Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 766
It is another year of Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting.

Before dawn, all the civil and military officials in Beijing, honored ministers, dignitaries and clans, as well as local court officials, and representatives of missions from various countries, had already begun to line up at the gate of the palace in grand gowns.

Zhu Yihai got up in Zizheng.

The watch clock in the Hall of Mental Cultivation reminded the emperor on time, it was exactly midnight, and the emperor got up.

Concubine Chen Huanggui personally brought a flat fruit, which is a tribute from Yantai, Shandong.

"I wish Your Majesty peace and safety!" Concubine Chen Guifei had a swollen belly and was pregnant with her fourth child. She woke up earlier than the emperor, and she was also dressed up today.

Zhu Yihai smiled and ate the apple that the imperial concubine specially warmed with warm water, it was sweet, crisp and delicious.

"Eat it too, and the new year will be safe and sound."

The emperor opened his mouth, and the servants presented an apple to each of the concubines who came to pay their respects. The apple was covered with a little gold and platinum powder, like a golden apple, which was both beautiful and festive.

Zhu Yihai watched everyone take the apples and then thanked him. It was a bit like giving apples to his girlfriend during Foreigner's Day in his previous life.

It's just that at that time, in addition to sending apples for eating, they also gave away apples for calling.

Now the memory of my former girlfriend is almost blurred.

His harem is already very spectacular. At a glance, there are more than a hundred people. Many of them were sent by the Khans and leaders of various Mongolian tribes for marriage, and some were the daughters of the princes of the Mongolian tribes in Monan. Princess, Princess Annan, Princess Liuqiu, etc.

The daughters of these kinship kings, kings of Khan, and princes accounted for the majority, but among the concubines in the six palaces of the Ming Dynasty, although there were few Han women, they still occupied the dominant position. Most of them were the heroes of the Ming Dynasty. Females also occupy an absolute position of honor in the palace.

In the past few years, Zhu Yihai has rebelled against the old Ming system and implemented the marriage system. At first, he only accepted the daughters of the tribal leaders of the surrounding Khanates into the palace to strengthen marriage alliances, but now they have married each other.The emperor adopted many voluntary court ladies as righteous daughters, conferred titles of princesses, and married them to the khans and princes as wives.

Some court ladies were also given titles such as county lord and princess lord, and married to the next-level foreign princes and nobles.

Zhu Yihai not only took the daughters of the leaders of the foreign vassals into the palace, but also asked the clan and ministers to take the women from Mongolia, Korea, Annan and other countries as concubines.

Even the crown prince is about to get married. He wants to marry the crown prince and his concubine into the East Palace, and at the same time marry six concubines.

This kind of large-scale marriage is also a way for Zhu Yihai to manage his vassals.

Prince Hongjia and Hanwang brothers, with a group of younger brothers and sisters, also greeted the emperor.

There are many people in Zhu Yihai's harem, and there are also many children now. He has 31 sons, plus the two who did not have before, the ranking of brothers has reached 33, and he has 26 daughters.

Including the three little princesses he adopted in recent years, the princesses are also ranked 29th.

Looking at this large group, the older ones were fourteen or five years old, most of them were four or five years old, and many were one or two years old, and many were even less than one year old.

Zhu Yihai actually has a sense of accomplishment. The scene full of women here is very spectacular. He even plans to regenerate a little bit, especially his son. In the future, he will open up the outer northeast, even Siberia, Indo-China Peninsula, and Western Regions. He must not send his own son to guard the frontier. Open up frontiers?

The eighteen provinces of Han are directly under the jurisdiction of the empire, and the eldest son is passed down in one line, and the other sons are sent to guard the rest of the frontier, and the branch is Gongwei Dazong.

There is no need to raise them in the capital, let alone in the Central Plains.

Just let them go to the frontier to open up, with appropriate authorization and restrictions, such as the outer northeast or the western regions, or places like the Indochina Peninsula, and there is no need to worry that they will separate the vassal kings and rebel. , not only the center of Pingfan, but also the guarding of the place, and the avoidance of raising pigs.

It may take two to three hundred years for those border areas to develop to threaten the central government. If they are controlled better, it may never be possible.

If there is a powerful feudal clan that can threaten the central government in 300 years, Zhu Yihai thinks it is not all a bad thing. After all, the central government has ruled for so long, and it may be rotten. It is a good thing that the local clan and vassals are in charge of the central government, and maybe a second dynasty can be established.

For Zhu Yihai, in fact, if he wants to formulate policies, it is already very good to be able to manage them for a hundred years. Thinking about three to five hundred years later, it is actually a bit too far away.

very good mood.

Looking at this group of concubines, princes and princesses, Zhu Yihai felt that he was more motivated to fight.

Concubine Chen Huanggui took her concubines to the Jiaotai Palace after paying her respects. After a while, the mother and wife of the Minister of Honor ordered her to enter the palace for an audience. If there is no seat in the middle palace, Concubine Chen Huanggui and Concubine Ruan will meet on their behalf.

Zhu Yihai then went to the East Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, performed the opening ceremony, and saluted the ancestral tablet.

After these etiquettes were completed, Zhu Yihai returned to the bedroom and waited for the congratulations from all the officials.

"Your Majesty, the Fajialu book has been displayed in front of Fengtian Hall and Fengtian Gate, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites have also installed a grade mountain for officials to stand in the square in front of Huangji Gate." Liu Chao reported.

Zhu Yihai nodded and was busy, it was still midnight.

This is tantamount to keeping the year old.

Zhu Yihai handed Liu Chao a red envelope, "Come on, I will give you a lucky red envelope."

Liu Chao, whose hair was all gray, froze for a moment, "This is my tradition, accept it."

Zhu Yihai would give red envelopes to people around him every year, and he would also give New Year's rewards to all the officers and soldiers, as well as officials. This was a huge expense, but it was all allocated from the emperor's internal funds, not a single cent of the treasury was used.

Rewards on New Year's Day are not only a reward, but also a little benefit for officials and soldiers. Although there are always officials and gentry who think that the salary of soldiers and soldiers is high now, Zhu Yihai ignores their request for a reduction in salary. To build the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers made great contributions and worked hard, and they must not be neglected.

What's more, Zhu Yihai is trying his best to build a martial arts group. His basic foundation is these soldiers. Of course, it is impossible to ignore his own core strength.

It is impossible to reduce the usual salary, and it has to be rewarded again during festivals.

Although it is possible to follow the old road of the Song Dynasty's redundant troops, Zhu Yihai now controls the number of imperial camps at 40 to [-], which is not too much, and the price is relatively expensive now. Not as valuable as before.

It has always been Zhu Yihai's basic state policy to increase and guarantee the food and wages of the soldiers and reduce the burden on farmers. He will not change his mind just because someone writes a letter against him. In this regard, Zhu Yihai is becoming more and more authoritarian.

But he didn't care.

If you oppose yours, I will promote mine.

Of all the great emperors in the history, which one was not the one with outstanding insight and foresight, and which one was led away by the courtiers?All must have advanced vision, and the one who can lead hundreds of officials and people is the hero.

Liu Chao received a red envelope, which contained special commemorative coins made by the Royal Mint, which can also be circulated directly, but because of the special circulation and less circulation, this kind of money is still valuable for collection.

There was one gold coin, six silver coins and eight copper coins in the red envelope, which in Zhu Yihai's view meant that they were all together, but Liu Chaoming didn't know if he didn't understand.

As for the other unranked servants in the palace, the red envelopes they received included one silver dollar, six small silver corners and eight copper dollars.

The emperor's internal treasury was full, so the rewards were naturally generous.

This move naturally made everyone very happy.

After being busy in the palace for a long time, the sky was approaching dawn, Zhu Yihai also had some breakfast.

Liu Chao reported that the princes and officials had assembled outside the Meridian Gate, and officials from the Ministry of Rites led them to stand in front of Fengtian Hall and wait.

Fengtian Temple was rebuilt after being burned down in the middle of Ming Dynasty, and was later renamed Huangji Hall. However, after Zhu Yihai returned to Beijing, it still restored its old name, Fengtian Temple, and even the front palace gate was restored to Fengtian Gate.

The chime bell.

The officials of Qin Tianjian also announced the time, and Zhang Dai, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, went to Qianqing Gate in person.

"Report to Your Majesty, all the officials are in place, and your Majesty the Emperor is invited to go to Fengtian Palace!"

At this time, bells and drums rang at the Meridian Gate, and the sound was so loud that the whole city could hear it.

Twilight.

Today is a fine and sunny day.

Wearing a formal attire, Zhu Yihai rode out of the palace, first ascended to the Huagai Hall, accepted the kneeling worship of the imperial officials, and then ascended to the Fengtian Hall amidst music.

Long palace music, grand and grand.

This year, the King of Qin Breaking the Array is still used.

The music stopped.

Under the three platforms outside Fengtian Hall, three crisp whips sounded.

The Minister of Honglu Temple shouted the order of scheduling, and the princes and officials took their places.

The Xuanbiao official held the inscription in his hand, Wen Anzhi, a senior scholar of the first auxiliary university, and Wang Zhiren, a senior academician of the second auxiliary university, came to the center of His Highness Fengtian together, knelt facing north, and read out the emperor's inscription expressing his heart to the heaven and the subjects of the whole country.

"Keep playing!"

What is played is the newly compiled palace music, All Nations Come to Korea.

Under the leadership of the university scholar, the officials kneeled three times and kowtowed nine times.

The ministers paid homage.

Zhu Yihai raised his hand, "Allow the officials to sit down and drink tea."

However, although the Fengtian Hall is large, not all ministers can enter it. Only the princes and lords can enter the hall to sit and drink, and the rest of the officials can only sit in their seats outside the hall.

After drinking a cup of hot tea, it made the ministers and officials a lot warmer.

Fortunately, although it is cold, the ministers who came to congratulate today basically received the emperor's mink in advance. Of course, according to the traditional practice, this mink is the same as the conferment. It is not true that you will directly reward you with a mink Clothes are just a reward for your qualifications to wear them.

You can take this will and go to the royal store to order corresponding grades of clothing.

For example, mink fur is used according to the grade, and the emperor's gift of mink is equivalent to giving a mink ticket.

As the saying goes, the first rank is the black fox, the second rank is the mink, the third rank is the fourth rank, and the Japanese sword is the fourth rank.

Xuanhu is also called Silver Fox, because of its small number, hard to obtain fur, and good thermal performance, it can only be eaten by ministers of the first rank or above, and only the second rank can wear mink.

Third rank and fourth rank wear a Japanese sword, this Japanese sword is not a Japanese sword, but another name for a green fox, its fur is also very precious.

As for ordinary mink fur, it is not something ordinary people can wear. As for sea otter fur, also commonly known as sea dragon fur, it is even more precious.Otter skins are commonly called sea tigers, and stingrays are called sea dogs, both of which are relatively expensive, and must have a corresponding grade, or give orders.

In other words, marmot, marmot, and squirrel skins are relatively cheap. When quality is everywhere, wearing fur doesn’t mean you can wear it if you have money, you have to have a corresponding grade.

The emperor gave ferrets to ministers, and officials could also use them by leapfrogging their ranks, but it was only for qualifications, and they had to pay for them by themselves.

In fact, the usual official uniforms of officials are also the same. They all need to be customized by themselves. The imperial court does not distribute official uniforms for free. Only military uniforms are distributed for free, which can only be enjoyed by soldiers. Soldiers even have to pay for their own armor and uniforms, and even repair their armor out of their own pockets.

If you get the order of the mink, you can order it yourself, and you will be rich and thrifty.

For the same mink, the price of different parts of the fur varies greatly. The same kind of mink has different integrity, and even the season of capture is different, so the price of the fur is also different.

Of course, even if you order mink fur again, or even a fur coat made of marmot fur, standing in the square on the morning of the first day of the new year will still have an excellent effect of keeping you warm.

Even if some officials couldn't afford the best furs, a fringe of high-quality mink fur around the neckline of the jacket still had an excellent effect of keeping warm, and other parts could use lesser furs.

clap clap.

Three more blows of the whip.

Originally, the emperor was going back to the palace, all the officials had to step down one by one, and the congratulatory ceremony was over.

But Zhu Yihai didn't leave, but stood up.

"Today's New Year's Day is a festive day, and there should be no talk of killing and fighting."

"However, Tsarist Russian thieves were ambitious, invaded our inherent vassal territory in China, stole and plundered the fur, food and grass of our vassals, and even robbed the people of our Ming Dynasty as slaves, wantonly established strongholds in our territory in China, and savagely and forcibly collected taxes from my people , in an attempt to occupy our Chinese territory forever,
Tolerable or unbearable?
Today, I, the tenth grandson of Emperor Taizu Gao, the No. 17 emperor of the Ming Empire, Zhu Yihai, the son of Shaotian, officially declared war on the barbaric Tsarist Russia until it was driven back to the west of the Ula Mountains! "

The emperor's sudden declaration of war on Tsarist Russia at this festive Zhengdan Dynasty caught many people off guard.Even among the congratulators, there happened to be an envoy from Tsarist Russia.

The envoy of Tsarist Russia was sent by the Tsar from Moscow, because the Yakutsk Warlord previously reported that there were fertile land in the Heilongjiang River Basin and excellent ports, and the indigenous residents there paid tribute to the Central Plains.In the west, the Turghuts on the Volga River, the Kazakhs in the south of the Siberian Plain, and the Oirat Mongols are said to have united against Russia under the call of the Ming emperor.

The Tsar was naturally very angry and extremely dissatisfied with this. He sent envoys to show power to the Emperor of Ming, so that Daming could restrain himself.The envoy even proposed to sign an agreement with Daming to assign the entire Heilongjiang River Basin to Tsarist Russia, and at the same time not to allow Ming to intervene in the affairs of Turghut, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia.

It's a pity that there was no response at all to the credentials he submitted.

He thought that the Ming emperor and the court were afraid, but who knew that he was called to attend the New Year's Day meeting early this morning, and finally heard such a result.

When the interpreter told him that the emperor had officially declared war on Russia, he could hardly believe it.

"Did you translate it wrong?" He asked his translator suspiciously.

"That's right, it's absolutely true, the Emperor of Ming declared that all the land east of the Ula Mountains is the territory of Ming!"

(End of this chapter)