Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 64

When Zhu Yuanzhang died, it was still dark, and Zhu Di was already crying.

By the time all civil and military officials received the news and rushed to the courtyard outside Fengxian Hall, a full hour had passed.

King Yan Zhu Di was still crying loudly, but Zhu Gaoxu realized later that his sobs started to turn into howls.

When they learned that all the civil and military officials had arrived outside the palace, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu still ignored him. The father and son hugged Zhu Yuanzhang's body and continued to cry for an hour.

In the end, the two of them cried and fainted, and Princess Xu, who came after hearing the news, sent people to a side room in Dongnuan Pavilion to rest.

When all the civil and military officials saw this, they all sighed at the extreme benevolence and filial piety of Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu.

Half an hour later, the father and son woke up one after another.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, passed away. As the successor designated by Zhu Yuanzhang during his lifetime, Zhu Gaoxu, the prince of Yan and the direct grandson of Emperor Daxing, had to rush to the mourning hall of Emperor Daxing as soon as possible. Go to.

Before setting off, Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaoxu to wait indoors for a while, and then he unexpectedly took two edicts from nowhere and stuffed them directly into Zhu Gaoxu's arms.

"Gao Xu, please open it and take a look."

Zhu Gaoxu opened one of the edicts and saw the content: "My legitimate son Zhu Di, King of Yan, is talented, brave, benevolent and filial, so I ordered him to move into the Chunhe Palace today, and then follow me every day to study politics and be a director."

Then, he opened another edict, which read: "My direct grandson Zhu Gaoxu is talented, noble, well-equipped in both civil and military affairs, and is suitable for inheriting a great cause. My son Zhu Di, after you succeed to my throne, you should establish a high position." Xu is the Crown Prince to calm the people and stabilize the world."

In the 26th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and Zhu Gaoxu were frank with each other. During the night conversation, Zhu Yuanzhang handed Zhu Di two edicts, and Zhu Gaoxu was holding those two edicts at this time.

"father!"

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were red, and he had a thousand words to say, but when he came to his mouth, he condensed them into this one word.

"Don't say anything. Come with me to pay homage to your grandfather later."

Zhu Di took back the two edicts, put them in his arms, and then said.

When the father and son rushed to the front hall of the West Palace where Zhu Yuanzhang lived during his lifetime, they found that Zhu Yuanzhang's mourning hall had been built by relevant officials from the Ministry of Rites.

"Why did dad abandon the child so much? Woohoo! Woohoo!"

"Grandpa can't let go and leave his grandson behind! Woohoo! Woohoo!"

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu knelt down in front of the soul, howling and crying.

Zhu Gaoxu vaguely remembered that Zhu Yuanzhang died in the summer of May or June of the 31st year of Hongwu, but he was not sure in which month specifically.

After traveling through time, he moved Zhu Yuanzhang's heart with his self-realization of "prophecy and good strategies". The success of the Royal Commercial Bank proved the feasibility of the "six good strategies", and Zhu Yuanzhang valued him more and more.

Then he presented the laundry soap he invented and provided advice for the Royal Commercial Bank's income, which increased Zhu Yuanzhang's internal transportation warehouse income day by day, making Zhu Yuanzhang look at him differently again.

Later, he proposed the idea of ​​improving firearms, which brought the power of today's Daming firearms to the level of the Jiajing period in history.

All in all, after various efforts, he finally changed history and assisted King Zhu Di of Yan to become the successor to the Ming Dynasty throne.

If Zhu Gaoxu knew that it was precisely because of his efforts that Zhu Yuanzhang died a month earlier than in history that he changed the fate of many people, would he be sad?
In the past six years, Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao, his second son Zhu Yunwen, and his third son Zhu Yunxi have all died of illness. Zhu Yuanzhang suffered the loss of his son and grandson far more severely than in history.

Perhaps, this is the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang died one month earlier than in history.At this moment, Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, held a copy of the imperial edict and slowly walked to the people in the mourning hall. With the assistance of two assistant officials, he slowly unfolded the imperial edict and began to read it out.

The edict said: "I have been following my destiny for thirty years. I have been worried about dangers and worked hard every day to benefit the people. But I started from humble beginnings. I don't have the profound knowledge of the ancients. I like good and evil, and I can't go far. Now I have all things naturally. The truth is based on the thoughts of ridicule and mourning. My legitimate son, King Zhu Di of Yan, is talented, talented, brave, benevolent and filial. He has the heart of the world and is suitable for ascending to a high position. Civil and military officials at home and abroad work together to assist the government to reassure our people. No gold or jade should be used in funeral rituals. The mountains and rivers of the Xiaoling Mausoleum should not be changed for this reason. All the subjects of the world will weep for three days before surrendering, so there is no need to marry. The kings will go to the capital for funerals. Those who are not in the order, please follow this order."

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, posthumous edicts were usually not written by the emperor himself. Instead, after his death, they were usually written by his immediate attendants, summarizing his actions and explaining matters such as the new emperor's accession to the throne.

However, the edict read by Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, was dictated by Zhu Yuanzhang a few days before his death. He was ordered to draft and polish it and left it as a legacy edict to King Zhu Di of Yan.

Zhu Gaoxu knelt behind Zhu Di. While listening to the imperial edict, he remembered several edicts that Zhu Yuanzhang had secretly given to him before his death.

He very much hoped that those edicts would not be needed in the future.

Those edicts, strictly speaking, were secret edicts of the late emperor.

The so-called secret edict is a legal edict that the emperor has not made public.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know if Zhu Yuanzhang had left any other secret edicts during his lifetime, but he knew very well that any formal and legal secret edicts had copied copies in the palace, otherwise the authenticity of the secret edicts could not be proven.

In other words, once Zhu Di ascends the throne and becomes the new owner of the palace, he will have the right to access all manuscripts and files in the palace.

In the future, Zhu Di is very likely to discover the copy of the secret edict left by Zhu Yuanzhang during his lifetime.

If he could confess to Zhu Di that he had the secret edict given by Zhu Yuanzhang during his lifetime before Zhu Di discovered the copy of the secret edict, then the father and son could still be honest with each other.

On the contrary, Zhu Di will think that Zhu Gaoxu is defensive against him, which will lead to a gap between father and son.

Moreover, if Zhu Di discovers the copy of the secret edict in the hand of Prince Consort Mei Yin in advance, he will have absolutely no control over the impact it will have.

After all, Zhu Gaoxu could only guess what was written on the secret edict in Mei Yin's hand.

He did not take the initiative to go to Mei Yin to ask for the edict, and the latter did not take the initiative to ask him for explanation.

As troubled as Zhu Gaoxu was Mei Yin, the prince-in-law and commander-in-chief.

Not far behind Zhu Gaoxu, many of Zhu Yuanzhang's consorts and daughters were kneeling, the leader of which was Mei Yin.

At this moment, in addition to being sad, Mei Yin felt a little uneasy because he had in his hand a secret edict that Zhu Yuanzhang personally gave to him before his death.

This secret edict is closely related to Zhu Gaoxu's future status.

"Your Highness, please take the throne in front of the soul according to the imperial edict and accept the worship of the ministers."

After reading the edict, Zheng Yi, the Minister of Rites, quickly helped Zhu Di up and said.

Zhu Di stood up slowly, took two steps forward, stood in front of the funeral, facing the civil and military officials, and said loudly in a hoarse voice made from crying for too long with great excitement: "Today, I inherit the throne according to the emperor's decree. I hope all ministers and ministers will work together with me to create a prosperous Ming Dynasty!"

"I'm waiting to meet your Majesty!"

The civil and military officials shouted in unison.

From now on, Zhu Di officially succeeds as the vassal king and becomes the new king of the Ming Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)