In the second year of Tianwu, the imperial guards who had been walking for a month and a half before they arrived in Beijing.

From Mongolia in the vast desert and sea to the busy Kyoto, this army that has experienced a life-long death is really like a different world.

The winter in Beijing is still so cold, with the north wind blowing on the face and the bitter coldness that makes people in the streets and alleys change into thick cotton coats.

The Tianwu Army has occupied Beijing for eight months. Li Dingguo is worthy of being a magistrate. After his governance, the living order in the city has been restored to its original state.

But the fact that Shunbing was too hard at the beginning, and he wanted to continue to defend against the plague to prevent the epidemic from counterattacking, Beijing City did not return to the bustling and bustling before. Except for Qipan Street outside the imperial city and Qianmen Street in the center of the inner city, other streets were somewhat deserted.

Zhu Cilang rested for a few days in the Forbidden City in Beijing, processed some memorials sent by the cabinet, and went to Changling on the southern foot of the main peak of Tianshou Mountain to worship Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty, and declared that the Ming army would go to Mongolia to win.

Changling is the head of the Thirteen Tombs and is the joint tomb of Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty, and Empress Xu.

Tianshou Mountain is the location of the imperial tomb of the Ming Dynasty. Except for Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunwen (missing), Zhu Qiyu (the reign of the Gate was abolished emperor, the imperial tomb was destroyed, and he was buried as a king in Yuquan Mountain in the western suburbs of Beijing), other ascended Ming emperors were buried here.

Lao Zhu never expected that his descendants would leave his ancestors in Nanjing and live in the north, and these unfilial descendants would!

Recently, when Zhu Cixuan received the memorial, an official from the Ministry of Rites asked where to build the imperial tomb, Nanjing or Beijing?

According to the etiquette and laws, the Ministry of Rites will prepare for the construction of the imperial tomb in the second year of the new emperor ascending the throne.

Since ancient times, people have attached great importance to Feng Shui and Geography, let alone royal family. The construction of tombs early is mainly for the eternal stability of the country.

The fixed number in Feng Shui is the dragon's cave, with fairy energy above and soldiers below. The front is the yang, the back is the yin, and the tide is the beast in all directions. There is sweet water in the soil in the hall, which is the holy place of rest.

The royal family chose a Feng Shui treasure land to build a tomb. Not only can the emperor rest in peace after his death, but it can also bless the descendants forever forever.

On the other hand, the emperor was worried that he would die suddenly and died early and had no place to bury him...

The more confident the emperor was, the more miserable he suffered. For example, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen felt that he was young, so he put the matter of building the tomb aside and focused on reducing the vassal states. As a result, he was embarrassed and disappeared out of thin air.

In the end, it was his beloved fourth uncle who set up a tomb for him.

In fact, this question from the officials of the Ministry of Rites was also a disguised question to Zhu Ciyang, where will the Ming Dynasty be in the future?

From this memorial, it can be seen that the officials in the court prefer to establish the capital of Nanjing. If the ministers want to continue to regard Beijing as the capital, officials of the Ministry of Rites will not write a letter to ask for the location of the tomb repairs, and just choose a good place to report.

Because he had decided to make his capital in Nanjing, Zhu Cixuan naturally chose to choose the address of the tomb in Shenlie Mountain. What he was most worried about now was the tomb of Emperor Chongzhen.

The tomb of the Supreme Emperor had been repaired. In July of the 15th year of Chongzhen, Concubine Tian, ​​the biological mother of King Yong Zhu Cixuan, died and had moved in.

Now the Supreme Emperor is in his prime and he will basically settle in Jiangnan in the future. Where will he live in a hundred years? This is a question. You can't even transport it to Beijing after being promoted to heaven...

If one more is built in Nanjing, it would be two... No emperor has built two tombs in all dynasties!

After worshiping Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cilang went to Changping, Liangxiang, Xincheng, Tongzhou and other places to inspect and learn about the recovery of people's conditions.

These places are all around Beijing City, where Zhu Cixuan and Yongwei Camp once fought. He inspected one by one to worship the loyal and martyrs and soldiers who died in battle.

The imperial guards had just passed through Changxia and passed through Liangxiang. Before they could reach Xincheng, a large group of officials and people came to welcome the guards. Some of them came from Baoding Prefecture, three hundred miles away.

Ten miles away from the new city, the officials and people standing on both sides of the road to welcome the car, some kneeling and some do not kneeling. They are not the kind in film and television. The people kneel down to welcome the car in fear and fear, and dare not look up.

In the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, the people did not need to kneel down when they met the emperor or officials. They depended on the people's own voluntary behavior and did not kneel down normally. The people who kneel down were all loyal fans, and they were grateful and worshipped by the emperor from the bottom of their hearts, and of course some officials who liked to flatter.

In the "Welcoming the Imperial Palace" written during the Song Dynasty, ordinary people were basically standing by and watching in the scene of welcoming the Empress Dowager's return to the south.

In the Song Dynasty, the "Yu Jiaguan Bian Chong Picture" was conducted by Emperor Zhenzong of Song personally inspected the Bian River. The river workers in the picture were all busy, and no one knelt down to greet him because the emperor arrived.

At least it shows that when a Song Dynasty painter shows the scene of the emperor visiting the people, he will think that there is no need for a close-up of a subject kneeling to welcome the emperor's carriage on the picture.

When Emperor Wanli went to the Temple of Heaven to worship the sky, the people did not kneel down. Most of them burned incense and blessings, they stopped and watched.

In the Han Dynasty, when ordinary people saw the emperor, they could kneel down or bow. There were no certain rules, and the government would not force the common people to perform strict etiquette.

This situation was only changed in the Qing Dynasty. When the emperor went on a patrol, the subjects knelt down and welcomed him was already a unified "prescribed action". When the people met the emperor, the Manchus and officials must kneel down, otherwise they would be a traitor and a death sentence!

In the long scrolls "The Map of Emperor Kangxi's Tour" and "The Map of Emperor Qianlong's Tour" made by court painters in the Qing Dynasty, there are pictures of kneeling to welcome the priests. A group of people knelt in the suburbs, embracing Kangxi, and offering food to the emperor, showing the meaning of "eat the pot of rice and slurry to welcome the king's army."

Emperor Kangxi in the painting is as majestic as a giant, with a physique two or three times larger than the people beside him who were kneeling to greet him, and taller than the Hulk after he transformed into it, showing the humble feeling of grass people like ants and dust in front of the Qing emperor.

Zhu Cilang got off the imperial carriage and looked at the people around him with a very casual and natural expression. He was in a good mood.

A few years ago, when I was the crown prince, the officials and the people knelt down in panic wherever they passed. It was understandable that officials were afraid of being purged and the people were afraid, which was a manifestation of the corruption of the court.

Although imperial power is supreme, it is reflected in the emperor's control and management power over the people's land wealth across the country, which is a force to maintain dynasty order, and does not simply make the people afraid or fear the imperial power.

History has proved that if you go against the people, you will sooner or later be defeated!

"I am the magistrate of Baoding, Wang Ji, asked His Majesty for your safety!"

"I am the governor of Zhuozhou, Lu Wei, to ask His Majesty for your safety!"

“…”

A large group of officials came forward to greet him, eager to show their faces in front of the new emperor.

"Well me!"

Zhu Cixuan responded casually, pulled away the group of officials, and went straight to a lame magistrate wearing only the seventh-rank official uniform, and smiled and said, "Why are you hiding behind and entering the city with me?"

The lame magistrate knelt down with a thud and said in a crying voice: "I, the magistrate of Xincheng Ren Guangyu, bow to my emperor!"

"No gift!" Zhu Cixuan helped him up and comforted him: "You have suffered over the years."

Some officials were a little puzzled. Why did this traitor who voted for Dashun get so favored by the new emperor? Didn’t the new emperor hate such traitor the most?
Chapter completed!