Xia Xun hurriedly picked up the codex of Su Aya, and unfolded it to see that it was a holy decree, copied in small characters as rigorous as a neat scientific examination, and some sentences in it were also crossed with vertical lines, which were obviously studied repeatedly.
This is Zhu Yuanzhang's testament.
"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: I am ordered by the emperor, and I have a great life in the world, and I will be in trouble, and I will live in the city, and I will caress and control the mandate of heaven, and I will do it for thirty-one years.
Worry about danger.
He said that he should not slack off and concentrate on benefiting the people.
However, it started from a humble beginning, without the ambition of the ancients, good and evil, not too much.
This year, there is one in seventy, the strength is weak, the day and night are afraid, but I am afraid that it will not end, and now I have the natural reason of all things, and its ridicule is there The emperor's grandson Renming is filial piety.
The world returns to the heart, it is advisable to ascend to the throne, to be diligent in civil affairs, Chinese and foreign civil and military ministers to assist in the same heart, to bless our people, and all funeral ceremonies are as different as in Chinese.
Announce to the world, so that you know your intentions.
Because of the mountains and rivers of Xiaoling, there is no change. ” This passage describes what Zhu Yuanzhang has done in his life, and the next is the eternal and unchanged set of words, there is nothing to look at, the focus is on the following, obviously this is the words copied by Luo Ke's opponent, and the sentences he crossed out are also on the following content. "1.
When the subjects of the world arrive, they are all relieved, and there is no prohibition on marriage and drinking. 2.
When the people of no hair cry in the palace, all those who come are in the palace, each with fifteen sounds, mourning, and the salute is finished.
Don't cry until the end of the day. 3.
When giving mourning and crying, there is no need to stumble, the ribbon is not more than three inches, and there is no cloth car weapon.
Fourth, the kings are crying in their own countries, and there is no need to go to Beijing, and Chinese and foreign officials and soldiers are not allowed to leave the place of faith without permission, and they are allowed to send people to Beijing. 5.
The civil and military yamen soldiers where the kingdom is located will listen to the imperial court in the future.
The guards were punished by themselves. 6.
Those who are not in the order are engaged in this order.
Therefore, it is hereby decreed that it is advisable to know. ” In this paragraph, in addition to the routine funeral arrangements, there are three places that have specially drawn vertical lines, one is "the subjects of the world have ordered, and they will be released for three days, and there is no prohibition on marriage and drinking", the second is "all the kings cry in their own countries, and there is no need to go to Beijing", and the third is "the civil and military yamen soldiers where the kingdom is located, and they will listen to the imperial court in the future".
After reading this paragraph, Xia Xun closed his eyes and thought about it seriously, if there is a problem with this edict, the problem must be in these three places, what does this arrangement made by Zhu Yuanzhang on his deathbed mean Zhu Yuanzhang is the people who are hard, they are afraid, what they hate the most is corrupt officials, and what they are most afraid of is the fox and tiger power of the officials, harassing the people, which can be seen from his consistent policy, he is usually a thrifty person, and it is normal to have this explanation, but Luo Kedi also circled this article, obviously there is another interpretation, but the meaning of this is not easy to guess.
As for the kings who are crying and mourning and bringing filial piety, they are not allowed to go to Beijing, Zhu Yuanzhang needs to be so careful to go to Beijing to cry and mourn can bring a few people to the territory of the emperor's grandson, and I am afraid that they will go against the sky and say that once someone says that a certain prince is wrong, he will be executed by Zhu Yuanzhang for the crime of dividing the royal family, this peasant-born emperor has always attached importance to family affection, and he is extremely stubborn in trusting his son, and no one is allowed to say irresponsible things, and even the kings will not go to Beijing to cry and mourn, this is Zhu Yuanzhang's surname wait Xia Xun's heart moved, and suddenly remembered that in the time travel novel he had read in his previous life, after Emperor Zhengde succeeded to the throne, several scholars made the edict of the first emperor, and only omitted Yang Ling, the most trusted guard commander of Emperor Zhengde, which angered Emperor Zhengde Xia Xun slowly opened his eyes, looked at Luo Kedi, and stopped talking, never daring to say his opinion.
Luo Kedi smiled happily: "Hehe, if the first emperor wants to do something, in addition to the arrangement of the funeral, other things can be done when he is in power, why bother to arrange it in the edict, in fact, since ancient times, the so-called edict, other arrangements other than the edict of succession, all come from the successor's instructions and supplements, let's talk behind closed doors, it doesn't hurt." ” This is to cultivate Xia Xun as a confidant, Xia Xun couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart, so he bowed and said: "Yes, I think this is what I mean today." ” Luo Ke bowed his head and said with a smile: "The first emperor died, the obituary has been transmitted to the world, with the most urgent eight hundred miles of military post transmission, some princes must have received the news now, but this edict of the first emperor was hurriedly issued after three days, it can be seen that the emperor has carefully considered the words and sentences, quite thoughtful, you see, what is the meaning of today's words?"
"Why else do you want to cut the feudal domain?"
Xia Xun didn't need to guess the intentions that Emperor Jianwen couldn't hide in his edict, he knew his true purpose, but he couldn't say it.
Luo Yuandi probably knew that Xia Xun still didn't dare to speak out, so he said: "The internal reason is intriguing."
The state funeral is only three days, even if there is a last order of the emperor, if Jinshang, who has always been known for his benevolence and filial piety, does not obey this order, there is no problem at all, why did the emperor do this" He subconsciously lowered his voice, leaned forward and said, "Also, the national mourning is only three days, so it can be said that I am worried about disturbing the people."
But now on the young Confucianism, the most important ancient rites, follow the ancient rites, the Son of Heaven was buried in July, but my Ming Emperor Taizu only stopped for seven days to be buried in a hurry, Ming said that it is the period of burial filial piety, the funeral of the emperors of the past dynasties is grand, don't say that it is the emperor, it is a big family, and there is no such haste, this is not the way of humanity" Xia Xun's eyes flashed and asked, "What do you mean?"
Luo Kedi slowly straightened up and said, "Your Majesty, this is in a hurry for the dust to settle."
Xia Xun was silent for a long time and said: "The emperor has been the emperor's grandson for many years, and the world knows that he is the future master of the Ming Dynasty, so there is no need to be so impatient, and he is too unconfident." ” Luo Kedi was very satisfied when he heard this, he was so heartfelt, in exchange for Xia Xun's sincere words, Xia Xun now dares to criticize the current emperor in front of him, this is really his confidant, sometimes, solicitation and effectiveness, do not need clear words, a move, a word, you can know each other.
Luo Ke was relieved of Xia Xun and continued to say his opinion: "In the edict, it was also said that the kings were sacrificed to their own countries and were not allowed to enter Beijing.
When the fifteenth year of Hongwu Empress Xiaoci was on a big trip, all the kings were back to Beijing to mourn, how could they not let them guard their own country at that time, and sacrifice their fathers and sons in the palace, which was a heavenly reason, even if they were courtiers, when they met the death of their parents, they still needed to return home and keep filial piety for three years, not to mention that the royal emperor was filial piety, how could he come out with such a loving word" Xia Xun said: "But what is the meaning of this move today, are you worried that there will be misdeeds among the kings, they will go back to Beijing to mourn, at most bring some personal soldiers and guards, in Yanjing, what kind of turmoil will be stirred, why should the emperor worry?"
Luo Kedi said with a smile: "This is wrong, the emperor arranged it like this, according to me, there are two reasons.
First, it is to give the kings a dismount, the new emperor ascends the throne, the first thing is to let them be sons are not allowed to come back to wear linen and filial piety, and they are not even qualified to go to Beijing to worship their deceased father, can they still think in vain Second, these princes gather in Beijing, and they will definitely not dare to rebel, but it is difficult to ensure that their brothers will not have personal contacts with each other, and there is a plan, if they are based on the vassal country, they are not allowed to meet each other, they do not know each other's attitudes, and the possibility of mutual communication makes the tentative attitude of plotting greatly reduced, and the emperor is also taking precautions. ” Xia Xun frowned and said: "I think that it is not wise to not allow the kings to go to Beijing for burial.
The kings may not have meant anything else, but because of the emperor's move, they will inevitably have doubts.
For the son of man, he was even deprived of the qualification to wear linen and filial piety for his deceased father, which is a great humiliation, how can he not let them feel resentful, in this way, it clearly means that the emperor is suspicious of the kings, and how can the kings not have a heart of self-preservation" Luo Kedi smiled and said: "Wen Xuan is too worried, the kings may be suspicious because of this, but they don't have time to take action, you see the last article of the emperor, it is already a dagger of the kingdom where the civil and military officials are located, all listen to the imperial court, only the guards and soldiers listen to the king, this is to seize the power of the kings to control the army."
The vassal king commands the armies, this is the rule set by the first emperor, how can it be that the first emperor abolished the first emperor If he thinks it is inappropriate, then the first emperor only needs an edict when he is alive, and the kings are the princes, who dares to disobey the orders of their father, and there is no trace of resentment.
The first emperor was wise, how could he have hurriedly handed over this wicked man to the present when he was dying Moreover, last month, the first emperor still had a will, because of the stupid movement, he ordered Zhuang De and Zhang Wenjie of Xiliang to command, Liu Zhen and Song Sheng of Kaiping, and Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding in Liaodong, and other generals to lead the troops to listen to the temperance of King Yan and prevent the invasion of the Hu people.
This month suddenly became the civil and military officials of the kingdom, and they all listened to the control of the court, but the guards and soldiers listened to the king."
Luo Ke's eyes were blazing, and he said categorically: "Look at it, the emperor, you will soon cut the domain."
Xia Xun looked at Luo Kedi, his eyes were slightly strange, Luo Kedi noticed that his eyes were a little weird, he couldn't help but smile, and asked, "What?"
Xia Xun hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively: "My lord thinks that the emperor will definitely be able to cut the domain?"
Luo Kedi smiled dumbly and said, "Wen Xuan, this official was just about to praise you for being smart, but I didn't expect you to say such stupid things.
The emperor is rich and has millions of lions under his command, the kings only have one city and one place, and there are less than 10,000 people to protect the pro-army.
Xia Xun was silent for a moment, and said: "Humble and teachable" Luo Kedi waved his hand with a spring breeze on his face, and said with longing: "If you want to cut the kings, you have to lose the fast knife Wenxuan of my Jinyiwei, and my Jinyiwei will make a comeback, and I can wait."
To be continued: