I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 432

(Forgot to write the title!!)

(After thinking about it, let’s explain King Zhu’s parents and brothers! Otherwise, it will become an orphanage...)
Zhu Yijiong's constitutional monarchy simply established a constitution, without even a symbolic parliament.

However, he was just a starting point, laying the basis for the Constitution in advance for future generations. Moreover, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had proved that China's soil was not suitable for constitutional monarchy, and it could only establish a simple constitution.

The formulation and editing of the "New Laws of the Ming Dynasty" was still carried out by the Ministry of Justice, and the cabinet made all decisions. The other ministries and departments only went through the motions in Huagai Hall. After confirming the first draft of the "Constitution", they went back to their respective offices.

In the future, this will become custom-made, bound to the Constitution and the New Laws of the Ming Dynasty, and will also be a constraint on the emperor and officials.

Zhu Yijiong had a lot of things to do, especially the recovery of Shanxi and Liaoning, and the attachment of Monan Mongolia (Eastern Mongolia, excluding Guihua City). It seemed that his territory was expanding, but in fact it was all a mess left by the Manchus and Liu Ruhan.

This year, most of the money and food will have to be spent on these two provinces, and Mongolia in Monan and Mobei cannot relax.

The remnants of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in Liaodong are now just hanging on, relying on the bitter cold climate to resist the Ming army's offensive, while the west has just formed an alliance with the Junggar.

Yongzheng will not be able to dance for a few more years!
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Time flies and it’s March Day.

In the third month of the lunar calendar, there were originally three festivals, Shangsi, Hanshi and Qingming. Because the three festivals were on similar days and they all had the custom of going on an outing, they were combined into a unified Qingming Festival by later generations.

Well, there is a holiday during the Shangsi Festival, which lasts five full days, and there is also a holiday during the Qingming Festival... This wave of blood loss!
Zhu Yijiong did not change these festivals randomly. After all, there were not many entertainment activities in ancient times, and it would be too unkind to abolish traditional festivals.

Changtai County.

After several years of recovery and development, there are no traces of the war here. Although it is prosperous and wealthy, it still has a large population and its output is completely self-sufficient.

This is all due to Fujian being regarded as the emperor's land of Longxing. Even if Zhu Yijiong did not take special care of it, it still brought considerable dividends to Fujian as a whole.

Just say it!Fujian has not seen any corrupt officials so far. Even if they are corrupt, it is just petty theft and harmless.

Especially in the past two years, Fujian has also seen a baby boom. The reason is not only that life is gradually getting better, but also that from Fujian, you can quickly go to Taiwan Prefecture, Ryukyu County and the Luzon Governor's Palace.

"My minister Fu Xuehao, the prefect of Zhangzhou, together with Changtai County Magistrate Xu Kaidi and his subordinate officials, respectfully welcome His Majesty to Changtai County. Long live Your Majesty!"

The magistrate of Zhangzhou and the magistrate of Changtai County, each with a few subordinate officials and the local elders who came with them, went directly out of the city for several miles to greet them.

However, Zhu Yijiong did not call these people out immediately. Instead, he frowned and asked, "Since you are the prefect of Zhangzhou, why are you in Changtai County?"

This is asking why the prefect of Zhangzhou left his post without permission and went to Changtai County?

Fu Xuehao quickly replied: "Your Majesty is here, and I should come to greet you. I have important matters in the city, and I have temporarily handed them over to Wang Lian, the governor of the government. If there are urgent matters, you can make decisions first."

Xu Kaidi also said: "I will temporarily entrust the county government affairs to the county magistrate. If there is anything difficult to make a decision, you can inform me immediately."

This is all arranged!
It is true that when the emperor went on a tour, local officials would come to greet him along the way. This kind of thing was quite normal in ancient times.

Even if Zhu Yijiong makes repeated orders and orders, so that the local officials don't care, who dares to take a gamble?
The emperor comes to your jurisdiction in person, but you dare not come to see him. Does that mean you don't take the emperor seriously?

Even if Zhu Yijiong doesn't care, there will always be someone who will, let alone wearing small shoes.As long as there is a slight delay during the Beijing inspection, the official career will be completely over.

"...No gifts for all!"

Zhu Yijiong frowned, thought for a while and said, "I'm just coming back for a visit this time. You don't need to accompany me specially, you can all go back separately!"

It is difficult for Zhu Yijiong to punish him for this kind of thing, because he did not violate the rules, and forcible punishment is too ruthless.I can only refuse to reward him, which is a way of saying that I don't like this.

Although it is most likely useless, it can at least prevent local officials from disturbing the people when they greet them.

"The minister obeys the order."

The magistrate of Zhangzhou breathed a sigh of relief, while the magistrate of Changtai County felt a little pity, but did not say much.

After dismissing the local officials who came to welcome him, Zhu Yijiong's chariot walked for half a morning before arriving at a rural village.

The original village had been invaded by war, and the population in the village had long been dead and could not escape. Even the village had been abandoned, with dilapidated and empty houses everywhere.Going forward, we reach the back hill of the abandoned village. This place used to be a mass grave. Now it has been re-cleared and the bones inside have been moved out and erected as monuments.

There was only a small cemetery in the center. The government paid for it and recruited people to build it.

It's said to be a cemetery, but it's actually quite ugly. It's all filled with newly planted saplings.

Without ten or twenty years, the garden will not grow.

At the entrance of the cemetery, a stone tablet was erected, which read: "In the late emperor's mausoleum, do not steal when the tomb is empty."

It is indeed an empty grave, because the bones could not be found. Zhu Yijiong asked Wu Wai to keep an eye on him for several years, but he could not find it. It is basically certain that he died in troubled times, but he did not know whether he died at the hands of the rebels or starved to death while fleeing.

Zhu Yijiong has parents and brothers. His father's name is unclear in his remaining memory. He only knows that he is called Old Man Zhu and that he has an older brother named Zhu Qin.

But it is no longer important. The tombstones of the two cenotaphs respectively read:

"The Tomb of the Ming Dynasty Emperor Mourning..."

"The Tomb of King Xu Yao of the Ming Dynasty..."

Zhu Yijiong did not come alone, but also brought his concubines and children.

The accompanying priests from the Ministry of Etiquette brought the memorial tablets brought from Nanjing, arranged and placed them in advance in the simple cemetery, and also conducted a series of rituals of praying and kneeling to worship the gods of heaven and earth.

After everything was done, Zhu Yijiong came forward wearing Gunlong uniform and taking his concubines and children.

Under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, the queen stepped forward and solemnly laid a stick of incense on the tomb, and then took the emperor's eldest son forward to kowtow a few times. Then the other concubines and children laid incense one by one.

Seeing that the emperor was a little distracted, the female officer reminded softly: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"

"Ah."

Zhu Yijiong nodded slightly, took the incense stick from the female officer's hand, and kowtowed uprightly. After standing up, he felt inexplicably relaxed, as if something on his mind had been settled.

Today's worship can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous, and it also officially establishes the emperor's lineage of Zhu Yijiong.

According to the official explanation from the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Yijiong's father Zhu Laohan is Zhu San's grandson, who fled to Changtai County decades ago.

As for whether people in the world believe it or not, most of them are definitely willing to "believe it". Even if there are some who don't believe it, they can't find an excuse.

This is the effect of the official endorsement of the imperial court. Although "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a romance, it also has a scene in which Liu Bei is called the emperor's uncle by Liu Xie.Even if there is no such paragraph in the official history, it still shows that Liu Bei was the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan. In short, the connection cannot be refuted.

Speaking of which, a few years ago there seemed to be a company doing genetic testing, saying that Liu Bei’s ancestor, Prince Jing of Zhongshan, was not a member of the Liu family, but was adopted by the Han Dynasty... It’s hard to comment.

Although the whole worship ceremony was grand, it was not extravagant and wasteful. It was basically no different from ordinary ancestor worship in the south.

At the end of the ceremony, an official from the Ministry of Rites came forward and asked: "Your Majesty, the tombs of the late Emperor and King Xu are too simple. Should they be renovated? Moreover, there are no tomb guards in the cemetery. The tomb of King Xu is in the tomb of the late Emperor. This is really inappropriate."

"allow!"

Zhu Yijiong said: "However, it can be rebuilt, but it does not need to be overhauled. Don't waste people and money and destroy people's tombs. As for the tomb guards, they are just empty tombs. Who would come here to rob the tomb?"

"I obey the decree." The officials of the Ministry of Rites only had routine duties and no longer advised.

"...Get off and go back to Nanjing!"

"Get off!"

Zhu Yijiong only came back once. It is unlikely that he will come back again in the future. At most, he will order local officials to take care of him.

After all, the emperor's imperial chariot was on a patrol, and even though Zhu Yijiong deliberately reduced the ostentation and tried not to disturb the people, there was still quite a bit of noise.

The prefect of Zhangzhou and the magistrate of Changtai County were alerted, and the governor of Fujian would have to make a special trip to Zhangzhou if he hadn't changed ships in Fuzhou in advance and warned him in the city.

　Although the Imperial Ancestral Temple of the Eastern Han Dynasty offered sacrifices to the Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, it was divided into two Ancestral Temples for worship.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)