Daming: From the end of Hongwu

And at this time, it just so happened that their previous arrangements for Sizhou and Sinan had come to fruition. The two families of Sizhou and Sinan started a large-scale fight, and the number of casualties on both sides soared to hundreds of figures in just a few days.

The court had already prepared for this matter. After the court meeting that day, Zhang Wu led [-] soldiers and horses to Sizhou. After that, Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and others also got busy at the same time, fully supporting Zhang Wu. of reforming the soil and returning to the stream.

Change the soil and return to the stream.

As the name suggests, the chieftain system was changed to the official system.

This is the only way for the imperial court to increase its control over the southwest region, and it is also an inevitable trend of ethnic integration. The imperial court broke the chieftain system and abolished the dictatorship of one family and one surname, which is also a good thing for the local people.

In the future, they can also rely on their studies and imperial examinations to achieve class transition just like the Han people.

And this place, like the other territories of the Ming Dynasty, will be governed by officials one after another, and will be under the joint supervision of the court and the people.

In August, Zhang Wu went to Sizhou.

In the name of the imperial court, Zhang Wu stopped the attack of both sides that month.

But Sizhou and the Sinan Propaganda Envoy publicly agreed, but they continued to fight in private, and the number of casualties continued to rise. Even the Sizhou Propaganda Envoy and the Sinan Propaganda Deputy Killed the younger brother of the Sinan Propaganda Envoy, and even more In a frenzy, he dug up the ancestral grave of the Sinan Consolation Envoy, and pulled out the body of the Sinan Consolation Envoy's mother, exposing it to the wild.

After this incident broke out, the entire court was shocked.

Annoyed, Zhang Wu directly dispatched a large army to attack Sizhou, and captured Sizhou's comfort envoy, but Sizhou's comfort envoy was not convinced, and in order to get rid of the crime, Sinan's comfort envoy hanged and killed his mother's private story Come out and let his minions spread the word.

For a while, the whole Sizhou Sinan was in chaos.

……

When Zhen Wu found out in the capital that this matter had developed like this, he put the Sizhou problem aside.

In recent years, Sizhou and Sinan have been deeply integrated with the Han nationality. Now that the chieftains of the two chieftains have committed such a big thing, it is unstoppable for Sizhou and Sinan to reform and return to the native land.

And it is.

Yongle six years, summer.

Zhu Di set up the Chief Secretary of Guizhou to govern the city of Xuanweisi in Guizhou, and changed the Xuanwei Division of Huguang under the jurisdiction of the Sizhou Xuanwei Division to Sizhou Prefecture, Liping Prefecture, Xinhua Prefecture, and Shiqian Prefecture, and the Sinan Xuanwei Division to Sinan Prefecture and Zhenyuan A total of eight prefectures including Tongren Mansion, Tongren Mansion, and Wuluo Mansion were merged into the Chief Secretary of Guizhou.

Since then, the establishment of Guizhou has started the process of land reform in the entire southwest region.

However, when Zhen Wu was happy about this matter, a bad news came out from the palace, which shocked the whole Ming Dynasty instantly.

The mother of the dynasty, Empress Xu Xu Miaoyun collapsed at this time.

Zhen Wu was so dazed that he almost lost his footing.

He once asked Zhu Yuying to pay more attention to Xu Miaoyun's physical condition. Zhu Yuying also told the people around Xu Miaoyun to pay attention to Xu Miaoyun's physical condition. several times.

Although Xu Miaoyun also suffered from illnesses later on, but it has never been too serious.

Zhen Wu originally thought that Xu Miaoyun's fate might be changed.

But... why didn't he escape?

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Chapter 402 - How deep can love be?

That night.

The news blew through the capital like a pervasive wind, civil and military officials were startled one after another in the night, and even the whole house became noisy. They looked up in the direction of the palace.

Something happened.

They know that the officials of the Ministry of Rites will be busy until dawn tonight.

Sure enough, I waited until the next day.

When the sky was still gray, the funeral ceremony for the empress was formulated. First, all civil and military officials in Beijing received a bolt of linen from the imperial court and ordered them to make their own mourning clothes. , Go to Sishan Gate to mourn for three days.

From today on, I will stop going to court for three days without ringing bells and drums.

And the funeral is just the beginning, after that, all civil and military officials need to stay in the government office for 27 days, and the supervisors, monks, pawns, elders, etc. should wear mourning clothes, and go to Yingtian Mansion to mourn for three days from the day of mourning. Soldiers and civilians and women wear plain clothes, ban gold, silver, pearls and emeralds, stop music for three days, sacrifice for 49 days, ban slaughter for [-] days, stop weddings for officials from all over the Ming Dynasty for [-] days, and for soldiers and civilians for one month.

All kings and princesses are ordered to wear Zhu Di's funeral at the same time, and the sons of the princes, county kings, princesses, and princesses, and the sons of the princesses are all dressed in the clothes of "qi mourning without fighting" and "great merit" and "minor merit".

Zhu Di seemed to be expressing his reluctance to Xu Miaoyun with the most complete and grand funeral ceremony.

Zhen Wu was mixed among the officials, and he glanced at Zhu Di who was wearing plain clothes from a distance. He couldn't see Zhu Di's expression clearly, but from Zhu Di's hunched back, he seemed to be able to imagine how sad Zhu Di was.

They are a loving teenage couple.

From the young man in brocade clothes and the young girl with cardamom, to the emperor who dominates the world and the queen who is the mother of the world, they have laughed, quarreled, been romantic, and have supported each other through the darkest time of peace. Now If one dies first, what kind of impact will it have on the other?

At this moment, the wailing of all the officials rang out.

Ridiculous.

They cried so hoarsely that they even seemed to be out of breath.

But Zhen Wu's eyes were filled with tears, but he couldn't cry out.

He remembered the first time he saw Xu Miaoyun, when he sent his fourth and fifth sisters to the palace, the elegant Xu Miaoyun stopped him curiously after seeing him.

"You are Zhen Wu. I didn't expect that you are so talented, but you have an outstanding appearance." Xu Miaoyun said.

Zhen Wu was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.

Xu Miaoyun laughed heartily, and Zhu Yuying who was beside him wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.

From then on, Xu Miaoyun took care of his family a lot, and after he married Zhu Yuying, Xu Miaoyun treated him even better, so that he could not even notice the difference from treating her son.

She is an intelligent woman.

Perhaps the more outstanding a woman is, the easier it is to be envied by God.

After the mourning and mourning of the civil and military officials were over, Zhen Wu and the others went forward to offer their condolences and met with Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu and the others as an act of condolence. Zhu Yuying, the daughter-in-law, is taking the lead in receiving condolences from the wives.

Zhen Wu couldn't help feeling a little worried, since last night, Zhu Yuying had been crying and crying, and from the beginning to the end, the whole life was not good, and the mourning lasted for three days, he was afraid that Zhu Yuying would not be able to hold on.

Zhu Yuying seemed to sense Zhen Wu's gaze, and she also looked over here. She understood the worry in Zhen Wu's eyes, and grinned a smile uglier than crying.

This made Zhen Wu even more distressed.

He was very afraid that Zhu Yuying would leave him early one day, and he couldn't imagine what he would look like at that time.

After that, all the officials went back separately, and Zhen Wu, under the arrangement of the officials in charge, sat down to do some things that belonged to his son-in-law. Congee, I personally found Zhu Yuying with it.

Zhu Yuying looked at Zhen Wu, and said pitifully, "Husband..." Then, tears welled up in her eyes again, blocking all her remaining words.

Zhen Wu sighed, he knew that Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun doted on Zhu Yuying, the eldest daughter, and Zhu Yuying also had a deep affection for Xu Miaoyun.

"Drink something, you haven't eaten since last night, if you continue like this, your body won't be able to survive."

"I can't eat it." Zhu Yuying shook her head.

"If you can't eat it, you have to eat it."

Zhen Wu scooped up a spoonful himself, blew it and handed it to Zhu Yuying's mouth, and at the same time persuaded: "There are still two days, you have to hold on, not to mention that the father may be hurt this time. If you don't eat it, who will persuade father?"

"Where are Gao Chi and Gao Xu?" Zhu Yuying asked.

"They are not much better than you, but you are the eldest sister, you need to take them to persuade the father, so you eat some first, and when you have strength, you can better help the family. I don't want to see the whole family get sick," Zhen Wu said.

Zhu Yuying became sad again.

Zhen Wu handed over the spoon again, and Zhu Yuying opened her mouth to eat, but she didn't eat much, so Zhu Yuying shook her head, indicating that she really didn't want to eat.

Zhen Wu had no choice but to let Zhu Yuying go.

Zhu Yuying choked up at this moment and said: "Husband, my mother's empress was actually trying to compile the "Book of Encouraging Goodness", and she suffered an emergency due to physical and mental exhaustion. If it wasn't for this, my mother's queen would definitely live a long life. Why do you think my mother is so stubborn?" , I’ve been persuading her a lot, but she just doesn’t listen, what’s so worthless about such a broken book, is it worth all the time and effort that the empress mother has to spend so much time and energy on.”

Zhen Wu was speechless.

Empress Xu, after all, she is worthy of the name of her queen.

At the same time, Zhen Wu also understood Xu Miaoyun's death. Xu Miaoyun's health has not been good in the past two years. Often, when he gets sick, he is much slower than ordinary people to get better. For example, the last time there was a cold, it took several months intermittently to recover. stand up.

No matter how hard this body is, what else can it do?

How can you not learn to enjoy the honor of a good queen?

At this time, Zhu Yuying looked at Zhen Wu again, uncertain of her decision and said: "My husband, before my mother died, there was a last word saying that the most regrettable thing in my life is to go to Peiping to have a good time when my father and king go on a north tour. I would like to thank the female relatives of the generals who defended the city with us back then. At that time, those female relatives of the generals listened to the call of the queen mother and trusted the queen, so they followed the mother and sacrificed their lives and dignities to climb to the top of the city It's a bloody battle, now that my mother's wish has not been fulfilled, I want to take a trip for my mother, to make up for my mother's regret."

Zhen Wu pondered for a while and said, "You go...it's probably not appropriate."

"But you can't let Gao Chi go, it's all female relatives, how can he thank you." Zhu Yuying retorted.

Zhen Wu thought for a while and said: "Let's do this, you and the Crown Princess will let you know later, and you go with the Crown Princess, it's not too much, but it's just that you don't want to mention this matter for the time being. It will take a year and a half to talk about it.”

"Oh." Zhu Yuying nodded and said, "I see."

Afterwards, the two chatted for a few more words, and Zhu Yuying went to find Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu, thinking of going to visit Zhu Di together, but when they went to see Zhu Di, they were told by Zhu Di that they were not there. They were worried that Zhu Di would not eat or drink. , and a violent shout came from the room.

"Go away, I don't need you to worry about it."

Zhu Gaochi and the others looked at each other and had no choice but to ask the dog. After knowing that Zhu Di had eaten, he left with a little peace of mind.

……

Afterwards, Zhen Wu stayed in the palace with Zhu Yuying, and went to mourning with civil and military officials on time every morning. Two days later, the mourning was over, and the officials needed to fast for 27 days, so Zhen Wu could not avoid it.

The Ming Dynasty began to fall into a sad atmosphere.

As time passed, the 27th ended soon, and Zhu Di seemed to have returned to normal, but there was something strange about it.

That is Zhu Di's delay in mentioning Xu Miaoyun's burial.

On this day, when the officials of the Ministry of Rites asked Zhu Di at the court meeting when Xu Miaoyun should be buried, Zhu Di became uncharacteristically furious, and even the official of the Ministry of Rites who asked the question was knocked down three grades by Zhu Di on the spot.

For a while, Zhu Di frightened everyone in the court hall.

At the same time, it also made everyone in the court understand that Zhu Di looked relieved on his face, but there was still an obsession in his heart that he refused to let go easily.

What made everyone even more puzzled and worried was that after the end of the Celestial Dynasty, the news that Zhu Di planned to build an ice cellar in the palace to house Xu Miaoyun's body spread like wildfire.

How deep can love be?

So deep that the lover passed away, and he refused to part with him.

Zhen Wu was amazed by this, but that afternoon Zhu Gaochi's three brothers even came to find him.

When they explained their purpose, Zhen Wu stared wide-eyed in shock.

"I said, you two are your own sons, okay? You want me to persuade you about this? Is there any mistake! Besides, I am quite touched by the fact that the old man left his mother behind. If I am not sure, I will do it. to persuade."

The three of Zhu Gaochi were a little embarrassed.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhen Wuye were used to it, and said shamelessly, "The old man is in this state, how dare we go, turn around and anger him, we can't beat us to death."

Zhu Gaosui also opened his mouth and said: "Yes, brother-in-law, it's not like you don't know that we were afraid of the old man since we were young, and besides..." Zhu Gaosui's voice choked up for a while, and then he said again: "Besides, now that mother is gone, I will make my father anxious." , then there is really no one to protect it.”

Zhen Wu snorted: "Aren't you afraid, am I not? No one is protecting you anymore, it seems like someone is protecting me."

Zhu Gaochi was embarrassed, and said cheekily: "It's different, brother-in-law, you are the most resistant to beating."

hiss.

Zhen Wu glared at Zhu Gaochi.

Can this fat man speak?

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui nodded in agreement at the same time, which made Zhen Wu wish to beat up the third brother on the spot, but after thinking about it, Zhen Wu still put out this idea, it is different now, the third brother is too old to touch , So I closed my eyes and ignored the three of them.

The three of them saw that Zhen Wu was unmoved, and after looking at each other, Zhu Gaoxu rolled his eyes and said, "It's okay if my brother-in-law doesn't go, but don't stop us three younger brothers from looking for my eldest sister."

hiss.

Zhen Wu took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and said angrily: "Your eldest sister has been ill since she came back from the palace, and she has been recovering for so many days. If you dare to bother your eldest sister, I will never end with you. Believe it or not."

"Trust me and look for it, let's talk..."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows, and refused to follow Zhen Wu's way: "Isn't it too much for a brother-in-law to stop his brother-in-law from looking for his sister, and you stop three at a time, is it reasonable?"

Zhen Wu looked at the three of them in unison, and took a few breaths. He was really afraid that they would bother Zhu Yuying, but seeing the three of them making up their minds now, Zhen Wu couldn't help it. Don't regress.

In the end, Zhen Wu said unhappily: "Okay, okay, I can go, but if you want to go, you can go together, no one wants to run away, if you want me to persuade you alone, I won't go if you beat me to death."

Zhu Gaochi laughed like a fox and said, "Then go together, then go together."

Zhen Wu rolled his eyes, when the dog came, he probably would have paid attention to it together, the move of advancing, retreating, and retreating was really fucking good.

Afterwards, the four of them walked towards the palace together.

At this time, Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and some civil officials were also sitting together to discuss, and Yang Shiqi said: "My Ming Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, so there must be no problem with Your Majesty at this time, but everyone can see it now." Well, Your Majesty has too much affection for the Empress, if things go on like this, I'm afraid..."

He didn't say what he said later, but no one knew that it would not be a good word after that.