Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 905 Abdicate and Change Yuan

The western suburbs of Beijing.

Xiangshan Palace Royal Garden.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor's Yuqinzheng Palace decided to return to the government next year, which was changed to the first year of Tai'an, and the imperial calendar was issued as the first year of Tai'an.

General exempt next year's land money and food.

From that day on, the emperor moved out of the Forbidden Palace and lived directly in this mountain-based Xiangshan Palace. However, until this time, there are still many people in the ruling and opposition parties who do not believe that the emperor will really abdicate. As the Supreme Emperor, he will still hold great power.

But in fact, since Zhu Yihai issued an edict announcing that he would return to power next year, he took the initiative to move to the palace, and even moved out his concubines and children, directly vacating the Forbidden Palace for the prince.

Although the prince asked the emperor to take care of him in the Forbidden Palace, Zhu Yihai still came out. Not only did he move out, but he also handed over all the military affairs of the court to the prince.

After Zhu Yihai handed over the power all at once, he became more at ease.

Even the body is getting better.

The Xiangshan palace has undulating hills and luxuriant forests. It is a part of the Xishan Mountains in Beijing. The main peak, Xianglu Peak, is commonly known as ghosts and sorrows. The scenery is open and you can overlook the Beijing-Tianjin Great Plain in the east.

The inner wall is close to the foot of the mountain, and it is the place where the main buildings of the camp royal garden gather. In recent years, the royal family has spent a lot of money to build various types of buildings, such as palaces, halls, pavilions, gardens, etc. The mountain becomes an embellishment of the natural scenery.

The outer city of Xinggong occupies a very large area, with few buildings, and is dominated by mountain and forest landscapes. It is a Jingyi Garden area.

Zhu Yihai likes the clear snow in Xishan here the most. The scenery is unique and beautiful after the snow.

In addition to the inner and outer walls, there is another wall, which is mainly Jianxinzhai built during the Jiajing period. The courtyard is surrounded by a semicircular pool with curved corridors, which is a garden within a garden.After the fasting, the mountain is rugged, the hall is built against the mountain, the pines and cypresses are green, and the environment is elegant.

Putting down the heavy burden on his shoulders and handing over the government affairs, Zhu Yihai rarely sees foreign ministers again. He climbs mountains every day, does Tai Chi, occasionally shoots archery, rides horses, and shoots a few shots with a bird on his back. He has more time to spend with his son and daughter them.

Seven or eight-year-old King Ning and the others now follow Zhu Yihai every day. His father can tell them wonderful stories that they don't usually hear, and he can also take them to ride horses and hunt birds, and even climb mountains for barbecue.

Easy time always flies by.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the New Year, and Zhu Yihai's New Year's Eve was spent in the Xiangshan Palace. The crown prince also brought the East Palace family here early, and even the king of Han, who was entrusted outside, rushed back from the Qinghai fiefdom.

There were no outsiders, just Zhu Yihai's family, and he didn't even invite his uncle Tang Wang Zhu Yujian. What he told everyone was that on New Year's Eve, they would all be reunited at home and have a lively New Year.

The reunion dinner was very lively.

He asked everyone to cook a dish.

The young princes and princesses were assisted by their mother, who also made dumplings with his children and grandchildren.

Zhang Luo has been busy since noon, and when it was almost dark, this very special New Year's Eve dinner was finally completed.

Zhu Yihai's 48 sons, 34 daughters, and the five princesses, his adopted daughters, are all present.Among the sons and daughters, the Crown Prince, the King of Han, the Eldest Princess and the Fifth Princess are all married, and the children of the Prince and the King of Han can already fill a table for each.

The eldest princess married the Marquis of Min'an and Zhou Yanchang, the governor of Longyamen. They were married at the beginning of winter, and now they have already married. Liu Xiangxi also got married this winter.

The princes and princesses sat at several tables. Except for the prince Hanwang and the eldest princess, the five princesses, the others were only eight or nine years old, and the youngest were only two or three years old.Fortunately, no concubine has been able to conceive and give birth in the past two years, otherwise it may have broken a hundred.

There are too many concubines, today only the high-ranking concubines who own the imperial concubine, nine concubines, nine concubines, and nine Jieyu can have seats in the palace, and the rest of the low-level beauties and nobles always agree to wait, unless there is a prince Only the princess has a seat, otherwise it can only be arranged at the flowing water mat at the entrance of the hall, and even many Mongolian Jurchen and other barbarian bearded women can only stand outside and outside the hall to serve, and can only eat the flowing water mat in turn.

"Why are there so many people?"

Zhu Yihai was a little stunned when he saw this scene, which was like a feast of thousands of meals. These more than 80 children were enough, but his concubines and beauties waited for more.

Before the banquet, line up to say hello.

Except for the abolished Empress Zhang, who is still practicing in the palace in Tokyo, the rest are all here, and they are all famous and famous, at least they are often promised, not counting those palace people or anything.

Looking at the ladies in palace costumes who kept queuing up in a long line, all of them were young, and he didn't feel a little embarrassed.

Over the years, in order to stabilize the power and unite all forces, and even appease the Mongolian Jurchens and the chieftains in the Southwest, and later to win over the North Korean Liuqiu, etc., the result was continuous marriages and wars. As well as the defeated Jianlu, Jurchen, Mongolia, etc., many women were finally sent to the palace.

This made the emperor's inner court team bigger and bigger, but he was often away, and he didn't usually have the opportunity to engage in such a big family reunion scene like today, so he really didn't notice that there were so many people.

Now this crowded hall, queuing up to pay their respects, is indeed a bit astonishing.

He even found out that many of them had no impression at all, so he got the help of concubines such as imperial concubine Chen, imperial concubine Ruan, and concubine Huang to introduce them.

Some of them can still have some impressions after they talk about it, but most of them really haven't been blessed at all since they entered the palace, and some even just greeted the emperor, and never really said anything.

Among them, the most miserable ones are those who were sent to the palace as captives because of the defeat of the national tribal family. Because of their beauty or their original status, they finally got a low-level title for various reasons, and then they were trapped in the palace. .

And those women who come by marriage are generally in a better condition. At least when they first come, they can always get a short-term luck. Disaster.

Only a very small number of Mongolian and Jurchen women, such as Anu from Heshuote, can get the emperor's constant favor. Among other foreign women, there are only princesses from South Korea's Liuqiuan, because they are also from the Chinese cultural circle, and there are no obstacles to transportation. And they are more gentle in character, winning some favor from the emperor.

"Really more than a thousand people?"

Concubine Chen Huanggui nodded to the emperor. There were already more than a thousand people. There were hundreds of women from various Mongolian tribes. You must know that in the past few years in Ming Dynasty, the number of Mongolian Khans who were canonized alone was close to [-], and there were more Deputy Khan, every Khan also serves as the guardian, and there are at least six or more than a dozen governor's mansions under him, who canonize Nuoyan or Huitaiji as commanders.

These high-ranking Khan Kings, Jinong, Nuoyan, and Huitaiji served as the governor, deputy governor, governor, and deputy governor, as well as titles such as Duke Duke of the Ming Dynasty. To show sincerity, the Ming Dynasty directly asked the two parties to marry , these senior Mongolian princes and leaders are all vying to send their daughters to the emperor's palace.

Now every year, Mongolia sends thousands of women to Ming Dynasty to marry, some of them enter the emperor’s palace, and more are given to ministers, honorable generals, etc. Similarly, a large number of women from Ming Dynasty are also married to various tribes of Mongolia. Most of these women are royal orphans. The war and famine orphans adopted by the hospital were brought up and educated, and some of them entered the palace to become maids of honor. After serving for five or six years, they were given marriages to meritorious soldiers, or marriages and relatives to foreign vassals.

The effect of this kind of marriage is still very strong, and it is very close to the suzerain-vassal relationship.

But the emperor is only one after all, and those khan kings all hope that their daughters can enter the palace to serve the emperor, so that they can become the emperor's father-in-law, and the daughters of other khan kings are married to the emperor. Is my own tribe inferior to others?
Zhu Yihai didn't want to admit so many into the palace. There were too many and he couldn't recognize them all. Moreover, many daughters and granddaughters of Mongolian princes, to be honest, were not very beautiful. Even if they were the daughters of the chiefs of the grassland tribes, cultural customs, etc. It's not the same. Many of the girls sent by the chiefs for marriage think they are beautiful, but they don't meet Zhu Yihai's aesthetics. They are either too strong or something else. How many, and how many of them can be liked by Zhu Yihai?
But Zhu Yihai's refusal would make them feel very humiliated, and would make trouble to the emperor. They had no choice but to accept it, or treat one more than another.

But the problem is that many tribal princes are still not satisfied with sending one, and they will try to send another one every two years.

Anyway, now in the emperor's palace, Mongolian women accounted for one-third. Fortunately, some of them came to know Mobei, some came from Monan, some came from Moxi, and some belonged to Horqin at the end, and some were married to Mongolian Jurchens , and then sent to the Ming Emperor's Palace, these Mongolian women are not monolithic, and even have many conflicts with each other.

Even if they belong to the Moxiweirat Alliance, Junggar's may be at odds with Torghut's, Huite's may be at odds with Durbert, and even if they are both Heshuote's, it may be because of the current Heshuo Special internal strife, and these cousins, aunts, nieces, etc. have conflicts.

Fortunately, Zhu Yihai didn't have to deal with them very much. These palace fights were usually governed by Concubine Chen and Concubine Ruan with their nine concubines.

Today's emperor has no interest in beauties. Seeing so many young women makes him feel a little guilty.

He opened his mouth and wanted to say to let those who have never had children leave, but he swallowed the words. In this era, it is impossible to say such words, otherwise it will shock the world.

Even if the emperor died young, it is impossible for these young emperor women to remarry or something. It is the greatest favor of the royal family to not be buried.

Usually they find a place, in the name of becoming a monk to practice, and die alone there.

It's really inhuman.

He can only remind himself that he will inform the new emperor tomorrow that he will not send people to his palace in the future, and don't send them away after the foreign vassal is married.Even in the emperor's palace in the future, too many people can't be allowed to enter like this. Even if they marry each other, the number must be limited. If it is really a few thousand people, it is too immoral and a waste of resources.

Once a harem woman gets a title, even the lowest-ranked ones often agree to these things, she is still the emperor's woman, and it is absolutely impossible to reward the courtiers, unless it is possible for a court lady without a title.

Because of discovering this matter, Zhu Yihai's New Year's Eve reunion dinner was even somewhat unhappy.

After the meal, he specially summoned the internal servant, and asked him to arrange for someone to deliver a New Year gift to Tokyo's abandoned Queen Jing'an Immortal Master. He also asked King Ning to write a letter to his biological mother and prepare a New Year gift, "If she is willing to come Jing, I will arrange for someone to pick her up, and she and King Ning can also be reunited."

Tomorrow the new emperor will ascend the throne, and all the right and wrong in the past have become cloudy. Although the two have no relationship, he also knows in his heart that he owes him something.

When explaining this, the prince always stood by the emperor's side.

"Hongjia, tomorrow you will ascend the throne and become the Son of Heaven. I have completely handed over the entire country and society to you. I will abdicate as the Supreme Emperor. From now on, you will have the final say in this world. I will not interfere in your government affairs.

In the past few years, King Ning was brought up by your side and grew up with you. He is very filial. What's more rare is that he is good at reading and is very talented in calligraphy and painting. In the future, he will learn and develop in this area, so there is no need to waste it in other areas time.

But after you ascended the throne, you will be even busier. King Ning is getting older, so it is inconvenient to stay in Da Nei, so let’s stay with me in the Xiangshan Palace. It would be better if his mother can come back, and send him off when he is 16 years old. Officially go to Yongning to become a feudal clan, and the fiefdom has been drawn up, just like the King of Han, a county is also a fief, and then a mansion is supervised..."

Prince Ning, the ninth younger brother, has been very good in the past few years. He personally taught him by his side, but the prince is also smart. Although King Ning is young, he intends to only teach the prince calligraphy, painting, music and other literary and artistic things. If you don't teach it, you don't even teach classics and history, let alone the art of war and tactics.

Up to now, King Ning has indeed been inspired to develop a good talent for literature and art. Zhu Yihai has actually noticed these things for a long time, but he did not stop them, but praised them.

It would be great if King Ning became an artistically accomplished person like Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty or Empress Master of Southern Tang Dynasty, so that he would not threaten the new emperor, and it would be safer without threats.

Although Zhu Yihai chose the eldest son to inherit at the beginning, he didn't want their brothers to kill each other because of this, so he also made a choice before, and immediately took a ruthless hand, abolishing Xiao Zhang, and killing Zhang's brother, uncle, etc. The relatives took the opportunity to dispose of him, demoted him to Yungui, and made the Ninth Prince the King of Ning. He had made a decree early on to send him to Yongning in the far north.

All of this is to avoid future troubles.

If a prince wants to seize the heirloom, or even compete for the position, he needs to have a powerful faction, and he was cut off from all foreign aid when he was born, so who would speculate on him again.

"If Ning Wang's mother is willing to come back, you must treat them well in the future."

The crown prince nodded, and promised his father that he would respect Immortal Master Jing'an, his friendly brother King Ning, and others.

"Okay, it's getting late, you should hurry back to the palace, tomorrow is your big day, you have to get up early."

"Your servant will come to welcome Father in person tomorrow morning."

"I don't need you to come and welcome me. How can you do it? I will go there by myself. Don't worry, I have abdicated, but I will definitely attend your enthronement ceremony tomorrow."

He patted his son on the shoulder, "I was ordered by Haotian, and I was appointed in the face of danger to restore the country and the country. My mission is completed, and the era that belongs to me is also over. From now on, you will inherit the great rule and rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty. The name Tai'an means the prosperity of the country and the safety of the people, and I also hope that you can truly achieve the safety of the country and the people when you take over Daming."

"Let me say a few more words at the end. If you want the country to be strong and prosperous, the people must first be stable and prosperous. Before you govern the country and make any major decisions, you must first ask yourself whether this decision can make the country rich and strong, and the country is rich. The premise of being strong is whether the people can be stable and prosperous.

Whether an empire can last long does not depend on how many soldiers there are, how advanced the warships are, and how sharp the guns are, but how the people at the bottom of the empire live and whether they can be protected. They are the shortcoming of the big bucket of the empire. Otherwise, the empire will have millions of armour, huge ships and cannons, but if the countless people at the bottom cannot eat enough, then the empire will come to an end. "

"The country is the people, and the people are the country. Fighting the country and guarding the country are the hearts of the people. Our foundation lies in the people, not just the princes, officials, officials and gentry. If you only favor them when you rule the country, then the country It won't be far."

"You will be the emperor tomorrow. The emperor must allocate the interests of all classes. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, princes, aristocrats, bureaucrats, civilians, and common people are all taken care of and distributed well. Although the people at the bottom seem to have the least say, they will use their hands. Use your feet to express your position, the national disaster since Chongzhen has not passed for a long time."

The prince was deeply taught.

"My son is young, and I will ask my father to continue to be in charge of the court in the future."

Zhu Yihai waved his hand, "Since I have returned to the government, I should retire completely. If I am attached to power, why should I abdicate? If I have no experience, I should learn more and think twice before doing things. Now the ministers in the central cabinet, the prime minister's office, etc. They are also very capable, you should listen to their suggestions.

They will only serve one term next year, and you can let them serve another term. Six years later, you can also accumulate some experience. Is the governor, governor of the local and so on.

"Don't worry, you are still young, listen more, watch more and study more, the last piece of advice, remember to exercise more, your body is capital, I am 36, but my body has completely collapsed, even if I am ambitious, it will be too late."

"I hope you can live to be seven or eighty years old. If you can reign for five or sixty years, I believe that the world will truly enjoy peace and prosperity."

If there were no wars and famines, the harvests would be bumper year after year, and people would work for three years to accumulate surplus grain for the next year.After nine years of good harvest, you can accumulate a surplus of grain for three years. This is called Deng, which means a bumper crop.

If a good year lasts for eighteen years, there will be a surplus of grain for six years, which is called Ping, which means peace and stability.

If you can have a good harvest for 27 years, and you can accumulate a surplus of grain for nine years, then it will be Taiping.

If you want peace, you must have 27 years of stability and good harvests. This is not easy in ancient China, so there are very few prosperous times in history, and most of them are governing times.

The famous ones are the governance of Wenjing, the prosperity of Zhaoxuan, the prosperity of Mingzhang, the governance of Kaihuang and the governance of Zhenguan, the prosperity of Kaiyuan, the prosperity of Renzong, and the governance of Yongle Renxuan...

Most of them are governing the world, rather than prosperous times. Governing the world means that the country is stable and the officials are clear and bright.

Zhu Yihai hoped that he would rebuild Daming, and that after Hongjia succeeded to the throne, he could truly start the prosperity of Daming.

What he left to the prince is the unification of the world, a population of more than 2 million, a treasury surplus of [-] million, and royal internal funds of [-] million.

These are the foundations for Daming to take off and move towards a prosperous age. As long as the prince can develop steadily, the prosperous age will eventually come!

"I can't see the day of prosperity and peace, but I hope that when you pass the throne to Zhenye in the future, it will be an even better prosperity!"

(End of this chapter)