Seiwa

In the ninth year of Yongle, on the first day of October, the emperor issued an edict to make Zhu Gaoxu, king of the Han Dynasty, the crown prince, and announced it to the world.

Concubine Wei of the Han Dynasty was registered as the crown princess.The Xuan Mansion is the fiefdom of Zhu Zhanhe, the eldest son of the Han King.Yu Zi will not be ennobled for the time being, but will enjoy the royal salary of the county.

For the princes of the vassal states who have not received a title, the eldest son is the son, and the sons are the county kings.The eldest son is not the first son, but the first son is the son of the eldest son.Offenders will be demoted.

King Ping was ill for a long time, so he allowed him to live in Jinling for a long time, and instead of returning to the vassal, he enjoyed the tax of Pu'an Prefecture.Prince Ping's mansion does not have any official affiliation, but only the ceremony of congratulations by the left chief of the mansion.Guard the palace with 50 school lieutenants and listen to the dispatches of the palace.

Prince Ping's son stayed in Beijing to serve the sick, increased his salary to nine thousand shi, and studied in the palace.

Regarding Princess Ping, the imperial decree did not mention a single word.

Subsequently, the emperor ordered the Ministry of Rites to discuss the grand ceremony of conferring the crown prince, and entered the East Palace Chaoyi.

The Ministry of Rites in Nanjing and the Ministry of Rites in Beijing consulted the old regulations of Hongwu, and made a charter with reference to the Grand Prince Ceremony of Feng Yiwen, but they did not get the approval of the emperor.

The two ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the four ministers of the Ministry of Rites and their subordinates, Lang Zhong and others, are holding the memorials they sent back, so I don't know why.Looking at the emperor eagerly, it doesn't matter if he doesn't pass, at least give some hints.How to change it specifically, everyone should have a reference.

Emperor Yong Le refused to follow his wishes, looked at it with one glance and ten lines, his expression remained unchanged, pressed on the case, and directly threw out two words, "Let's discuss again."

If you can't understand your boss's emotions, no matter how strong your work ability is, it will be in vain.

After tossing and tossing for more than a month, the memorial was changed no less than ten times, the list of officials in the East Palace was drawn up, and the regulations for the ceremony for the appointment of the crown prince have not yet been finalized.

On such a day, the year of the monkey and the month of horses will be over?

After all, what kind of regulations can satisfy the emperor?

The ministries of rites in the two capitals no longer have the heart to compete for power, and it is useless to compete for Zichou Yinmao if they cannot complete the emperor's confession.

In order to gather wisdom, the Minister of Rites mobilized his subordinate officials to refer to the previous dynasty if the old regulations of the Hongwu Dynasty were not passed.The Yuan Dynasty did not work, as did the former Song Dynasty and the former Tang Dynasty.

Zuo Shilang of the Beijing Ministry of Rites has a superb memory, a long history of family education, and has read a lot of books and classics since he was a child. He actually found out the relevant information about the canonization of the crown prince in the Han Dynasty.Excitedly, he took it to the Yamen and studied it with his colleagues in the ministry.Insufficient manpower, they tied cloth strips and turned on the lights to fight at night.

A few days later, the Beijing Ministry of Etiquette had two dark circles under their eyes. They took out the draft regulations, their eyes were red, their hands were trembling, trembling like an old man.

"So, His Majesty should be satisfied, right?"

The memorials were sent to Beijing by Kuai Mafei.After being polished and supplemented by the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, there are no omissions, and it is submitted to the imperial examination.

Inside the Nuan Pavilion, the Minister of Rites held his breath, fearing that the emperor would beat him back again.

Fortunately, Emperor Yong Le didn't say any further discussion, and reluctantly nodded his head to pass.He raised the imperial pen and approved a word of approval on the memorial.

The word "accurate" is really hard-won.

After receiving the letter of approval, all the Ministry of Rites in the two capitals were extremely excited, crying with their heads in their arms, tears pouring down like springs, and even the little official who brought tea and water couldn't help the red circles around his eyes.

If the emperor doesn't approve it, I'm afraid the masters in the ministry will have to challenge the etiquette rules of the ancient pre-Qin period. It's not easy!

Although the ceremony for conferring the crown prince has not yet been held, the guard of honor in the East Palace is all ready.

Compared with the princely system, there is a slight increase or decrease.

Incense burners, incense boxes, banners and banners, festival banners, swords, shields and halberds, round umbrellas and square fans, flags and flower drums, etc. All the utensils are gold, and the paint must be bright red.

Zhu Gaoxu was in Beijing, and he no longer wore the prince's guard of honor when he went in and out, but he did not immediately wear the prince's guard of honor either.

After years of tempering, Zhu Gaoxu's personality has not changed, but his behavior has become more and more prudent.Nanjing officials are not yet aware of it, but the Beijing Ministry of Operations and frontier military generals are deeply aware of it.

"Your Highness looks more and more like today."

Putting off his arrogance, even if he was kicked in the head by a donkey, Zhu Gaoxu would never say such heartless words as "Admiral Tiance".

In fact, when Emperor Yongle proposed to establish the crown prince, he was rolling up his trousers and patrolling the fields in the military settlement outside Beijing.

The golden wheat fields, the neat sorghum, and the novel foreign food, all of these are more attractive to him than the praises of the foreign envoys.

Emperor Yong Le would never have imagined that Zhu Gaoxu would dare to sabotage his work and slip away when he was transferred to Beijing to receive foreign envoys.There was a hasty banquet, and it was never seen again.The Fanbang envoys threw it to the officials of the Ministry of Industry, and ran to the fields to complete the unfinished farming work by themselves.

During the autumn harvest, Zhu Gaoxu took a sickle newly made by the Daning Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau and went to the field to harvest rice and wheat.

Not only he came, Zhu Zhanhe was also brought along.

According to Zhu Gaoxu's words, "How can an orphaned son not know the five grains and Jiaxuan?"

The second son, Zhu Zhanqi, who was still babbling, was also ordered to be taken to the field.The baby who was still grinding her teeth had no idea what her father was doing.Seeing the lively scene, he slapped his hands and laughed vigorously, but his father's big hand pinned his head and threatened, "Dare to imitate the dudes, don't understand the sufferings of the people, tell me why you don't eat minced meat, and see how I deal with you! "

Zhu Zhanqi didn't know whether he really didn't understand or pretended not to understand, in short, he continued to laugh.

Zhu Zhanhe looked at his father, then at his younger brother, and the farmer reappeared.Big eyes flickered twice, determined to go back to Yingtian, and look for an opportunity to complain to the imperial grandmother.

Seeing this scene, Meng Qinghe was speechless.

At a young age, he already has the potential of sesame buns, and has a great momentum to develop into black-faced steamed buns.

Should it be said that Lao Zhu's family members have too high IQ, or too much personality?

"Small insurance."

Just as he was thinking, his sleeve was pulled.

"What's the matter, son?"

Zhu Gaoxu was crowned the crown prince, Zhu Zhanhe was not crowned the crown prince, but was still the "son of the throne", but the distance between him and his brothers had been widened. I am afraid that the title of "Elder Son" has not been called for long.

"I want to be with my father, too."

Go to the field together?

Meng Qinghe was a little embarrassed, turned his head to look at Xia Yuanji, and found that Xia Shangshu was not there, then looked at the eunuchs serving Zhu Zhanhe, Huang Shaojian bent over and grinned, only Shaobao obeyed.

"Your Highness is still young."

"I'm not young anymore, I can draw an iron bow. The emperor's grandfather said that if I hit it a little longer, I could shoot a golden eagle!"

An iron bow less than two palms long, shooting golden eagles... Speaking of fools, Emperor Yong Le is truly invincible.

Speechless for a while, not wanting to dampen Zhu Zhanhe's enthusiasm, Meng Qinghe had no choice but to call his personal guards and ask Zhu Gaoxu what he meant.

In the blink of an eye, Zhu Gaoxu had already walked to the middle of the field, the guards did not dare to delay, and trotted all the way.

"Uncle, according to His Royal Highness, the son can go to the fields, and there is no need to harvest, just pick up the grains."

Meng Qinghe nodded and asked someone to bring an exquisite wooden basket.

Huang Shaojian wanted to take it, but Zhu Zhanhe had to carry it by himself, "If you have the strength, do it yourself!"

"The son can carry the basket by himself." Meng Qinghe bent down and smiled, "But let Huang Shaojian go to the field with the son, how about?"

"it is good!"

Zhu Zhanhe nodded, his big eyes sparkling.

Unwilling to be left out, Zhu Zhanqi yelled twice.

Zhu Zhanhe turned around and said solemnly: "Your brother is waiting here. You can only go to the fields when you grow up to be like your elder brother and can draw the iron bow."

"what!"

"obedient!"

"Ah!"

"OK?"

"what!"

"Okay, let's go for my brother."

Meng Qinghe turned his head, took a deep breath, couldn't laugh, absolutely couldn't laugh.

God knows how gratifying the scene is when two New Year picture dolls, one big and one small, get together.

Zhu Zhanhe carried the basket and walked in front, while Huang Shaojian bent down to protect him, for fear that Zhu Zhanhe would bump into anything.But Zhu Gaoxu didn't care. Seeing that Young Master Huang was being supervised tightly, he raised his voice and said, "You don't have to. When I was a child, I rolled around on the school ground a few times and it didn't matter!"

Meng Qinghe didn't step forward, but stood by the field with his hands behind his back, looking at Zhu Gaoxu and his son in the wheat field, his eyebrows stretched, feeling like his long-cherished wish had been fulfilled.

History has been different.

Daming will not go back to the original track, and the suffering that the land under his feet has endured will not happen again, will it?

While his thoughts were flying, the autumn wind blew through the wheat waves, and Zhu Gaoxu, who had reached the ground, straightened up and put down his sickle.When Zhu Zhanhe came to his side, he saw that he was sweating from the heat and his face was flushed, so he insisted on not saying a word, picked him up, and threw him twice.

"Okay, it's Gu's son!"

The laughter of the father and son came out with the wind, and the soldiers and farmers in the field seemed to feel the joy of this moment.

A kind of joy bursting from the depths of the heart with vigorous vitality.

Meng Qinghe was also infected, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.How could we have imagined today ten years ago?

At that time, King Gaoyang was still a reckless young man.The word "Xiao Niang" gave him a toothache for more than two months.

His shoulders suddenly sank, and the familiar Lengxiang lingered around him.

The smile on Meng Qinghe's face grew stronger, he raised his arm to cover the big hand on his shoulder, and said, "Master Guo, I have no regrets in this life to meet you and live in the present Daming."

Sweet love words, he can say, but he is unwilling to say.Facing this person beside him, he just wanted to give the most authentic self.

Smart, but still a little clumsy.

Emotions are invisible, but thick as blood, to be melted into the bones, truly unforgettable.

In this life, in the next life, and in the next life, I will never forget it.

As he said before, there will be no regrets in this life.

Shen Xuan didn't speak, but clasped Meng Qinghe's palm with his backhand, intertwined his five fingers, so hard that Meng Qinghe's fingers became numb.But he didn't break free.

Grip back hard, as if holding the whole world with your own hands.

No matter how painful or numb, he is happy!

For half a month, the land of Northern Xinjiang was immersed in rich joy.

In August, there was a plague of locusts in Daning, Hebei. Fortunately, the scale was small and did not cause too much damage.On the contrary, some herdsmen who raise chickens and ducks have benefited. All the free-range poultry are eaten oily and smooth, and they are sold in the mutual market for a small profit, which is even comparable to the income of raising cattle and sheep.

Meng Qinghe did not advocate large-scale farming. This era is no better than later generations. Once the livestock gets sick, it is likely to affect the livelihood of the entire tribe.

It's just that he didn't expect that the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated.

When he found out, the number of herders raising chickens and ducks in the two garrison houses near Daning had already exceeded the number of cattle and sheep, and there were also specialized "veterinarians".

It is reported that most of these veterinarians are from foreign countries, and they came from far away oceans on a big food ship.I originally came to Daming to do business, but I was attracted by the prosperity and strength of Daming, so I didn't want to leave after staying here.

Before the Yongle Dynasty, the land of northern Xinjiang had always been associated with barrenness, and was often harassed by Tartars. Every spring and autumn, it had to be threshed. Naturally, it could not be called prosperous.

Ever since Emperor Yongle came to the throne, he successively entrusted his two sons to the northern border, and strictly enforced the frontier defense.He also opened a mutual market in Kaiyuan Guangning and vigorously developed trade. Merchants with a keen sense of smell took action one after another and gathered in Daning, Shuntian to contribute to the development of northern Xinjiang.

With Tatar Oara being conquered one after another, the White Horde Khanate and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, etc. made friends with the Ming Dynasty one after another, surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and the dynasty's reputation spread far and wide. More and more foreign businessmen, even royal nobles, have all kinds of dreams. , He did not hesitate to travel thousands of miles to come to this magical land.

However, compared with the Mongolian and Turkic tribes who are used to dealing with people, the barbarians with high noses and deep eyes are obviously not welcome.

Why?

Too unhygienic!

It is difficult to prepare a handkerchief for wiping tears and snot with your sleeves?I can't afford a handkerchief, can the head office of straw paper?

To solve the problem of reincarnation of grains, they did not know how to find a latrine, which made the soldiers of the Wucheng soldiers and horses have red eyes when they saw red and yellow hairs, and they wanted to beat people by waving iron rulers.

You don't need chopsticks or daggers to eat, just use your hands.

Don't wash your face, feet, or bath. If you ask me, the answer is because of your faith.

The students of Daming were stunned, what kind of belief is this?Faith makes them not hygienic?

Tatar Wara Uliangha despises that Mongolian iron cavalry has been to Europe and spread "civilization". After more than 100 years, these barbarians are still uncivilized!

The Jurchens felt that compared to these barbarians, they could be called civilized people.

The savage Jurchens gritted their bones and grinned, not expressing their thoughts yet.

Having lived in Daming for several years, Dias, who has long been accustomed to the costumes of Ming Dynasty and is well versed in the way of life of Ming Dynasty, sees the behavior of the "citizens" like this, and wished he could cover his face with his sleeves and run away.

What a shame!Ashamed to associate with it.

Fortunately, the environment can transform people the most. After living in Daming for a period of time, bad habits can always be changed.

But it also led to another problem. The immigrant population of Daming was increasing, showing a blowout development.Later, when walking on the streets of the capital and bumping into someone head-on, they might be princes and grand dukes of a certain country.

Shuntian of Ming Dynasty has a faint shadow of Chang'an in the heyday of Tang Dynasty.

The distant Silk Road has become barren, but sea routes are constantly being opened up.

In the distant historical time and space, the hurricane set off a great change, and the new world center radiated dazzling brilliance after the storm.

Standing in the east of the world, the most powerful dynasty in the world, the Ming Empire.

In November of the [-]th year of Yongle, the vassal kings and clans from all over the world came to Beijing to congratulate them.

In December of the same year, Zhu Gaoxu was called to Nanjing.

The Son of Heaven decreed to establish the official subordinates of the East Palace, and ordered Zhu Neng, the Duke of Cheng, to also be the Taishi of the Prince, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, and the Taifu of the Prince, and Shen Xuan, the Duke of Ding, to be the Taibao of the Prince.Xu Zengshou, Empress of Wuyang, and Prince Shaoshi, Xincheng Hou, Zhang Fu, and Prince Shaofu, Xingning Bo, Meng Qinghe, and Prince Shaobao.

Xia Yuanji, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, and Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu, Jin Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhan Shi, the right servant of the Ministry of War, and the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, both concurrently served as Shao Zhan Shi.The officials are all assigned to Shizhong, and the left to Shizhong of the Criminal Department is the prime minister of Zhan Shifu.

Originally, there was only one Zhan Shi in Zhan Shi's mansion. Taking into account various factors, Zhu Di appointed two people.When it comes to making decisions, Xia Yuanji will come forward.As a meritorious official of Jing Nan, he was able to enjoy himself among the mighty and powerful. Jin Zhong's role was just to use his name to show the emperor's importance to the crown prince.

In January of the tenth year of Yongle, on the first day of the first lunar month, the emperor issued the crown prince book.

In February of the tenth year of Yongle, Zhu Gaoxu took the initiative to ask for a postponement of the crown prince ceremony.

"Your servant, please wait until King Zhao returns to the capital to hold the ceremony."

The ministers played, please do not follow the rules.Furthermore, the date for holding the grand ceremony has already been set, and the vassal princes from all over the country have started to leave for Beijing, and some are already on their way.Postponing the ceremony at this time, let people come here for nothing?Or does it mean that after people enter Beijing, they stay until the ceremony is over before leaving?

Emperor Yong Le resisted all opinions and agreed to Zhu Gaoxu's request.

The emperor nodded, and it was useless for the courtiers to jump around.

Although the ceremony was postponed, Zhu Gaoxu still entered the Wenhua Palace as scheduled to attend court affairs.As for whether it conforms to the rules... The person on the dragon chair doesn't care, who dares to jump out and make irresponsible remarks?

Perhaps there was a definite plan in the dark, and Zheng He's fleet, which was expected to return in September, unexpectedly turned back in May of the tenth year of Yongle several months in advance, and appeared on the sea of ​​Fujian.

Compared with when they left, the size of the fleet has nearly doubled, and most of them are tribute teams of foreign envoys.

Among them is a very special fleet, with strange shapes and colorful hulls.The people on board were all dark-skinned, bare-chested, with different patterns painted on their faces.When he spoke, his teeth were white.

Standing on the treasure ship, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the officials on the shore and waved his arms vigorously, "Dock, get off the ship!"

The warships docked first, followed by the treasure ships.

The cabin opened, and a roar of beasts was deafening.All kinds of beasts that had never been seen before appeared in front of everyone one after another.

Giraffes, zebras, lions, wildebeest...

The people on the shore opened their mouths and their eyeballs fell to the ground.

what are these?

Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhu Gaosui laughed out loud.Knowing that the king of Han has been established as the crown prince, the ceremony has not been held for a long time, just to wait for his return, he is more and more happy, and people carry out the coral tree he got from a pirate treasure spot, not to mention the coral tree The box itself, alone, is a rare boutique, priceless.

"Put it on, and go to Beijing with the lonely horse to celebrate the emperor's brother."

"Yes!"