low, because they are the remnants of the Qinling Mountains, the peaks show a vein-like trend.

Streets one after another, adapted to local conditions, spread along the valley.

Tang Palace.

The emperor bought Zhu Yujian a courtyard with one and six entrances in the inner city.

At the end of the year, King Tang, who had returned from Changsha in a hurry, was standing on the wall of the palace, watching the fireworks in the sky.

"My lord, it's time to rest."

Zeng, who was named Queen Siwen in history, stood behind King Tang and spoke in a low voice.

This Zeng family came from Nanchang Prefecture in Jiangxi Province. Historically, he followed the Tang Dynasty king and was first imprisoned in the high-walled royal prison in Fengyang. Later, he was brutally killed by the Qing army in Tingzhou Prefecture.

Faced with the princess's words, Zhu Yujian was reluctant to go to sleep.

He raised his head, looked at the fireworks rising from time to time, and sighed:

"The national situation is difficult, but fortunately, Your Majesty is able to take control of the world and restore my ancestors' inheritance and the Han River.

My dear, how can I be willing to fall asleep when I see the sky full of fireworks? "

Zeng covered her mouth and chuckled:

"Your Majesty, you will go to court early tomorrow morning, so go and take a nap for a while. Besides, there will be New Year's Day celebrations in the palace tomorrow!

Wouldn't it be a pity if the prince lacked energy? "

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing what Zeng said, Zhu Yujian couldn't help laughing:

"That's right, not only will I enter the palace tomorrow, but you, the princess, will also go to pay homage to the concubines and the two queens.

And sleep peacefully, and sleep peacefully! "

Zhu Yujian laughed loudly and pulled Zeng towards the stairs.

……

New Year's Day is one of the biggest celebrations in the Ming Dynasty.

Just after the ugly time, hundreds of officials had already gathered outside the imperial city. (three o'clock in the morning)

At this grand ceremony, not only the civil and military officials of the Chongzhen court, but also the monarchs and ministers of Dashun, and even Li Zicheng came.

As for the Mongolian tribes, the right-wing Mongolia elected a dozen of their largest leaders to represent the three right-wing tribes and come to attend the New Year's Day meeting.

If the arrival of the right-wing Mongols is not surprising to future generations, the arrival of the other two groups is a bit surprising to future generations.

The North Korean Li family, who had been China's younger brother all his life, had already sent his son to the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, Mrs. Li was still debating whether to go to Nanjing to pay homage to Hongguang Chaotang or to come to Handu to pay homage to Zhengshuo of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Aoer Dusi's great victory made Li no longer dare to be a wallflower.

At this time, the crown prince of the Joseon Dynasty was the Prince Zhaoxian, Prince Li "浵山王" (the traditional Chinese characters have been cancelled, and cannot be typed), who had been detained by the Qing government for eight years.

Li Hao, the eldest prince and second prince of the Joseon Kingdom, was also detained by the Qing court.

It was precisely because of this experience that he recorded the story of Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji leading a three to four thousand brave guard camp to defeat tens of thousands of Manchu troops. "Shenyang Zhuangqi", "Shenyang Diary"...

Unlike the Smecta who had his eyes raised to the sky in later generations, Korea in this era was the most loyal vassal of China.

Both of Li Zhu's sons were detained by the Qing government, but the third son, Li Yao (yao, 氵簅, cannot pronounce the original word), was sent.

Li Yao, who is wearing a python robe, is known as "Linping Dajun" in North Korea.

He was wearing a red python robe and was saluting the ministers of the suzerain country one by one.

Out of courtesy, the courtiers exchanged pleasantries with him.

But Li Yao was so moved that his eyes were red and he looked like he was about to cry.

Whenever someone says something like, "This little boy from North Korea has suffered with the father of the clan leader..."

Li Yao quickly lay down on the ground with his head touching the ground, thanking the minister of the heaven for speaking up.

Although Li Yao acted funny, he successfully integrated into the circle of ministers.

Someone even introduced him to He Tengjiao, the Minister of Rites.

The other person, on the other hand, seemed to be out of the crowd.

This person is Jin Yingyuan, the envoy from the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Jin Yingyuan came because the old Ryukyu king Shangfeng died. After Shangxian succeeded to the throne, although he paid tribute, he did not receive the canonization ceremony.

So, he came again to ask the Ming Dynasty to send envoys to Ryukyu, collect Shang Feng's imperial seal from the previous dynasty, and hold a coronation ceremony for Shang Xian.

As early as February last year (1644), Jin Yingyuan had already set off.

However, just in time for the Jiashen Incident...

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The Ming Dynasty treated vassal states differently.

For example, Ryukyu, because its geographical location is more important, is stuck at the throat between Ming Dynasty and Nanyang.

Therefore, for the Ryukyu king to succeed to the throne, it is not enough to simply obtain the Ming Dynasty's canonization edict.

The Ming Dynasty had to send warships to Ryukyu and personally hold a coronation ceremony for the new king before he could officially become the feudal king.

This method was always adhered to by the Ming Dynasty.

Even the troubled Chongzhen Dynasty has not changed!

In the third year of Chongzhen, the old king of Ryukyu passed away. As usual, Ming Dynasty sent people to Ryukyu to enthrone the new king.

but……

How could the courtiers watch Chongzhen send people to sea?

Isn’t this just taking off the pants of the big guys!

The officials and gentry spent so much money to kill emperors one after another, and they were about to succeed...

How can we allow Chongzhen to destroy!

Therefore, the Jiangnan gentry group headed by He Ruchong, the Minister of Rites, collectively persuaded Zhu Youjian to let the Ryukyu envoy return with the canonization edict himself.

Look, Donglin Group is so considerate!

In order to save money for the Zhu family emperor, I, the people of Donglin, are heartbroken...

However, what a coincidence, if Shang Feng died two years earlier, or even one year earlier——

Chongzhen really wants to obey!

It's a pity that Donglin is too impatient!

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan had turned himself into sashimi, successfully making Chongzhen suspicious of Donglin.

After He Ruchong and others defended Yuan Chenghuan's innocence, Chongzhen had already seen the true face of the Donglin Party.

During this period, it was Chongzhen who saw through the true face of Donglin, began to vigorously develop Jinyiwei, Dongchang, etc., and completely suppressed the Donglin Party!

At this time, it was also the beginning of Chongzhen sending factory guards to use Tiqi to inspect the character of officials.

Whenever people start to doubt a certain group, they will never stop questioning them.

For example, "public knowledge", such as "expert"...

In the early years, netizens listened to their advice - because of their unreliability, they became today's street rats...

Donglin Group is no exception.

How could Chongzhen, who had seen through Donglin's true face, be at their mercy?