The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Jin Jian Wang Zhu Xin, enter the palace to offer condolences,"

"Su Yi Wang Zhu Jin, enter the palace to offer condolences,"

"Qinghui King Zhu Fang, enter the palace to offer condolences,"

"..."

Following the sonorous and solemn voice of the eunuch, the hereditary vassal kings from all over the capital who had already arrived, walked into the hall one by one to pay respects to the coffin containing Long Qing's body.

In the center of the main hall, on the feasts there were sacrifices to Longqing, the white Anshen silk was hung all over the whole hall, and the tall inscription on the erected inscription "Daxing Emperor Zigong" was inscribed in big characters. So solemn and solemn.

These princes and county kings who came to the capital from their respective vassals, perhaps in this life, apart from their own parents, this may be one of the few. When they can hear their full names, more often, these people I can't even remember my own name.

Naturally, these people are all descendants of the Zhu family, and some of the vassals are from the Taizu family that Zhu Yuanzhang sealed off. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, after so many years until now, some of the people who come here are counted according to their seniority. , taller than the Emperor Longqing who was lying in the coffin now, but since the emperor passed away, when he came to pay his condolences, naturally there was no scene of not kneeling or crying.

Even though there are many princes and county kings Yu Longqing who have never met, since the emperor passed away, you are here, so naturally you have to behave better.

But some people have no relationship with Long Qing at all, and besides, the prince, empress, and noble concubine are all watching, and they can't cry at all, that's disrespectful, and don't think this is the emperor's mourning hall, these Everyone knows very well in their hearts that someone must be watching in the dark. This is not an unreasonable thing in Daming, where the secret service is extremely developed.

The current crown prince Zhu Yijun is filial to Emperor Longqing. Everyone in the world knows about this matter. If Zhu Yijun becomes emperor in the future, they have no reason to use this matter to trouble them.

But don't worry, it has been nearly 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor doesn't know how many people died. The ancestors of these vassal kings have already had a way to deal with it.

The method at the beginning was very primitive, kneeling there and pinching the thigh secretly, but this trick was not very effective, sometimes those who were heartless to the extreme, or those who were very happy that the emperor died, pinched their thighs Bleeding came, but no tears came out.

It doesn't matter, there is another trick. Before entering the palace, apply some prepared ginger water on the eyelids, and go in to ensure that tears will flow more and faster than anyone else. Now, with the popularity of peppers in the land of China, these princes Their "criminal" tools have also been updated, but there are advantages and disadvantages to applying chili water. Pepper definitely sheds more tears than ginger, which can better show your loyalty and grief as a feudal lord.

But the chili water is too overbearing. After many people use it, it is guaranteed that the eye sockets will be red and red for a long time. Some people who accidentally got the chili water into their eyes will kneel in the hall , But it’s not as simple as just crying, the screams are louder than the sound of slaughtering pigs, making people wonder, hasn’t slaughter been banned in the capital these days, why are they hearing such voices now.

In short, the scene in the main hall is the same now. Although Emperor Longqing who passed away was not a wise emperor who had made any great achievements, there were indeed many people who came to "cry".

When the emperor was buried, the prince and the empress and concubines of the old emperor had to wear plain clothes and come to the hall to pay their respects. Now, Zhu Yijun is here.

Zhu Yijun, dressed in white, knelt beside Long Qing's coffin, a little silent, and occasionally raised his head to look coldly at the uncles who came to mourn his father. Last night, Zhang Fan talked with him A lot of words were spoken, which also made Zhu Yijun understand a lot. Although Zhang Fan mentioned this kind of scene, Zhang Fan never did it, and he didn't dare to say anything clearly, but Zhu Yijun still understood a lot.

He knew that these people came here and made such a gesture, almost all of them were hypocritical. Emperor Jiajing had only a few sons, and Zhu Zaihou survived, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and became the son of Emperor Longqing. In addition, almost all other sons died in infancy.

As for Longqing himself, he gave birth to several princes and princesses, but among the princes, there were two brothers Zhu Yijun and Zhu Yiliu, and the others all died young.

There is no vassal king who really has a direct relationship with Long Qing. Since there is no such relationship, how can the royal family be so kind.

However, Zhu Yijun just watched coldly, and he didn't have any other thoughts in his heart. After all, he was also born in the royal family. Now if he thinks about it from another angle, or if a vassal king dies, he will feel sad, or pretend to cry. He cried, but even Zhu Yijun himself was not sure if he would feel sad.

Anyway, no matter how hypocritical these guys are, they won't get any benefit, so Zhu Yijun just let them go.

These princes and county kings who came to pay their respects, after shedding a lot of tears in Longqing's coffin, naturally wanted to come here to say a few words, but now, almost all of them are the queens alone. People are dealing with it. Firstly, she is soft-tempered and easy to talk; secondly, she is the honor of the queen after all, and these people can't do anything even if they want to pester her.

As for Concubine Li Gui, she looked exactly like his son, keeping her head down and not speaking, unless someone came over, she would raise her head, nod slightly, and say a few words softly as a return of greeting.

As for Zhu Yijun, he kept quiet and didn't pay attention to anyone at all. After suffering a few losses, no one came to bother him.

The inside of the hall is such a "lively" scene, and so is the outside of the hall.

The emperor's funeral is not only a matter of the royal family, but also the busyness of the courtiers.

However, what the courtier is busy at this time is still the word "cry".

The emperor's funeral, civil and military officials in Beijing, and civil and military officials' families, if there are imperial wives of the third rank or above, the officials wear plain clothes, and the imperial wives wear mourning clothes, these people have to enter through the Xihua Gate twice, sooner or later, in the past few days. In the palace, came to the door of the main hall where the emperor parked his coffin, knelt here and wept.

This is physical work, and whether you are sincere or not, you have to put on a show these days, and there is no privilege that exempts anyone from this group activity.

If so, if there are those seventy and eighty-year-old couples in the team, or couples who are Mrs. Gaoming's wife who is also seventy-year-old and eighty-year-old couples, it will be almost fatal. They are crying and crying, and fainted because they couldn't kneel for such a long time I don't know how many people there are.

But there is no way, the palace naturally prepared the imperial physician to deal with this kind of situation, if after being healed by the imperial physician, you feel that you are still "old and strong" and you can kneel for a few more days without any problem, then you have to continue to kneel .

Because of this, this time is often the time when imperial physicians earn a good fortune. Besides, Jinyiwei or Dongchang don't care much about this matter. After all, even if you have money, you have to be in your seventies and eighties. At that age, it's normal to have minor ailments.

Therefore, many people are rejoicing that Longqing passed away at the right time. It was chosen at the end of spring, the weather was neither too hot nor too cold, and there was much less rain in the sky. If it was midsummer or the cold winter months After his death, when Long Qing went, he had to take some old fellows with him to be buried with him.

At this time, Zhang Fan was in the team. Last night was the last night he stayed with Zhu Yijun to guard the spirit. For Zhu Yijun to guard the spirit for Longqing, Zhang Fan was required to accompany him. Zhu Yijun didn't say anything, and even Queen Wang and Concubine Li didn't say anything against it, so who else can say anything.

Zhang Fan didn't even go home early this morning, just ate something casually in the palace, and then came here to kneel. Originally, he didn't come here. After all, so many vassal kings and princesses came to Beijing. The commander of Jinyiwei is naturally responsible for a lot of things, such as guards, investigations and other things, but Zhang Fan still came because his wife Ru Xue also came here to kneel.

I forgot to mention that originally Ru Xue was just a lady of the fourth rank, and she didn't use it to suffer here. But at the beginning of this year, I don't know if it was Long Qing's or Zhu Yijun's idea. There is no point of follower, so Ru Xue has been promoted to the second rank directly this time, because she has to come here to kneel.

This time, sooner or later, really made Zhang Fan feel distressed, but when he saw Ru Xue's filial piety, he was shocked.

As the saying goes, "A man should be pretty with a suit of soap; a woman should be pretty with a three-point filial piety." Now it seems that this sentence is not bad at all. When Ru Xue puts it on, Zhang Fan's eyes really shine, and he is a little nostalgic.

He couldn't help thinking that if he could still see it in the future... "Bah," Zhang Fan couldn't help but slapped himself in his heart when he thought of this, if Ru Xue still wanted to wear this dress, wouldn't she be cursing himself.

In short, this is the scene now, there is crying inside the hall, and there is no ambiguity outside the hall.

But when weeping, there are naturally some people who are inconsistent inside and outside, almost everyone in the hall is like this, and the courtiers outside the hall are naturally no exception.

There are many people who fake cry.

The most typical one is Gao Gong. Now Gao Gong can be regarded as a proud man. He was personally awarded by Long Qing to Minister Gu Ming, which means his power in the future. How can Gao Gong cry in such a wonderful future? Fortunately, the ministers are all kneeling together, unlike in the main hall, anyone can tell by looking carefully.

In short, Longqing's funeral continued under such a scene, but then again, which dynasty's emperor was not like this?