In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, in the fifth month of the leap month, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen was the emperor according to the edict of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. The enthronement edict reads:

Heaven descends on the people, and he is the king. Our emperor Taizu Emperor Gao was ordered by the heavens, and he had all the nations, and he had food and clothing, and he would help the people, and he would do everything that was beneficial to the world. Politics and religion are closed, and the scale is far-reaching. I inherited the unification with a bow, respectfully followed the edict, and became the emperor on the 16th day of the fifth month of the 31st year of Hongwu. Fear all night, think so restrain God, with the great life of the emperor's ancestors, always be lenient and fierce, and give birth to the new policy. It takes the next year as the first year of the establishment of the text, and the world will be amnesty. Yu play! Virtue is only good governance, the government is to support the people, and we should follow the words of the sages, and expect to be prosperous in Yongxi. Baibi Qingshi, the body is in my arms.

Only one of the imperial doctors in charge of diagnosing and treating the emperor that night survived, and the rest were all executed by the order of the pure filial piety Zhu Yunwen.

Because of the hereditary order, all the concubines and relatives were silent, and the entire palace cried loudly. More than a dozen concubines committed suicide voluntarily for the sake of the family, and more concubines were forced to rush to a palace, where a row of Taishi chairs and seven-foot white silk were waiting for them.

The filial Zhu Yunwen in order to make the first emperor Jiuquan not lonely, forcibly ordered forty-six young and beautiful concubines and several palace maids to be martyred, even if Zhang Meiren gave birth to Princess Baoqing, but because of her humble status, she could not be spared.

In addition, the emperor died and his son was not allowed to return to Beijing for funeral, which was not in accordance with the etiquette law at all, and soon aroused criticism in the world. The imperial court's explanation for this was that the kings needed to defend one side against border troubles, and could not stay away from the feudal state.

The departure of Zhu Gaochi's brothers from Beijing did not cause much turmoil, and the Ministry of Rites sent people to reprimand Yan Wangfu for being rude and wanted to ask for the crime, while Yan Wangfu sent people to question the whereabouts of the prince and the king of Gaoyang County, suspected of being confined.

On Liugong Island, the incense mist was shrouded in front of the offering, and the subjects worshipped in the direction of the capital with Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan. Sending off Emperor Taizu Gao, who was lying in the palace.

Zhang Meiren held Princess Baoqing's little hand with a complicated expression, not only feeling sad and sad for her husband's death, but also glad to have escaped, but also at a loss for the future and a trace of fear.

Gradually Zhang Meiren's eyes became stronger, she couldn't be weak for the sake of her daughter, if Yan Wang Zhu Di didn't recognize Baoqing's princess identity, then it would be good to live incognito for the rest of her life.

Looking at Zhu Gaochi who was crying bitterly, Xu Hao couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, and the regret and sadness of not being able to give Zhu Yuanzhang a ride were all wiped out by the death of the imperial doctor and the concubine.

The so-called dying man is also good in his words. Comrade Lao Zhu will not follow the usual path until he dies, and the inferior nature of men is exposed in Emperor Hongwu.

Xu Hao couldn't understand why none of Zhu Yunwen and Wenchen, who had read the sage books all their lives, spoke up? Could it be that scholars who advocate benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and religion do not have compassion? The courtiers can't take care of the emperor's family's posthumous affairs? Or is it because they didn't see the tragic scene with their own eyes, so they can turn a blind eye?

What is human life in their eyes? Divided into three, six, nine, etc.? Entering the palace is like walking into a tomb, no one will care about the life or death of the people inside, you can't get out anyway, what is the difference between life and death?

After this incident, Xu Hao completely understood what is called feudal poison, and the emperor himself is the head of all evils, and he is angry and does not fight his misfortune.

In short, an era has come to an end, and an emperor has fallen. Zhu Yuanzhang's merits and posterity can be evaluated at will, from the perspective of the country and the nation, Emperor Hongwu's merits are far greater than his faults, who cares about dozens of insignificant concubines. Even Xu Hao quickly forgot about them.

In the evening, Xu Hao invited Zhang Meiren to sit in front of him and asked, "The child wants to know your plans for the godmother?" “

Zhang Meiren smiled bitterly: "Can you help me?" It's nothing more than going with the flow and resigning to fate. ”

Xu Hao said slowly: "Now that the dust has settled in the capital, you won't hurt your life if you take Baoqing back at this time." The emperor will take you to the palace to support Tiannian, and tell the godmother the truth, in fact, even if you don't leave that day, you won't die. ”

Zhang Meiren said incredulously: "Then why do you want me to escape from the palace." ”

Xu Hao said: "I picked you out because I wanted not to leave regrets. What if someone wants to hurt you? Again, I would like to ask your opinion in person, otherwise I will not be reconciled. I wonder if you will be able to live for yourself in the future. ”

"How is that possible?" Zhang Meiren lowered her head and sighed: "As a concubine, since the day I entered the palace, I have been destined to die of loneliness and old age in this life, don't be confused for the sake of my godmother, the royal family will never let a concubine be left behind." ”

To be honest, Xu Hao felt very embarrassed, even if Zhang Meiren was arranged to live incognito among the people, should she marry someone or associate with others? No matter how you look at it, it is a huge hidden danger, once it is seen and exposed, not only is it difficult to protect her own life, Zhang Meiren can't survive, and staying by her side is also a time bomb, it is not realistic to send it to a foreign country at all, a woman who has lived in the deep palace since she was a child, what can she do to protect herself?

The main thing is, what is the difference between living in seclusion and living alone in the palace? If you can't live in the world openly, everything seems meaningless.

If you don't pick it up that day, Zhang Meiren will live in the most deserted palace, Baoqing will live in the princess's mansion, and the mother and daughter will have to ask the queen if they want to meet.

Xu Hao thinks that at least in the years of the Battle of Jingjing, Zhang Meiren can stay with Baoqing all the time, leaving a precious life for their mother and son, and the future will be talked about after entering Beijing.

Xu Hao said: "Then godmother, you will listen to the child's arrangement, go to Beiping Mansion to live in seclusion for a period of time, of course, you must inform King Yan and his wife, anyway, before the court knows, you and Baoqing can live together." ”

Zhang Meiren was grateful and worried at the same time, and said: "If this is discovered by the imperial court, won't it affect the Yan Wangfu and you?" ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "Now we are all mud bodhisattvas crossing the river, it's just one more crime and one less crime, you just listen to the child, I have decided on this matter." ”

"You kid." Zhang Meiren sighed with tears and laughter: "The godmother and the Taoist people have no idea, so they naturally want to listen to you." ”

Xu Hao, who looked at the newspaper at night, sneered and sneered: "The saint is buried in July, and the kings are respected as uncles, and the vassal kings are not allowed to return to Beijing?" Obviously the Quartet is calm and uneventful, how short-sighted are Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng and others? As soon as he ascended the throne, he showed suspicion and fear of the kings. ”

Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly and said: "If you uncle Wang wants to enter Beijing, what kind of edict will you put in your eyes?" It can be seen that the uncles are also suspicious of Xinjun and dare not act rashly. ”

Xu Hao said disdainfully: "It's not that I deliberately slandered those princes, except for my uncle, none of them had the guts, my father didn't dare to return to Beijing collectively when he died, and they all went back to see what he Zhu Yunwen dared to do to his uncles?" ”

Zhu Gaochi said in horror: "Could it be that my father has returned to Beijing?" ”

Xu Hao said with a strange expression: "I was stopped by the imperial court in Huai'an Mansion, and my uncle had to enter Beijing, but Yujian had two old acquaintances and went back." ”

"Acquaintances?" Zhu Gaochi asked excitedly: "Your daughters and dependents have all set off for Beiping, why should we both leave?" ”

"Early tomorrow morning." Xu Hao said casually, with Zhu Yunwen becoming Emperor Jianwen, Weihaiwei has become a dangerous place.

After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he swept away the depression for many years, and wanted to let the subjects of the world know that Emperor Jianwen was a benevolent, righteous and generous king, and was eager to refresh the rule of officials and stabilize the people's hearts.

At the beginning of his accession, the first thing he did was to reward meritorious ministers, and the concubine Mei Yin ranked first and was crowned the Duke of Rongguo; Xu Huizu inherited the title of Duke of Wei, Qi Tai, the squire of the Ministry of War, was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of War, Huang Zicheng, the editor of the Hanlin Dynasty, was promoted to Taichangqing, Fang Xiaoru was made a Hanlin waiter from a cloth cloth, and other meritorious officials were not mentioned.

The official position of the six Shangshu was raised to the first grade, and the Wenchen who was severely suppressed in the Hongwu Dynasty was able to raise his eyebrows, and since then it has been half a level higher than the highest official position of the Wuchen, and the situation of the Wenchen group controlling the government has initially taken shape.

In addition, the imperial court was eager to merge provinces, prefectures and counties, and vigorously eliminated redundant officials and redundant personnel, resulting in a large number of eliminated officials holding grudges, laying the groundwork for the future switch to King Yan.

Pardoned a large number of death row prisoners, Xu Wen was lucky to escape, lenient the prison, and exempted Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places in the base camp of Jiangnan Shilin from heavy taxes that had been pressed on him for many years.

It was decreed that the military households in the world should be released to the people, and the prisoners in the border areas should be released to return to their hometowns, and half of the land rent in the world should be returned to the people.

Wenchen rejoiced and praised the new monarch as the lord of benevolence and righteousness, and the promulgation of a series of national policies soon won Zhu Yunwen a good reputation, especially Shilin Juzi enshrined him as a Ming monarch, and secretly flew to the Qianqing Palace about various feudal cuts.

The migratory faction led by Zhuo Jing, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, believed that the Yan King was a great talent, a wise and cool ancestor, and that the Beiping occupied was the place where the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties arose, and that the soldiers were strong and strong, and that they should move to the south as soon as possible to facilitate the control of the imperial court.

The north-south transfer faction led by Gao Wei, a student of Tai, believed that they could follow the Tui'en order of the minister Zhufu Yan during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the sons of the northern kings went to the south, and the sons of the southern kings went to the north, and exercised the decree against the kings for three violations of the law, that is, to sue the Taimiao for deposing, so as to gradually achieve the goal of strengthening the weak branches.

Zhu Yunwen's reaction to this was very angry, and he clearly stated at several court meetings that it was not allowed to separate the Zhu family's flesh and blood, and it was strictly forbidden to discuss the matter of cutting the feudal domain.

In fact, what he valued was the advice of Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, Qi Tai advocated taking the king of Yan first, and the rest of the vassal kings of the Yan palace were not to worry about it.

And Huang Zicheng thinks that King Yan has made great contributions to Sheji, and now he is the head of the kings, and his prestige is too great, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove that Zhu Di has the intention of rebelling, so he should not act rashly, and should adopt the strategy of first making it easy and then difficult, and cut down the name of the prince who broke the law.

Just when Zhu Yunwen and his two henchmen were plotting all night, Xu Hao and Zhu Gaochi successfully arrived in Beiping Mansion. (To be continued......)