First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 488 Great Etiquette

Although Goryeo is not as rich as Ming Dynasty, but its resistance is low. The Japanese pirates are not afraid of death, but they are not without brains. If there is no room for choice, that’s all.

Zhu Biao put it aside after reviewing it, and then saw the memorial written by the prefect of Taiyuan. Lin Wanghan Wuer, a soldier of the Taiyuan Guards, accidentally discovered that Liu Yuanli, the king of Taiyuan, was gathering people to rebel against him when he was patrolling...

Zhu Biao shook his head helplessly. Although the world is settled, the hearts of the people have not yet been completely surrendered. Not to mention the big ones, there are countless lunatics who want to rebel with dozens of hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled.

Most of these people can't even get past the county guards. Three or four arresters with knives and iron whips are enough to suppress dozens of them.

There is nothing to say, Zhu Biao, who is looking for death, can't stop it, but the innocent relatives involved are pity, they are put on the guillotine for no reason, and there is no way out for crying out for grievances.

The poorer the knowledge horizon, the more inexplicable courage and pride a person has, because the poorer the knowledge, the more absolute what they believe.

They probably think that Zhu Yuanzhang, a begging monk, can sit in the country, and that Laozi is better than a beggar. As the saying goes, the emperor will take turns to come to my house next year. Damn it, do it!

Zhu Biao commented and replied: "Give Lin Wang Han Wuer, a soldier of the Taiyuan Guards, one hundred households, reward them for discovering and suppressing Liu Yuanli's rebellion, and give each of 50 taels of silver and eight pieces of silk to listen to Zhaosheng."

This is not an imperial decree, after all, it is just a reward for a few hundred households. After a while, they will pass it on to the Ministry of Education, and they will pass it down step by step, and finally, it will be passed on to the local guard in the name of the Ministry of War.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang began to order the eunuchs to summon the important officials of various ministries to come to discuss the meeting. Zhu Biao sat aside silently, and only said something like "excuse me" when they came in to salute him specially.

The ministers also knew that the crown prince had already started reviewing memorials for several years, so they were all used to the crown prince watching the government. This time, the discussion was about the matter of asking for food in Bashu. In order to resist the Ming Dynasty, many young and strong folks were forcibly recruited, which delayed farm work.

As a result, there is not enough food in Bashu, and the price of food has risen sharply. Therefore, the imperial court needs to support some food. The Minister of the Household Department proposed to order Huguang Wuchang and other ten prefectures to send 3 people to ship 14 boats to transport [-] shi from Xiangyang to Hanzhong. Guard sergeants escorted along the river.

There are so many things like this, officials from the Six Departments of the Central Secretariat and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion come and go, and every important matter of the court is handled in this way.

It wasn't until dusk approached that the Jinshen Hall finally calmed down. After Zhu Biao helped his father finish today's memorial, he went straight to the back of the Hall of Martial Arts to accompany the third and fourth sons to hoe the fields.

He didn't have much else to do at first, and it's good to move his body after sitting for a day. He works for more than an hour a day, eats well and sleeps soundly. .

For more than a month, it was basically the same every day. In the end, Lan Yu's matter was not serious or serious, and he taught him a lesson. After that, Zhu Biao would go to the morning court from time to time. Review the memorials in the palace, and exercise with the younger brothers in the afternoon.

As for the second child, Zhu Xi, he got out of bed on the eighth day after being beaten and worked with the third and fourth children every day. Although he was a little slower because his injury had not healed, it was still a show of attitude.

The speech style returned to the previous state, and the two brothers tacitly skipped the conversation that day, but Zhu Biao could still see that Zhu Xi was not so depressed and decadent, and he was more energetic.

After the autumn harvest, the tense and busy atmosphere in most of the court's government offices gradually calmed down, whether it was official business or the political situation that was originally turbulent, as if everyone was preparing to have a good year before talking about other things.

Only the Ministry of Industry is still busy, it can even be said that it is in full swing, and the weather is getting colder. Although the south is fine, there is news of snowfall in the north. Both the people in the north and the frontier army urgently need a lot of low-priced coal.

The efficiency of the Great Unification Dynasty is trustworthy, especially with Zhu Biao, the crown prince, who is watching closely. Both the central and local governments are unimpeded. Tai Sui broke ground on his head.

However, insinuations are inevitable. With coal at such a low cost, as long as a group of officials can get two or three achievements, they will be able to eat and drink enough to live a rich and prosperous year. Needless to say, everyone else, even those affiliated with the Eastern Palace, will come to try it out. .

Naturally, Zhu Biao couldn't agree. After a few closed doors, everyone became honest. They couldn't even get Donggong's confidants, let alone others.

Zhu Biao is not stingy about sharing the cake. For him, as long as he has the power to divide the benefits, he doesn’t feel bad about how much he shares. It’s just that the coal is not a luxury but a necessity for many poor people in the north. It is a huge burden for them.

Now that the population of Ming Dynasty is not large, every man, woman and child deserves special care. It is very worthwhile for Zhu Biao to sacrifice some short-term interests in exchange for the reproduction of the population. For this reason, he will not hesitate to reprimand a group of civil servants and nobles .

As for other government offices, the Ministry of Etiquette is relatively busy. Zhu Biao is almost ready for the etiquette preparations for welcoming Princess Goryeo, and after the princess is Miss Li and Miss Chen. Li Shanchang is also a prince. It is impossible for his daughter to accompany the former King of Korea. His daughter entered the East Palace together.

Among these three women, Miss Chen's status is a bit lower, but Chen Youzong is Zhu Biao's confidant minister. The Chen family has been loyal to the king's affairs in recent years, and the dignity that should be given cannot be vague, so they have to stagger their time.

In addition to these marriage matters, there are also many matters in the Ministry of Rites. Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the court etiquette has been abandoned and chaotic. All these must be traced back to the source to set the record straight, and to convey the etiquette norms of the vassal states.

Recently, my father summoned hundreds of officials every day to wait on the left and right, inquire about the people's feelings, consult the gains and losses of visits, or examine the ancient and modern ceremonial systems, so that some officials with low positions can also go to the hall to discuss things that exceed the order of the ranks, which happens from time to time.

Four years after the founding of the country, Ming finally gained a firm foothold, and now he has the time and energy to pay attention to these things carefully, especially when there was a teacher performing music at the banquet half a month ago, Zhu Yuanzhang hated the music of the previous generation, which used flattery as a glory, and even was vulgar Unbearable, he ordered Tao Kai, the minister of the Ministry of rites, to change his words.

It is required that courtesy should lead to respect, and joy should be used to proclaim harmony, and disrespect and disharmony, how can it be ruled?
It was ordered that all ancient music in the Yuan Dynasty be abolished, but obscene words and songs, mixed with northern sounds, and even decorated with sacrificial gods as team dances, to harmonize the palace court, is not the reason for guiding neutrality and advocating governance. Abandon all vulgar and obscene pleasures!
Zhu Biao has been ordered to stay in the Ministry of Rites for the past few days to look through the etiquette books and music scores of the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties. This time, the etiquette repair covers all aspects, even the salutes of officials and the people, and the congratulations and praises of the previous court.

Zhu Biao put down the book in his hand, rubbed his eyes and said to the officials of the official department beside him: "The Holy Majesty thinks that the three shouts of long live during the court congratulations are all empty words, and it is difficult to establish a relationship between the monarch and his ministers if they are not truthful and dishonest. All you loves think that it is better if you replace them." .”

The hall of the Ministry of Rites is full of officials from the Ministry of Officials and there are also several old scholars borrowed from the Imperial Academy. After tossing about, everyone is a little sluggish now, but it is natural to have an attitude after hearing His Highness the Crown Prince's question.

After quarreling and arguing for a while, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites stood up and said: "I thought it would be better to meet the day of court congratulations. The officials praised the ceremony, and all the officials shouted "May the king have the way" and then praised, and all the officials shouted "Peace in the world." "I don't know what His Highness the Crown Prince thinks of this as a congratulatory ceremony for the emperor and ministers?"

Zhu Biao frowned when he heard this, why did he feel that it was not as good as Shanhu Long live? Seeing the dissatisfaction on the prince's face, all the officials in the room sighed in their hearts. , It is the sincerity of the minister to pray for the king, these two words are a bit beyond the duty, not to mention that every court congratulations and praises should be three shouts, so there are only two shouts, which is not in accordance with the etiquette system."

"It's the lower officials who don't investigate, please punish the crime, Your Highness."

Zhu Biao waved his hand and said, "We are entrusted with the sacred order to formulate etiquette, so we should speak freely. As long as it is not a rebellious statement, I will never pursue it."

After discussing like this for a while, Tao Kai, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said: "It's better to call Tianfu with virtue first, Haiyu Xianning second, and holy bow and all blessings third."

When Zhu Biao heard that there is a sky, a sea, and an emperor, it seems to be good, but it sounds more honest than Wansui. According to Lao Zhu's thinking, he should be able to live.

"That's not bad. Let's save this one for now. I will pass it on to the Holy Majesty. Now, I would like to trouble you, dear ministers, to think of some good ones. There will be preparations when the time comes."

The main course was finally set, and the officials in the house were greatly relieved. They also knew that as long as the crown prince said it, there was a high probability that the Holy Majesty would also pass it. After all, these words were mainly for these two Lord's.

Half an hour later, two more good ones were ordered, and the congratulatory ceremony came to an end for the time being, the Minister of Rites went out and called a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites to come and tidy up the books and classics scattered throughout the hall.

Liu Jin and the others brought pots of good tea for everyone. These were specially brought from the East Palace. They read and discussed all day long, and they couldn't stand without tea.

Zhu Biao and the officials drank a cup of tea and rested for another cup of tea. Baskets of books and classics outside the door were moved into the house, and all aspects must be formulated before they were disseminated to all provinces, prefectures and counties. And all the vassal states of Ming Dynasty...

"Zhou's benevolence can be the law, and Qin's tyranny can be a warning. Just like the Han Dynasty, Tang and Song's governments also have their own gains and losses. We must choose their strengths and discard their weaknesses..."

"The way of learning is not to be full of ambition, not to be satisfied with the amount, and not to be arrogant. If the ambition is full, you will be full, if you are comfortable, you will be arrogant, and if you are arrogant, you will be small. If you are full, you will lose, if you are arrogant, you will be lazy, and if you are small, you will be humble..."

"Modern literati don't study the foundation of morality, they don't reach the current affairs, and although their speeches are difficult, their meanings are simple and close. In the future, all Hanlin writings should understand the truth, understand the affairs of the world, and don't pursue superficiality."

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(End of this chapter)