Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 112
Two days passed quickly.

Compared with being caught off guard when they first heard about Chongzhen going south, Nanjing officials were much calmer this time. Although it was still too late and they did not have the financial resources to repair the imperial city, they expanded to a certain extent on the basis of Nanjing’s garrison eunuch Xingyuan to make it suitable for the emperor. The ritual system is completely achievable.

Early in the morning, Nanjing officials headed by Shi Kefa came to Yanziji Wharf to wait for Chongzhen.

But I waited and waited until the end of Sishi (11:[-] a.m.), the sun had already reached the mid-heaven, Shi Kefa and other Nanjing officials were already extremely hot, but Chongzhen had not yet appeared.

"It's not right." Gao Hongtu wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Your Majesty said that if you don't engage in welcoming and sending things, you don't want to come for the truth, right?"

"Ah?" Shi Kefa, Jiang Yueguang and other nearby officials also paused in their hearts when they heard the words.

Only then did they remember that Chongzhen had specially sent a middle-ranking official over yesterday to deliver a message, not to engage in the routine of greeting and driving.

In the end, Wang Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, shook his head and said, "No, the Son of Heaven, as the emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, has had a whole set of etiquette since ancient times when he went on tour or returned to Beijing. How could it be that the sage can really not do it if he says not to do it? It's not in compliance with the rules."

Gao Hongtu rolled his eyes when he heard this, the Holy Majesty left us in Yanziji, but quietly entered Nanjing from another place, what else can we do to him?Gather the censor and officials to jointly name Shangshu and launch a siege against him?Repeat the story of the great ceremony to discuss the national capital?Is it worth doing this for these trivial things?
Just thinking about it, there was a sudden commotion ahead.

"Several pavilion elders, there are ships coming, there are ships coming."

Shi Kefa and others were immediately refreshed, did the Holy One finally come?
After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, the ferry finally landed, and immediately a group of barbarians got off the boat.

But after seeing clearly that the group of barbarians was surrounded by a young man, Shi Kefa was stunned, what's going on?Why only His Royal Highness came?Where is your Majesty?
But still hurried forward to say goodbye.

"Old Shi Ge, and all the elders."

After Zhu Cihong returned the salute, he asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"The ministers are here to welcome Sheng Jia." Shi Kefa said helplessly, "May I ask His Royal Highness, Sheng Jia has something to delay, so he postponed the date of returning to Beijing?"

"Father has returned to Beijing early in the morning."

Zhu Cilang smiled and waved his hands.

The ministers were stunned.

……

Chongzhen had already entered Nanjing City from Xuanwu Gate at this time, and sat in Piyong of the Imperial College.

Piyong, originally a university established by Emperor Zhou, has a circular school site surrounded by a pool and a convenient bridge outside the front gate.

After the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was Piyong in all Taixue. As a place to respect Confucianism and perform ceremonies, the emperors of all dynasties had to give lectures in Piyong at least once after they ascended the throne.

After Chongzhen came to the throne, he gave lectures in Beijian.

But it was the first time to give lectures in Nanjing Guozijian.

For this lecture, Chongzhen specially wore armor.

It was the one that Gao Qiqian had worn several times before, the golden mountain armor, the golden hood, plus a bright red burqa and cloak, it looked really majestic.

If you have a three-pointed two-edged knife, you can play Yang Jian directly.

However, wearing such a suit in Piyong, a place where Confucianism is respected and ceremonies are held, is unavoidable. If Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and other Neo Confucian masters saw this scene, they would inevitably be scolded.

But Chongzhen did it on purpose, deliberately wearing this suit, in order to infuse martial arts genes into the blood of the students of Nanjing Guozijian, and even the scholars all over the world.

Confucianism and martial arts, in fact, have never been binary opposites.

Confucians in ancient times, even Confucius, were left-handed and right-handed swords.

Hearing that the Holy Majesty had arrived in Piyong, the students from the Imperial College immediately flocked to him.

Soon, the entire Biyong hall was crowded with students, and there was no room for standing in the hall, and many students had to stand outside.

At its peak, Nanjing Guozijian had more than [-] students. During the reign of Chongzhen, the number of students dropped sharply, but there were still more than [-] students.

However, most of them are the children of official families.

Zheng Sen is one of these two thousand people.

And Zheng Sen grabbed a good position.

At this time, it was even less than ten steps away from Chongzhen.

Seeing the emperor so close at hand, Zheng Sen couldn't hide the surging emotions in his chest. A good man should put on this armor and follow the emperor to Xuzhou to defend the border and shed blood for the Ming Dynasty!

At this time, the eunuch moved a wooden board and erected it in Piyong.

Chongzhen picked up the charcoal and wrote two words on the wooden board.

After finishing writing, Chongzhen looked around and asked, "Who can recognize these two characters?"

"Your Majesty, the grassroots can recognize it." Zheng Sen raised his hand and replied, "What Your Majesty wrote is Chinese!"

"That's right, this is exactly the word China in the oracle bone inscriptions." Chongzhen pointed to the wooden board and said loudly, "Under the banner of Lie Lie Jing, a team of soldiers holding golden daggers guards the central area. This is China."

"This is China, our country, the motherland where we were born and raised and will be buried here!"

"But now, the bandits have been defeated, and an army of [-] slaves has entered the fortress, occupying my land, killing my parents, trying to force my son of the Han family to shave his hair and change his clothes, and even more want to destroy my great China. The ancestral temple and the country of the year."

"Body, hair and skin, the parents who received them did not dare to hurt them. It is the beginning of filial piety. How could we allow Jiannu to mutilate those who were hurt?"

"Confucius said to achieve benevolence, Meng said to obtain righteousness, our Han family's clothes have been passed down for more than two thousand years, how can we let Jiannu invade?"

"Three emperors and five emperors, Qin and Han successively, my Huaxia ancestral temple has lasted for more than five thousand years, how can we allow slaves to destroy our country?"

"The majestic China, the brilliant Han Zuo, the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty of all the scholar-bureaucrats, the Ming Dynasty of all the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, not the Ming Dynasty of the Zhu family's royal family!"

"The rise and fall, everyone is responsible!"

Hearing this sentence, the minds of Zheng Sen and other students buzzed as if they had been hit with a heavy hammer.

The rise and fall, everyone is responsible?Daming is the Ming of all the scholar-bureaucrats, the Ming of all the descendants of Yan and Huang, not the Ming of the Zhu royal family?

This proclamation was like Hong Zhong Da Lu resounding through Piyong.

The blood of Zheng Sen and other students boiled immediately.

Chongzhen began to raise his arms and shouted: "At this time when slaves are established and the world is in turmoil, all sons and daughters of the Han family should assume the responsibility of guarding the soil and resisting the war. You and other scholars and students who have read the books of sages and sages should be the leaders of the world." Set an example, abandon pen and ink, use gold and weapons, fight for our body, hair and skin, fight for our Han family's clothes, and fight for China's ancestral temple!"

Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen emphasized his tone and raised the volume of his voice to the maximum: "I, hereby issue an edict to seek captives. All my scholars and students from the Ming Dynasty, who are between sixteen and fifty years old, All must respond to the imperial court's call, and those who are close will gather at the Nanjing Guozijian before the end of the month, and go north with me to guard the border."

"Those who are far away can go north to Xuzhou by themselves."

"One inch of mountains and rivers, one inch of blood, one hundred thousand soldiers and one hundred thousand troops!"

"Let's tell Jiannu with a three-foot green blade that I, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, can not only read books."

"More than [-] years ago, Chen Tang once said: Those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished no matter how far away they are!"

"Today, I also want to declare to the world that the clothes of the Han family cannot be taken away, the Chinese ancestral temple cannot be invaded, and the dignity of the Ming Dynasty cannot be desecrated! Anyone who dares to desecrate the Ming Dynasty will be punished even if he is strong! Kill the captives!"

Hearing this, Zheng Sen and the other students couldn't hold back anymore, and jumped up.

"Kill the prisoner!" The next moment, more than two thousand students shouted hysterically.

The huge sound wave rushed out of Piyong in an instant, resounded through the Imperial College, and even spread to both sides of the Qinhuai River.

Hundreds of boats moored on the Qinhuai River, as well as hundreds of embroidered buildings on both sides of the Qinhuai River, opened the screen windows one after another, and dark clouds poked out from them, looking in the direction of the Imperial College.

Shi Kefa hurried to the gate of Jixian with thousands of officials, just in time to hear the shouts.

"Are these students crazy? Just read a book, what do you call killing captives?" Almost all the officials subconsciously burst into this thought, "Only you, still killing captives? It's almost the same as being captive and killed."

Shi Kefa wiped off his sweat, and raised his legs to walk inside Jixian Gate.

However, at this moment, an eunuch wearing a boa robe came out of Jixian Gate.

When Wang Cheng'en walked up the steps of Jixian Gate, he unfolded the imperial decree in his hand, and said in a high-pitched voice: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict says!"

Hearing this, Shi Kefa and others quickly knelt down.

Wang Chengen paused for a moment, then read on: "Da Ming is in danger!"

"The [-] army of slaves has entered the fortress, occupied my land, and slaughtered my parents. They want to force my son of the Han family to shave their hair and wear clothes. They also want to destroy my ancestral temple and society that has been in China for more than [-] years."

"..."

"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. All the sons and daughters of our Ming Dynasty, who are between the ages of sixteen and fifty, must respond to the call of the imperial court. Those who are close will gather at the Nanjing Guozijian before the end of the month and accompany the holy car Those who are far away can go north to Xuzhou by themselves, and the prefectures and counties along the way need food."

"One inch of mountains and rivers, one inch of blood, one hundred thousand soldiers and one hundred thousand troops!"

"I, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, can not only read books, but also raise a three-foot green spear to fight against the enemy."

"More than [-] years ago, Chen Tang once said: Anyone who commits crimes against a strong man will be punished no matter how far away he is!"

"Today, the scholars of my generation must let Jiannu know that the clothes of the Han family cannot be taken away, the Chinese ancestral temple cannot be invaded, and the dignity of the Ming Dynasty cannot be desecrated! Anyone who dares to desecrate my Ming Dynasty will be punished even if he is strong!"

"Fight for parents, wife and children, even if you die, you will have no regrets!"

"Fight for China's clothes, even if you die a hundred times, you will have no regrets!"

"Fight for the dignity of Ming Dynasty, even if you die, you will have no regrets!"

"I have no regrets about entering China in this life, and I will be a Chinese in the next life! I love you!"

"This is?" Shi Kefa and other Nanjing officials looked confused. What kind of edict is this?

But Wang Chengen rolled up the imperial decree and handed it to Shi Kefa, and said: "Old Shige, this is the edict issued by the Lord Long Live just now, let the Ministry of Rites hurry up and announce it to the scholars and students all over the world!"

"Eunuch Wang." Shi Kefa wanted to say something.

But his mouth opened, but he didn't know what to say.

The Holy Majesty issued such an edict without discussing with the cabinet. It is indeed a little bit too much, but it is only a little bit too much. What is more important is that the Holy Majesty did the right thing. He called on the people of the world to fight for the country and defend the border for the Ming Dynasty. It also makes sense, although they think that few scholars will respond to this edict.

In the end, Shi Kefa accepted the imperial decree obediently.

"Sir, please accept the order."

(End of this chapter)