Red House Shoufu

Chapter 149 "Kirin"

On the sixth day of June in the eighth year of Zhide, the Supreme Emperor, who had been in power for 45 years, lived a long life.

Red silk lanterns were hung high in the capital, and huge birthday couplets were hung on each of the nine gates. The Yamen of Shuntian Prefecture and the Bingma Division of Wucheng sent birthday couplets written on red paper to the door the day before, and asked them to post them at the door.

The emperor was filial and sincere, and specially ordered the Ministry of Households to allocate money, food and meat, and ordered the department to investigate the capital and nearby counties, and distribute food, money, and cloth to those who are lonely, old, and young.

The imperial concubine, adhering to the sacred will, donated a thousand taels of silver and a thousand pieces of cloth to the nursing home on the fifth day of June.The concubines of the six palaces all followed suit and wrote to the noble relatives of the Jiaofang: the Holy Grace blesses all the people, the relatives and clans of the nobles and honors are deeply favored by the country, and they should take His Majesty as an example to pray for the saints and celebrate their birthdays.

On the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, the Ministry of Household Affairs received donations totaling 88 taels of gold, [-] taels of silver, as well as countless grains, cloth, and medicinal materials from the honored relatives of the royal family in Beijing, civil and military officials, and country gentry and merchants.

On the morning of the sixth day of June, the edict of the Dragon Head Palace, the emperor is benevolent, filial and sincere, and the imperial concubine is virtuous and dignified.All civil and military officials, clan members and squires are virtuous, loyal, benevolent and righteous.I am so relieved.Specially ordered the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry to advertise and exaggerate benevolence, write stone inscriptions, and erect monuments to proclaim righteousness.

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The Jingyang bell rang, and the patriarchs and nobles guarding the palace gate, as well as civil and military officials of the seventh rank and above in the capital, lined up and entered the Forbidden City through the Great Trumen.

When the procession reached outside the Fengtian Hall, everyone stepped down and bowed to serve.Only three whips were heard, and nine generals shouted at the same time: "Longevity and good luck, all ministers welcome you!"

Immediately, the officials of rank five or above walked into the Fengtian Hall, and saw the Supreme Emperor sitting on top of the Danbi, and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.

"The ministers congratulate the saint for his long life and boundless life, long live long live long live long live!"

The Taishanghuang was in a very good mood, and smiled to let everyone get down without courtesy.

According to the flow of the Longevity Ceremony, after celebrating the birthday of the Great Dynasty, the holy driver moved outside the Fengtian Hall.

Under the colorful shed, the emperor accompanied the Supreme Emperor to sit on the high platform, and the clan's honored relatives, civil and military officials, ruling and opposition elders, and foreign envoys presented birthday gifts in batches.

After Lin Shu and his colleagues in the Imperial Academy made three bows and nine kowtows, the Supreme Emperor suddenly said, "Lin Shu, Lin Jinyu, I have heard of your name for a long time. Tell me, should I be called a holy king?"

The silk and bamboo wind music was still playing, but the noisy group of officials fell silent instantly, and everyone focused their attention on Lin Shu.

Anyone who cared about Lin Ruhai's death knew the secret behind it.Although it was the faithful Wang Gao Yongyi and the Zhen family who took the initiative, the Supreme Emperor had an inescapable responsibility.

I saw Lin Shu bowed and worshiped: "Prosperity governs the world, governs the world, governs virtues, and governs the heavenly saints. The saints conquered the desert three times, and the northern captives have not dared to invade the south. They can be called the kings of the outside world. Cultivating literature and politics, comforting the environment and calming the people, can be called the king of the world. Holy. The inner sage and the outer king, you should be the holy king!"

Although there are some compliments, but from the heart, the first 30 years of the Supreme Emperor's reign can be called Mingjun.

After Lin Shu finished speaking, the Supreme Emperor said a little playfully: "Neishengwangwaiwang? You can talk, but I like to listen to it. In this case, I will leave it to you to repair "Longsheng Dadian"!"

This is really a surprise, Hanlin officials like to edit books the most, let alone such a masterpiece as "Longsheng Dadian".

Think about the "Yongle Canon" of the Ming Dynasty. When this canon is completed, at least the officials will be promoted to one level.

Lin Shu bowed down and shouted long live.The colleagues of the Hanlin Academy next to them all became sour, why didn't the Supreme Emperor ask them this question?
The little episode was quickly overwhelmed by the astonishing birthday gifts of all kinds, especially the gifts from the clan's nobles, which opened everyone's eyes.

The grand ceremony gradually reached its climax. Following the imperial concubine Zhen's natal family, Zhen Yingjia, the patriarch of the Zhen family in Jinling, walked up to the saint. His face was filled with admiration and excitement, and he proclaimed loudly: "The sage is alive, and the Qilin presents a gift. I invite the sage to move Step up to the Trumen, and watch the holy beast Qilin!"

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"Jinyu, is there really a unicorn?"

In the process of moving, Wang Huan and others surrounded Lin Shu.When the Zhen family brought the "Kirin" into the city, many people went to see the excitement, but they were all scholars after all, and they would disdain things about chaotic power and strange gods.

Among them, Lin Shu has the most knowledge, so they all want to hear Lin Shu's opinion.

"The "Benji of Taizong of the Ming Dynasty" records that in Yongle 12 years Zhenla entered the gold thread clothes, Ryukyu Zhongshan King offered horses, and the Ge Lagong Qilin was listed. It's just that the authenticity of this Qilin has yet to be verified. Let's go and see this Will the unicorn on President Zhen's tribute fly through the clouds..."

It has been 50 and [-] years since the Yongle Year, except for a few words in the history books, no one has ever seen a real unicorn.

"Wow……"

"It's really tall, no wonder you have to come to the Great Trumen to watch it!"

"This neck... unless you smash the palace door, you really can't get in!"

The so-called "Kirin" was seen by the Supreme Emperor a long time ago, although he always felt that something was wrong, but according to the records in the Ming Daily Notes and the description in Ming History, it was really the holy beast unicorn in the words of Emperor Yongle.

With the sound of gongs and drums, all the officials bowed down one after another: "I wait to congratulate the saint, the unicorn celebrates the birthday, and the heavens send auspiciousness!"

Countless people outside the palace knelt down and shouted long live, but there were a few people in different costumes standing in the distance frowning.

Officials from the Ministry of Rituals were about to reprimand when several Dragon Guards came over: "The sage asked, why don't you kneel down?"

Only the leader bowed and said: "The great holy emperor, the foreign minister, the tributary envoy of the Manga Kingdom, Bu Liman Sha, knows this beast. It is not a unicorn..."

The Malacca country is also the Malacca Strait area of ​​the later generations. Since the Yongle Year of the previous Ming Dynasty, it has paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty, and the dynasty has never been cut off.

Because of the canonization and support of the Central Plains Dynasty, none of the surrounding countries dared to tease the tiger's whiskers of the Great Ming (Great Chu).The country is stable and it is a necessary place for sea trade, which also makes Malawi Canada the most prosperous area for sea trade between the East and the West.

Bu Liman Sha, who came to the imperial court with the Dragon Guard, followed the etiquette of the Central Plains, knelt in front of the holy car and said: "The tribute envoy of the Great Chu Kingdom belongs to the Managa Kingdom. Your Majesty!"

The kingdom of Manjaka has a dynasty every three years, and it has never been cut off. It is comparable to a model of a vassal state.The Supreme Emperor didn't want to hurt the hearts of these loyal ministers, even if he was in a bad mood, he still smiled and said: "Please hurry up, the envoys have come from thousands of miles away, I am very relieved."

Briman Sha got up with a look of indignation, as if he had been greatly humiliated, pointing to Zhen Yingjia who was in panic, he said: "Manlajia Kingdom does not allow anyone to deceive the great Holy Emperor, this is not a holy beast, this It is a beast unique to Adan Kingdom. The foreign minister once traveled thousands of miles west by boat, and saw with his own eyes that the grassland was full of such beasts..."

Zhen Yingjia's back was already wet with cold sweat, and she still felt cold all over in the scorching summer.

The indifferent eyes of the Supreme Emperor made him unable to stand still, and he knelt on the ground with a slap, unable to utter a word.All I could do was cry in my heart: "It's over, it's over now!"

(End of this chapter)