Ming Dynasty Strategy Notes [Transmigration Book]

The imperial guards cleared the way, the carriage stopped at the entrance of the Taimiao, Emperor Hongwu got out of the carriage, and entered the Taimiao under the guidance of the officials.After getting out of the car, he purposely looked around. The Five Armies soldiers and horses surrounded the Taimiao. The places close to him were all guards whom he had never met before. However, the Jinyiwei led by his confidant Jiang Yu was forced to Staying at a distance, if you move your hands, it will hardly do anything.

However, Emperor Hongwu remained calm and walked into the Taimiao with a calm expression and steady steps.Lao Zhu had never encountered such a dangerous scene when he conquered the Great Ming Dynasty. Isn't it just a certain son forcing him to hand over the country now?It's just that he is established as a prince, so what if he is established as a prince?Is the prince sure to become the emperor?Besides, Zhu Yuanzhang has never been willing to be controlled by others, Lan Yu, no, there may be two other people he cares about who participated in the conspiracy, do they think they are just forced to compromise?I'm afraid not necessarily.

Accompanied by the leader of the imperial guards, Emperor Hongwu finished bathing and changing clothes, and stood in front of the tablet of the Taimiao, and all the civil and military officials lined up behind him according to their ranks.Before the ceremony started, Emperor Hongwu exchanged glances with Lanyu who was standing in the first row. Lanyu looked respectful and as usual, and Emperor Hongwu sneered in his heart, Lanyu, Lanyu, you look like a magnanimous gentleman. I didn't expect that he would dare to do something rebellious because of his appearance.

At the beginning of the ancestor worship ceremony, Zanyin sent officials to enter through the right door of the hall, and sent officials to kneel down to worship the memorial tablet for Emperor Hongwu, and then the deacon held incense and inserted it on the incense table. After the incense was introduced, the officials were sent to offer three sticks of incense. Zanyin and all the officials knelt down and worshiped four times. Yin read out the congratulatory speech, and after the reading is completed, Zan Yin and the officials prostrate themselves on the ground and salute again. This is three prostrations; Congratulations to the officials, blessings to the officials who enter the silk, and returning to the throne, this is considered a gift.

Such a three-powdow and four-kowtow down, especially such a grand ceremony also requires that the kneeling posture must be in place, and even coughing is not allowed. Except for Emperor Hongwu who has been standing by the side, all the civil and military officials feel extremely tired, but they all fight. Spirit, waiting for the next highlight - the crown prince canonization ceremony.

The ancestor worship ceremony, silk offering, animal sacrifice, and kneeling have all been done, but the canonization of the crown prince must not be sloppy. These tedious etiquettes have to be repeated, and all the officials are complaining in their hearts. The combination of these two ceremonies is really fatal. up.But... when everyone knelt down and worshiped, they did not forget to raise their eyes to take a look. At this time, the crown prince was still not selected. The medicine in Emperor Hongwu's gourd is really deep.

The canonization ceremony is coming to an end, and the maids are holding the prince's crown and waiting on the sidelines. After the eunuch read out the content of the imperial edict, Emperor Hongwu will personally wear the crown for the new prince, but the one who should have bathed and changed clothes has long been waiting on the stage Where is the new prince?neither knows.

After the ritual officer burned the last stick of incense, Emperor Hongwu took out the yellow brocade edict from his pocket and said, "Wang Shun, read the edict."

"Yes." Wang Shun respectfully accepted the satin-covered imperial decree handed over by Emperor Hongwu, untied the lace and glanced at it, then raised his eyes and exchanged knowing glances with Lan Yu standing in the first row.

There is no problem with the edict. It seems that Emperor Hongwu really compromised?Lan Yu breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and the other half that was hanging was because—according to the plan, the king of Shu should appear in the prince's dragon robe that they had sewn in advance, but now he looked around, but he didn't see the king of Shu. figure.

It is actually impossible for Emperor Hongwu to say that the candidate for the crown prince should not be disclosed in advance. One thing was intentionally or unintentionally exposed—a few days before the crown prince canonization ceremony, Emperor Hongwu asked the palace staff to sew the crown prince's dragon robe. It was originally extremely secretive, but Concubine Hui has been operating in the harem for many years and has many eyes and ears, so she still learned some details.Concubine Hui's people had measured the size of the prince's dragon robe, and it was neither Chun'er's size nor Zhu Di's figure, and there was only one person who could wear it in that size—Zhu Yunqi.

Therefore, no matter what others do, the Shu Royal Party has learned about the candidate for the prince in advance.Their plan today is to abduct Zhu Yunqi so that he cannot show up at the canonization ceremony. This does not seem to have been missed now. Lan Yu did not see Zhu Yunqi; the second is to let the king of Shu replace him and force Emperor Hongwu to read They prepared the edict in advance and crowned the king of Shu.Now the edict is in Wang Shun's hands, but where is the King of Shu?

Inside the Zuixiao Pavilion in the capital——

"My lord, isn't today the day the emperor canonize the crown prince?"

Before dawn in the morning, Xia Ziling came to Zhu Chun's room and dragged him up from the bed, but this fellow washed up, and after breakfast, he sat leisurely behind the table and read the script.He did not participate in the conspiracy between Zhu Chun, Lan Yu and others that day, and did not know the specific plan, but today's royal ancestor worship plus the canonization of the crown prince, Emperor Hongwu has already made the day public. He shouldn't just stay in the Drunken Xiao Pavilion as if nothing had happened, right?

Zhu Chun seemed to be immersed in the plot of the story very comfortably. Hearing Xia Ziling's question, he raised his head with a smile on his face and said, "What did you say?"

"...Could it be that the lord has forgotten what day it is today?"

"Father announced that the crown prince will be canonized today. How could I forget such an important day?"

Yes, on such an important day, how are you going to sit here like a normal person?Xia Ziling really wanted to pry Zhu Chun's head open to see what he was pretending to be.

"My lord, I don't know the plan you agreed with Lan Yu that day, but I thought that Concubine Hui and Duke Liang would never let you wait in Zuixiao Pavilion for a day?"

Zhu Chun raised eyebrows and said, "Of course not, let's go!"

After Zhu Chun finished speaking, she stood up gracefully, flicked her sleeves, and walked out of the house first.Xia Ziling breathed a sigh of relief and followed.It's just that... the sky is already bright, and the royal ancestor worship is usually arranged at the time of the rising sun. Although the ceremony of canonizing the prince is only after the ancestor worship, is it too late to rush to the Taimiao now?

Haoyue had already prepared the horses, and besides Zuixiaoge, Zhu Chun immediately took Xia Ziling and Zhang Shou on the road.But as soon as the horses galloped out of the city, Xia Ziling noticed something was wrong. Perhaps more precisely, the direction of the city was not right.

The Taimiao is located in the east of Nanjing City, so you should leave the city from the east gate. Just now, Zhu Chun took the two of them straight to the west gate. Xia Ziling thought that Zhu Chun was going in a detour to avoid people's eyes and ears, but after leaving Nanjing City, he had already done so. After more than a quarter of an hour, the three of them kept heading west. This was clearly the opposite. Their destination was not like the Taimiao, but more like...back to Shu.

"My lord, what do we mean by walking westward?" Xia Ziling reined in, and finally asked the question in his heart.

Zhu Chun immediately stopped his horse when he heard the words, and said, "Zi Ling, my father doesn't want me to be the crown prince, do you think I'm rebelling so openly?"

Xia Ziling was a little surprised that Zhu Chun would ask such a question.It is naturally a chilling thing for a son to disobey Lao Tzu and even openly raise troops to force the palace.However, the Tian family has no kinship, which is an eternal truth. At that time, Li Shimin also killed his brother in the Xuanwu Gate and forced his father to abdicate. Many people praise his merits and virtues, but they briefly mention the dark things in his early years.

The Ming Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety. Although Zhu Di was also the emperor who rebelled, he waited for Zhu Yuanzhang a hundred years later to rebel against his nephew. Zhu Chun blatantly forced Zhu Yuanzhang to make himself the prince, which is indeed against filial piety.But it is a bit of putting the cart before the horse when we are entangled in such ethical and moral issues now.

Therefore, after a while, Xia Ziling said: "My lord, as long as you work hard to manage the country in the future, you will be able to hide your flaws. The so-called Tian family has no family, and there are many things that you can't help yourself in the Tian family. There is nothing you can do about it."

Zhu Chun smiled softly, "I can't help myself? Is this just an excuse? Besides, is there really no family relationship in the Tian family? But I think people's hearts are made of flesh, and everyone is the same."

"When Eldest Brother died, Father was devastated. Isn't that family affection? When Eldest Brother was alive, he took care of us brothers in every possible way. Whoever made a mistake would protect us in front of Father. Isn't this family affection?"

Zhu Chun's words left Xia Ziling speechless. There is no doubt that Emperor Hongwu loves his son deeply, and Zhu Biao... is indeed a rare good man in the royal family.But...everything is ready, but Zhu Chun wants to give up the throne because he can't pass his own psychological barrier?Xia Ziling always felt that with Zhu Chun's strong heart, he would definitely not do such a thing.

Xia Ziling glanced sideways at the sun, a red sun had already revealed a few rays of light in the sky, if they didn't rush to the Taimiao now, it would be too late.So... Zhu Chun was debating with himself whether he should fight for the throne at this time, maybe he wanted to delay the time?

Xia Ziling said: "Your Majesty, I think we should have discussed the issue of whether or not we should fight for the throne a few years ago. It is better not to waste time now. Please tell me frankly, Your Majesty. What is the plan?"

Zhu Chun pursed her lips and stared at Xia Ziling for a moment, then suddenly chuckled, "Ziling, why are you so sharp all the time?"

Zhu Chun got off his horse, handed the reins to Zhang Shou, and said, "Zhang Shou, go drink the horse."

They were on the edge of the Yangtze River, so Xia Ziling dismounted and handed the horse over to Zhang Shou. He wanted to see what Zhu Chun wanted to say to him in private.

After Zhang Shou left, Xia Ziling continued to press, "My lord, can you tell me the plan now?"

"Call me Yaoxuan."

"..." Well, when there is no one in private, Zhu Chun always struggles with this address, Xia Ziling paused, and then asked again: "Yaoxuan, what are you going to do?"

In this sentence, Xia Ziling not only called Zhu Chun's name, but even his tone didn't have a hint of humility. He thought Zhu Chun should be satisfied.But he didn't want the latter to give full play to the ruffian hidden in his temperament, provoke a playful smile, and said: "You kiss me, and I will tell you."

Hearing this, Xia Ziling suddenly became angry. Nima, you are the one who wants to be the emperor. What does it have to do with you? Ask him a plan, and he actually asked for a kiss from Joe?

Before Xia Ziling could say anything, Zhu Chun spoke again: "Oh, look at the sun, the crown prince is about to be canonized, and if you miss a big deal, it's your fault."

"..." This is simply a thief calling for a thief, okay? !Although Zhu Chun's act of making things difficult at this time was very bad, Xia Ziling's impatient nature really couldn't wait for Zhu Chun to dawdle. Moreover, Xia Ziling's heart broke, thinking that he and Zhu Chun had kissed countless times, Last time he had the idea of ​​dedicating himself, he was afraid that Zhu Chun would take advantage of it one more time?

Thinking of this, Xia Ziling didn't bother to talk nonsense with Zhu Chun, walked over, and generously raised his head and leaned forward to kiss Zhu Chun's lips lightly.

Xia Ziling originally thought that this kind of kiss was just a formality, but he didn't want Zhu Chun to hold the back of his neck with one hand, press Xia Ziling's back with the other to firmly confine him in his arms, and pry Xia Ziling's lips away with his tongue. His lips poked in.

This guy who is in heat regardless of the occasion!Xia Ziling was secretly annoyed in his heart, but he didn't want Zhu Chun to push a pill into his mouth at this moment.

Xia Ziling struggled violently to push Zhu Chun away and spit out the pill.But Zhu Chun's strength was no match for him, and what was worse was that the pill melted in the mouth, and it had already been mixed with the body fluid in his mouth.

Damn it!Zhu Chun, what exactly do you want? !