First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 285 Surrender Ceremony
After hearing this, Zhu Biao knew that Wang Guangyang's reprimand could not escape, and fortunately he was still useful, otherwise he would have to be kicked down.

Zhu Biao turned his head slightly to look at his father, and sure enough, the blue veins on the old comrade Zhu's forehead emerged, and his cheeks were slightly bulging, and he could tell he was gnashing his teeth.

Zhu Yuanzhang said word by word: "There is so much auspiciousness in the recovery of Bashu, so how come there is no auspiciousness when Beiyuan is destroyed and Yanyun is recovered?"

Wang Guangyang was taken aback, this kind of thing didn't just go away with joy, the rest of the officials who wanted to join in the fun immediately stood up honestly, and Wang Guangyang didn't have many confidantes to come over to carry the thunder, just I can stiffen myself.

After hesitating for a while, he said, "There should be some, maybe no one saw it."

After Wang Guangyang said this, he saw that the face of the superior turned darker, and he suddenly felt that he should go home and pack up his things. After all, he was exiled once, so he might be able to live more comfortably this time.

For some reason, Wang Guangyang relaxed instead. This time he was inexplicably transferred back from exile and directly became Prime Minister Zuo, but it just didn't feel right.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to reprimand severely and let other officials take warning, but suddenly he felt a little embarrassed when he saw Wang Guangyang's calm appearance. In the end, it is inevitable to make room for others.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang was a little embarrassed to target this kind of person. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have heard of this kind of thing in the past. In the four years since the founding of the country, he heard most of these two things in the early court. It's auspicious, and the second is that there is another rebellion somewhere.

But the recent news from all over the world is enough to bother him. The country is in ruins, and there is a lack of food and clothing everywhere. He still has the heart to play with these officials about the prosperity and auspiciousness.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Wang Guangyang and turned his attention to the rest of the officials, especially those from the Ministry of Rites and said in a deep voice: "We don't believe in things that we haven't seen with our own eyes. We only believe that governing the world can't rely on falsification. From now on, you don't want to report any auspicious things to the court." , It is necessary to report immediately when there is an abnormal disaster or locust drought, and it is clear which is more important!"

Hu Weiyong immediately took a step forward and said: "The Holy One respects the sky and works hard for the people. This is the blessing of the people in the world, and it is also the ancestral teaching of the sons and gods of the saints. I will follow the teachings carefully."

The rest of the officials immediately knelt down and said this in the afternoon: "I will listen carefully to the hadith."

This time, only Wang Guangyang sat on the wax, his whole body was gloomy, he was not a fool, so he naturally figured out that he was being plotted by someone, how could this kind of thing happen so coincidentally when the Holy Majesty was not in a good mood.

But there is no way, he is alone in Zhongshu Province, and his cronies in the early years were broken up by Yang Xian at the beginning. Although he is the prime minister in name, he is crushed by his deputy At first, he also admitted that everything is up to Hu Weiyong, but now he feels that Hu Weiyong is a bit too much
Standing on the top, Zhu Biao could see clearly that Wang Guangyang finally had some fighting spirit, that's all right, otherwise we'll see what he can do if he is brought up.

The court was silent for a moment, and the Minister of Rites stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Duke Ying escorted the former Lord of Xia Mingsheng back to Wuchang Mansion, and he will arrive at the capital in a few days. I don't know how to prepare for the surrender ceremony. The Holy One signaled."

China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times, and there are various etiquettes and ceremonies. In addition, there have been constant wars in the past dynasties, and the surrender of the country has also occurred from time to time, so there is also a set of norms for the surrender of the country.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked the opinions of his subordinates, and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment stepped forward and said: "There are ancient laws to abide by. Let Mingsheng tie himself behind his back in white clothes, with a bib in his mouth, the officials of his country wear filial piety, and the scholars hold the coffin and lead Xia Guo. The imperial family knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times outside the capital, and the Holy One sent someone to reprimand them, untied them and burned them in the coffin, and canonized them as a ceremony of surrender."

Song Lian stood up and said: "This humiliation is too much. I suggest that according to Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin accepting the surrender ceremony of the Shu Lord Meng Chang, let the former Xia Kingdom Lord Ming Sheng wear plain clothes, invite Aries to reward the teacher, and kneel down to offer the surrender form and the version of the book surrender form. Do three knocks and five bows."

The rest of the officials also got excited and expressed their thoughts one after another. Some of them were humiliating. After all, the loser was going to be trampled underfoot, and there was hope that Ming Sheng would be tolerant. After all, he was just a child. It would be petty to do too much.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son after listening for a while and asked, "Prince, what do you think?"

Zhu Biao turned around and bowed and said, "I have heard that Ming Sheng is a pure and elegant man, and he is loved by the people of Bashu through the "Book of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius". He is not as arrogant and extravagant as Meng Chang. His mother, the Peng family, has always been in charge, but now he wants to surrender, so why bother to humiliate him, it is better to show kindness to his father, the emperor, and to appease the hearts of the people of Bashu."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction and said: "What the prince said is very true, what do you love?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice who was the most popular just now knelt down and choked with sobs: "I am ashamed of myself, I am still arrogant in my [-]s, far inferior to His Highness's benevolence. Hearing His Highness’s words, I am very guilty. I am a great Ming Dynasty. You should have such a demeanor, Ming Sheng children will feel at ease and surrender after receiving this kindness, and the people of Bashu will return to Wang Hua as soon as possible."

As for the officials who just wanted to be dealt with lightly, it seemed as if they had won a big victory, and they even echoed their voices, thinking that the prince is really kind, and this is the case with the defeated princes, let alone his own subjects.

In fact, few people hope that they serve a cruel emperor. After all, cruel people are like this both internally and externally. It's just that the current situation of the Holy One has been established early, and they have the ability to be invincible, so they have to bow their heads and be human.

But they don't want all future emperors to have the same disposition as today's sages. Everyone is an official for fame and fortune. Why force us to death? It's good to breathe a sigh of relief from under the scorching sun.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled on the top, he knew very well what the courtiers were thinking, and he had done things under other people's command, so he naturally knew what it felt like to silently curse his boss to death.

Scanning around silently, Zhu Yuanzhang thought in his heart, don't say that we are stronger than you old sticks, even if we really can't do it, we must take your whole family with us. You should hope that we can live a few more years.

In fact, there are still many courtiers who surrendered in the Yuan Dynasty, especially civil servants. Zhu Yuanzhang’s Huaixi nobles are basically warriors.

After all, it was a chaotic situation in the last years of the dynasty. There were only a few who could study, and there were only a few Han people who had official experience. If you don’t use them, the court will not be able to function. To be honest, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen and others They all served as officials in the Yuan Dynasty.

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(End of this chapter)